2021年七年级下学期英语阅读理解专项训练

1、*欧阳光明*创编A2021.03.07欧阳光明（2021.03.07）One day Mark Twain told a story about his first money.Schoolboys in those days didnt respect （尊敬） their teachers.They didnt take care of school things, either. The school had a rule: If a student damaged （损坏）his desk, the teacher would beat him in front of the whol

2、e school, or the student had to pay five dollars.Mark Twain once found his desk was damaged in some way, hehad to tell his father about the schools rule. His father thought it would be too bad if the teacher beat his son in public （当众）, so he agreed togive him five dollars. But before giving him the

3、 money, the father gavehis son a good beating. The next day Mark Twain decided he would takeanother beating at school, so he could keep the five dollars. In this way, he got his first money.6.In those days, if somebody damaged his desk, he would_.A. leave school B. pay money C. be beaten by his fath

4、er D. earn five dollars7.When Mark Twain was_, he earned his first money.A. ten years old B. at school C. beaten for the first time D.working 8.Mark Twain was beaten （打）twice because he_.*欧阳光明*创编2021.03.07*欧阳光明*创编2021.03.07A. damaged two desks B. damaged his desk twiceC.wanted to keep the money D. d

5、idnt respect his teacher9.Mark Twains father gave him five dollars. He wanted his son to_.A. keep the money B. hand the money to the teacherC. disgrace（给带来耻辱）his family D. take a beating10.Which of the following is NOT true?A.Mark Twain was a famous writer.B. Mark Twain was a bad student in school.C

6、.The school was right to beat Mark Twain.D.We should earn money as Mark Twain did.CA bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful, too. It gives us some interesting phrases（短语）.One is “to let the cat out of the bag It isthe same as “to tell the secret”. There is an old interesting story aboutit.Long a

7、go, when people sold things in big cloth（布）bags, a womanasked a man for a pig. The man held up his cloth bag. There seemed tobe a little pig in it. The woman asked to see it. When the man openedthecloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a pig! The mans secret was out and everyone knew it.Now when so

8、meone lets out（泄漏）a secret, he*欧阳光明*创编2021.03.07*欧阳光明*创编2021.03.07lets the cat out of the bag. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.11. The phrase “to let the cat out of the bag” came from_.A. a woman and a pig B. a man and a catC. a pig and and a cat D.an interesting story12

9、.The woman wanted to buy_.A. a cloth bag B. a little pig C. a black cat D. a bag and a pig 13.The man knew there was _ in his cloth bag.A. a bag B. a pig C. a cat D. nothing14.At the end of the second passageeveryone knew it, it means_.A. there was a pig in the mans bag B. the woman bought a catC. t

10、he cloth bag D. the mans cat15.John let the cat out of the bag means he _.A .makes everyone know a secret B. puts the cats away from the bag C. buys a cat in the bag D.sells the cat in the bagD*欧阳光明*创编2021.03.07*欧阳光明*创编2021.03.07In some foreign countries, some people dont like the number 13. Theydon

11、t think 13 is a lucky number. For example, they dont like to live on the thirteenth floor.My friend Jack has got the same idea. He doesnt like the number 13,either. One day, he asked some friends to dinner. When all of his friendsarrived, he asked them to sit around the dinner table. He began to cou

12、ntthe people in his mind while they were having the delicious food.Suddenly, he cried out, Oh, there are thirteen people here! Everybodysface turned white except Mr Brown. He said slowly with a smile on hisface, Dont worry, my dear friends! We have fourteen people here. Mywife Mrs Brown will have a

13、baby in a few weeks. Shes in the family way now. All of them became happy again.Congratulations! they said to Mrs and Mr Brown. They enjoyed the nice food and had a good time that evening.根据短文，完成下面句子。16. Some foreigners think the number 13 is .17. Mr and Mrs Brown were .18. Everybodys face turned wh

14、ite when .19. The sentence Shes in the family way now. means .20. All of them became happy again because .E*欧阳光明*创编2021.03.07*欧阳光明*创编2021.03.07HOUSE FOR SALE：Comfortable（舒适的）family home with alarge garden on the north side of town. Three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom. Pay ￥280,000 f

15、or it.The Browns are looking for a new house. Mr Brown wants to live on thenorth side of the town near his work. Mrs Brown wants a house withfour bedrooms. Their children dont care the house is like but the garden is big enough.DRIVER WANTED for busy restaurant. Some evening and weekend work. All me

16、als free. Call 3320178.Jack wants to drive. He thinks its very interesting. The work is hard buthe doesnt mind. He has to work in the evenings and weekends, but hecan get some weekdays off. Its not very well paid, but he never minds.JOIN OUR FOOTBALL TEAM. Boys and girls wanted to play for a local（本

17、地的） football team. Aged 913. Meet in Green Park on Friday at 3 pm.Tom: There is a new football team starting in the village, Mum. Im oldenough to play it. School is over at half past three, so Id have a lot of time.Mum: Well. Im sure you could do your homework in the evenings. Butlook, Tom, You dont read the paper carefully. You cant possibly play for this team.*欧阳光明*创编202