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初二年级英语阅读小能手竞赛试题(A) 初二年级英语阅读小能手竞赛试题(A) Passage 1 Animals don’t ‘talk’. But humans are a special kind of animals — they can talk, and talking is a very important part of their life. ?????? So what is small talk? Well, ‘small’ means something not big, or not important, and ‘talk’ is what people do to communicate with each other. And so we have the expression ‘small talk’, which means to talk to someone about something not important. It is also a way to start a conversation with somebody. If we are at a party, and we see a nice-looking boy or girl, we want to talk to them, don’t we? ?????? But people from different cultures might have different feelings. In English-speaking countries, it is common for people to start a conversation with somebody they don’t know when they are together in certain situations (情景) such as at the bus stop , on a rainy day or in a long line waiting to buy tickets. And emergencies (突发事件) make people talk — have you ever been in an elevator(电梯) when it stopped and the lights went out? ?????? ‘Small talk’ is a special language. It is usually a question, and often uses a question tag. We say things like ‘You’re in my maths class, aren’t you?’ Or ‘I wish the bus would come. What about you?’. Small talk helps us pass the time happily and in the dark elevator we might talk to the person stuck (被困)? there with us , then we won’t feel so scared! (?????? )1. Animals use languages like humans. (?????? )2. Small talk is usually a question. (?????? )3. Small talk is also used to start a conversation. (?????? )4. Everybody uses small talk in the same way. (?????? )5. It’s possible to start small talk in an elevator. (?????? )6. Sometimes small talk helps us pass the time pleasantly. ? Passage 2 Surfers from all over the world have come to Hawaii for the International Surfing Championship. This is one of the most important surfing events in the world. They’ve brought their long boards, their short boards, and their fans. We w___1_______ them all luck. Her