—May I get you something to drink?

—    ．

A．Yes，please             B．That’s very kind of you．

C．No．you don’t have to．   D．With pleasure．

Very often, new-born babies are not beautiful．They are wrinkled （多皱的） or hairless，or they have an angry look on their faces．They seem to say，“Get away！I hate everybody．”But to a parent，that hairless, wrinkled，angry -faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world．When a proud father or mother asks you，“Well， What do you think…，isn’t she beautiful?”What are you going to say? Is this the time for the truth? Of course not!

   You look that proud father in the eyes and say, “Yes，she is! She's really a beauty．She's one in a million．She's going to be a movie star! I can tell! She's as beautiful as a picture．”

   In English, This is a white lie．White lies don’t hurt people． They are not cruel （残忍的） or angry words．People use them to make a difficult thing a little easier．When people don’t want to meet someone, or eat something new that they really don’t like at a friend's house, they tell a white lie．They are trying to be kind．They don’t want to hurt anyone．It's important to be honest, but many people feel that being kind is sometimes more important．

1． Parents are usually ___________when their babies are born.

      A．angry               B．proud                C．sad                D．surprise

2．When a parent asks what you think of their new baby, they want you to__________．

      A．tell the truth                               B．say what you like

     C．tell lies                                  D．say something positive

3．The underlined word “white”in this passage means“_________” in Chinese．

      A．善意的               B．恶意的               C．白色的               D．苍白的

4．From the passage we know that___________．

     A．a new -born baby hates everyone around her

     B．a new -born baby is the most beautiful one

     C．people who tell white lies are not kind

    D．people who tell white lies want to be kind

5．Which of the following is a white lie?

    A．You broke the window but you say you don’t know who broke it．

    B．You know Jack has stolen a watch but you say you don’t know who stole the watch.

      C．You don’t think your friend first drawing is great but you say it is.

     D．You tell a mother that her new - born baby isn’t beautiful.

Alex was a rich（富有的）young man．He often went out to dinner with friends．He usually went to the restaurant next to his home, but the waiters there did not like him．Alex liked showing off（卖弄）and he always made fun（取笑）of the waiters．He often asked them difficult questions and then gave them the answers．He thought it was funny．

    One day he took a beautiful girl to the restaurant．Her name was Betty．Alex asked her，“What do you want to eat?’ She opened the menu and looked at everything and then said，“Don’t  those fish look good?“

    Alex looked at them and said，“Yes，they do．I know a lot about fish．”Then he turned to the waiter and said，“Waiter，aren’t these fish French?”

    “I don't know．”answered the waiter．“They didn’t talk to me about it．”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1．From the story, we know that

    A．Alex was always kind to others             B．Alex often played jokes on the waiters

    C．Alex and the waiters were friends           D．Alex liked eating French fish

2．Why didn't the waiters like Alex?

    A．Because Alex liked girls very much.

    B．Because Alex was a rich young man.

    C．Became Alex asked them difficult questions

    D．Because Alex didn't like the food.

3．What does the underlined word “them” refer to（指的是）?

      A．Girls．                B．Waiters                C．Questions．         D．Fish．

4．Alex wanted his friends to think he____________．

      A．was rich              B．knew a lot            C．was a good cook    D．was strict

5．What can we know from the story?

      A．The fish could speak French．                 B．The waiter could speak French．

      C．The fish were French．                              D．The waiter didn’t like Alex’s questions．

—Would you like me to take you to the new shopping centre?

一 ____. I’ve been there once．

A. No，thanks　　 B. No problem

C .Yes, I think so　 D. That’s very kind of you