英语阅读七选五篇

1.记叙文（简单）Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. ____1____ ”Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. ____2____ They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug isagain.2.in her general store. 1 IAt first I was paid in candy. 2 I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. My father helped me set up a bank account. 3 By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics（化妆品）. I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “ What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real in terest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妆）ideas. 4The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a Rocketscientist—you needed to be a great listener. __5___ Except they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed.ter I received 50 cents an hour.B.Before long, she let me sit there by myself.C.I ended up selling a record amount of cosmetics.D.Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.E.My grandma’s trust taught me how to handle responsibility.F.G.3.B. Hold them to the schedule they create for themselves.C. Finally, spend time with your kids when they’re studying.D. Keep the atmosphere light and offer lots of encouragement, too.E. Instead, use TV as a treat or a reward when the homework is completed.F. Try to stop this bad habit by offering some sort of reward.G. One of the best ways to form good study habits for your kids is to design a schedule that they keep to.4. 说明文MuzakThe next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? 1 It's similar to the music you listen to, but it's not exactly the same. That's because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.Quiet background music used to be called "elevator (电梯) music" because we often heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name "Muzak". About one-third of the people inSomeD. Factory workers produce 13 percent more.E. Muzak tends to help people understand music better.F. They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.G. Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world.（6）The world is an interesting place. Different people like different things. Some people like loud music. Otherpeople don't. 1. _________Many people like sports, but they do not all like the same sports. In some countries, cricket(板球运动) is a very popular sport, In others it is not popular at all. No one plays it or watches it on TV. However, most people like soccer. The World Cup is very popular. 2. _________Different people like different foods. Some people do not like meat. 3. _________ Some people do not like potatoes or bread. They prefer rice.4. _________ Most people have their favorite colors. Some people like bright colors. Others prefer paleNo matter if it's burning hot or icy cold, a holiday or a school day, you'll see policemen at the centers of the crossroads directing traffic. 2._________There are more than 1.7 million policemen in China. 3._________ Other police have different responsibilities (责任). Some are firefighters (消防员). Some watch out for bad guys and solve crimes. Others keep the peace. Special police deals with unexpected events. 4._________ He has to learn laws, science, shooting, driving and climbing.To keep people safe and make peace for all, Chinese police put their lives at risk. 5._________ Another 13,000 were injured in doing their jobs.95anythingC. that 1 got down on my kneesD. I was really disappointed at youE. Before he could say another wordF. when she was saying somethingG. but the more 1 tried, the more he dulled away.(9)In China ,more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before. 1._________ because they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers and some by their parents. Also 2._________. They are not careful enough while they do their homework, 3._________. Some studentsspend too much time watching TV or playing computer games. They stay up very late. Some student have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or by bike. 4._________.Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health. For children, we should make best use of our time. 5._________, we will find it much better for both our study and health.was awrote) stories forhe an end for with his pen of him,So he) and readB. but had no idea.C. Please write down my advices and you can finish you story.D. Tom read the thief's adviceE. Tom is famous nowF. Tom is still not a famous writer.G. he found that someone had broken into (闯入) his house(11)Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or 1. _________ and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. 2. _________ When you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health. When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. 3._________ All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always（disease(疾病). They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every store. 2. _________ When you visit people’s homes, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. 3. _________ Nobody is allowed to kill any animals in Canada. 4. _________ If you killed an animal, you would be punished(处罚). If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.5. _________ One of them might be: Their family tie is not as close as ours. When children grow up, theyleave their parents and start their own career(生涯). Then the seniors(老人) will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.A. People usually use cages to keep them at home.B. They are free to come and go.C. People in Canada have many reasons to like animals.D. People love these pets and regard them as their good friends.E. Why don’t people kill animals ?F. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food.G. They have a law against killing wild animals.（13）Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. 1._________Enough laws(法律) have been made to fight against pollution. 2._________ The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers’ exhibition(展览).There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. 3._________ In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers’ exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. 4._________ Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car asquickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.5._________After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.A. We saw animals everywhere.B. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves.C. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.D. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers.E. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution.F. Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos.G. Australian has the smallest population in the world1: Key: 1. B 2. D 3. E 4. A 5. F 2：Keys：BAGCD 3：Keys: GBEAC4：Keys: CBFDA 5：Keys : BCAFD 6：ACEBG 7．AEDBC 8．GCEAB 9．FBEDC 10．BGADE 11．CADGB 12．DFBGC 13．CEDBF。