[单项选择]Steven, （　） very popular with most members, was asked to be the chairman of the tennis club.
A. considered
B. considering
C. having considered
D. to be considered

[填空题]The younger members of most American families don’t like foreign food. They like hamburgers. Most American children and (1) love to eat them any time of the day or night. Millions of hamburgers are eaten every year. Thousands of roadside restaurants prepare and sell them. These are not really restaurants in the usual (2) ; they often have little space for tables and chairs. Many people buy their hamburgers and take them (3) to eat, or eat them in their cars.
Sometimes it is not (4) to go inside in order to buy the hamburgers. They are ordered through a window in the restaurant and then are (5) out through the window to the waiting customer. Sometimes the customer doesn’t even have to get out of his car.
When an American family travels (6) , it is almost always the custom that the younger members of the family miss hamburgers the most.

[填空题]The young members of most American families do not like foreign food. They like a kind of food called S36 ______. The idea of a food meal is a hamburger, served with ketchup, a sort of tomato sauce, and French fried potatoes, which are called French fries. French fries are not considered foreign; most American children and S37 ______love to eat them any time of the day or night. Millions of hamburgers and French fries are eaten every year. Thousands of roadside restaurants prepare and sell them. These are not really restaurants S38; they often have little S39 ______for tables and chairs. Many people buy their hamburgers and take them home to eat, or eat them in their cars. Sometimes it is not necessary to go inside in order to buy the hamburgers. They are ordered through a window in the restaurants and then are handed out through the window to the customer. Sometimes the customer doesn’ t even have to get out of his ear. When an American family travels S40 ______, this is almos

[单项选择] Influenced by movies and popular novels, most people see sharks as people-eating monsters. This is far from the truth. Every year, a few types of sharks injure about 100 people worldwide and kill about 25. Most attacks are by great white sharks, which often feed on sea lions and other marine mammals (海洋哺乳动物). They sometimes mistake human swimmers for their normal prey, especially if they are wearing black wet suits. If you are a typical ocean-goer, your chances of being killed by an unprovoked attack by a shark are about 1 in 100 million. You are more likely to be killed by a pig than a shark and thou sands of times more likely to get killed when you drive a car. Sharks help save human lives. In addition to providing people with food, they are helping us learn how to fight cancer, bacteria (细菌), and viruses. Sharks are very healthy and have aging processes similar to ours. Their highly effective immune system allows wounds to heal quickly without becoming infected, and their blo
A. most sharks are dangerous to human beings
B. sharks only attack someone in black wet suits
C. movies and popular novels are always misleading
D. sharks are a valuable resource for human beings