One day we invited some friends to dinner．When it was about six o'clock，my wife found that we had little bread．So she asked our five-year-old daughter, Kathy, to buy some．
“Here’s a dollar,”my wife said，“get two loaves(条)of bread, if they have it．If they don’t have it，get anything．But hurry!”
Kathy hurried off, and we waited and waited．By a quarter past six，all the friends had arrived．But Kathy had not returned．Finally we saw her dancing around the comer with a bright new hula hoop(呼啦圈)whirling(旋转)round her middle．
“Kathy!”her mother cried．“Where did you get that hula hoop．and where is the bread?，，
“Well，when I got to the shop，they had sold all their bread,”answered Kathy．“And you said ‘If they don’t have that, get anything！’”
【小题1】One day Kathy’s parents invited some friends to _________．

In our town， there is a big zoo with a lot of animals in it. There are some beautiful tigers and two old lions. They eat a lot of meat every day.

There are also two big elephants and one baby elephant. The elephants are kind animals. They eat a lot every day. They like children. Children often give them bread and bananas. Elephants like bananas best.

In our zoo there are also brown bears（熊）, black bears and white bears. They stand on their hind（后面的）legs，hold up their fore（前面的）legs and ask for（要）food. They like cakes very much.

There’s also a children’s corner in our zoo. Children ride horses（马）and donkeys（驴）and watch the monkeys there. The monkeys are very funny. They climb up ropes（绳子）and jump （跳）down again and play with each other（彼此，互相） like small children.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1. Which animal likes bananas best?

A. Monkeys.       B. Tigers.    C. Elephants.     D. Lions.

2. The zoo is           .

A. very beautiful    B. very big   C. very small    D. far from our town

3.Which animal plays like small children?

  A. Monkeys.       B. Tigers.    C. Bears.        D. Lions.

4.Why do bears stand on their hind legs?

  A. They are tired and want to have a rest.   

B. They want to jump out.

  C. They want to ask for food.            

D. They want to sleep.

5. How many kinds of bears there in the zoo?

  A. One.           B. Two.      C. Three.       D. Five.

Asking for information or help is a very common and necessary activity, especially when we visit a foreign country. So knowing how to ask for information politely is important. In English, "Where are the restrooms?" and "Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?" are similar requests—both are correct English, but the first could sound rude. It’s important to use correct language, but sometimes this alone is not enough—we need to learn how to be polite when we make requests.
In English, just like in Chinese, we change the way we speak when talking with different people. The expressions you use might depend on whom you are speaking to or how well you know them. If you say to your teacher, "Where is my book?" this will sound rude. But if you say, "Excuse me, Mr West. Do you know where my book is?" your question will sound much more polite. On the other hand, it might be alright to say "Where is my book?" in some situations, perhaps with people you know well.
And you would not usually say, "Peter, lend me your pen. " A very direct order like this can sound rude in English. Usually in English polite questions are longer and include extra language, such as "Could you please...?" or "Can I ask...?" It sounds more polite to say, "Peter, could you please lend me your pen?" Sometimes we might even need to spend some time leading in to a question or request. For example, if you stop a stranger in the street, we might first say, "Excuse me. I wonder if you can help me. " or "I’m sorry to trouble you but," before asking them for help.
It might seem that speaking politely is more difficult than being direct, and in a way this may be true. However, in order not to offend people, learning about the language etiquette is just as important as learning grammar or vocabulary. And doing this will also help you become better at English, or any other language you wish to speak.
【小题1】 It’s important to know how to_     _in English when we visit a foreign country.
【小题2】 When you talk with different people, you need to__       _.
【小题3】 Extra words are used to help__      ___.
【小题4】._      _is as important as learning language structure.
【小题5】 How do you say " Don’t smoke here. " politely? "_         __*

Ann is   1  American worker. She works  2 __a big factory(工厂) in America. It’s  3  __in the morning. Ann  4 _ up. She is sitting on the bed. She is putting  5 __her clothes. She   6   _nothing to do today.
Now Ann    7  at the table. She is    8  her breakfast. There is a cup of orange and some bread on the table. Ann is  9  the orange and eating the bread. She is  10 today’s newspaper.
【小题1】A. a                    B. an                   C. the
【小题2】A. in                   B. on                   C. at
【小题3】A. half six              B. half past six         C. six past half
【小题4】A. gets                 B. is geting             C. is getting
【小题5】A. off                   B. down               C. on
【小题6】A. has                  B. have                C. is having
【小题7】A. sit                   B. sits                 C. is sitting
【小题8】A. eating               B. eat                 C. eats
【小题9】A. seeing               B. eating              C. drinking
【小题10】A. reading              B. watching           C. seeing