《2025年通城学典初中英语阅读组合训练七年级下册江苏专版》

二、阅读理解
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范畴：人与社会 主题：建筑艺术 体裁：应用文 难度：★★★ 建议用时：6分钟 评价：____/5
Basket Case
Do you want to work in a basket? In Ohio, the USA, you can! An odd building opened there in 1997. It looks like a big picnic basket. It stands seven floors high. It is 160 times bigger than a real picnic basket! About 500 people work in the basket. Guess what they do! That's right! They make real baskets.
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Rock Palace
Wow, a palace! Who may live there? A king or a queen? Well, this palace was home to a postman! In 1879, a French postman fell over a rock. He picked it up and held it in his hand. He liked the shape of the rock so much. Then he got an idea. He would build a whole palace from rocks. Every day, he picked up rocks. Then he worked on his palace. He worked for 33 years. At last, he finished it!
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Ball Room
Do you see that big ball in the tree? It is the part of a hotel in Canada. All the rooms are like balls. And all the rooms are in trees! The rooms are like other hotel rooms. Every room has a bed. You can rent a room for the night. But these rooms swing in the wind. They can swing you to sleep.
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Upside - down House
A man in Poland got mad at the people who ran his country. He did not write a letter or give a speech. However, he built a house in 2007. He built an upside - down house! He said the house stood for the people who ran Poland. The man felt the people were all wrong. They were upside down. And so was the house! If people go inside the house, they can stand on the ceiling（天花板）.
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（ ）1. The material may come from ________.
A. a storybook B. a science magazine
C. a history book D. a travel magazine
（ ）2. When did the postman finish building his palace?
A. In 1912. B. In 1879. C. In 1997. D. In 2007.
（ ）3. If you want to spend a night in the tree, ________ is the right place.
A. Basket Case B. Rock Palace
C. Ball Room D. Upside - down House
（ ）4. Why did the man build the upside - down house?
A. Because he thought he was right.
B. Because he got mad at his old house.
C. Because he wanted to run his country.
D. Because he didn't like the people who ran the country.
（ ）5. The buildings in the material are from the following countries EXCEPT ________.
A. France B. Japan C. Canada D. America

答案： 阅读理解
[A] D A C D B
材料主要介绍了世界上一些特别的建筑。
1. D 推理判断题。材料主要介绍了世界上一些特别的建筑，故该材料可能来自一本旅游杂志。
2. A 推理判断题。根据表格第二栏中的“In 1879, a French postman fell over a rock.”和“He worked for 33 years. At last, he finished it!”可知，这位邮递员在1912年完成了宫殿的建造。
3. C 细节理解题。根据表格第三栏中的“Do you see that big ball in the tree? It is the part of a hotel in Canada. All the rooms are like balls. And all the rooms are in trees!”可知，如果想在树上过夜，球形屋是个不错的地方。
4. D 细节理解题。根据表格第四栏中的“A man in Poland got mad at the people who ran his country. He did not write a letter or give a speech. However, he built a house in 2007.”可知，那人要盖倒置的房子是因为他不喜欢统治这个国家的人。
5. B 推理判断题。根据表格第一栏中的the USA、表格第二栏中的a French postman、表格第三栏中的“It is the part of a hotel in Canada.”和表格第四栏中的“A man in Poland got mad at the people who ran his country.”可知，材料中的建筑物分别来自美国、法国、加拿大和波兰，不包括日本。