【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 o may offend some guests. Some Westerners may be offended if you touch them or their personal thingseven by accident. If this happens, say sorry politely. Some elderly Westerners may be offended if you try to help them without their agreement. People think numbers can be lucky or unlucky. Some Westerners avoid the number 13 because they believe it is unlucky. Muslims（穆斯林）do not eat pork, and words like pigs are not considered proper. People from Brazil, Italy and Pakistan do not give handkerchiefs（手帕）as gifts. They believe a handkerchief is closely connected with unhappy feelings. Wine is not sent as a gift in many parts of western and middle Asia, where most Muslims live. （1）Indians don39。t hold food with the left hand because they consider it _____. A.uncleanB.uselessC.valuelessD.unimportant（2）The word offend in the second paragraph might mean______. A.honorB.helpC.hateD.hurt（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A.People from Pakistan like to send handkerchiefs as gifts.B.All the elderly people in the West like being helped by others.C.The number 13 is thought to be unlucky by some Westerners.D.Westerners do not mind their personal things being touched.（4）What does the passage mainly talk about? A.lucky numbers.B.Traditional food.C.Culture differences.D.Hands and handkerchiefs.7．閱讀理解 Everyone has eaten instant noodles（方便面）. It is very easy to cook it instantly by putting the noodles into the boiling water and adding in ingredient packets, together with other food like eggs or vegetables. However, have you ever wondered whether this is the correct way of cooking it? When you first take out the noodles from the packaging, you will notice that the noodles are joined together nicely as a piece. In order to make the noodles joined together nicely side by side, it needs some form of wax coating（石蠟涂層） to achieve an attractive instant noodles in front of us. However, researches have shown that the layer of wax coating on the noodles is quite harmful to our body and we should not eat it too often. It is advisable to have a break of 23 days before we start to eat another packet of instant noodles as our body need about 3 days to clear that layer of wax coating away from our body system. Do you know the danger of having too much wax coating stored in our stomach? It will lead to CANCER. There are two key points to take note while preparing instant noodles: （1） Wash the instant noodles with warm water first, stir it and pour away the water containing the wax coating. （2）Repeat Step 1 and try to stir the noodles again to wash away the wax coating on the noodles before cooking it in a new pot of water. Hope this article will help you when you choose to eat instant noodles.（1）The function of the wax coating in the instant noodles is to_______. A.make the noodles more delicious and tastyB.make it easier to cook for the consumersC.make the instant noodles healthier and more attractive to the consumersD.make the noodles joined in a piece and avoid them sticking together（2）What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A.The hidden dangers of the instant noodles.B.The way of how our body clears the wax coating.C.How to cook instant noodles.D.Researches on advantages of the wax coating.（3）What does the underlined word contain mean? A.去除B.包含C.儲存D.需要（4）What is the purpose of the writer to write the passage? A.To tell us the dangers of instant noodles.B.To tell us how to cook instant noodles.C.To tell us something about the layer of wax coating on the noodles.D.To tell us how to eat instant noodles safely and healthily.8．閱讀理解 Two men were going through a forest. I am afraid, said one, that we may meet with wild animals. Fear nothing, friend Quickwit, cried the other, whose name was Braggart, If they e at us, we shall stand by one another like men. I have a strong arm, a strong heart, and… Hark! cried the first in fear, as a low sound was heard from somewhere nearby, Braggart, who was light and nimble, climbed up a tree like a squirrel （松鼠）, leaving his friend, who was not so active, to face the danger alone! Quickwit could do nothing but throw himself on the ground and pretended（假裝） to be dead。 for he had heard that bears would never touch a dead body. In no time the bear camp up to him, sniffed（用鼻子吸氣） at him. Quickwit did not dare to move。 and the bear, thinking him dead, went off into the wood again, leaving him quite unharmed! When Braggart saw that the danger was over, he came down from the tree and tried to pass off the matter with a joke. Well, my friend Quickwit, he said, what did the bear say to you when he put his mouth dose to your ear? He told me, replied Quickwit, never again to trust a man who talks big like you!（1）The correct order of the following events is . a. Two men were going through a forest.b. Quickwit threw himself on the ground.c. Braggart climbed up a tree like a squirrel.d. A low sound was heard from somewhere nearby.A.abdcB.adcb.C.dacbD.dbca（2）The bear left Quickwit because it . A.was hit by BraggartB.felt pity for himC.thought he was deadD.didn39。t like his smell（3）We can learn from the passage that . A.a true friend reaches for your handB.a friend to all is a friend to noneC.a good friend is a good listenerD.a real friend never argues with you（4）The best title for the passage would be . A.160