初二英语阅读理解50篇

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When you’re invited to have dinner in a foreigner’s home, please remember the following:

At table, when the hostess （女主人）picks up her napkin（餐巾），you may pick up yours and put it on your legs.

If a servant（佣人） passes food around, he will pass the dish to you at your left hand so that you can easily serve yourself with your right hand. Never serve yourself while the dish is on your right; it is then the turn of your neighbour on the right.

Do not reach across the table or in front of someone to get something---that is not polite. Ask him or her to pass it to you.

There are things in the middle of the table, such as bread, butter, and candies. You shouldn’t take any until the hostess tells the servant to pass them to you.

Do not leave your seat without saying anything. If you need to leave the table to go to the washroom or do something else, you should say “Excuse me for a moment, please.”

41. You should put your napkin on your legs before the hostess picks

up hers.

42. The dish is passed to you on either of your sides.

43. If the food is far from you, you shouldn’t stand up to serve yourself.

44. You may take any food at any time.

45. When you have to leave your seat, you need to say “Excuse me for

a moment, please.”

2

Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals（哺乳动物）. They live in groups and speak to each other in their own language. But they are quite different from almost all land animals. Their brain（大脑）is as big as men’s and they live a long life---- at least 20 or 30 years.

Like some animals, dolphins use sounds to help them find their way around. They also use these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. They do not use their ears to receive sounds, but use the jaw--- the lower part of the mouth.

It is strange that dolphins are friendly to men, and for thousands of years, there are many stories about dolphins and men. In the 19th century, in a dangerous part of the sea near New Zealand, there was a dolphin. The seamen liked him very much and gave him a very good name, Jack. From 1871 to 1903, Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. In 1903 a passenger on a boat with the name of The Penguin shot and hurt Jack. Luckily the dolphin didn’t die, and after a long time he was well again. He guided the ships through the area for nine more years, but he refused to help the boat The Penguin.

Today, some people still kill dolphins, but many countries in the world now protect them. In these places, people are not allowed to kill them.

46. The word jaw means _______ in Chinese.

A. 下颚

B. 嘴巴

C. 嘴唇

D. 鼻子

47. How do dolphins find their way?

A. They use their noses to smell the way.

B. They use their ears to hear the sounds.

C. They use their eyes to see the way.