20140227七年级阅读练习一

20140227 七年级阅读练习一 趣味阅读：A Smart Parrot 聪明的鹦鹉 A curious guy goes to a pet shop to buy a parrot. There he sees a parrot with a red string tied to its left leg and a green string tied to its right leg. He asks the owner the significance of the strings. “Well, this is a highly trained parrot. If you pull the red string he speaks French; if you pull the green string he speaks German,“ replies the shop keeper. “And what happens if I pull both the strings?“ our curious shopper inquires. “I fall off my perch you fool!“ screeches the parrot. 有个人去宠物店买鹦鹉。在那里，他看见有只鹦鹉的左腿被红线系住，右腿则被绿线系住。对此他 感到不解，于是他问该店的老板，老板回答说：“这只鹦鹉受过特殊的训练。如果拉红线，它就讲法 语，拉绿线，它则讲德语。” 这个好奇的人接着问，“ 要是我两条线都拉，会怎么样呢？” “我就会掉下来了，你这个傻瓜！” 鹦鹉尖叫着说 阅读理解： During the day we work and play. At night we sleep. Our bodies rest while we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. Our bodies grow most while we are asleep. Children usually need more sleep than adults. They can learn their lessons better after they have had plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night. Our bodies need plenty of air when we sleep. If we do not get enough fresh air, we will feel tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover our heads. Our lungs（肺）need to get enough fresh air. If we keep our windows open at night, we can have plenty of fresh air in the room. 1. Our bodies grow most while we are _. A. eating B. playing C. sleeping D. exercising 2. Too little sleep makes us _. A. tired B. hungry C. happy D. grow 3. What may cause us to feel tired in the morning? A. Too much air. B. Not enough fresh air. C. Too much cold air. D. Too much sleep. 4. How many hours of sleep should 9-year-old children have every night? A. Eight hours. B. Nine hours. C. Ten hours. D. Eleven hours 5. What do our lungs need most? A. Fresh air. B. Cold air. C. Warm air. D. Exercises. On Saturdays, most people are busy _ for their homes. Some of them go to the stores, some go to the supermarkets. But in America, most shoppers enjoy shopping in the shopping malls. A mall is a group of many shops. There you can buy clothes, furniture, and everything you need. Shopping malls provide parking for your cars. Usually, the mall is under one roof so the shoppers do not get cold or wet from rain, wind, or snow. After shopping, you may get tired. You can walk into the sitting-rooms for a short rest. If you can go into the dining rooms in the malls, then you can have a good meal. Now more and more Americans like to go shopping there. 1. Most American are busy_ for their homes on Saturdays. A. doing sports B. doing housework C. watching TV D. shopping 2. Most people like to do shopping _. A. on weekends B. on Sundays C. every day D. every week 3. In America, most people enjoy shopping in _. A. supermarkets B. shops C. the stores D. shopping malls 4. People dont have to worry about rain or wind, because the mall is _. A. under one roof B. on the ground floor C. in the open air D. without roof 5. If you get tired after shopping, what kind of things you can do in the shopping malls? A. You can walk into the sitting-rooms. B. You can have a short rest in the sitting-room. C. You can have a good meal in the dining rooms. D. All of the above. To save time, many Americans buy foods which can be quickly made ready for the table. On holidays, families enjoy delicious meals. For example, on Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November, family members get together for a turkey dinner with pumpkin pie（南瓜派）. The United States is known around the world for its fast food, such as hamburgers, sandwiches, pizzas, salad bars, and many kinds of ice cream. People can easily find fast food chains（连锁店）,such as McDonalds and KFC, in most of the big cities in the world. These years, many people have taken more and more care of their health while eating. They come to know eating too much meat will make them overweight. Many of them are also worried about food addictives（添加剂）. Some of them may be harmful to the body. 1. Many Americans buy _ to save time. A. ready-made food B. food to cook at home C. inexpensive food D. foreign food 2. Thanksgiving Day is on _. A. November 4th B. Every the 4th Tuesday in November C. the fourth Thursday in November D. Every November the fourth 3. Pizza is a kind of _ food. A. take-away B. home-cooking C.