【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 D.Doing parttime jobs.11．任務(wù)型閱讀 Steve visits the nursing home near his house two afternoons each week. On one of those days, he reads to his friend Martin. On the other afternoon, he plays cards and talks with Mrs Johnson. Steve enjoys spending his extra time this way. He is a volunteer. A volunteer is a person who helps another person or has a job for which he or she does not get paid. A volunteer donates his or her time for free. Everyone else in Steve39。s family is also a volunteer. Steve39。s mother Mary volunteers one afternoon each week at the local hospital. She talks to patients, delivers flowers, and helps the nurses with odd jobs. Steve39。s sister Gina volunteers two afternoons each week at the museum. She weles visitors and answers their questions. Steve39。s father David is also a volunteer. He is a volunteer fire fighter for the town in which they live. Steve39。s family thinks volunteering is very important. Steve39。s parents think being a volunteer helps to teach values. Steve and his sister learn how to be kind and respect other people. Steve39。s family does volunteer work to give something back to the munity. They want to help people who are not as fortunate as they are. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 完成信息表。A family of volunteersRelationshipNameTime per week________DoingsFatherDavidAnytime necessaryAnywhere necessary________Mother________One afternoonThe local hospitalTalk to patients；Deliver flowers；Help nursesSonSteveTwo afternoons________Read to Martin；Talk and play with Mrs Johnson________GinaTwo afternoonsThe museumWele visitors；Answer questions12．下面文章中有五處需要添加小標題，請從以下選項中選出符合各段意思的小標題。選項中有一項是多余選項。A Listen to people.B. Feel fortable.C. Play games out.D. Just talk.E. Read the news.F. Smile more often. Do you think that you are not outgoing enough? Do you want to make more friends, but are too shy? Read the following rules, they will help you.1. ________Always be clean. Take a bath, brush your teeth, and try to look nice. Dress in clothes that make you feel good and fortable. Those make you feel more confident.2. ________Try to smile more often at people. It will get them to think that you are friendly. Then they39。ll talk to you more, even if they don39。t know you.3. ________Some people worry about talking because they think, What am I going to talk about with that person? Outgoing people don39。t even think about it. They just go up to people and say what they think.4. ________You can39。t just talk. People will think that you are selfcentered（以自我為中心的）. You have to listen to others and give your opinions. Let them know that you care.5. ________Don39。t just stay at home and do nothing. Surf the Internet for news and information, and talk about it when you are with your friends.13．根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 回答問題。 On May 12, a big earthquake in China hit Wenchuan, Sichuan. Buildings fell down and the city was destroyed. A lot of people lost their lives. Premier Wen Jiabao got on a plane to Chengdu 盡快地. He was leading rescue （救援） work there. During the earthquake, many school buildings fell down. Students were buried. But they didn39。t give up hope. Many got out with help. Here are some stories about the brave students. Jiang Dejia and Liao Li are both students from Shifang Yinghua Middle School in Deyang. They were buried in the school rubble（碎磚） for two days. Jiang and Liao didn39。t know each other before the earthquake. But they kept each other going during the two scary days. They were both rescued later. A Junior 1 girl called Deng Qingqing from Shifang Yinghua Middle School was buried under the rubble. She was cold and hungry. But the brave girl had a flashlight （手電筒）. She used it to help her read books. Li Anning, 16, is from Beichuan Middle School. She and her classmates sang songs under the rubble to fort each other. The PLA soldiers and policemen were trying to find people alive in the （直升機） airdropped food, water and medicine. Medical teams went to the quake173。 hit areas. People outside Sichuan were also offering money, blood and other things to help. （1）How many brave students are mentioned in the passage? （2）Who were trying to find people alive in the rubble? （3）What were the people outside Sichuan doing? （4）將文中畫線的漢語翻譯成英語。 （5）將文中畫線的英語翻譯成漢語。 14．根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容的理解，完成下列各題。 Liu Wei is very famous in China because he can play the piano with his toes（腳趾）. One day when Liu Wei was only 10 years old, he played a game with some friends. He lost both his arms because of electricity. Liu Wei was very sad when both his arms were cut off after the accident. But soon he had to make a choice. For people like me, there were only two choices. One was to give up all the dreams, which would cause a quick death. The other was to work hard without arms to live an excellent life, says Liu Wei. Liu Wei39。s dream was to be a pianist. He learned to play the piano with his toes. And teaching himself to play the piano with his toes was very hard. Many times he wanted to give up, but his parents went on encouraging him and he wanted to make his parents proud. Maybe you cannot believe that Liu Wei is able to play well only with his toes. The audience（觀眾） were deeply moved and very excited when they watched his performance. （1）What can Liu Wei play the piano with? （2）How old was Liu Wei when he lost his arms? （3）Was Liu Wei very unhappy when both his arms were cut off? （4）Who encouraged Liu Wei to play the piano? （5）How did the audience feel when they watched Liu39。s performance? 15．根據(jù)短文理解，選擇正確答案。 The largest animal living on the earth is the blue whale. It weighs about 80 tons—more than 24 elephants. It is more than 30 metres long. A newborn baby whale weighs as heavy as a big elephant. Cats can survive（存活） when they fall down from a very high place because they can keep their bodies safe. One cat fell 32 floors onto the street, but it was just hurt a little.160