人教版七年级阅读理解与完型填空训练

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 means sad. Yellow… afraid.

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

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 ____of the accident. He told me a white lie.

A. reason B. true story C. meaning D. answer

5. He is ____today 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? We all 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. When it 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