题目内容：

Mr Smith just opened a small restaurant. To attract （吸引）People, he put up a notice (通知) in front of the restaurant. It said, "Meals on the house for three days."

The next day, a foreign student passed by the restaurant. He didn't know much English. It was lunch time and he felt very hungry. He walked to the restaurant and saw the notice. "American people are really funny; They even have dinners on the house! But how can I get up to the top of the house?" He said to himself.

He looked around and found a ladder (梯子). But when he reached the top, he heard someone  shouting at him, "Hey! What are you doing up there?"

"Doesn't your notice say 'Meals on the house for three days'? Is it just a joke?" the foreign student asked.

When people heard this, they all laughed, "Do you know what that means? It means all the food here is free these days."

1.Mr Smith put a notice in front of the restaurant, because           .

A. he wanted to make a joke on people

B. he wanted more people to have meals there

C. he wanted to make the restaurant more beautiful

2.What did the foreign student think of American people?

A. Friendly.   B. Funny.       C. Outgoing.

3.The foreign student climbed to the top of the house in order to              .

A. make a joke  B. have lunch   C. use the ladder

4.How did the foreign student get to the top of the house?

A. He used a ladder.

B. He used the notice.

C. He jumped.

5."Meals on the house" in the passage probably means            .

A. serving meals only on the house

B. eating something special on the top of the house

C. you can eat meals but pay nothing for them