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    the first day when the train ran on the rails, people along the way heard the noise of the train in the distance, and saw it running quickly to them. they thought it was a genie. they ran quickly back home for fear and closed their doors tightly. they did not dare to 9________ (出來)until it had passed. 10________ (一周以后)an old woman still said that her hen had been so frightened that it hadn't laid any eggs for three days.
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most of american businesses are open five days a week. american school children attend school five days a week as well.
    american families usually have a  1 ______（兩天）weekend. the weekend is saturday and sunday. over the weekend people spend their time  2 _______ (以許多不同的方式) . many families enjoy weekends  3 ______(一起) . they may go shopping, go for a drive or visit friends. they may also invite friends over and  4 ______ (聚會) at home. many american families participate（參加）in sports during the weekend.  5 _______ (跑步), biking, playing volleyball and swimming   6 _____ (流行)in summer. skiing and skating are the  7 _____  (最喜愛的) winter sports.
    weekends are also a time for american families to work on something in their yards or in  8 ______(他們的) houses. many families plant flowers and have vegetable gardens. some families use the weekends  9 _______（粉刷）or repair their houses.  10 ______(對大部分美國人來說), weekends are very busy.
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    perhaps more than any other people, americans have come to depend on their cars. the family car  1 _________(一直是) a common thing  2 _______(從……以來) the early twentieth century, and it has changed american life. many people have moved  3 _______(外面) of the large cities to the suburbs. some americans spend  4 ________(每天兩小時) or more in their cars  5 _______ (去上班) and home again. cars have become the  6 _______ (工具) of transportation for most americans going shopping, and even going on vacations.
    americans  7 ______(過去常常) like big cars, and gasoline used to be very inexpensive. recently,  8 _______（然而）, the cost of gasoline has increased, smaller cars have become  9 _______（更常見）. also foreign cars have become very common. americans have bought  10 _______（大量的）japanese and german cars. they have bought cars from several other countries as well.