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Americans are often in a hurry. They rush to work, rush home, and rush through their meals. Workers and students usually have only half hour or an hour for lunch. As a result, a lot of Americans go and eat in fast food restaurants. The service is quick, and the prices are cheap.
What do fast food restaurants serve Of course, many of them have hot dogs, hamburgers, fried chicken, pizza, or ice cream. But other fast food restaurants specialize (专门从事) in different foods. Some places serve roast beef. Some serve fish and seafood. In fact, you can find popular foreign dishes in fast food restaurants, too. There are Italian restaurants with Italian sausage (香肠) and spaghetti (通心粉). And there are Chinese restaurants with Cantonese (粤式的) or Sichuan foods.
A lot of fast food restaurants are franchises (产品经销特许权), a very popular form of business in the United States. There are many restaurants in a franchise, and each franchise has a different owner. However, all of the rest
A. Each restaurant has a different owner.
B. B.The name of the restaurants is the same both in U.S. and other countries.
C. The food sold everywhere costs the same.
D. The food tastes the same everywhere.

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Americans are often in a hurry. They rush to work, rush home, and rush through their meals. Workers and students usually have only half hour or an hour for lunch. As a result, a lot of Americans go and eat in fast food restaurants. The service is quick, and the prices are cheap.
What do fast food restaurants serve Of course, many of them have hot dogs, hamburgers, fried chicken, pizza, or ice cream. But other fast food restaurants specialize (专门从事) in different foods. Some places serve roast beef. Some serve fish and seafood. In fact, you can find popular foreign dishes in fast food restaurants, too. There are Italian restaurants with Italian sausage (香肠) and spaghetti (通心粉). And there are Chinese restaurants with Cantonese (粤式的) or Sichuan foods.
A lot of fast food restaurants are franchises (产品经销特许权), a very popular form of business in the United States. There are many restaurants in a franchise, and each franchise has a different owner. However, all of the rest
A. Because these restaurants provide a rich variety of foods.
B. Because they meet the needs of the American lifestyle.
C. Because many Americans change their tastes frequently.
D. Because many Americans have little patience to cook meals.

[单项选择]Passage ThreeWhat do Americans often think of when thinking of freedom
A. Collectivism.
B. Equality.
C. Social group.
D. Individualism.

[填空题]Americans often make jokes about women talking too much, but in fact, men ______.

[单项选择]Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes. Americans do not have a corner on the "death" market, but many people feel that the United States leads the world with the most taxes.
Taxes consist of the money which people pay to support their government. There are generally three levels of government in the United States: federal, state, and city; therefore, there are three types of taxes.
Salaried people who earn more than a few thousand dollars must pay a certain percen-tage of their salaries to the federal government. The percentage varies from person to person. It depends on their salaries. The federal government has a graduated income tax, that is, the percentage of the tax (14 to 70 percent) increases as a person’s income increases. With the high cost of taxes, people are not very happy on April 15, when the federal taxes are due.
The second tax is for the state government: New York, Ca
A. Americans cannot monopolize the "death" market.
B. Americans do not have a secret place to keep from death in their life.
C. Americans are not good at doing business in the death market.
D. There is no such a place as a "death" market in the US.

[单项选择]Which color does Americans often use to express heat（）
A. Pink.
B. Red.
C. Blue.
D. Black.