Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can. “She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”
Not very easy, was it? What you’ve just read is called a tongue twister (绕口令). It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly. Try the next example.
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”
Tongue twisters usually do not have much meaning. They are just designed to improve people’s ability to pronounce words. Although they may be very difficult, these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English correctly. This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.
So if you wish to pronounce words more smoothly（顺利地，流利地）, you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and practising them.
| A．listening | B．writing |
| C．pronunciation | D．communication |
| A．it is very boring to read |
| B．it teaches us a lot of knowledge |
| C．we don’t know who “she” is |
| D．the sounds of “s” and “sh” are similar |
| A．Story Time | B．Study Garden |
| C．Latest News | D．Lost and Found |
【重庆市2015年初中毕业暨高中招生考试英语试题（A卷）】任务型阅读。（每小题2分，共8分）
阅读下文并回答问题。
Hot pot(火锅) is many Chinese people’s favorite and Liu Yang is one of them.
Three days ago, Liu Yang arrived in England. There he had three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes. Yesterday he was very excited when he heard that there was going to be a meal of hotpot to welcome the new students.
He went into the room and sat next to an American girl. To his surprise, he saw potatoes and bread in front of him. Where was the hot pot?
When she saw Liu Yang was very surprised, the American girl told him that hotpot is NOT hot pot. China has hot pot in two words but English hotpot is written in one word.
Hotpot is made from meat, potatoes and onions. People put it in the oven(烤箱) all day in a heavy pot and on a low heat. It is easy to cook.
Hotpot tastes fine. But Liu Yang still misses hot pot, two words!Is hot pot many Chinese people’s favorite?
__________________________________________________________When did Liu Yang arrive in England?
__________________________________________________________Who told Liu Yang that hotpot is not hot pot?
__________________________________________________________Which country has hot pot in two words?
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【浙江省宁波市2015年中考英语试题】任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
学校英语阅读社团进行了一次“寻找名著节目”的趣味竞赛，请你根据以下五本小说的描述把书名代号A-E填人71-75小题相应空格处，并且在答题卡上相应位置用2B铅笔涂黑。
A girl named Alice falls down a rabbit hole after an unusual big white rabbit. She finds
herself in a land of talking animals and other fantastic animals, and starts a trip full of adventures（冒险）．
After a ship accident Crusoe lands on an island. To live he must build a home for
himself. He saves a man called Friday. A lot of adventures happen to them on the island.
The story is about the Marchi family of four sisters growing up. It shapes the image of
the four different characters to the family daily life.
This is an adventure about a boy called Jim Hawkins. He goes out to sea with a
treasure map and finds an island full of treasures. It's a problem一solving journey to rescue（营救）
treasures from dangerous situations．
This story is about an emperor who loves clothes very much. Two brothers cheat the
emperor to get silver and gold. They tell him that people can't see the clothes unless they are clever. In the
parade，everyone says his new clothes are wonderful except a little boy．
【浙江省嘉兴市2015年中考英语试题】任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分；共计5分）
这是初中英语选修教材Reading for Enjoyment的目录(contents)。请仔细阅读该目录。
完成对教材内容的介绍。
Contents
| Module |
Topic |
Reading |
Culture |
| 1 P 2 |
Friendship |
Anne’s best friend |
Friendship in Rome |
| 2 P10 |
Wild world |
Animals in danger |
Sharks’ rights |
| 3 P18 |
Healthy living |
Proper exercise |
The tree of life |
| 4 P26 |
Music |
Great musicians of the past |
Vienna New Year’s Concert |
Here's a contents table from Reading for Enjoyment. There are ______ modules in this books. Each module has three parts — ___
___ ,Reading and Culture. The topics are Friendship, Wild world, Healthy living and ___
___. The Reading part provides lots of fresh reading passages, which help students improve their ___
___ skills such as finding facts, and bring them great enjoyment as well. The ___
___ part provides rich cultural background through short stories. The book helps open up students’ eyes and improve their comprehension abilities.
【天津市2015年中考英语试题】任务型阅读（本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子。
Do some colors makes you feel calm while others give you energy? Scientists have studied the connection between color and mood（心情）for a long time. Many believe that color can influence our moods.
Warm, bright colors such as yellow and red are positive colors. They can give people a pleasant feeling. Cool colors such as blue, purple, and green are relaxing colors. They help people experience calm feelings.
Many public places are decorated（装饰）with certain colors in order to create certain moods. Orange makes people feel hungry, and many restaurants are painted in this color.
People use color in their homes to create moods as well. Blue is a peaceful color. It helps you rest, so it is a very good color for a bedroom.
Colors can create bad moods, too. Some types of blue make people feel sad. Red can make people feel angry.
What is your mood right now? Now look at the color of the walls round you. Does it match it mood?Cool colors are relaxing colors and they help people experience ________.
Orange makes people ________, and many restaurants are painted this color.
People use color in their homes to ________ as well.
Some types of ________ make people feel sad.
This passage mainly tells us how color ________.
【湖南省益阳市2015年中考英语试题】摘录要点（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
阅读下面的材料，然后在表格中完成内容摘要，每空不超过三个单词。
The 14-year-old girl Susan Davis is having a party. At this party, there are neither cakes nor candles. There is only a room full of art supplies(供应品)and many kids she never met. And all the kids are homeless.
Susan got the idea last year after her school. She worried that kids who could not afford their own supplies would give up drawing. So she started writing letters to big companies to ask for help. Then the girl received lots of donations(赠品)from some of the biggest art supply companies. Susan collected more than $3000 in supplies, enough to make a home for kids to paint their own watercolors.
By far she’s held three parties. What she did was encouraged by the White House. Susan received the President’s awards(奖赏). Now Susan does it for a different reason— to get the poor kids to enjoy art.
| Name |
Susan Davis |
| Feature (特点) of the parties |
●No cakes and no ●Only a room filled with ●Hold for homeless kids. |
| The reason of having the parties |
Susan didn’t want the kids to |
| The way to hold the parties |
●She ●She collected over $ 3000 |
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