【正文】 is. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early civil engineers. Our monthly talks start at 19: 30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don39。The importance of table mannersD.Cold dishessouphot meatrice.（4）What39。asked to use public chopsticks（3）Which of the following is the RIGHT order for most Chinese formal dinners according to the passage? A.B.given little foodB. plates. In formal dinners, there are always public chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts may use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of real friendship and politeness. It is always polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just leave the food on the plate. People in China tend to overorder food, for they will find it embarrassing（令人尷尬的） if all the food is consumed（吃光）. When you have had enough, just say so, or you will always overeat!（1）What39。How to travel around the worldC.D.AmericaC.geography（2）You can have _________ chances to guess the location you see. A. The more you play the game, the better you will get at geography.（1）GeoGuessr is a new online game which challenges your _________ skills. A. You get five chances to guess the location. After the fifth one, you see a map showing your guesses, the correct location and the number of points you earned.Helpful hints（提示）How the Weather Affects Our Moods4．閱讀理解 The Best Temperature for HumansC.Because the temperature there is the best for humans.D.hearing（3）Why are people in southern California happy all the time? A.heightmemorysightB.happier Of course, we can wake up every day and decide how we will feel that day. If it39。 Maybe just the activities connected with being outside affect our moods. Warm weather is connected with the beach, fun outdoor sports and so on. It brings back childhood memories of playing outside all day. Who doesn39。Use Color to Change Feelings3．閱讀理解 ②③④（4）What39。④Paint their walls red.A.② Play soft music.③Have hard seats.Red.（3）What do many fast food restaurants do? ①Play loud music.Light blue.White.Green.Angry.Hungry.s feelings. It39。how Eadweard Muybridge got pictures of motion（移動(dòng)） successfully2．閱讀理解 . A.D.C.B. . A.Whether a horse39。still（2）What did Leland Stanford make a bet with his friend about? A.C. At that time, it was hard to know who could win the bet, because a horse39。s hooves（蹄） left the ground at the same time when it was running. A gentleman called Leland Stanford made a bet with his friend about it. Most people believed that a horse always had one hoof on the ground, or it would fall over. But Stanford didn39。七年級(jí)英語初中英語閱讀理解閱讀訓(xùn)練附解析一、英語閱讀理解閱讀1．閱讀理解 The word, photography, was first used in 1839. It es from the Greek words that mean to write with light. But photography could only give people static pictures. So scientists were trying hard to find ways to make pictures that can move. They made lots of experiments, but failed again and again. It was Eadweard Muybridge who finally succeeded. He was the first photographer to try this successfully. But how did he make it? It was an interesting story.t know exactly（確切地） whether all four of a horse39。s hooves were off the ground at the same time. And when the photos moved fast, people could see a horse running.s invention.（1）The underlined word static in Paragraph 1 most probably meansprettyD.Whether it was possible for scientists to make moving pictures.D.how photography helped people know more about animalsD. Many scientists find that colors can change people39。ve learned from scientific studies. The color red makes people hungry. Many fast food restaurants have red furniture or walls. Soft colors like pink and light blue make people feel relaxed, so they spend more time eating. Loud music may be nice at first, but it soon makes people want to leave. Hard seats also make customers want to eat quickly and leave. Many restaurants, especially fast food restaurants, use this knowledge to make customers eat faster.（1）How does the color green make the students feel? A.C.t mentioned in this passage? A.B.C.D.①②④D.Color and ScienceD. Have you found this? Sometimes, on grey, rainy days, your mood level is lower than on bright, sunny days. Is this a coincidence（巧合）, or is there some science behind this? Would you like to know more about how the weather can affect how you feel?ll just have to bring our umbrellas out and cheer up those who are feeling sad!（1）According to the study, we may feel on extremely hot days. A.more pleased（2）Warm weather can help improve our moods and according to the passage. A.B.C.D.t like doing sports.C.B.D. If you cannot travel around the world, why not travel on the Internet? GeoGuessr is a new online travel game. The game is easy to play, but nearly impossible to win. The new online game challenges your geography skills.How to play the game Here are a few tips to help you identify what part of the planet you are seeing.scienceD.fo