Animportantquestionabouteating-优题课

An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this,“I'm afraid it'll have to be someplace cheap, because I have little money.” The other person may say, “OK, I'll meet you at McDonald's.”
This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, “Oh，no， I want to take you to lunch at Smith's,” or“I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there. They are great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards the person, you can go with him and you needn't pay for the meal. You may just say, “Thank you. That would he very nice.”
American custom(习惯) about who pays for dates (约会) are much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in business world will usually pay their way during the day. If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours, it means “Come, as my guest.” So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning.
If you have little money,

A．you will not cat dinner

B．you'll borrow some from others

C．you'll ask your friend to pay for your meal

D．you'll have a cheap meal

“Go Dutch” in this passage means .

A．各自付款

B．就餐

C．订餐

D．去饭馆

Sometimes your friend takes you to lunch. It means .

A．he's going to lend you money to you

B．he's going to pay for your meal

C．he'll be angry with you

D．he can't understand you

In America, some girls and women now.

A．ask men to pay for their meals

B．try to pay for the men's meals

C．try to pay for their own meals

D．never have anything outside

The passage tells us            .
A. how to eat out                            B. where to cat out
C. what to cat out                           D who pays for the meal

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There was a boy and his family was very rich. One day his father took him on a trip to a place. He wanted to show his son how poor people were there. They spent several days on a farm. There were many poor families living on the farm.
On their way home, the father asked the son, “How was the trip?” “It was great, Dad,” the son answered. “Did you notice how poor people were there?” asked his father. “Oh, yes,” said the son. “So, tell me,” said his father. The son said, “Well, we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool in our garden, while they have a river that has no end. We have expensive lanterns (灯), but they have stars above their heads at night. We have only a small piece of land to live on, while they have the endless fields. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have high walls around our houses to protect us, but they don’t need walls, because their friends will protect them.”
The father had nothing to say. Then the boy added, “Thank you, Dad, for letting me see how poor we are.”
The father wanted to show his son ________.

A．how people on the farm worked

B．how poor people were on the farm

C．how beautiful the farm was

D．how far it was from the city to the farm

How often did they go to the farm?

A．Once a week.	B．Twice a month.
C．Every year.	D．The writer doesn’t tell us.

When the father asked the son how the trip was, the son thought it ________.

A．great	B．tiring
C．terrible	D．boring

According to the boy, people on the farm can see ________ at night.

A．expensive lanterns	B．a lot of cars
C．stars above their heads	D．many horses

Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A．The boy was from a very poor family.

B．The father and the son spent several weeks on a farm.

C．People on the farm have high walls around their houses.

D．The boy thought that people on the farm lived a happy life.

Bookstores are second homes for readers. Although many people can now buy books online, many readers still like the feeling in bookstores. They can touch(触摸) the books and smell the print.
In China, there are many special bookstores. Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing at the beginning of April. Popular Holdings in Shanghai is a film-themed bookstore. It has film books and posters. Eslite Bookstore in Taiwan often has activities like talks with famous writers.
At the same time, bookstores outside China can be very colorful, too. Scarthin Books is a small bookstore in the UK. It sells new and second-hand books. There are more than 100,000 books lying on the shelves of the store’s 12 rooms. Bart’s Books in the US is a good place to enjoy the sunshine(阳光) while reading books. It’s an outdoor bookstore. Bookshelves are on the street. When the store is closed, people can still buy books. They just put money into the door’s coin box. Where can you find a café, bar and bookstore in just one place? The answer is probably El Pendulo in Mexico. Books line(排列成行) the walls of the store. On the second floor, visitors can order everyday meals in the café and drinks from the bar. In order to keep cool, there are green plants and trees inside. Does it look like a park?

______ special bookstores inside China are mentioned(提到) in the passage.

A．2	B．3
C．5	D．6

Scarthin Books is ______.

A．a 24-hour bookstore	B．an outdoor bookstore
C．in the US	D．small

People can still buy books at ______ when it’s closed.

A．Bart’s Books	B．Popular Holdings
C．Eslite Bookstore	D．El Pendulo

Readers can ______ at El Pendulo.

A．talk with famous writers	B．order meals
C．enjoy the sunshine	D．buy film posters

There are ______ inside El Pendulo in order to keep cool.

A．12 rooms	B．bookshelves
C．green plants and trees	D．coin boxes

Betty and I are best friends. Our birthdays are on the same day, so every year we have a birthday party together. But this year we had a costume party instead.
While we were writing the invitations, my mom came in and asked, “Nancy, what about inviting John?” John had been in our class for only a few months, but he was already getting better grades in math than anyone else in our class. “Mom, he wears the same pants to school every day. How could he even afford a costume?” Mom said nothing.
The next day, mom gave me an envelope(信封) with a shopping card in it. “I thought it would be nice for you to give this to John.” Mom said. But how? We didn’t want to make John embarrassed. We discussed it for a long time. Finally, Betty and I had a good idea.
On the day of our party, John arrived, in an old sheet(床单)，but still in the same brown pants as usual. Before eating the birthday cake, Betty said in a loud voice, “Now it’s time for the great prize game.” It was a math game. None of us were surprised when John gave the right answer first and walked off with the envelope.
Everything went well as we planned. John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week. He felt happy. So did we.
Nancy and Betty are ______.

A．best friends	B．cousins
C．sisters	D．brother and sister

John did best in ______ of all the class.

A．English	B．games
C．math	D．science

______ had the idea of playing a math game.

A．Nancy’s mother	B．Nancy
C．Betty	D．Betty and Nancy

John got ______ as the prize for the math game.

A．an envelope	B．a shopping card
C．a birthday cake	D．a new pair of pants

Betty, Nancy and John all felt ______ in the end.

A．happy	B．embarrassed
C．surprised	D．sad

Confucius(孔子) is the greatest teacher in Chinese history. He was born on September 28, 551BC(公元前) in the Kingdom of Lu, in today’s Shandong Province. When he was young, he and his mother had a hard life. At the age of fifteen, he began to learn music, and he did well in it. Then he went on learning other subjects. When he was thirty, he became a teacher. He started his own school. He believed everyone should have a chance to get education whether(无论) they were rich or poor. He had about 3, 000 students and many of them became famous.
Chinese see Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher. His most important ideas are kindness and good manners. He said young people should take care of the old. People should stop thinking of themselves and work for others. His ideas are around in people’s everyday life. Today people can still hear them, and they go far into east and south Asia.

Confucius was born ______.