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change in spending has been in the amount spent on food, which has decreased
from 46% of the total family budget in 1901 to 19% of present day totals. This
is due to the fact that people are now able to buy more and better foods at
lower prices. As a result of the growth in fast food restaurants (for example,
McDonald’s or KFC), more people are also eating out. Thus about 30% of today’s
food budget goes on meals eaten outside the home while a hundred years ago it
was only 3%. At the beginning of the 20th century, few people owned their homes (only around 19% of working families) or cars (at about ＄ 1,000 per ear this was well above the average family income of ＄ 650 per year), as most people were unable to borrow money. But there was a rapid rise in both home and car ownership during the mid-1900s A. The redaction in working time. B. The development of the fast food industry. C. The improvement of living conditions. D. The rapid rise in income. 更多"{{B}}B{{/B}} In the Uni"的相关试题: [单项选择]UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and Britain want a new U.N. resolution to call for full sovereignty in Iraq (news - web sites) but have not agreed to a firm date for foreign forces to leave the country, diplomats said on Friday.
A council diplomat said the resolution, not yet circulated, was expected to call for a "full transfer of sovereignty" on June 30 to an Iraqi caretaker government, which would then set its own limitations. Such a government, for example, could not adopt any long-term legislation or agreements, except on a pact to alleviate the country’s debt. Debates have centered at the United Nations (news - web sites) and elsewhere on precisely what sovereignty means in view of a large U.S. military presence and obvious limitations on the government’s power. Some ambassadors were concerned that the United Nations would be asked to approve an occupation under another name. A. UN resolution has not yet been circulated B. The resolution was expected to call for a "full transfer of sovereignty" on June 30 to an Iraqi caretaker government C. LIN members agreed on the understanding of sovereignty D. Some ambassadors were concerned that the United Nations would be asked to approve an occupation under another nam [单项选择]A. The United States. B. The United Kingdom.
C. Switzerland. D. Russia. [填空题]Creative justice started in the United States is based on ______.
[单项选择]A. A war between Britain and the United States.
B. A small battle between the American and the British troops. C. Talks by General Scott and the British governor. D. A meeting of Griffin and Culter. [单项选择]Telephone books in the United States have white, blue and yellow pages. The white pages list people with phones by last name, the blue pages contain numbers of city services, government agencies and public schools. Businesses and professional (专业的) services are listed in a special section, the yellow pages. To make a long-distance call, you need an area code. Each area in the U. S. has an area code. The area covered by one area code may be small or large. For example, New York City has one area code, but so does the whole state of Oregon. If you want to know the area code of a place, you can look it up in the area code map, which is printed in the front of the white pages.
There are a lot of publlic telephones in the US. They have their own numbers. If you are making a long-distance call on a pubic telephone and run out of money, give the number on you phone to the person you are talking to, then hang up the receiver, and he can call you back. If you make a long-distance call and A. On the first page of the telephone book. B. At the end of the telephone book. C. In the front of the white pages. D. Right after the white pages. 我来回答: 提交
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