七年级英语下册阅读材料

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I am Steve . I was born and grew up in South Wales .My favourite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand (拓展)

We moved out of Wales when I was thirteen . I was to a new school .One of my subjects was French .Because I had never learned any French ,my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in .That‟s the time I started writing,just for myself ,and I‟ve been writing even since .

I have always loved BIG IDEAS ,and so I enjoying writing fantastic stories .And I also write horror (恐怖的)stories . I think they are like the old fairytales (童话故事),and can teach you important things.

I am in my farties on the outside ,twelve on the inside .I like rock music ,Indian and Chinese food ,and I like drinking. I like in a small village with my wife Mary ,ducks ,cats ,goats,hens and lots of rabbits. If you‟d like to find out more about me and hope to buy my books ,go to .

1. When he was 13,the writer________

A.Wrote lots of poems

B.moved out of Wales

C. sold many story books

D.because a famous singer

2.He liked playing out on the hills because he could _______

A.expand his imagination

B.learn French

C.listen to stories D buy some books

3.Maybe the write is ______years old now

A.12

B.22

C.32

D. 42

4.According to the passage ,the writer keeps ____

A.cats ,hens and pigs

B. ducks, goats and rabbits

C.hens ,rabbits and dogs

D.rabbits ,pigs and cats

5.Form the passage ,we can learn that the writer_____

A.Lives in a big city with his son

B. likes eating Japanese food

C.lives in the countryside with his wife

D.introduces a nice book to us

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Long March Exhibit

The Shenzhen History is putting on an exhibition to mark the 61st anniversary of the Long March . on show there are more than 220 photos and some other things that show how the Red Army made the Long March form Jiangxi Province to the northern Shanxi Province in the mid of 1930s.

Time :10:00am----4:00pm

Address: 1368Shenzhen Road

Admission:8 yuan for Chinese / 15yuan for foreigners

Thai Elphants

Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at the Window of the World by riding bicycles , playing basketball , balancing on a beam ,dancing and blowing a harmonica(口琴)People are encouraged to lie on the ground and have the elephants

step over them .The elephants give the shows a day at 9:30am ,3:30pm and there is an additional show at 1:30pm at weekends

Address:West Huaqiaocheng

Admission:60yuan

Dancing Dolphins

Dolphins leaping form the water to touch a ball ,waving their bodies to music ,kissing people and doing math by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarum(海豚馆)mous in Shenzhen Ocean Park .It‟s an atttraction for children ,Seals and sea lions also perform

Hours :10:30pm,4:00pm ,7:30pm

Admission:40yuan for adults and 20yuan for children

1.How much will you and Mr Smith pay altogether for the admission to Long

March Exhibit?

A.16 yuan

B.23 yuan

C. 30yuan

D.20 yuan

2.At the exhibition ,you‟ll see _______

A.many articles written by famous writers

B. many things left by the Red Army

C. books on the Long March

D. many photos and some other things about the Long March

3. Which of the following is not done by the Thai elephants?

A.Riding bicycles

B.Blowing a harmonica

C.Doing math

D.Dancing

4.The dolpinarium in Shenzhen Ocean Park is a hall where you can see________

A. not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions perform

B.only dolpins perform

C.seals and sea lions perform

D. only seals perform

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The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics. At this time, many colourful stamps are published (发行 ) to mark the great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25, 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on , publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.

During the 4th Winter Olympic Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of the sportswear. It was the first time that the rings appeared ( 出现) on the sramps of the White Olympics.

In the 1950’s , the stamps of this kind became more colourful . When the White Olympics came . the host coun pubished tries (东道主 ) as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark those Games. China