【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 are always public chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts may use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of real friendship and politeness. It is always polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just leave the food on the plate. People in China tend to overorder food, for they will find it embarrassing（令人尷尬的） if all the food is consumed（吃光）. When you have had enough, just say so, or you will always overeat!（1）What39。s the real difference between Chinese and Western table manners? A.The tools people use to eat.B.Whether people share food on the same plate.C.The things people like to eat.D.How to begin the dinner politely.（2）If a foreigner first es to have dinner in a Chinese family, he may be _____. A.given little foodB.served with rice firstC.served with many dishesD.asked to use public chopsticks（3）Which of the following is the RIGHT order for most Chinese formal dinners according to the passage? A.Ricesouphot meatcold dishes.B.Vegetable dishessoupdumplingscold dishes.C.Cold disheshot meatsouprice.D.Cold dishessouphot meatrice.（4）What39。s the best title for this passage? A.Having dinner with foreignersB.How to use chopsticksC.The importance of table mannersD.Chinese table manners7．閱讀理解 Our monthly talks start at 19: 30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don39。t need to book. They end around 21: 00. November 7th The Canal（運(yùn)河）Pioneers（先驅(qū)者）, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early civil engineers. December 5th Ice for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering. Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London39。s ice trade grew. February 6th An Update on the Cotswold Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroud water Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play. March 6th Eyots and AitsThames Istands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest. （1）When is the talk on James Brindley? A.On February 6th.B.On March 6th.C.On November 7th.D.On December 5th.（2）What is the topic of the talk in February? A. The Canal Pioneers.B. Ice for the Metropolis.C.Eyous and Aits Thames Istands.D.An Update on the Cotswold Canals.（3）Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames? A.Miranda Vickers.B.Malcolm Tucker.C.Chris Lewis.D.Liz Payne.8．閱讀理解 Big data（數(shù)據(jù)） is lot of sets of information that are put together so they can be used by a puter program. The puter program looks for different kinds of answers or patterns in the data. Big data can have different kinds of information from many sources, such as information that es from schools, social media sites（社交媒體網(wǎng)站）, panies and governments. One set of data can have people39。s names and addresses. Another set can have what they like, where they go to school, and how much time they spend on the puter. Big data can be used in many ways. The government uses it to understand how many people travel on buses or trains. This information is then used to make bus or train systems better. Some schools use big data to understand which children may need more help in class. The teacher can then give certain students more help or support so those students can succeed in school. Companies use big data, too. It helps them understand who buys their products. For example, one pany uses weather data to see when people eat the most ice cream. Big data can be used for good reasons. Some hospitals use big data to predict if a baby who is born too early will get sick. The hospital can then take extra steps to take care of that baby so he, she does not get sick. Big data can also be used for bad reasons. It can be used to predict which kinds of people are likely to break the law or hurt others, even if they have not done anything wrong. How can big data be used for good and bad things? It is because the puter programs used to look at big data and understand it are written by people. People think a certain way. Because they think a certain way, they build a model of those ideas. These ideas are then used to look at the data. Sometimes, these ideas are helpful for people or businesses. Other times, bad ideas can cause problems for certain groups of people.（1）This reading is about ______. A.what big data is and how it is usedB.what schools and hospitals people likeC.where important data is collected and storedD.how big data is controlled by governments and panies（2）One pany uses weather information to ______. A.help children in needB.know when people will visit the hospitalC.find out who tides the bus or trainD.understand when people will need ice cream（3）The main idea of Paragraph 3 is ____. A.big data can be used for good reasonsB.we can use big data in a number of waysC.big data can be used for both good and bad reasonsD.we can use big data to stop babies from getting sick（4）The overall tone （總基調(diào)） of this reading is _________. A.sad and personalB.personal and scientificC.informative but sillyD.scientific and informative9．閱讀理解 I often hear some students say English is difficult, and it gives them a headache. So they can39。t learn it well. But English is very easy for me. I39。m good at it. I39。m very glad to tell you something about how I