My 10-year-old Donna said, “Mom, I made a new friend at school today. Can she come over tomorrow?” Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell.

“Sure, honey, that sounds great.” I said, thinking back to my own best friend, Lillian. We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights, New York. We met at the age of 10, too. Like my daughter, I was shy, but Lillian drew me out. She was one of the friendliest people in school, with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile.

In senior high school, Lillian went on a trip to Florida. This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days. “I’ll be back soon.” she told me. But three days later, Lillian’s sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn’t come out any more. Soon, my family moved to New Jersey. Whenever I thought of her, tears came into my eyes.

The next day Donna brought her new friend home. “Hi, Mrs. Loggia.” the little girl said. Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile. “My name is Laura.”

My daughter’s new friend was so much like Lillian. I was still puzzled (迷惑) when Laura’s mom came to pick her up later that afternoon. I opened the door to let her in. “Judy!” she cried. “It’s me, Lillian’s sister, from Washington Heights.” Yes, my daughter’s friend looked familiar (熟悉的). She was Lillian’s niece.

1.The underlined words in the first paragraph “to bring her out of her shell” mean ____.

A. to help her become less shy

B. to help her become smart

C. to help her live happily

D. to help her walk out of her house

2.Why did Laura look familiar to the writer?

A. Because she looked like Donna.

B. Because she also had shiny black hair and a big smile.

C. Because she was from Washington Heights.

D. Because she was as old as her daughter.

3.The writer lost her best friend because _______________.

A. she moved to New Jersey

B. they were different from each other

C. her best friend moved to Florida

D. her best friend lost her life on a trip

4.“I knew we would be best friends forever.” is a sentence from the passage and should be put at the end of _______.

A. Paragraph 2 B. Paragraph 3

C. Paragraph 4 D. Paragraph 5

5.We can know from the passage that .

A. Laura and Donnaare of the same age

B. The writer didn’t know about Lillian’s death.

C. Laura was Lillian’s daughter.

D. Judy moved to New Jersey because of Lillian’s death

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 lunch time, 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 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.

“Your notice says ‘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.Why do Mr. and Mrs. Smith put up the notice?

A. Because they wanted to attract policemen.

B. Because they wanted people to eat on the roof.

C. Because they wanted to attract more customers.

D. Because they liked to play jokes.

2.The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “ladder” is _____.

A. 墙头 B. 热气球 C. 飞机 D. 梯子

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. drink some beer in the restaurant

4.Please order the following sentences according to the passage.

①Mr. Smith and the policeman laughed at the student.

②A foreign student looked at the notice and got onto the roof.

③The Smiths opened a restaurant.

④A policeman was beside Mr. Smith.

A. ③②④① B. ①③②④ C. ③①②④ D. ①②③④

5.“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

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