初中英语课外阅读

七年级公共英语课外阅读

班级姓名(一) In modern society, quite a few people make money the target for their lives’ pursuit as they believe money is the road to happiness. I don't agree with this opinion. Of course without money we can not buy what we need in daily life. But money doesn't mean everything in the world, especially happiness. There are many points contributing to happiness .①Those who have too much money are not necessarily living a happy life while those who are lack of money may be happier than them.People say that money is the root of evil. It is true to some extent. Sometimes money can drive people crazy and kill them. In that case how can we say money is the road to happiness?

（二）A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.（）

“What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.

“My cow’s ill,” the farmer said. “She’s lying down and won’t eat.She’s making a strange noise.”The vet looked over（）the cow. "She’s ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong（）pills." He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, " The pills should make her better." “How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.

The vet gave him a tube and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the t ube and blow. That’ll make it."

The next day, the farmer was sitting outside and looked more worried. “How’s your cow?” the vet asked.“No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”

“Oh?” the vet said, "Why?"

②“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put two pills down it. But t he cow blew first,” the farmer said.

1. In the story, the vet is _________.

A. the farmer's friend

B. a milk factory

C. a hospital for cows

D. a doctor for animals

2.The vet taught the farmer how _________.

A. to blow the tube

B. to make the cow take the pills

C. to take the medicine

D. to put the tube in his mouth

3 What can you learn from the passage?

(三) Water is very important to living things. Without water there can be no life on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in offices, factories, schools and hospitals. From space the earth looks like a huge

water-covered globe（）.Water covers about seventy percent of the earth's surface（）. There is water in oceans, seas, rivers, and lakes. Even in the driest part of the world, there is some water in the air. Water is found almost everywhere.

四( You Have Only One Life ) There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug(拥抱) them for real!

③Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow（悲伤）to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy? Always put yourself in others’ shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too. The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate（感激，欣赏）the importance of people who have touched their lives.④Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can’t go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. ⑤When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

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