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 homes:
"Would you like to come over for dinner this Saturday night?" "Hey, we're having a party on Friday. Can you come?"
To reply to an invitation, either say thank you and accept, or say you're sorry and give an excuse. "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 that sound like invitations but which are not real invitations. 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 mention a certain 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 great!" or "OK. Yes, thanks. "
So next time when you hear what sounds like an invitation, listen carefully. Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly?
Title. 1. ________
Situations | Answers |
Canadians and Americans often invite friends for meals at home. | Because they2.______ |
Someone says "I've two movie tickets, can you go with me after supper?" | You want to go, and your answer should be "Thanks, 3._____" |
Someone invites you to dinner, but doesn't mention the time and date. | You'd better answer "Sure, 4.___. " |
Western people use "an unreal invitation" in their daily conversation. | They really mean to be______5. |
The rainbow lorikeet is a kind of parrot living in the north-east of Australia. It is the most colorful bird in the world. It has green, orange, blue, red, yellow, purple and grey colors on its body.
Rainbow lorikeets are small. They are usually 11 to 12 inches long and weigh 120g to 140g.It is said that they can live for over 20 years in the wild.
They usually live in groups. At night, they sleep in the trees in a big group. But during the daytime, they move in much smaller groups. Late in the evening, you can sometimes see a larger group flying back home.
These birds spend a lot of time eating. They usually eat trees, flowers, nuts and fruits. Sometimes they eat insects. They can get water from the leaves they eat or drink water directly.
Rainbow lorikeets usually start to have families when they are around two years old. When they have birds, both the parents help to feed them.
1.How many colors do rainbow lorikeets have?
2.How long can rainbow lorikeets live in the wild?
3.What do rainbow lorikeets eat?
4.Who usually feed (a) the baby birds?
5.What is the best title for the article?
Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything 1. , believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed 2. me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it 3. my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take 4. in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak 5. all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to 6. .” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I 7. the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and 8. it over 100 times. With my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could 9.__________ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those classmates who once looked 10._________ on me, now all said congratulations to me.
补全对话。(共5分，每小题1分)
在下面对话的空白处填上适当的话语（话语可能是句子，短语或单词），使对话完整，将其答案写在答题卡的相应位置上。
A: 1.________ your weekend?
B: It was terrible.
A: Oh , what was wrong with you?
B: My clock 2._____________.When I got up, it was already 8 o’clock.
A: 3.____________________?
B: I got up quickly as I could and ran off to school without breakfast.
A: Did you see anybody in the school?
B: 4.______________.As soon as I got there, I realized it was Saturday.
5.________________________?
A: No, I was late for my friend’s birthday party because my car broken down halfway.
从所给句子中选择恰当的句子完成下面对话。（每小题1分，共5分）
A. Go on walking B. It’s far C. Where’s the bookshop D. You’d better take a bus E. How far is it from here F. Thank you very much G. Is there a bookshop near here |
A: Excuse me, 1._________________?
B: No, there isn’t. The nearest bookshop is Wang Fujing Bookshop, about 5 kilometers away from here.
A: 2.________________, I think.
B: Yes. 3.__________________and get off at Dongdan bus stop.
A: Is the bookshop near the bus stop?
B: Yes, when you get off the bus, walk along the street and turn right at the first traffic lights. 4.________________ then you can find it on your right hand.
A: I see. 5.___________________.
B: You’re welcome.
Mr. Brown’s house was less than two miles from his office, so he could drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he walked back home. This made him very angry.
He put up a board in the garden facing the road. The board said, “No Parking”. But nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey only a police notice with white letters on a blue board:
POLICE NOTICE
NO PARKING
Mrs. Brown asked his husband to steal a police notice but he was afraid to do so. Then she asked him to make one just like a police notice. Mr. Brown said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. Brown made a blue board with white letters.
POLICE NOTICE，
NO PARKING
“Oh!” Mrs. Brown said. “You told me you weren’t going to use the word ‘police’, but why do you use it now?” “Really?” he asked.
“Look again,” she started to laugh. “You are really clever”.
1.Mr. Brown’s office was ______ his house.
A. next to B. not far from
C. 2 hours’ drive from D. 5 miles from
2.Mr. Brown was angry because ______.
A. he found no room to park his car outside his house
B. he had nothing to eat for lunch at home
C. he lost the way when he drove back home one day
D. he couldn’t make a police notice outside his house
3.Mr. Brown made ______ notice board (s) altogether (总共)。
A. one B. two C. three D. no
4.In the end, Mr. Brown made a notice board and it _____.
A. was just the same as a police notice
B. was different in color from a police notice
C. just looked like a police notice
D. said “POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING”
5.We can infer(推断) that ______ after he put up the blue board.
A. more people will park their cars outside his house
B. more policemen will park their cars outside his house
C. fewer people will park their cars outside his house
D. fewer people will visit him at noon later on
