江苏省永丰初级中学七年级英语下学期暑期阅读训练3 牛津版.doc

江苏省永丰初级中学七年级英语下学期暑期阅读训练3 完形填空about fire fire can help people in many ways. but it can also _1_ suffering to people. fire can heat water, warm your house, give light and cook food. but fire can burn things, _2_. today people know how to make _3_ with matches. children sometimes like _4_ them. but matches can be very dangerous. one match can burn _5_, and then it might burn a house. a small fire can _6_ a big fire very fast. fires kill _7_ people every year. so we must _8_ matches. we should also learn how to put out fires. cover a fire _9_ water, sand or a wet quilt. this _10_ the air away from a fire and kills it.1. a. take b. carry c. catch d. bring2. a. also b. neither c. too d. either3. a. a fire b. a house c. clothes d. food4. a. playing b. to play c. playing at d. to play with5. a. a paper b. piece paper c. a piece of paper d. a paper of piece6. a. become b. turn c. changes d. got7. a. much b. plenty c. many d. lots8. a. careful b. careful of c. be careful d. be careful with9. a. in b. with c. by d. use10. a, keeps b. stops c. makes d. takes阅读理解a computers are used for different things: to solve math problems, to play games, to do homework, to look for information and so on. as computers have changed a lot over the past years, they seem to become cleverer and cleverer and people are having more and more questions about computers: how clever can a computer be? will it be cleverer than the human brain(人脑) ? with all these questions in mind, chess(国际象棋) matches between a computer called deep blue and world chess champion (冠军) garry kasparov were held in the 1990s. in 1996, deep blue had a six-game match with kasparov. the computer lost five games but won one. it was the first time that a computer had won a game against a world champion. after the match, compute scientists improved deep blue a lot. in 1997, a cleverer deep blue had another chess match with kasparov. to everyone s surprise, deep blue beat the chess champion! thus, deep blue became the first computer to beat a world champion in a match. though deep blue won, it didnt mean that a computer was cleverer than the human brain.computers are invented by people; so in fact, the match between a computer and a man is actually a game between humans.1. why did people held the matches between a computer and the world chess champion? a. because they want to play a new game. b. because they want to invent a new computer. c. because they want to know how clever a computer could be. d. because they want to meet the chess champion garry kasparov.2. how many matches did the computer and garry kasparov have? a. one. b. two. c. six. d. seven.3. who won the match in the first matches in 1996? a. the deep blue computer. b. garry kasparov. c. neither. d. we dont know.4. the computer isnt cleverer than human brain, is it? a. yes, it is. b. yes, it isnt. c. no, it is. d. no, it isnt.bwherever you are, you can see many people have mobile phones. it seems that the world becomes smaller today. you could be found wherever you are if you take the mobile phone with you. some people think the mobile phoneis necessary and useful to them, while others may dislike it.people like the mobile phone because of its advantages(优势). you can connect others easily and quickly. and you dont have to wait for an important call at home all day long. young people send messages, surf on the net, listen to music and even take photos by using the mobile phone. people find it advanced for its functions(功能). in some countries, it even stands for a persons status. however, some people dont like it. imagine that you go to spend your holiday with your family after days of busy work. when you lay on the beach comfortably, your phone rings. then you have to go back to your office only to find an unimportant customer(顾客) waiting for you. at that moment, you may even want to throw your phone away, for you just want to relax and get rid of your work. however, whether you like the mobile phone or not, it has already changed our lives and played an important role in the history of human beings.1. wherever you are, you_. a. can find all people like the mobile phone b. can find the world becomes smaller today c. can see a lot of people have mobile phones d. couldnt be found if you dont have a mobile phone2. young people can do many things by using the mobile phone because _. a. it has many functions b. they can use it all day long c. it stands for a persons status d. they can connect others easily and quickly3. how does the writer like the mobile phone? a. it isnt necessary and useful. b. it will be away from peoples life. c. no one wants to throw the mobile phone away. d. it has changed peoples life and played an important role.4. whats the best title of the passage? a. mobile phones present and future b. many people like the mobile phone c. why people dont like the mobile phone? d. advantages and disadvantages of the mobile phonec seumas is a very busy man. he is 60 and he has a lot of jobs. he is a postman (邮递员), a police officer, a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, and a sales assistant, a cook and a milkman. also he and his wife, margaret, have a shop and a small hotel. seumas lives and works on an island(岛) near london. only 120 people are on the island but in summer 150 tourists(旅游者) come on seumass boat every day. so seumas gets up at six and makes breakfast for the people in the hotel. at eight, he drives the islands children to school. at nine, he gives letters to all the houses on the island. he also sends milk to them. then he helps in the shop. he says, margaret likes to be busy, too. we are busy and we dont like watching tv in the shop. he says, i cook the dinner and margaret helps. at ten, we have some milk and then we go to bed. perhaps our life isnt very interesting, but we like it. 1. how many jobs does seumas have? a. 12. b. 10. c.8 d.62. does his wife like to be busy? a. yes. b. no. c. i dont know. d. yes, he does.3. what time does he get up? a. at 6:30. b. at 7:00. c. at 6:00. d. at 7:30.4. where does seumas live? a. america. b. britain. c. china. d. japan.5. which is right? a. seumas is busy but his wife isnt. b. they dont watch tv. c. their life is not exciting, but they like it. d. their life is not exciting, so they dislike it.d jack drives a school bus. his bus is different from other school buses because it doesnt carry children. jacks bus takes dogs to school in the morning and brings them home at night. jack takes the dogs to the dog school. there he teaches the dogs to obey(服从) and protect(保护) their owners. all kinds of dogs go to jacks school-large dogs, small dogs, young dogs and old dogs. jack says that young dogs are the easiest to teach, but the old ones can learn, too. do you have a dog? maybe it would like to go to the dog school.1. jack _. a. is a bus driver b. has a school for dogs c. keeps a dog in his house d. teaches children at school2. which kind of dogs are easy to teach? a. old dogs. b. young dogs. c. large dogs. d. hot dogs.3. jack teaches the dogs to _. a. run away b. go to bed c. eat d. obey4. at night the dogs sleep_. a. in a bus b. at a hospital c. at the school d. in their own home5. the best title of the passage is _. a. a school for dogs b. taking children to school c. how to find dogs d. how to drive a buse whats a white lie mary did not understand such sentences as “she is blue today,” “ he has a green thumb,” “he has told a little white lie” and so on. and she went to her teacher for help. mary: mrs smith, there is a colour in each of these sentences. what do they mean? mrs smith: in everyday english, mary, blue sometimes means sad. yellow afraid. a person with a green thumb grows plants well. and a white lie is not a bad one. mary: would you give me an example for “a white lie? mrs smith: certainly, now i give you some cakes. in fact you dont like it, but you wont say it. instead, you say, “no, thanks, im not hungry.” thats a white lie.1. blue sometimes means sad in _english. a. good b. spoken c. usual d. poor2. i dont have a green thumb, so all my plants_. a. die off b. grow well c. look nice d. are good3. tom is _to climb the tree. he is yellow. a. happy b. clever c. glad d. afraid4. he didnt like me to know the _of the accident. he told me a white lie. a. reason b. true story c. meaning d. answer5. he is _today because his father is ill. a. blue b. yellow c. green d. white任务型阅读请认真阅读下面短文，在短文后表格中的空白处填上适当的单词。注意：每空一个单词。 a 14-year-old boy from the usa saved a girl in another country. jack is good at computers. one day, he sent an e-mail to a friend on the internet. suddenly he got an e-mail saying “help! pain (疼痛)! help!” the e-mail was from finlandthousands of kilometers away form america. “i didnt know what i should do,” jack said to the reporter later. “it was really difficult to tell if the information was true.” so jac