七年级英语下册B部分全部阅读短文.docx

1、七年级英语下册B部分全部阅读短文Unit 1 (招聘广告三则)Help with Sports in English Are you busy after school? No. Can you speak English? Yes. Then we need you to help with sports for English-speaker students. It is relaxing and easy! Please come to the Students Sports Center. Call Mr. Brown at 293-7742.Help for Old People

2、We need help at the old peoples home. Are you free in July? Are you good with old people? Can you talk to them and play games with them? They can tell you stories, and you can make friends. It is interesting and fun! Please call us at 689-7729 today!Music teacher wanted Can you play the piano or the

3、 violin? Do you have time on the weekend? The school needs help to teach music. It is not difficult! Please call Mrs. Miller at 555-3721.Unit 2 Hi! Im Tony. I dont like to get up early. In the morning, I get up at eight. Then I go to school at eight thirty. I dont have much time for breakfast, so I

4、usually eat very quickly. For lunch, I usually eat hamburgers. After school, I sometimes play basketball for half an hour. When I get home, I always do my homework first. In the evening, I either watch TV or play computer games. At ten thirty, I brush my teeth and then I go to bed. Mary is my sister

5、. She usually gets up at six thirty. Then she always takes a shower and eats a good breakfast. After that, she goes to school at eight thirty. At twelve, she eats lots of fruit and vegetables for lunch. After lunch, she sometimes plays volleyball. She always eats ice-cream after dinner. She knows it

6、s not good for her, but it tastes good! In the evening, she does her homework and usually swims or takes a walk. At nine thirty, she goes to bed.Unit 3Crossing the river to schoolHow do you get to school? Do you walk or ride a bike? Do you go by bus or by train? For many students, it is easy to get

7、to school. But for the students in one small village in China, it is difficult. There is a very big river between their school and the village. There is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. So these students go on a ropeway to cross the river to school.One 11 year-old boy, Liangliang,

8、 crosses the river every school day. But he is not afraid. I love to play with my classmates. And I love my teacher. He is like a father to me.Many of the students and villagers never leave the village. It is their dream to have a bridge. Can their dream come true?Unit 4 ( a letter)Dear Dr. Know,The

9、re are too many rules! At 6:00 a.m., my mom says, Get up now and make your bed! After breakfast, my mom always says, Dont leave the dirty dishes in the kitchen! After that, I run to school because I cant be late. At school, we have more rules - dont be noisy, dont eat in class .My dad says I cant pl

10、ay basketball after school because I must do my homework. I can play only on weekends. After dinner, I read a book before I can watch TV. But I have to go to bed before 10:00. Rules, rules, rules! Its terrible! What can I do, Dr. Know?Molly Brown, New YorkUnit 5Hello. We are students from Thailand,

11、and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailands symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck.Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that an elephant never forgets. Elephants can wal

12、k for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live. But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3000 elephants (

13、over 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day.Unit 6Todays story is about Zhu Hui, a student from Shenzhen. Hes now studying in the United States. He is living with an American family in New York. Today is the Dragon Boat

14、 Festival. It is 9:00 a.m., and Zhu Huis family are at home. His mom and aunt are making Zongzi. His dad and uncle are watching the boat races on TV.Is Zhu Hui also watching the races and eating Zongzi? Well, it is 9:00 p.m. in New York, and it is the night before the festival. But there is not a Dr

15、agon Boat Festival in the US, so it is like any other night for Zhu Hui and his host family. The mother is reading a story to her young children. The father is watching a soccer game on TV. And what is Zhu Hui doing? He is talking on the phone to his cousin in Shenzhen. Zhu Hui misses his family and

16、 wishes to have his moms delicious Zongzi. Zhu Hui likes New York and his host family a lot, but there is still no place like home.Unit 7 ( two letters)Dear Jane,Hows it going? Im having a great time visiting my aunt in Canada. She is working here and Im going to summer school. Im studying English a

17、nd Im learning a lot. Im also visiting some of my old friends. Im so happy to see them again. Its afternoon right now, and Im sitting by the pool and drinking orange juice. Its warm and sunny, and its very relaxing here.see you soonSu Lin Dear Jane, Hows your summer vacation going? Are you studying

18、hard, or are you having fun? Im having a great time in Europe! My family and I are on a vacation in the mountains. I want to call you but my phone is not working, so Im writing to you. Its hot in your country now, isnt it? The weather here is cool and cloudy, just right for walking.See you next mont

19、h.DoveUnit 8 (三个学生介绍自家附近街区的)Annathere is a zoo in my neighborhood. I like to spend time there on weekends. I love to watch the monkeys climbing around. The monkeys sometimes fight. They look like my friends and me when we fight!to get there, I usually walk out and turn night on Bridge Road. Then I w

20、alk along Bridge road. The zoo is on the right.JohnI live near a supermarket. My parents usually shop there. There is a big park across from the supermarket. I often exercise at the park, because I love the clean air and sunshine. The best things in life are free. to get to the park, you just have t

21、o cross Center Street.LisaI live in a noisy neighborhood. There is a post office between my house and a clothes store. But my favorite place is the library. It is very quiet and i enjoy reading there. When I read books, time goes quickly!you can get to the library easily. Just go down North Road and

22、 turn left. It is across from the park.Unit 9A n interesting jobJoe Brown has a very interesting job. He is a police artist. Some people see crimes and then talk to Joe. They tell him what the criminal looks like. Then Joe draws a picture of the criminal, and the police put it in newspapers and on t

23、elevision to find him.He wants to draw a good picture of each criminal, but this job is sometimes difficult. Many people dont always see things the same way so they may describe the same person differently. Also, they dont always remember well. “The criminal is of medium build and young. He is tall

24、and thin, and he has long straight brown hair and big eyes,” says one woman. Another woman says, “He is tall and thin, and he has curly blond hair.” Hes about thirty years old. In the end, the real criminal is a short and heavy old man, and he has short black hair.Unit 10Birthday food around the wor

25、ldWhat would people like to eat on their birthday? The answer would be different in different countries.In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of candles is the persons age. The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles. If he or she blows out all the

26、candles in one go, the wish will come true. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is lucky.In China, it is getting popular to have cake on your birthday. But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthday. They never cut up the noodles becau

27、se the long noodles are a symbol of long life. In some places, Chinese people also eat eggs on their birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck.All of these birthday foods may be different, but the ideas are the same. They bring good luck to the birthday person.Unit 11 (日记两则) Helens diary Jun

28、e 15thToday I went on a school trip. We visited the science museum and it was really interesting. We got there so fast by train. We saw some farms and villages along the way. At the museum, I learned a lot about robots. I didnt know they could play chess with us. It was so cool! Then the guide taugh

29、t us how to make a model robot. I took a lot of great photos, too. After that, I went to the gift shop and bought some lovely gifts for my parents. They werent expensive. All in all, it was an exciting day. Jims diary June 15thI think todays school trip was terrible. We took the train to the museum.

30、 It was so hot on the slow train. The museum was big and boring. Everything was about robots and Im not interested in that .The rooms were really dark and it was difficult to take photos, so I didnt take any. There were also too many people and I couldnt really see or hear the guide . The things in

31、the gift shop were so expensive. I didnt like the trip at all.Unit 12A Weekend to RememberMy sister finished high school two weeks ago. As a special gift, our parents took us to India. Last weekend was interesting but scary. We went camping in a small village in India. First, we took a long bus ride

32、 to a lake in the countryside. There we put up our tents and made fire to keep us warm and cook food on. On the first night, we just sat under the moon and told each other stories. But I was so tired that I went to sleep early. The next morning, my sister and I got a terrible surprise. When we looked out of our tent, we saw a big snake sleeping near the fire. I was so scared that I couldnt move. We shouted to our parents to let them know about the danger. My dad started to jump