高中英语任务型阅读试题

第五部分任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空只能填1个单词。
A long story about people is usually called a novel. It can be about any kind of man, woman, or child. It can be about kings, or Chicago newsboys, or housewives. The French writer, Victor Hugo, wrote his novel Les Miserables about a poor man who stole a loaf of bread. The American writer, Ernest Hemingway, wrote A Farewell to Arms about a young American with the Italian Army in World War One.
A novel can tell the story of any kind of action, over any period of time. The modern Irish writer, James, Joyce, covers less than twenty- four hours in Ulysses. Yet, Joyce takes a thousand pages to tell all that happens from the time one man gets up in the morning until he goes to bed early the next morning. A German writer, Herman Hesse, uses only one hundred and fifty pages in his novel Demian to cover a boy’s life from the age of ten until he becomes a young man.
A novel does not just tell the things that people do. It also tells why they do them. The Badge of Courage, by the American novelist, Stephen Crane, tells about a young soldier in the War between the states who runs away the first time he is in battle. The book shows why he acted as he did. It describes his mental suffering until he overcomes his fears.
People buy novels because they enjoy reading about other people. The novel satisfies the human desire to know and understand our fellow creatures.
The 76._________ of the novel

77. __________	A long story about people
Character	79. _________ of any kind	Les Miserables is about a poor man who stole  81____
A farewell to Arms is about a young American with the Italian Army.
Time	Over any period of time	82. ____ covers less than 24 hours.
83. ____ covers a boy’s life from ten until he is a young man.
78. _____	Things and 80 _____ for doing them.	The Badge of Courage 84 _______ a young soldier’s mental suffering.
Purpose	Satisfy the human desire to 85 ______others. .

第二卷（主观题，共35分）
第四部分：写作（共二节，满分35分）
第一节  任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每空只填一个单词。
Making a public speech is most people’s least favorite thing. The reason is that we are all afraid of making fools of ourselves. The more important the speech is, the more frightened we become .But stop biting your finger-nails. Public speaking is easy. It’s just a simple talking, and you talk all the time. Although I’m basically shy (honest!), I’ve been making speeches and talking on radio and television for more than 30 years. Anybody who can talk can speak in public. Here are some of the lessons I have learned:　
　　1. Keep your speech simple. Your audience will leave with one or two of your main ideas, that is to say, most people can remember one or two of your ideas well, one or two, not ten or twenty. So you should prepare one or two of your main ideas well. But if you can’t express what you want to get across, then your speech is not focused well enough. And if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to say, there’s no way your audience will.
　　2. Organize your speech well. No matter how long or short your speech is, you have to organize your speech—how you are going to open or begin, what major points you want to make and how you’re going to close or end. Because a strong close is very important and critical(关键的): the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember. If not, they will be confused.
3. Keep your speech not long. The standard length of a speech is usually 12 minutes. Most people can’t focus their attention on one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest. If you pay no attention to your audience’s reaction(反应)，the audience will get bored. Of course, your speech proves a failure.
Following these suggestions above, you can make a good speech in public, and you will be an excellent speaker, I think.

Title: How to make a (76)________ speech
Technique	Reasons	Requirements
Keep it simple	You should focus your idea well enough	(78)________ one or two of your main ideas well.
If you have a (77)_______ idea of what you want to say, your audience will have, too.
Organize it well.	You should get your speech well (79)________	Know very well about the(81)________, body and ending of the speech
If you don’t, the(80)________ will be confused.
Keep it(82)______	Your speech should be short enough to attract your audience’s attention and(83)________.	Make your speech as short as(85)______.
If you don’t, the audience will be(84)________.

第二节回答问题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）
阅读下面短文，根据第58至60小题的具体要求，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
Healthy Diets
Instead of buying only fresh foods,Americans nowdays buy many more convenience foods.There are foods which are already partly or completely prepared .Many of them are frozen,such as frozen dinner,heat-and-serve French fries ,and frozen pizzas.There are also many canned (put in a can) convenience foods. such as ready-made spaghetti (意大利细条实心面),soups,stews (炖熟菜肴),and vegetables.
Convenience foods save time and trouble.They are popular with people who are busy or who don’t like to cook or wash dishes.But they ofen cost more than fresh ,unprepared foods and may contain artificial additives (a chemical added to the food).Also,many people feel they don’t taste as good as home cooked foods.
Health food and Co-ops
In the 1960s,a“back-to-the-earth”movement was started by young people in the United States.The movement was a reaction against the harmful effects of technology.From the movement came a new understanding of food and health.Many people now prefer natural and organic(chemical-free)foods to the prepared foods sold in health food stores and in food co-ops,which are small stores and where customers help manage the store .In co-ops,food is usually not packaged.Customers bring their own bags and jars and scoop(汲取) their food out of boxes or baskets.
58.What are the disadvantages of convenience foods?
____________________________________ ____________________________________
59. Convenience foods are popular with people who ____________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
60.How do customers buy food from co-ops?
____________________________________ ____________________________________

第二节信息匹配 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应
题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
以下是为留英学生编写的系列留学指南的简介：

A．The number-one guide to what to study in the UK This two-volume Guide features up-to-date and in-depth information about UK course options and institutions. It also includes course charts, teaching and research ratings, and advice on choosing your course.

B．The A to Z of where to study in the UK A reference directory of UK institutions belonging to the British Council’s Education Counselling Service. Includes easy-to-use comparative data on everything from accommodation to courses and fees.

C．The essential online guide to UK education This site gives you instant access to a wide range of information on studying and living in the UK, including hotlinks to the British Council’s Virtual Campus and institutions’ own web sites.

D．The practical guide to making the most of your UK experience

This fully updated book features the latest information about study opportunities, traveling to the UK, arranging accommodation, working in the UK, financial and legal matters, and student life.
E. New guide to choosing the right UK course
Every year, The Times newspaper compiles a league table of all the UK’s ninety-seven universities. This is published as The Good University Guide, which features over fifty tables ranking universities by degree subject.
F. The magazine that shows why so many international students choose to study
in the UK
If you’ve enjoyed reading this magazine and want to keep up with the latest UK student news and views, place your order now for issues 3 and 4.
以下是留英指南图书或杂志的封面，请匹配封面与其对应的简介：

第二节情景对话（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。
Rose is at the library counter. She is talking to the librarian.
Rose:      Hello, I borrowed five books about a month ago.        6     
Librarian:       Let me check for you.
Rose:            7     
Librarian:       You’re lucky, they are due today.
Rose:      Can I renew them?
Librarian:       You can only renew some of them.
Rose:            8     
Librarian:       Two of the books are hot ones that many students have reserved (预定).
Rose:      I have to return two of them and renew the rest three. Right?
Librarian:       Right.
Rose:      Can I borrow these two again?
Librarian:             9      But you have to wait for a few months.
Rose:            10     
Librarian:       You have to reserve them and wait for your turn.
Rose:      Oh, I see. I might as well return them now.

A．I hope so.

B．Thank you.

C．Yes, of course.

D．Why a few months?

E. Why can’t I renew all of them?
F. I wonder whether they are due or not.
G. I wonder whether I can renew all of them.

任务型阅读
阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在文后A到J的空格里填入一个单词.注意：每空仅填一个单词.
Host family accommodation, or living with host families, remains popular among language travel students for its advantages. These days, host families are trying to offer more in terms of quality, for they still have something to worry about.
Host family accommodation is often seen as the number-one choice for advantages in language study, cultural communication and cost of living. Staying alongside host families enables students to get enough practice for the short time of their studying so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. Living in host families also has the advantages for students of being able to spend a lot of time communicating with their “host parents”, and get to know the local way of life, people and culture. Another advantage is that host family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. It attracts students for it ensures them a family type of living at a low cost.
The advantage, however, have not prevented host families from worrying. On one hand, some host families are losing their unique selling point. The problem is that the majority of hosts in big cities, now generally single and young, have less time available for students, but the selling point for host family accommodation is communication practice. On the other hand, students’ expectations have risen. They are becoming more demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-economic groups in their own countries.
To get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve the quality of service. They are trying to make living conditions better, including broadband（宽带） Internet service, private bathroom, and access to plenty of hot water for long showers. They are also providing students with structured family activities.
It is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with language travel students.
Title: Host Family Accommodation 

Theme

Host families are improving the accommodation __16____

Language study	possibly becoming ___18_____
Cultural communication	communicating with __19____
Knowing the local way of life, people and culture
cost of ___20___	Being least expensive sometimes

                                        

____17__

 

 

___21_____		Loss of selling point	Hosts’ having less time for students
Rise in ____22____	Students’ becoming more demanding

____23____

Service quality improvement	____24____ living conditions
Organizing structured familyactivities

____25____

Host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with students.

Keys:

The people below are all trying to choose which TV programme to watch.  After the description of these people, there is information about six TV programmes A-F. Decide which programme would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 1-5 and then mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph about one programme which you do not need to use.
__________1.Although Rob lead a quiet life in a small village, that doesn’t stop him from wanting to find out about the latest scientific development.  
__________2.Bella enjoys eating out but can’t afford to spend very much at the moment as she is saving for a holiday. She has never learnt how to cook, so now might be quite a good time to find out！
____________3. Dan is interested in taking wildlife photographs and enjoys the kind of programme which gives him a chance to see a professional photographer at work.
_____________4. Gina is a music teacher. Although she prefers  classical music, she likes to follow the kind of music that interests the teenagers she teaches.
____________5.Ron’s wife is in hospital. He wants to finds a programme suitable for his three-year-old son while he gets on with the housework and prepares a meal.
TODAYS  TELEVISION  PROGRAMME  PREVIEW

A．TV1 7:20 p.m. Find out more about Australia’s animal life. This film was made last year by one of Australia’s best-known cameramen, Dougie Bond. He spent over 200 hours filming the birds, animals and fish that inhabit this beautiful continent and for the first time brings some of these unusual animals to our TV screens.

B．TV3 9:00p.m. The popular science programme is back with the latest in technology and medicine. This week, cars that run on sunlight and the story of one baby’s fight to live.

C．TV2 8:10p.m. Do you think what goes into the food most of us eat every day of the week? Tonight’s programme takes a serious scientific look at the bread industry. Whether you bake your own bread or just enjoy buying it, this programme will give you an interesting insight into something most of us eat every day of the week.

D．TV1 5:15p.m. Busy parents? Bored children? Do you want something educational to entertain your children while you do something else? This popular magazine programme is for the under-fives. More music, fun, songs and games with Carla and Larry.

E.TV3  8:45p.m. If you’ve always wanted to cook, now’s your chance to learn. In the studio are two chefs who will take you through some simple recipes step by step. This is a repeat of the popular series shown last year, and available from good bookshops.
F.TV3   7:40p.m. The latest new music. Pete Hogg looks at the best of the current rap, raga and new jack swing plus new video releases. This is the programme that tells you all about what’s happening on the music scene and brings you interviews with tomorrow’s young artists.