American people like to say "Thank you" when others help them or say something kind to them. People of many other countries do so, too. It's a very good habit.

     You should say "Thank you" when someone passes you the salt on the table, or opens the door for you, or says you have done your work well.

    "Thank you" is used not only between friends but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives.

"Excuse me" is another useful short expression, When you hear someone say it behind you, you know somebody wants to walk past you without touching you.

It's not polite to interrupt (打断) others when they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say "Excuse me" first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you want to make any noise before others,

Let's all learn to say "Thank you" and "Excuse me".

1．__________like to say "Thank you" and "Excuse me".

A. People in many countries            B. Only American people

C. Few people outside China            D. All the people throughout(遍及)the world

2．You should say“Thank you”when_______．

A. you have made a mistake               B. someone opens the door for you

C. you pass the salt to others on the table     D. you want to cough before others

3．If you want to walk past somebody without touching him，you’d better say“_______”first．

A. Hello        B. How do you do        C. Excuse me      D. Don’t move

4．When you hear others say your handwriting is good，you should say“_______”．

A. Excuse me                           B. I’m very sorry

C. How about yours                      D. Thank you

5．Which of the following is true?

A. People say“Thank you”among the members of a family and between friends．

B. We don’t say“Excuse me”only between brothers and sisters．

C. People say“Excuse me”only between brothers and sisters．

D. If you want to make any noise before others you should say“Thank you”．

选择填空:

- My father is badly ill.　　　　　　　　　　　　

- ______ 

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A. Oh, really?　　   B. I'm very sorry to hear that.

C. How about this?   D. Thanks for telling me.

Once upon a time there were two good friends. One is a captain of a ship ,the other is a merchant (商人). The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor ，so the captain took him for voyages(航海) in his? ? ? . One day when the captain had come from a voyage with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron(铁) had? ? ?? and suggested that he should buy some with his money. “I’ll ? ? ? it for you in my storehouse? ?  you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get? ? ? money．”

But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up very  ?  ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his  ?  friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had  ?  all the iron．

The captain knew that his friend was telling  ? ，but he stayed  ? ? and said，“I knew that you had problems with mice in your storehouse．”

After a few days，the captain started  ?   voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but  ? ? our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．”      

The merchant was very  ?  and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And? ? ? can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a judge ，who said，“The merchant must give the captain the money which he got when he  ?   the iron，and then the captain must bring the merchant’s son back to him. ”

1.A. car?????? ????????????? B. ship????????????? ??????? C. train??? ????????????? D. boat

2.A. fallen???? ????????????? B. changed??? ????????????? C. rised??? ????????????? D. widened

3.A. hide?????? ????????????? B. hold????? ????????????? ??? C. put?????? ????????????? D. keep

4.A. when???? ????????????? B. since????? ????????????? C.until????? ????????????? D. after

5.A. less?????? ????????????? B .many????? ????????????? C. more???? ????????????? D. little

6.A. slowly??? ????????????? B. expensive?? ????????????? C. cheap???? D. high

7.A. dishonest? ????????????? B. honest???? ????????????? C. real????? ????????????? D. former

8.A. eaten????? ????????????? B. sold????? ????????????? ??? C. drunk? ?? D. borrowed

9.A. lie??????? ????????????? B. a lie?????? ????????????? C. lay?????? ????????????? D. lying

10.A.friendly??? ????????????? B. quietly???? ????????????? C. calm???? ????????????? D. angry

11.A. the other?? ????????????? B. another??? ????????????? C. other???? ????????????? D. others

12.A. while???? B. after????? ????????????? ??? C. during??? ????????????? D. before

13.A. disappointed? B. puzzled?? ????????????? C. happy???? D. afraid

14.A. either???? B. neither???? ????????????? C. so?????? ????????????? D. yet

15.A. won????? B. lose????? ????????????? ??? C. bought??? ????????????? D. sold

Three friends, Tom, David and John, came to New York for their holiday. They stayed in a very large hotel. Their room was on the 45^th floor.

In the evening, the three men went to the cinema and came back to the hotel very late.

“I’m very sorry,” said the man of the hotel, “but our lifts(电梯) do not work tonight. If you don’t want to walk up to your room, I’ll make beds for you in the hall(大厅). ”

“No, thanks,” said Tom, “we don’t want to sleep in the hall. We will walk up to the 45^th floor. But I know how to make it easier. On the way to our room, I’ll tell you some jokes. Then you, David, will sing us some songs. Then you, John, will tell us some stories, all right?”

So they began to walk upstairs. Tom told them many jokes. David sang them some songs. At last they came to the 34^th floor. They were tired and had a rest.

“Well,” said Tom. “Now it’s your turn, John. After all these jokes and songs, tell us a long and interesting story with a sad ending. ”

“OK, I’ll tell a sad story,” said John, “It’s not long but very sad. I forgot to bring the key to our room with me. It’s still in the hall. ”

1.The three friends came to New York to         .

A．sing songs         B．tell jokes          C．spend their holiday  D．find work

2.They had to walk up to their room because        .

A. there was something wrong with the lifts B. the man of the hotel wanted them to do that

B. they wanted to take exercise             D. they came back very late

3.      said he knew how to make it easier for them to walk up to their room.

A．The man of the hotel B．Tom              C．David             D．John

4.They felt very sad at last because        .

A．they were tired                         B．they lost their key in the cinema

C．the man didn’t make beds for them        D．they didn’t have the key to the room with them

5.The best title (标题) for this passage is “      ”.

A．A sad story        B．A long journey      C．A large hotel       D．A bad lift