吉林省初中英语七年级下学期期末专项练习（阅读理解1）

    People like doing different things on different weather. They like to travel on nice days and fly kites when it is windy. But how can we know what the weather will be like?

    Some people say they can know the weather from birds. When they see birds fly high out to the sea, they know it is a nice day, because birds don't like to fly out when it will rain. They may sit in a tree when rain is coming. When the weather will be bad, the birds come back to the beach. Big winds may come with rain. Birds do not like to fly in big winds. And if a big rain is going to be short, birds will usually wait for the rain to stop before looking for food. If you see birds eating during a rain, then it will probably last for a long time.

    Other animals can also tell the weather. It's a cloudy day. Rain is coming. Chickens aren't quiet, and they are running here and there. Frogs(青蛙) are making a big noise in the pool. If it is a fine day, the frogs will come out of the water.

    And some people know the weather by looking at the color of the clouds. Different colors] of the clouds also show something different about the weather. Black clouds mean that there is (暴风雨) that does not have strong winds. White clouds usually mean good weather, though a storm could be on its way later in the day.

    Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two children, David and Liz. The family are all busy, so they often leave notes（便条）for each other. Read these four notes for today.

    Welcome to Lisa's Noodle House! Here you can eat different kinds of noodles. A large bowl of beef noodles is only five dollars and a medium one is just three dollars. Each bowl of mutton noodles is six dollars. And a large bowl of noodles with vegetables is four dollars and a medium one is just two dollars. Come and enjoy the delicious noodles here! If（如果）you order any meat noodles, you can have apples, pears and oranges for free. If you are busy and can't come, please call us at 125-894-564, and you can get your noodles in ten to twenty minutes. Our noodle house is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day. Children under five can get a free cake when you bring them here.

    People in different countries like to eat different food. We all know Chinese like to eat dumplings when their friends come to their homes. Most people like eating dumplings at home. Sometimes people eat them at the House of Dumplings. Do you know what kind of food people like eating in the UK? Fish and fried potato chips are very popular in the UK. Sometimes people eat them at home, but they usually go to a fast food supermarket to buy them. They can have them in the restaurant or take them away home. Sometimes they also like to eat them in the park.

My cousin Jeff is only thirteen years old. But he is a good student and he is also a

successful(成功的) musician. He usually gets up at six ten, He has breakfast at seven o'clock. He goes to school at a quarter to eight. He usually walks to school. It takes about ten minutes. At twelve o'clock, he has a quick lunch at school. After lunch, he plays the guitar with his friends.

Jeff and his friends are in a music club. After school, they take the No. 201 bus to their club. In the club, he helps children play the guitar for two hours. He works very well. The children love him a lot. He usually gets home at about six o'clock. He has dinner with his parents at six thirty in the evening. After dinner, Jeff and his parents listen to music, because they all love music. And they go to bed at about half past nine in the evening.

Mrs. Beet, a 38-year-old woman, drives very fast to work every day.

On her way back from work yesterday afternoon, she was driving laster than usual because she was worried about her little son. He was alone at home. While she was trying to pass a truck before her, she saw another car coming. She quickly turned her steeling wheel (方问盘). Her car didn't hit the other car, but she could not stop her own car. It ran into the river.

Luckily, Mr. Jackson, a very good swimmer, saw what was happening. He jumped into the water at once. He swam over to the car. He got to Mrs. Beet through an open window. He pulled(拉) her out of the window and then out of the water. Back on land, he gave Mrs. Beet mouth-to-mouth breathing. Soon the lady came to herself.

George's Fast Food Restaurant

It's a new term. After a long summer vacation, some of Amy's classmates and teachers look different.

Do you like snow? Many people in the world like snow. In some places of the world, there is a lot of snow, but in some places there is little snow. I am Bill and l come from n country in Africa. There is no snow in my country. I want to see snow one day.

This year I study in England. I don't like the weather in autumn here. It rains a lot and I feel very cold. This morning, I wake up and find it is bright(明亮的) in my room. l think I am late. I get up quickly, but I am not late at all. I look out of the window and see a white world. There is snow on the streets, on the cars, on the houses... Every-thing is white. I see snow! How clean and beautiful it is! I am very happy.