Eating out is more popular in Britain today than it has ever been. It is reported that British people spend more eating out than cooking for themselves and eating at home. It seems that many British people are becoming more and more interested in how good their food tastes, and also how healthy it is.

However, eating out can also be expensive, so British people do not eat out every night. When having a date with friends, or having a birthday, many people like to go to a restaurant, and people often also eat in a restaurant before going to the cinema or the theater.

As in all cultures, there are many rules of manners about eating. The knife and fork should be used in the correct way. It is also impolite to speak with your mouth full then you are eating.
   Most British cities have a large collection of food as well as British food, from the very cheap to the very expensive—French, Italian, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Japanese and many, many more.

When people are too tired to cook after work, they often get a "takeaway". This means that they order from a take－out restaurant by telephone, and then go to get it. Many take-out restaurants also send it to your house. All you have to do is to open the door, pay and eat!

    XBOX 360 Kinetic, RoboSapien, WiiParty, theseare just a few of the modern toys sold in recent years. But some of the most populartoys are actually quite old.

Gameshave been around for thousands of years. In 4000 B. C, Babylonians played a boardgame that was similar to chess. Yo-yos made of stone were first used in ancientGreece around 1000 B C. And kites appeared in China around the same time.

    Another famous game is Scrabble. It was inventedby an architect in the 1930s, but it didn't get popular until 1953 And since then,more than 100 million sets have been sold worldwide.

    As you can imagine, toys and games are a multi-billion-dollarindustry. Mr. Potato Head, the first toy advertised on TV, grossed more than $4million in its first year. Play-Doh made its inventor Joseph McVicker a millionaireby his 27th birthday, while Mattel sells 1. 5 million Barbie dolls each week (that'stwo dolls each second!).

    Some toys go out of fashion, but then becomepopular again, such as Rubik's Cube. Research says parents are increasingly choosingto buy toys they remember from their own childhood.

    These days, toys are not just for fun. RoboSapienis a remote-controlled robot that was launched in 2004. He can walk, turn aroundand do other poses. RoboSapien was designed by Mark Tilden, who once created robotsfor NASA space missions. He expected the toy to be used mostly by and scientists,but almost 2 million RoboSapiens have been sold worldwide since its launch as atoy?

    Fancy a game anyone?

要点：1. What is your favourite animal?2. What is it like?3. Why do you like it?

注意：1. 词数70字左右；2. 短文必须包括所有要点，可以适当发挥；3. 不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。

My favourite animal

The Spring Festival(春节)is coming.You will buy new clothes and much food.There are always some old clothes you don't want.And there is always some food you can't eat.What can you do?Take them to two places(地方)，

People usually eat traditional food on special festivals. A special day in China is the Laba Festival. This festival falls on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month. On that day, people souse(腌) Laba garlic(蒜) . Here is one way to make it.

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Then, a{#blank#}2{#/blank#} some salt and sugar. M{#blank#}3{#/blank#} them together and so use for 30 minutes.

Next, cook some rice vinegar for 5 minutes and p{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the rice vinegar into the bottle of garlic.

When it is r{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, seal (密封) the bottle. The garlic will turn green in about 5 days.

Now, you can enjoy it with other food, such as dumplings and noodles.

As a student, you may be required to write reviews.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Writer Luisa Plaja offers her suggestions on how to write a good review of a book. 

Start with a couple of sentences describing what the book is about. As a common rule, try to avoid writing in detail(细节) about anything that happens from about the middle of the book. If the book is part of a series(系列), it can be useful to talk about this. 

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Pay attention to your thoughts and feelings about the story and the way it was told. You could try answering a couple of the following questions:

Who was your favourite role, and why?

What was your favourite part of the book, and why?

Did the book make you laugh or cry?

Did the story keep you turning the pages?

Talk about anything you disliked about the book.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} For example: Did you wish the ending wouldn't be magic because you found it surprising? Did you find it difficult to care about a main character, and did you know why? Did the story focus on a topic you aren't interested in?

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Summarise (总结) some of your thoughts on the book by suggesting the type of readers you'd introduce the book to. For example: younger readers, older readers, fans of relationship drama, mystery stories or comedy. 

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