初中七年级英语阅读材料(一).doc

阅读训练（一）AMaybe you are more interested in sports than history. You probably think you will be a top student. In f_, anyone can be a better student if he or she wants to. If you can use your time well, you may improve your study w_ much work. Heres how.Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week time, you should make a l_ of things that you have to do. First write down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide on a good time for studying. Of course, studying shouldnt take all of your time. Dont forget to l_ yourself enough time for your hobbies.Find a good place to study. Look around the house f_ a good study place. Keep this space, which may be a desk or just a c_ of your room. No games, radio, or television! When you sit down to work, think only about the subject!Make good use of your time in class. Listen c_ to what the teacher says. Careful listening in class means less work l_. You also need to take notes in class, because it can m_ it easier for you to learn well.There are only a few ways mentioned here to help you with your studying. I believe you will find s_ other ways besides these.BWhen travelling in Russia, ED Jackson ran short(缺少)of money. So he wrote t_ his brother, asking for $500. Send me m_ by telegram(电报) to the bank(银行) here, he wrote. After a week ED began v_ the bank. He s_ his passport(护照) to the bank clerk(职员). Nothing has come for you, Mr. Jackson, he was told.This went o_ for three weeks, and Mr. Jackson got very w_. He then phoned his brother, asking w_ the money was. The brother said it had been sent 3 weeks b_. That evening ED Jackson was arrested(被捕) for failing to p_ his hotel bill(账单). He tried to tell the police what his problems was, but no one would believe him. At last he was s_ to prison(监狱) for fifteen days.CPeter was going to retire() next week. He was thanked for his good w_ all these years and was given a small cheque(支票) as a present. Peter was pleased, of course, b_ he said to his boss, I dont need the money. I always have been c_ with money and have s_ a lot. Can I have something i_ of money to make think of happy days I have spent here in Dover? His boss was very s_. I can help you, he said. Then w_ can I give you as a present, Peter? Well, sir, could you let me have an old railway car? It doesnt matter how old or b_ it is. I can mend it and c_ it myself as I have enough t_. I want to put it in my back garden, and every day I can go and sit in it, and that will make me think of my happy days here in Dover.DDogs are very good pets. They are very f_ to people and very beautiful, too. Most dogs get on well with c_ and their parents. Others are good-watch dogs because they cry loudly when a s_ person arrives.When you buy a dog , an important think to think about is its s_-buy a small dog if your home is small and a bigger one if y_ is larger. Many people dont know how much to feed their dogs. Dogs eat a_ anything! They like meat, rice and lots of other things. You can buy lots of food m_ for dogs in shops. Dont let your dog eat too much. Feed it only once a day! Always l_ water for your dog. It can get t_ very quickly, especially in summer.Remember that dogs need e_. You should take it for a walk every day. Dont keep your dogs inside all day.EOnly mother love is true love. It gives e_ everything all his life. When you are still a baby, mother takes good care of you as much as possible. In your waking hours she always holds you in her arms. When you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and n_ and forgets about herself. When you are growing up day by day, she feels very happy. When you are old e_ to go to school, mother still looks after you all the t_. On cold winter days, she always tells you to p_ on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school every day. When you hurry to leave home for school with little b_ . She always feels worried about you at home. She u_ knows about you study and spend much money on your school things. When you do well at school , you will see the brightest s_ on her face. Mother can do everything for you day after day. Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive. What true love that is in the w_ ! We will r_ Mother Love for ever!FIf you dont use your arms or your legs for some time , they will become weak ; when you start using them again , they will gradually （逐渐地）become stronger again . Everybody knows this . Yet many people do not seem to know that it is the s_ with memory . When someone says that he has a good memory , he really means that he d_ give it enough chance to become stronger.If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak , we k_ that it is his own fault . But if he tells us that he has a poor memory , many of us think that his p_ are to blame , and f_ of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you e_ found some people cant read or write but they usually have b_ memories ? This is b_ they cannot read or write and they h_to remember things ; they cannot write them down in a little notebook . They must remember dates , names , songs and stories ; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want a good memory , l_ from these people : practise remembering.GHenry was worried. This was his first time to go traveling by air. He did not know h_ to find his seat, so he went to the air hostess and asked, “Could you help me? I cant find my seat.” The air hostess s_ him the seat and told him to sit d_ and fasten the seat belt. She told Henry not to m_ about when the plane was going up. And she also said that Henrys ears might feel a little s_, but he didnt need to worry about it b_ many people felt like that. When the plane was f_ very high, Henry could stand up and walk round. He could e_ read books, newspapers or see films. The air hostess would b_ food and drinks. Henry could e_ the flight and arrived home soon.HThe universe means the e_, the sun, the moon and the stars and the space b_ them. Many of the stars are so f_ away that we cannot see them. The moon, our satellite(卫星) , travels a_ the earth . It has already been visited b_ man from the earth . Man-made satellites have been sent up i_ space by many countries. They go round the earth. They are used for helping us to learn more a_ the earth, the weather and other things . They are also used for sending and receiving m_. It makes people f_ different countries understand each other much better. So people say the world itself is becoming a much s_ place. People call the small place “the global village”. ILet me tell you a story. A good friend of mine lives with six hundred animals on an island. Ever s_ he left school, he has travelled all over the world l_ for animals for his own zoo. He writes books about his travels, and about his wonderful animals. The money for his books helps him to p_for all the animal food. My friend told me that when he was looking for water last week (There is not enough water on the island, though there is a lot all around it), he f_ oil. He n_ money for his travels and for his zoo , and a little oil would buy e_ water for a long time , but he knows that if he tells anybody e_ about it , it will be the e_ of his zoo and his lifes work . So I think he will not tell a_ except you and me about what he found because oil and water cant be put t_+_. Oil may bring greater trouble to his animals than not having enough water. Do you think so?JThe Mississippi is the greatest river in the United States. It r_ from north to south and gathers(汇集) many waters on its w_. You will e_ understand why it is c_ Old Man River or Father of Waters. A lot of early settlers(定居者) built their homes on the land a_ this river. Some of them m_ farther west, but they never forgot the old river.Perhaps the river remembers many h_ things, and many sad things. O_ of the s_ memories(记忆) may be that the black people were carried down the river and s_ as slaves(奴隶). The river also remembers that their crying voices once passed over its water.KI am in the middle of the great forest in South America. We cant t_ through the forest by road, because there arent any r_. So we have to travel by b_. At night we tie the boat to a big tree by the river near a village. We buy some food from the villagers and c_ it ourselves. We eat chicken, eggs, birds or monkeys. I think it is w_ to eat monkeys, so I dont. Most of the time we eat fish.Last week we started our travel by air. We f_ over a part of the forest. I could see nothing except a great f_ and lots of smoke.There is not e_ land by the sea. The population is g_ every minute. Many people are moving into the forests. They burn the forest a_ plant crops(庄稼) for their cows. They can sell their beef.LWell, suppose you have a ticket for an exciting film which you want to see very much, but, 1 you will have to get ready for an exam tomorrow. What will you do? See the film or prepare for the 2 ? If you can give up seeing the film and work hard at your lessons, we 3 , you have self-control(自制力). Self-control is not 4 you have with your birth. It needs to be cultivated(培养