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?
1.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?"
2.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. That would be nice
C. Oh, sorry. I'm very busy.
D. How about this weekend?.
3. 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
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The White family moves to a new city, but Mrs White’s son, Bob, is not happy, because he doesn’t have any friends to play with there. “Don’t worry!” says Mrs White, “you’ll soon make friends here.”
One morning, there is a knock on the door. Mrs White opens it and sees their neighbour Mrs Miller standing there. She comes to borrow two eggs to make some cakes. Mrs White gives her two eggs. In the afternoon, Mrs Miller’s son, Jack comes to their home. He says to Mrs White, “my mother asks me to give some cakes and two eggs to you.”
“Well, thank you,” says Mrs White. “Come in and meet my son, Bob.” After Bob and Jack have the cakes, they go out to play football together.
Jack says, “I am glad you live next door.”
Bob says, “I must thank your mother for coming to borrow eggs.”
Jack laughs and tells Bob, “My mother doesn’t need any eggs, but she wants to make friends with your mother.”
Bob says, “Oh, I see. That’s a clever way to make friends.”
1.When Jack brings some cakes and two eggs to Mrs White’s house, she_______.
A. asks Jack to take them back home
B. doesn’t take the cakes or the eggs
C. gives Jack a football as a present
D. invites Jack to play with his son
2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Mrs Miller knows Mrs White for a long time
B. Mrs Miller wants to make friends with Mrs White
C. Jack borrows two more eggs from Mrs White
D. Bob invites Jack to his home that morning
3. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Life in a new city
B. A clever way to make friends
C. Friendly neighbours
D. Problems between neighbours
Mr Smith lives in a small town, but he works in an _____ in a big city. He goes to work _____train in the morning and comes______the same way _____the evening.
One morning, he is_ __his newspaper in the train. A man taps(轻拍) him on the shoulder(肩膀) from behind. Mr Smith thinks, “Who is he? I have____seen him before.” So he looks _____the man in surprise. The man says _____to him and then begins to talk to him. The man says, “Your life_______interesting ，is it? You _____on the same train at the same station at the same time _______morning and you always sit in the same _____ and read the same newspaper.”
When Mr Smith hears this, he puts his newspaper ______, turns round, and says to the man angrily(生
气地), “_____do you know all this about me?”
“Because I am _______sitting in the same seat behind you.” The man answers.
1.A. school B. office C. factory D. company
2.A. on B. in C. by D. with
3.A. home B. family C. house D. town
4.A. in B. on C. at D. from
5.A. looking B. seeing C. reading D. finding
6.A. always B. never C. often D. sometimes
7.A. in B. at C. for D. after
8.A. goodbye B. sorry C. hello D. thanks
9.A. is B. isn’ t C. has D. hasn’t
10.A. put B. get C. go D. take
11.A. every B. one C. this D. in
12.A. seat B. room C. class D. city
13.A. on B. off C. up D. down
14.A. Where B. What C. When D. How
15.A. never B. always C. like D. Already
-- Jack, you look so cool in that wool sweater today.
-- _______.
A. Thank you. B. You're right
C. Don't say so. D. The same to you.
---Excuse me. May I speak to Jill, please?
---___________
A. Yes, I am B. Do you know him?
C. I am speaking D. This is Jill speaking
The woman asked her son run the building.
A. not to; around B. don’t; to
C. not; to D. don’t; around
