初中英语7年级星级阅读训练 Test 13

2021年1月26日发(作者：dispose)
Test 13

A

Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used
once (
将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次
)
：


A. surprise


B. break into


C. most


D. prize


E. around

Everyone knows that eggs break very easily. If one drops to the floor, it will___1___ many
pieces. A class once had a contest
（比赛）
. Each pupil was to pack an egg into a small box. Then
the box was to be dropped from the top of the school building. If the egg didn’t break, the pupil
won a ___2___.
Some of the pupils put cotton around their eggs to protect them. Others used cloth or paper.
Everyone thought that ___3___ of the eggs would be smashed anyway
（不管怎样）
. Forty eggs
were dropped from the top of the school. To the pupils’ ___4___, thirty of their eggs

didn’t break.


A. thought of


B. knew


C. trouble


D. huge


E. race

Mrs. Taylor teaches the fifth grade. Her pupils have ___1___ learning the names of all the
states
in
the
United
States.
They
also
couldn't
remember
where
they
were
on
the
map.
Mrs.
Taylor___2___ a good idea to teach them.
She took a bucket of paint and a paint brush and went out to the playground. The playground
was made of concrete. Mrs. Taylor painted a ___3___ map of the United States on the concrete.
She drew every state. Then she had her pupils play games on the map. She also had them ___4___
from one state to another. Soon her students knew the states better than the students of any other
classes in the school.

B

Choose the best answer (
根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案
):
Mystery sightings
Mysteries have interested people for hundreds of years, Sightings of strange creatures are a
good example. Two of the best-known examples are the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot
The
Loch
Ness
Monster
(
尼斯湖水怪
)
is
said
to
be
a
large,
mysterious
water
creature.
It
lives in Loch Ness, a deep lake in Scotland. John Mackay and his wife were the first people that
were reported to see the monster on the lake. It

was in 1933. A year later, a doctor photographed
the monster in the lake. It had a long neck and a
索
small head. Hundreds of other people claimed
they saw the monster after that, too.
Bigfoot is one of the names given to a mysterious ape-like creature. Many people all over the
world claim they have seen Bigfoot. Some people have photographed it. They say it is tall (2-3
metres in height) and hairy. Some scientists say that Bigfoot is very shy of humans and has learned
to hide in deep forests. Like the Loch Ness Monster, there is not much proof to show that Bigfoot
is a real creature.
1. The writer thinks that the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot ________.
A. have interested people for thousands of years








B. are well- known strange creatures in the world
C. are not very famous




























D. are still alive
2. The Loch Ness Monster is said to be a________ creature.
A. land







B. small










C. water
3. Loch Ness is in_____________.
A. the USA





B. a lake











C. Scotland








D. a deep forest
4. A doctor took a photograph of the Loch Ness Monster in_______________.
A.1923








B.1932










C.1933












D.1934









D. hairy
5. John Mackay and his wife____________.
A. were both doctors
B. saw the Loch Ness Monster several times
C. took a photograph of the Loch Ness Monster


D. were said to be the first to see the Loch Ness Monster
6. According to the passage, Bigfoot__________________.
A. is about 5 metres tall
B. has sent people his photographs
C. was able to climb trees
D. was able to hide in deep forests
7. From the last sentence, we may know that .
A. there is not a Bigfoot on Earth at all
B. the Bigfoot has already died
C. scientists are not sure if there is a real Bigfoot
D. scientists have found the Bigfoot

C

Choose
the
words
or
expressions
and
complete
the
passage
(
选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短
文
):
People's century
Memory>Television> Changes



My name is Terry and I am a middle-aged man from Newcastle. I remember how television
has changed over the last fifty years and perhaps___1___, how television has changed our lives.



The one thing I remember really clearly from my childhood, is watching the coronation(
加冕
典礼
) of the Queen of England on television in 1952. My family did not have a television at that
time
because
they
were
so
expensive.
In
fact,
___2___in
our
street
had
one,
so
everyone
got
together
to
watch
the
television
in
the
local
working
men's
club.
It
was
quite
difficult
to
see
because the television ___3___ was so small and the picture was in black and white. Even though
I can remember the day very clearly, I remember that the picture was not very clear at all! It was
also
difficult
to
hear
because
the
speakers
were
small
and
not
very
powerful.
Everyone
was
cheering for the Queen while we were watching. I remember how ___4___we were - you must
remember that this was an amazing thing for us, to be able to see the Queen even though she was
hundreds of miles away in London.