Mr. and Mrs. Smith have just opened a small restaurant. In order to attract customers, they put a notice in front of the restaurant, which said: “Meals on the house for three days.”
A foreign student who didn’t know much English passed by the restaurant on the second day. It was lunchtime and he felt hungry. “Well, here is a restaurant. I’m going to have something to eat,” he said.
He saw the notice when he walked towards the restaurant. “American people are really strange. They even eat dinners on the house! But how can I get onto the top of the house?” he asked himself.
He looked around and found a ladder（梯子）against a tree nearby. He was very glad. But as he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him: “Hey, what are you doing up there?” Mr Smith was looking at him angrily. Beside him was a policeman.
“Doesn’t your notice say ‘Meals on the house for three days’? Is it just a joke?” the foreign student answered.
On hearing this, both Mr Smith and the policeman burst into laughter(开怀大笑). “Do you know what On The House means?”
Do you know the meaning of On The House?
【小题1】The Smiths have ____________.

世界在发展，文化在交融，英语已经成为人们沟通的桥梁。怎样学好英语是

我们一直在求索的问题。几年的学习经历你一定积累了许多成功的经验，请从听、说、读、写四方面谈谈你的建议。

要求：1.词数：80—100词（开头已给出，不计入总词数）

2.字迹工整，语言流畅，表达正确，逻辑清晰。

How to learn English well

English is important and useful to us. How can we learn it well? Here are my suggestions.

假如你是张华，你的加拿大朋友Dave来信向你了解学习汉语的方法，清根据以下要点用英语写封回信。除以下外再提出一条建议。

 要点：1.加入汉语班学习，可向老师学习并与同学练习汉语；

             2.看中文电视、读中文书、报纸、杂志；

             3.听、唱汉语歌，有助于汉语词汇；

             4.交中国朋友，即可练习口语又可了解中国。

 要求：1.要点齐全，可适当发挥；80词左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；

             2.文中不能出现自己的地址、姓名及所在学校名称。

Dear Dave,

      I’m glad to get your letter asking for my advice on how to learn Chinese well. Here is my advice. First, _______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                                                              Yours

                                                                                                               Zhang Hua

Dear Peter,

  I hope everything is going well with you !

  I’m glad __41__ your letter asking for my __42__ on how to learn Chinese well.

  Here are__43__suggestions. Firstly, you can take part__44__a Chinese course. There you can learn from the teachers and practice with your classmates as possible as you can. Secondly, __45__is important to read some newspapers about__46__and watch Chinese TV programs whenever possible. Besides, it is also a good idea__47__and sing Chinese songs, it can improve your oral Chinese and by__48__so, you’ll learn and remember Chinese words__49__

  I think__50__to improve your Chinese is by making more Chinese friends. You can chat and do something__51__them together.__52__you want to learn it, they will tell you a lot about China and help you learn Chinese. I believe you can learn Chinese__53__.

  Try__54__to me in Chinese next time. Good luck to you!

  Best__55__!

                                                                    Yours,

                                                                    Li Hua

1.A. receive     B. to receive     C. received     D. receives

2.A. advice      B. advices       C. interest     D. interests

3.A. a lot        B. a little       C. a bit        D. a few

4.A. on         B. with         C. in          D. to

5.A. this        B. that          C. its          D. it

6.A. English    B. Chinese      C. math         D. Japanese

7.A. learn      B. learning      C. learned       D. to learn

8.A. do        B. doing        C. did           D. does

9.A. more easier  B. much easily  C. more easily    D. much easier

10.A. the worst way  B. the best way  C. the good way  D. the bad way

11.A. for        B. to           C. with          D. behind

12.A. Whenever  B. Whatever     C. Wherever      D. However

13.A. good      B. well          C. bad           D. badly

14.A. to writing  B. writing        C. write         D. to write

15.A. wish      B. wishes        C. wishing       D. wished

Manners are important to happy relations (关系) among people. Everyone likes a person with good manners. No one likes a person with b 【小题1】  manners. But what are good manners? How does one know what to do and what not to do? Well, here are some examples.
Everyone knows that a person with good manners never l【小题2】  at people when they are in trouble. I 【小题3】  , he tries to help them. He is always kind to o 【小题4】  . When people are waiting for a bus, he takes his turn. He does not p【小题5】  to the front of the line. On the bus he g【小题6】  his seat to an older person or a person with a very young child. If he knocks into someone, or someone gets in his w【小题7】  , he says “Excuse me” or “I’m sorry”. He says “Please” when he asks for something and “Thank you” when he r【小题8】  something. He stands up when he is speaking to an older person, and he does not sit down u 【小题9】   the other person takes his seat. He does not interrupt (打断) other people when they are talking. He does not talk too much. He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in p【小题10】.
What are good manners are not always the same in different countries. But in all countries it is important to be kind and helpful.