专项04 任务型阅读专项练---2022-2023学年九年级英语上学期期中复习（人教新目标）

专项04 任务型阅读 ---2022-2023学年九年级英语上学期期中复习 1、 阅读回答问题 （一） （2021·湖南·长沙市九年级期中） 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 If you visit some villages in the English countryside, you might be lucky to see Morris dancing. People are not sure how old this kind of dancing is. Some think it started 2,000 years ago, but most agree that Morris dancing is probably about five centuries old. Many agree that it celebrates traditional English farm life on holidays. Morris dancers wear traditional clothes. Usually this is a white shirt, a bright jacket, a hat and small bells called “jingle bells”. There are different styles of Morris dancing from different places around England. In Cotswold Morris, the dancers usually carry white handkerchiefs(手绢)and sticks, which they hit as they dance. Each dance has six men dancers in Cotswold style, with a musician who plays a pipe(管乐器)or a violin. Morris dancing styles from the north of England often use swords(剑) instead of sticks and dancers can look a little like soldiers, which is different from southern styles. It is common in this style for men and women to dance together. Border Morris comes from the west of England, near the border with Wales. Dancers in this style usually wear normal clothes with pieces of colorful paper, and sometimes they put black paint on their faces. Morris dancing is an old English tradition but it's facing a big crisis(危机).As the years go by, fewer and fewer young people join Morris dancing groups. To pass down the tradition, the government calls for more young people to do something to change the situation. 1．Where can you see Morris dancing? __________________________________________________________ 2．How many dancers are there in each Cotswold style dance? __________________________________________________________ 3．Do dancers use swords in southern styles? __________________________________________________________ 4．What do dancers in Border Morris style wear? __________________________________________________________ 5．Why does the g