2014初中英语阅读理解：an invitation

　　中考英语阅读理解的解题技巧：猜读理解题干及选项包含的信息。注意题干的主语、疑问词及重要的谓语，留意问句中的五个W(即who, what, when, where, why)和How等问题。然后有针对性地对文章进行扫读，对有关信息进行快速定位，整合、甄别、分析、对比，筛选、提炼，形成概念，得出结论。更多有关2014中考英语的信息可登录出国留学网英语频道，欢迎收藏本站(CTRL+D即可收藏)!

　　In the United States and Canada，people often invite friends over for a meal，a party，or just coffee.

　　Here are the kinds of things people always say.“Would you like to come over for dinner tonight?”“Hey，we're having a party on Friday.Can you come?To reply to an invitation，either say thank you and accept(接受)，or say sorry and give an excuse(藉口).Sometimes，however(但是)，what people say is like invitations but which are not real invitations.For example：“Please come over for a drink sometime.”“Let's get together for lunch soon.”They are not real invitations because they don't talk about the date or time.They just show that the person is trying to be friendly.To reply to this，people just say“Sure，that would be great.”or“OK，thank you.”So next time you hear what is like an invitation，listen carefully.Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly?

　　根据短文内容回答问题。

　　1.Do people in the US often invite friends to dinner?

　　2.If you get an invitation，what would you say first?

　　3.Is it a real invitation，when people say“Come over for a coffee sometime，please.

　　4.Why do people say this if they don't really want to invite their friends to come?

　　参考答案：1.Yes，they do.2.Thank you.3.No，it isn't.4.They just want to be friendly.