An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this, “I’m afraid it’ll have to be someplace cheap, as I have little money.” The other person may say, “Ok, I’ll meet you at McDonald’s.”

This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, “Oh, no, I want to take you to lunch at Smith’s,” or “I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there. They are great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards the person, you can go with him and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may just say, “Thank you. That would be very nice.”

American custom about who pays for dates (约会) are much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in business world will usually pay her way during the day. If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours, it means “Come, as my guest.” So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning.

  (  ) 6. The passage tells us _______.

       A. how to eat out  B. where to eat out  C. what to eat out  D. who pays for the meal

  (  ) 7. If you have little money,_______.

        A. you’ll have a cheap meal           B. you’ll borrow some from others

        C. you’ll ask your friend to pay for your meal

        D. you will not want your friends to ask you to dinner

  (  ) 8. “Go Dutch” in this passage means ________.

        A. 去饭馆        B. 就餐        C. 订餐      D. 各自付款

  (  ) 9. Sometimes your friend takes you to lunch. It means _______.

        A. he’s going to lend you money to you    B. he’s going to pay for your meal

        C. he’ll be angry with you               D. he can’t understand you

  (  ) 10. In America, some girls and women _______now.

        A. ask men to pay for their meals          B. try to pay for the men’s meals

        C. try to pay for their own meals           D. never have anything outside

When you are ill, you should go to see a doctor. After the doctor looks you over, he will write you a note to take to the chemist for some medicine. Chemists are usually good at reading doctors’ notes. But sometimes doctors write too badly and even the chemist can not read them.

One day a woman wrote to a doctor to invite him to have dinner with her family in the restaurant. The doctor wrote an answer, but he wrote too badly and the woman could not read it. “What shall I do?” she asked her husband, “I don’t know whether he is going to come or not. I don’t want to call and say that I don’t understand him.”

Her husband thought for a few minutes and then he had an idea. “Take it to the chemist,” he said, “He will be able to read it for us.”

“Thank you,” the woman said, “That’s a good idea.” She went to the chemist’s shop and gave the doctor’s note to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time.

“Could you wait a moment, Miss?” he said, Then he went to the back of the shop. After a few minutes he came back, carrying a large bottle. He gave the bottle to the woman.

“Take one spoonful(一匙) every day.” He told the woman.

( ) 1. What did the doctor do when he was invited to have dinner in the restaurant?

   A. He said he could come on time   B. he wrote the woman an answer

  C. he was very glad to come      D. He wrote a note to the chemist

( ) 2. Why couldn’t the woman understand the “note”?

  A. Because the doctor wrote badly. 

  B. Because the woman didn’t know much about medicine.

  C. Because the doctor didn’t like to go

  D. Because the woman never went to school.

( ) 3. The husband wanted his wife to _______.

  A. call the doctor or have dinner with them.

  B. go to the chemist and get some medicine.

  C. take the reply to the chemist for help    

  D. read it again

( ) 4. In the story, the word “chemist” means “______’ in Chinese.

 A. 护士    B. 化验师    C. 药剂师    D.药房

( ) 5. What did the man in the chemist’s shop give the woman at last?

A. A piece of good advice.    B. The right idea of the doctor.

C. An invitation from the doctor.  D. A bottle of medicine.

Answer the Telephone

The telephone rang and the secretary(秘书), Miss Simpson answered it. 

“May I   1   to Mr. Calder, please?” a man said.

“Who is   2  , please?” Miss Simpson asked. 

“Mr. Bright.” the man answered. Mr. Calder was in the office at the moment. Miss Simpson put her hand   3   the mouthpiece(送话器) and   4  to him. 

  5   Mr. Alan Bright, sir.” she said. “He wants to   6   to you.”

“What? Again!” Mr. Calder exclaimed (惊叫). “He wants to sell us a kind of new  typewriters,  7   he?”

“Yes, sir,” Miss Simpson said. “He   8   yesterday.”

“And he rang up five   9   last week. We don't   10   new typewriters. I told him that yesterday.” Mr. Calder said angrily.

“Then what shall I   11  , sir?” she asked. 

“Tell him I'm not  12   the office.” Mr. Calder said. 

Miss Simpson spoke   13   the mouthpiece, “Mr. Bright,” she said. “I'm afraid you   14   speak to Mr. Calder now. Mr. Calder   15  that he is not in his office now. ”

(  ) 1. A. ask        B. speak        C. talk         D. tell

(  ) 2. A. said        B. saying       C. spoke       D. speaking

(  ) 3. A. on         B. in           C. over        D. with

(  ) 4. A. spoke      B. speak         C. speaks      D. asks

(  ) 5. A. He's       B. That's        C. It's         D. This is

(  ) 6. A. tell        B. say          C. ask         D. speak

(  ) 7. A. does       B. doesn't       C. don't        D. isn't

(  ) 8. A. call        B. calls         C. called       D. calling

(  ) 9. A. hours      B. times         C. time        D. minutes

(  ) 10. A. need      B. use           C. have       D. sell

(  ) 11. A. ask       B. speak         C. say         D. tell

(  ) 12. A. out       B. on            C. off         D. in

(  ) 13. A. in        B. into           C. to          D. over

(  ) 14. A. couldn't    B. don't          C. can't        D. wouldn't

(  ) 15. A. says       B. said           C. say         D. told

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