期中复习阅读理解专题练习 2023-2024学年人教新目标七年级英语上册

人教新目标七年级英语上册期中复习阅读理解专题练习 一 We live in a colorful world. Colors often have different meanings in different cultures. Do you like red? What does the color red mean? In Russia, red means beautiful. In South Africa, red is the color of mourning (哀悼). But it means good luck to have a red bow (蝴蝶结) on a new car. In China, red is the color of good luck and is used as a holiday and wedding (婚礼) color. Some Chinese like red very much, they often use “hong” to name a girl. In Greece (希腊) eggs are painted red for good luck at Easter time. To paint the “red” is to celebrate (庆祝). Red is the color most found in national flags such as China, Turkey, Canada and Korea. To “see red” is to be angry. A “red eye” is a night airplane flight. If a business is “in the red”, it is losing money. 1．In________, red has different meanings. A．Russia B．India C．South Africa D．ancient Rome 2．A girl is named “hong”, she may be from________. A．India B．America C．China D．Russia 3．In Greece, the painted red egg means good luck at ________. A．Christmas B．Spring Festival C．Easter D．Thanksgiving 4．Betty’s business is “in the red”. That means（意味着）her business ________. A．makes more money B．is better and better C．is beginning D．is getting less money 二 For almost 100 years, the Winter Olympics has been a celebration of snow and ice sports around the world. It is a special event that only happens once every four years. Although the Winter Olympics started with just five sports across nine disciplines (项目) in France in 1924, it has grown to include seven sports across 15 different disciplines and has been hosted in 12 countries across three continents (大陆). In 2022, for the first time ever in the Games’ history, Beijing will become the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. China has come a long way and achieved many goals since it took part in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 1980. In this short period of time, China’s players have won medals in six of the event’s sports. Sh