What must you do when you receive a present 31 your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you note. The words “Thank you” are 32 important. We have to use them very often. We say them when someone gives us a drink, 　33 us to pick up things, lends us a book or gives us a gift.

　　Another important word is “please”. Many people 34 to use it. It is rude to ask someone to do something without saying “please”. We have to use it when we 35 something, too. It may be a book 36 a pencil, more rice or help. We have to use “please” to make request pleasant.

　　We have 37 “Sorry”, too. When we have 38 someone, we’ll have to go up and say we’re sorry. When we have forgotten something, we will also say “sorry”. We can make people 39 wrongs by saying it.

　　These three words are 40 . Our children must learn to use them. They are pleasing words to use in any language.

（　 ）31．A、in　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B、at　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C、for

（ 　 ）32．A、so　　　　　　　　　 　　 　 B、very　　　　　　　 　 　　　　 C、rather

（　 ）33．A.helps　　　　　　　　 　　 　 B、has　　　　　　　　 　 　　　　 C、lets

（　 ）34．A.want　　　　　　　　 　　 　 B、forget　　　　　　　　　　 　 C、remember

（　 ）35．A.ask for　　　　　　　 　 　　　　 B、want　　　　 　　　 　　　　 C、need

（　 ）36．A.but　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B、and　　　　　　　　 　 　　　　 C、or　　

（　 ）37．A.learn to say　　　　 　 　　　　 B、learn and say　 　 　　　　 C、to learn to say

（　 ）38．A.fell　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B、hurt　　　　 　　　 　　　　 C、felt　

（　 ）39．A.remember　　　　　 　　　 B、forget　　　　　　 　 　　　　 C、need

（　 ）40．A.difficult but important　　　 B、simple but important 　 C、useful but difficult

Food is very important. Everyone needs to   36  well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is   37  . We begin to get knowledge(知识) even when we are very young. Small children are  38  in everything around them. They learn  39   when they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to 40  story books, science books and anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and __41  to find out the answers.

What is the best  42  to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves（自学）, we will__43 _the most knowledge. If we are  44  getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will not learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn __45  and understand better.

China is the home of tea,  36 has more than 4,000 years of history. People in China drink tea daily.  37  the three major drinks ----tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by   38 people in the world. Tea from China, along   39 silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export  40  .
Tea leaves  41  mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild  42  and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all 43  kinds of tea.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people  44  their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is   45  a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.

In learning English，one should first pay attention to listening and speaking．It is the groundwork of reading and writing．You’d better  31  your best to speak while you do much listening．Don’t be  32  of making mistakes．But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your  33 ．While you are doing this，a good  34  is to write-keep a diary，write notes or letters．Then if you can，ask some others to go through  35  you have written and tell you where it is wrong．Many mistakes in your speaking will be  36  found when you write．Through correcting mistakes，you can do better in learning English．
If you are slow in speaking，don’t  37  about it．One of the helpful ways is reading，either aloud or to yourself．The important thing is to choose  38  interesting to read． It mustn’t be too difficult for you．When you are reading  39  this way，don’t stop to  40  the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing to do with the sentences．You can do that some other time．