One day, Mr. Smith goes to a dinner party. He is wearing very old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room don't look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table. He isn't happy. But he says nothing.

Mr. Smith goes home quickly and puts on his best clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and looks at him. They give him good food to eat.

Mr. Smith takes off his coat and puts it on the food and says, "Eat, coat!"

The other people are astonished and ask, "What are you doing? Why do you do that?"

Mr. Smith answers, "I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wear old clothes, you don't look at me. You don't ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”

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51. One day, Mr. Smith goes to_______.

    A. a birthday party    B. a dinner party    C. an English party    D. a movie

52. When he comes into the room, the people don't look at him. Why?

    A. Because the people don't ask him to come.

    B. Because Mr. Smith wears old clothes.

    C. Because Mr. Smith doesn't say hello to them first.

    D. Because it is night, they don't see him.

53. Why does he go home quickly?

    A. Because he doesn't want to stay there.

    B. Because he goes home for his best clothes.

    C. Because the people there ask him to leave.

    D. Because he doesn't like the food there.

54. What's the meaning of "astonished" in Chinese?

    A．高興的         B．不滿的    C．感到奇怪的       D．生氣的

55. Which is right according to the article?

    A. A person in good clothes should eat good food.

    B. A good coat should eat good food.

    C. We can't judge a man by his clothes.

    D. Mr. Smith is stupid(愚蠢的)．

To learn a foreign language well, you need to spend a lot of time on it. The ___46___ time you spend on the language, the faster you will learn. This does not ___47___ sitting in class looking out of the window, nor listening to other students who do not speak well. This means spending time enjoyably on the ___48___ you are learning.

Listen to the language you are learning on your MP3 player. Read ___49___ you are listening to. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can mostly ___50___, or even partly understand. One hour of listening or reading is more effective（有效率）than many hours of class time. If you ___51___ listening and reading, you will improve yourself.

Build up your vocabulary lists, which you’ll need lots of. Start to notice words and how they come ___52___ as phrases. Learn these words and phrases ___53___ listening and reading. Read online, using online dictionaries, and make your own vocabulary lists. Do not ___54___ for someone else to show you the language, nor to tell you what to do, and you should discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up. Talk when you feel like it. ___55___ when you feel like. You are learning and improving. The language will become clearer in your mind. Just make sure you spend enough time on the language.

1.	A．worse B．less C．more D．farther

 

2.	A．mean B．point C．bring D．make

 

3.	A．song B．report C．news D．language

 

4.	A．how B．what C．where D．why

 

5.	A．hear B．write C．understand D．check

 

6.	A．finish B．stop C．remember D．keep

 

7.	A．out B．together C．a(chǎn)round D．down

 

8.	A．through B．a(chǎn)cross C．between D．except

 

9.	A．look B．care C．wait D．use

 

10.	A．Speak B．Listen C．Read D．Write