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", it
comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things hoem for us to keep! I'll tell you about some
of 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 the
door 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 was
B.how Zip carried its first present home
C.who owned Zip's first present
D.what Zip's first present was made of
2. Tom calls Zip "the keep dog"because ____ .
A.the dog likes keeping things
B.the dog likes playing with shoes
C.he doesn't know the dog's name
D.he can't pronounce the word "sheep"well
3. What made the shoe strange was _____ .
A.its colour
B.its smell
C.its size
D.that it was a silk one
4. The word "keep"in the last sentence means " ___ "
A.keeping things for itself
B.bringing things for other to keep
C.not letting it run about
D.taking care of a small child
5. We can know from the reading that the dog ____ .
A. likes to give presents to people
B.has been kept in at the writer's home
C.has brought some trouble
D.l ikes to be called "the keep dog"
Key: 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.C
Key: 1 - 5 BAACA
（二）
An old lady in a pla ne had a bla nket hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, am
going 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 are
no 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 nket
1. An old lady had
5. 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. glasses
B. a bla nket over her head
C. a coat
D. a basket 2. A. She didn
't want to A. take it off
B. turn it off
C. get on
D. talk about it 3. spoke to her .
A. The air hostess
B. The man n ext to her
C. her husband
D. one of her friends 4. The old lady had n ever bee n before .
A. abroad
B. home
C. i n a pla ne
D. in hospital A. to fly aga in B. to travel C. to go abroad D. 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 got
some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me
your 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 going
back 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 and
address 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 answer
1. Dick flew to New York because __ .
A. he went there for a holiday
B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing （观光）
D. his home was there
2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A. Because she didn't know his address yet
B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too
C. Because she might send him another telegram
D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York
3. 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 False
1. 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 sick
whe 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 like
to 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 calls
me. 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 Herbert
out 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 False
1. 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: ABABC
Key: 1-7. F T T F T F F
In 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 day
B. Because they ofte n have very good weather
C. Because the weather is warm just like in spri ng
D. Because the sky is sunny all day
2. From the story we know that whe n _______ come, there is a heavy rain.
A. sunshine and snow
B. black clouds
C. summer and win ter
D. spri ng and autu mn
3. "People can also have summer in win ter." Mea ns "it is sometimes too ___ in win ter."
A. warm
B. cool
C. cold
D. rainy
4. In the sunny morning some En glish people usually take a rain coat or an umbrella with them
because _______ .
A. their friends ask them to do so
B. it ofte n rains in En gla nd
C. they are going to sell them
D. they are their favourite things
5. The best title （标题）for this passage is _______ .
A. Bad Seasons
B. Summer or Win ter
C. The Weather in En gla nd
D. Strange En glish People
七）KEY: BCDAA
Mr 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 to
come 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 the
door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the
piece 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 days
B. he would be back in seven days
C. he would be back in a month
D. he liked a cup of tea
2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on ______ .
A. the wall
B. the door
C. a piece of paper
D. his son's pocket
3. A man came to visit the boy's father on _______ .
A. the seco nd day
B. the third day
C. the fourth day
D. the fifth day
4. The man was very surprised because _________ .
A. he thought the child's father was dead
B. the child did n't ask him to sit dow n
C. the child gave him a cup of tea
D. he could n't find that piece of paper
5. What was burnt? _________ . A. The piece of paper B. Mr Smith C. The visitor D. The boy