七年级上英语阅读练习(一)

1、Do you know the history of bowling（保龄球）? Scientists think that a game like bowling was _ 1 in Egypt thousands of years ago. Things look like the balls and bowling pins were found buried(埋葬) with a child who _2 around 5,200 B. C. People who study history know that the game was popular in Germany arou

2、nd 200-300 A.D. It was played in some churches in order to _3_ that they were very good Christians. When people bowled poorly, they had to go to church more _4_ than the others. The first bowling place was built inside a very big building and _5_ in England in 1455. Then the game was taken to the Un

3、ited States where most people played it outside just for fun. During the 1800s, many people in the United States began to bowl for _6_, so several cities made the game illegal（违法的. And later, a group _7_ the American Bowling Congress (ABC) began around 1900. The job of this group was to clean up bow

4、ling and make it a gentlemans game again. At that time, the game was mostly played by men. If women played, they _8_a curtain up so that the men were not able to see them. Then, in 1916, a womans _9_ named the Womens International Bowling Congress (WIBC) made a point of showing that the game was fin

5、e for _10_ men and women. 1. A. done B. played C. seen D. watched2. A. died B. was dying C. dead D. death3. A. tell B. show C. look D. say4. A. possible B. often C. time D. chance5. A. closed B. built C. opened D. stopped6. A. fun B. pleasure C. money D. health7. A. calling B. calls C. naming D. nam

6、ed8. A. hanged B. hang C. hung D. hunged9. A. party B. group C. class D. kind10. A. between B. both C. all D. wholeANSWER: BABBC CDCBBDo you remember your first day at a new school or in a new area? How about the lifewhen your family _ 1 _ to a new state? Ugh! What about the 2 of being a stranger?Th

7、en, with time, you find someone who likes 3 you like. Friends are great giftsin life. I have some good friends, too, but not because they are clever. Sometimes theytalk 4 ; sometimes they need me a lot. I know I ask too much of them. I hope myfriends, like my father, 5 about me a lot.I once told my

8、friends to give me all their love and be generous and gentle 慷慨和友善. I told my friends, in other words, to love me 6 I loved them.They didn't 7 me at first, but then they became kinder. My love for them slowlymade them learn to 8 friends. They learned to love others and 9 the idea thatLOVE is par

9、t of life.If we listen to and try to understand each other, love must 10 , even if it's hardat first. A true friend loves us all times.1. A. came B. moved C. lived D. liked2. A. ideas B. thoughts C. points D. feelings3. A. what B. how C. when D. who4. A. too much B. too many C. much too D. many too5. A. worries B. care C. talks D. complains6. A. because B. so C. when D. if7. A. believe B. tell C.