七年级英语第二学期阅读理解专项练习

七年级英语第二学期阅读理解专项练习AHave you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over your body. You dont want to work, you stay in bed, feeling very sad.What makes us ill? It is germs (细菌).Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you cant find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope（显微镜）. They are very very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing.Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.Germs arent found only in water. They are found in air and dust. If you cut your finger, if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut, some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger would become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body, and you would have pain everywhere. 1. Are germs only in dirty water? 2. Why cant we see germs with our eyes? 3. Why dont your parents let you drink dirty water? 4. Are there any germs on your finger if it isnt cut? 5. What does the passage mainly tell us? BIt was Mothers Day, but a young mother named Angela was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mothers Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs(丁香) in the garden. Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs, he said, “I know where we can find all that you want. Get our children Peter and Lily, and come on.” So they went, driving down the country roads. There on a small hill, they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs. The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers. Carefully, she picked a few here and a few there. On their way home there was a smile on her face. When they were passing a nursing home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair. She had no children with her. They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands, and smiled at her. The old granny thanked her again and again. She smiled happily, too. When the young mother came back to her car, her children asked her, “Who is that old granny? Why did you give our flowers to her?”“I dont know her.” their mother said. “But its Mothers Day, and she has no children. I have both of you, and I still have my mother. Just think how much those flowers meant to her.” 1. Did Angela greet（问候） her mother on Mothers Day? _2. How many children did Angela have? _3. Did they go to see Angelas mother or go to enjoy the lilacs on Mothers Day? _4. What did Angela give to the granny from the nursing home? _5. What can we learn from Angela? _CA young man from a wealthy family was about to graduate from high school. It was the custom in that rich neighborhood for the parents to give the graduate（毕业生） a car. Bill and his father had spent months looking at cars and the week before graduation they found the perfect car. Bill was certain that the car would be his on graduation night. Imagine his disappointment when, on the eve of his graduation, Bills father handed him a gift-wrapped Bible （圣经）! Bill was so angry, and he threw the Bible down and stormed out of the house. He and his father never saw each other again. It was the news of his fathers death that brought Bill home again. As he sat one night, going through his fathers possessions (财产，所有物) that he was to inherit（继承）, he came across the Bible his father had given him. He brushed away the dust and opened it to find a cashiers check（支票）, dated the day of his graduation, in the exact amount of the car they had chosen.1. Did every graduate from the rich neighborhood get a car every year?_2. When did Bill and his father find the perfect car? _3. Was Bill happy when he got his gift? _4. What was in the Bible?_5. How did he feel after he saw the check in the Bible?_D Watermelon is an excellent source of vitamin C and vitamin A, with one serving containing 14.59 mg of vitamin C and 556.32 IU of vitamin A. Watermelon also provides large amounts of the minerals as well as vitamin B6 and vitamin B1.Watermelon skins are also fit to be eaten, and sometimes used as a vegetable.Watermelon seeds are rich in fat and protein, and are widely eaten as a snack, added to other dishes, or used as an oilseed. Specialized varieties are grown which have little watery flesh but concentrate their energy into seed production. In China watermelon seeds are one of the most common snack foods, popular especially with women, competing with sunflower seeds.In West Africa, they are pressed for oil, and are popular in etuis soup and other dishes.Watermelon is 92 percent water by weight, the highest percentage of any fruit. In the United States and South Africa, one may also find an alcoholic product known as a hard watermelon. Make a hole into the watermelon, then pour the liquor inside and allow it to mix with the flesh of the fruit. The watermelon is then cut and served as normal.1. Are watermelon seeds rich in fat?_2. Does watermelon have the highest percentage or the lowest percentage of water by weight of all kinds of fruits?_3. What part of watermelon is used as a vegetable?_4. What can we eat if we want to have watermelon according to the passage?_5. Whats the main idea of the passage?_EDo you have problems in your life and dont know how to be happy? If so, you will find the book “Being a Happy Teenager” is very useful, which is written by an Australian writer Andrew Matthews. Andrew Matthews works as a writer and speaker. His books have been translated into 20 languages. He has been on over 2000 radios and TV programmes. In this book, Matthews tells us how to have a happy life and answers the questions of teenagers. There are many topics such as parents and friend, and the book says we should stop being angry and learn to forgive(原谅). Many teenagers think that happiness comes from a good exam marks or praise(赞扬) from other people. But you can still be happy when there are no such “good” things. Success comes from a good attitude(态度). If you learn from problems, you will have success in the future. Some school boys have problems such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us happiness comes from thinking about things in a positive (积极的)way. If you are tall, people notice you and you can get a better view at the movie; if you are short, your clothes and shoes takes less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews most important lesson: You choose to be happy!1. Is Matthews an Australian?_2. What can you know about Matthews from the second paragraph?_3. What does Matthews mainly talk about in his book?_4. What should teenagers do if they want to have success in the future?_5. What can you learn from Matthews book?_ FThe older the betterRon, the teacher at the skydiving school, was a little surprised when he saw the grey-haired man drive up to the airfield. He was more surprised when the man said that his name was Walter and asked if he could take skydiving lessons.Ron asked Walter how old he was and Walter replied that he was 60. Ron explained to Walter that anyone over 50 had to be checked by a doctor before they could learn to jump from a plane. “Im afraid you should have thought about that before coming here,” Ron said. “Im sorry, but I cant let you start learning without a letter from your doctor.” Walter smiled. “Heres a letter from my doctor. He made me take lots of tests and he says that Im fine.”So Walter was able to join the skydiving school. He came to all the lessons and worked very hard, although the other students were much younger than him, mostly about 30. Soon it was time for him to make his first jump. Ron asked him if he was feeling OK. Walter said that he had never felt better. However, he added that there was something he should have told Ron earlier. Ron asked what it was and Walter smiled. Then, just before he jumped, he told Ron that he wasnt 60. Ron asked how old Walter really was and Walter told him he was 75!Walters first jump from a plane was six years ago and yesterday he made his eighteenth jump. “I should have started skydiving a long time ago!” he said. Walter has lots of other hobbies. He enjoys riding fast motorbikes and climbing mountains. Last year he was rescued(救) by a police helicopter in Wales. Walters daughter Betty worries about him. “I think he should stop all these activities. But my mother says that as long as hes happy its OK.”1. Is Ron a teacher? _2. What did Walter have to show before he started learning skydiving?_3. How did Walter feel about his first jump?_4. How old was Walter when he came to the skydiving school?_5. What do you think of Walter?_ G “I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”“I often check my e-mail forty times a day. ”“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my real-1ife friends.”Do you know any people like these？They are part of a new addiction（瘾）which called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug use. People lose control of the time so they spend on the Internet. For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight. Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted to the Internet. And people worry about the teenagers because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace（信息空间） than in the real world of friends and family. Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you？You may have a problem if you have these symptoms（症状）：You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet. You cant wait for your next online time. You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours. You go out with your friends less and less. 1. Are there any people addicted to the Internet？_2. How long do the Internet addicts spend online every week?_3. Who was missing for several days in the passage? _4. Where do the police find the missing student?_5. What should we do according to the passage？_ H Having an exercise plan is important, but you should always ask your doctor for advice before starting your exercise plan. Keep in mind that you can have too much of a good thing: over-exercising and exercising in a wrong way can hurt your body. The following suggestions can help you avoid (避免) this. Warm up before exercise. This helps to prepare your body for activities. Its especially important in the morning. Cool down after exercise. Rather than stop immediately, do a few gentle (轻柔的) activities to avoid aches and pains (疼痛) later. Exercise with your limits (极限). Build up slowly. Pain is a warning, so never try to work through it. If you dont listen to your body, you will hurt yourself. Avoid being thirsty. Water is important to keep your normal(正常的) temperature during exercise and prevent tiredness.Wear sports shoes. These shoes can protect your feet and prevent you from being hurt.1. How many suggestions are given in the passage? _2. What should you do before you start your exercise plan? _3. What is the most important thing to do before exercise in the morning? _4. Is water important while doing sports? _5. What can the third suggestion help us to do? _参考答案A1. No. They are everywhere around us.2.