Two small words can bring a smile to someone's face: thank you. But ______ do you say these two words? Perhaps when someone holds the door open for you. Or when a friend does you a big favor.

In Britain, people say “thank you” quite often, even at times when there is no ______. Sometimes we say it sarcastically(讽刺地). ______, if a friend throws my food away, thinking I was finished, I may say, “Oh, thank you!” Then my friend would reply, “Sorry. ” This can make a situation______ confusing(困惑的) to foreign people.

However, anyone working in the service sector(行业)—waiters, taxi drivers, shop assistants, bus drivers and so on will ______ a “thank you” from British customers. If you're happy with the driver who got you to school on time, or the waiter who served you food, say “thank you” to them. You're really saying “good______”.

I was first ______that people don't often say “thank you” here in China. But I know people can replace these words with a smile or nod.

Yet I can't change my British ______of saying “thank you”. Even here in China, I know I use these two words too much. But saying “thank you” is ______, and I believe the more, the ______.

1.A. how B. where C. when D. why

2.A. need B. use C. good D. time

3.A. By the way B. For example C. Above all D. After all

4.A. look B. sound C. taste D. smell

5.A. say B. write C. send D. get

6.A. job B. man C. friend D. team

7.A. excited B. bored C. surprised D. interested

8.A. way B. habit C. standard D. spirit

9.A. free B. expensive C. interesting D. difficult

10.A. better B. well C. good D. best

We each have a memory ( 记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising(惊人的 ) memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.

1.Why can some people easily learn many things by heart? Because _______.

A. they always sleep very well B. they often eat good food

C. they read a lot of books D. they have very good memories

2.When does everybody learn his mother language?

A. At the age of six B. When he is a small child

C. After he goes to school D. When he can read and work.

3.Before a child can speak, he must ________.

A. read and write B. think hard

C. hear and remember the sounds D. make sentences

4.Why is it not easy for the pupils to learn a foreign language?

Because _______.

A. they have no good memories B. they have no recorders

C. they have too much time for it D. they are busy with other subjects

5.Your memory will not become better __________.

A. if you don’t have a lot of good food

B. if you don’t do more and more exercises

C. if you don’t do morning exercises every day

D. if you don’t get up early

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