If your birthday is coming，what gifts will your parents buy for you？It's not easy for Chinese parents to choose birthday gifts for their children. Many American parents also have the same problem. But luckily they have American Girl-an American company. It's famous for its beautiful dolls. Though there are many famous dolls in the world, American Girl dolls are girls' favorite birthday gifts.

What makes American Girl dolls so popular with girls? The secret is in their matching hair, skin, eye color and clothing. That is to say, there are different kinds of dolls for people to choose from. And the dolls look like their owners. The company hopes their dolls can make girls understand that it's OK to be different from others.

The company gives each doll a name and a special background. It also invites some writers to write books about these dolls. The stories are mainly about American history in different periods. So girls can get a lot of fun and also learn something about history.

1.What is American Girl in the passage?

A. A Chinese company. B. A Japanese company.

C. An American company. D. An Australian company.

2.Why are American Girl dolls so popular with girls?

A. Because they are very cheap and everyone can afford them.

B. Because there are different kinds of dolls for people to choose from.

C. Because each doll has a name and a special background.

D. Because girls don't like other toys.

3.All American Girl dolls are not_______each other.

A. worried about B. the same as C. friendly to D. different from

4.What does the company give to each doll?

A. A nice sweater. B. A strange name. C. A new skirt. D. A special background.

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. It's easy for Chinese parents to choose birthday gifts for their children.

B. The American Girl dolls look like some famous people.

C. The company invites some reporters to report on these dolls.

D. Girls can learn something about American history from the dolls.

When you want to invite friends to a party, you'd better send them invitations. This is a good way to show your respect. Here are some ways of inviting friends to your party.

Mailed Invitation

The most traditional way to invite your friends is to mail invitations. You need to write down all the information about the party，such as the party time，place，clothes to wear，things to bring，phone number and so on.

Online Invitation

You can also invite friends to a party through the Internet. You can buy some online invitations，put pictures and videos in the online invitations and then e－mail them to your friends.

Phone Call

If you want to save more time，you can just make a phone call.In this way，you can tell them more about your party.And you can hear if they are interested in the party.

In－person(亲自)

An in－person invitation can let you talk to your friends about the party and know their interests.But when you talk to the friends，you may forget some important information.So，you'd better prepare an invitation for them，too.

1.The underlined word “respect” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.

A. 祝福 B. 尊重 C. 感激 D. 高傲

2.The most important traditional way to invite friends is to ________.

A. send e-mail B. mail invitations C. make phone calls D. write letters on the Internet

3.From the third paragraph we can know ________.

A. how to mail invitations to friends B. how to hold a party for friends

C. how to write party information D. how to send online invitations

4.The fourth paragraph is mainly about ________.

A. buying online invitations B. knowing friends' interests

C. inviting friends by phone calls D. talking with friends before a party

5.What's the best title for this passage?

A. How to hold parties B. How to make friends

C. The important information D. Some ways to invite friends

Help your guests feel at home at a dinner party by the following ways.

1..Take their coats, welcome them and make them feel at home.

If a guest does not know most of the people in the room, you need to introduce him or her to everyone.2.

Serve your guests or let them serve themselves if there is food on the serving table.3.Make sure that they are as comfortable as possible.

4.Let the guests go around the room and tell a funny story about themselves or their favorite things to do.5.

After dinner, serve dessert to your guests.

根据短文内容，将A～E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整。

A. Ask your guests often if they need more food.

B. When your guests arrive, greet them at the door.

C. It's a good way to make them know about each other.

D. This could help him or her feel more important.

E. When you and your guests have dinner, play a “get to know each other” game.

1.当安娜空闲的时候,她喜欢闲逛。

Anna likes to ________ ________ when she is free.

2.我感觉不舒服, 今天下午我将去看医生。

I don't feel very well. I will ________ ________ ________ ________ this afternoon.

3.你能帮我准备周五上午的生日聚会吗?

Can you help me ________ ________ the birthday party on Friday morning?

4.其他时间我一定好好找你谈谈。

I'm sure to have a good talk with you ________ ________．

5.雨很大,因此我们必须待在家里。

The rain is very heavy so we ________ ________stay at home.

6.你能帮我筹备这次聚会吗？

Could you help me ________ ________ the party?

7.我们会另找时间拜访史密斯先生。We will visit Mr.Smith ________ ________.

8.凯特两个月前离开了家, 她的父母想收到她的信。

Kate left home two months ago. Her parents want to ________ ________ her.

9.下周我将去上海旅行。

I will ________ ________ ________ to Shanghai next week.

10.当我离开时,你能帮我照顾我的宠物狗吗?

Could you please help me ________ ________ my pet dog while I'm away.

11.前天是我妈妈的生日。

It was my mom's birthday ________ ________ ________ ________.

12.请最晚在这周六告诉我你的决定。

Please tell me your decision ________ ________ ________.

13.史密斯先生没吃早饭就去上班了。

Mr. Smith went to work ________ ________ ________ in the morning.

14.新年收到你的来信,真是太好了!

It's so nice to ________ ________ you on New Year's Day!

15.我的叔叔成了一名优秀的工程师。

My uncle ________ ________ as an excellent engineer.

假如你是Sally，你的好友Helen邀请你下个周末去动物园, 但你因为有太多的事情要做, 只好婉言拒绝。请你根据下面表格中的提示给她写一封电子邮件, 向她讲述你谢绝的原因。

要求：1.语言规范, 行文流畅；

2.70词左右(开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数)。

Dear Helen，

Thanks a lot for your invitation. I'm sorry I can't__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you very much for asking.

Yours，

Sally

I'm too tired. I would like ________ some coffee to relax.

A. drink B. to drink C. drinking D. to drinking

Jenny is not busy today, so she Joe’s invitation to join him for lunch.

A. accepted B. made C. refused D. replied

The little boy gave me a ________ answer after I asked him the question.

A. surprise B. surprises C. surprised D. surprising

I think you will not do a good job in the exam without _______.

A. competition B. preparation C. information D. education

From Susan’s description of the book, we can know _______ he loves it.

A. how much B. how many C. how long D. how often