Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.
Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.We can most probably read this story_______.
| A．in a dictionary about read animals | B．in a newspaper |
| C．in a book on art | D．in history textbooks |
People asked about buying Ruby's pictures because_______.
| A．newspaper reporters bought her picture |
| B．her pictures were better than those of real artists |
| C．they just wanted to have fun |
| D．zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park |
Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to_______.
| A．make other ones | B．clear her trunk |
| C．dig a hole in the sand | D．ask for brushes and paints |
From the story, we can know that_______.
| A．Ruby can paint a picture all by herself |
| B．Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo |
| C．Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers |
| D．Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture |
【湖北省孝感市2015年中考英语试题】任务型阅读 阅读短文，按要求完成所给任务。（共8分， 每空2分）
The Sunday Mail magazine interviewed some parents about whether children should do chores at home. Different people have different opinions.
Ms Miller thinks that kids these days already have enough stress from school. They do not have time to study and do housework, too. Housework is a waste of their time. They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university. When kids get older, they will have to do housework. So there is no need for them to do it now. She thinks that doing chores is not so difficult.
However, Mr. Smith disagrees with her. He thinks it is important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework. It’s not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend on their parents too much. Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence and teaches them how to look after themselves. It also helps them to understand the idea of fairness. Everyone should do their part in keeping the house clean and tidy. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future.任务一：请将文中划线句子翻译成汉语。
_____________________________________________________________________________任务二：请在文中找出与此句意思相同的句子。
If kids learn to be independent earlier, it is better for their future.
_____________________________________________________________________________任务三：请回答问题：What does Mr Smith think doing chores can help?
_____________________________________________________________________________任务四：What does the passage mainly talk about?
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【湖北省黄冈市2015年中考英语试题】第二节任务型阅读（共 4 小题;每小题 2 分，满分 8 分）
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Recently the students in our school all take part in sports. They fall into three groups.
The students who put much more stress on their study go to the playground. They just want to go back to their classrooms with a clearer and quicker mind. Most of them choose long-distance running. So they can be well regarded as study-oriented (倾向的) sports participants (参加者).
The students in the second group are real sports lovers. They put aside their studies for a match. They join in the sport that interests them most. They may be called fun-oriented sports participants.
The students in the third group want beauty from sports. Boys want to become strong; girls want to be slim and graceful. They are very careful in choosing the kind of exercise they do, and are afraid that certain sports may influence their body shapes. They may be beauty-oriented sports participants.
Now, if you look around the school yard, you can’t find the bookworms (书呆子) any more, and instead, there are healthy, strong, clever and modernized students everywhere.
阅读上面短文，根据短文内容，完成表格中的信息。
| Participants in our school |
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| Groups |
Which sport to choose |
Why to do sports |
| Study-oriented sports participants |
They want to have a clearer and quicker mind. |
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| Interesting sports |
They want to put aside their studies for a match. |
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| Beauty-oriented sports participants |
The exercise that doesn’t influence their body shapes |
Boys want to become strong; girls want to |
| Result |
The healthy, strong, clever and modernized students are everywhere, and the bookworms |
【河北省2015年中考英语试题】任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
阅读短文，并按要求完成1~5题。
Many people believe that yellowing and wetness are the greatest enemy of stamps. In fact, stamps are afraid of not only wetness, but also light and dirty things. People protect their stamps in several different ways.
To protect stamps, we should never touch the stamps with our hands. This avoids moving dirty things onto them. Stamp tweezers (镊子) should be used in all conditions.
Stamps are printed things. The colour will slowly disappear if the stamps are put in the light for a long time. So we should not put stamps in the light for long. Direct sunlight must be avoided as well.
Wetness is an important problem for stamps. Some collectors will put stamps in separate plastic (塑料) bags. However, it is possible that some stamps have taken in some water from the air before they are put into the plastic bags. Stamps become yellow easily and rapidly after they take in wet air. To protect the stamps, some people also put the stamps into a special room which has a machine to keep the air cool and dry. However, not many people can afford that.
To keep stamps, stamp collectors usually put them under plastic covers. It is a common and simple way. This helps because the plastic cover keeps the stamps off the wet air. It also stops the fingersfrom touching te stamps.
Some collectors prefer to store stamps inside a plastic box with desiccants (干燥剂).However, we should take care not to let the stamps. touch the desiccants. On top of that, don't take your stamps out on a wet day.
1题完成句子；2~3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
One way to protect stamps is that we should never touch them __________________.
What will disappear if we put the stamps in the light for long?
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When do stamps become yellow easily and rapidly?
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【贵州省铜仁市2015年中考英语试题】任务型阅读 (10分)
Known as the mother river by all the Chinese people, the Huanghe River(Yellow river) is the second longest river in China after the Changjiang River. It is 5464 kilometers long. It starts from the Kunlun Mountains northwestern Qinghai Province. It runs through nine provinces and flows to Bohai Sea in Shangdong Province. The first appearance of the name “ Yellow River” is in The Book of Han. The word “yellow” describes the color of the muddy water in the lower course of the river.
根据以上短文内容，完成下列表格。答案书写在答题卡卷Ⅱ各小题规定的位置。每空一词。
| the Huanghe River(Yellow river) |
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| It is 5464 km long |
the Huanghe River is the second |
| It starts |
from the Kunlun Mountains |
| It runs |
through nine provinces and flows to Bohai |
| The first appearance |
of the name “ Yellow River” is in The Book of |
| The word “yellow” |
describes the color of the muddy |
【北京市2015年中考英语试题】阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每题2分）
Black Friday
Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday. The day after it has been known as Black Friday. It is the start of the holiday shopping season, and it has been the busiest shopping day of the year in the US since 2005.
Most stores offer big sales on Black Friday. They open their doors quite early in the morning. They try to attract shoppers with big discounts (打折). Some items (商品)like TVs and cloths are much cheaper than usual. Stores may even lose money on these items. They hope that shoppers will buy gifts for other people while they are in the store.
Black Friday is a great time to go shopping. However, there are problem. The biggest one is that there are not enough low-priced items. Each store may only have a few. These items are in great need, so people stand in long lines to get them. They may wait three to four hours before a store opens. They may be hoping to get a low price on a TV or computer, but not everybody can get one. Some people leave, disappointed.
The situation makes people worried. Some Black Friday events have been crazy. There have been fights over toys among shoppers. Some workers have even been hurt by large crowds. But most Black Friday events are safe and fun. Still, if you plan to go, you will expect large crowds and a bit of pushing.
So where does the name “Black Friday” come from? It was first used in Philadelphia in the 1950s. The police called this day Black Friday because of the heavy traffic it caused. In the 1960s, stores tried to rename the day “Big Friday”. It did not stick. The name “Black Friday” continued to spread across the country. It seems that it is here to stay.
Now people all over the country take part in Black Friday events. It is even spreading to other parts of the world. Stores have held Black Friday events in the UK, Australia, and Brazil since 2012. In Mexico, stores offer a weekend of discounts every year. They call it “El Buen Fin”, which means “the good weekend” in Spanish. I guess people everywhere like to buy things on sale.Is Black Friday the start of the holiday shopping season?
What is the biggest problem with Black Friday?
How long may people have to wait before a store opens?
Where was the name “Black Friday” first used in the 1950s?
Why do people like going shopping on Black Friday?
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