精品解析：浙江省杭州市萧山中学2018-2019学年七年级下学期期末英语试题

2018学年萧山区第二学期期末教学质量检测 七年级英语试题卷 第二部分 阅读理解 第一节：阅读下面短文，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Travel around London There are many places that you can visit in London： The Thames The Thames runs through London. It cuts the city into two parts. It's very interesting to take a trip on the river. This way, you can see almost every landmark(地标)of London. The London Eye The London Eye opened in 1999.It is 135 meters high. It stands on the banks of the Thames. You can see the whole city from it. The London Eye has 32 capsules(舱).There are even air conditioners (空调)inside. The big wheel goes around very slow. It takes about 30 minutes to go all the way around. Big Ben Big Ben stands at the north of Westminster Abbey. Every hour, it “bongs” the number of hours to tell the time. It's the largest four-faced chiming(报时) clock in the world. It celebrated its 150th birthday on May 31.2009. 1. The Thames is a_________. A. Bridge B. city C. park D. river 2. People first got on the London Eye_________years ago. A. 20 B. 50 C. 100 D. 135 3. Which of the sentences below is not true? A. The Thames cuts London into two parts. B. It takes half an hour to go all the way around in the London Eye. C. Big Ben is the largest clock in the world D. Big Ben is already 160 years old. B When I was little, my mother sold flowers at a market. She couldn’t leave me at home on my own, so I had to go along with her. As I grew older, I began to give my mom a hand. When I was 14, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles. I loved it so much that I spent all my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. One day, my mother was ill, so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. To my surprise, I sold them out in 20 minutes! I did it the next week and next. Nine months later, we decided to stop selling flowers. My mom and I made lots of candles during the week, and then we sold them on the weekends. When I was 22