Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset（不安的）if your English friends don’t invite you home. It doesn’t mean they don’t like you. Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p.m. and end at about 11. Ask your hosts（主人）what time you should arrive. It’s polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a gift. Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks（小吃）. If you want to be extra polite, say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember－it’s not polite to ask how much things cost. In many families, the husband sits at one of the table and the wife sits at the other end. They eat with their guests. You’ll probably start the meal with soup or something small, then you’ll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then dessert（甜點心）, followed by coffee. It’s polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it. Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short “thank you” letter. British and American people like to say “thank you, thank, thank you” all the time!

1.If your English friend doesn’t invite you to dinner at home, it means he or she ______.

2.It’s impolite ______.

3.The meal ends with _______ usually.

4.When you are invited to a dinner party, you’d better _______.

5.Which of the following is true?

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　　A man lived in a tall building in the city of Moscow. As it was very quiet , he enjoyed living there. But there was one problem : the man upstairs(樓上).

　　The man upstairs went to work very early and came back late. He always took off his shoes and threw them on the floor. Bang! One shoe. Bang! The other shoe. At that time the man downstairs (樓下) was trying to get to sleep, but he found it very difficult.

　　One day the man downstairs went upstairs. With a smile he said ,“I'm sorry to trouble you , comrade.”

　　“What is it?”asked the man.

　　“Every time you get back , you drop your shoes on the floor. Would you please not do this?”

　　“I'm very sorry,”answered the man.“I won't do it again.”

　　The next day the man upstairs came home late as usual. He turned on the light, took off the first shoe and threw it on the floor. Then he remembered his comrade downstairs. So he took off the second shoe and put it under his bed quietly. He had his supper, listened to his radio, read a newspaper and then went to bed as before. He was just falling asleep when there was a loud knock at the door. He opened it and saw the man downstairs.

　　“Please!”said the man downstairs.“Please drop the other shoe! I can't get to sleep!”

1．Why did the man think the person upstairs was his problem?

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A．He came back home very late.

B．He put his second shoe quietly.

C．He slept very late every evening.

D．The noise made him wake up.

2．When did the man go upstairs for help?

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A．In the morning.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the evening.

D．At midnight.

3．Why did the man knock at the door loudly the next day?

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A．He did lots of things before going to bed.

B．He got very angry with him.

C．He was waiting for the first bang.

D．He hated him turning on the radio.

4．What does the writer want to tell us with this story?

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A．Don't live upstairs in a tall building.

B．Don't come back home very late.

C．Don't throw shoes on the floor loudly.

D．Don't trouble people in bed-time.

5．Which of the following is true?

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A．The man upstairs no longer came home late.

B．The man upstairs often had supper at home.

C．The two men often went to bed at the same time.

D．The two men fought (打架) with each other from then on.

Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes（雪花） falling．Do you want to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands．

Well, this isn’t just a problem for you．It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too．

In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager．His family lived in a small town in northeast America．Winters there were long and hard．Bentley’s mother was once a schoolteacher．She taught him at home．Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14．He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books．

But it was his mother’s microscope（顯微鏡） that interested him．When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying the things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes．Bentley loved watching snowflakes．For the next two years, young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals（晶體） through the microscope．

The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them．But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all．

How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera．

The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one．But his father didn’t agree．He thought the whole thing was a bad idea．He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming．

But finally Bentley did get a camera．For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes．On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera．“It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later．

For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals．Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley．

1．The best title for this passage is “______”．

   A．Snowflake Photos                              B．“Snowflake” Bentley

   C．Long and Hard Winters                    D．Teenage Photographer

2．What kind of person do you think Wilson Bentley was?

   A．He was outgoing                                B．He was too serious

   C．He was interested in learning                D．He was very warm-hearted

3．The “ice crystals” in the fourth paragraph refers to “______”．

   A．water drops      B．rain drops       C．flowers                D．snowflakes