If you are sitting at a table with people you don’t know, it is impolite to smoke without first asking if it will disturb them. At American restaurants and coffee shops, cold water is usually served before you order. You may find the bread and the butter are free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.
Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing time for stores and restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. Especially in big cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day. Serving in restaurants are often large. If you can’t finish the meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask the waiter or the waitress for a “doggie bag”(剩菜袋). It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everybody knows you are taking the food for yourself. Tips are not usually added to check. You should leave a tip of about 15% on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a waiter or waitress often brings your check on a plate, and you can put your money there. Then the waiter or the waitress brings you your changes.
【小题1】______is usually served before you order at American restaurants or coffee shops.

完成句子 （本大题共9分，每小题1.5分）按所给汉语，用英语完成下列句子。
【小题1】我妈妈去美国三个星期了。
My mother ____________________________________________________________________________ .
【小题2】你什么时候动身去广州？
When ____________________________________________________ Guangzhou?
【小题3】你们是通过发邮件相互保持联系的吗？
Do you _______________________________________________________ by mail?
【小题4】这里曾经有一个非常美丽的湖，但是现在它已经变得非常脏了。 
There _____________________a very beautiful lake, but now it ________________________________.
【小题5】对我来说，想和以前那样经常看电视是不可能了。
It is __________________________________________________________________________.
【小题6】你的电脑买了多久了？
_______________________________________________________________________ your computer?

Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature's (自然) most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.
Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1. 5 metres(4 feet) in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.
Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimetres wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimetres (1 foot) across. This plant also comes in different colours, from yellow to black to green.
Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools( 厨房用具). Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.
Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting (支撑) new buildings and bridges while they are being built.
In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes( 管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.
【小题1】How is bamboo like grass?

My name is Linda. I’m a girl. I live in Canada .I have two big eyes. My eyes are green. I have long, red hair. I am 1.6 meters tall. I have long arms and long legs. I like black .Black is my favourite colour.
I have a friend in China. Her name is Lin Na. She has two big eyes ,too. But her eyes are black. Lin Na is short. She is only 1.5 meters tall. She  has long hair, too. But her hair is black. She likes yellow. She has many yellow clothes. Yellow is her favourite colour.
Lin Na an d I look different, but we are good friends .
【小题1】Lin Na lives in ________

 1.How many days will the show be on?

         A. For 10 days.       B. For 12 days.       C. For 15 days.      D. For 18 days.

2. ______ are not allowed to enter the theatre.

         A. Latecomers                           B. Adults without children

         C. School students                        D. Kids under 3 years old

3. If a family of four go to the theatre in the evening, they have to pay at least ______ dollars for the tickets.

         A. 85               B. 100              C. 120             D. 140