中考真题英语任务型阅读

英语任务型阅读

Passage 1

It is said that more than four million people die each year from smoking. That number is

frightening.

Yet people around the world continue to smoke. In the United States, about forty-seven-million

adults smoke. This year, more than 430,000 Americans died of diseases which have something to

do with smoking. The American Cancer Society(美国癌症协会)says smoking harms the body

greatly. It warns that smoking even a number of cigarettes is dangerous.

It’s (63) ______________________________(戒烟是不容易的)However, doctors say you

probably will live longer if you do stop smoking. You will feel better and look better. You also will

protect the health of family members who breathe your smoke.

There is not one right way to stop smoking, doctors say. Any way can help. You can take long

walks or spend time in places where smoking is not allowed. Also, you can eat a small piece of fruit

or vegetable instead of having a cigarette. (64)The sooner you stop smoking, the more you’ll reduce

(减少) your chances of getting cancer and other diseases.

Stop smoking before smoking stops you!

(一)根据短文内容，简要回答下列问题。

61. How many people die from smoking each year?

62. What does the American Cancer Society say about smoking?

(二)根据短文中所给汉语完成句子。

63. It’s______________________________________________________.

(三)把短文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。

64. _________________________________________________________.

(四)给短文拟一个恰当的英文标题。

65. _________________________________________________________

Passage 2翻译语篇 阅读下面的短文，将文中划线部分的句子做相应的英、汉互译。

The students were having their chemistry class. 66. Miss Li was telling the students what

water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What’s water?” No one answered. A few

minutes later, Miss Li asked again, ”67. 你们为什么不回答我的问题呢？Didn’t I tell you what

water was like?”

Just then a student put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no color

and no smell. However, where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is

always black, and it has a bad smell.” 68. 大多数学生同意他的意见。

“I’m sorry, children.” said the teacher, 69. “Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That’s a

problem. 70. We should do what we can to make the world cleaner.”

66.___________________________________________________________

67.___________________________________________________________

68.____________________________________________________________

69.____________________________________________________________

70.____________________________________________________________

Passage 3

Bollywood: the Hollywood of India

You might be surprised to learn that India produces about 800 movies a year, and that number

continues to grow. Just as the movie Capital of the United States is Hollywood, the movie capital of

India is Bombay (孟买), but it is usually called "Bollywood", a combination(结合) of the words

Bombay and Hollywood.

No Bollywood movie is thought complete without a few songs and dances. In fact, music is an

important part of Bollywood movies. Even a bad movie can still do well if the music is good. Music

directors are sometimes more popular than the film stars. A Bollywood movie has five to six songs

with at least three songs to show what the dances mean.

Bollywood may be different from Hollywood in music, but it is very like Hollywood in several

ways. If Tom Cruise can hold a gun, so can the Bollywood hero Sharukh Khan. Hollywood stars are

followed by news reporters just as often as Hollywood stars. The persona! lives of actors and

actresses catch the headlines(头版头条), just as they do in the United States.

The Oscars are a very exciting time of the year for actors and actresses in America, Bollywood

has its own form of the Oscars, and they are also very exciting.

71. The name Bollywood comes from the words

_______________________.

72. Bollywood is a place where many

___________

are made each year, 73. In India, the film stars are sometimes______popular than music directors.

74. Every complete Bollywood movie has a few _______________________in them. 75. The Oscars in India are as_____as those in America though they are different.

Passage 4

Failure is what often happens. It is everywhere in our life. Students may fail in exams,

scientists may fail in their research work, and players may fail in competitions. (A) Although failure

happens to everyone, but different people’s attitudes(态度) towards failure are different.

Some people don’t think that their failure is an important thing at all. So they pay no attention

to it. As a result, they will have the (B) failure later. Some people think they themselves are