People have different tastes in food. Some people like noodles best and some people like eating rice. Zhang Jie from Sichuan. He likes hot food. Zhang Jie’s best friend Chen Zi is from Hunan. His favourite food is hot food, too. Li Lei comes from Guangzhou. He thinks hot food is terrible and he loves sweet and sour food. Xiaoxiao is a girl form Beijing. She thinks the salty food is delicious. Their English teacher Mrs White is an English lady. She thinks Chinese food is good but her favourite food is Western food.

Today is my friend Wang Xia’s birthday. She will cook dinner for her parents. Everyone in her family likes soup, so she will make chicken soup for starters. Her mother likes dumplings and her father enjoys noodles. So for the main course, they will have dumplings and noodles. Then for dessert, they will have a chocolate cake and ice cream. Her parents will buy the cake from the supermarket. She hopes her parents will enjoy the food.

Mrs. Brown is very fat. She has a lot of health problems. Her husband (丈夫) and she go to see the doctor. Her doctor says to her, "Don't eat meat and cakes." Her husband says, "I am going to make her stop eating them, doctor." The next morning Mrs. Brown buys a can of meat and her husband eats half (一半) of it. Then he leaves home to work. Mrs. Brown cuts (切) a very small piece of it and eats it. It is very good. She cuts a big piece of and eats it. Ten minutes later she eats it all.

"My husband will be angry. What shall I do?" she thinks. She buys another (另一个) can of meat very quickly.

She eats half of that and leaves half on the table. Her husband comes back later and he sees the half meat on the table. He is very happy.

A．tall

B．slim

C．short

D．unhealthy

A．Mrs. Brown likes them	B．meat and cakes aren't good
C．Mr. Brown tells him to say so	D．meat and cakes make her fatter

A．she is good at making cakes	B．her husband likes meat（    ）
C．she wants to eat	D．she is afraid that her husband will be angry

People eat different things in different parts of the world. In some eastern countries, people like to eat rice as their main food. They eat it twice（两次）to three times a day. They usually eat it with meat, fish and vegetables. The Japanese people eat a lot of fish, and they also eat a lot of rice. So they make different kinds of seafood sushi（寿司）.

In some western countries such as Britain and Australia, the most important food is bread or potatoes. People there cook potatoes in different ways. Some people only eat fruit and vegetables. They don’t eat meat or fish or anything that comes from animals but from plants. This kind of people are called vegetarians（素食主义者）. They think it is healthier for them to eat vegetables than meat.

To save time, many Americans buy food which can be quickly made ready for the table. During holidays, families enjoy delicious meals. For example, on Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November, family members get together for a turkey dinner with pumpkin pies.

The United States is known around the world for its fast food, such as hamburgers, sandwiches, pizza and many kinds of ice cream. People can easily find fast food chains(连锁店), such as McDonald’s and KFC in most of the big cities in the world.

These years, many people have taken more and more care of their health while eating. They come to know eating too much meat will make them overweight. Many of them are also worried about food additives(添加剂). Some food additives may be harmful to the body.

A good breakfast is important. We can easily understand it. We have not eaten anything for about twelve hours until breakfast time. Our bodies need food for morning activities.

One good breakfast should have rice or bread, an egg, milk and fruit. On a cold morning, a cup of hot drink is necessary.

We must get up early to have enough time to eat breakfast. A good breakfast helps us to be more friendly and also to work better and play more happily.

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