1、20072008江苏省各地英语任务型阅读试题汇编任务型阅读 阅读下面的文章，根据语篇内容，用恰当的词完成题后表格中所缺单词。(每格限填一词)An Event of ImaginationThe year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.On 17 July, a piece four ki
2、lometers wide enters the Earths atmosphere with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the seabed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. Th
3、e wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set
4、off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north wont escape for lo
5、ng. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, and temperature around the world falls to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun wont be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million remain alive.Could it really happe
6、n? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs (恐龙) were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldnt li
7、ve through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?请根据以上文章，完成下列表格：ReasonsResultsOne piece hits the South Atlantic at 200 times 71 72 the speed of sound.The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the seabed. A tsunami(海啸) hits southern Africa, 73 cities on the Africa
8、n coast, and 74 millions of people.A 75 76 happens when the four-kilometer-wide piece of comet enters the Earths 77 .The sun is hidden by clouds of dust and the temperature falls to almost zero, 78 crops. Wars break out for food and only 10 million people remain. The human beings are 79 the danger o
9、f 80 out. 71. faster 72. than 73. destroying 74. drowning75. massive76. explosion 77. atmosphere 78. mining 79. facing 80. dying任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的词（仅限一词）A smart card is a card that is carried with either a microprocessor and a memory chip or only a memory chip
10、 that is not programmable. The microprocessor card can add. delete, and deal with the information on the card, while a memory-chip card can only do one thing. Smart cards, unlike magnetic stripe cards, can do many different things and hold a lot of information. In this way, they do not need to get i
11、nformation from a faraway place when they are used. Today, there are several kinds of smart cards, all of which are very popular in the market: IC (Integrated Circuit) Microprocessor Cards Microprocessor Cards (chip cards) offer a larger memory and better security than the traditional magnetic strip
12、e cards do. Chip cards can also hold data. These cards are used for many things. Thus, chips have been the main platform for cards that hold a secure digital identity. Some examples of these cards are: Cards that hold money. Cards that provide safe access to a network. Cards that allow setting stop
13、boxes on televisions to remain safe from privacy. Optical Memory Cards Optical memory cards look like cards with a piece of CD on the top. Optical memory cards can store up to 4MB of data. But once written, the data can not be changed or removed. Thus, this type of card is good for keeping records,
14、such as medical files, driving records or travel histories. Today, these have no processors in them (although this is coming in the near future). While the cards are almost as cheap as chip cards, the card readers are expensive. Title: (1)_cardsTypes(3)_DisadvantagesSimilaritiesIC Chip CardsA larger
15、 memory &Better (4)_Hold dataNot mentionedPopularityLarge (10) _Low cost ofcardsOptical (2)_cardsStore much dataGood for (5)_Drivers and (6)_to keep records(7)_ not much(8)_ dataNo processors Expensive card(9)_1Smart 2. Memory 3. Advantages 4.security 5. doctors 6. travelers 7. cost 8. Unchangeable
16、9. readers 10.memory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表格中的空格里填上最恰当的单词。(每空1个单词) Since the beginning of human evolution, men have migrated（迁移）across continents in search of food, shelter, safety, and comfortable weather. People still move for these reasons, but new reasons for human migrati
17、on are arising, such as job relocation(重新安置) and overpopulation. Three million migrants are moving from poor countries to wealthier ones each year, and increasingly, their destination is a neighboring country in developing parts of the world. People are moving within the developing world for the sam
18、e reasons as they migrate to wealthier nations. People from poor countries are going to less poor countries, fleeing wars and conflicts. They are also responding to population pressures because some countries are densely populated, and they often have high population growth. Those people need to go
19、somewhere else. There are three main reasons why people move. The basic categories and percentages are as follows, according to the Current Population Surveys (CPS): Family-related reasons account for 26.3%, including changes in marital（婚姻的） status, establishing a household and other family reasons;
20、 work-related reasons 16.2%, including job transfer, retirement, and other job-related reasons; housing-related reasons 51.6%, including new and better houses, better neighborhood, cheaper housing and other housing reasons; the remaining 5.9% of other reasons are attending college, the change of cli
21、mate and health reasons. Americans have been migrating south and west for decades in search of better job opportunities and warmer climates. They have also been moving to places a little far from cities, in search of bigger yards and houses, lower crime rates and better schools. In 1950, nearly a fi
22、fth of the population lived in the nations 20 largest cities. In 2006, it was about one in ten. Thats why many American people say, “Big Cities Shrink as People Move South, West.” Between March 2005 and March 2007, 73.4 million Americans moved. Fifty-six percent of these moves were within the same c
23、ountry. Twenty percent were between counties but in the same state. Nineteen percent were moves to a different state. Some families even went abroad. Title: People on the 71 Lead-inThroughout human 72 , people have migrated across continents.An 73 number of people from poor countries are moving to 7
24、4 countries, especially neighboring ones._75 for peoples migrationAccording to the CPS, the 76 of people move to other places for reasons 77 to housing.Americans have long been moving south and west, looking 78 a better job chance, a warmer 79 and a bigger yard, etc.ConclusionNow every year more and
25、 more people move to other places, which seems to have become a global 80 .71. move, 72. history, 73. increasing, 74. richer/wealthier, 75. Reasons, 76. majority, 77. related/linked, 78. for, 79. climate, 80. tendency/phenomenon/trend任务型阅读（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表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格不超过3
26、个单词。The secret of successSince 1989， Dave Thomas， who died at age 69， was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared more than 800 commercials for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. As long as it works,” he said in 1991，Ill continue to do those commercials. Even though he was suc
27、cessful， Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. He still wont let anyone see his feet， which are out of shape because he has never had proper-fitting shoes,” Wendy said in 1993 and told us that sixty-one years ago， Dave Thomas was born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Aule
28、va. Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan when he was six weeks old. After Auleva died when he was 5，Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. He fed me， Thomas said, and if I got out .of line， hed beat me. When I found out I was (adopted), I didnt want to talk about
29、 it， and as I talked to people I grew older I got really a lot of encouragement When he was 12 years old， Thomas started working at a barbecue restaurant in Knoxville，Tenne. Moving out on his own at 15， Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurant. But he had something much better in mind. “
30、I thought if I owned a restaurant,” he said，I could eat for free. When he was 24， meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as a manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968. A year later, after breaking with Sanders，Thomas started the first Wendys Old
31、 Fashioned Hamburgers，in Columbus，Ohio，which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6，000 restaurants worldwide，the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales. Although troubled by his own experience with an adoption， Thomas，married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown k
32、ids besides Wendy，felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation for adoption in 1992. Later，Thomas，who had left school at 15，graduated from Coconut Great High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most like
33、ly to succeed. Thomas is survived by his wife of 47 years，Lorraine， five children and 16 grandchildren. His foundation helps raise awareness for the 134000 foster children available for adoption，and helps make adoption more affordable. The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave, said his friend Pat Wi
34、lliams. He wasnt a great actor or a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody. The main events of Daves lifeIn (71) _ He was born to a single mother.6 weeks oldHe (72) _ as a baby by Rex an Auleva Thomas.At the age of fiveThomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around (73) _.In 1944Thomas star
35、ted working at (74) _ in Knoxville, Tenn.15 years oldHe (75) _ on his own.In 1954Thomas (76) _ Lorraine.In (77) _He met with Harland Sanders.In 1968He became a (78) _.In (79) _Thomas started the first Wendys Old Fashioned Hamburgers，in Columbus.In 1993, graduated from Coconut Great High School in Fl
36、orida. The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave, said his friend Pat Williams. He wasnt a great actor or a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody. And in 2001, Thomas (80) _.71.1932 72.was adopted 73.seeking construction work 74.a barbecue restaurant 75.moved out 76.married 77.1956 78.millionaire
37、79.1969 80.died/passed away任务型阅读（共10分，每小题1分，满分10分）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最恰当的单词。注意：每空不超过3个单词。Quality after-school programs are designed to improve academic performance, decrease youth crimes and other high-risk behaviors, and help young people grow into healthy, successful adults.The effect of q
38、uality after-school programs on academic performance is clear. Studies show that students who take part in such programs show better work habits, higher rates of homework completion, improved grades, and higher scores on achievement tests. They also have fewer absences and are less likely to blame.
39、After-school programs also influence high-risk teen behavior. Various studies show decreased rates of crime, drug use, and teen sex among youth who join in well-run after-school programs when compared to similar youth who do not. Finally, after-school programs play an important role in supporting th
40、e following fields of development: physical development, mental development and social development. Thus, one can safely say that after-school programming is an effective method to help young people become contributing members of society.Although there is enough proof from both small and large asses
41、sments that after-school programs can make a positive difference, it is important to note that not all programs are equal. First, dosage（时量）matters young people who attend the most hours over the most years benefit more than members who attend less often or over a shorter period of time. Next, after
42、-school programs make a bigger difference for those students who need help most and have the fewest choices. Finally, program qualities matter. After-school programs work best when they create unique opportunities for youth. They should provide opportunities, skill building meaningful involvement（参与
43、）, expression suggestion, service, and work. Staff characteristics make an important difference in the quality of a program. The adults should treat youth as partners, create safe and fair environment, encourage personalized（个性化的）involvement, and actively create learning opportunities. In short, alt
44、hough after-school programs have promising future, how they are designed and run matters.Title 71. l improving academic performance l 73. and high-risk behaviorsl helping young people grow into healthy successful adults 72. Conclusionl How to design and run the program is very importantl dosagel 80.
45、 l quality79. 78. l help young people become contributing members of societyAll-round developmentl physical developmentl mental developmentl 77. _ developmentDecreased high-risk teen behaviorsl decreased rates of crime, 76. , and teen sex among youth74. l better work habitsl higher rates of homework
46、 completionl improved grades and higher scoresl fewer absences and 75. Effects 71. Quality After-school Programs 72. Aims 73. decreasing youth crime74. Improved academic behaviors 75. less blame 76. drug use77. social 78. Result 79. Assessments 80. student difference阅读短文，根据所读内容在表格空格处填上适当的单词或短语，每空不超过3个单词。Happy birthday! Do birthday really make people happy? Of course they doBirthday celebrate the day when we were bornBesides, that extra candle on the cake suggest another year of growth and maturity（成熟）or so we hopeWe all like to imagine that we are getting wiser and not just olderM
