牛津译林版英语七年级上册期末复习专项提升特训(任务型阅读)

1、 K期末复习专项提升特训一任务型阅读AWhen people travel abroad（到国外旅游，they sometimes stay in the homes of the local people. This is a homestay（家庭寄宿）.I am living with an old English couple, in the west of London. They have a clean four-bedroom house. This is a new house. It has two bathrooms and a garden, and the coupl

2、e grow many beautiful flowers in it. I have my own bedroom.There are some shopping centres and a restaurant beside the house, and the house is close to an underground station.It takes about 30 minutes to take an underground to the centre of London.I think a homestay may be a good choice for you if i

3、t is your first time to visit abroad. The local people are friendly and ready to help. If you want to celebrate the holidays with them, you will get to know more about their culture and customs.What a homestay isWhen people travel in another 1 , people stay in the homes of the local people.Where my

4、homestay is1 live with an old couple from the 2 .It is a house _3_ two bathrooms and fourjl_.There is a garden with many beautiful 5 in it.The house is new and _6_.There are some shopping centres and a restaurant 7 to the house.It takes about half an hour to get to the city centre by 8 ,How the loca

5、l people areThey are friendly and 9 .10 a homestay is goodIt is a good choice to learn about culture and customs in the west if you go abroad for the first time.Birthday traditions are different around the world. In the United States children often celebrate a birthday with a party. They give presen

6、ts and have a taste of cake and ice cream.Children in Korea celebrate in a different way. They eat seaweed（海带）soup and rice cakes. Koreans serve seaweed soup because it is healthy. Guests to the birthday party may be dressed in traditional clothes called hanbok.At a birthday party in Canada, childre

7、n look for a coin in the cake. When the children play party games, the child who finds the coin goes first.Its said that Germans are the first people to have birthday parties for children by their parents. Parents place a wooden birthday wreath（花环）with candles on the table. They light a tall candle

8、in the middle, the life candle, everjr year until their child becomes 12 years old.Different countriesDifferent ways to1birthday2Have a partyGive34cake and ice creamKoreaEat5seaweed soupHave ice cakes6traditional clothesCanada 7_a coin in the cake Play party gamesGermanyHold a birthday party by8Plac

9、e a wooden9with10on the tablecDifferent countries have different ideas about manners. In America, table manners ”（餐桌礼仪） are ver）f important. How do you show good table manners in America? Here are sonic ways to do it.Never make any noise（噪音）at tableIt is not good to burp （打嗝）at table. American peopl

10、e think this is not polite（有礼貌的）. If people burp, they will say sorry to others. A gentleman never makes any noise at table. He always makes others feel comfortable.Know when to use your fingersAmerican people dont use chopsticks （筷子）when tlicy are eating. Tliey use forks and knives. Sometimes they

11、use their fingers （手指）to eat things. bu can eat some food with your fingers. They are sandwiches（三归治）,hamburgers and fruit.Pay attention to（注意）your mouthIt is not polite to eat with your mouth open. When there is food in your mouth, you shouldnt talk with others. Enjoy your food first. Then, chat wi

12、th your friends.Eat all the food on your plateIts good manners to eat all the food on your plate. This shows you enjoy the food very much. It s always polite to say the food is nice. When you leave, say thanks to the master again.Some 1 to show good table mannersNever make any noise at tableAmerican

13、 people think burping is not polite.If people burp, they will say2to others.A gentleman always makes others feel3.4 when to use your fingersAmerican people use forks and5to eat food.Sometimes they use their fingers to eat things. bu can use fingers to eat sandwiches,6and fruit.Pay attention to your

14、mouth7 with your mouth open is not polite.Enjoy your food. 8 that, you can chat with your friends.Eat all the food on your plateIts good manners to eat all the food on your plate.Its always polite to say the food is9When you leave,10 the master again.DHi! Dear friends, do you know me? My name is Luc

15、y. Let me tell you something about my shopping in the mall with my mother.We go shopping on Sunday . I often go to the mall with my mother on Sunday morning. My father likes fruit very much. We buy some apples for him. Mother likes yellow pears, but the pears in the supermarket are green. We don t b

16、uy them. The strawbemes（草莓）are very nice. Mother likes them very much and buys some for herself. The bananas are very nice, too. Mother buys some for me. I like bananas very much.We need some vegetables, too. The vegetables in the supermarket are very good. We buy some broccoli（花椰菜）. I don t like it

17、, but my parents like it. Carrots are good for our health, so we also buy some . I like chicken very much. We buy a bag of chicken. Next I buy a birthday clip for my best friend, Kitty. It is very nice and it costs me five yuan. After shopping , we are very thirsty（口渴的）and we buy ice cream to eat. T

18、hen we go back home with the fniit and vegetables.My 1 with my mother We buy some 2for my father.Fruits We buy some strawberries for my 3 We buy some 4 for me . We 5 buy any pears 6 they are green .7 We buy some broccoli because my parents like it. We buy some carrots because they are good for our h

19、ealth .Meat We buy a 8 of chicken because 9like it.Other things I buy a hair clip for my best friend . The 10of it is five yuan .EDo you hope to live a better life? Then how to make you wish come tnie? Keep away from anything that is useless. Do the right thing! However good or bad a situation（处境）is

20、, it will change. The best is yet to come. Well, here are some tips for you to follow!Mind your mealsTry to eat more foods that grow naturally （自 然土也）on trees and plants. Have meals on time every day. And remember not to go to school or work without breakfast, for it is more important than lunch or

21、dinner.Exercise and smileEach day take a 40-minute walk. Make time to practice some other exercise, such as yoga and Taiji. They give us daily energy for our busy lives. Try to smile and make at least three people smile each day.Forget and forgive（原谅）Problems appear（出现）sometimes and they only stay f

22、or a short lime. Forget what happened（发生）in the past. Dont always think of your terrible past. Life is not very long, so we should。、 t waste良费）time hating anyone. Forgive everyone for everything.Also do such thingsCall your family often and stay in touch with （保持联系）your friends. Each day give someth

23、ing good to other people. Make yourself happy no matter how you feel. Read more boo匕一y than you did before and you can learn more from them. Dont compare（比较）your life to others.1 to do to have a better lifeMind your mealsEat more 2foodsRemember to have 3the three meals a day, breakfast is the most i

24、mportant.Exercise and smileEvery day 4 for forty minutes and spend some time 5.They give usdaily energy for our busy lives.Try to wear _6and make other people smile as well.Forget and forgiveProblems come to our lives at _7Try your best to forget your terrible past.Forgive everyone and live happily8

25、life isnt very long.Also do such thingsKeep in touch with your family and friends.Do more 9than you did before and you can learn more from books.Dont compare your life to anyone 10.FHWho needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?H says Wang Lin， 28, a writer in Beijing. Taobaot Chinas largest online

26、shopping site （网上购物网站）,has become an important part of Wang Lins life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.A large number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joys of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young workers. More women shop on line than men. Clothing and home

27、-use products （产品）are the most popular on line.It was reported that more than 250 billion （十亿）yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao.Taobao means ,looking for treasure* in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao , from clothes to books from candies to

28、DVD players.You may question the security of online shopping, Wang Lin said, n Its very safe and convenient （便利的）.Unless you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.

29、”Taobao: Chinas I online shopping siteSituationMore and more Internet usersshopping online.Women like online shopping _3_ than men.Clothing andproducts are the most popular.People spent250 billion yuan on Taobao online shopping centre.MeaningIt means _6_ for treasure.AdvantagesYou can find almost _

30、you need.Don,t need to _8_ about the security.It is very _9_ and convenient.If you are not satisfied with the products, you can get your money 10.All students want to look good. Looking good can make other people like you and make you happy. It can also help you make more friends. So it is important

31、 to look good.Many teachers say Jacob is a good boy who always looks good. Well, we should learn from him. Lets listen to what Jacob says.A smile (微笑)tells that youre a happy boy. But if your teeth are not clean, people will not like you. So I bnish my teeth twice a day.Dirty hair is bad like dirty

32、teeth. No one likes dirty hair. Wash it and visit the barbers (理发 店)often. It is not a good idea to wear too long hair. Teachers dont like it, right?The body is also important. Boys often want to look strong like the men on TV. In(事实 上)，few people can be like them. But you can look healthy! Exercise

33、 and healthy food can help you. Dont eat too much meat, and exercise for more tlian 3 hours every week.Be yourself. Dont just learn from stars or your friends/Lets look goodLookingIt makes others (2)you.good isIt makes you feel (3).It helps you make more (4)A J、LetsKeep your teeth 6) .Brush teeth (7

34、)a day.(5from JacobDirty hair is(8).Dont wear duty hair or too (9)_hair.Be careful with your body.You cant look strong like stars, but you can look (10).HMany Chinese who travel to the US find that though they have studied English for years, they have to re-learn it as soon as they arrive.Words that

35、 we learned in English classes are not pronounced the same way here. To truly be part of the melting pot”, fluency (流利)in English is not enough. You need an accent(口 音)to stand out.When I first came to the US for graduate school, 1 was a nervous foreigner. I felt so out of place that I wanted to hid

36、e everything about me that was di徐rent”. To talk like an American became one of my goals.During my first term as a teaching assistant(TA), my students complained they could not understand me. I learned later from a study that this complaint was common among US students with ail mtemational TA. It is

37、 called the Oh, no!” syndrome (情绪、举动)Oh、no! Not another mtemational TA, and not that accent again!”So I imitated(模仿)the way native speakers talk over time, I made such good progress that American friends started to thuik highly of my English as having almost no accent： I took this as a sign of my su

38、ccess. Ever since, people have often thought of me as someone from many places: the Midwest, the West Coast, China, Japan, South Korea. Most often, people think I am from California.Suddenly, conformity (一致)was no longer a praise (表扬):If I talk like an Americaib am I still Chinese? If I lose my Chin

39、ese accent, do I also lose my cultural identity(身份)？ Am I denying (否认)my past by being lost in a new culture?Now I realize that a persons accent is a ever-lasting record of their past cultural experience and it is a mark of ones experience.As a fourth-year student in the US, I am no longer a nenous

40、foreigner. My nervousness has been replaced by a wish to hold on to my cultural origins. Now I add some Chmese accent on purpose when I speak. I do not wish to speak perfect” English because I am proud of who I am.My Feeling of Speaking English in AmericaTimeSupporting detailsAt the (1)I have to rel

41、earn English (2)arriving there, for my pronunciations ofwords are not the same as native (3).My students complained that I couldnt make myself (4).During myI made great (6)in spoken English by imitating the (7)local(5)speakers talk.People often (8)me as someone from the Midwest the West Coast.China, California and so on.I think it necessary to keep my (9)一origins.At presentI often speak English. (10) proud of being a Chinese._ some Chinese accent because I amDo