Mr. and Mrs. Smith have just opened a small restaurant. In order to attract customers, they put a notice in front of the restaurant, which said: “Meals on the house for three days.”
A foreign student who didn’t know much English passed by the restaurant on the second day. It was lunchtime and he felt hungry. “Well, here is a restaurant. I’m going to have something to eat,” he said.
He saw the notice when he walked towards the restaurant. “American people are really strange. They even eat dinners on the house! But how can I get onto the top of the house?” he asked himself.
He looked around and found a ladder（梯子）against a tree nearby. He was very glad. But as he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him: “Hey, what are you doing up there?” Mr Smith was looking at him angrily. Beside him was a policeman.
“Doesn’t your notice say ‘Meals on the house for three days’? Is it just a joke?” the foreign student answered.
On hearing this, both Mr Smith and the policeman burst into laughter(开怀大笑). “Do you know what On The House means?”
Do you know the meaning of On The House?
【小题1】The Smiths have ____________.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith have just opened a small restaurant. In order to attract customers, they put a notice in front of the restaurant, which said: “Meals on the house for three days.”

A foreign student who didn’t know much English passed by the restaurant on the second day. It was lunchtime and he felt hungry. “Well, here is a restaurant. I’m going to have something to eat,” he said.

He saw the notice when he walked towards the restaurant. “American people are really strange. They even eat dinners on the house! But how can I get onto the top of the house?” he asked himself.

He looked around and found a ladder（梯子）against a tree nearby. He was very glad. But as he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him: “Hey, what are you doing up there?” Mr Smith was looking at him angrily. Beside him was a policeman.

“Doesn’t your notice say ‘Meals on the house for three days’? Is it just a joke?” the foreign student answered.

On hearing this, both Mr Smith and the policeman burst into laughter(开怀大笑). “Do you know what On The House means?”

Do you know the meaning of On The House?

1.The Smiths have ____________.

A. opened a restaurant      B. built a house

C. climbed onto the top     D. been policemen

2.The student walked past the restaurant ___________.

A. when the Smiths started their business

B. when the Smiths put on the notice

C. when the policeman came to the restaurant

D. when it was time to have lunch

3.The student ____________ so Mr Smith shouted at him.

A. was very hungry

B. knew little about English

C. climbed onto the top of the house

D. took away the ladder

4.“On the house” may mean that the meal _____________.

A. is had on the house     B. is paid on the house

C. is made on the house    D. is free for the customers

短文综合填空（本大题满分11分，每空1分）

Most people may not think that there are any problems with watermelons, but some Japanese sellers do. There is often wasted s_______1.when they store watermelons, because round watermelons do not sit nicely on shelves. So some c_______2.farmers have solved the watermelon problem. They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes so the watermelons become square. The only problem now is the p_______3.. The square watermelons cost about 80 dollars each.

Many people know the s_______4.“Roses are red, violets(紫罗兰) are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you”. Well, today the poem needs to c_______5.“Roses are red” to “Roses are red, roses are blue”! Australian scientists discovered that when they put a chemical from a blue f_______6.into a rose, they can create a nearly 100% blue rose. Some of science’s inventions are beautiful, not just u_______7.!

For many years Chinese scientists have been w_______8.on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now they have produced a new kind, called super rice. Super rice not only can protect i_______9. against insects(昆虫) and diseases(病害), but it also produces more than any other kind of rice. Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times more rice than they could grow in the p_______10..

Doctors might be able to use vegetables to fight cancer now. US scientists have discovered a w_______11.to put a chemical into tomato plants while they are growing. When cancer patients eat the tomatoes, the tomatoes will fight the cancer in their bodies.

先阅读短文，然后根据短文内容和所给的首字母补全单词，使短文内容完整、意思通顺。并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

Most people may not think that there are any problems with watermelons, but some Japanese sellers do. There is often wasted s_______(73) when they store watermelons, because round watermelons do not sit nicely on shelves. So some c_______(74) farmers have solved the watermelon problem. They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes so the watermelons become square. The only problem now is the p_______(75). The square watermelons cost about 80 dollars each.

Many people know the s_______(76) “Roses are red, violets(紫罗兰) are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you”. Well, today the poem needs to c_______(77) “Roses are red” to “Roses are red, roses are blue”! Australian scientists discovered that when they put a chemical from a blue f_______(78) into a rose, they can create a nearly 100% blue rose. Some of science’s inventions are beautiful, not just u_______(79)!

For many years Chinese scientists have been w_______(80) on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now they have produced a new kind, called super rice. Super rice not only can protect i_______(81) against insects (昆虫) and diseases(病害), but it also produces more than any other kind of rice. Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times more rice than they could grow in the p_______(82).

Doctors might be able to use vegetables to fight cancer now. US scientists have discovered a w_______(83) to put a chemical into tomato plants while they are growing. When cancer patients eat the tomatoes, the tomatoes will fight the cancer in their bodies.

Around two weeks ago, I was invited to be a judge(裁判) at a college. All of the students had been given a piece of paper with a topic written on it. The first one to speak looked a little   11   . “My dear friends and judges,” he said loudly, “this is an unfair    12   ! I have been given the paper,” he continued, “to speak on the topic with just a few minutes’ preparation,    13   those who come after me have more time to   14   their speeches!” He then left the stage and went out of the hall.

I met him later by chance. “Who said life is   15   ?” I asked him with a smile, and I asked him to walk with me to my car. “Have you seen the figures(数字) they show when a new car is   16   into the market, saying how good it is?” 

“Yes,” he nodded.

“But they put a   17   after all these figures. They say all the figures are in ideal road conditions!”

“Yes,” he said again.

“Can you show me some ideal road conditions?” I asked him, and he smiled. “The car that sells well is the one   18   will provide power and speed on the   19   roads. That car is the winner.”

We had got to the car. “Don’t look for ideal competition conditions,” I said. “   20    the unfair and come out a winner!”

I looked back as I drove away and saw him smile and wave, and I knew he would do as I said.

11. A. unhappy                   B. afraid                   C. ungrateful            D. tired

12. A. college                  B. competition          C. topic             D. judge

13. A. when                   B. so                  C. since             D. while

14. A. wait for                  B. care about          C. work on          D. find out

15. A. easy                    B. fair                C. sweet              D. boring

16. A. produced                B. imported            C. advertised           D. introduced

17. A. word                  B. guide             C. line                D. letter

18. A. that                    B. what               C. who               D. whatever

19. A. best                   B. worst              C. busiest             D. longest

20. A. Fight                  B. Balance             C. Blame            D. Change