七年级下阅读与完型训练.doc

阅读与完型训练I.
A. What’s 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 don’t like it, but you won’t say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks, I’m not hungry.” That’s a white lie.
1. Blue sometimes means sad in ____English.
A. good B. spoken C. usual D. poor
2. I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants____.
A. die off B. grow well C. look nice D. are good
3. Tom is ____to climb the tree. He is yellow.
A. happy B. clever C. glad D. afraid
4. He didn’t like me to know the ____of the accident. He told me a white lie.
A. reason B. true story C. meaning D. answer
5. He is ____today because his father is ill.
A. blue B. yellow C. green D. white

B. What Is the Best Way?
What is the best way to learn a foreign language? We all remember that we learnt __1__ language well when were children. If we can learn __2__ second language in the __3__ way, it won’t seem so difficult. Think of what a small child __4__. It listens to what people say and it __5__ to imitate what it hears. When it wants something, it has to ask __6__ it. In __7__, it is using the language. It is talking in it __8__ the time. __9__ people use a second language like this, they will learn it more __10__ than before.
1. A. ourselves B. own C. our own D. ours
2. A. the B. a C. an D. /
3. A. other B. same C. different D. easy
4. A. does B. do C. did D. doing
5. A. want B. tries C. needed D. doing
6. A. for B. on C. about D. with
7. A. time B. trouble C. fact D. danger
8. A. in B. all C. for D. on
9. A. Whether B. Before C. If D. Until
10. A. best B. quickly C. slowly D. easy
训练II.
A. Eating Habits and Health
Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. There are times when most of us would rather eat sweets and ice-cream than meat and rice. Sweets and ice-cream are not bad for the stomach if we eat them at the end of the meal. If we eat them before a meal, they may take away our appetite. It is important for us to eat our meal at the same time each day. When we feel angry or excited, we may not want to eat. A long time ago, in England, some judges used to decide whether a man was telling truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow the bread, it was sign that he wasn’t telling the truth. He was telling lies. Although this seems very strange and foolish, it is indeed an excellent way of finding out the truth. A man who is worrying about something had difficulty in swallowing anything dry. Because when he is worrying, he loses his appetite and does not want to eat.
1. Why do you want to develop good eating habits? Because we want to ____.
A. be healthy B. be happy C. eat more D. save time
2. It is good to eat sweets and ice-cream ____.
A. after the meal B. before the meal
C. when we want to D. when we are hungry
3. We had better have our meals ____.
A. at any time each day B. at regular time each day
C. when our work is over D. when the meal is ready
4. According to judges in old England, if a man tells lies he can _____.
A. drink milk or wine B. eat a lot of dry bread
C. hardly eat dry bread D. swallow dry bread easily
5. A man who is angry has ____.
A. a better appetite B. a liking for ice-cream
C. a poor appetite D. to drink some cold water
B. About Air
Air is all around us. It is around us _1_ we walk and play. From the time we are born air is around us on every side. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live _2_ air.
All _3_ things need air. We _4_ live without food or water for a few days, but we can’t live for more than a few minutes _5_ air. We take in _6_. When we are working or running we need _7_ air. When we are asleep, we need _8_ air.
We live in air, but we can’t see it. We can only feel it. We can feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can we make air _9_?
Here is one way. Hold an open book in front of your face. Close it quickly. What can you feel? _10_ you feel is air.
1. A. as B. after C. because D. since
2. A. under B. in C. below D. with
3. A. live B. living C. alive D. with
4. A. can B. won’t C. can’t D. lively
5. A. out of B. with C. without D. out
6. A. water B. air C. food D. wind
7. A. more B. most C. many D. few
8. A. least B. much C. no D. less
9. A. more B. to move C. moving D. moved
10. A. What B. That C. Where D. Which

训练III.
A. Bats
Bats are the only flying mammals(哺乳类动物) in the world. They can’t see very well. It was long believed, and still is in many places, that all bats are blind. “Blind as a bat” is often heard. Yet they have no trouble flying on the darkest nights and finding their way around very well. How can bats fly and see at night? They fly by radar!
The bat’s radar system works the same way as the one that ships and planes use. As a bat flies through the air, he makes a sound that is too high for our ears to hear. If the sounds hit things they come back. The bat’s ears receive the messages. In this way they are able to tell the bat where the things are.
Bats go out to look for food at night. In the day-time they hang in some dark places. Some people have the bats as bad animals. In fact, they are useful animals.
1. The article tells us about ____.
A. the bat like a mouse with wings B. the radar
C. a blind man D. the bat used for playing table tennis
2. The bat is ____.
A. an animal B. a bird C. a fish D. a beast
3. “As blind as a bat” means a person who is ____.
A. blind in the lift eye B. able to see well
C. not able to see well D. lame in the right foot
4. Bats have no trouble flying on the darkest night because ____.
A. they have very poor sight
B. they have a kind of radar system to help them
C. they have to look for food
D. they can see things in the dark nights
5. Bats go out to look for food ____.
A. at noon B. in the afternoon
C. during the day-time D. after sun sets and before the sun rises
B. 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. bring
2. A. also B. neither C. too D. either
3. A. a fire B. a house C. clothes D. food
4. A. playing B. to play C. playing at D. to play with
5. A. a paper B. piece paper C. a piece of paper D. a paper of piece
6. A. become B. turn C. changes D. got
7. A. much B. plenty C. many D. lots
8. A. careful B. careful of C. be careful D. be careful with
9. A. in B. with C. by D. use
10. A, keeps B. stops C. makes D. takes

训练IV.
A. The Four Largest Cities
New York has a larger population than any other American city. In 1970, its population was about 8 000 000.
Chicago has the second largest population. More than 3 000 000 people lived in Chicago in 1970.
The third largest city is Los Angeles with a population of 2 810 000. Philadelphia is the fourth largest city. More than 2 000 000 people live in Philadelphia, a first capital city of the United States.
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia are all larger than the nation’s capital city, Washington,D.C.. The population of Washington is more than 700 000, but several cities have a larger population than that. Washington is one of the most beautiful American cities, but it is only the ninth city in size.
1. New York has ____ population in the United States.
A. the second largest B. a larger
C. the largest D. more
2. Los Angeles is the third largest American city in ____.
A. size B. population C. buildings D. shops
3. ____ is the capital of the United States.
A. New York B. Philadelphia C. Chicago D. Washington D. C.
4. Washington is more beautiful than ____ American cities.
A, most of the B. all C. some of the D. only a few
5. There were about ____ people living in New York in 1970.
A. eighty thousand B. eighty million
C. eight million D. eighty hundred
B. Why do People Drink?
Why do people drink? Often because they _1_, but this can’t be the _2_ reason, there _3_ be other reasons, too. In many countries, when friends see _4_ they often drink while they sit and talk. Many English people don’t need anyone else, they often _5_ a drink several times _6_ a day even if they are alone. In most countries people say _7_ when they drink together. The English _8_ “Cheers”. In every country there are many places where drinks can be _9_. Since there are so _10_ these places it seems that many people drink more often than they really need to.

1. A. have thirsty B. have thirst C. are thirsty D. are thirst
2. A. lonely B. single C. only D. alone
3. A. shall B. must C. should D. ought
4. A. each other B. themselves C. them D. another
5. A. drink B. eat C. taste D. have
6. A. during B. a C. to D. by
7. A. something specially B. something special
C. specially something D. special something
8. A. often say B. often says C. say often D. says often
9. A. bought B. given C. sell D. sent
10. A. much B. plenty of C. many D. many of

训练V.
A. Population
There are about 56 million people in the United Kingdom. This is a big population for such a small country. But large parts of the country have few people. Most of the population is crowded into the big cities and industrial areas. About 90% of the people live in cities and towns. Only about 10% live in the countryside. Today very few people – less than 2% of the population ---- are farmers and farm workers.
England has the most people. About 46 million live in England. Of these, about 14 million live in London and the south-east. London is now a city of about 7 million people. Most of Scotland’s population of 5 million live in the middle part. Here are the cities and towns of the industrial area. The mountains in the north and the south have a very small population. Fewer than 3 million people live in Wales. Like Scotland, most of the population live in the industrial area in the south. There are only about one and a half million people in Northern Ireland, and one- third live in and around the big industrial city of Belfast.
1. The United Kingdom ____.
A. is a large country B. has many people
C. has a small population D. is a small country without many people
2. Most of the people live ____.
A. in cities and towns B. in the countryside
C. in every part of the country D. near rivers
3. London is a city.
A. quiet B. small C. crowded D. new
4. Scotland is the ____ largest in population in the United kingdom.
A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
5. Northern Ireland is ____.
A. the name of a country B. a small city of the United Kingdom
C. a country with a smaller population D. one part of the United Kingdom
B. Why to learn English
People in many countries are learning English. Some learn at school, others study by _1_. A _2_ learn English _3_ the radio.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It’s difficult _4_ that question. Many _5_ learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. _6_ people learn English because _7_ useful for their work. Many students often learn English for their _8_ studies because _9_ the college some of their books _10_ _11_ English.
It is not _12_ to learn a foreign language. But there is _13_ difficult _14_ the world if you _15_ your heart into it.
1. A. himself B. oneself C. themselves D. ourselves
2. A. few B. little C. few of D. little of
3. A. of B. with C. on D. in
4. A. answer B. answering C. answered D. to answer
5. A. workers B. boys and girls C. doctors D. scientists
6. A. Some B. Much C. A lot D. A little
7. A. it’s B. its C. they’re D. their
8. A. lower B. longer C. shorter D. higher
9. A. near B. at C. on D. in front of
10. A. write B. wrote C. are written D. is written
11. A. in B. with C. on D. from
12. A. free B. difficult C. busy D. easy
13. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. some
14. A. in B. on C. over D. of
15. A. keep B. put C. take D. bring

训练VI.
A.
In Britain, cars, buses and bikes must keep to the left side of the street. If a person wants to cross a street, he must be very careful. Before he cresses a street, he has to stop and look to the right first and then the left. While in China, we look to the left instead.
When visitors are in London, they should learn how to take buses and underground trains. The most important of all, they must know in which dir