七年级下阅读与完型训练

阅读与完型训练I .

A. What's a White lie

Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is blue today, ” “ He has a green thumb, ” “He has told a little white lie ” and so on. And she went to her teacher for help.

Mary: Mrs Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentences. What do they mean?

Mrs Smith: In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes meanssad. Yellow •…afraid.

A person with a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.

Mary: W ould you give me an example for “a white lie?

Mrs Smith: Certainly, now I give you some cakes. In fact you don 't like it, but you won't say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks, I 'm not hungry. ” That 's a

white lie.

1. Blue sometimes means sad in ___ E nglish.

A. good

B. spoken

C. usual

D. poor

2. I don 't have a green thumb, so all my plants _____

A. die off

B. grow well

C. look nice

D. are good

3. Tom is ___ to climb the tree. He is yellow.

A. happy

B. clever

C. glad

D. afraid

4. He didn 't like me to know the ____ o f the accident. He told me a white lie.

A. reason

B. true story

C. meaning

D. answer

5. He is ___ t oday because his father is ill.

A. blue

B. yellow

C. green

D. white

B. What Is the Best Way?

What is the best way to learn a foreign language? Weall remember that we learnt __1__ language well when were children. If we can learn __2__ second language in the __3__ way, it won 't seem so difficult. Think of what a small child __4__.

It listens to what people say and it __5__ to imitate what it hears. Whenit wants something, it has to ask __6__ it. In __7__, it is using the language. It is talking in it __8__ the time. __9__ people use a second language like this, they will learn it more __10__ than before.

1. A. ourselves B. own C. our own D. ours

2. A. the B. a C. an D. /

3. A. other B. same C. different D. easy

4. A. does B. do C. did D. doing

5. A. want B. tries C. needed D. doing

6. A. for B. on C. about D. with

7. A. time B. trouble C. fact D. danger

8. A. in B. all C. for D. on

9. A. Whether B. Before C. If D. Until

10. A. best B. quickly C. slowly D. easy

训练II.

A. Eating Habits and Health

Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. There

are times when most of us would rather eat sweets and ice-cream than meat and rice. Sweets and ice-cream are not bad for the stomach if we eat them at the end of the meal. If we eat them before a meal, they maytake away our appetite. It is important for us to eat our meal at the same time each day. When we feel angry or excited, we may not want to eat. A long time ago, in England, some judges used to decide whether a man was telling truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not

swallow the bread, it was sign that he wasn 't telling the truth. He was telling

lies. Although this seems very strange and foolish, it is indeed an excellent way of finding out the truth. A man who is worrying about something had difficulty in swallowing anything dry. Because when he is worrying, he loses his appetite and does not want to eat.

1. Why do you want to develop good eating habits? Because we want to __ .

A. be healthy

B. be happy

C. eat more

D. save time