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辽宁省鞍山市2015-2016学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试卷
In North America, people are always in a hurry. Children have special lessons or sports activities after school. Parents often work late and don't get home until 7 or 8 o'clock at night. More than 50% of women work at full—time jobs, and many people do part—time work.
When a family wants to eat a meal together, often(A) there isn't enough time to prepare the food. That is why fast food is so popular in North America.(B) People spend about 40% of their money buying fast food.
Fast food is the food ____(C)___ pizza, sandwiches or fried chicken. People can buy the food from a restaurant chain(连锁) like Pizza Hut, McDonald's or KFC. (D) Fast food saves work and time, but it is usually junk food.
Fast food is popular in many countries. American fast food companies(公司) now have restaurants all over the world. But not everyone is happy about the spread(扩张)of North American fast food. Some people in Italy want to fight against(抵制) it . (E)They don't want any more fast food chains to open in their country. They also want to fight against the spread of fast food everywhere in the world.
A family is usually busy prepare the food.
"I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning to surf the Intern"
"I check my e-mail almost forty times a day."
"I seldom spend less than three hours each time on the net."
"spend more time in chat rooms than with my 'real-life' friends."
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) called Internet addiction. According to experts,Internet addicts(迷)spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. They lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried and 1ooked for him everywhere but couldn't find him. They called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the Internet — for seven days straight.
A study shows that about six to ten percent of Internet users become addicted. The teenager spend more time on the Internet than with friends and family. That's why some experts worry most about young people.
Is "surfing the Internet" a hobby or all addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have one of the following symptoms(症状):
You go out with your friends less and less.
You can't wait to get online again.
You've decided to spend a short time online,but then you spend several hours.
You do not go to important family events or you do not do school projects because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
What is the solution? Some experts suggest that people set strict limits(限制) on their time for Internet use. You have to learn to control it,or the Internet would control you.
Information Card
The time that an Internet addict spend online every week | {#blank#}1{#/blank#} |
The place where the missing college student was found | {#blank#}2{#/blank#} |
The people who some experts worry most about | {#blank#}3{#/blank#} |
How many symptoms does an Internet addict have? | {#blank#}4{#/blank#} |
The advice for Internet use | {#blank#}5{#/blank#} |
Phenomenon(现象) |
Studying abroad has become a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for Chinese students. |
Advantages |
It's helpful to the future development of Chinese students. It helps to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} foreign language skills. |
Disadvantages |
It takes Chinese students too much time to learn a foreign language. It's hard for Chinese students to study abroad {#blank#}3{#/blank#} parents' care. The {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of studying abroad is very high. |
The {#blank#}5{#/blank#} of the writing |
To tell us studying abroad is not the only way to be successful with Liu Xiang's example. |
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