七年级下学期英语阅读理解专项训练ATom was not old, but he did not have much hair. His wife（妻子）, Grace, had thick, beautiful, black hair. They had one daughter. Her name was Jane, and she was four and a half years old. There was a photo of her father in the living-room, and a few days ago, Jane looked at it for a long time and then said to her mother, Mummy, 桷?慨?慄?潧?敶祲氠瑩汴?慨物尿Grace laughed and said, He's got very little hair because he thinks a lot, Jane. 效???汣癥牥洠湡尮Jane looked at her mother's thick, black hair for a few seconds（秒钟）, and then she 獡敫?尠畍?眠票栠癡?潹?潧??潬?景栠楡?根据短文，判断正（T）误（F）。
1. There were three people in Tom's family.2. Tom had some hair.3. Grace had more hair than Tom.4. There was a photo of Jane's mother in the living-room.5. Jane wanted to know why her mother had black hair, too.BOne day Mark Twain told a story about his first money.Schoolboys in those days didn't respect（尊敬）their teachers. They didn't take care of school things, either. The school had a rule: If a student damaged（损坏）his desk, the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school, or the student had to pay five dollars.Mark Twain once found his desk was damaged in some way, he had to tell hisgiving him the money, the father gave his son a good beating. The next day Mark Twain decided he would take another beating at school, so he could keep the five dollars. In this way, he got his first money.6.In those days, if somebody damaged his desk, he would_________.A. leave schoolB. pay moneyC. be beaten by his fatherD. earn five dollars7.When Mark Twain was______, he earned his first money.A. ten years oldB. at schoolC. beaten for the first timeD.working8.Mark Twain was beaten （打）twice because he__________.A. damaged two desksB. damaged his desk twiceC.wanted to keep the moneyD. didn't respect his teacher9.Mark Twain's father gave him five dollars. He wanted his son to________.A. keep the moneyB. hand the money to the teacherC. disgrace（给…带来耻辱）his familyD. take a beating10.Which of the following is NOT true?A.Mark Twain was a famous writer.B. Mark Twain was a bad student in school.C.The school was right to beat Mark Twain.D.We should earn money as Mark Twain did.CA bag is useful and the word “bag”is useful, too. It gives us some interesting phrase（短语）.One is “to let the cat out of the bag It is the same as “to tell the secret”There is an old interesting story about it.Long ago, when people sold things in big cloth（布）bags, a woman asked a man for a pig. The man held up his cloth bag. There seemed to be a little pig in it. The woman asked to see it. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a pig! The man's secret was out and everyone knew it.Now when someone lets out（泄漏）a secret, he let's the cat outof the bag. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.根据短文选择正确答案。
11. The phrase “to let the cat out of the bag”came from_______.A. a woman and a pigB. a man and a catC. a pig and and a catD.an interesting story12.The woman wanted to buy_____.A. a cloth bagB. a little pigC. a black catD. a bag and a pig13.The man knew there was ___ in his cloth bag.A. a bagB. a pigC. a catD. nothing14.At the end of the second passage……everyone knew it, it means______.A. there was a pig in the man's bagB. the woman bought a catC. the cloth bagD. the man's cat15.John let the cat out of the bag means he _____.A .makes everyone know a secret B. puts the cats away from the bagC. buys a cat in the bagD.sells the cat in the bagDIn some foreign countries, some people don't like the number 13. They don'tthink 13 is a lucky number. For example, they don't like to live on the thirteenth floor. My friend Jack has got the same idea. He doesn't like the number 13, either. One day, he asked some friends to dinner. When all of his friends arrived, he asked them to sit around the dinner table. He began to count the people in his mind while they were having the delicious food. Suddenly, he cried out, Oh, there are thirteen peoplehere! Everybody's face turned white except Mr Brown. He said slowly with a smileon his face, Don't worry, my dear friends! We have fourteen people here. My wife牍?牂睯?楷汬栠癡??慢祢椠??敦?敷步?匠敨??湩琠敨映浡汩?慷?潮?尠All of them became happy again.Congratulations! they said to Mrs and Mr Brown.They enjoyed the nice food and had a good time that evening.根据短文，完成下面句子。
16. Some foreigners think the number 13 is .17. Mr and Mrs Brown were .18. Everybody's face turned white when .19. The sentence She's in the family way now. means .20. All of them became happy again because .HOUSE FOR SALE：Comfortable（舒适的）family home with a large garden on thenorth side of town. Three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom. Pay ￥280,000 for it. The Browns are looking for a new house. Mr Brown wants to live on the north side of the town near his work. Mrs Brown wants a house with four bedrooms. Their children don't care the house is like but the garden is big enough. DRIVER WANTED for busy restaurant. Some evening and weekend work. All meals free. Call 3320178.Jack wants to drive. He thinks it's very interesting. The work is hard but he doesn't mind. He has to work in the evenings and weekends, but he can get some weekdays off. It's not very well paid, but he never minds.JOIN OUR FOOTBALL TEAM. Boys and girls wanted to play for a local（本地的）football team. Aged 9～13. Meet in Green Park on Friday at 3 pm.Tom: There is a new football team starting in the village, Mum. I'm old enough to play it. School is over at half past three, so I'd have a lot of time.Mum: Well. I'm sure you could do your homework in the evenings. But look, Tom, You don't read the paper carefully. You can't possibly play for this team.21. What do you think of the house?.22.Does Mr Brown want to buy the house? Why?.23.Why didn't the Browns buy the house in the ad？.24.Why does Jack want to get the job in the restaurant?.25.Why can't Tom play for the new football team?.Key：1－5TFTFF 6－10BBCDD 11－15DBCBA16. unlucky 17. J ack's friends 18. they heard the number 19. she is going to havea baby 20. the number of the people was 14 not 1321. It's very comfortable/big/expensive.22. Yes, he does. Because he wants to live near his work.23.Because Mrs Brown wants to buy a house with four bedrooms.24.Because he wants to drive./Because the work is very interesting.25.Because he doesn't read the paper carefully.。