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九年级任务型阅读训练题
（一）
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成表格中所缺的信息。
What makes the world become smaller and smaller? Some inventions. It began in the 11th century, but it has developed greatly in the last century. Let’s take a look at the five top inventions. Movable Type（活字印刷）: By using Movable Type, books could be printed cheaply and easily. Bi Sheng invented Movable Type in China in the 11th century.
Telephone: The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876. “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.” he said to his assistant over the phone line. And with those famous words, the world was about to get much smaller.
Airplane: The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903. Air travel has made the faraway places suddenly become a lot closer.
Satellites（卫星）: The Soviet Union sent up the world’s first satellite in 1957. This began the Space Age. Satellites have helped scientists study the earth. Much of our knowledge of the world has come from the information recorded by satellites.
Internet: When the Internet was created in 1969, only a few people knew about it. But more than 650 million people in the world use it now. The Internet has made information about anything easy to get.
（二）
The Secret of Success
1. Your best chance of success is by doing what you really want to do. Ask
yourself, “If money were not so important, what kind of work would I do for free?” Then just do what you like to do.
2 Think about what you are going to do. You have to start somewhere and it may be quite
a real beginning. Whether you are beginning in business or you’re dreaming to be a star, you have to start at the bottom.
3. Great ambition（目标）is necessary. An English student called Richard Brason opened a student magazine when he was only 16 years old. But he didn’t stop there. He also opened a record business with many shops, and now his company has planes, trains and cars. 4. The only people who succeed without hard work are lottery（彩票）winners. You need a “can do” attitude（态度）and you must work step by step, which will help you get what you really want. You are on the right way to win the success.
5. If you always say someone is successful, it doesn’t mean anything to you. Learn from those who have already succeeded in something, especially where they do the same as you want to do.
A. Think big B. Start small C. Follow the leaders
D. Find the work you love E. Be prepared to work hard
阅读上面的5段语言材料，请找出与它们相对应的标题，并将其标号填入下列方框中。
（三）
Thumbs Down to Texting 屈指发短信
Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family? Text messaging or “texting”, is becoming very popular. But, scientists have discovered that texting can give us problems with our hands. Be careful! Too much texting can cause swelling（肿胀）in our thumbs（拇指）. Our thumbs were not made for pushing small buttons（按钮）, over and over. Scientists call his problem RSI（重复性紧张劳损）. We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who treats many sick people with RSI. She says we need to see how much time we are spending in typing text messages. If we are spending more than 10-15 minutes at once, we could have problems in the future.
As mobile phones develop, they are getting smaller with buttons closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. Using a computer keyboard and playing video games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find themselves with RSI. Among them, most are university students and teenagers, as they do not know the risks of spending so much time using computers, video games and mobile phones. If we don’t do something about this, too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.
1. What is becoming very popular now?
2. Does the word “once” mean “one time” in the second passage?
3. What kind of people are easier to have the problem of RSI?
4. What can also cause RSI except texting?
5. Which is easier to cause the problem of RSI, using smaller mobile phones or larger ones?
（四）
Most people can think of a sport they would love to see in Olympics. But they often don’t realize how hard it is to add a sport to the Olympics. A sport needs to be well-organized and popular before the International Olympic Committee(IOC) will consider it. An international federation must govern（控制）the sport by making rules and making sure athletes meet Olympic standards（标准）. What’s more, men from at least 75 counties and women from at least 40 must play the sport.
However, even meeting those conditions isn’t enough. The IOC always tries to keep the number of athletes at about 40,000 for each Olympic. Since most modern Olympics already included so many athletes, introducing a new sport often means cutting other events. The country that hosts the games is allowed to suggest what new sports should be included. While new sports are added to the Olympics, most of them will simply become events in another sports meeting. In Beijing, open water swimming will become part of swimming, while women’s steeplechase（障碍赛）will be added to athletics.
根据文章内容，完成下列任务：
1. How can a sport be added to the Olympics? 从短文中找出三个条件。 ⑴ ⑵ ⑶ 2. 根据文章内容，选择适当的词语完成句子。
and will become new sports in the 2008 Olympics. （五）
What is your favorite cartoon? It may be difficult for you to decide. But for pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry is the best one.
When Lang Lang was two years old, he saw Tom playing the piano. This was his first time to enjoy western music and this experience encouraged him to learn to play the piano. His talent at the keyboard has taken him from Shenyang to the world.
Lang Lang became a good piano student at three. Ever since, the boy has been doing better and better. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college. Lang Lang’s performances are energetic. He is well-known for making facial expressions and moving around while playing the piano.
The road to success has never been easy. Lang Lang’s father stopped his job to look after
him, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. But Lang Lang considers himself lucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.
（六）
1. Sandy is fifteen years old and she wishes to be her own .
2. Sandy thinks her parents and her teachers are always telling her what to do. Give an example.
3. 将文中括号内的英文句子补充完整。
4. 将划线句子She says I’m “babying” her and I hate to see her mad at me. 译成汉语。
5. Should Sandy look after Mrs White’s pet dog? Why or why not? （七）
CCTV held a charity show in May to raise money for the earthquake-hit areas in Sichuan. Many famous stars took part in the show. ⑴They didn’t ask for any pay, they all did it for free. There were a lot of performances like singing, dancing and cross-talks. ⑵The audience were so excited that they clapped their hands all the time. Almost everyone was moved to cry by a lot of sad or moving stories. During the performances, they donated money to the disaster areas. The show was so successful.
Besides that, many other stars are doing things for disaster areas in many ways. Kungfu star Jackie Chan and the foundation named Hong Kong Emperor Group have together donated 10 million yuan. And he also sent his consolation to the people in the disaster areas and encouraged them to hold on because “People all the country are with you.” Xiao Ke, a songwriter, wrote and recorded a song “I Know You Will Come” to warm the hearts of the people in despair. CCTV’s top show “The Same Song” also held a special charity to help them.
Both the ticket money and the donated money will be sent to the disaster areas. As the Chinese saying goes ⑶“One in trouble, all to help.” I believe that the whole world will become better if everyone of us gives charity to others.
1. 用without 把⑴句的两个单句连成一个句子。 They did it any . 2. 把⑵句改成意思相同的简单句。
The audience were to clap their hands all the time. 3. 将⑶句翻译成汉语。
4. 用斜体句中的“both„ and„” 仿造一个句子。
（八）
In today’s world many people seem to be hungry for money. Money does have its most useful effect on the poor. But even if a person has already got plenty of money, .
If money were everything, all millionaires would have real love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always correct.
Since the beginning of time no three words have ever invited more pleasure than “I love you”. But can love be bought? I’m afraid not. Love means to give, not to take. To every person, health and a long life are probably the best things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is “No”. Of all the longest living people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be bought, either. In a word, where money is dreamed too much, it can cause brothers to quarrel, marriage to end, lovers to hate, and strangers to fight. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.
1. 从文中找出与下句意义相近的句子。
It seems that a lot of people want money very much now. 2. 根据短文内容回答问题。
What are probably the most important things to everyone? 3. 根据短文内容，将第一段最后一句补充完整。
But even if a person has already got plenty of money, 4. 将文中划线句子翻译成汉语。
5. 根据短文内容，写出文章的标题。
（九）
阅读下面的短文，根据所给语境，按要求完成下列各题。 New rulers and behavior standards（行为规范）for middle school students came out in March. ①Who are the most excellent students? Middle school uses a new way to decide them. The best students won’t only have high marks. They will also be kids who don’t dye（染）their hair, smoke or drink. The following are some of the new rules.
Tell the truth. Have you ever copied someone else’s work on an exam? Don’t do it again. That’s not something an honest student should do. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room, don’t tell your parents you have done your homework. Do more at school. ②Good students love animals and care for others. April is Bird-Loving Month in China. Is your school doing anything to celebrate? You should join! That way, you can learn more about animals and how to protect them. When more people work together, it makes it more fun for everyone.
Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Maybe
you discover Earth someday. Don’t look down on new ideas. Everyone’s ideas are important. You should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyone.
③Use the Internet carefully. Try not to look at Web pages that are bad for you. You can use the Web for homework. Can’t you find good Web sites for children? Here are some: eastday.com http://
1. 根据①处完成下面的句子（每空一词）。 Middle school uses a new way to decide the most excellent students . 2. 将②处翻译成汉语。
3. 根据③处完成下面的句子（每空一词）。
If you the Internet, you should away from unhealthy Web pages.
（十）
玲玲在英语学习上遇到了困难，她想发个邮件给课本的英方主编Simon Greenall先生，希望得到帮助。在你的帮助下，她写好了邮件。当她去问老师邮箱地址时，调皮的同桌大明把邮件内容的顺序打乱并删除了最后一句的部分文字。请你帮玲玲重新排序并完成最后一句。 将A、B、C、D四个选项填入下面相应的横线上（1-4小题）。并补全第5小题。
A. I’m very glad to write to you. I’m a student from Jiaxing, Zhenjiang, China. I know you’re the writer of our English textbook. I’ve got many problems in English learning. B. Second, when I read English, I meet many new words. So I can’t understand the passage. C. The above problems trouble me a lot. What should I do?
D. First, in English class I can’t follow my teacher because I’m not good at listening.
（十一）
Parents are the closest people to you in the world. They love you just because you are you. And they would do anything for you.
Like a lot of middle school students, Zhang Yu has a problem. She and her parents don’t get on well. “I really want to be my daddy’s little girl. But it feels like he just doesn’t understand. He talks at me and doesn’t listen.”said Zhang, a junior 3 student in Taiyuan, Shanxi.
Do you and your parents also have problems?
Well, why don’t you all take a walk and have a talk on Saturday? It’s the International
Day of Families. On May 15, people around the world give thanks for good things about their families and work on family problems.
A study last year showed that 1,500 Beijing families had the same problem as Zhang’s family: The children, 12 to 15 years old, didn’t like talking with their parents much. They weren’t happy at home. Of course, lots of kids feel that way. But you and your parents will be much happier if you can be friends. Here are some ways to have a good talk with them：
Find a good time to talk, for example, when you’re eating dinner, going out for a walk or watching TV.
Tell them something you’re interested in, or ask them about their lives when they were young. They love to talk about it.
Listen to them carefully and look them in the eye.
Be honest. Your parents will trust you more. And a trusting family is a happy family. 根据短文内容，将相关信息填入表格。
Now I’d like to say something about Larry. Well, Larry is an inventor. His job is to invent new things. He works when he’s got an idea. His workroom is in his house, so he can work whenever he wants to. Sometimes he works seven days a week; sometimes he doesn’t work for days. Larry usually gets up at about 5 o’clock. He makes some tea, and starts work at 6. He drinks tea all day, but usually he doesn’t eat anything until the evening. First, Larry cleans his workroom and turns on the answerphone because he can’t talk to people when he’s got an idea. Then he starts to work. He usually has a rest after two or three hours, but he doesn’t leave the workroom. He does something different to help him relax. Sometimes he does some exercises, and at other times, he listens to music. He usually stops work at about 9 o’clock in the evening. He thinks about his work most of the time, even when he’s out. He’s interested in what’s around him and he likes looking for new ideas and new problems to deal with. That’s Larry. 根据短文内容，将有关信息填入表格。 Information about Larry
【试题答案】 （一）
1. The (Top) Inventions Make the World (Become) Smaller 2. Where / The Country / The Countries / The Place (s) 3. (in the ) 11th century
4. helping scientists study the earth 5. information （二）DBAEC
（三）
1. Texting. / Text messaging. / Sending text messages.
2. Yes. / Yes, it does.
3. University students and teenagers. / Young people. / Young learners.
4. Using a computer keyboard and playing video games. 5. Using smaller mobile phones. / Using smaller ones. （四）
1. ⑴A sport needs to be well-organized and popular.
⑵An international federation must govern the sport by making rules and making sure athletes meet Olympic standards.
⑶Men from at least 75 counties and women from at least 40 must play the sport. 2. Open water swimming; women’s steeplechase （五）
1. Information 2. 1982 / nineteen eighty-two 3. Talent 4. cartoon 5. helping 6. love 7. well 8. enter 9. energetic 10. making （六）
1. boss / master
2. It’s time for bed, Sandy. 或Sandy, stand up straight.或 Sandy, you must improve your handwriting.
3. I’m worried. （凡是表明“我”持怀疑或反对态度的答案均可） 4. 她说我总是把她看成孩子，而我也不想看到她朝我发火。 5. 此题凡合理的答案均可得分。
No, I don’t think so, because she is too young and inexperienced. 或Yes, I think so. If she has problem, she can ask Mrs White for help. （七）
1. without; pay / money 2. excited enough 3. 一方有难，八方支援。 4. 只要语法正确，语句通顺，都可得满分。 （八）
1. In today’s world many people seem to be hungry for money.
2. Health and a long life 3. it doesn’t mean he has got everything. 4. 在世界上所有的长寿人群中，百万富翁很少。
5. Is Money Everything?
（九）1. who, are 2. 好学生热爱动物并且关心他人。 3. use / search, keep （十）
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. you can give me some advice on it soon. （十一）
1. Children don’t like talking with their parents much.
2. when you are eating dinner, going out for a walk or watching TV. 3. something you’re interested in.
4. about their lives when they were young.
5. listen to them carefully and look them in the eye.
（十二）
1. seven / 7 2. tea 3. the evening 4. taking some exercises 5. What the inventor Larry’s life is like?
九年级英语任务型阅读专项训练题
(1)Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente was born in 1934 near San Juan, Puerto Rico. His parents did not have much
He listened to baseball games on the radio. He played baseball games on the radio. He played baseball with his friends. He also played in high school on a city team. When he graduated from high school in 1953, nice professional teams wanted Clemente to play fro them. The Brooklyn Dodgers offered him $10,000. Clemente said “yes”. Then another team 1. 将(1)处改为同义句2.将(2)处改为复合句 3.将(3)处译成汉语
(2)How can a plant kill?
People kill. Animals kill. Animals and people kill for food, or they kill their enemies. People and animals can move around and find something to kill. They can run away from an enemy. They can kill it if it is necessary.
Many kinds of animals eat plants. The plants cannot run away from their enemies. Some plants from these plants. Most of them grow in the desert or in the tropics.
Today farmers use many kinds of poison on their farms. Most of these poisons come from
petroleum, but petroleum is expensive. Scientists collect poisonous plants and study them. Maybe farmers can use cheap poison from plants instead of expensive poison from petroleum(石油).
1. 将（1）处改为简单句2. 将（2）处译成汉语
(3)
Scientists are trying to turn deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and food there . However, more and more land is becoming desert. Why? Scientists think that people are doing bad things to turn good land into desert.
(B)but they still do not become desert. This is because green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important do dry places. Plants do not 1. 在（A）的空白处填入一个适当的词语。
2. 将划线部分（B）译成英语 3. 将划线部分（C）译成汉语 4. 将划线部分（D）改写成：Land can become desert much more easily there are plants.
(4)
Older children like stories about children of their own age. They like them more than stories about adults. They also like fantasies(幻想). These are stories about strange and wonderful places.
In Egypt and other Arab countries, stories from Arabian Nights are very popular. Some of these stories are quite popular in America, too. However, they are not as popular as American stories, such as Little Women or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Do you have a favorite story?
1. 将（1）句改为同义句 2. 将（2）句改为主动语态 3. 将（3）句译成中文
(5)
“I don’t fell well, doctor,” he said. “Please find out what’s wrong with me.”
“Take off your clothes and lie on the bed,” the young doctor said, “I’ll examine(检查) you.” The old man took off his clothes and lay down on the bed, and the young doctor examined him. He listened to his heart. He looked into his throat(咽喉). He examined every part of him. At last he said, “I’m sorry, but I can’t find anything wrong with you. You’re as healthy as I am.” “That’s very strange,” the old man said, “because I fell really bad.”
“Come back tomorrow and see me again if you don’t feel better,” the young doctor said. “I’ll examine you again.”
“All right, doctor,” the old man said .
Slowly, he stood up and put on his clothes. Then he walked out of the hospital.
A few seconds later, the doctor’s nurse ran in.
“Doctor! Doctor!” she cried . “That man you said was healthy has just died outside the door.” The doctor thought quickly.
“Then turn the body around so that people will think he is coming in,” he said.
and she hurried off. She went on driving fast and all the cars and buses had to make way for her. But soon it hit a big tree by a narrow street and the driver was hurt.
Mr Hunt got off and looked around. There were not any persons or cars and nobody could help him. He had to take her to hospital by himself. He moved the woman away and was going to drive the
“No, I didn’t,” said the driver. “I’ve left my glasses at home.” 1. 将（1）中的两个简单句合并成一个复合句
2. 写出（2）的同义句
(6)
Mr Shaw wrote a lot of nice novels and the entire world knew him.
Mr Shaw was often asked to all kinds of parties. A lot of important men hoped to know him. One day a famous singer asked him to her party. When Mr Shaw came in, all the people stood up except a young man. The singer hurried to meet him and asked him to sit down next to her. The young man’s He talked a lot and tried to show he was a know-all. All the people politely listened to him and nobody would interrupt him. It made Mr Shaw unhappy. “Please listen to me, my friend,” Mr Shaw had to stop him. “I think only we both know the things in the world!”
“Maybe you know all, ”said Mr Shaw, “but you don’t know one thing!” “We are all tired of you.” Mr Shaw said with a smile. “Just I know it!”
The young man’s face turned red and didn’t say anything until he left. 1. 将（1）处的句子改成含原因状语从句的复合句。
2. 将（2）处的英文句子译成汉语。
3. 将（3）处的句子改为含时间状语从句的复合句。
(7)
Something was wrong with Mr Hunt’s eyes and his friends told him to see the doctors in the capital. The train was late that day when he arrived there. He felt hungry and bought some food for a taxi while eating the sandwich and chips.
1. 将（1）处的句子改为简单句
2. 将（2）处的英文句子译成汉语
3. 将（3）处的句子改为间接引语
(8)
I asked children about their TV watching habits in three different groups-from four to six, from seven to twelve and from thirteen to sixteen. The children in the first group watch TV for an average(平均) of two hours in the day and an average of one hour at night. The children in the second group watch it for an average of two and a half hours at night. The children in the 3rd group watch it for an average of one and a half hours at night.
Cartoons are the favorite shows of the first group . The favorite shows of the 2nd group are TV
plays and the favourite shows of the 3rd group are quiz programmers.
Simon
根据调查记录完成表格：
(9)
HOUSE SALE(出售): Comfortable family home with large garden on north side of town. Three bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom, pay￥ 280.000 for it.
The Browns are looking for a new house. Mr Brown wants to live on the north side of the town
near his work. Mrs Brown wants a house with four bedroom. Their children don’t care what the house is like but the garden is big enough.
DRIVER WANIED for restaurant . Some evening and weekend work. All meals free. Ring
3320178.
Jack has always wanted to drive. He thinks it’s very interesting. The work is hard but he doesn’t
mind. He has to work in the evening and at weekends but he can get some weekdays off. It’s not very well paid, but he never minds. JOIN OUR FOOTBALL TEAM Boys and girls wanted to play for a local(本地的) football team. Aged 9-13. Meet in Green Park on Friday at 9 p.m.
Tom: There’s a new football team starting in the village, mum. I’m old enough to play in it. School it over at 3:30. So I’d have plenty of time.
Mum: Well, I’m sure you could do your homework in the evening . But Look, Tom, you haven’t read the paper carefully. You can’t play for this team. 1. What do you think of the house?
2. What didn’t the Browns buy the house in the nd?
3. What does “all meals free” mean?
4. Why does Jack want to get the job in the restaurant?
(10)Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker was the first African American woman in the United States to make a million dollars. She was horn Sarah Breedlove in 1867 on a farm in delta, Louisiana. Her family was very poor, and her life as very hard. (1). Sarah did not go to school. Every day she worked from morning to night in the cotton fields.
When Sarah was seven, her parents died. She went to Mississippi to live with her married sister. Her sister’s husband was very mean to her. Sarah wanted to get away, so she got married when she died. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri. For the next 18 years, she worked washing clothes for $1.50 things on her hair, but nothing worked. One night she had a dream about what to mix up and use for her hair. It worked! Sarah gave it to her friends. It worked for them, too. She went from door to door to sell her new hair product. Then she made other hair care products. Soon she had her own business. 1. 将（1）句汉译英
2. 将（2）句改为定语从句
3. 将（3）句改为同义句
(11)【人教版初三下英语任务型阅读题】
Our environment is fragile－it needs taking care of. The problem is that there are over 6 billion people on the earth and they all need houses, fuel(燃料) , food, clothing and water. Our environment can give us all these if we take good care of it.
Some countries take more than their share from the environment. The people in these countries want cars, packaged food, big houses, raw materials and many other “extras”. Luckily, only about 50 countries in the world demand(要求) these extras. Our environment gets damaged(遭破坏) even in
In order to stop the environment from deteriorating(恶化) further and to allow people to live a better life, world conference(会议) was held in Brazil in 1992. Leaders from over 150 countries met together to agree on solutions(解决方法) to the worlds ecological(生态的) problems. They asked the governments and people to change wasteful consumption patterns(消费方式) . They also said that rich countries should provide more help for the poor countries so that environmental problems could be dealt with more quickly. 1. 将（1）处句子译成汉语
2. 将（2）外句子改为简单句
3. 写出（3）处的同义句
(12)
Selma Scarausi looked at her baby daughter and smiled. The baby smiled back. Selma began to cry. “I love my baby very much,” Selma thought. “But is she really my baby?”
Selma’s baby was born at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A few days later Selma and the baby baby didn’t look like her parents. The baby had dark skin and curly hair, but Selma and her husband had light skin and straight hair. “Babies change,” everyone thought . “She will look like her parents when she is older.”
But the baby didn’t change. When she was nice months old, she still looked very different from her parents. Selma and her husband, Paulo, took the baby back to the hospital. (2)
“Of course she is your baby,” the director said. “Immediately after the babies are born, we give them bracelets with numbers. Your baby was number 51. You left the hospital with baby 51. A
mistake is impossible.”
“A mistake is possible,” Selma and Paulo thought. “We have another family’s baby. And somewhere another family has our baby. But Sao Paulo is a city of seven million people. How can we find our baby?”
Selma and Paulo went to the hospital again. A nurse at the hospital told Paulo, “I remember another couple. Their baby didn’t look like them. The parents had dark skin, but the baby had very curly hair, but the baby had straight hair.”
The next day Selma took her baby to the couple’s house. She knocked, and a woman opened the door. The woman took one look at Selma’s baby and fainted. Selma helped her into the house. There, in the living room, was a nine-month-old baby. Selma knew that the baby was hers. The hospital made a mistake. Both babies were born at the hospital on the same day. The hospital gave both babies the number 51.
During the next weeks the two families prepared to exchange babies. First they exchanged information about the babies’ habits. Then they exchanged toys and clothes. Finally, with smiles and tears, they exchanged babies. 1. 将（1）处句子改为简单句
2. 将（2）处句子改为宾语从句
3. 将（3）处句子改为被动语态形式
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Fro centuries it kept the America from being discovered by the people of Europe.
Many wrong ideas about the Atlantic made early sailors unwilling to sail far out into it. One idea was that it reached out to “the edge of the world. ”Sailors were afraid that they might sail right off the earth. Another idea was that at the equator(赤道) the ocean would be boiling hot.
The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific, but it is still very large. It is more than 4,000 miles (6,000 km) wide where Columbus crossed it. Even at its narrowest it is about 2,000 miles(3,200 km) wide. Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual. For so large an ocean it has very few islands. Also, it is the world’s saltiest ocean.
But deep, but in some places it is much deeper. The deepest spot is near Puerto Rico(波多黎各). This “deep” measures 30,246 feet－almost six miles(9.6km)
One of the longest mountain ranges of the world rises from the floor of the Atlantic. This
mountain range runs north and south down the middle of the ocean. The tops of a few of the mountains reach up above the sea, and make islands.
Today the Atlantic is a great highway. It is, however, not always smooth and safe one. Storms sweep across it and pile up great waves. Icebergs float down from the far north across the paths of ships .
Columbus sailed for more than two months to cross it. A fast modern steamship can make the trip in less than four days. Airplanes fly from New York to London in only eight hours and from South America to Africa in four! 1. 将（1）句改为简单句
2. 将（2）句改为原因状语从句
3. 将（3）句改为同义句
4. 将（4）句翻译成汉语
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ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said, “” No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. “Good boy! Please answer me, dear, ” said the officer.
With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, (C) 1. 将（A）句合并为一句。
2. 将（B）句改为同义句
3. 将（C）句用另外一句表达
(15)The advantages of watching TV
I like watching TV very much for I think it has many advantages(长处). First of all, watching
Besides, watching TV is entertaining. There are many kinds of entertainments, such as sports activities(活动over ten hours to fly from New York to Paris, a week by train from Beijing to Moscow and an hour to drive from Queens to Manhattan. But within just one second, TV can bring us from an NBA game in New York to a fashion show in Paris by changing the channels.
Most importantly, watching TV is educational (有教育意义的). We can learn all kinds of subjects through the educational programmes and the special reports on TV, and it’s easy for us to learn Chinese from a Chinese teacher in Beijing and to learn Russian from a Russian teacher in 1. 将（1）句英译汉
2. 将（2）句改为同义句
3. 将（3）句改为被动语态
(16)A chimney sweep
Bruce Chapman is a chimney sweep. He is going to work. His clothes are unusual for a worker. He is wearing a tall hat, a formal coat, and a silk tie. He has a broom in his hand. Many chimney sweeps dress this special way. Now Bruce is ringing the bell. After he enters the house, he changes his clothes.
Sweeping chimney They only carry the brooms. They store their equipment in their trucks.
Bruce has air tanks so he does not breathe toxic substances. Now he is covering his body, face,
Bruce finds spider webs, insects, and a small dead animal in the chimney. Now the chimney is clean, but Bruce’s work is not finished yet. He is cleaning the room and putting his tools back into the truck.
Chimney sweeps save lives. Chimney fires are dangerous and expensive. Twenty-eight percent
1. 将（1）句改为被动语态2. 将（2）句英译汉
3. 将（3）句改成同义句
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Clem Quinn was always interested in flying. in his twenties, he didn’t become a pilot, instead he became a taxi drive. Then 20 years ago he did a parachute(跳伞) jump and
“I love sky-diving because the world looks so good blue sky, green fields, white clouds. When you’re floating through the air, it’s just like floating in water. You can see forever, all the way to the French coast. The scenery is beautiful. You can forget all your worries. People think it is dangerous but it’s very safe. Football is much more dangerous. Footballers often have accidents. When did you hear of a sky-diving with 100 people from six planes. That’s a record. I’m never going to give up. I’m going to jump out of planes until I’m an old man.” 1. 将（1）句复合句变简单句
2. 将（2）句改为同义句
3. 将（3）句改为复合句
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and never worried about food or clothes. When Allan grew up, he wasn’t able to do anything. Once his father was ill in hospital, but he never went to look after him. Even when the doctors operated on his father, he was drinking at home. He took care of nobody except himself. Mr Read was angry with him. When he came out of hospital, he left some money to his son and moved to another town.
couldn’t find any work in the town. He had to beg from door to door. He often stayed somewhere for day if he couldn’t find anything . People didn’t know what to do with him. “Well, then,” said Mr King. “Follow me , please.”
Allan was happy. He said to himself, “He must give me much nice food.”
After a while they came to the church(教堂). Mr King said, “It’s God’s home, dear God’s guest!
中考英语任务型阅读训练题型
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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 Imagination
The 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 kilometers wide enters the Earth's 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. The 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 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 won't escape for long. 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 won't 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 happen? 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 couldn't live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?【人教版初三下英语任务型阅读题】
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 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 information 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 stripe 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 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, 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.
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 migration 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 same 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 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; 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 climate 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 fifth of the population lived in the nation’s 20 largest cities. In 2006, it was about one in ten. That’s 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 country. Twenty percent were between counties but in the same state. Nineteen percent were moves to a different state. Some families even went abroad.
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个单词。
The secret of success
Since 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，"I'll continue to do those commercials."
Even though he was successful， Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won't 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 Auleva. 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 con¬struction work. "He fed me，" Thomas said, "and if I got out .of line， he'd beat me." "When I found out I was (adopted), I didn't want to talk about 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. “I thought if I owned a restaurant,” he
manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a million¬aire in 1968.
A year later, after breaking with Sanders，Thomas started the first Wendy's Old 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 kids 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 vot¬ed him "Most likely 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 afford¬able. "The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," said his friend Pat Williams. "He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker." He was just Joe Everybody." The main events of Dave’s life
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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 quality 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. 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 the 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 assessments 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-school programs make a bigger difference for those students who
2014尚店中学初三英语任务型阅读训练题
1、(三)阅读短文，完成第Ⅱ卷第四大题的56-60小题。【2013山东临沂】
You may love to see tigers at the zoo. But what if you had to stay with one on a boat on the open sea for over 200 days? Life of Pi《(少年派的奇幻漂流》)，the movie from American Chinese director（导演），Li An, tells an amazing story.
Pi is a boy. He lives happily with his family in a beautiful Indian town. His father has a zoo, so Pi knows a lot about animals.
But one day, his father decides to move to Canada, He will sell all his animals there. The family begin to sail on the Pacific with all the zoo animals. But a big storm（暴风雨）hits their ship at night Finally, Pi finds the only survivors(幸存者)are himself and a large tiger called Parker on an 8 meter boat.
To keep himself alive, Pi has to keep feeding the tiger so that he himself does not get eaten. He tries to get on well with the tiger during a 227-day sail on the sea.
The movie is from a Canadian writer Yann Martel’s book of the same name. The book has sold 7 million copies worldwide. It discusses not only hope but also relationship（关系）between humans and nature.
It took Li An four years to make the movie. He also used 3D for his first time. He hopes the movie will “make the people think”. Life of Pi opened in Chinese theaters on November 22,2012.
56. Where does Pi’s father decide to move?
57. What happens when they sail on the Pacific at night? 58. Why does Pi have to keep feeding the tiger?
59. What does the movie discuss?
60. How long did it take Li An to make the movie?
2【2013山东枣庄】 阅读表达（共5小题，每小题2分，共10 分）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容回答下列各题，把答案写在每小题后的横线上。
“Curry” is the English word used to describe meat or vegetables in a spicy ,usually served with rice .It is believed that the word “Curry” comes from Indonesian word “Kan”.
Curries have been very popular dishes in many Asian countries throughout history .Although curry is believed to come originally from India ,it has been eaten in many other Asian countries such as Pakistan .
,Bangladesh, Sri Lanks ,Nepal, Indoncsia, Malaysia and Thailand ---for thousand of years.
Today, curries are eaten all over the world .This tasty, spicy dish was brought to the West by British People from India in the 18th century.
time and distance, the flavours of dishes change so that the people eating the dish will like it .For example, the most popular curry in restaurants in the UK is called Chicken Tikka Masals .Many British people think this is an Indian dish .However, it is really a dish created by restaurants in the UK and is not a traditional Asian dish at all.
Today .curry is loved by all over the world, unless, of course they don’t like spicy food.
71. The underline word “curry” means ____________________________________in the passage. 72. Where does curry come originally from?
______________________________________________________________ 73. When did “curry” get to the west?
________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________ 75. Who don’t like curry?
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3【2013四川广安】阅读下面的短文，然后根据文章内容简要回答16--20小题。
Many years ago, there was a family called Franklin. They lived in America. There were five girls and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1706, another baby boy was born. The boy’s mother and her husband gave the boy a name — Benjamin.
Benjamin was the cleverest of all the children. He could read when he was five and he could write at the age of seven. When he was eight, he was sent to school.
In school Benjamin had been good at reading and writing but not good at maths. He read all of his father’s books. And whenever he had a little money, he bought a book with it. He liked books. They told him how to do something. At that time he invented the paddles (脚蹼) for swimming.
16. Where did the family live? __________________________ 17. When was Benjamin born? ____________________________ 18. How old could Benjamin read? _________________________ 19. Was Benjamin good at maths? ____________________________
20. How many children were there in the family? _________________________________
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56. When is the English speech contest for their whole city?
57. Why does everyone make sure Ann will win the English speech contest? 58. What is Ann’s problem?
59. What’s the relationship（关系）between Ann and Rose?
60. Does Rose believe the Knowledgeable can give them some good advice? 5【2013山东威海】 A Class Schedule（课程表）
Mike goes to Wilson High School in America. He has the same classes on weekdays. His schedule is below. It includes the period and time, the class name, a room number, and a teacher’s name. Read the whole information and answer the following questions.
51. What days of the week does this schedule cover? 52.Who is Mike’s English teacher?
53.When does Mike begin his Math class? 54. What classes does Mike have in Room325? 55.What classes does Mr. Hays have?
九年级英语任务型阅读专项训练题
(1)Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente was born in 1934 near San Juan, Puerto Rico. His parents did not have much money. But they taught their children to be good and hones.
baseball games on the radio. He played baseball with his friends. He also played in high school on a city team. When he graduated from high school in 1953, nice professional teams wanted Clemente to play fro them. The Brooklyn Dodgers offered him $10,000. Clemente said “yes”. 1. 将(1)处改为同义句 2.将(2)处改为复合句 3.将(3)处译成汉语
(2)How can a plant kill?
People kill. Animals kill. Animals and people kill for food, or they kill their enemies. People and animals can move around and find something to kill. They can run away from an enemy. They can kill it if it is necessary.
Many kinds of animals eat plants. The plants cannot run away from their enemies. Some grow in the desert or in the tropics.
Today farmers use many kinds of poison on their farms. Most of these poisons come from petroleum, but petroleum is expensive. Scientists collect poisonous plants and study them. Maybe farmers can use cheap poison from plants instead of expensive poison from petroleum(石油). 1. 将（1）处改为简单句 2. 将（2）处译成汉语
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Scientists are trying to turn deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the food there . However, more and more land is becoming desert. Why? Scientists think that people are doing bad things to turn good land into desert.
(B)but they still do not become desert. This is because green
plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important do dry places. Plants do not let the hot sun make the earth even drier.
1. 在（A）的空白处填入一个适当的词语。 2. 将划线部分（B）译成英语 3. 将划线部分（C）译成汉语
4. 将划线部分（D）改写成：Land can become desert much more easily there are plants.
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Different children like different stories.
Older children like stories about children of their own age. They like them more than stories about adults. They also like fantasies(幻想). These are stories about strange and wonderful places. Some of the best fantasies are movies-Star Wars and Star Trek, for example.
In Egypt and other Arab countries, stories from Arabian Nights are very popular. Some of these stories are quite popular in America, too. However, they are not as popular as American stories, such as Little Women or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Do you have a favorite story? 1. 将（1）句改为同义句 2. 将（2）句改为主动语态 3. 将（3）句译成中文
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“I don’t fell well, doctor,” he said. “Please find out what’s wrong with me.”
“Take off your clothes and lie on the bed,” the young doctor said, “I’ll examine(检查) you.” The old man took off his clothes and lay down on the bed, and the young doctor examined He listened to his heart. He looked into his throat(咽喉). He examined every part of him. At last he said, “I’m sorry, but I can’t find anything wrong with you. You’re as healthy as I am.”
“That’s very strange,” the old man said, “because I fell really bad.”
“Come back tomorrow and see me again if you don’t feel better,” the young doctor said.
“I’ll examine you again.” “All right, doctor,” the old man said .
Slowly, he stood up and put on his clothes. Then he walked out of the hospital. A few seconds later, the doctor’s nurse ran in.
“Doctor! Doctor!” she cried . “That man you said was healthy has just died outside the door.”
The doctor thought quickly.
“Then turn the body around so that people will think he is coming in,” he said.
1. 将（1）中的两个简单句合并成一个复合句
2. 写出（2）的同义句
3. What do you think of the doctor?
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Mr Shaw was often asked to all kinds of parties. A lot of important men hoped to know him. One day a famous singer asked him to her party. When Mr Shaw came in, all the people stood up except a young man. The singer hurried to meet him and asked him to sit down next to her. The young man’s father was one of the richest men in England and he was studying in Paris. tried to show he was a know-all. All the people politely listened to him and nobody would interrupt him. It made Mr Shaw unhappy. “Please listen to me, my friend,” Mr Shaw had to stop him. “I think only we both know the things in the world!”
“Maybe you know all, ”said Mr Shaw, “but you don’t know one thing!” “We are all tired of you.” Mr Shaw said with a smile. “Just I know it!” The young man’s face turned red and didn’t say anything until he left.
1. 将（1）处的句子改成含原因状语从句的复合句。
2. 将（2）处的英文句子译成汉语。
3. 将（3）处的句子改为含时间状语从句的复合句。
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Something was wrong with Mr Hunt’s eyes and his friends told him to see the doctors in
the capital. The train was late that day when he arrived there. He felt hungry and bought some waiting for a taxi while eating the sandwich and chips.
did not find it and she hurried off. She went on driving fast and all the cars and buses had to make way for her. But soon it hit a big tree by a narrow street and the driver was hurt.
Mr Hunt got off and looked around. There were not any persons or cars and nobody could help him. He had to take her to hospital by himself. He moved the woman away and was going to drive the taxi. “No, I didn’t,” said the driver. “I’ve left my glasses at home.”
1. 将（1）处的句子改为简单句【人教版初三下英语任务型阅读题】
2. 将（2）处的英文句子译成汉语
3. 将（3）处的句子改为间接引语
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I asked children about their TV watching habits in three different groups-from four to six, from seven to twelve and from thirteen to sixteen. The children in the first group watch TV for an average(平均) of two hours in the day and an average of one hour at night. The children in the second group watch it for an average of two and a half hours at night. The children in the 3rd group watch it for an average of one and a half hours at night.
Cartoons are the favorite shows of the first group . The favorite shows of the 2nd group are
TV plays and the favourite shows of the 3rd group are quiz programmers.
Simon
根据调查记录完成表格：
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HOUSE SALE(出售): Comfortable family home with large garden on north side of town.
Three bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom, pay￥ 280.000 for it.
The Browns are looking for a new house. Mr Brown wants to live on the north side of the town near his work. Mrs Brown wants a house with four bedroom. Their children don’t care what the house is like but the garden is big enough. DRIVER WANIED for restaurant . Some evening and weekend work. All meals free. Ring 3320178.
Jack has always wanted to drive. He thinks it’s very interesting. The work is hard but he doesn’t mind. He has to work in the evening and at weekends but he can get some weekdays off. It’s not very well paid, but he never minds. JOIN OUR FOOTBALL TEAM Boys and girls wanted to play for a local(本地的) football team. Aged 9-13. Meet in Green Park on Friday at 9 p.m.
Tom: There’s a new football team starting in the village, mum. I’m old enough to play in it. School it over at 3:30. So I’d have plenty of time.
Mum: Well, I’m sure you could do your homework in the evening . But Look, Tom, you haven’t read the paper carefully. You can’t play for this team. 1. What do you think of the house?
2. What didn’t the Browns buy the house in the nd?
3. What does “all meals free” mean?
4. Why does Jack want to get the job in the restaurant?
(10)Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker was the first African American woman in the United States to make a million dollars. She was horn Sarah Breedlove in 1867 on a farm in delta, Louisiana. Her family was very poor, and her life as very hard. (1)to school. Every day she worked from morning to night in the cotton fields.
When Sarah was seven, her parents died. She went to Mississippi to live with her married sister. Her sister’s husband was very mean to her. Sarah wanted to get away, so she got married 20, her husband died. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri. For the next 18 years, she worked She tried different things on her hair, but nothing worked. One night she had a dream about what to mix up and use for her hair. It worked! Sarah gave it to her friends. It worked for them, too. She went from door to door to sell her new hair product. Then she made other hair care products. Soon she had her own business.
1. 将（1）句汉译英
2. 将（2）句改为定语从句
3. 将（3）句改为同义句
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Our environment is fragile－it needs taking care of. The problem is that there are over 6 billion people on the earth and they all need houses, fuel(燃料) , food, clothing and water. Our environment can give us all these if we take good care of it.
Some countries take more than their share from the environment. The people in these countries want cars, packaged food, big houses, raw materials and many other “extras”. Luckily, only about 50 countries in the world demand(要求) these extras. Our environment gets damaged(遭破坏done by letting the industries pollute the water and the air.
In order to stop the environment from deteriorating(恶化) further and to allow people to live a better life, world conference(会议) was held in Brazil in 1992. Leaders from over 150 countries met together to agree on solutions(解决方法) to the worlds ecological(生态的) problems. They asked the governments and people to change wasteful consumption patterns(消费方式) . They also said that rich countries should provide more help for the poor countries so that environmental problems could be dealt with more quickly. 1. 将（1）处句子译成汉语
2. 将（2）外句子改为简单句
3. 写出（3）处的同义句
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Selma Scarausi looked at her baby daughter and smiled. The baby smiled back. Selma began to cry. “I love my baby very much,” Selma thought. “But is she really my baby?”
Selma’s baby was born at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A few days later Selma and the
’t look like her parents. The baby had dark skin and curly hair, but Selma and her husband had light skin and straight hair. “Babies change,” everyone thought . “She will look like her parents when she is older.”
But the baby didn’t change. When she was nice months old, she still looked very different from her parents. Selma and her husband, Paulo, took the baby back to the hospital. (2)
“Of course she is your baby,” the director said. “Immediately after the babies are born, we give them bracelets with numbers. Your baby was number 51. You left the hospital with baby 51. A mistake is impossible.”
“A mistake is possible,” Selma and Paulo thought. “We have another family’s baby. And somewhere another family has our baby. But Sao Paulo is a city of seven million people. How can we find our baby?”
Selma and Paulo went to the hospital again. A nurse at the hospital told Paulo, “I remember another couple. Their baby didn’t look like them. The parents had dark skin, but the baby had very curly hair, but the baby had straight hair.”
The next day Selma took her baby to the couple’s house. She knocked, and a woman opened the door. The woman took one look at Selma’s baby and fainted. Selma helped her into the house. There, in the living room, was a nine-month-old baby. Selma knew that the baby was hers. The hospital made a mistake. Both babies were born at the hospital on the same day. The hospital gave both babies the number 51.
During the next weeks the two families prepared to exchange babies. First they exchanged information about the babies’ habits. Then they exchanged toys and clothes. Finally, with smiles and tears, they exchanged babies. 1. 将（1）处句子改为简单句
2. 将（2）处句子改为宾语从句
3. 将（3）处句子改为被动语态形式
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centuries it kept the America from being discovered by the people of Europe.
Many wrong ideas about the Atlantic made early sailors unwilling to sail far out into it. One idea was that it reached out to “the edge of the world. ”Sailors were afraid that they might sail right off the earth. Another idea was that at the equator(赤道) the ocean would be boiling
hot.
The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific, but it is still very large. It is more than 4,000 miles (6,000 km) wide where Columbus crossed it. Even at its narrowest it is about 2,000 miles(3,200 km) wide. Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual. For so large an ocean it has very few islands. Also, it is the world’s saltiest ocean.
(3.2km) deep, but in some places it is much deeper. The deepest spot is near Puerto Rico(波多黎各). This “deep” measures 30,246 feet－almost six miles(9.6km)
One of the longest mountain ranges of the world rises from the floor of the Atlantic. This mountain range runs north and south down the middle of the ocean. The tops of a few of the mountains reach up above the sea, and make islands.
Today the Atlantic is a great highway. It is, however, not always smooth and safe one. Storms sweep across it and pile up great waves. Icebergs float down from the far north across the paths of ships .
Columbus sailed for more than two months to cross it. A fast modern steamship can make the trip in less than four days. Airplanes fly from New York to London in only eight hours and from South America to Africa in four! 1. 将（1）句改为简单句
2. 将（2）句改为原因状语从句
3. 将（3）句改为同义句
4. 将（4）句翻译成汉语
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the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said, “Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?”
No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in
the front put up his small dirty hand. “Good boy! Please answer me, dear, ” said the officer.
With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, (C) 1. 将（A）句合并为一句。
2. 将（B）句改为同义句
3. 将（C）句用另外一句表达
(15)The advantages of watching TV
I like watching TV very much for I think it has many advantages(长处). First of all,
Besides, watching TV is entertaining. There are many kinds of entertainments, such as sports activities(活动), singing and dancing concerts, plays and films all over the world at any We need at least over ten hours to fly from New York to Paris, a week by train from Beijing to Moscow and an hour to drive from Queens to Manhattan. But within just one second, TV can bring us from an NBA game in New York to a fashion show in Paris by changing the channels.
Most importantly, watching TV is educational (有教育意义的). We can learn all kinds of subjects through the educational programmes and the special reports on TV, and it’s easy for us to learn Chinese from a Chinese teacher in Beijing and to learn Russian from a Russian teacher 1. 将（1）句英译汉
2. 将（2）句改为同义句
3. 将（3）句改为被动语态
(16)A chimney sweep
Bruce Chapman is a chimney sweep. He is going to work. His clothes are unusual for a worker. He is wearing a tall hat, a formal coat, and a silk tie. He has a broom in his hand. Many chimney sweeps dress this special way. Now Bruce is ringing the bell. After he enters the house, he changes his clothes.
in their trucks.
Bruce has air tanks so he does not breathe toxic substances. Now he is covering his body,
Bruce finds spider webs, insects, and a small dead animal in the chimney. Now the chimney is clean, but Bruce’s work is not finished yet. He is cleaning the room and putting his tools back into the truck.
Chimney sweeps save lives. Chimney fires are dangerous and expensive. Twenty-eight 1. 将（1）句改为被动语态
2. 将（2）句英译汉
3. 将（3）句改成同义句
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didn’t become a pilot, instead he became a taxi drive. Then 20 years ago he did a parachute(跳伞) jump and loved it from then on. (2)being a taxi driver in London was a lot more dangerous
“I love sky-diving because the world looks so good blue sky, green fields, white clouds. When you’re floating through the air, it’s just like floating in water. You can see forever, all the way to the French coast. The scenery is beautiful. You can forget all your worries. People think it is dangerous but it’s very safe. Football is much more dangerous. Footballers often have accidents. When did you hear of a sky-diving with 100 people from six planes. That’s a record. I’m never going to give up. I’m going to jump out of planes until I’m an old man.” 1. 将（1）句复合句变简单句
2. 将（2）句改为同义句
3. 将（3）句改为复合句