江苏省仪征市月塘中学七年级英语下册《任务型阅读》练习试题(无答案) 牛津版

任务型阅读

Do you know an old city called "Pingyao" in Shanxi?The old city is not far from Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province (省). It's a town with a long history of more than two thousand years.

The old city is not very large. It is only 2.25 square kilomete rs in size. And there are no tall buildings here. Most of the buildings have only two floors. And most of them are made of stones(石头). There are many Chinese-style shops on each side（边）of the street.

Pingyao is a square（方的）city. The city has a wall around it. It's about 6 km long and 12m high. Th e wall has six gates. And you mustn't miss the nice food in Pingyao. Try Pingyao beef and you are sure to fall in love with it.

Pingyao is a place worth(值得) a visit. You can take buses or trains here. It's less than 2 hours' bus ride from Taiyuan. It costs you only 20 yuan. If you take a train, it will take you less time, only one and a half hours. And if you want to go to Pingyao from Beijing, the train ride takes only about 6 hours.

The City of Pingyao

Location(位置) In Shanxi, 1 Taiyuan.

2 3 2000 years.

4 2.2

5 square kilometers.

Attractions(吸引人的东

西) Buildings: Most of them have two 5 . They are made of stones.

6 : There are shops on both

7 .

Wall: There is a 6-km-long wall around the 8 city.

Food: Pingyao 9 tastes nice.

Transportation(交通) Visitors can come to Pingyao by bus or 10 .

阅读理解

Here is some information about homes in the United States and the people who live in them.

In the early 1990s, there were more than 91 million homes, or households(家庭) in the US. About 64% of the people in the US own their homes. The rest(其余的) rent(租) their homes. The rented homes are usually apartments(公寓).

74%of the peop le in the US make their homes in or around cities. 26% live in the country(乡下). Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US and about half that number have cats.

Families in the US are becoming smaller. On the average(平均), 2.64 people lived in a home in the early 1990s. In 1960, the average was 3.5.

Half of the teenagers (青少年) in the US have their own bedrooms.

An American moves(搬家), on the average, twelve times in his or her life. In Japan a per son moves about five times, and in England a person moves eight times. ( )66. Where do most Americans live?

A. Around the country.

B. In or around cities.

C. In the country.

D. In cities.

( )67. How many American families own a cat?

A. 40%

B. 64%

C. 20%

D. 74%

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We usually buy things in a shop, a market or a supermarket. Shopping always takes too much t____1____ . We have to walk around for a long time to look f_____2___ the things we want. Sometimes we have to c____3____ many heavy shopping bags. We’re always very tired(疲劳的) after s_____4____. Now it’s dif ferent from that in the past(过去). We can do many things at h____5____, we don’t need to go to the shop. We can buy many good and c___6____ things on the Internet, they look nice but don’t cost much. It seems easy and quick, b___7____ it sometimes brings us some trouble(麻烦). The clothes you buy on the Internet are d____8____ from what you want, or the size is too s____9___ or too big. You may see many people wear the same clothes in the street. Do you know why? B_____10___ they all buy clothes on the Internet. How interesting!

When Millie got up this morning. she found it was a beautiful spri ng day. She saw some 41 in the sky，but she didn’t think about them．She woke up her dog，Eddie，and put him in the 42 ．Then she drove out into the country 43 a picnic with her dog．

When they got to a big tree. Mill ie stopped her car and told Eddie to get off the car. They began to play games under the 44 . How happy they were! An hour later，the wind began to blow and it turned 45 ．Millie and Eddie were warm from running，so they didn’t feel cold．When Eddie was p laying with the ball，Millie 46 snowflakes (雪花)in the sky．She called Eddie，picked up the picnic things and got 47 in the car．As she was driving home，the 48 became heavier and heavier．Soon all Millie could see was white all around 49 ．The road became slippery(滑的)and she had to drive very 50 ．Then the car hit into a piece of ice and it went around in circles. She got her mobile phone and asked for 51 quickly．They waited for about an hour because it was 52 for the police to drive in the snow. At 53 ，the police came to 54 them. Millie was very thankful. she said she would listen to the weather 55 before going on a picnic next time．( )41. A. birds B. clouds C. snows

D. kites

( )42. A. room B. desk C. car D. bag ( )43. A. on B. for C. with D. in

( )44. A. car B. tree C. bridge D. desk

( )45. A. warm B. hot C. cold D. cool ( )46. A. looked B. saw C. cleaned D. put ( )47. A. up B. back C. off D. around ( )48. A. rain B. snow C. car D.