期末Unit 5～Unit 8阅读七选五- 2024-2025学年译林版（2024）七年级英语下册

U5-U8单元期末七选五专项训练

（一）

65 year-old Joan Stanganelli is from Brazil. After he stops working, he makes many beautiful dolls in his free time.

     1     The doll has white spots on the body， just like Joan． Joan lives with vitiligo（白斑病）for about 30 years. The vitiligo makes him look different from others. Why does he make the special doll for her granddaughter?     2      . Joan's granddaughter loves the doll very much. Then Joan has a great idea.

      3     He knows how they feel with vitiligo. And he wants them to know that they are normal, though they look different． He wants to help them feel happy just like other children.       4      It takes him five days to make it. His hands and eyes feel terrible after working for a long time. But now,after practising a lot, he can make a doll in an hour.

    5     They are important to the children with vitiligo and they bring smiles to them. The children always show their thanks to Joan. They thank him for making them happy.

 

A. Joan's first doll is for his granddaughter

B. Joan is doing a great thing with his dolls

C. It is difficult for him to make the first doll

D. He starts to make dolls for children with vitiligo

E. Because he wants her to know he loves her very much

F. He worked hard to make more dolls when he was free

G. Joan made a doll for himself

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（二）

Tree House Vacation

Are you looking forward to a special trip? Have your vacation in a tree house!       1      . Tree house vacations are popular in places such as India，Kenya，Belize and Brazil. There are lots to do in nature!

In India, there are tree house bedrooms from 10 to 25 meters up a tree        2        It's powered by water！ The electricity you use comes from the sun. And there are small roads to hike and natural swimming pools to swim in. You can visit your neighbour by walking on a bridge made of rope! 

     3     It has 2 floors, and the rooms have big beds. The windows have coloured glass, and the

bathrooms have showers. There's a small kitchen too. The hotel serves food in your room!    4      ,the city of Nairobi（内罗毕）is about 30 minutes away．

In Belize you can live with parrots under a Guanacaste tree that is about 30 meters tall. The parrots make good neighbours because they eat the insects! There are many other kinds of birds   too.      5       A river runs around the tree house on three sides. The clear water is good for swimming!

 

A. You can find it all over the world

B. So it's an ideal place for birdwatching

C. And if you get tired of living in nature

D. There＇s a bamboo elevator（电梯）to carry you up

E. You can live in a tree house comfortably in Kenya

F. The weather was fine and there were many visitors

G. Remember to take money, a cellphone and bright clothes

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（三）

“I think I'm getting smaller and smaller," said Alice. And she was. A few minutes later, she was only 25 cm tall. "And now," she said happily, “      1     " She ran to the door at once. When she got there, she remembered that the little gold key was on the glass table. She ran back to the table for it,but of course, she was now much too small! There was the key, high above her, on top of the table.       2       At last, tired and unhappy, she sat down on the floor and cried.

But after a while she said to herself,“Stop crying!       3       ?” Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor. She opened it and found a small cake with the words “EAT ME”on it        4      “Well, I'll eat it," she said. "If I get taller, I can take the key off the table. And if I get smaller, I can get into the garden. So it doesn't matter what happens!" She ate a bit of the cake, and then put her hand on top of her head.“Which way? Which way?" she asked herself, a little afraid. Nothing happened."       5      ,”she said. So she went on eating, and soon the cake was finished.

 

A. What's the use of crying

B. Nothing could surprise Alice now

C. Alice was afraid, but she needed help

D. It will be very boring if nothing happens

E. She began to cry again, and went on crying and crying

F. I can go through the small door into that beautiful garden

G. She tried hard to climb up the table leg, but she couldn't do it

 

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（四）

Liria, or the Start of Summer, falls on May 5th this year.       1    

As its name suggests, in this solar term, spring is ending and summer is on its way.    2  It's also a time when crops grow quickly, so the solar term is important for farming. In the Zhou Dynasty,emperors led officials to carry out rites to welcome the Start of Summer and wish for a good harvest.

The ancient Chinese people believed the Start of Summer also had something to do with health because of the rising humidity（湿度） and temperatures. For example， in Zhejiang Province， many people still follow the custom of weighing children on lixia.       3      Locals believe that after this weighing ceremony, children can survive and grow in the summer heat.

      4     Parents put boiled eggs into small mesh bags, and hang them on their children's chests. Egg fighting starts when a child goes to meet their friends， each holding one egg. They collide（碰撞）each other's eggs in pairs.      5     The last one whose egg is not broken is the final winner.

 

A. This custom is to remind people to keep fit and avoid weight loss in summer.

B. A more interesting food custom on lixia is the way children eat and play with eggs.

C. It is the seventh solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar.

D. It's necessary for the Chinese to follow this custom.

E. It's a time when the temperature increases quickly with heavier rainfall.

F. The winners continue the egg fighting.

G. They eat all the eggs.

 

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（五）

Take a pleasant "citywalk" around Xi'an

Citywalk means walking around the city.When it is getting more and more popular, we can't help wondering what places are worth walking around in a city.       1       

When you enter the Hanguang Gate, you will meet Tianshuijing Street and feel the noise and crowds being far away.      2      There are also modern coffee shops and clubs.

An old building nearby has a lot of stories to tell. It always attracts many photography lovers.The next stop is the Bingjiao(Ice House)Alley. It is used for keeping the ice cubes in the summer      3      .Its historical and cultural places can bring you many surprises.