专题10 押任务型阅读之回答问题-备战2022年中考英语临考题号押题（全国通用）

押通用版 任务型阅读 回答问题 一、（2021·湖南郴州市·中考真题） 阅读短文，然后根据短文内容简要回答问题。 Jane was not a confident girl before, because she was fat and others often laughed at her. As a result, Jane became very shy. She was scared to say hello to strangers. She was afraid to ask simple questions and speak loud in front of others. It seemed that she felt afraid of everything in her life. She used to believe that she would be like this all her life. But one day, her friend Paul’s words changed her mind. He encouraged Jane to change herself. He said, “If you can give it a try, you will have a chance to make a change. But if you never try, your life is only going to get worse.” Jane was deeply touched by what Paul said. She thought, “Why not have a try? After all, I had nothing to lose.” The first thing Jane did was lose weight. She had a strict diet and did exercise every day. After 6 months, she lost 90 pounds. This taught her that she could change herself. A few months later, Jane heard about a speech competition at her university. She plucked up (鼓起) the courage to sign up for the competition. For the first time, she was able to share her story and speak loud in front of many people. In the end, she got a big prize! After the competition, Jane made a to-do list and started changing rapidly. She tried her best to finish the things on the list one by one. When working on them, she became more and more confident. Jane was still making progress now. And she will never stop. 1．Why was Jane not confident before? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2．Who encouraged Jane to change herself? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3．How did Jane lose weight? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 4．What did Jane share in the speech competition? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 5．Did Ja