PAGEPAGE4閱讀理解Peopleindifferentcountriesgreeteachotherindifferentways.Hereare閱讀理解Peopleindifferentcountriesgreeteachotherindifferentways.Herearesome.a.ahandshakeb.abow c.akissonthecheekd.ahug e.apatonthebackTheUnitedStates Peopleshakehandswhentheymeetforthefirsttime.Friendsandfamilymembersoftenhugorkissonthecheekwhentheyeachother.初中英語讀本（chapter1--4）(1)TheNorthWindandtheSunOneday,thenorthwindargueswiththesun.I’mstrongerthanyouare!”saysthenorthwind.“No,”answersthesun,“I’mstronger!”Whiletheyarearguing,theyseeamanwalkingalongtheroad.Heiswearingabluecoat.Thesunsaystothenorthwind,“Nowlet'sseewhocanmakethemantakeoffhiscoat.Thenwewillknowwhoisstronger.””Letmetryfirst,"saysthenorthwind.Hebeginstoblowveryhard.Butthemanwrapshiscoatroundhimtightly.Thenorthwindgetsangry.Hesaystothesun,“Ican’tmakethemantakeoffhiscoat.Nowitsyourturn.Letmeseeifyoucandoit."Thesunbeginstoshineontheman.Soonthemanfeelsveryhot.Hetakesoffhiscoat.Thesunwins.whoarguewiththesun?what’sthemanwearing?canthenorthwindmakethemantakeoffhis4.whydoesthemantakeoffhiscoatatlast?5.whodoyouthinkwins?(2)Hello!Peopleindifferentcountriessayhelloindifferentwayspeoplesayhello.KoreaFinland(芬蘭)ThePhilippines(菲律賓)

Menbowandshakehandstogreeteachother.Womendonotusuallyshakehands.Ifyouaddress(稱呼)someone,youusehisorherfullname.Thefamilynamecomesfirst,thenthefirstname.Finnsgreeteachotherwithahandshake.Hugsandkissesareonlyclosefriendsandfamilymembers.Theeverydaygreetingforfriendsisahandshakeforbothmenwomen.Mensometimespateachotherontheback.Inwhichcountrydomensometimespateachotherontheback?ThePhilippines. B.Finland.C.Korea. D.TheUnitedStates.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?PeopleshakehandswhenevertheymeetintheUnitedStates.InPhilippines,friendsshakehandsastheeverydaygreeting.Finnsgreeteachotherwithabow.InKorea,thefirstnamecomesbeforethefamilyname.Ofthefivepicturesabove(a,b,c,d,ande),whichisthesamewaytogreeteachotherinthefourcountries?d B.c C.b D.aInthispassage,allthefollowingarementionedEXCEPT .kisses B.hugs C.smiles D.handshakesWhatdoesthewriterwanttotellusinthepassage?Differentwaysofgreeting. B.Fourcountries.C.Friendsandfamilymembers. D.Languages.Fillintheblankswiththewordsinthepassage.Rosewritesane toherfriendabouthernewh .Rose’sb,Peter,isgoodats_ andteachesherinthes holiday.Rosegoestotheb everyday.Mostdaystheybringp andstaytherealld .Rosethinkssurfingisgoode _ itcangetherskinbrown.Itisf .HowDoDogsSayHello?Dogsusetheirnosestosayhello.Theyhaveaverygoodsenseofsmell.Whendogsmeet,theysmelleachother.Adogknowsbytheotherdog'ssmellifitisafriend.Iftheyarefriends,dogssayhellowithwaggingtailsandhappybarks.Theysometimeslickeachother'sfaces.Iftheyarenotfriends,theygrowlandshowtheirteeth.Whenyoumeetadog,thesearealsohowitsayshellotoyou.Youngdogslearhowtotellifotherdogsarefriendly.Theyknowwhichdogstoplaywithandwhichdogstoavoid.Twodogsmeetusetheir to eachotherfriends notfriendswaghappily showeachother’sfaceGoldie'sStoryHello,mynameisGoldie.IamadogbutIamnotapet.Ihaveaveryimportantjob.Iworkasaseeing-eyedog.Peoplecallusseeing-eyedogsbecausewearethe"eyes“ofblindpeopleandhelpthemto“see".Itisnoteasytobecomeaseeing-eyedog.IttakesalotofhardworkandtrainingThetrainingisdifficultandmostdogscannotdoit.Myjobistoworkwithmypartner,Jim.Jimisblind.WeliveandworkinLondon.Londonisaverybusycity.IhelpJimgetaroundalongbusystreets,acrossroadsandontrainsandbuseseveryday.I enjoy my job and I am proud of what I do. I think Jim is proud of too. Youcanalwaysseehimsmiling.l.Isiteasytobecomeaseeing-eyedog?Howcanadogbecomeaseeing-eyedog?WhyisitdifficulttogetaroundLondon?What’swrongwithJim?WhatdoesJimthinkofGoldie?ASundayTomandSimonaregoodfriendsTheybothlovefootball.Theyareintheschoolfootballteamandpractisetwiceaweekafterschool.ThisSundaytheygototheparktopractisemorebecausetheywillhaveamatchnextweek.Itisasunnydayandtheparkisbusy.Theyseeagoodplaceforplayingfootball.Theykicktheballontothegrassandbegintorunafterit.Justthentheyseeabigsign.Itsays"KeepOfftheGrass”.TomandSimonlookaround.Thentheyseeanothersignanditsays“NoBallGames".Theytaketheirballandhurryoutoftheparktotheirschool.Ontheplaygroundtheyseetheircoach,Mr.Smith.Hetellsthem,“Takeiteasy.Don’mindlosing.Losingispartofanygame."TomandSimonarecousins B.themembersofthefootballteam C.brothersD.fromdifferentschoolsHowmanytimesdotheypractisefootballeveryweek?Onetime.B.Twotimes.C.Threetimes.D.Fourtimes.Finallytheygoto toplayfotball.theSportsCentre B.thegrass C.thestreet D.theschoolplaygroundThispassageisaboutwhatthetwoboysdoafterschoolwhatthetwoboysfeelanddobeforeafooballmatech(7)(7)完形填空Oneday,thewindstartsanargument(爭論)withthesun."I'mmuch1thewind."No."answersthesun,"I'mmuchstrongerthanyouare!"Whiletheyarearguingtheyseeamanwalkingdowntheroad.Heiswearingaheavy2thanyouare!"says.Thesunsaystothewind"Nowlet3 seewhichofuscanmakethemantakeoffhiscoat,roundhim.Thewindis6 withtheman.Thenthewinds