【文章內容簡介】 Surf the Internet for news and information, and talk about it when you are with your friends.9．閱讀理解 He was driving home one cold evening on a country road when he saw an old lady standing on the side of the road. He stopped to give her a hand. Why don39。t you wait in the car where it isn39。t cold, Madam? It won39。t take me long. He said, My name is Joe. She had a flat tire. Joe crawled under the car and repaired the car. But he got dirty and his hand hurt. She thanked him and asked him how much she should give him. He told her if she really decided to thank him back, the next time she saw someone needed help, she could give that person the money he needed, and Joe said, And think of me. She drove off with thankfulness. A few miles down the road, the lady saw a small restaurant. She went in. The waitress was nearly eight months pregnant. She weled her with a sweet smile. The old lady wanted to know how she could be so happy and how she could work in such a poor situation. Then she thought of Joe39。s words. After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get her change from 100$ bill. But the lady went right out of the door. When the waitress came back, she saw a note on the table, saying I39。m helping you because someone once helped me. If you really want to give me back the change, here is what you can do – Do not let the chain of love end with you. The waitress went home that night with the money and the note. With the birth of the baby next month, she and her husband needed money. She knew how worried her husband was. And when her husband was sleeping next to her, she said: Everything39。s going to be all right. I love you, Joe.（1）What did Joe do when he saw an old lady? A.He wanted her to give him the money.B.He wanted to help her.C.He wanted her to help the waitress in the restaurant.D.He wanted her to give the money to the waitress in the restaurant.（2）Why did the old lady go right out of the door? A.Because she wanted the love passed from one to another.B.Because she knew the waitress was Joe39。s wife.C.Because the waitress weled her with a smile.D.Because she didn39。t need the change.（3）What is the best title of the passage? A.The accident on the road.B.The story in the restaurant.C.The chain of love.D.The help in need.（4）How did the love pass from one to another in the passage? 10．根據(jù)短文內容, 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。 11．閱讀短文, 回答下列問題。 The giant panda is one of the most popular animals in the world. A giant panda can grow to be metres tall and weigh up to 150 kg. People think the giant panda is very lovely. So it is not surprising that the World Wide Fund for Nature chose the giant panda as its symbol. The WWF tells people that giant pandas are in danger and raises money to save them. The giant pandas only live in China. There are fewer than 1, 600 giant pandas left in the wild. The main reason why pandas are endangered is that the area where pandas can live has bee smaller. The WWF works to help giant pandas in the wild in many ways. One of the ways that help them is to increase the size of panda reserves. Some reserves need to be joined together by planting bamboo between them to make corridors（通道） . These are paths that lead from one reserve to another. No one may harm the pandas in these areas. The corridors let pandas move from one habitat（棲息地） to another to look for food. People are working very hard to make sure the giant pandas do not die out. （1）How tall and heavy can a giant panda grow to be？（不超過18個詞） （2）What39。s the symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature？（不超過3個詞） （3）Why are the giant pandas endangered？（不超過10個詞） 12．閱讀下面短文, 然后根據(jù)短文內容完成表格。 Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier. We live in a global village, but this doesn39。t mean that we all behave in the same way. How should you behave when you meet someone for the first time? An American shakes your hand firmly while looking you straight in the eye. In Thailand, people greet each other by pressing both hands together at the chest. Many countries have rules about what you should and shouldn39。t wear. In Muslim countries, women should wear long blouses and skirts. In Korea, you should take off your shoes when entering a house. Remember to place them neatly