Americans are used to ordering things ranging from French fries to popcorn in small, medium or supersize. Now those same decision-making skills may become rueful in the bathroom, thanks to an innovative plumbing technology: dual-flush toilets. The new invention is the industry’s latest attempt to help reduce water usage, a movement that hasn’t always gone smoothly. The last big toilet makeover came more than a decade ago, when the U.S. government decreed that new toilets should use just 1.6 gallons of water per flush, down from the 3.5-gallon standard. But consumers complained that it often took two or more flushes to clear the bowl; so many people preferred the old toilets that some plumbers imported them illegally from Canada.
When Americans take a break, they often head()their favorite vacation place.
To many Americans,education is important because()
Americans eat _____ as they actually need every day.
Professor Elshtain is pleased to see that Americans _____.
Why do Americans prefer to use nicknames when addressing one another?
Americans are geographically mobile, and many learn to develop
friendships easily and quickly. Approximately one of every five 1.______
Americans families moves every year. People relocated because they
change jobs, to attend distant colleges, get married, have children, 2.______
and simply want a change in their lives. Perhaps 3.______
as consequence, people sometimes form and end friendships quickly. 4.______
Students who attend two or three universities for their undergraduate and 5.______
graduate years may change their “circle of friends” several times. Likewise, 6.______
people who change their jobs, while keep one or two friends from 7.______
the original place of employment, may also change their circle of friends.
Relationships based on a common activity may fade or end
when the activity end. Mothers may meet while dropping their children 8.______
off at nursery school and remain friends as their kids go to different 9.______
schools. The same hold true for neighbors who are closest of 10.______
friends until one moves away.
According to the third paragraph, it can be seen that older Americans ______.
The Cuban-Americans have done very well()
Most Americans have great vigor and enthusiasm. They prefer to discipline themselves rather than be disciplined by others. They pride themselves on their independence, their right to make up their own minds. They are prepared too take the initiative, even when there is a risk in doing so. They have courage and do not give in easily. They will take any sort of job anywhere rather than be unemployed. They do not care to be looked after by the government. The average American changes his or her job nine or ten times during his or her working life.