A woman saw three old men sitting outside the door. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something ___66_____.”

“We don’t go into a house ___67_____ ”they replied.

“Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men answered, “His name is Wealth(财富), this is Success, and I am Love.” Then he said, “Now go in and ___68_____ with your family which one of us you want in your house.”

The woman went in and told her family what had happened, she said, “Let’s invite Wealth. We have been so ____69____.” Her husband disagreed, “My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man? Then her daughter asked, “Would it be ___70_____ to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!”

In the end the family decided to take the ___71_____ advice. The woman went out and asked, “____72____ one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and ____73____ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “ I ___74_____ invite Love. Why are you coming along? The two old men answered, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to stay out, but since you have invited Love. ____75____ he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success.”

1.A. to say       B. to eat      C. to use         D. to drink

2. A. together     B. alone       C. crowdedly    D. lonely

3. A. play        B. exercise     C. agree        D. discuss

4. A. poor        B. rich        C. lucky        D. happy

5.A. worse       B. better       C. less         D. more

6.A. father’s      B. mother’s    C. daughter’s    D. parents’

7.A. which       B. who        C. what         D. whom

8. A. left         B. followed    C. stopped       D. pulled

9.A. only        B. hardly       C. never       D. almost

10. A. whenever    B. whatever    C. however     D. wherever

阅读短文，判断正误。正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。

Mr Jones and Mr Brown work in the same office (办公室).One day Mr Jones says to Mr Brown ,

 “I will have a small party at our house on Monday evening . Would you and your wife like to

come ?”

    Mr Brown says , “Thank you very much . I’d love to , but let me ask my wife first .” 

So Mr Brown goes to the other room and telephones his wife . Then he comes back and looks very

worried .

    “What’s the matter?” asks Mr Jones . “Is you wife there at home ?”

    “No,” answers Mr Brown . “She isn’t there . My small son answers the telephone . I 

say to him , ‘Is your mother there , David ?’ and he answers ‘No , she isn’t in the

house.’‘Where is she ?’ I ask ,‘She is somewhere outside(在外面) .’‘What’s she doing?’

 ‘She is looking for me .’”

  1．There is a party at Mr Jones’s house on Monday evening . (  )

  2．Mr Jones asks Mr Brown and his wife to go to the party . (  )

  3．The telephone is in Mr Brown’s office. (  )

  4．Mr Brown speaks to Mrs Brown on the telephone . (  )

  5．Mrs Brown is looking for her son . (  )

Peter wondered why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always taking, never giving.

One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on Saturday, I’d like you to come and bring Martha, too.” “Thanks, Peter. We’d be happy to come.” “Perhaps you’d like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing well together. I’m sure everyone will want you to sing for us.” That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. “You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery.” Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t forget to ask something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house! They agreed.

The party was a big success. However, as the guests were leaving, they said “Thank you ” to Bill and Martha for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, “Thanks for the invitation.”

In the front of many American homes you can see a mat(脚垫).This mat is sometimes called “welcome mat”, because many of the mats have the word “welcome” on them.

Because Americans don’t take off their shoes before going into the house, they need a welcome mat to clean their shoes. If the children don’t clean their shoes on the mat, they may be scolded(被责骂) by their parents. If you go to an American home, please remember to clean your shoes on the mat, or you may be told to do so.“Different countries, different customs(习俗).”

1.There are many “welcome mats” in the front of an American home.

2.Every American home has a welcome mat.

3.When Americans go into the house, they often take off their shoes.

4.It’s better to clean your shoes before you go into an American home.

5.There are different customs in different countries.