七年级上册英语阅读理解及答案

七年级上册英语阅读理解及答案（一）Little Tom down the street calls our dog "The keep dog".Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say" Seep", itcomes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things hoem for us to keep! I'll tell you about someof them.Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk.We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell.I nodded（点头）and held my nose. "What do you think it is?""It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot （污点）off the shoe. Then he put it at thedoor to dry.""Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe!" I said."We should take it back.""We can't ".said my sistter."Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!"1. The writer and Mary didn't know ___ .A. what Zip's first present wasB.how Zip carried its first present homeC.who owned Zip's first presentD.what Zip's first present was made of2. Tom calls Zip "the keep dog"because ____ .A.the dog likes keeping thingsB.the dog likes playing with shoesC.he doesn't know the dog's nameD.he can't pronounce the word "sheep"well3. What made the shoe strange was _____ .A.its colourB.its smellC.its sizeD.that it was a silk one4. The word "keep"in the last sentence means " ___ "A.keeping things for itselfB.bringing things for other to keepC.not letting it run aboutD.taking care of a small child5. We can know from the reading that the dog ____ .A. likes to give presents to peopleB.has been kept in at the writer's homeC.has brought some troubleD.l ikes to be called "the keep dog"Key: 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.CKey: 1 - 5 BAACA（二）An old lady in a pla ne had a bla nkethostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, amgoing to keep this bla nket over my head un til we are back on the ground aga in !Then the captain came. He said,“ Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there areno clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well.” But she continued to hide.So the capta in turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from un der the bla nket1. An old lady had5. The woman didn ' t like planes and she was never going （毯子）over her head and she did not want to take it off . The air"I have n ever bee n in a pla ne before , and I am frighte ned.I with one eye and said, "I am sorry, young man, but I don 't like planes and I am never going to fly again.But I ' ll say one thing,” She continued kindly,"You and your wife keep your pla ne very clea n!A. glassesB. a bla nket over her headC. a coatD. a basket2. A. She didn 't want to A. take it off B. turn it off C. get onD. talk about it 3.spoke to her .A. The air hostessB. The man n ext to herC. her husbandD. one of her friends4. The old lady had n ever bee n before .A. abroadB. homeC. i n a pla neD. in hospitalA. to fly aga inB. to travelC. to go abroadD. to go home（三）Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because rve gotsome work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send meyour address from there in a telegram （电报）,"his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now rm goingback to my hotel and have a nice dinner."He found a taxi （出租车）and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name andaddress of his hotel."Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know.So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."Choose the right answer1. Dick flew to New York because __ .A. he went there for a holidayB. he had work thereC. he went there for sightseeing （观光）D. his home was there2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?A. Because she didn't know his address yetB. Because she wanted to go to New York, tooC. Because she might send him another telegramD. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York3. Where did Dick stay in New York?A. In the center of the city.B. In a hotel.C. In a restaurant.D. At his friend's house.4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?A. The manager （经理）of his hotel.B. The police office.C. The taxi driver.D. His wife.5. Which of the following is not true?A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.Key: 1-5 B A B D C（四）Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. One day, Bob lent Jim ten dollars, but then Jim left his work and went to work in ano ther tow n without pay ing back the mon ey.Bob did n't see Jim for a year, and the n he knew from ano ther friend that Jim was in ano ther tow n and staying at a hotel. So he went there to see him late in the evening.When he got to Jim's room, he saw his shoes n ear the door. "Well, he must be in，” he thought, and kno cked aga in, and said, "I know you are in, Jim. Your shoes are out here.""I've gone out in my boots," an swered Jim.True or False1. Bob and Jim once worked in differe nt factories.2. One day Jim borrowed ten dollars from Bob.3. Jim paid back the money to Bob and went to work in ano ther tow n later.4. Bob had n't see n Jim for a year whe n he lear ned that Jim was in ano ther tow n.Key: 1-4 F T F T（五）I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is almost sickwhe n my mother calls, "Herbert! It's seve n o'clock! Get up!"Herbert answers, "I'm coming!" and goes right back to sleep. I'm not at all like my brother. I don't liketo go to bed at ni ght but I don't mind gett ing up in the mornin g. I usually wake up before my mother callsme. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go dow nstairs for breakfast as soon as my mother calls.But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band （军乐队）in our bedroom could not wake him up. I call him and say, "Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you don't get up immediately!"But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull Herbertout of bed. It's that way every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day he'll learn to get up on time,but I really don't thi nk so.True or False1. The most terrible thing in life for my little brother is going to school.2. I'm not like my brother because I like to go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning.3. I usually jump out of bed and go into the bathroom for a shower before my mother calls.4. When mother calls, Herbert does n't an swer and rema ins in bed.5. My mother often has to go upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed as he refuses to get up.6. Sometimes we have to send for a military band to wake Herbert up.7. The writer thinks some day Herbert will lear n to get up on time.（六）KEY: ABABCKey: 1-7. F T T F T F FIn En gla nd, people ofte n talk about the weather because they can experie nee （经历）four seas ons in one day .In the morning the weather is warm just like in spri ng. An hour later black clouds come and the n it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late after noon the sky will be sunny, the sun will beg in to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.In En gla nd, people can also have summer in wi nter, or have win ter in summer. So in win ter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.When you go to En gla nd, you will see that some En glish people usually take an umbrella （伞）or a rain coat with them in the sunny morning, but you should no t laugh at them.If you don't take an umbrella or a rain coat, you will regret （后悔）later in the day.1. Why do people in En gla nd ofte n talk about the weather?A. Because they may have four seas ons in one dayB. Because they ofte n have very good weatherC. Because the weather is warm just like in spri ngD. Because the sky is sunny all day2. From the story we know that whe n _______ come, there is a heavy rain.A. sunshine and snowB. black cloudsC. summer and win terD. spri ng and autu mn3. "People can also have summer in win ter." Mea ns "it is sometimes too ___ in win ter."A. warmB. coolC. coldD. rainy4. In the sunny morning some En glish people usually take a rain coat or an umbrella with thembecause _______ .A. their friends ask them to do soB. it ofte n rains in En gla ndC. they are going to sell themD. they are their favourite things5. The best title （标题）for this passage is _______ .A. Bad SeasonsB. Summer or Win terC. The Weather in En gla ndD. Strange En glish People七）KEY: BCDAAMr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has bee n out for doing someth ing, and will be back in a week, the n be sure to ask him to sit dow n for a cup of tea." "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son could n't remember this,he wrote these words dow n on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and the n.Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man tocome and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he bur nt it that evening.The next after noon, some one kn ocked at the door. The boy ope ned it. A man was sta nding at thedoor and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for thepiece of paper. He could not find it. He sudde nly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happe n?""Bur nt yesterday eve nin g."1. Mr Brown told his son that ____.A. he would be away from home for four daysB. he would be back in seven daysC. he would be back in a monthD. he liked a cup of tea2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on ______ .A. the wallB. the doorC. a piece of paperD. his son's pocket3. A man came to visit the boy's father on _______ .A. the seco nd dayB. the third dayC. the fourth dayD. the fifth day4. The man was very surprised because _________ .A. he thought the child's father was deadB. the child did n't ask him to sit dow nC. the child gave him a cup of teaD. he could n't find that piece of paper5. What was burnt? _________ . A. The piece of paper B. Mr Smith C. The visitor D. The boy（八）One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listeningto someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary （必要的）to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.1. "What's the matter?" "I went to a party last night, so I •••"2. "I feel so tired these days."" I think you'd better …"3. "Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most …"You can see from the above three examples that the context （上下文）helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So "guessing "is very important in understanding English, especially （尤其）spoken English.1. This passage tells us mainly about _______ .A. the importance of "guessing " in learning a foreign languageB. how to guess what one is going to talk aboutC. some examples of right guessingD. how important it is to guess all the time2. from the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE I is _______ .A."… so I didn't have a good time."B."…so I went to bed very late."C. "….So I felt unhappy."D."…so I got up very early."3. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is _______ .A. "I think you'd better have a good rest and take good care of yourself."B. "I think you'd better have something todrink."C. "I think you'd better get some help from your friends."D. "I think you'd better be more careful."4. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 3 is _____ .A."… she is one of the most famous film stars."B."…she is one of the most beautiful women."C."…she is one of the most famous speakers."D. " .. she is one of the most talkative women."5. From the passage we can infer （推断）that guessing is _________ i n learning a foreign language.A. the only wayB. more important in spoken English than in written EnglishC. more important than any other wayD. more important in written English than in spoken EnglishKEY: ABADB（九）Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive.He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed somemoney from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price （价格）.They felt unhappy and returned to their village."I can't understand why we sustained （蒙受）losses in business while others always profit （盈利）"Uncle Li asked one day."The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking. "We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!""I agree!" said Uncle Li. "How foolish （傻的）we were !"1. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because _________ .A. they hope to save moneyB. they're both poorC. their farms are at the foot of the mountainD. they're not far from their farms2. The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _______ .A. make a journeyB. visit some places of interestC. meet their friendsD. make a profit3. the tow farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because _______ .A. theirs weren't as good as the others'B. theirs were much less than the others'C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the cityD. they forgot to carry them on a truck4. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because ________ .A. they had sustained losses in businessB. they had lost some money in the cityC. something was wrong with the tractorD. other people profited in the city5. Which of the following is true?A. The two farmers found out why they were poor.B. The two farmers will soon get rich.C. Neither of the farmers is clever.D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.KEY: BDCAC（十）On Christmas Eve The night before Christmas Day —children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their bedsbefore they go to sleep. Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night.Father Christmas is very kind and hearted. He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace. He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents.Of course, Father Christmas isn't real. In Jim and Kate's house, "Father Christmas" is really Mr Green. Mr Green doesn'tclimb down the chimney. He waits until the children are asleep. Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents. When they were very young, Mr Green sometimes wore a red coat. But he doesn't do that now. The children are no longer young, and they know who "Father Christmas" really is. But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds.1. Christmas Eve is _________ .A. the night of Christmas DayB. the evening of Christmas DayC. Christmas DayD. the night before Christmas Day2. Father Christmas often puts presents _______ .A. into children's hatsB. into children's stockingsC. under children's bedsD. into children's shoes3. When the children were very young, ________ .A. they didn't know who Father Christmas wasB. they knew that Father Christmas wasn't realC. they thought their father was Father ChristmasD. they knew who put the presents into their stockings4. When the children are older, they _________ .A. know that Father Christmas is realB. ask their mother to fill their stockings with presentsC. know that Father Christmas is really their fatherD. know that Father Christmas is really their friend5. Father Christmas comes into the house through the ______ .A. chimneyB. back doorC. front doorD. window.KEY: DBACA。