天津市红桥区2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编：任务型阅读

天津市红桥区 2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编 任务型阅读 2023年天津市红桥区中考二模英语试题 七、任务型阅读(本大题共5小题；每小题1分, 共5分) 阅读下面短文, 根据短文内容完成句子。 What would people like to eat on their birthday? The answer would be different indifferent countries. In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of candles is the person's age. The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles. If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is lucky. In China, it is getting popular to have cake on your birthday. But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthday. They never cut up the noodles because the long noodles are a symbol of long life. In some places, Chinese people also eat eggs on their birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck. All of these birthday foods may be different, but the ideas are the same. They bring good luck to the birthday person. 71. In many countries, people ___________________________________ with candles. 72. The birthday person must _______________________ and blow out the candles. 73. In the UK, if a child finds a candy in the birthday cake, we can know he or she is __________________. 74. People _________________ in China because the long noodles are a symbol of long life. 75. Birthday foods may be different, but they all bring _____________________to the birthday person. 2022年天津市红桥区中考二模英语试题 七、任务型阅读(本大题共5小题；每小题1分，共5分) 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子。 In 1988, Wang Chengbang retired (退休) from the army. Instead of enjoying a relaxing life, he volunteered to save the soil from desertification (沙漠化) by planting trees in Korla, Xinjiang. It is not an easy job. The high temperature in Korla makes it difficult for anyone to work day after day in the sunshine. Besides, water is a big problem. In fact, Wang Chengbang’s work in the first few years failed as very few trees survived (存活). But Wang Chengbang would not give up. He worked out new