1、 1 牛津译林版七年级英语下册阅读理解训练含答案 （一） By 2055, about 40 percent of the population in Japan will be over 65 years old. Thus Japanese scientists hope that robots will be the answer to the serious question -what to do with an ageing population（人口）. Today, some robots are already cleaning floors in about 10 buil
2、dings around the country, including a skyscraper（摩天大楼） in central Tokyo. The robots work at night after office workers have gone home. They even take the lift to move from one floor to another. However, such robots are still rare（稀少） in Japan. Japanese scientists are trying to build robots smart eno
3、ugh to meet the needs of the elderly（老人）in the country. As Japans population grows older and its workers are getting fewer, scientists say new types of robots will play an important part in society because there wont be enough people to do some jobs. “We have to make full use of the time. We have to
4、 build smart robots. You know, in the future, there will be little choice but to get some help from robots.” said a scientist. 1. What problem will Japan have by 2055? A. There will be too many people. B. There will be too many robots. C. There will be an ageing population. D. There will be too smal
5、l population. 2. When do the robots work in the buildings around the country? A. At night. B. In the daytime. C. In the morning. D. On weekends. 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to this passage? A. There will be more old people in the future in Japan. B. There will be more
6、robots in the future in Japan. C. There will be more young workers in the future in Japan. D. The robots will be more and more important in the society of Japan. （二） Tom and his cousin took a boat trip. When they got on the boat, every passenger（乘客） should answer the keeper a question. If the passen
7、ger answered “yes”, he or she got one gift; if the passenger answered “no”, he or she got two gifts. Tom and his cousin saw all about this. Now it was their turn. The keeper came up to them and 2 asked, “Are you a good sailor?” Tom wanted to get two gifts, so he answered “no” loudly. At the same tim
8、e he said, “I have never been a sailor, how could I be a good sailor?” The keeper gave him two gifts. His cousin gave the same answer, so he got two gifts, too. The boat started off. The passengers began to open their gifts. Tom and his cousin did the same. They found that one of the two gifts was a
9、 small bottle of drinking water. The other was a seasick tablet（晕船药）. Tom had a look at a “yes”-passengers gift. His was a nice chocolate. Tom shouted at the keeper, “We are never seasick. Why do you give us seasick tablets?” 1. Tom and his cousin _. A. went to eat chocolates B. went on a trip by bo
10、at C. worked for the keeper D. needed a bottle of drinking water 2. Why did Tom and his cousin answer “no”? A. Because they felt sick on the boat. B. Because they were good sailors. C. Because they both wanted to get two gifts. D. Because they wanted to have chocolates. 3. The underlined（下划线）part “a
11、 good sailor” means _. A. 晕船 B. 不晕船 C. 好销售员 D. 好水手 4. Which of the following statements is true? A. The keeper cheated（欺骗） Tom and his cousin. B. Tom and his cousin didnt want the seasick tablets. C. All the other passengers answered “yes”. D. The keeper didnt want to give Tom and his cousin chocola
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13、itional “lesson-based” way. You can do the three beginners dances in any order. Instead of waiting until a class starts once a year, people can start Square Dance ABC any time! After all three dances (in an order), dancers have learned 22 square dance movements. The next step is the experienced ABC
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15、s site, please e-mail us at Webmaster Square Dance ABC. com. 1. Who might be interested in this website? A. Kids that are good at drawing. 3 B. Adults that want to go traveling. C. Volunteers that want to teach children. D. People that want to learn to dance. 2. If you join the Square Dance ABC, you
16、 can_. A. save lots of money for a holiday B. try square dancing only once C. stay healthy and make lots of friends D. learn the English letters ABC more easily 3. We can learn from the passage that if you want to learn Square Dance ABC, _. A. you should learn the A, then B and C the last B. you can
17、 learn the B, then A and C the last C. you can only learn at the end of the year D. you need a lot of experience 4. The passage is probably _. A. an advertisement by an English club B. an invitation by an English club C. an application by a sports club D. an advertisement by a dance club 4 参考答案 （一）
18、1. C 【解析】由 By 2055, about 40 percent of the population in Japan will be over 65 years old 可知，到 2055 年,年 龄在 65 岁以上的人口会占日本总人口的百分之四十，老龄化会成为一个严重的问题。所以选 C。 2. A 【解析】 由 The robots work at night after office workers have gone home 可知， 机器人在夜晚工作。 所以选 A。 3. C 【解析】由全文可知，日本老龄化问题越来越严重，青年劳动力的供需越来越少。所以选 C。 （二） 1.
19、B 【解析】由 Tom and his cousin took a boat trip 可知，他们是去乘船旅行。所以选 B。 2. C 【解析】 回答 yes 会得到一个礼物， 回答 no 会得到两个礼物， 根据 Tom wanted to get two gifts, so he answered “no” loudly 可知他们想要两个礼物才回答 no。所以选 C。 3. D 【解析】此文是乘船的情景，联系上下文可知 sailor 是水手。所以选 D。 4. B 【解析】细节理解题，汤姆和他表弟都不知道盒子里装的是什么东西，收到晕船药后很失望。所以选 B。 （三） 1.D 【解析】细节理解
20、题根据短文第六段 Most people that try it will like it可知大多数尝试练习广场舞的人 都会喜欢它的，所以 D 项：只要想学习跳舞的人都会对这一网站感兴趣的。所以选 D。 2. C 【解析】细节理解题根据短文第六段 Square Dance ABC will bring lots of opportunities for fun，fitness and friends 可知，跳广场舞能够使人获得快乐，健康和友谊。所以选 C。 3. B 【解析】细节理解题根据 There are three different dancesThe A，B and C dances can be experienced in any orderThis is the main difference between Square Dance ABC and the traditional lesson-based wayYou can do the three beginners dances in any order. 可以知道：A、B、C 三个级别没有固定的顺序。所以选 B。 4. D 【解析】细节理解题根据短文的内容可知，本文的一个核心话题就是广场舞的相关信息，故是一则广告。 所以选 D。
