2023-2024学年人教版七年级英语下册 期中任务型阅读专项练习

人教新目标初中英语七年级下册期中任务型阅读专项练习 一 Technology and Books What did people read before books and e-books? People started writing thousands of years ago. They cut pictures in stones. They wrote marks on wet clay (泥土). In Egypt, people wrote on papyrus (草纸) for other people to read. Papyrus was made from reeds (芦苇) that grew along the river. Papyrus was rolled up into a scroll (卷轴). Hundreds of years ago, people started using parchment (羊皮纸). It was made from sheepskin. Pages of parchment were made into a book. Much later, books were made of paper. Every book had to be written out by hand. Then, in about the year 1455, Johannes Gutenberg made a printing press. It printed copies of a book more quickly. E-books appeared around 1998. The letter “e” stands for electronic (电子的). You store and read e-books on an electronic device (设备). E-books use computer technology. 1.In Egypt, people wrote on papyrus _. 2.Hundreds of years ago, people started to _ parchment. 3.Much later, every book had to be written out _. 4.The letter “e” in E-books stands for _. 5.You can _ e-books on an electronic device. 二 Yan Hongsen is a primary school student (小学生) from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. He is nine years old and he is in Grade. Yan loves space (太空) and rockets (火箭). He knows a lot about them and he is good at making model (模型) rockets. So people call him “rocket boy”. Now he gives space science lessons in his school. How does Yan learn space science? He reads books about space science. He watches movies about it and he looks for information on the Internet. Yan’s parents really help him a lot. They buy many books for him. They take him to many science museums all over China. The computer at home is important to Yan. He uses it to find useful information. As a space science enthusiast (爱好者), he also uses it to give online space science classes. He wants other people to love space science too. Interest is the best teacher. Yan spends (花费) much time on space science. He works hard and wants to make rockets