七年级英语(完整版)初中英语阅读理解阅读练习题附答案一、英语阅读理解阅读1．阅读理解Nowadays lots of kids are at home alone after school. Are you one of them? Kids who regularly take care of themselves are called "latchkey kids".This nickname got its start in the 1940s. Many men fought in the Second World War and women had to take jobs in factories to keep the country going. With both parents away, lots of kids went back to empty houses after school. Latchkey kids wore house keys around their necks and they used the keys to open doors.Today, it's common for both parents to work. As a result, a new generation of kids are spending some time alone after school. It becomes necessary for both parents and kids to make some rules. There are a lot of questions to talk about:Should you call your mum, or dad as soon as you get home?Should you do your homework first?Can you watch TV or play computer games? If so, how long?What can you eat if you want a snack?Can friends come over? If so, how many?……As latchkey kids, knowing how to stay safe is just as important as following the family rules. Talk about the following questions with your parents:What should you do when the phone rings?What should you do if someone knocks at the door?What should you do if someone breaks into the house?What should you do if you cut yourself while cooking?……You may feel when you are at home alone. Don't worry. Keeping yourself busy is helpful. There are many things which can make you feel that time goes by quickly:●Read a magazine. ●Write an email. ●Phone a friend.（1）Latchkey kids _________________.A. like collecting keysB. live with their grandparentsC. have part-time jobs in factoriesD. regularly stay at home alone after school（2）How many pieces of advice does the writer give to latchkey kids?A. TwoB. ThreeC. FourD. Five（3）Which of the following can be put in " "?A. Can you have your hair cut?B. Should you go to school on foot?C. Can you go out? If so, where?D. Can you ask teachers for help at school?（4）Which of the following can be put in " "?A. boredB. excitedC. relaxedD. pleased（5）The writer probably agrees that __________.A. there's no need to make family rulesB. latchkey kids should learn to protect themselvesC. time passes slowly when latchkey kids are busyD. parents should never leave their kids alone at home2．阅读理解Technology is everywhere. We see it any place we go and, in fact, almost all of us carry some piece of technology with us every time we leave the house. What I always forget, though, is just how useful and powerful technology can be when we want to help others.There is not a single room in my house that does not have some electronic devices （设备）lying around in it. Whenever I am at home, I am almost always using at least one electronic device. If you walked into my living room on any given day, you would find that, first, I have the television on. At the same time, I usually have my laptop resting on my knee, or I will be using my mobile phone. Even when I'm not at home I am always using my phone, and at work or in cafés, I sit down and connect to the local wireless network on my laptop.I must say that I waste a lot of time on the computer and the time I spend on it could be much better spent if I were to take up a little online volunteering.The technology we carry about everywhere can have a great power to do good for the world and to help others and recently I discovered just how much online volunteering there is to do in the world. From using your language skills to do translations, to developing and managing projects and helping with IT work, there is so much that so many people can do to help people in their own countries and across the world. The United Nations, in fact, has a huge page with "Volunteers Recruited" on its website.This work can support the poor and help charities who cannot pay for staff members. Many organizations only require you to work an hour a week﹣some even less. And the support provided by online volunteers can really help make a difference to those in need.（1）From Paragraph 2, we can know that the writer .A. is a computer engineerB. works in a caféC. uses technology a lotD. likes modern music（2）The underlined word" Recruited" in Paragraph 4 means" ".A. OrderedB. VisitedC. WantedD. Warned（3）In the writer's opinion, people should spend more time with technology.A. working on computer programsB. keeping the Internet safeC. inventing electronic productsD. helping people in need（4）What can be the best title for the passage？A. Online VolunteeringB. Internet OrganizationsC. Website DesignD. Online Translation3．阅读理解What can we learn from the special, very successful people in the world who make the impossible possible?Lesson 1: Ways of creative thinking are neededBill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both dropped out of college. They prefer to teach themselves because they like to develop their own ways of thinking. They think standard ways of teaching might stop people from being creative and having new ideas.Lesson 2: The answer might not be what you expectFind your answers from facts-not start with an expectation of what you will find. Stephen Jacobsen believed what he was taught: that water on Earth came from icy comets（封星） or planets which hit into Earth.However, by studying a special rock, he discovered that it acted like a sponge（海绵）. This suggested that Earth's water might have come from inside, driven to the surface to form the oceans, by geological activity."I had a pretty hard time making others believe it, "he said. "But thinking about the fact that you may be the first person to see something for the first time doesn't happen very often. When it does, it's amazing."Lesson 3: A little luck goes a long wayYears of planning went into a recent achievement in space travel. The European Space Agency's "Philae", a robot landing craft, met up with Comet 67P, which was 480 million kilometres away. The trip from Earth by "Philae" had taken ten years!The scientists had no idea what the surface of the comet would be like. If the landing failed, it would be impossible to get information from the spacecraft. Twenty years of work would have been wasted.When "Philae" tried to land, it bounced（弹起）away from the comet's icy surface twice. Luckily, however, "Philae" landed successfully and began sending information back to Earth. （1）Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg left college because____________.A. they preferred to learn by themselvesB. they needed standard ways of teachingC. their teachers didn't like their new ideasD. their teachers weren't able to teach them（2）In Lesson 2, the writer mainly wants to tell us that___________.A. we should get answers from factsB. we can believe what we are taughtC. it's hard to make others believe somethingD. an expectation can help get an answer in research（3）The example of "Philae" in Lesson 3 shows that________.A. Comet 67P was not far away from EarthB. it took "Philae"2o years to reach Comet 67PC. "Philae" landed on Comet 67P with a little luckD. scientists know nothing about the surface of Comet 67P（4）The best title for this passage is_____.A. Ways of learningB. Lessons for successC. Ways of being specialD. Lessons for experiments4．阅读理解Australia at last! The flight was tiring, but here I am at last, in Sydney! Look! Here we are at last! The Sydney Opera House! It looks like shells!It's wonderful and amazing! And I'm taking the plane to New Zealand on Tuesday. I'll post again from there.Coffee and Paris! Paris is beautiful! We went on a great city tour. We also took a boat ride on the River Seine. And it's nicer to just sit at a street care and watch the world go by. But, to tell you a secret. Frank's disappointed because no one can understand his French!Don't come here! We're staying at a farm in Utah. There is nearly nothing! It's too quiet. Every morning, we get up really early, and we ride the horses. Then it's breakfast and more riding--not my idea of fun! So, today I walked to a little town near the farm where they actually have Internet! Next week, we're shopping in New York. I can't wait!（1）Where is Jessy writing from?A. Sydney.B. New Zealand.C. Paris.D. Utah.（2）What did Donna and Frank do during their travelling?A. They visited museums.B. They took a boat ride.C. They sat at a street park.D. They watched movies in the cinema.（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to Anna's Moments（朋友圈） ?A. It is too noisy around the farm.B. Her idea of fun is horse riding.C. She is going to London next week.D. She cannot use Internet at the farm.5．阅读理解The word, "photography", was first used in 1839. It comes from the Greek words that mean "to write with light". But photography could only give people static pictures. So scientists were trying hard to find ways to make pictures that can move. They made lots of experiments, but failed again and again. It was Eadweard Muybridge who finally succeeded. He was the first photographer to try this successfully. But how did he make it? It was an interesting story.Back in 1872, people didn't know exactly（确切地）whether all four of a horse's hooves（蹄）left the ground at the same time when it was running. A gentleman called Leland Stanford made a bet with his friend about it. Most people believed that a horse always had one hoof on the ground, or it would fall over. But Stanford didn't think so.At that time, it was hard to know who could win the bet, because a horse's legs move so fast that it is impossible to tell just by looking. So they needed a way to record the movement of a running horse. Then Stanford offered $ 25,000 to the famous photographer, Muybridge, to help find the answer. In the beginning, Muybridge failed to get clear images, but he didn't give up. He continued to improve his cameras. In 1878, after many experiments, he managed to get a sequence（连续） of 12 photos. One of them clearly showed that all four of the horse's hooves were off the ground at the same time. And when the photos moved fast, people could see a horse running.Though Edison is usually considered as the person who created the first movie in 1889, it was the work of Eadweard Muybridge and the bet that led to Edison's invention.（1）The underlined word "static" in Paragraph 1 most probably means .A. prettyB. darkC. movingD. still（2）What did Leland Stanford make a bet with his friend about?A. Whose horse ran faster.B. Whether a horse would fall over while running.C. Whether it was possible for scientists to make moving pictures.D. Whether a horse's hooves all left the ground at the same time while running.（3）Muybridge finally found the exact answer to the bet in .A. 1839B. 1872C. 1878D. 1889（4）The passage mainly tells us .A. that Thomas Edison created the first movieB. that Eadweard Muybridge created the first static picturesC. how photography helped people know more about animalsD. how Eadweard Muybridge got pictures of motion（移动） successfully6．阅读理解Vanuatu is an island nation in the South West Pacific. It is one of the smallest countries in the world. But for those who are interested in adventure and sports, there is a lot to do. Vanuatu's islands offer visitors two of the most exciting and dangerous activities in the world: volcano（火山） surfing and land diving.Volcano Surfing On Tanna Island, Mount Yasur rises 361 metres into the sky. Yasur is an active volcano, and it erupts（爆发） almost every day, sometimes several times a day. For centuries, people have climbed this mountain to visit the top. Recently, people have also started climbing Yasur to surf the volcano. In some ways, volcano surfing is like surfing in the sea, but in other ways it's very different. Volcano surfers try to escape the erupting volcano-- without getting hit by flying rocks! It's fast, fun and dangerous- the perfect extreme sport（极限运动）.Land Diving Most people are familiar with bungee jumping, but do you know bungee jumping started on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu and is almost fifteen centuries old? The activity, first called land diving, is part of a religious ceremony（宗教仪式）. A man ties tree vines（树藤） to hislegs. He then jumps head- first from a high tower to touch the earth with the top of his head- without breaking the vine. Every spring, island natives （men only）still take part in this amazing activity.（1）In the first paragraph, what does the underlined word refer to?A. People.B. Animals.C. Activities.D. Islands.（2）According to the passage, Mount Yasur?A. is no longer activeB. is on Pentecost IslandC. erupts almost every dayD. rises 800 metres into the sky（3）Why have people recently started climbing Mount Yasur?A. Because people can climb it easily.B. Because people can make money.C. Because people can watch snow on it.D. Because people can surf the volcano.（4）Which of the following about land diving is TRUE?A. It is not dangerous at all.B. It was first called "bungee jumping".C. It is a traditional activity in Vanuatu.D. It came to Vanuatu from another country.（5）What is the purpose of the passage?A. To tell people not to do dangerous sports.B. To explain what volcano surfing and land diving are.C. To talk about the world's best volcano surfer and land diver.D. To compare activities in Vanuatu with sports in New Zealand.7．阅读理解I was travelling alone through the UK. To reach places that were off the public transportation map, I bought an old car, which cost most of my money. I couldn't afford to stay in a hotel, so I had to camp in my car for the rest of the trip.One morning I woke up in my old car on a country road in Ireland and saw a single house, The water in my thermos（保温瓶） had gone cold, so I knocked on the door of the house. A woman opened it. I asked her for some hot water. But she wouldn't let me get away with just that! I was invited indoors. She asked me to sit at the table and have breakfast with her family. They filled my thermos before I left.I was greatly moved. And I decided to pass the kindness on. The other day I met a young man who had been driving around to look for a parking lot. He looked increasingly upset. I was glad that I was able to point one out to him. His thankful smile was the hugest reward（奖赏） for me.（1）The writer bought the car in order to ______________.A. serve the publicB. travel more easilyC. take the trip aloneD. save more money （2）Why did the writer camp in his car?A. He was short of money.B. It was his habit.C. He could have a better rest.D. It would be warmer.（3）The writer asked the woman for ______________.A. a mapB. a thermosC. some hot waterD. a light breakfast（4）How did the young man feel at last?A. Funny.B. Upset.C. Disappointed.D. Thankful.（5）What's the main idea of the text?A. Travelling alone is interesting.B. Sharing food is a pleasure.C. Kindness is the sunshine in life.D. Smile is important to everyone.8．阅读理解Charity Walk in 2017Sunday 18th June 201710:00 am- Register（登记）10:30 am- -Walk Begins18th~24th JuneVenue（场地）: Baddesley Clinton House B930DQWalk registration fee（登记费用）:Adults: $5 （on the day $ 7）Children: $3 （on the day $4）Under 5 years old: freeBy paying the registration fee you will be able to enter Baddesley ClintonHouse and grounds for free （normally BRM/DAY $10.45~ $11. 50 foradults and $5. 15~ $5.70 for children）Pets welcome on the walk but they cannot enter the house and gardens.If you are interested in taking part, please call Michael at 0121 788 1143 or email centre@. You can also visit our website to register and pay online.Registered Charity No: 2092613 Email: centre@A. a websiteB. a storybookC. a novelD. a game show（2）The walk will begin ______________.A. on June 19thB. on June 24thC. at 10:00 amD. at 10:30 am （3）If two kids above 5 years old register in advance（提前）, and their mother registers on the day, they will pay ______________.A. $15B. $13C. $11D. $7（4）After registration, a kid should pay ______________ to enter Baddesley Clinton House and grounds.A. nothingB. $5. 15C. $5.70D. $10.45（5）From the poster, we can learn the following EXCEPT that ______________.A. the walk is 35km in totalB. you can make a call to registerC. pets can enter the house and gardensD. the charity walk is from June 18th to 24th 9．阅读理解When my brother and I were children, we spent a few weeks each summer in the countryside with our uncle. He was a geologist and loved to go on long walks to find stones to add to his collection at the university. More often than not, we followed him.One day, we left early and this time, our uncle gave us two backpacks. "You can help me carry the samples（样本）," he explained.Sure, why not? The whole day, we walked around the countryside, and every now and then, our uncle put stones in our bags. We were a bit surprised that sometimes he also took some stones out from our bags, but thought he had just found better samples.We reached the house in the late afternoon. The backpacks were so heavy that we were really tired out when we put them on the ground. Yet our uncle's backpack was half-empty."Why did you give us so many stones?" we asked. "I didn't. You did, "he said, waiting for a while before continuing." You did not know it, but I made you go through a little attitude（态度） test today.""What do you mean an attitude test?" we wanted to know."It is something someone once did to me. You see, I listened to every word you said. And whenever you complained（抱怨） about anyone or anything, I added a stone to your bags. And whenever you talked about something in an attitude of positive thinking, I took out a stone. And now look at your backpacks." We did. They were full. "I hope you remember this little attitude test. You see, your negative（负面的） thoughts are like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in a backpack. The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind is. So look at those bags and start paying attention to what you say and how you say things."This little lesson was one of the most important I ever had. And I remember my uncle with great love for teaching us one of the most important lessons in life-the power of attitude.（1）A geologist is a person who .A. grows plantsB. studies the earthC. sells stonesD. draws pictures （2）What did the writer and his brother often do when staying with their uncle in the countryside?A. They often followed him to collect stones.B. They often followed him to his university.C. They often studied the stones with him.D. They often took long walks to enjoy nature.（3）When the writer and his brother returned home late in the afternoon, .A. they were tired but happy that they had helped their uncleB. they wished they could collect more sample stonesC. they found that their bags were filled with stonesD. they were angry to find their uncle's bag half-empty（4）How did the uncle explain the attitude test to the author?A. By giving examples of good stones.B. By asking questions about the stones.C. By using famous sayings about stones.D. By comparing negative thoughts to stones.（5）This article is mainly written to tell us that .A. we should do science tests from time to timeB. we should spend more time collecting storiesC. we should be more positive when facing difficultiesD. we should pay more attention to our backpacks10．阅读理解Dear friend, do you know the boy in the picture? He is Wang Yuan, a member of the Chinese boy band, TFBOYS. Do you want to know more about him? Follow me, please.Wang Yuan was born November 8th, 2000 in Chongqing. His English name is Roy. He is good at singing, dancing and playing the piano. He can also write songs alone. He and two other boys formed the boy band TFBOYS in 2013. They are very popular with the young girls and boys in China now.In January, 2017,Wang Yuan made a speech on good quality education （优质教育）in English at the United Nations in front of 500 people from, around the world. It's great. As for middle school students, we should learn from Wang Yuan, and put our hearts into what we are doing to make a difference in our daily lives.（1）Wang Yuan was born ______________.A. on November 18th, 2013B. on November 18th, 2001C. on November 8th, 2000D. on November 8th, 2013（2）Wang Yuan's English name is ______________.A. JayB. RoyC. LayD. Kay（3）Wang Yuan is a talented boy, he can ______________, sing and play the piano.A. play the drumsB. driveC. paintD. dance（4）Wang Yuan made a speech in ______________ in 2017.A. ChongqingB. BeijingC. ShanghaiD. the United Nations（5）What can you learn from the passage?A. Working hard can make a difference.B. Being a star can make a lot of money.C. Wang Yuan sings well but can't write songs.D. Four people are in the band.11．阅读理解What do you see when you look at abstract （抽象的）art? Can you understand it? Does it look like anything?Abstract art became popular in the early 20th century. Artists did not want to paint, draw, or sculpt things exactly like they looked. They didn't want their art to be realistic（现实的）. They were more interested in basic shapes and colours.Picasso is probably the most famous of these artists. He painted and drew in many, many styles. Sometimes he used a lot of blue colours （his "blue period"）. Later, he used more red and pink colours （his "rose period"）. Many of his other paintings are called "cubist （立体派的）" because they are made of painted squares.After a long time, Picasso's paintings became more and more abstract. He painted people and things using strange shapes. His work was so strange that many of his workmates didn't understand it.Kandinsky, another famous artist, used lines, shapes, and patterns to paint his subjects. His paintings also used strong colours to express feelings. Other artists like the surrealists （超现实主义画家），were interested in subconsciousness （潜意识）. Painters like Breton and Magritte used many symbols in their work. The meaning or subject of their work wasn't always clear. Dali, another surrealist artist, painted pictures that looked like dreams.There are still many abstract artists around the world. That's the way many artists prefer. They want each person to look at art and find their own meaning in it.（1）Which would be most like abstract art?A. A painting of a house.B. A sculpture of a car.C. A drawing of two people in a coffee house.D. A red and blue painting, with no clear subject.（2）What happened to Picasso's work after a long time?A. It became more abstract.B. It became less strange.C. He went from using red colours to using blue colours.D. He only painted with coloured squares.（3）How did Kandinsky express feelings?A. By using strong colours.B. By painting realistic people.C. By painting with a lot of symbols.D. By painting in red and pink colours.（4）Which of the following is NOT true?A. Picasso painted in many different styles.B. Dali was interested in dreams.C. Abstract artists feel each work of art only has one meaning.D. Magritte's art was full of symbols.12．阅读理解Boston Children's Museum is the second oldest children's museum in the United States. It has been teaching children with a huge collection of objects （可触摸的实物） since 1913. Here's a list of some interesting exhibits in the museum. Arthur &. Friends This exhibit features the characters （人物） from Marc Brown's books and the television series. Children can learn and play in the Read Family Kitchen, Mr Ratburn's Classroom and the Backyard Sleepover. Art Studio Art Studio is a place where children and their parents can create art together. The Common The Common is a place where visitors can experience light shows, musical chairs, a gigantic checkers game and many other activities. Japanese House Japanese House is a real two-storey house from Kyoto, Japan, Boston's Japanese sister city. Visitors can learn about 'Japanese family life, culture, art and seasonalevents at the exhibit.Kid Power This exhibit teaches visitors how to live healthier lives by eating right andexercising.A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.（2）Which of the following is TRUE?A. The museum is over 100 years old.B. Arthur is a real person.C. Parents cannot go into Art Studio.D. Japanese House is in Kyoto right now.（3）Seven-year-old Tony is interested in checkers games. Which exhibit should he visit?A. Art Studio.B. The Common.C. Japanese House.D. Kid Power.（4）Children can learn about healthy eating at _______________.A. Arthur & FriendsB. Art StudioC. Japanese HouseD. Kid Power（5）The passage is most probably a _______________.A. speechB. noticeC. posterD. story13．阅读理解A young man with a large bag on his back came far away for a master （大师）. He said "Master, I'm so lonely and so painful that the long trip makes me tired out, my shoes worn-out, my feet cut, and my hands also injured an bleeding .... Why can't I find the sun in the heart?" The master asked, "What do you put in you large bag?"The young man said, "It is very important to me, inside it including the pain each time I fall, the tears each time I'm hurt, the trouble each time I feel lonely ... Depending on it, I can come to you here."So the master took the young man to the river which they crossed in a boat. On the other side of the river, the master said, "Hurry on your journey carrying the boat!""What, carrying the boat?" the young man was surprised, "it is so heavy. How can I carry it?""Yes, my son, you can't carry it," the master just smiled and said, "when you cross the river, the boat is useful. But after crossing it, you will put down the boat and hurry on, If not, it will become a burden （负担）. Pain, loneliness and tears—all these are useful to life. They can improve life, but if you don't forget them all the time, they will become the burden in life. Put it down! My son, life can't bear（承受） a heavy burden," The young man put down his bag and hurried on. He walked easily and happily, and much faster than before.（1）What do the underlined words "the sun" probably mean?A. Health.B. Wealth.C. Success.D. Happiness.（2）What's in his large bag?A. Clothes, tears and food.B. Pain, tears and trouble.C. Clothes, food and water.D. Pain, water and trouble.（3）How did they cross the river?A. By boat.B. On foot.C. By swimming.D. Across the bridge.（4）Why did the master ask him to carry the boat?A. To teach him to improve his life.B. To tell him the boat is very useful.C. To tell him the boat is very important.D. To teach him to put down his burden.（5）How did the young man feel after he put down his bag at last?A. Awful.B. Painful.C. Relaxed.D. Surprised. 14．阅读理解Abdul Sadiq, an Afghanistan's only professional cyclist, began by training his daughter. And when she competed successfully abroad, he set up the team. It is the world's most unlikely sporting team, because the sport breaks taboos in a country where in many traditional communities, women are not allowed out of the house.The head coach faces frequent threats and the girls' families do not always approve "If it's not their fathers trying to stop them, it's a brother or uncle."Two members of the team, Massouma, 18, and Zarab, 17, are sisters. Their father and their brothers approve, but they know that their uncles complain to their father. "They will never come in front of us to say ‘Why are you cycling?', but they say bad words to our father," she said. His team have, however, competed and won regionally against Bangladesh and Pakistan."We want to go cycling because we want to be heroes one day," said 16-year-old Jella, one of the latest riders. In one of the mildest and driest winters for many years, training has gone on without stopping. And next spring, the girls will go up into the mountains. "We say that women should not sit at home, they need to come out and do sports," said Abdul Sadiq, And 18- year-old Zainab said she wished that she could just go cycling alone on the street one day. "It's my ambition, and I hope that one day girls will be allowed to go cycling on the streets, not having a coach, or anyone with them, and they will not have problems," she said.（1）What does Abdul Sadiq do?A. A teacher.B. A cyclist.C. A reporter.D. A driver.（2）What does the underlined word "taboos" mean in Chinese?A. 禁忌B. 警告C. 符号D. 风俗（3）From the third paragraph, we can know。
