"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 saying "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 might 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. 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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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." |
John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some cough medicine. Look at the instruction on the bottle of the medicine and then choose the right answers:
Cough Medicine
Shake(摇动)it well before use.
Take it three times each day before meals.
Dose (药量):
Age：over 14 2 teaspoonfuls(勺)
8—13 1 teaspoonful
4—7 1／2 teaspoonful
Not right for children below the age of three. Put it in a cold place.
Use it before December 1st 2012. John should take ____ a day.
| A．2 teaspoonfuls |
| B．3 teaspoonfuls |
| C．4 teaspoonfuls |
| D．1 teaspoonful |
The medicine should be kept in _______.
| A．a fridge（冰箱） | B．hot water |
| C．any place | D．the sun |
John should ____ before he takes it.
| A．shake the medicine well |
| B．eat nothing |
| C．do some exercise |
| D．drink a cup of tea |
When people are ____ years old, they cannot take this medicine.
| A．eighty | B．thirty | C．two | D．twelve |
John will ____ the medicine when it is left after Dec.1st, 2012.
| A．throw（扔） away |
| B．stop to take |
| C．take once |
| D．take six times more |
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It's 7 a.m. It's time to go to school. What? You don't want to go? Well, maybe you don't have to. Many children don't go to school.They stay at home. Someone teaches them at home. Usually,their parents teach them, but sometimes a special teacher teaches them. This is home schooling.
There are many reasons for home schooling. Some children are very sick and cnnnot go to school. Some students live very far in the country. There aren't any schools near their homes. Sometimes, parents just don't like the schools near their homes.
Home schooling sounds easy, but it's really not. Home-school students have to do the same work as regular(正规的)students. They study the same subjects and have homework. Also, home-school students don't meet other students in school. Sometimes, finding friends can be hard for them. Not going to school can be harder than you think.
Home ___________
| Home schooling is that |
some children study at_ |
| Home-school students' teachers are |
some special teachers or their___ |
| Some students study at home because |
they are ___ |
| they don't live ____ |
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| the school near their home is not ___ |
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| Students who study at home |
learn the same __ |
| also have __ |
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| usually don't have many___ |
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| In fact home schooling is |
____ |
Mr. White looks out of his window. There is a boy at the other side of the street. The boy takes some bread out of a bag and begins eating it.There is a very thin dog in the street, too. The boy says to it, “I’ll give you some bread.”
The dog is hungry and goes to the boy, but he does not give it any bread. He kicks(踢) the dog. It runs away, and the boy laughs.
Then Mr. White comes out of his house and says to the boy. “I’ll give you a shilling(先令).”The boy is happy and says “Yes.”“Come here,” Mr. White says. The boy goes to him, but Mr. White does not give him a shilling. He hits him with a stick(用棍子打他).The boy cries and says, “Why do you hit me? I do not ask you for any money.” “No,” Mr. White says, “and the dog does not ask you for any bread, but you kick it.”Where is Mr. White at first?
| A．In the room. |
| B．In the street. |
| C．In front of the house. |
| D．Close to the boy. |
Why does the dog go to the boy? Because _____.
| A．it wants to eat |
| B．the boy asks it to do so |
| C．the boy is the dog’s owner |
| D．the boy is friendly to it |
Mr. White tells the boy to come up to him, because he wants to _______.
| A．give him a shilling |
| B．give him a good lesson (教训) |
| C．give him some more bread |
| D．help the boy |
What kind of man do you think Mr. White is? He is a _____.
| A．cruel(粗鲁的) | B．sympathetic (有同情心的) |
| C．friendly | D．Polite |
Mrs.. Green sees an ad（广告） in a newspaper for a nice bed in a shop. It costs 100 dollars. Mrs.. Green likes it, so she goes to the shop. The shopkeeper shows one to her. Mrs.. Green has a look at it and says, “There aren’t any beautiful pillows(枕头)on this bed, but there are many on the bed in your ad.”
“Yes, madam, that is an ad,” answers the shopkeeper. “If you want a bed the same as the one in the ad, you need to pay 10 dollars more.”
Mrs. Green isn’t happy. Then she says, “That’s dishonest.”
“Well, madam,” answers the shopkeeper. “Look, there is a girl on a bike in an ad in your newspaper too, but can you buy the bike with the girl?”How does Mrs. Green know about the bed?
| A．From an ad on TV. |
| B．From one of her friends. |
| C．From an ad in a newspaper. |
| D．From the shopkeeper. |
How much does the bed with the pillows cost?
| A．100 dollars. | B．110 dollars. |
| C．50 dollars. | D．60.dollars. |
What does “dishonest” mean?
| A．不公平的 | B．不诚实的 | C．不美观的 | D．小气的 |
Who is Mrs. Green?
| A．She is a student. |
| B．She is a shopkeeper of another shop. |
| C．She is a customer. She wants to buy a bed. |
| D．She is a worker in a bike shop. |
A woman is having some trouble(患病)with her eyes, so she goes to see the doctor. He is a new doctor and doesn't know her, so he asks some questions and one of them is, "How old are you?"The woman says, "I don't know, doctor, but let me think about it." She thinks for a minute and then says, "Yes, I know now, Doctor!When I marry(结婚), I am eighteen years old, and my husband is thirty. Now my husband is sixty. And that is twice(两倍)thirty. So I am twice eighteen. That's thirty-six, isn’t it?”Something is wrong with the woman's ____ .
| A．head | B．eyes | C．ears | D．mouth |
The woman can't remember age.
| A．thedoctor's | B．her husband's | C．her | D．her son’s |
The woman is years old now.
| A．eighteen | B．thirty | C．thirty-six | D．forty-eight |
The woman is younger thanher husband.
| A．twelve | B．eighteen | C．twenty | D．twenty-four |
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