（浙江省）2022-2023学年初中英语七年级上学期期末专项复习——阅读理解（4题）

School is a good place for us. We can do many things there.

________________. We can learn Chinese, maths, history and English. We can learn how to get along with others. We can learn about ourselves.

We also have fun at school. We do sports with friends and teachers. We listen to music. We also talk about interesting movies and computer games, The Art Festival in our school comes in November. It starts on the first Monday of November, and lasts a week, so we have no lessons for seven days. It is our happiest time. There are a singing competition(比赛), a dancing competition, a painting competition and so on. Every year I take part in the painting competition and always get a good prize.

Our school is like our second family, and our classmates are like our brothers and sisters. We love our school life very much.

Everyone has a family name. In China, the family name comes before the given name, but in English countries, the family name comes last. Do you know how English people get their family names? And what do they mean(意思)?English people usually get their names in these ways(方式).

Some family names come from the places(地点)of their homes. For a man lives on or near a hill, his family name may be Hill. In the UK, people's family name may be Wood or Lake, because they live near the wood or the lake. Some family names come from their jobs(职业). If a man is a cook, his family names may be Cook. And many people get their family names from their fathers' family names. If you see the name Jackson, you can know he is the son of Jack.

There are some letters（字母） on the blackboard. It's letter P. It's green. What's this and what colour is it? It's letter E and it's yellow. What's this letter? It is letter N. It's red. P- E- N. Is it "pen"? Yes, it is. I have a blue pen in my pencil case. My pencil case is orange. This is my book and it's my English book. It is in my bag. My bag is black. Look! The bag is on the chair. The chair is brown. It's my chair and it's nice. I like it very much.

My name is Lily. I am thirteen. I am in my classroom now. Twenty students are in my class and there are six boys. Look! The brown desk is Ted's desk. Ted is my classmate. He is fourteen. Brown is his favourite colour. His bag is on the desk. It is green. His football is on his chair. He likes playing football after school. Who is the girl on the playground? She is Jenny. We are at the same age. And we are in the same class. She likes swimming. She goes swimming in summer. What's on that desk? It's an English book. It is Miss Hu's book. Miss Hu likes drawing. She is a good English teacher in my school. Her favourite colour is blue.

It's an English class. Mr Smith teaches us very well. He asks Li Lei from China," What's six and four?"

"Of course it's ten," Li Lei answers. "And ten and three is thirteen."

Then Susan from the USA answers," I know ten and three is thirteen."

"OK. You are all very good. Now let's do it freely. You can ask your partner to answer two numbers," says Mr Smith.

When they are having a good time, their maths teacher, Mr Black comes in. He is very surprised," What class is it? Isn't it Monday today? I don't have a lesson today. "

"Ha! Ha!" All the students laugh(笑).

"I'm sorry, Mr Black. We are having an English number lesson," says Mr Smith. Then Mr King, Ms Green and Ms Brown come, too. They all laugh, too.

Mike is a 12-year-old boy from America. He is a student at Sunshine School in Beijing. Mike always helps everyone, so he is very welcome in his school.

Now Mike meets a boy in the playground.

"Hello, I'm Mike. ____▲____"

"Yes, I'm a new student in Class 5 Grade 7. My name is Lin Dong," the boy says.

"You look not happy. What's wrong (怎么了)?" says Mike.

Lin Dong says,"I lost (丢失) my English book. "

"I have an English book. It s in my bag. I can share (分享) it with you. And I can help you with your English too," Mike says.

"That's great! Thank you very much! You don't know me, but you help me so much," Lin Dong says.

"I'm very happy to help you!" Mike says.

A few weeks ago, while I was driving to a friend's house, I saw a mom and her child walking their dog along the road. The mom was wearing a really cool jumpsuit (连体衣).

As I was driving past, I had my window down and shouted (喊)，“I love your jumpsuit!" She was surprised for a while and then smiled as I drove off.

After visiting my friend, I drove back and went to fill up my car. At the petrol station (加油站)， I saw the same woman again. As she was passing the entrance (入口)，I said,“Excuse me, were you just walking your dog not long ago?

“Was that you?! I was having such a bad morning and you really turned it around for me. Thank you," she said with a big smile.

It made my heart sing and I almost cried. We gave each other a high five (击掌) and went on our way.

When you see something cool, just say it, as the person may need to hear it. When you feel excited to do something, act on it. You will make a difference.

 A popular saying goes, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt 

 me.” However, that's not quite true. Words have the power to build us up or knock us down. It 

 doesn't matter whether the words come from someone else or ourselves — the effects (作用) will last long. 

 We all talk to ourselves sometimes. We are usually too shy to admit (承认) it, though. In fact, we shouldn't be because more and more experts believe talking to ourselves out loud is a healthy habit. 

 This “self-talk” helps us encourage ourselves, remember things, solve problems, and calm 

 ourselves down. We find that as much as 77% of self-talk is likely to be negative (消极的) . So in order to stay positive (积极的) , we should only speak words of encouragement to ourselves. We should also be quick to give ourselves a pat on the back. The next time you finish a project, do well in a test or finally clean your room, join me in saying “Good job”. 

 Often, words come out of our mouths without thinking about the effect they will have. But 

 we should know that our words cause certain responses (回应) in others. For example, when returning an item to a store, we might use warm, friendly language during the exchange. And the clerk will probably respond in a similar way.  

 Words have power because of their lasting effect. Many of us regret something we once said. And we remember unkind words said to us. Before speaking, we should always ask ourselves: Is it loving? Is it needed? If what we want to say doesn't pass this test, then it's better left unsaid.  

 Words have power: both positive and negative. Those around us receive encouragement when we speak positively. We can offer hope, build self-esteem (自尊) and encourage others to do their best. Negative words destroy all those things. Will we use our words to hurt or to heal? The choice is ours.