Going to a friend’s house is very exciting. You may spend time with a friend and get to see where he lives. So remember to be polite.
When to arrive: The first thing to remember is that when a friend invites you over, you need to arrive on time. If your friend tells you to come “around 3:00”, that means you can turn up a little bit after 3:00. But usually it is a good idea to arrive at the right time.
What to bring: Often it is also nice to bring something to your friend’s house. This could be a box of chocolates for you two to share, or maybe a movie that you can watch together. You can also bring some flowers. A little present is a nice way to show your friend that you are excited to be at his house.
How to greet: When you visit your friend’s house, you may also meet his parents. You should tell them who you are and they may tell you their names. As a child, I went to visit my friend Paul. I called his parents by their first names John and Mary. But now I know it is more polite to call them Mr. or Mrs. Smith. This will show them more respect(尊重) and then they may tell you to call them by their first names. Another way to show respect is to call them Madam or Sir.
It is a cool thing to visit a friend’s house. Be polite to your friend and your friend’s parents, and you will be invited again!
1.If you are told to get to your friend’s house around 5:00 p.m., it is polite to arrive at _____ p.m..
A. 4:30 B. 4: 50
C. 5:02 D. 5: 30
2.When the writer was a child, he called his friend’s father _____.
A. John B. Mary
C. Smith D. Paul
3.Which do you think is the best title?
A. How to greet people
B. How to be a good visitor
C. What to bring to your friend
D. When to arrive at your friend’s house
4.The passage may be from _____.
A. a notice on a wallB. a letter to a friend
C. a story in a newspaper D. an article in a magazine
Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning, while others read newspapers as soon as they have spare time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(标题) of the passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest number of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 2lst Century as they bring us more and more information together with the Internet.
1.People read newspapers in order to _____.
A. read the short stories
B. find the morning news
C. learn the latest news
D. meet their own different needs
2.From the passage we can see that _____ when people get newspapers.
A. they just read the headlines
B. not everyone reads all the pages
C. they have no time to read them
D. they read them very carefully
3.Newspapers have so many pages because _____.
A. newspapers become cheaper
B. more pages mean more money
C. more and more people like to read them
D.people enjoy reading something different
4.Newspapers _____ are the most popular in the world.
A. in ChineseB. in English
C. in other languageD. with many pages
Welcome to Franklin Hotel! We will make your stay here as enjoyable as possible. We hope we will give you the best service.
◆Room Service: You can use the service 24 hours a day.
◆Dining Room: You can have three meals a day in the dining room. Breakfast is from 8:00 to 9:30. Also the room waiter may bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7:00. If you need, please fill in a card and hang it outside your room before 6:00. Lunch is from 12:00 to 14:00. Dinner is from 18:30 to 20:30.
◆Telephone: There is a telephone in your room. Dial “0” before you make a call. We will tell you to wait a moment if the lines are busy.
◆Shop: The hotel shop is open from 9:00 to 17:30.
◆Coffee House: You can drink coffee here at the following times: 12:00 to 14:00, 20:00 to 23:30.
◆Other services: There is a cinema in the hotel. A film begins at 19:00 on Sundays and Wednesdays. Hot water is offered 24 hours.
1.When can you use the room service?
A. Only in the day time.B. Only at night.
C. Only some time.D. Anytime during a day.
2.If you want to have a meal in your room, what will you do?
A. Put a message outside the room.
B. Phone the service desk.
C. Go to the hotel shop to buy some food.
D. Go to the hotel dining room.
3.If you want to have a two-hour business talk in the coffee house, what time may you go there?
A. 10:00 B. 11:30
C. 12:00 D. 13:00
Ashley Smith is a single young mother with a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man her to her door, and put a gun to her side. “I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really ,” she said in a TV interview last week.
The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11th. The police were him.
Nichols tied Smith up with a rope, but set her free after she begged him not to take her again and again. “I told him he hurt me, my little girl wouldn’t have a mummy,” she said with tears.
“I just talked to him and tried to believe me,” Smith said. She asked Nichols he chose her. “He said he thought I was an angel sent from God, and asked him to do so.”
Smith even for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched TV, seeing looking for him. “I cannot that’s me on the TV!” Nichols told the woman. Then, Nichols asked Smith what he do. She said, “I think you should turn yourself in. If you don’t, more people are going to get . Finally, he let her go. Then she called the police.
1.A. found B. noticed C. took D. followed
2.A. angry B. frightened C. amazed D. sad
3.A. slept B. killed three people C. lost a car D. caught a thief
4.A. waiting for B. looking at C. searching for D. thinking of
5.A. life B. daughter C. clothes D. money
6.A. that B. when C. if D. until
7.A. ask him to B. make him C. help him D. tell him to
8.A. why B. when C. where D. how
9.A. my mother B. his father C. my daughter D. God
10.A. cooked dinner B. cooked breakfast C. made tea D. made cakes
11.A. afraid B. excited C. surprised D. unhappy
12.A. the police B. his family C. his friends D. the little girl
13.A. believe B. say C. expectD. understand
14.A. could B. should C. was able to D. might
15.A. caught B. worried C. tired D. hurt
--------I’m going to take part in the singing competition tomorrow
-------- _________ !
A.Cheers B.See you C.Good luck D.Congratulations
A report says that the world’s natural gas deposits______ early in the future.
A.will be run out B.will use up
C.will run out D.will be cleaned up
