"How are you?" is a nice question. It's a friendly way that people in the USA greet each other. But "How are you?" is also a very unusual question. It's a question that often doesn't need an answer. The person who asks "How are you?" hopes to hear the answer "Fine", even if the person's friend isn't fine. The reason is that "How are you?" isn't really a question and "Fine" isn't really an answer. They are simply other ways of sayin
g "Hello" or "Hi".
Sometimes, people don't say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks "Do you agree?", the other person might think, "No, I disagree. I think you're wrong..."But it isn't very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say "I'm not sure." It's a nicer way to say that you don't agree with someone.
People don't say exactly what they are thinking when they want to finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person says "I've to go now."Often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse:"Someone's at the door.""Something is burning on the stove."The excuses migh
t be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn't hurt the other person.
Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people don't say exactly what they are thinking. It's an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it's part of the game of language.
1.When a person in America asks "How are you?", he or she wants to hear" ________ "
A. How are you?
B. Hello.
C. I don't know.
D. Fine.
2.When a person disagrees with someone, it is polite to say"_________ "
A. You are wrong. I disagree.
B. I'm not sure.
C. I'm sure I disagree.
D. I don’t agree with you.
3.A polite way to finish a talk is to say"__________"
A. You have to go now.
B. I want to hang up.
C. I have to go now.
D. I don't want to talk any more.
4.When a person says "I've got to go now. Someone's at the door.", the person may be_______.
A. giving an excuse
B. hurting someone's feelings
C. talking to a person at the door
D. going to another place
5.The rule of the game of language is probably____________ .
A. "Always say what you mean"
B. "Don't disagree with people."
C. "Never say exactly what you're thinking."
D. "Be polite."
Oil is so important that it is sometimes called “black gold”. Almost half our energy from oil. We use it to run our cars and factories and to our homes, offices and schools. Many everyday things are made from oil. Your shirt may have oil in the material. The soap you your hands with might also be made from oil. Children’s plastic toys are made from oil.
Oil is to find, because it is deep under the earth. Today, however, we have many to find oil. One tool measures (测量) the pull of gravity (重力). Places where gravity is weaker are more likely to have oil. tool measures sound waves. Sound waves travel different kinds of rocks at different speeds. We can use to find the rocks that have oil in them.
We need oil, and we are using up the oil wells we know about. we must find new ways of looking for this “black gold”. Can you do anything for it?
1.A. goes B. comes C. leaves D. stays
2.A. build B. protect C. heat D. hot
3.A. wash B. put C. dry D. touch
4.A. easy B. important C. interesting D. hard
5.A. ways B. roads C. streets D. bridges
6.A. Any other B. Other C. Another D. The other
7.A. to B. from C. a
t D. through
8.A. them B. it C. one D. that
9.A. little B. lots of C. many D. a few
10.A. Or B. But C. So D. Also
－Excuse me. Could you tell me _________?
－Sure. I bought them in a video shop on River Road.
A. where you buy the CDs
B. where you bought the CDs
C. how you buy the CDs
D. how you bought the CDs
—Are you going to help John with his Chinese this evening?
—No, He _______ to England. He will be back here next month.
A. returned B. will return
C. returns D. has returned
Haze (雾霾)appears around us. Let’s do ________ helpful to protect the environment.
A. nothing B. something
C. anything D. a thing
Nancy quickly ________ the door and put down her school things.
A. opens B. opened
C. has opened D. is opening
