【正文】 le do not succeed, they feel bad about themselves. They blame（責(zé)備） themselves for their failure. In Israel, the opposite is true, Israelis often blame failure on outside reasons, such as family, teachers, friends or bad luck. In Israel freedom of opinions and risktaking are strongly supported. This may be why Israelis worry less about failure and are less shy.Peter tried to get more money for his work6．閱讀理解 . A.C.if he made a dining table on June 30th. A.Because paint would be more expensive.B.Because he wanted the writer to look at the bill carefully.C.t they, Peter?ll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.m glad it is only the 10th of June.t it? 16. 00Total（總計） Peter laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said:One dining table I won39。s a beautiful table, dear, isn39。trying to understand reasons for their shyness5．閱讀理解 . A.genetics, family size and freedom（5）Scientists suggest that shy people can get over the shyness bymay cause shyness. A.Most little babies are born shy and quiet.B.Passed down from parents.B.B.Happiness. Family size might cause people to be shy as well. Scientists at Harvard University studied shy children. They found that 66 percent of them had older brothers and sisters. The scientists said that these children were often bullied（欺負(fù)）by their older brothers and sisters. As a result, they became shy. At the same time, children with no brothers and sisters may be shy as well. Growing up alone, they often play by themselves. They are not able to learn the same social skills as children from big families. milkt walk . A.s mother carries it everywhere becauseeat any food. A.s milk is rich. Baby bears have milk for a few months. This is the same with baby zebras, As baby animals grow, they need solid （固體的） food. Baby lions cat what their mother can catch!（1）According to the passage, many newborn animals need their mothers39。re born. They learn to run with their mothers when danger is near. A baby zebra can run, an hour after it is born. pouch（育兒袋） for a long time. A newborn monkey can not walk. Its mother carries it everywhere.D.we must stop pollutionthere is more rain nowfridges and animalsD.climate changeD.B.Every three years is the best time to replace everything.2．閱讀理解 toothbrushes and blankets（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the form above? A.D.B. onethreecutting boards and chopsticksD.Being worn out is the reason for replacing your blanket.D. April 22 is Earth Day. Everyone on Earth should care about and protect the earth!F （華氏度） over the past 100 years, but why and how? Well, scientists are not quite sure. Maybe the earth gets warmer and warmer on its own. But many scientists say that people are doing many things which makes the earth warmer. First, greenhouse effect （溫室效應(yīng)） is a very important reason for the change of the earth. People give out too much energy into the air every year. It makes the earth warmer. Climate （氣候） change is another important reason. Sometimes it bees too hot and sometimes too cold. Sometimes there is too much rain and sometimes too little. The change of the climate makes the earth warmer. In turn, the warmth of the earth changes the climate, too. learn more about the earthB.s unbalanceanimals and islandclimate and the warmth of the earthC.not very clearpletely secretwell knownnot given yet（5）The passage mainly tells us that ______. A.C. t have hair. It stays safe in its mothers39。 Other baby animals can walk soon after they39。 Some baby animals are born in a place that is safe. Baby wolves are usually born in big hales with little light. Other baby animals are born in the open. A baby elephant is often born on open land. milk are called mammals （哺乳動物）. A mother bear39。B.walk by themselves（2）A newborn monkey39。it can39。 main food is Mothers39。solid foodSix.Seven.Eight.4．閱讀理解 You may also be shy because of where you were born. When scientists studied shyness in different countries, they found surprising differences. In Japan, most people said they were shy. But in Israel, only one of three people said so. What explains the difference? One scientist says the Japanese and Israelis have different opinions of failure. In Japan, when people do not succeed, they feel bad about themselves. They blame（責(zé)備）themselves for their failure. In Israel, the opposite is true. Israelis often blame failure on outside reasons, such as family, teachers, friends or bad luck. In Israel, freedom of opinion and risk taking are strongly supported. This may be why Israelis worry less about failure and are less shy. t forgetif you are shy, you are not the only one. （1）What is the passage mainly about? A.Loneliness.（2）What does the underlined word genetic in Paragraph 2probably mean? A.Made up by brothers.（3）What can be learned from the passage? A.Most Israeli people are shy of expressing opinions.（4）We can learn from the passage that family size, grownups and failureD.getting themselves away from their shy parentsD. Peter was a carpenter（木匠）in our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Peter was drinking a cup of tea and writing out