题型04 任务型阅读15篇（上海专用）（中考典例+热点话题练）-2026年中考英语总复习（上海专用）

题型04 任务型阅读15篇 (上海专用) 【题型知识点细目表】 题号 难度 知识点 1 适中 家人和亲人,记叙文,叙事忆旧 2 较难 家人和亲人,记叙文,叙事忆旧 3 适中 教育,青少年问题,议论文 4 适中 哲理感悟,记叙文 5 适中 其他著名人物,记叙文 6 较难 航天与航空,环境保护,记叙文 7 适中 人与动植物,志愿服务,记叙文 8 适中 家人和亲人,记叙文 9 适中 天体与宇宙,说明文 10 适中 发明与创造,环境保护,说明文 11 较难 其他著名人物,记叙文,精神品质 12 适中 环境保护,食物,说明文 13 较易 科学技术,记叙文 14 较易 文学家,记叙文 15 适中 其他人,记叙文 【中考真题】 Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答问题） Jim’s grandpa had a beautiful garden. He knew everything about gardening. Every weekend, Jim got his hands dirty in the soil with Grandpa. Best of all, he loved seeing the daffodils (水仙花) come out in spring. One Saturday, Jim was helping Grandpa in the garden. “Will we plant daffodils this year?” asked Jim. “Yes, but give it a few more days,” said Grandpa, handing Jim a gardening fork. “We need to get the weeds (杂草) out first.” “Why do you like planting daffodils?” asked Jim. “For Grandma,” said Grandpa. “On the day we first met, I gave her a bunch of daffodils. Seeing the sweet smile on her face, I knew she loved them. So when we got married, I promised her to plant daffodils every year.” “Wow! I can’t wait to plant daffodils,” said Jim. A few days later, Grandpa got a terrible headache and was sent to hospital. He needed to have an operation. The following Sunday, Jim sat in the garden, worried and lonely. Grandma came to him. “Jim, you can do some gardening if you like,” she said. “________,” said Jim. “He isn’t here but he surely has taught you something, hasn’t he?” said Grandma. “I guess he has really taught me a lot,” said Jim. Jim thought about how happy Grandpa would be when he came back and saw the daffodils. He put on his rubber boots and spent the whole day tidying, digging, planting and watering. When spring came, all the daffodils opened and Grandpa returned home. “You wonderful boy,” said Grandpa. “Grandma and I are proud of you.” “I remember everything you’ve taught me,” said Jim. “Grandpa, you and Grandma are good teachers!” 1．Was Jim’s grandpa good at gardening? 2．Why did Grandpa and Jim have to wait a few more days to plant daffodils? 3．What did Grandpa promise Grandma to do when they got married? 4．What might Jim say to Grandma? Fill in the blank with one sentence. 5．How did Jim welcome Grandpa home? 6．Why did Jim say his grandparents were good teachers? Give three reasons. （Mike is telling a story. It happened when he was seven.） It was New Year’s Eve. In the morning, I heard Grandma tell Mum she needed a football for the New Year’s Eve dinner. “A football for the dinner? What’s it for?” I wondered. “Anyway, I will get one! I can do something nice for Grandma.” I remembered my friend Joe had an old football. I went out quietly and found him. I gave him my favourite model car in exchange for his football. I took the football home, shined it and put it on the living room table secretly. I waited in my room for Grandma to notice it. “Mike!” Mum shouted. I ran to the living room. “Why can’t you put your things where they belong? Get the football out of here!” “But it’s for Grandma! She said she needed a football for the New Year’s Eve dinner.” I said. “A football for the dinner?” Mum laughed. “No, Grandma needs a fruit bowl, not a football.” “Fruit bowl sounds like football! I have done a silly thing!” I went back to my room, embarrassed and disappointed. Before dinner, Mum came in and asked me to meet my uncles and aunts. When I walked into the living room, Grandma was showing them a pretty fruit bowl with the old football in its centre, I was surprised. “Look!” Grandma said. “Today Mike brought me a nice present, this football. Isn’t it beautiful?” She continued. “It’s beautiful, yes — because anything from a child is beautiful.” 1．How old was Mike when the story happened? 2．What did Mike give Joe to get the football? 3．Whom did Mike expect to notice the football? 4．Why did Mike think he had done a silly thing? 5．What did Grandma do with the football? 6．How might Mike feel after hearing Grandma’s words? Explain why. 【热点话题练习】 After school, Vishal Singh faces a difficult choice. He knows he should really get on with his homework, but the Internet is just so tempting (诱人的). All too often, the 17-year-old student from Woodside High School in California favors Facebook, YouTube and making digital videos. He often chooses time on his computer over his studies. “Students have always faced distractions and time-wasters,” writes Matt Richtel in the New York Times. He says that computers and cell phones, and the stimulation (刺激) they offer, are a real challenge for young people, who need to focus on learning. Students say that their parents, worried about the distractions, try to police computer time. But monitoring the use of cell phones is difficult. Teachers at Woodside commonly blame technology for students’ struggles to concentrate, but they are divided over whether computers and the Internet are the solution. In Richtel’s article, English teacher Marcia Blondel shares her frustration with her students and her inability to get them to read 30 pages of a book for homework. To address this shortcoming, she takes part in a read-aloud of the book in class. “You can’t become a good writer by watching YouTube, texting and e-mailing a bunch of abbreviations.” she says. But even as some parents and educators express their worries over students’ digital diets, they are making efforts to use technology in the classroom, seeing it as a way to engage these 21st-century students. The principal of Woodside High School, David Reilly, asked teachers to build websites to communicate with students, spent a large amount of money setting up a multimedia center and introduced new courses like the digital audio recording class. He also pushed first period back an hour, to 9 a.m., because students were showing up bleary-eyed (睡眼惺忪的), at least in part because they were up late on their computers. “I am trying to take back their attention from their cell phones and video games,” he says. “To a degree, I’m using technology to do it.” Some US schools are looking to use the Internet to encourage students to study. 1．Where does Vishal Singh study? 2．Vishal Singh doesn’t spend more time on his studies than on his computer, does he? 3．Why do parents try to police computer time of their kids? 4．What does the English teacher Marcia Blondel share in Richtel’s article? 5．According to the passage, how many measures (措施) did the principal of Woodside High School take to stop students from focusing too much on computers and video games? 6．How do you like the measures taken by the principal? Why do you think so? Puppies for sale A sign at the edge of the yard read, “Puppies for Sale.” Signs like these have a way of attracting the attention of the children. A small boy, upon seeing the sign, came to the fence of the yard and began to talk to the owner. “Mister,” he said, “I want to buy one of your puppies.” “Well,” said the owner, “these puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money.” The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the owner. “I’ve got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?” “Sure,” said the owner. And with that he let out a whistle, “Here, Dolly!” he called. Out from the doghouse ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the fence. His eyes danced with delight. As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared; this one noticeably smaller. In a somewhat awkward manner the little pup began hobbling (蹒跚) toward the others, doing its best to catch up. “I want that one,” the little boy said, pointing to the last one. The owner knelt down at the boy’s side and said, “Son, you don’t want that puppy. The vet says something is wrong with his hip socket (髋关节). He will never be able to run and play with you as these other dogs would.” The little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and lifted one side of his trousers. In doing so he revealed his crippled (残疾的) leg supported on a big metal brace. Looking back up at the owner, he said, “You see, sir, ________, and he will need someone who understands.” The world is full of people who need someone who understands. 1．Did the sign attract the attention of children? 2．What did the boy want to do? 3．How many puppies were there in the doghouse except Dolly? 4．Why did the owner try to stop the boy buying the last puppy? 5．What can be filled in the blank? 6．What can we learn from the story? Answer the questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题) Nick was born with no arms or legs in Australia. He had only two little toes on one foot. When his mother first saw him, she cried sadly, “Please take him away.” Throughout his childhood, Nick dealt with not only his own disability, but also sadness. He often asked a question, “ ____________, Mum?” He didn’t have an aim in life, not knowing what he could or should do. A key turning moment came when he read a newspaper article about a man fighting against a serious disease. Nick realized he wasn’t alone and began to accept and face his disability. Nick learned to do more and more things on his own: cleaning teeth, brushing hair, typing on a  computer, playing sports and much, much more. As time went by, he began to achieve greater aims. In Grade 7, Nick was elected captain of his school swimming team. He continued his studies and got a double bachelor’s degree (学士学位). Since the age of 19, Nick has encouraged others by sharing his personal stories through public speeches. He believes that there is a hidden meaning in each of the difficulties we meet in our lives and that our attitude (态度) towards those problems can be the most important thing in solving them. Now Nick is the president of an international organization and also has his own speech company: Attitude is attitude. Nick has travelled around the world and talked about what a powerful tool we have—our attitude. And his own life is the best example of how attitude matters. 1．How did Nick’s mother feel when she first saw her son? 2．What question did little Nick probably ask his mum? 3．When did Nick begin to accept and face his disability? 4．What is Nick able to do by himself in daily life? (give at least two examples) 5．How does Nick encourage others? 6．What can you learn from Nick’s story? I’m sitting in my favourite spot on a hill, surrounded by trees and soft green grass. The wind gently blows, and the sun shines brightly in the early morning. It’s the perfect temperature, neither too hot nor too cold. This place brings me peace, and I feel calm. I come here whenever I can, though it’s rare now. It holds a special place in my heart, especially because I’ve always imagined visiting places where nature and ancient buildings are closely connected, like the peaceful temples hidden in the mountains. But now, the reality is different. I switched off my mask, and released electrodes (电极) from my skin. I know my time here is over. I’m in a spaceship, with artificial light, metal floors and narrow rooms — nothing like the green hills and trees I once knew. The peaceful breeze is replaced by the noise of machines. The long journey to Mars is lonely. That’s why I need some virtual (虚拟的) activities to stay calm. We are on the greatest mission of humanity, but I worry about losing what makes us human. If we reach Mars, we should do more than just build shelters—we must protect nature there, just as we should have done on Earth. If we fail, Mars will become another empty planet. Let’s not repeat the mistakes of the past. Our true strength lies in caring for our planet, not just settling in new worlds. 1．What is the writer’s favourite place? 2．Does the writer feel comfortable in the spaceship? 3．Why does the writer need some virtual activities? 4．What does the underlined phrase “the greatest mission of humanity” refer to? 5．What should humans do if they reach Mars according to the passage? 6．If you were to go on a journey to another planet, what kind of place would you want to have in your virtual activities? And why is that place important to you? Dear Miss Li, I’d like to thank you for sending money to “Animal Helpers”, an organization set up to help disabled people. You see, you have helped make it possible for me to have “Lucky”, who has filled my life with pleasure. Let me tell you my story. Being blind, deaf, unable to walk or use your hands easily is something that most people cannot imagine. But there are many people who face these challenges, and I am one of them. Because I can’t use my arms or legs well, normal things like answering the telephone, opening and shutting doors or carrying things have always been difficult for me. Then one day last year, a friend of mine said that she would like to help me out. She said she would talk to “Animal Helpers” to see if it would be possible for me to get a specially trained dog. She also thought a dog might cheer me up. I told her that I love animals and that I’d love to have a dog. After six months of training with a dog at “Animal Helpers”, I was able to bring him home. My dog’s name is “Lucky”—a good name for him because I feel very lucky to have him. You see, I’m able to have a “dog-helper” because of your kind donation! How does Lucky help me, you might ask? Well, he has been trained to understand different instructions. For example, I say, “Lucky! Fetch my book,” and he does it at once. He is very clever and understands many English words, even some difficult ones like “upstairs”. Lucky is an amazing dog. I’ll send you a photo of him if you like, and I could show you how he helps me one day. And so I thank you again for supporting “Animal Helpers”. It is very important that this organization does not run out of money. “Animal Helpers” is such an important organization. Your donation is greatly appreciated and the money is well used to help disabled people like me. Best wishes, Liz Smith 1．Lucky is a specially trained dog, isn’t he? 2．Why did Liz Smith write this letter? 3．What’s the aim of the organization “Animal Helpers”? 4．How does Lucky help Liz Smith? 5．What did Liz Smith have to do before bringing Lucky home? 6．Do you agree that “Animal Helpers” is such an important organization? Explain with at least two reasons? Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) The Dress      “Do you like my dress?” she asked a stranger. “My mommy made it just for me.” She said with tears in her eyes. “Well, I think it’s very pretty, so tell me, little one, why are you crying?” With a shaking voice the little girl answered, “After mommy made me this dress, she had to go away.” “Well, now,” said the lady, “with a little girl like you waiting for her, I’m sure she’ll be right back.” “No, madam, you don’t understand,” said the child through her tears, “My daddy said that she’s up in heaven (天堂) now with grandfather.” Finally the woman realized what the child meant, and why she was crying. She gently held the child in her arms and together they cried for the mother that was gone. Then suddenly the little girl did something strange. She stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and began to sing. She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small bird. After the girl stopped singing, she explained to the lady, “My mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she made me promise to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me stop.” “See,” she said, “it did, and now my eyes are dry!” As the lady turned to go, the little girl caught her sleeve, “Lady, can you stay just a minute? I want to show you something.” “Of course,” she answered, “what do you want me to see?” The girl pointed a spot on her dress and said, “Right here is where my mommy kissed my dress, and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here, mommy said ________. Then the lady realized that she wasn’t just looking at a dress. No, she was looking at a mother who took all the love she had for her beautiful girl and put them into this dress that her child now so proudly wore. She no longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped (围绕) in her mother’s love. 1．The girl knew the lady who she was talking to, didn’t she? 2．Who made the dress for the little girl? 3．Why did the girl cry? 4．How did the little girl sing? 5．Complete the sentence. “Mommy said ________.” 6．Do you think it was a simple dress? Tell us your reason (s) . 根据短文内容回答问题 Backwards=Bad Luck? For thousands of years, humans have been looking up at the night sky. In doing so, we have made many interesting discoveries. Today, we know about the paths of stars. We can even predict shooting star rains. You may also have heard about the “unlucky” moment of the stars—retrograde. What is retrograde? It has to do with the way the planets move. All the planets in our solar system travel around the Sun. From Earth, we can observe the orbits of the other planets. Usually, they appear to move in the same direction. If you record their orbits night after night, however, you’ll find that they sometimes seem to go backwards in their paths. This is called retrograde. Why are the planets going backwards? Are they lost, or tired of their same old orbits? All the planets in our solar system travel at different speeds. Those closer to the Sun travel faster than those farther out. When a planet completes its orbit once, a year has passed on that planet. For example, one year is 88 Earth days on Mercury and 687 on Mars. For this reason, some planets will lap others from time to time. Those faster-moving planets will pass their slower-moving neighbors. Mercury, for example, laps Earth about three times a year. And Earth laps Mars every two years. When the Earth and another planet pass each other, an optical illusion (视错觉) is created. From Earth, it looks like the other planet changes direction and the two planets are moving on different tracks. Although retrograde is just an illusion that we see, some people think there’s more to the story. Astrology (占星学) believes that each planet’s retrograde affects people differently—even if there is no scientific basis for this belief. For example, some astrology lovers are afraid of Mercury retrograde. They believe it will affect their relationships with others. Have you ever noticed strange effects during retrogrades? What other space topics are you interested in? Let’s learn more about our stars and the sky! 1．According to the article, what is retrograde? It is a phenomenon (现象) that 2．Which of the planets travel faster, those closer to the Sun or those farther out? 3．Why do some planets lap others from time to time? 4．How often does Mercury lap Earth in its orbit? 5．When the Earth and Mercury pass each other, Mercury is moving on a new track. Isn’t it? 6．Do you think a planet’s retrograde can influence people’s luck? Give at least two reasons. Read the passage and answer the following questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题) Some trains produce thick clouds of black smoke as they travel. They smell bad and are harmful to the environment. But luckily, they will soon be a thing of the past. In recent years, scientists have been experimenting with biodiesel (生物柴油). Biodiesel can be made from vegetable oils and animal fats. It can also be made from cooking oil waste and leftover food. Biodiesel can power diesel engines. It is better for the environment than regular diesel. Amaterasu Railway is an open-air sightseeing train (敞篷观光列车) in Miyazaki Prefecture (宫崎县) in Japan. It has been powered by biodiesel since 2021. The train itself is very lovely. It is pink and white. While the train is moving, its conductors use bubble machines to create bubbles along the way. The train can carry up to 60 people. Its ride time is about 30 minutes. It travels through mountains, tunnels and rice fields. Its fuel is powerful enough to pull the train up high mountains. The train’s biodiesel costs about the same as regular diesel. Cooking oil provides about ninety percent of the train’s fuel. The other ten percent comes from pork bone noodle soup, and this makes the smoke from the train smell yummy. The railway company works with another company to run the train. They buy the used cooking oil and leftover noodle soup from some restaurants. The fat from the soup and the oil are refined into biodiesel. Unlike regular diesel, biodiesel goes bad in a few months. So, it has to be used right away. The biodiesel train reuses food waste and cuts down on harmful smoke. How useful it is! 1．According to the article, what can biodiesel be made from? 2．How long has the open-air sightseeing train been powered by biodiesel? 3．How long does the sightseeing train ride last? 4．What color is the open-air sightseeing train? 5．Why does the smoke from the open-air sightseeing train smell yummy? 6．Why does the biodiesel have to be used right away? Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) Born into a poor farmer’s family in Dushantou village in 1960, Liang Ruirong contracted polio (得了小儿麻痹症) when he was a child. After failing to pass the national college entrance examination, he made a living working in fields and collecting pig droppings for manure (肥料). After about a year, Liang seized the rare opportunity to become a full-time employee at a factory in a neighboring town. Humble, curious and hardworking, he was promoted to workshop director after five years, and developed 50 new products. Over time, the idea of setting up his own company began to take shape. “We didn’t have the money,” he said. “I had to borrow it from friends. I set the factory up near home with 10 colleagues.” During the first few years, when the products were ready, Liang traveled in a delivery van to present them to customers in person. “To save on accommodations, I often slept in the van at night,” he said. As his business grew, Liang never forgot about the hardships he had to endure (忍受) because of his physical disability. As company chairman, he created jobs on the processing lines, which do not require physical exertion (强体力活动) and are easy to master. To ensure that as many disabled people as possible could benefit from his success, the company set up a charity in 2010. Each year, the charity donates 250.000 yuan. After nearly two decades of rapid development, Liang’s company is now renowned for being one of China’s largest manufacturers and exporters of bamboo and wood products. It is also one of the country’s largest producers of natural food packaging containers and restaurant utensils (器皿). These green and environmentally friendly products are not only popular with Chinese customers, but are also well-received abroad, particularly in the United States, Europe and Japan. “The company’s overseas sales reached $13.27 million last year,” Liang said, adding that the products will help contribute to national goals to fight global warming. For Liang, the company has set an example to the world, showing that business can be both profitable (盈利的) and socially responsible. 1．Does Liang’s company sell bamboo products or wood products? 2．How did Liang manage to start his own factory since he didn’t have enough money? 3．What did Liang do to save money on accommodations during his early business trips? 4．When did Liang’s company set up a charity to help disabled people? 5．Why did Liang create jobs on the processing lines that are easy to master? 6．What do you think of Liang? Why? Answer the questions. (根据短文内容回答问题) Do you know where your food comes from? How far do the milk, apples, coffee beans and other items you eat travel to reach you? What we eat shapes us. But the decisions we make on what we eat can also shape the world around us. Starting to check your food miles is an important step to saving the Earth. Food miles refer to the distance your food travels before it reaches you. From farm to fork, the shorter the distance, the better the food will be for your health and the environment. Food miles are a rather modern idea. Throughout most of human history, people have eaten food grown locally. But over the past few decades (十年), the world has become highly connected. We have become used to having a wide range of global foods. We buy tropical fruits rather than those grown in our local climate. We expect fresh, green products (尤指农产品) even when there is snow on the ground. When we calculate food miles, we shouldn’t just think about the exact number of miles. It depends on many factors (因素), such as how damaging these miles can be. For one thing, the mode of transportation is important. Air travel, for example, allows food to travel quickly. However, this speedy delivery system causes a carbon footprint about 50 times bigger than that of the much slower transportation of food by sea. Working out the environmental cost of what we eat can be hard. The simple truth is that most of us can do far better than what we do now. Whenever you can, buy food from local farmers and eat in-season fruits and vegetables. 1．People have been talking about food miles for the past few centuries, haven’t they? 2．According to the author, what are food miles? 3．What examples did the author use to show people’s habit of buying global food?  (Give 1 example.) 4．What are the advantage and disadvantage of transporting food by air? 5．According to the author, how can we reduce our food miles? 6．Apart from the author’s suggestions, what do you think we can do to reduce our food miles? (Give at least 2 examples.) Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)     It was 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night. Fourteen-year-old Li Gong sat at his desk and stared at a blank sheet of paper. Li had to write a 600-word book report and it was due the next day. The problem? He hadn’t read the book. Li opened an AI app on his computer and typed in “Book report, 600 words, The Old Man and the Sea.” In less than a minute, the boy had his book report. Several days later, Li was called into his teacher’s office. Unfortunately, his teacher was very familiar with computers and AI apps. One of the apps scanned (扫描) his students’ writing to detect cheating. Li had been caught! But his teacher was kind. Instead of punishing the boy, he explained that although AI apps were a helpful shortcut for some things, there was no shortcut to learning. Learning how to write well is valuable to understanding a subject and expressing your own ideas about it. An AI app depends on a collection of information that someone has uploaded onto a computer system. A specially trained algorithm (算法) processes the information to produce the type of writing someone might need. It’s useful for writing business emails, legal documents (法律文件) and even news reports, but it’s not useful for expressing your personal ideas and thoughts. Writing is the most difficult of all the language skills. You need to be good at grammar and have a good vocabulary. Writing also requires you to think clearly. For example, Li Gong was supposed to read Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and find out what it was about. It’s the story of a poor fisherman who catches a big fish one day. It’s too big to put in his boat, so he drags it behind him in the water. When he reaches the shore, all that is left is the fish’s skeleton. It’s a sad story, but what does it all mean? If Li had read the book and written the book report, he would have learned a lot and had the satisfaction of expressing his own ideas about the story. That’s something AI cannot do. 1．Li Gong finished his book report on The Old Man and the Sea on his own, didn’t he? 2．How does an AI app produce a piece of writing? 3．What do you need to do in order to be able to write well? 4．Who wrote the book The Old Man and the Sea? 5．According to the author, what is AI unable to do? 6．Now that AI can “write”, do you think it is still necessary for students to learn how to write well? Give your reason(s). Jonathan Coe was born on 19 August 1961 in Lickey, a suburb of south-west Birmingham, Britain. His first surviving story, a detective thriller called The Castle of Mystery, was written at the age of eight. The first few pages of this story appear in his novel What a Carve Up! He continued writing fiction throughout his schooldays, his three years at Trinity College, Cambridge and his postgraduate years at Warwick University where he was awarded a doctorate for his thesis on Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones. While working on this thesis, he also completed The Accidental Woman, the first of his novels to be published. In the late 1980s, he moved to London to pursue his literary and musical enthusiasms, writing songs for his short-lived band The Peer Group and a feminist cabaret group called Wanda and the Willy Warmers. The Accidental Woman was published in April 1987 and was followed by A Touch of Love (1989) and The Dwarves of Death (1990), but it was not until the publication of his fourth novel, What a Carve Up! that he began to reach a wider audience. It became his first international success with translations in sixteen languages. It was followed by The House of Sleep (1997), and then The Rotters’ Club (2001) and its sequel (续集) The Closed Circle (2004). The Rain Before It Falls (2007) marked a move away from his trademark humour and political satire, while The Terrible Privacy of Marwell Sim (2010) was a comedy about loneliness and disconnection in the social media age. His work has received many prizes and awards both in England, France and Italy. Jonathan Coe may be considered a complete novelist and a classic of our times. 1．What is Jonathan Coe’s nationality? 2．Jonathan Coe’s first published novel is The Castle of Mystery, isn’t it? 3．Where was Jonathan Coe awarded a doctorate? 4．When did Jonathan Coe become internationally famous? 5．What kind of book is The Terrible Privacy of Marwell Sim? 6．Please introduce Jonathan Coe in two or three sentences. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is an amazing mountain climber. She has climbed 14 of the world’s highest mountains—which are all over 8,000 meters high! Because the air is thinner, most climbers need extra oxygen to reach the tops of these mountains. However, Gerlinde is the first woman to climb all 14 mountains without extra oxygen. When Gerlinde was 13 years old, she climbed her first big mountain—Sturzhahn in Austria (2,028 meters). She became a nurse, but always had a passion (激情) for climbing. When she was 32 years old, Gerlinde climbed her fifth major mountain—Nanga Parbat in Pakistan—and decided to become a full-time mountain climber. In 2007, when Gerlinde was 37 years old, she had an accident while climbing Dhaulagiri in Nepal—the world’s seventh highest mountain. She was inside her tent one morning when an avalanche (雪崩) struck. When the avalanche stopped, it was very dark, and she didn’t know where she was. She had a small knife and cut a hole in the tent. Slowly, Gerlinde managed to get out of the deep snow and to the surface. Gerlinde recovered from the accident. “I couldn’t stop climbing—this is my life,” she said. “A year later I returned to the same spot (地点). There was the most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen.” She climbed the 14th mountain—K2, between Pakistan and China—in 2011 and set the world record. 1．Gerlinde has climbed all 14 mountains without using extra oxygen, hasn’t she? 2．What change did Gerlinde make to become a full-time mountain climber? 3．Why did everything go dark for Gerlinde after the avalanche stopped? 4．How did Gerlinde manage to escape after the avalanche? 5．Why do you think Gerlinde found the sunrise on Dhaulagiri so beautiful? 6．What facts from the story show Gerlinde’s passion for climbing? Please list three. 试卷第1页，共3页 试卷第1页，共3页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 题型04 任务型阅读15篇 (上海专用) 【题型知识点细目表】 题号 难度 知识点 1 适中 家人和亲人,记叙文,叙事忆旧 2 较难 家人和亲人,记叙文,叙事忆旧 3 适中 教育,青少年问题,议论文 4 适中 哲理感悟,记叙文 5 适中 其他著名人物,记叙文 6 较难 航天与航空,环境保护,记叙文 7 适中 人与动植物,志愿服务,记叙文 8 适中 家人和亲人,记叙文 9 适中 天体与宇宙,说明文 10 适中 发明与创造,环境保护,说明文 11 较难 其他著名人物,记叙文,精神品质 12 适中 环境保护,食物,说明文 13 较易 科学技术,记叙文 14 较易 文学家,记叙文 15 适中 其他人,记叙文 【中考真题】 Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答问题） Jim’s grandpa had a beautiful garden. He knew everything about gardening. Every weekend, Jim got his hands dirty in the soil with Grandpa. Best of all, he loved seeing the daffodils (水仙花) come out in spring. One Saturday, Jim was helping Grandpa in the garden. “Will we plant daffodils this year?” asked Jim. “Yes, but give it a few more days,” said Grandpa, handing Jim a gardening fork. “We need to get the weeds (杂草) out first.” “Why do you like planting daffodils?” asked Jim. “For Grandma,” said Grandpa. “On the day we first met, I gave her a bunch of daffodils. Seeing the sweet smile on her face, I knew she loved them. So when we got married, I promised her to plant daffodils every year.” “Wow! I can’t wait to plant daffodils,” said Jim. A few days later, Grandpa got a terrible headache and was sent to hospital. He needed to have an operation. The following Sunday, Jim sat in the garden, worried and lonely. Grandma came to him. “Jim, you can do some gardening if you like,” she said. “________,” said Jim. “He isn’t here but he surely has taught you something, hasn’t he?” said Grandma. “I guess he has really taught me a lot,” said Jim. Jim thought about how happy Grandpa would be when he came back and saw the daffodils. He put on his rubber boots and spent the whole day tidying, digging, planting and watering. When spring came, all the daffodils opened and Grandpa returned home. “You wonderful boy,” said Grandpa. “Grandma and I are proud of you.” “I remember everything you’ve taught me,” said Jim. “Grandpa, you and Grandma are good teachers!” 1．Was Jim’s grandpa good at gardening? 2．Why did Grandpa and Jim have to wait a few more days to plant daffodils? 3．What did Grandpa promise Grandma to do when they got married? 4．What might Jim say to Grandma? Fill in the blank with one sentence. 5．How did Jim welcome Grandpa home? 6．Why did Jim say his grandparents were good teachers? Give three reasons. 【答案】1．Yes, he was. 2．They needed to get the weeds out first. 3．He promised her to plant daffodils every year. 4．No, I can’t. 5．By letting him see the daffodils he planted. 6．Grandpa taught Jim everything about gardening. Grandpa showed Jim how to plant and take care of daffodils. Grandma encouraged Jim to continue gardening even when Grandpa was in the hospital. 【导语】本文介绍了吉姆通过和爷爷一起种花学到了很多知识。 1．根据“Jim’s grandpa had a beautiful garden. He knew everything about gardening”可知吉姆的爷爷擅长园艺，故填Yes, he was. 2．根据“We need to get the weeds (杂草) out first”可知他们需要先把杂草拔出来。故填They needed to get the weeds out first. 3．根据“So when we got married, I promised her to plant daffodils every year.”可知结婚时爷爷答应奶奶每年都种水仙花，故填He promised her to plant daffodils every year. 4．根据上文“Jim, you can do some gardening if you like”及下文“He isn’t here but he surely has taught you something, hasn’t he?”可推知，吉姆可能说没有祖父帮忙他不会园艺，故此处可填入No, I can’t。故填No, I can’t. 5．根据“He put on his rubber boots and spent the whole day tidying, digging, planting and watering. When spring came, all the daffodils opened and Grandpa returned home.”可知，吉姆通过种水仙花来欢迎爷爷回家，故填By letting him see the daffodils he planted. 6．开放性作答，言之有理即可。通读全文可知，爷爷教吉姆园艺的一切，爷爷教吉姆如何种植和照顾水仙花，即使爷爷住院了，奶奶也鼓励吉姆继续园艺。故填Grandpa taught Jim everything about gardening. Grandpa showed Jim how to plant and take care of daffodils. Grandma encouraged Jim to continue gardening even when Grandpa was in the hospital. （Mike is telling a story. It happened when he was seven.） It was New Year’s Eve. In the morning, I heard Grandma tell Mum she needed a football for the New Year’s Eve dinner. “A football for the dinner? What’s it for?” I wondered. “Anyway, I will get one! I can do something nice for Grandma.” I remembered my friend Joe had an old football. I went out quietly and found him. I gave him my favourite model car in exchange for his football. I took the football home, shined it and put it on the living room table secretly. I waited in my room for Grandma to notice it. “Mike!” Mum shouted. I ran to the living room. “Why can’t you put your things where they belong? Get the football out of here!” “But it’s for Grandma! She said she needed a football for the New Year’s Eve dinner.” I said. “A football for the dinner?” Mum laughed. “No, Grandma needs a fruit bowl, not a football.” “Fruit bowl sounds like football! I have done a silly thing!” I went back to my room, embarrassed and disappointed. Before dinner, Mum came in and asked me to meet my uncles and aunts. When I walked into the living room, Grandma was showing them a pretty fruit bowl with the old football in its centre, I was surprised. “Look!” Grandma said. “Today Mike brought me a nice present, this football. Isn’t it beautiful?” She continued. “It’s beautiful, yes — because anything from a child is beautiful.” 1．How old was Mike when the story happened? 2．What did Mike give Joe to get the football? 3．Whom did Mike expect to notice the football? 4．Why did Mike think he had done a silly thing? 5．What did Grandma do with the football? 6．How might Mike feel after hearing Grandma’s words? Explain why. 【答案】1．He was seven./ He was 7. 2．His favourite model car. 3．His Grandma. 4．Because he misunderstood his Grandma’s words “fruit bowl” as “football”. 5．She put the football in the centre of a fruit bowl and praised it. 6．He might feel happy because Grandma loved his gift.（无标准答案，言之成理即可） 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了麦克与奶奶之间的一件感人故事。在弄清楚自己将“水果盘”听成“足球”造成了尴尬的局面之后，麦克羞愧难当。但是奶奶将足球放在了水果盘里并赞美了它。这个暖心之举化解了麦克的尴尬，体现了长辈对晚辈的宽容与爱。 1．根据原文“It happened when he was seven”可知，当这个故事发生时麦克7岁。故填He was seven/7. 2．根据原文“I gave him my favourite model car in exchange for his football”可知，麦克用自己最喜欢的模型飞机从乔手中换到了一个旧足球。故填His favourite model car. 3．根据原文“I waited in my room for Grandma to notice it”可知，麦克希望奶奶能注意到这个旧足球。故填His Grandma. 4．根据原文“Fruit bowl sounds like football! I have done a silly thing!”可知，麦克错把奶奶说的“水果盘”听成了“足球”，然后自己去拿了一个足球给奶奶，所以他觉得自己做了一件蠢事。故填Because he misunderstood his Grandma’s words “fruit bowl” as “football”. 5．根据原文“Grandma was showing them a pretty fruit bowl with the old football in its centre … It’s beautiful, yes — because anything from a child is beautiful”可知，奶奶将旧足球放到了水果盘中间并赞美了它。故填She put the football in the centre of a fruit bowl and praised it. 6．本题没有标准答案，学生言之成理即可。故参考答案为He might feel happy because Grandma loved his gift. 【热点话题练习】 After school, Vishal Singh faces a difficult choice. He knows he should really get on with his homework, but the Internet is just so tempting (诱人的). All too often, the 17-year-old student from Woodside High School in California favors Facebook, YouTube and making digital videos. He often chooses time on his computer over his studies. “Students have always faced distractions and time-wasters,” writes Matt Richtel in the New York Times. He says that computers and cell phones, and the stimulation (刺激) they offer, are a real challenge for young people, who need to focus on learning. Students say that their parents, worried about the distractions, try to police computer time. But monitoring the use of cell phones is difficult. Teachers at Woodside commonly blame technology for students’ struggles to concentrate, but they are divided over whether computers and the Internet are the solution. In Richtel’s article, English teacher Marcia Blondel shares her frustration with her students and her inability to get them to read 30 pages of a book for homework. To address this shortcoming, she takes part in a read-aloud of the book in class. “You can’t become a good writer by watching YouTube, texting and e-mailing a bunch of abbreviations.” she says. But even as some parents and educators express their worries over students’ digital diets, they are making efforts to use technology in the classroom, seeing it as a way to engage these 21st-century students. The principal of Woodside High School, David Reilly, asked teachers to build websites to communicate with students, spent a large amount of money setting up a multimedia center and introduced new courses like the digital audio recording class. He also pushed first period back an hour, to 9 a.m., because students were showing up bleary-eyed (睡眼惺忪的), at least in part because they were up late on their computers. “I am trying to take back their attention from their cell phones and video games,” he says. “To a degree, I’m using technology to do it.” Some US schools are looking to use the Internet to encourage students to study. 1．Where does Vishal Singh study? 2．Vishal Singh doesn’t spend more time on his studies than on his computer, does he? 3．Why do parents try to police computer time of their kids? 4．What does the English teacher Marcia Blondel share in Richtel’s article? 5．According to the passage, how many measures (措施) did the principal of Woodside High School take to stop students from focusing too much on computers and video games? 6．How do you like the measures taken by the principal? Why do you think so? 【答案】1．At Woodside High School in California. 2．No, he doesn’t. 3．Because they are worried about the distractions. 4．She shares her frustration with her students and her inability to get them to read 30 pages of a book for homework. 5．4/Four. 6．开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为：I think they are effective. Because they can make the relationship between students and teachers better, and make students feel they are understood. 【导语】本文以美国加州Woodside高中学生Vishal Singh受网络干扰、耽误学业的案例为切入点，探讨数字设备 (电脑、手机) 对学生学习专注力的影响；同时介绍了家长、教师的担忧，以及校方 (校长) 通过技术手段、课程调整等方式平衡科技使用与学生学习的措施。 1．根据第一段“All too often, the 17-year-old student from Woodside High School in California favors Facebook”可知，Vishal Singh在加利福尼亚州Woodside高中学习。故填At Woodside High School in California. 2．根据第二段“He often chooses time on his computer over his studies.”可知，他花在电脑上的时间多于学习时间。故填No, he doesn’t. 3．根据第四段“Students say that their parents, worried about the distractions, try to police computer time.”可知，学生们的父母因为担心这些干扰，所以试图监管用电脑的时间。故填Because they are worried about the distractions. 4．根据第六段“English teacher Marcia Blondel shares her frustration with her students and her inability to get them to read 30 pages of a book for homework.”可知，Marcia Blondel分享了她对学生的失望以及她无法让他们为家庭作业阅读30页书的情况。故填She shares her frustration with her students and her inability to get them to read 30 pages of a book for homework. 5．根据第九段“asked teachers to build websites to communicate with students, spent a large amount of money setting up a multimedia center and introduced new courses like the digital audio recording class. He also pushed first period back an hour, to 9 a.m.”可知，共计四项措施。故填4/Four. 6．开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为：I think they are effective. Because they can make the relationship between students and teachers better, and make students feel they are understood. Puppies for sale A sign at the edge of the yard read, “Puppies for Sale.” Signs like these have a way of attracting the attention of the children. A small boy, upon seeing the sign, came to the fence of the yard and began to talk to the owner. “Mister,” he said, “I want to buy one of your puppies.” “Well,” said the owner, “these puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money.” The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the owner. “I’ve got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?” “Sure,” said the owner. And with that he let out a whistle, “Here, Dolly!” he called. Out from the doghouse ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the fence. His eyes danced with delight. As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared; this one noticeably smaller. In a somewhat awkward manner the little pup began hobbling (蹒跚) toward the others, doing its best to catch up. “I want that one,” the little boy said, pointing to the last one. The owner knelt down at the boy’s side and said, “Son, you don’t want that puppy. The vet says something is wrong with his hip socket (髋关节). He will never be able to run and play with you as these other dogs would.” The little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and lifted one side of his trousers. In doing so he revealed his crippled (残疾的) leg supported on a big metal brace. Looking back up at the owner, he said, “You see, sir, ________, and he will need someone who understands.” The world is full of people who need someone who understands. 1．Did the sign attract the attention of children? 2．What did the boy want to do? 3．How many puppies were there in the doghouse except Dolly? 4．Why did the owner try to stop the boy buying the last puppy? 5．What can be filled in the blank? 6．What can we learn from the story? 【答案】1．Yes, it did. 2．He wanted to buy a puppy. 3．Five./5. 4．Because the puppy he chose was disabled. 5．I don’t run too well myself. 6．We should understand each other and accept things and people who are not perfect. 【导语】本文通过一个小男孩和一只残疾小狗的互动，传达了理解和同情的重要性。小男孩自己也有残疾，因此他能够理解并同情那只行动不便的小狗。 1．根据“A sign at the edge of the yard read, ‘Puppies for Sale.’ Signs like these have a way of attracting the attention of the children.”可知，这个标志有吸引孩子们注意的方式，所以标志吸引了孩子们的注意。故填Yes, it did. 2．根据“‘Mister,’ he said, ‘I want to buy one of your puppies.’”可知，小男孩想要买一只小狗。故填He wanted to buy a puppy. 3．根据“Out from the doghouse ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur.”和“Slowly another little ball appeared”可知，除了Dolly之外，狗窝里有四只小狗，后来又出现一只，所以一共有五只小狗。故填Five./5. 4．根据“Son, you don’t want that puppy. The vet says something is wrong with his hip socket (髋关节). He will never be able to run and play with you as these other dogs would.”可知，主人试图阻止男孩买最后一只小狗是因为兽医说这只小狗的髋关节有问题，它不能像其他小狗一样和男孩跑和玩耍。故填Because the puppy he chose was disabled. 5．根据前文小男孩抬起裤腿露出残疾的腿可知，此处小男孩想说自己也有残疾，和小狗情况一样。故填I don’t run too well myself. 6．根据“The world is full of people who need someone who understands.”和整个故事可知，这个世界上有很多人需要理解，我们应该对那些和我们一样有缺陷的人多一些理解并且接受他们。故填We should understand each other and accept things and people who are not perfect. Answer the questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题) Nick was born with no arms or legs in Australia. He had only two little toes on one foot. When his mother first saw him, she cried sadly, “Please take him away.” Throughout his childhood, Nick dealt with not only his own disability, but also sadness. He often asked a question, “ ____________, Mum?” He didn’t have an aim in life, not knowing what he could or should do. A key turning moment came when he read a newspaper article about a man fighting against a serious disease. Nick realized he wasn’t alone and began to accept and face his disability. Nick learned to do more and more things on his own: cleaning teeth, brushing hair, typing on a  computer, playing sports and much, much more. As time went by, he began to achieve greater aims. In Grade 7, Nick was elected captain of his school swimming team. He continued his studies and got a double bachelor’s degree (学士学位). Since the age of 19, Nick has encouraged others by sharing his personal stories through public speeches. He believes that there is a hidden meaning in each of the difficulties we meet in our lives and that our attitude (态度) towards those problems can be the most important thing in solving them. Now Nick is the president of an international organization and also has his own speech company: Attitude is attitude. Nick has travelled around the world and talked about what a powerful tool we have—our attitude. And his own life is the best example of how attitude matters. 1．How did Nick’s mother feel when she first saw her son? 2．What question did little Nick probably ask his mum? 3．When did Nick begin to accept and face his disability? 4．What is Nick able to do by himself in daily life? (give at least two examples) 5．How does Nick encourage others? 6．What can you learn from Nick’s story? 【答案】1．She felt sad/upset/unhappy. 2．Why am I different from others/Why don’t I have arms and legs/Why was I born like this. 3．After reading a newspaper article about a man fighting against a serious disease. 4．He can clean teeth, brush hair, type on a computer, play sports and so on. 5．By sharing his personal stories through public speeches. 6．Our attitude towards difficulties can decide how we overcome them./Attitude is the most powerful tool./Never lose heart because of physical disability. 【导语】本文讲述了澳大利亚人尼克·胡哲的励志人生故事。 1．根据“When his mother first saw him, she cried sadly, ‘Please take him away.’”可知，尼克妈妈第一次见到他时，伤心地哭了，并让人把他带走，说明她当时很悲伤。故填She felt sad/upset/unhappy. 2．开放题，回答合理即可。根据“Nick dealt with not only his own disability, but also sadness.”可知，尼克因为悲伤可能会问妈妈为什么自己会没有手臂和腿。故填Why am I different from others/Why don’t I have arms and legs/Why was I born like this. 3．根据“A key turning moment came when he read a newspaper article about a man fighting against a serious disease. Nick realized he wasn’t alone and began to accept and face his disability.”可知，尼克读到一篇关于一个与严重疾病作斗争的人的报纸文章后，意识到自己并不孤单，开始接受并面对自己的残疾。故填After reading a newspaper article about a man fighting against a serious disease. 4．根据“Nick learned to do more and more things on his own: cleaning teeth, brushing hair, typing on a computer, playing sports and much, much more.”可知，尼克学会了自己做越来越多的事情：刷牙、梳头、在电脑上打字、做运动等等。故填He can clean teeth, brush hair, type on a computer, play sports and so on. 5．根据“Since the age of 19, Nick has encouraged others by sharing his personal stories through public speeches.”可知，尼克从19岁起，就通过公开演讲分享自己的个人故事来鼓励他人。故填By sharing his personal stories through public speeches. 6．开放题，合理即可。故填Our attitude towards difficulties can decide how we overcome them./Attitude is the most powerful tool./Never lose heart because of physical disability. I’m sitting in my favourite spot on a hill, surrounded by trees and soft green grass. The wind gently blows, and the sun shines brightly in the early morning. It’s the perfect temperature, neither too hot nor too cold. This place brings me peace, and I feel calm. I come here whenever I can, though it’s rare now. It holds a special place in my heart, especially because I’ve always imagined visiting places where nature and ancient buildings are closely connected, like the peaceful temples hidden in the mountains. But now, the reality is different. I switched off my mask, and released electrodes (电极) from my skin. I know my time here is over. I’m in a spaceship, with artificial light, metal floors and narrow rooms — nothing like the green hills and trees I once knew. The peaceful breeze is replaced by the noise of machines. The long journey to Mars is lonely. That’s why I need some virtual (虚拟的) activities to stay calm. We are on the greatest mission of humanity, but I worry about losing what makes us human. If we reach Mars, we should do more than just build shelters—we must protect nature there, just as we should have done on Earth. If we fail, Mars will become another empty planet. Let’s not repeat the mistakes of the past. Our true strength lies in caring for our planet, not just settling in new worlds. 1．What is the writer’s favourite place? 2．Does the writer feel comfortable in the spaceship? 3．Why does the writer need some virtual activities? 4．What does the underlined phrase “the greatest mission of humanity” refer to? 5．What should humans do if they reach Mars according to the passage? 6．If you were to go on a journey to another planet, what kind of place would you want to have in your virtual activities? And why is that place important to you? 【答案】1．A hill/A spot on a hill surrounded by trees and soft green grass. 2．No, he/she doesn’t. 3．Because the long journey to Mars is lonely and he/she needs to stay calm./Because he/she needs to stay calm during the long and lonely journey to Mars. 4．It refers to “travelling to and settling on Mars”. 5．The writer believes humans should do more than just build shelters and should protect nature on Mars. 6．Any reasonable answer is ok. Answer Example: I would want a virtual place. That’s a quiet library filled with my favorite books and a small garden with flowers. Because books and nature remind me of the curiosity and love for beauty that make me human. Such a place would help me feel connected to my emotions and memories, just like the hill does for the writer, even when I’m far away in space. I would want a virtual version of my hometown’s park. It has a lake where I used to feed ducks and a tree I climbed as a kid. This place is important because it holds my childhood memories and makes me feel connected to who I am, even in space. 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，通过宇航员在前往火星途中对地球自然美景的回忆与现实飞船环境的对比，表达了对人类破坏自然的反思，呼吁在开发新星球时珍视和保护自然环境。 1．根据“I’m sitting in my favourite spot on a hill, surrounded by trees and soft green grass.”可知，作者最喜欢的地方是山上一个被树木和青草环绕的地方，故填A hill/A spot on a hill surrounded by trees and soft green grass. 2．根据“I’m in a spaceship, with artificial light, metal floors and narrow rooms—nothing like the green hills and trees I once knew. The peaceful breeze is replaced by the noise of machines. The long journey to Mars is lonely.”可知，作者在飞船里感觉不舒服，故填No, he/she doesn’t. 3．根据“The long journey to Mars is lonely. That’s why I need some virtual (虚拟的) activities to stay calm.”可知，作者需要虚拟活动是因为火星之旅漫长且孤独，以此保持平静，故填Because the long journey to Mars is lonely and he/she needs to stay calm./Because he/she needs to stay calm during the long and lonely journey to Mars. 4．根据“The long journey to Mars is lonely.”和“If we reach Mars, we should do more than just build shelters”可知，“人类最伟大的使命”指的是前往火星的旅程并定居在那里，故填It refers to “travelling to and settling on Mars”. 5．根据“If we reach Mars, we should do more than just build shelters—we must protect nature there, just as we should have done on Earth.”可知，作者认为人类到达火星后不仅要建庇护所，还要保护那里的自然，故填The writer believes humans should do more than just build shelters and should protect nature on Mars. 6．Any reasonable answer is ok. Answer Example: I would want a virtual place. That’s a quiet library filled with my favorite books and a small garden with flowers. Because books and nature remind me of the curiosity and love for beauty that make me human. Such a place would help me feel connected to my emotions and memories, just like the hill does for the writer, even when I’m far away in space./I would want a virtual version of my hometown’s park. It has a lake where I used to feed ducks and a tree I climbed as a kid. This place is important because it holds my childhood memories and makes me feel connected to who I am, even in space. Dear Miss Li, I’d like to thank you for sending money to “Animal Helpers”, an organization set up to help disabled people. You see, you have helped make it possible for me to have “Lucky”, who has filled my life with pleasure. Let me tell you my story. Being blind, deaf, unable to walk or use your hands easily is something that most people cannot imagine. But there are many people who face these challenges, and I am one of them. Because I can’t use my arms or legs well, normal things like answering the telephone, opening and shutting doors or carrying things have always been difficult for me. Then one day last year, a friend of mine said that she would like to help me out. She said she would talk to “Animal Helpers” to see if it would be possible for me to get a specially trained dog. She also thought a dog might cheer me up. I told her that I love animals and that I’d love to have a dog. After six months of training with a dog at “Animal Helpers”, I was able to bring him home. My dog’s name is “Lucky”—a good name for him because I feel very lucky to have him. You see, I’m able to have a “dog-helper” because of your kind donation! How does Lucky help me, you might ask? Well, he has been trained to understand different instructions. For example, I say, “Lucky! Fetch my book,” and he does it at once. He is very clever and understands many English words, even some difficult ones like “upstairs”. Lucky is an amazing dog. I’ll send you a photo of him if you like, and I could show you how he helps me one day. And so I thank you again for supporting “Animal Helpers”. It is very important that this organization does not run out of money. “Animal Helpers” is such an important organization. Your donation is greatly appreciated and the money is well used to help disabled people like me. Best wishes, Liz Smith 1．Lucky is a specially trained dog, isn’t he? 2．Why did Liz Smith write this letter? 3．What’s the aim of the organization “Animal Helpers”? 4．How does Lucky help Liz Smith? 5．What did Liz Smith have to do before bringing Lucky home? 6．Do you agree that “Animal Helpers” is such an important organization? Explain with at least two reasons? 【答案】1．Yes, he is. 2．To thank Miss Li for sending money to “Animal Helpers”. 3．To help disabled people. 4．He has been trained to understand different instructions (e.g., fetching books, understanding words like “upstairs”). 5．She had six months of training with Lucky at “Animal Helpers”. 6．Yes. First, it provides specially trained dogs to help disabled people with daily tasks. Second, it brings pleasure and convenience to disabled people’s lives. 【导语】本文主要介绍残疾人Liz致信感谢李小姐为“Animal Helpers”捐款，助自己获得辅助犬Lucky，同时说明该组织对残疾人的重要性。 1．根据“she would talk to ‘Animal Helpers’ to see if it would be possible for me to get a specially trained dog”及“My dog’s name is ‘Lucky’”可知，Lucky是经过特殊训练的狗，故填Yes, he is. 2．根据“I’d like to thank you for sending money to ‘Animal Helpers’”及结尾“so I thank you again for supporting ‘Animal Helpers’”可知，Liz写这封信是为了感谢李小姐给Animal Helpers捐款（帮助她获得了Lucky），故填To thank Miss Li for sending money to “Animal Helpers”. 3．根据“‘Animal Helpers’, an organization setup to help disabled people”可知，该组织的目的是帮助残疾人，故填To help disabled people. 4．根据“Well, he has been trained to understand different instructions. For example, I say, ‘Lucky! Fetch my book,’ and he does it at once. He is very clever and understands many English words, even some difficult ones like ‘upstairs’”可知，Lucky能理解不同指令（比如取书、听懂upstairs这类单词）来帮助Liz，故填He has been trained to understand different instructions (e.g., fetching books, understanding words like “upstairs”). 5．根据“After six months of training with a dog at ‘Animal Helpers’, I was able to bring him home”可知，Liz在把Lucky带回家前，在Animal Helpers和它一起训练了六个月，故填She had six months of training with Lucky at “Animal Helpers”. 6．结合文章内容，Animal Helpers很重要的原因有：第一，它为残疾人提供经过训练的狗，帮助他们完成日常任务；第二，它能给残疾人的生活带来快乐和便利。故填Yes. First, it provides specially trained dogs to help disabled people with daily tasks. Second, it brings pleasure and convenience to disabled people’s lives. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) The Dress      “Do you like my dress?” she asked a stranger. “My mommy made it just for me.” She said with tears in her eyes. “Well, I think it’s very pretty, so tell me, little one, why are you crying?” With a shaking voice the little girl answered, “After mommy made me this dress, she had to go away.” “Well, now,” said the lady, “with a little girl like you waiting for her, I’m sure she’ll be right back.” “No, madam, you don’t understand,” said the child through her tears, “My daddy said that she’s up in heaven (天堂) now with grandfather.” Finally the woman realized what the child meant, and why she was crying. She gently held the child in her arms and together they cried for the mother that was gone. Then suddenly the little girl did something strange. She stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and began to sing. She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small bird. After the girl stopped singing, she explained to the lady, “My mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she made me promise to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me stop.” “See,” she said, “it did, and now my eyes are dry!” As the lady turned to go, the little girl caught her sleeve, “Lady, can you stay just a minute? I want to show you something.” “Of course,” she answered, “what do you want me to see?” The girl pointed a spot on her dress and said, “Right here is where my mommy kissed my dress, and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here, mommy said ________. Then the lady realized that she wasn’t just looking at a dress. No, she was looking at a mother who took all the love she had for her beautiful girl and put them into this dress that her child now so proudly wore. She no longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped (围绕) in her mother’s love. 1．The girl knew the lady who she was talking to, didn’t she? 2．Who made the dress for the little girl? 3．Why did the girl cry? 4．How did the little girl sing? 5．Complete the sentence. “Mommy said ________.” 6．Do you think it was a simple dress? Tell us your reason (s) . 【答案】1．No, she didn’t. 2．The little girl’s mommy. 3．Because her mommy passed away and she missed her. 4．She sang very softly, almost like a whisper. 5．these kisses would always be with me 6．No, I don’t. Because the dress was filled with the mother’s love for the little girl. 【导语】本文讲述了一个小女孩因思念离世的母亲而哭泣，通过母亲做的裙子和母亲教的歌寄托思念，展现了母亲对女儿的爱。 1．根据开头“‘Do you like my dress?’ she asked a stranger.”可知，小女孩不认识这位女士，故填No, she didn’t. 2．根据“My mommy made it just for me.”可知，裙子是小女孩的妈妈做的，故填The little girl’s mommy. 3．根据“After mommy made me this dress, she had to go away”和“My daddy said that she’s up in heaven now with grandfather”可知，女孩哭泣是因为妈妈离世了，故填Because her mommy passed away and she missed her. 4．根据“She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper.”可知，小女孩唱得很轻柔，故填She sang very softly, almost like a whisper. 5．答案不唯一，符合逻辑即可。故填these kisses would always be with me。 6．根据“she was looking at a mother who took all the love she had for her beautiful girl and put them into this dress”可知，这不是一条普通的裙子，因为它承载了妈妈对女儿的爱，故填No, I don’t. Because the dress was filled with the mother’s love for the little girl. 根据短文内容回答问题 Backwards=Bad Luck? For thousands of years, humans have been looking up at the night sky. In doing so, we have made many interesting discoveries. Today, we know about the paths of stars. We can even predict shooting star rains. You may also have heard about the “unlucky” moment of the stars—retrograde. What is retrograde? It has to do with the way the planets move. All the planets in our solar system travel around the Sun. From Earth, we can observe the orbits of the other planets. Usually, they appear to move in the same direction. If you record their orbits night after night, however, you’ll find that they sometimes seem to go backwards in their paths. This is called retrograde. Why are the planets going backwards? Are they lost, or tired of their same old orbits? All the planets in our solar system travel at different speeds. Those closer to the Sun travel faster than those farther out. When a planet completes its orbit once, a year has passed on that planet. For example, one year is 88 Earth days on Mercury and 687 on Mars. For this reason, some planets will lap others from time to time. Those faster-moving planets will pass their slower-moving neighbors. Mercury, for example, laps Earth about three times a year. And Earth laps Mars every two years. When the Earth and another planet pass each other, an optical illusion (视错觉) is created. From Earth, it looks like the other planet changes direction and the two planets are moving on different tracks. Although retrograde is just an illusion that we see, some people think there’s more to the story. Astrology (占星学) believes that each planet’s retrograde affects people differently—even if there is no scientific basis for this belief. For example, some astrology lovers are afraid of Mercury retrograde. They believe it will affect their relationships with others. Have you ever noticed strange effects during retrogrades? What other space topics are you interested in? Let’s learn more about our stars and the sky! 1．According to the article, what is retrograde? It is a phenomenon (现象) that 2．Which of the planets travel faster, those closer to the Sun or those farther out? 3．Why do some planets lap others from time to time? 4．How often does Mercury lap Earth in its orbit? 5．When the Earth and Mercury pass each other, Mercury is moving on a new track. Isn’t it? 6．Do you think a planet’s retrograde can influence people’s luck? Give at least two reasons. 【答案】1．planets seem to go backwards in their paths 2．Those closer to the Sun travel faster. 3．Because all the planets in our solar system travel at different speeds. 4．About three times a year. 5．No, it isn’t. 6．No, I don’t think so. First, there is no scientific evidence to support the idea that a planet’s retrograde can influence people’s luck. Second, retrograde is just an optical illusion caused by the relative motion of planets. 【导语】本文是一篇科普说明文。文章解释了行星“逆行”现象的科学原理，指出这实际上是由于行星运行速度不同而产生的视觉错觉，并探讨了占星学对此的非科学解读。 1．根据第二段中“If you record their orbits night after night, however, you’ll find that they sometimes seem to go backwards in their paths. This is called retrograde.”可知，逆行是一种行星看起来在轨道上向后移动的现象，故填planets seem to go backwards in their paths。 2．根据第四段中“All the planets in our solar system travel at different speeds. Those closer to the Sun travel faster than those farther out.”可知，离太阳更近的行星移动得更快，故填Those closer to the Sun travel faster. 3．根据第四段中“All the planets in our solar system travel at different speeds. Those closer to the Sun travel faster than those farther out. For this reason, some planets will lap others from time to time.”可知，因为太阳系中的所有行星都以不同的速度运行，离太阳更近的行星移动得更快，所以有些行星会不时地超过其他行星，故填Because all the planets in our solar system travel at different speeds. 4．根据第五段中“Mercury, for example, laps Earth about three times a year.”可知，水星每年大约追上地球三次，故填About three times a year. 5．根据第七段中“When the Earth and another planet pass each other, an optical illusion (视错觉) is created. From Earth, it looks like that the other planet changes direction and the two planets are moving on different tracks.”可知，当地球和水星相互经过时，会产生一种视错觉，看起来另一个行星改变了方向，两个行星在不同的轨道上移动，但实际上水星并没有在新的轨道上移动，故填No, it isn’t. 6．本题为开放性试题，要求给出至少两个理由。根据倒数第二段中“Although retrograde is just an illusion that we see, some people think there’s more to the story. Astrology (占星学) believes that each planet’s retrograde affects people differently—even if there is no scientific basis for this belief.”可知，占星学认为行星逆行会影响人们，但这并没有科学依据，所以行星逆行不会影响人们的运气。逆行现象只是由于行星之间的相对运动而产生的视觉错觉。故可填No, I don’t think so. First, there is no scientific evidence to support the idea that a planet’s retrograde can influence people’s luck. Second, retrograde is just an optical illusion caused by the relative motion of planets. Read the passage and answer the following questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题) Some trains produce thick clouds of black smoke as they travel. They smell bad and are harmful to the environment. But luckily, they will soon be a thing of the past. In recent years, scientists have been experimenting with biodiesel (生物柴油). Biodiesel can be made from vegetable oils and animal fats. It can also be made from cooking oil waste and leftover food. Biodiesel can power diesel engines. It is better for the environment than regular diesel. Amaterasu Railway is an open-air sightseeing train (敞篷观光列车) in Miyazaki Prefecture (宫崎县) in Japan. It has been powered by biodiesel since 2021. The train itself is very lovely. It is pink and white. While the train is moving, its conductors use bubble machines to create bubbles along the way. The train can carry up to 60 people. Its ride time is about 30 minutes. It travels through mountains, tunnels and rice fields. Its fuel is powerful enough to pull the train up high mountains. The train’s biodiesel costs about the same as regular diesel. Cooking oil provides about ninety percent of the train’s fuel. The other ten percent comes from pork bone noodle soup, and this makes the smoke from the train smell yummy. The railway company works with another company to run the train. They buy the used cooking oil and leftover noodle soup from some restaurants. The fat from the soup and the oil are refined into biodiesel. Unlike regular diesel, biodiesel goes bad in a few months. So, it has to be used right away. The biodiesel train reuses food waste and cuts down on harmful smoke. How useful it is! 1．According to the article, what can biodiesel be made from? 2．How long has the open-air sightseeing train been powered by biodiesel? 3．How long does the sightseeing train ride last? 4．What color is the open-air sightseeing train? 5．Why does the smoke from the open-air sightseeing train smell yummy? 6．Why does the biodiesel have to be used right away? 【答案】1．It can be made from vegetable oils, animal fats, cooking oil waste and leftover food. 2．Since 2021. 3．About 30 minutes. 4．It is pink and white. 5．Because ten percent of its fuel comes from pork bone noodle soup. 6．Because biodiesel goes bad in a few months. 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了生物柴油的相关信息，以及日本宫崎县使用生物柴油驱动的露天观光列车的情况，包括列车特点、燃料来源与特点等和这种列车的环保作用。 1．根据“Biodiesel can be made from vegetable oils and animal fats. It can also be made from cooking oil waste and leftover food.”可知生物柴油可由植物油和动物脂肪制成，也可由废弃食用油和剩余食物制成，故填It can be made from vegetable oils, animal fats, cooking oil waste and leftover food. 2．根据“Amaterasu Railway is an open-air sightseeing train in Miyazaki Prefecture in Japan. It has been powered by biodiesel since 2021.”可知自从2021年起敞篷观光列车就由生物柴油提供动力了，故填Since 2021. 3．根据“The train can carry up to 60 people. Its ride time is about 30 minutes.”可知敞篷观光列车的行程时长为大约30分钟，故填About 30 minutes. 4．根据“The train itself is very lovely. It is pink and white.”可知火车是粉白相间的，故填It is pink and white. 5．根据“The other ten percent comes from pork bone noodle soup, and this makes the smoke from the train smell yummy.”可知剩下的10%的燃料来自猪骨面条汤，所以火车冒出的烟闻起来是香喷喷的，故填Because ten percent of its fuel comes from pork bone noodle soup. 6．根据“Unlike regular diesel, biodiesel goes bad in a few months. So, it has to be used right away.”可知几个月后，生物柴油会变质，所以必须被立即使用，故填Because biodiesel goes bad in a few months. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) Born into a poor farmer’s family in Dushantou village in 1960, Liang Ruirong contracted polio (得了小儿麻痹症) when he was a child. After failing to pass the national college entrance examination, he made a living working in fields and collecting pig droppings for manure (肥料). After about a year, Liang seized the rare opportunity to become a full-time employee at a factory in a neighboring town. Humble, curious and hardworking, he was promoted to workshop director after five years, and developed 50 new products. Over time, the idea of setting up his own company began to take shape. “We didn’t have the money,” he said. “I had to borrow it from friends. I set the factory up near home with 10 colleagues.” During the first few years, when the products were ready, Liang traveled in a delivery van to present them to customers in person. “To save on accommodations, I often slept in the van at night,” he said. As his business grew, Liang never forgot about the hardships he had to endure (忍受) because of his physical disability. As company chairman, he created jobs on the processing lines, which do not require physical exertion (强体力活动) and are easy to master. To ensure that as many disabled people as possible could benefit from his success, the company set up a charity in 2010. Each year, the charity donates 250.000 yuan. After nearly two decades of rapid development, Liang’s company is now renowned for being one of China’s largest manufacturers and exporters of bamboo and wood products. It is also one of the country’s largest producers of natural food packaging containers and restaurant utensils (器皿). These green and environmentally friendly products are not only popular with Chinese customers, but are also well-received abroad, particularly in the United States, Europe and Japan. “The company’s overseas sales reached $13.27 million last year,” Liang said, adding that the products will help contribute to national goals to fight global warming. For Liang, the company has set an example to the world, showing that business can be both profitable (盈利的) and socially responsible. 1．Does Liang’s company sell bamboo products or wood products? 2．How did Liang manage to start his own factory since he didn’t have enough money? 3．What did Liang do to save money on accommodations during his early business trips? 4．When did Liang’s company set up a charity to help disabled people? 5．Why did Liang create jobs on the processing lines that are easy to master? 6．What do you think of Liang? Why? 【答案】1．Both. 2．He borrowed money from his friends. 3．He often slept in the delivery van at night. 4．In 2010. 5．①Because he wanted to create jobs for disabled people. / Because he never forgot the hardships due to his own physical disability and wanted to help others. ②Because he created jobs on the processing lines, which do not require physical exertion and are easy to master. To ensure that as many disabled people as possible could benefit from his success. 172．I think Liang is not only a successful businessman but also a great and kind person. I think so because he achieved great success through hard work, and he never forgot to help other disabled people by creating jobs and setting up a charity. His life is truly inspiring. 【导语】本文主要讲述了梁瑞荣虽身患小儿麻痹症，但凭借努力创办公司，在取得商业成功的同时，不忘回馈社会、帮助残疾人的经历。 1．根据“Liang’s company is now renowned for being one of China’s largest manufacturers and exporters of bamboo and wood products.”可知，梁的公司既销售竹制品也销售木制品，故填Both. 2．根据“‘We didn’t have the money,’ he said. ‘I had to borrow it from friends.’”可知，梁因为没有足够的钱，所以向朋友借了钱来创办自己的工厂，故填He borrowed money from his friends. 3．根据“‘To save on accommodations, I often slept in the van at night,’ he said.”可知，梁在早期商务旅行中为了节省住宿费用，经常晚上睡在送货面包车里，故填He often slept in the delivery van at night. 4．根据“To ensure that as many disabled people as possible could benefit from his success, the company set up a charity in 2010.”可知，梁的公司在2010年成立了慈善机构来帮助残疾人，故填In 2010. 5．根据“Liang never forgot about the hardships he had to endure because of his physical disability. As company chairman, he created jobs on the processing lines, which do not require physical exertion and are easy to master. To ensure that as many disabled people as possible could benefit from his success”可知，梁创建易于掌握的生产线工作岗位，是因为他从未忘记自己因身体残疾所承受的艰辛，想要为残疾人创造工作机会，确保尽可能多的残疾人能从他的成功中受益，故填①Because he wanted to create jobs for disabled people. / Because he never forgot the hardships due to his own physical disability and wanted to help others. ②Because he created jobs on the processing lines, which do not require physical exertion and are easy to master. To ensure that as many disabled people as possible could benefit from his success. 6．开放性问题，答案不唯一。参考答案I think Liang is not only a successful businessman but also a great and kind person. I think so because he achieved great success through hard work, and he never forgot to help other disabled people by creating jobs and setting up a charity. His life is truly inspiring. Answer the questions. (根据短文内容回答问题) Do you know where your food comes from? How far do the milk, apples, coffee beans and other items you eat travel to reach you? What we eat shapes us. But the decisions we make on what we eat can also shape the world around us. Starting to check your food miles is an important step to saving the Earth. Food miles refer to the distance your food travels before it reaches you. From farm to fork, the shorter the distance, the better the food will be for your health and the environment. Food miles are a rather modern idea. Throughout most of human history, people have eaten food grown locally. But over the past few decades (十年), the world has become highly connected. We have become used to having a wide range of global foods. We buy tropical fruits rather than those grown in our local climate. We expect fresh, green products (尤指农产品) even when there is snow on the ground. When we calculate food miles, we shouldn’t just think about the exact number of miles. It depends on many factors (因素), such as how damaging these miles can be. For one thing, the mode of transportation is important. Air travel, for example, allows food to travel quickly. However, this speedy delivery system causes a carbon footprint about 50 times bigger than that of the much slower transportation of food by sea. Working out the environmental cost of what we eat can be hard. The simple truth is that most of us can do far better than what we do now. Whenever you can, buy food from local farmers and eat in-season fruits and vegetables. 1．People have been talking about food miles for the past few centuries, haven’t they? 2．According to the author, what are food miles? 3．What examples did the author use to show people’s habit of buying global food?  (Give 1 example.) 4．What are the advantage and disadvantage of transporting food by air? 5．According to the author, how can we reduce our food miles? 6．Apart from the author’s suggestions, what do you think we can do to reduce our food miles? (Give at least 2 examples.) 【答案】1．No, they haven’t. 2．The distance your food travels before it reaches you. 3．Buying tropical fruits rather than those grown in our local climate. 4．The advantage is that it allows food to travel quickly. And the disadvantage is that it causes a carbon footprint about 50 times bigger than that of the much slower transportation of food by sea. 5．We can reduce our food miles by buying food from local farmers and eating in-season fruits and vegetables. 6．We can eat less imported food and grow vegetables at home. 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了“食物里程”的概念及其对环境的影响，并提出了减少食物里程的建议。 1．根据第三段“Food miles are a rather modern idea.”可知，食物里程这一理念属于现代产物，并非过去几个世纪就存在。故填No, they haven’t. 2．根据第二段“Food miles refer to the distance your food travels before it reaches you.”可知，食物里程指的是食物从产地到消费者手中的运输距离。故填The distance your food travels before it reaches you. 3．根据第三段“We buy tropical fruits rather than those grown in our local climate.”可知，作者用购买热带水果的例子来说明人们购买全球食物的习惯。故填Buying tropical fruits rather than those grown in our local climate. 4．根据第四段“Air travel, for example, allows food to travel quickly. However, this speedy delivery system causes a carbon footprint about 50 times bigger than that of the much slower transportation of food by sea.”可知，航空运输的优势是快速，劣势是碳足迹约为海运的50倍。故填The advantage is that it allows food to travel quickly. And the disadvantage is that it causes a carbon footprint about 50 times bigger than that of the much slower transportation of food by sea. 5．根据最后一段“Whenever you can, buy food from local farmers and eat in-season fruits and vegetables.”可知，作者建议通过购买本地食物和食用当季水果蔬果来减少食物里程。故填We can reduce our food miles by buying food from local farmers and eating in-season fruits and vegetables. 6．开放性作答，结合实际情况，言之成理即可。参考答案为We can eat less imported food and grow vegetables at home. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)     It was 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night. Fourteen-year-old Li Gong sat at his desk and stared at a blank sheet of paper. Li had to write a 600-word book report and it was due the next day. The problem? He hadn’t read the book. Li opened an AI app on his computer and typed in “Book report, 600 words, The Old Man and the Sea.” In less than a minute, the boy had his book report. Several days later, Li was called into his teacher’s office. Unfortunately, his teacher was very familiar with computers and AI apps. One of the apps scanned (扫描) his students’ writing to detect cheating. Li had been caught! But his teacher was kind. Instead of punishing the boy, he explained that although AI apps were a helpful shortcut for some things, there was no shortcut to learning. Learning how to write well is valuable to understanding a subject and expressing your own ideas about it. An AI app depends on a collection of information that someone has uploaded onto a computer system. A specially trained algorithm (算法) processes the information to produce the type of writing someone might need. It’s useful for writing business emails, legal documents (法律文件) and even news reports, but it’s not useful for expressing your personal ideas and thoughts. Writing is the most difficult of all the language skills. You need to be good at grammar and have a good vocabulary. Writing also requires you to think clearly. For example, Li Gong was supposed to read Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and find out what it was about. It’s the story of a poor fisherman who catches a big fish one day. It’s too big to put in his boat, so he drags it behind him in the water. When he reaches the shore, all that is left is the fish’s skeleton. It’s a sad story, but what does it all mean? If Li had read the book and written the book report, he would have learned a lot and had the satisfaction of expressing his own ideas about the story. That’s something AI cannot do. 1．Li Gong finished his book report on The Old Man and the Sea on his own, didn’t he? 2．How does an AI app produce a piece of writing? 3．What do you need to do in order to be able to write well? 4．Who wrote the book The Old Man and the Sea? 5．According to the author, what is AI unable to do? 6．Now that AI can “write”, do you think it is still necessary for students to learn how to write well? Give your reason(s). 【答案】1．No, he didn’t. 2．By using a specially trained algorithm to process the information. 3．I need to be good at grammar, have a good vocabulary and think clearly. 4．Ernest Hemingway. 5．Express personal ideas and thoughts. 6．Yes. Because learning how to write requires me to think deeply, organize my thoughts and try to communicate those thoughts clearly and effectively. Learning how to write well is valuable to understanding a subject and expressing my own ideas about it. Writing can help me to become a better thinker and communicator. 【导语】本文通过讲述李工的故事告诉我们人工智能并不能代替人类表达个人想法和观点。 1．根据“Li opened an AI app on his computer and typed in ‘Book report, 600 words, The Old Man and the Sea.’ In less than a minute, the boy had his book report.”可知李工是用AI写的《老人与海》读书报告，并不是他独立完成的。故填No, he didn’t. 2．根据“A specially trained algorithm (算法) processes the information to produce the type of writing someone might need.”可知一种经过专门训练的算法会处理这些信息，生成某人可能需要的写作内容。故填By using a specially trained algorithm to process the information. 3．根据“Writing is the most difficult of all the language skills. You need to be good at grammar and have a good vocabulary. Writing also requires you to think clearly.”可知写作需要掌握扎实的语法知识，并拥有丰富的词汇量，此外还需要具备清晰的思维能力。故填I need to be good at grammar, have a good vocabulary and think clearly. 4．根据“For example, Li Gong was supposed to read Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and find out what it was about.”可知《老人与海》是海明威写的。故填Ernest Hemingway. 5．根据“It’s useful for writing business emails, legal documents (法律文件) and even news reports, but it’s not useful for expressing your personal ideas and thoughts.”可知人工智能不能表达个人想法和观点。故填Express personal ideas and thoughts. 6．开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为Yes. Because learning how to write requires me to think deeply, organize my thoughts and try to communicate those thoughts clearly and effectively. Learning how to write well is valuable to understanding a subject and expressing my own ideas about it. Writing can help me to become a better thinker and communicator. Jonathan Coe was born on 19 August 1961 in Lickey, a suburb of south-west Birmingham, Britain. His first surviving story, a detective thriller called The Castle of Mystery, was written at the age of eight. The first few pages of this story appear in his novel What a Carve Up! He continued writing fiction throughout his schooldays, his three years at Trinity College, Cambridge and his postgraduate years at Warwick University where he was awarded a doctorate for his thesis on Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones. While working on this thesis, he also completed The Accidental Woman, the first of his novels to be published. In the late 1980s, he moved to London to pursue his literary and musical enthusiasms, writing songs for his short-lived band The Peer Group and a feminist cabaret group called Wanda and the Willy Warmers. The Accidental Woman was published in April 1987 and was followed by A Touch of Love (1989) and The Dwarves of Death (1990), but it was not until the publication of his fourth novel, What a Carve Up! that he began to reach a wider audience. It became his first international success with translations in sixteen languages. It was followed by The House of Sleep (1997), and then The Rotters’ Club (2001) and its sequel (续集) The Closed Circle (2004). The Rain Before It Falls (2007) marked a move away from his trademark humour and political satire, while The Terrible Privacy of Marwell Sim (2010) was a comedy about loneliness and disconnection in the social media age. His work has received many prizes and awards both in England, France and Italy. Jonathan Coe may be considered a complete novelist and a classic of our times. 1．What is Jonathan Coe’s nationality? 2．Jonathan Coe’s first published novel is The Castle of Mystery, isn’t it? 3．Where was Jonathan Coe awarded a doctorate? 4．When did Jonathan Coe become internationally famous? 5．What kind of book is The Terrible Privacy of Marwell Sim? 6．Please introduce Jonathan Coe in two or three sentences. 【答案】1．British. 2．No, it isn’t. 3．At Warwick University. 4．After his fourth novel What a Carve Up! was published. 5．A comedy about loneliness and disconnection in the social media age. 6．Jonathan Coe is a novelist from Britain. He has written a variety of novels and may be a classic of our times. 【导语】本文主要介绍了英国作家Jonathan Coe的生平、教育背景、文学创作历程及其代表作品。 1．根据“Jonathan Coe was born on 19 August 1961 in Lickey, a suburb of south-west Birmingham, Britain”可知，Jonathan Coe的国籍是英国。故填British. 2．根据“His first surviving story, a detective thriller called The Castle of Mystery, was written at the age of eight.”和第2段“While working on this thesis, he also completed The Accidental Woman, the first of his novels to be published.”可知，他的第一部出版小说是The Accidental Woman，而非童年创作的The Castle of Mystery。故填No, it isn’t. 3．根据“his postgraduate years at Warwick University where he was awarded a doctorate”可知，他在华威大学获得博士学位。故填At Warwick University. 4．根据“it was not until the publication of his fourth novel, What a Carve Up! that he began to reach a wider audience”可知，第四部小说What a Carve Up!出版后使他获得国际声誉。故填After his fourth novel What a Carve Up! was published. 5．根据“The Terrible Privacy of Marwell Sim (2010) was a comedy about loneliness and disconnection in the social media age”可知，The Terrible Privacy of Marwell Sim是一部关于社交媒体时代孤独和疏离的喜剧。故填A comedy about loneliness and disconnection in the social media age. 6．根据“Jonathan Coe was born on 19 August 1961 in Lickey, a suburb of south-west Birmingham, Britain.”和“Jonathan Coe may be considered a complete novelist and a classic of our times.”可知，Jonathan Coe是英国的小说家。他写了各种各样的小说，他可能是我们时代的经典。故填Jonathan Coe is a novelist from Britain. He has written a variety of novels and may be a classic of our times. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is an amazing mountain climber. She has climbed 14 of the world’s highest mountains—which are all over 8,000 meters high! Because the air is thinner, most climbers need extra oxygen to reach the tops of these mountains. However, Gerlinde is the first woman to climb all 14 mountains without extra oxygen. When Gerlinde was 13 years old, she climbed her first big mountain—Sturzhahn in Austria (2,028 meters). She became a nurse, but always had a passion (激情) for climbing. When she was 32 years old, Gerlinde climbed her fifth major mountain—Nanga Parbat in Pakistan—and decided to become a full-time mountain climber. In 2007, when Gerlinde was 37 years old, she had an accident while climbing Dhaulagiri in Nepal—the world’s seventh highest mountain. She was inside her tent one morning when an avalanche (雪崩) struck. When the avalanche stopped, it was very dark, and she didn’t know where she was. She had a small knife and cut a hole in the tent. Slowly, Gerlinde managed to get out of the deep snow and to the surface. Gerlinde recovered from the accident. “I couldn’t stop climbing—this is my life,” she said. “A year later I returned to the same spot (地点). There was the most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen.” She climbed the 14th mountain—K2, between Pakistan and China—in 2011 and set the world record. 1．Gerlinde has climbed all 14 mountains without using extra oxygen, hasn’t she? 2．What change did Gerlinde make to become a full-time mountain climber? 3．Why did everything go dark for Gerlinde after the avalanche stopped? 4．How did Gerlinde manage to escape after the avalanche? 5．Why do you think Gerlinde found the sunrise on Dhaulagiri so beautiful? 6．What facts from the story show Gerlinde’s passion for climbing? Please list three. 【答案】1．Yes, she has. 2．She gave up her job (as a nurse)/ She changed/ quitted her job. 3．Because she was inside her tent when the avalanche happened, and the snow covered it. 4．She used a small knife to cut a hole in the tent, then slowly made her way out of the deep snow to the surface. 5．Because it was a sign of hope and a new beginning after her challenging experience. The sunrise gives her the strength to keep climbing. 6．She climbed her first big mountain at the age of 13. At 32, she (quitted her job as a nurse and) decided to become a full-time mountain climber after climbing her fifth major mountain. Even after a serious accident, she returned to the same mountain a year later. 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了著名登山家Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner的登山经历和成就。 1．根据文章第1段“Gerlinde is the first woman to climb all 14 mountains without extra oxygen.”可推知Gerlinde确实没有使用额外氧气攀登了所有14座山峰。故填Yes, she has. 2．根据文章第2段“She became a nurse, but always had a passion (激情) for climbing. When she was 32 years old, Gerlinde climbed her fifth major mountain—Nanga Parbat in Pakistan—and decided to become a full-time mountain climber.”可知Gerlinde在攀登了Nanga Parbat后决定成为一名全职登山者，这表明她从护士变为专职登山者。故填She gave up her job (as a nurse)/ She changed/ quitted her job. 3．根据文章第3段“She was inside her tent one morning when an avalanche (雪崩) struck. When the avalanche stopped, it was very dark, and she didn’t know where she was.”可知，雪崩后Gerlinde被埋在深雪中，因此周围一片黑暗。故填Because she was inside her tent when the avalanche happened, and the snow covered it. 4．根据文章第3段“She had a small knife and cut a hole in the tent. Slowly, Gerlinde managed to get out of the deep snow and to the surface.”可知，Gerlinde用一把小刀在帐篷上割了一个洞，慢慢从深雪中爬了出来。故填She used a small knife to cut a hole in the tent, then slowly made her way out of the deep snow to the surface. 5．根据文章第4段“A year later I returned to the same spot. There was the most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen.”可推知，她遭遇雪崩后重返的地方，她克服危险再度登顶，心中更觉珍贵和美好，是希望和新的开始的象征，所以觉得日出格外壮丽。故填Because it was a sign of hope and a new beginning after her challenging experience. The sunrise gives her the strength to keep climbing. 6．根据文章第2段“When Gerlinde was 13 years old, she climbed her first big mountain—Sturzhahn in Austria (2,028 meters).”可知Gerlinde在13岁时就攀登了她的第一座大山，显示了她对登山的热情；根据文章第2段“When she was 32 years old, Gerlinde climbed her fifth major mountain—Nanga Parbat in Pakistan—and decided to become a full-time mountain climber.”可知，Gerlinde在攀登了第五座大山后决定成为一名全职登山者，进一步体现了她对登山的热情；根据文章第4段“I couldn’t stop climbing—this is my life,” she said.”可知，即使经历了严重的事故，Gerlinde仍然继续攀登，表明她对登山的执着和热爱。故填She climbed her first big mountain at the age of 13. At 32, she (quitted her job as a nurse and) decided to become a full-time mountain climber after climbing her fifth major mountain. 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