Most American kitchens are well equipped(配备） with fridges and lots of electrical gadgets（小电器）. To save time, many Americans buy foods which can be quickly made ready for the table. On 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 pie.
The United States is known around the world for its inexpensive fast food, such as hamburgers, sandwiches, pizzas, salad bars, and many kinds of ice cream. People can easily find fast food chains, such as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken, in most of the big cities in the world.
Among the foreign restaurants in the USA, Chinese, French, Italian and Mexican cooking are the most popular. People like to go to these restaurants. But there are many other restaurants, too. They serve Filipino(菲律宾的）, German, Greek, Japanese and Vietnamese（越南的） dishes in these restaurants.
These years, many people have taken more and more care of their health while eating. They come to know eating too much meat can make them overweight. Many of them are also worried about food additives(添加剂). Some of them may be harmful to the body.
1. Thanksgiving Day is on _________ .
A． November 4th
B． every the 4th Tuesday in November
C． the fourth Thursday in November
D． every November the fourth
2. Pizza is a kind of _________ food.
A. take-away B. home-cooking
C. fast D. Chinese
3. What does the word “harmful” mean?
A. bad B. good C. healthy D. well
4. What does the word “overweight” mean?
It means _________ .
A. getting thinner B. getting fatter
C. getting worse D. getting better
5. The Chinese meaning of “cooking” is _________ .
