Some students think it difficult to learn English well. That’s because they don’t find the right way. I think reading is very important for students. The more you read, the better you’ll understand.
Reading is helpful to listening, speaking and writing. If you often read English aloud, you’ll improve your listening. On the other hand, listening a lot can help you to read better. Reading English everywhere when you are free, if you wish. You can get a lot of knowledge when you read. Sometimes you need to express your ideas, you can either speak or write. That means you are using what you learned from reading. The same as Chinese, the more you read, the better you can write. If you want to remember something, you should read again and again.
So from now on, you’d better do more reading. It’s a good way to learn English well.
小题1: Some students think it difficult to learn English well because _________.

A．they don’t work hard	B．they are afraid of English.
C．they don’t find the right way	D．they aren’t clever

小题2: Reading is helpful to ________.
A. speaking            B. listening            C. writing           D. A. B & C
小题3:The writer thinks ________ is a good way to learn English well.

A．the better you write	B．doing more reading
C．the more you remember	D．the more you write

小题4: In Chinese studying, the more you read , _________.

A．the better you speak	B．the better you write
C．the more you remember	D．the more you write

小题5: The title of this passage may be _________.

A．English is important	B．Reading is helpful
C．English is difficult	D．Reading is important

Many people go to school for education. School education is very important and useful ,but no one can learn everything from school. A teacher ,no matter how much he knows ,cannot teach his student everything .His work is to show his students how to learn .He teaches them how to read and how to think . So much more is to be learned outside school by students themselves.
It’s always more important to know how to learn by oneself than to learn some facts or formulas （公式）by heart. It’s quite easy to learn some facts in history or a formula in maths, but it’s very difficult to use them. Edison and Einstein didn’t get everything from school, but they were all successful. They invented so many things. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study .They read many books outside school .They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. The most important thing is that they know how to use their brains（大脑）。
小题1:__Students can’t learn everything in school because _____________.

A．the teacher doesn’t know much

B．the teacher can only teach them how to read and write

C．the teacher would not like to teach

D．there are still many things for the students to learn outside

小题2:__A teacher’s work is ________

A．to teach all subjects

B．to teach everything

C．to teach the students how to read and think

D．to work hard

小题3:__To know how to _____is much more important than facts or formulas by heart.

A．work out math problems	B．remember all the facts
C．study science	D．study

小题4:__Why did the famous scientists become successful ? Because______

A．they know how to study

B．they remembered all the formulas

C．they didn’t get everything from school

D．they didn’t know how to use their brains

小题5:__Which is WRONG according  to the passage?

A．Outside school study is as important as school study

B．It’s more important to know how to learn than only remember some facts and formulas.

C．It’s very easy to use a formula in working out a math problem.

D．It’s helpful to read more books outside school.

A SCHOOL REPORT
Name:  Edward      School:  Kelvin Grove High School
Grade:   7         Term ending:  May 6th 
Subjects:
Math: He is a little weak in this but he has tried his best to catch up with others.
English: He is the best in the class. Keep it up.
French: His reading is very good, and he can remember many words.
History: He is familiar(熟悉) with the names of many places in the world.
Music: He doesn’t like pop music, though he sings very well.
Conduct: Fair    No. in class: 9    Absence(缺课): 8
Remarks: Edward can do a lot better. More work is needed next term.
Class teacher: Ivy
Principal: M. L. Martin
School reopens: September 11
小题1:__ After reading this, we know this is     .

A．a studying plan of Edward Scott

B．A teaching plan of Ivy

C．a school report of Edward Scott

D．a working plan of M. L. Martin

小题2:__ Which of the following is Not mentioned(提到) in the form?

A．PE.

B．Music.

C．Math

D．History.

小题3:__Edward’s best subject is       .

A．Science

B．English

C．geography

D．History

小题4:__Edward is not good at       .

A．Science and geography	B．Math and history
C．French and history	D．music and English

小题5:__According to the form, which of the following sentences is true?

A．Edward can’t sing songs very well.

B．Edward doesn’t do well in science.

C．Edward can do better if he works harder next.

D．Edward learns two foreign languages in school.

Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big, and they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. (A) They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If an insect touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The insect cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the insect until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the insect with a special liquid （液体）. Slowly, the plant eats the insect.
(B) Plants are living things that have leaves and roots and grow in earth. Most of them get energy from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all the important things that plants need, especially nitrogen （氮）. Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!
小题1:__ Can plants get energy from the air?
小题2:__Why is Venus flytrap a famous plant?
小题3:__In some places, why do some plants get energy from animal meat?
小题4:__写出（A）处划线单词they所指代的名词。
小题5:__将（B）处划线句子改为两个简单句。
Plants are living things.   ______________________________

In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution(污染). They join "environment（环境）club". In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.
Here are some things students often do.
No-garbage(垃圾)lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school.
No-car day. On a no- car day, nobody comes to school in a car- not the students and not the teachers. cars give pollution to our air, so remember: walk,
Turn off the water! Did you know that toilets(抽水马桶)can waste twenty to forty tons（吨）of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river! In the environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.
We love our environment. Let's work together to make it clean.
小题1:Environment clubs ask students

A．to run to school every day.	B．to take exercise every day.
C．not to forget to take cars	D．not to throw away lunch bags

小题2:From the passage we know the students usually have lunch_______.

A．at school

B．in shops

C．in clubs

D．at home

小题3:On a no -car day,_______ will take a car to school.

A．both students and teachers	B．only students
C．only teachers	D．neither students nor teachers

小题4:The writer wrote the passage to ask students to_______

A．clean school

B．make less pollution

C．join clubs

D．help teachers

John was sad. Nothing could make him     . "I don't want to go to school today." "Come on, sleepy head. Let's go for a      ”said his mum.
When they walked down the street, his mum said, "John, do you see the     in Mr. Butler's garden? Would you like to sniff(嗅)them?
"    "，said John.
"But I want to. Come with me", His mum sniffed the flowers. "Oh, these flowers    me my son should(应该)be happy, and they also tell me my son should go to      .”
"Aha, mum, you are joking(开玩笑).How can flowers    ?”laughed John.
They walked on. "Perhaps we can have a dog cat cow chicken sheep ice cream," said his mum.
John     again. "Don't be so silly(傻的)，Mum. That sounds(听上去)    . You can't have that kind of ice cream."
John kept smiling from that moment. Mum felt happy now that John was happy. John thanked his mum very much to make      happy. He thought his mum was great.

小题1:	A．cry B．clever C．angry D．happy

小题2:	A．walk B．rest C．talk D．show

小题3:	A．dogs B．trees C．flowers D．grass

小题4:	A．Yes B．No C．Sure D．Why

小题5:	A．think B．tell C．ask D．hope

小题6:	A．work B．bed C．school D．movies

小题7:	A．read B．write C．listen D．speak

小题8:	A．laughed B．cried C．shouted D．talked

小题9:	A．interesting B．strange C．fun D．great

小题10:

A．him B．her C．them D．he

In America, almost(几乎)every book shop sells(出售)books about food and cooking. Most(大部分)newspapers and magazines talk about Americans' eating habits.(饮食习惯)．Many books write about where to eat. So we can see eating is very important to every American.
Salads are very popular and they have them all year round(一年到头).Americans enjoy coffee. Most of them drink coffee or tea before or after every(每一)meal. Many Americans have coffee or tea with their meals. The main food in American meals is usually meat, fish or chicken, but people don't eat them together at the same meal. Seafood is something they eat as the first course(第一道菜)．
Most Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly, but the evening meal is longer and a time for the family to get together. This is main meal in a day. On Sundays or holidays, Americans like to oversleep. They get up very late in the morning, so they have to eat their brunch(．早中饭)
小题1:In the USA, people can buy books about food and cooking_______.

A．in a food shop	B．everywhere
C．in most of the book shops	D．in all the shops

小题2:Which statement(叙述)do you think is right?

A．To all of Americans eating is very important.

B．All magazines always talk about Americans' eating habits.

C．People in America don't mind（介意）where to eat.

D．Most of Americans like hot food very much.

小题3:What does the underlined word "oversleep" mean in Chinese?

A．不睡觉

B．睡懒觉．

C．朝上睡

D．打瞌睡，

小题4:Most American families_______.

A．spend（花费）a long time eating breakfast.

B．sometimes get together when they have dinner

C．get up early on holidays

D．go out for a walk on Sunday morning.

小题5:From the article(文章),we can know that_______.
A. Americans have quite different eating habits from Chinese.
B. Chinese eating habits are just the same as those in the USA.
C. we must learn from Americans' eating habits.
D. Americans' eating habits are the best of all in the world.

A teacher let her class play a game. The teacher told each child to bring a bag with some potatoes. Each potato would be given a name of a person that the child hated, so the number of potatoes in his/her bag would depend on the number of people the child hated. Some children had two potatoes, some had three and others had up to five potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the bag wherever they went for a week. After a week, the teacher asked, ”How did you feel?” The children started complaining about the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten potatoes when they had to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes everywhere they went.
Then the teacher said,” This is the same when you carry your hate for somebody inside your heart. The smell of hate will pollute your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot bear the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your lifetime?”
小题1: Tom had two potatoes in his bag .It means he had ______ persons he didn’t like.

A．two

B．four

C．three

D．five

小题2: In the game, the students should _________.

A．keep the bag of potatoes in the classroom

B．carry the bag of potatoes everywhere they go

C．leave the bag of potatoes at home

D．count the bag of potatoes every day

小题3:The underlined word “rotten” most probably means ___________ in Chinese.

A．美味的

B．新鲜的

C．甜的

D．腐烂的

小题4: According to the last paragraph, we can learn that ________.

A．potatoes are very important to the students

B．hating others can make the life unhappy

C．the smell of hate is good for our health

D．the students like to carry the bag of the potatoes

小题5: Which is the best title of this passage?

A．An interesting game

B．Carry the smelly potatoes

C．The rotten potatoes

D．To excuse others is to excuse yourself

It's very early in the morning and I'm sitting outside. It's also very cold and dark. With me is Jim Nightingale, and he is the reason I'm up so early. He passes me a hot cup of coffee. "Not long to wait now," he says. I hope he's right.
After a few minutes there is a very weak light in the east, and then I hear a bird singing. It sings very loud and very clear. "That's the robin(知更鸟)," says Jim. A few more birds start singing with the robin and Jim knows the names of them too. Half an hour later, there are more and more birds singing, and it's very loud! Suddenly, all around us the air is full of the sound of birdsong. This is the dawn chorus(晨鸣), and it's beautiful.
"Wow, this is amazing!" I tell Jim, who is smiling. "Is there a dawn chorus every morning?"
"Birds can sing any time of the year but the best time is the end of winter and during the spring. This is when the birds sing most."
"Really? So, why do they sing?" I ask.
"Well, there are two reasons," explains Jim. "Most of the songbirds who sing are males. They want to find a female(雌性)so they sing to show how strong they are. The females listen and choose the best singer! The birds also sing to tell other males to go away. They need their own area; they don't like sharing with another male."
I listen to the birds; the songs seem too much to me. "Do the birds sing a special song in the morning?"
"That's a good question," replied Jim. "The successful birds have many kinds of calls and songs. Sometimes they copy the songs of other birds. This makes it sound like there are many birds in that place already and other males stay away. Also the female likes songs with different notes. Some birds, for example the European wren, have songs that contain over 700 different notes per minute!"
So, how does Jim know so much about birds? Well, he works as a volunteer for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He is trying to help the birds live in the modern world. "More and more of the birds' habitat disappears every year. The sparrow, for example, was a very common bird in the UK, now it's in danger."
By now the sun is up and the birds are quiet. It's light so they can start looking for food, they need a big breakfast after all that singing.
小题1:Why does the writer get up early in the morning?

A．To visit her friend.	B．To drink hot coffee.
C．To see different birds.	D．To hear birds sing.

小题2:A bird sings early in the morning mainly_______.

A．to call a female's attention	B．to fight with other males
C．to find a place to live in	D．to start looking for food

小题3: According to the text, which of the following statements is true?

A．At first the writer is happy to be up so early in the morning.

B．Male birds have their own ways of fooling other birds.

C．It's easier for the birds to find food early in the morning.

D．Jim has a job with the Royal Society for the Proteciton of Birds.

小题4:The text is mainly about_______.

A．the robin's songs	B．the birds' habitat
C．why birds sing	D．how to protect birds

Taking away a city's rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can't eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a dump. Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you'd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal.
Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus, which looks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help them grow.
小题1:You can most probably read the passage in_______.

A．a science book

B．a TV guide

C．a history book

D．a telephone book

小题2: The main idea of the passage is_______.

A．to let us know taking away rubbish is a big job

B．to explain the need for rubbish collection

C．to introduce different ways to treat rubbish

D．to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish

小题3:The underlined word "sewage" in the passage means_______.

A．污水

B．香肠

C．垃圾

D．粪便

小题4: How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

A．By burning it off.	B．By putting it in water.
C．By throwing it away.	D．By reusing and recycling it.