You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know who wrote this song and for whom it was written? Let me tell you a story. About one hundred years ago, there was a girl called Kate in the USA. She loved children very much and wrote many songs for children. One of them was the song Good Morning To You. The song was very popular at that time among children, but not all grown-ups ( 成年人 ) knew it.

The girl was very poor. Once her friends invited her to a little child's birthday party. She felt happy but sad because she had no money to buy a present for him. Finally she decided to sing the song Happy Birthday. in the melody (曲调) of Good Morning to You for the little boy. When her friends heard the song at the party, they were very happy. "How wonderfully she is singing! We have not heard this song before. It's a special present," said someone. And they learned to sing it together. Later, the song became very popular throughout the world. People like it because it's simple and friendly. 

判断下列句子是否与短文内容相符，相符的填“T”，不相符的填“F”。

1.Happy Birthday is a old song. Nobody knows who wrote the song Happy Birthday.

2.The song Happy Birthday is a song from America.

3.The melody of Happy Birthday comes from the melody of Good Morning to You.

4.The girl first sang the song for a little child as a birthday present.

5.The girl knew the song would be popular before she came to the party.

 

【小题1】Many people don’t understand the           of learning English well.（重要性）
【小题2】The bag is just for one of the          （旅游者）
【小题3】        ,he didn’t pass the driving test.（幸运）
【小题4】This kind of the tree only grows in the          part of China.（南方）
【小题5】They have       they will take action to reduce the pollution.(意识)
【小题6】Their teacher’s          at the party made them very happy. (arrive)
【小题7】There are eight people in the room,          the two women.(include)
【小题8】It was much         in London in the past.(fog)
【小题9】Sometimes bad weather causes           disasters.(nature)
【小题10】He found it       to watch such a bad match.(bore)

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A company began to make a new kind of dog food. A party was held to show the new dog food to everyone. People from the newspapers and TV stations were there.

There was a dog at the party. He was supposed to eat the dog food and have his picture taken. The plan was to show everybody how much the dog would like the new dog food.

When the time came, a plate of the dog food was set in front of the dog. Everyone looked at the dog. But there was one problem. He didn’t eat any of it. The dog didn’t like the dog food!

The boss of the company had to do something fast. All of the people were watching. All of them were laughing. So he ate the dog food himself!

1.The company in the story ___.

A．takes a picture

B．has more than on boss

C．makes dog food

D．makes a new machine

2. A party was held to ___.

A．to feed a new animal	B．to serve a large lunch
C．for someone’s birthday	D．to show a new kind of dog food

3. “To show something” means “___”.

A．to wash it with water	B．to let people look at it
C．to turn on the television	D．to feed it to the dogs

4. The dog in the story ___.

A．wanted all the food	B．ate all the food
C．wanted to go to sleep	D．didn’t eat the food

5.The story shows that ___.

A．dogs don’t like to eat	B．people like dog food
C．some plans don’t work	D．dogs will eat anything

 

One day Mr Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room, but people in the room didn’t look at him. They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said nothing.Mr Smith went home quickly and put on his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat.Mr Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat!”

     The other people were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”Mr Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”

1.One day Mr Smith went to      .

A. a birthday party                              B. a dinner party     

C. an English party                            D. a movie

2.When he came into the room, the people didn’t look at him. Why?

A. Because the people didn’t ask him to come.          

B. Because Mr Smith wore old clothes.

C. Because Mr Smith didn’t say hello to them first.       

D. Because it was night and they didn’t see him.

3.Why did he go home quickly?

A. Because he didn’t want to stay at a restaurant.          

B. Because he went home for his best clothes..

C. Because the people there asked him to leave       

D. Because he didn’t like the food there.

4.What’s the meaning of “surprised” in Chinese?

A.高兴的                     B.不满的          C.感到奇怪的                D.生气的

5.Which statement is right?

A. A person in good clothes should eat good food    

B. A good coat should eat good food.

C. We can’t judge (判断) a man by his clothes.       

D. Mr Smith is stupid (愚蠢的).

 

It was Christmas,and there was a big party in the house.Guests（客人）came and went,but the party went on.Then the bell rang.Several people shouted. “Come in!” and a small man opened the front door and came in.Nobody knew him,but the host went to meet him and took him to the bar for a drink.The man sat there happily for an hour and a half and drank.Then suddenly he stopped and looked at the host（主人）.“Do you know,”he said，“Nobody invited me to this party．I don’t know you，I don’t know your wife and I don’t know any of your guests.My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your guests’ cars was in front of our gate,so I came here to find him,and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back!”
【小题1】There was ________ in the house．   

A．a New Year’s party	B．a birthday party
C．an evening party	D．a Christmas party

【小题2】While the small man was staying in the house，he was ________．

A．dancing

B．drinking

C．shouting

D．talking

【小题3】How long did the small man stay at the party?

A．For an hour．

B．For half an hour．

C．For 90 minutes．

D．For a while.

【小题4】Why did the small man go to the party?

A．He wanted to have a drink．

B．He wanted to find the man who stopped the car in front of his gate．

C．He wanted to make friends with them．

D．He wanted to see his old friend．

【小题5】Who was the small man?

A．The host’s guest．	B．The host’s wife’s guest．
C．One of the guest’s friends．	D．No one knew him．