In Canada and the United States, people enjoy entertaining(请客)at home. They often invite friends over for a meal, a party, or just for coffee and conversation.
Here are the kinds of things people say when they invite someone to their home:
" Would you like to come over for dinner on Saturday night? "
" Hey, we're having a party on Friday. Can you come'? "
To reply to an invitation, either say thank you and accept(接受), or say you're sorry and give an excuse(借口):
" Thanks, I'd love to. What time would you like me to come?" or " Oh, sorry. I've tickets for a movie." Sometimes, however, people use expressions(措辞)that sound like invitations, but which are not real invitations(邀请). For example:
" Please come over for a drink sometime? "
" Why not get together for a party sometime? "
"Why don't you come over and see us sometime soon?"
They are really just polite ways of ending a conversation. They are not real invitations because they don't tell time or date. They just show that the person is trying to be friendly. To reply to expressions like these, people just say: "Sure, that would be nice!" or "OK. Yes, thanks."
So next time when you hear what sounds like an invitation. Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly? Why do Canadians and Americans often invite friends for meals at home?
| A．Because they have no time. |
| B．Because they can spend less money |
| C．Because they enjoy entertaining at home |
| D．Because they have modern and beautiful houses |
Which of the following is a real invitation?
| A．"If you're free, let's go for a drink sometime." |
| B．"Please go to the cinema with me some day." |
| C．"Would you like to have a cup of tea with us sometime?" |
| D．"I've two tickets here. Can you go to the concert with me?" |
If people say "Let's get together for lunch some day", you just say“_______".
A That's great. I'll be there on time.
B. How about this weekend?
C. Oh, sorry. I'm very busy.
D. That would be nice.People use "not real invitation" to show that_______.
| A．they're trying to be friendly |
| B．they're trying to be helpful |
| C．they're trying to make friends with others |
| D．they haven't got ready for a party yet |
All over the world people enjoy sports．Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer．They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games．Often they get very excited when “their” player or team wins．
People play different games in winter and summer．Swimming is fun in warm weather, but skating is good in winter．
Football, for example, has spread around the world．Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rive．What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China or Australia! And think of people in cold countries．Think how many people love to skate in Japan or Canada．
Chinese Wushu, for example, has a very long history．But basketball and volleyball are rather new．Neither one is 120 years old yet．People are inventing new sports or games all the time．Water- skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports．
People from different co, retries may not be able to understand each other．Sports help to train a person's character．One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace （体面） ．
根据短文内容，选出五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整正确。答案E用“AB”表示。答案F用“CD”表示。
| A．Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them． |
| B．Sports change with the seasons． |
| C．Some sports or games go back to thousands of years ago． |
| D．Many people like to watch others play games． |
E．But after a game together they often become good friends．
F．More and more people enjoy playing sports now．
One morning, a blind boy sat beside a building with a hat by his feet．He held a sign which said, “I am blind．Please help me．”
There were only a few coins in the hat．A man was walking by．He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat．He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it．He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could the new words．
Soon the hat began to fill up．A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy．That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were．The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth．I said what you said, but in a different way．”
What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I can' t see it．”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind．But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat．The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beautiful day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind．
The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sig told people they were so lucky that they were not blind．
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story．
The first is：Treasure （珍惜） what you have．Someone else has less．Try your best to help those who need your help．
The second is：Be creative．Think differently．There is always a better way．Form the article we know that _______
| A．the boy always has a hat on his head |
| B．the man is one of his neighbors |
| C．the boy is blind and needs help |
| D．the boy works for the man |
On the sign what the man wrote was, “_________”．
| A．Treasure what we have already had |
| B．Today is a beautiful day, but I can't see it |
| C．We are so lucky that we are not blind |
| D．Try your best to help those who reed your help． |
According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign． |
| B．The man took away all the few coins from the hat． |
| C．The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school． |
| D．Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy． |
The word “recognized” here in Chinese means ______
| A．承认 | B．接受 |
| C．表扬 | D．认出 |
_______is the best tide （题目 ） for this story．
| A．Be careful not to be blind． |
| B．Be creative．There, is always a better way! |
| C．Be kind to the blind！ |
| D．Don't always get, but offer! |
★If the person has stopped breathing （呼吸） , you must try to start his/her breathing at once．The best thing is to use the mouth- to- mouth way．Lay the person on his/her back and breathe into his/her mouth．
★If the person is bleeding （流血） badly, you must try to stop the bleeding．Press on the bleeding point with a piece of clean cloth and hold up the part of the body which is bleeding．
★If you are bitten （cut by teeth） by an animal, wash the cut under cold running water．Cover the broken part, if there is any with a piece of clean cloth．Then see．a doctor as soon as possible．
★If you are burnt （hurt by fire．or something very hot）, cool the burnt part at once．Run cool （not cold） water over the burnt part until it is less painful．Put a piece of dry clean cloth over the burnt part．
★If there is a fire, never use a lift in the building, because it's very dangerous．The lift may get caught between floors．Use the stairs and leave the building at once．
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。If a person has stopped breathing, the best way is to let him/her sleep．
When you are bleeding badly, yon must press on the bleeding point with a clean cloth．
If you are bitten by a cat, wash the cut under warm minting water．
If Xiao Ming is burnt, he should cod the burnt part at once．
If there is a fire, use the lift to leave the building at once．
I am sitting on a beach on this hot summer day and watching two children，a boy and a girl，playing in the sand．They are working hard at building a sandcastle(沙堡)．Just when they are successful, a big wave(波浪)comes along and puts it down．
I think the children may cry because all their hard work turns to nothing, but they surprise me. They run up away from the water, hand in hand, and sit down to build another one．
They really teach me a lesson. We can't always be successful．Being sad is doing no good．What we need to do is to start again, hand in hand with our friends．What's the weather like?
| A．It's sunny but cold. | B．It's windy and cool. |
| C．It's sunny and hot. | D．It's windy but warm. |
Who is playing in the sand?
| A．Two children. |
| B．Four children. |
| C．Two children and the writer. |
| D．It's not mentioned(提到）. |
What do the children do after a big wave puts down the sandcastle?
| A．They cry sadly． |
| B．They just sit on the beach． |
| C．They start to build another one． |
| D．They start to sing. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The writer is a teacher． |
| B．The wave destroys(毁坏)the sandcastle． |
| C．The write knows the children . |
| D．The children are sad because they're not successful |
What's the main idea of the passage?
| A．Friends are always there with you |
| B．Children know more about life． |
| C．All of us want to be successful． |
| D．Starting again is the best way． |
Frank was clever, but he never liked to work hard. He often said to his friends, "If you work hard, you will make a lot of money, but it is not so good. I want easy work and a lot of money. That's the most interesting thing in the world."So he could only be a thief. But he still thought it was too much work, so he only told his friends what to do and got money from them.
One day, Frank sent one of his friends to a very large and beautiful house. He told him to get money from that rich family. It was evening, and a man and a girl were in the room. They were playing a duet（二重奏）on a piano. Then the thief came into the house.
When he returned, Frank asked him what he had got. But he said, "I didn't take anything. That family can't have much money. You know, two people were playing on the same piano there. They did not have money to buy another piano."Which is the best title for the passage?
| A．Frank and His Work . | B．One Piano Only. |
| C．The Man and the Girl. | D．Easy Work and More Money. |
From the story we know that Frank________________ .
| A．had many clever friends. |
| B．was more clever than most of the people |
| C．didn't want to do any work |
| D．knew many interesting things in the world |
Frank's friends __________________ .
| A．were all thieves |
| B．were clever enough to do easiest work |
| C．usually worked as hard as Frank |
| D．knew who were rich and who were poor |
The thief didn't go into the beautiful house because _______
| A．that family was not rich |
| B．he knew nothing about music |
| C．the piano was too big for him |
| D．the man and the girl had already seen him |
The story tells us if we want to become rich, we must _____
| A．find an easy job |
| B．work hard |
| C．have a lot of friends |
| D．learn something about money |