初中英语任务型阅读试题

Looking back at 2016，there were many moments that we were proud of and excited about．Here are some important and moving moments from 2016．

61． 　　Chinese Women's Volleyball Team won the gold medal at Rio 2016 Olympic Games．This is the third time that they have won the gold medal in the history of volleyball at the Olympics．

62． 　　Hangzhou，the host of the G20 Summit welcomed leaders from G20 members and guest countries as well as heads of relevant（相关的）international organizations．The discussions and wonderful show drew the whole world's attention．

63． 　　On April 12，2016，Xinhua Dictionary got two Guinness World Records﹣the most popular dictionary and the best﹣selling book．By July 2015，it had sold 567 million copies around the world．The book is also a good tool for foreigners who want to learn Chinese language and culture．

64． 　　He Jiang was born in a small village in China．He became the first Chinese student to give a speech at Harvard's commencement（典礼）．It's the highest honor given by the university．

65． 　　On June 20，2016，a new Chinese supercomputer，Sunway TaihuLight，took the top spot of the new list of the 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world．China had come further than any other country in the history of supercomputer．

根据上面每段的陈述，从方框中选出与其匹配的名称．

A．	Xinhua Dictionary
B．	The G20 Summit
C．	He Jiang，an excellent student
D．	Sunway TaihuLight
E．	Chinese Women's Volleyball Team．

Nowadays，e﹣hongbao is quite popular in China．It is considered that e﹣hongbao comes originally from"lucky money"for the spring festival．（61） 　　People hope to get good luck from it．

People send e﹣hongbao not only on festivals but in other situations as well．On birthdays，for example，people may get e﹣hongbao from family，relatives and friends，especially when they are not in the same place．（62） 　　On that day，to express their love，Chinese lovers prefer to send each other e﹣hongbao of 5.20 yuan，9.27 yuan or 13.14 yuan…．

People like to play e﹣hongbao games on smartphones．（63） 　　Some of the lucky ones may receive much while some get only a few fen．No matter how much money they get in the end，they want to try their luck．Usually，the person who gets the most money will send e﹣hongbao one more time．In fact，whether they get much or little，they have lots of fun．And the games bring people cheer together．

（64） 　　If you forget to take the wallet with you when shopping or eating in restaurants，don't worry．A smartphone can help you out．That's great，isn't it？However，each coin has two sides．Some people complain e﹣hongbao is just a way to make customers spend more money．And paying by e﹣hongbao can be dangerous sometimes．（65） 　　Safety always comes first．

阅读短文，把A﹣E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整．

A．Money from e﹣hongbao can also be used to pay． B．In the games，people all hope to get some money． C．It's a new convenient way to send greetings and wishes． D．For another example，February 14 ^this special to lovers． E．Be careful not to give away personal information like your ID numbers．

Many people say that they are working too many hours，（1） 　　They can't take care of things at home．They don't have time to relax．

（2） 　　 In France，people spend about 1，646hours a year at work．In Japan，however，people work about 2，159hours a year．That means a Japanese employee（员工）works 513more hours a year than a French one．That is more than 12weeks，or three months，of extra（额外的）work!

（3） 　　 Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money．However，many companies don't pay overtime．Their employees don't get extra pay for extra work．These people work extra hours because they think it's their duty．Some people are afraid they will lose their jobs if they don't work extra hours．

（4） 　　In France，people get five weeks of paid vacation．In Germany，they get from four to six weeks．In the United States，two weeks of vacation is the average（平均）．In one study in Great Britain，fewer than half of the workers ran out of all their vacation days．（5） 　　If that is true，there will be a lot of dull people in the world．

根据短文内空，将下面方框内的句子还原到文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺．（每个选项只能用一次）

A．	In English，people say，"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"
B．	Work hours are different from one country to another．
C．	Many people say that their vacations are too short．
D．	They don't have enough time with their families．
E．	Why do people work so many hours？

A	How much money do you spend every week？Write it down on your notebook．Then you will know how to manage your money．It's best to plan to spend money buying useful things．So you can put your money into good use．Don't spend money on useless things if possible．
B	Perhaps you like having delicious foods outside with your friends or family．Invite your friends over to your house instead of going out to a restaurant．You can enjoy home﹣made foods and play games together．It's an excellent way to have fun，but at a lower cost．
C	Try to save most of your pocket money（零用钱）．Some people don't mind their pocket money．That is wrong．If you save just 5 yuan a week，you can have lots of money over time．Once in a while，you can put the money in a bank．With the pocket money you save，you can do lots of meaningful things．
D	Instead of buying tea or coffee with a meal，drink water．It is widely known that water is the most popular drink in the world．It is good for your health．Drinking water makes you full of energy and it also saves money．
E	Walking is a great way to get some exercise and save money．This is a lifestyle that costs nothing．You'd better choose to walk rather than drive as much as possible．Doing this，not only can you feel good about enjoying the fresh air，but you get to spend time exercising a lot．

请根据下面的小标题，从上面的描述中找出与其相匹配的选项．

61．Drink water more 　　

62．Enjoy foods at home 　　

63．Plan what you spend 　　

64．Walk rather than drive 　　

65．Save your pocket money 　　．

Sleep plays an important role in brain（大脑）development．Children should get enough sleep．（1） 　　A study says that because of being short of sleep，it is much harder for children to do something carefully．And also they become forgetful and easy to make mistakes．Another study shows that the right amount of night﹣time sleep is just as important for children's development as healthy eating and taking exercise．

（2） 　　In general a younger child needs more sleep than an older one．Children at the age of 5﹣11 will need 10﹣12 hours of sleep a night while children at the age of more than 11 will need less hours

In fact，many parents don't know how to help their children get enough sleep．Here is something you can do．For children at the age of 5﹣11，a 30﹣40 minutes routine（常规）before sleep is helpful．（3） 　　In the activities，children relax and enjoy themselves a lot，and they will go to sleep more easily．

Children at the age of more than 11 may go to bed late in the evening，talking with friends online，playing games or watching TV．（4） 　　And even they will be tired during the day．So limit（限制）your children's use of the Internet，games and the TV before they go to bed．（5） 　　．

根据短文内容，从下列七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将其字母标号涂黑．

A．	If not，many problems will come to them．
B．	Why does a child need so much sleep？
C．	How many hours of sleep is enough for a child？
D．	So they will find it difficult to get up in the next morning．
E．	It includes a bath，reading a story together and so on．
F．	Taking exercise is as important as enough sleep for children．
G．	And don't allow them to have a computer or TV set in their bedroom．

D

Trust has been considered as the basis（ 基础） of any relationship， including friendship． No relationship can last long without trust（1） 　　Sometimes， it takes years， even a whole life to make it． We certainly know who are the people we trust． However， how do we know if others trust us？

（2） 　　You may first like to talk to the friends you trust most． It is the same with your friends．

Whom do you ask for advice when you need it the most？ Either your parents or your friends may first come into your mind． You only ask for advice from the people you really trust．You know they will never pass on a wrong suggestion， And so do they（3） 　　

Different ideas and discussions are a part of every relationship， and this is also true for friend ship． Actually， two people can't always have the same opinions on a situation and they may share different suggestions． Sometimes some people find it hard to forgive（原谅）and forget． （4） 　　It is because they trust you and believe that you will never cause any pain to them on purpose（故意地）．

There are times in life when you find yourself a lonely soldier（5） 　　Your friends will never let you down and will strongly stand for you when you need encouragement． If they side with you when you need them the most， you can know that they trust you，

A．	But winning trust is not easy as we imagin．
B．	Whom would you like to share your secrets with？
C．	But for your true friends there is no difficulty in it．
D．	They dont like their friends with different opinions．
E．	It will be necessary for you to stay in touch with your friends．
F．	However， if you have true friends， you will never be alone in any trouble．
G．	The friends who trust you will go to you for help in the important decisions of their life．

D

    Starting high school is a great experience for any teenager．Whether you are coming from a middle school（grades six through eight） or a junior high school（grades seven through nine），there are many things about high that are different from your old school environment．（61） 　　

    You will face being in a new school，making new friends in an unfamiliar class and getting to know new teachers．These new teachers will usually have higher academic（学术的） level than your middle and junior﹣high school teachers．（62） 　 　In return，they expect you to work hard and develop your skills．

    On top of all this，peer pressure（同伴压力） to drink and smoke often increases in high school．（63） 　　

    Although there is a lot of pressure，it is nothing you can not deal with．If you are feeling pressure to do something that you feel is wrong，talk to a friend，parent or counselor to find a solution（解决）．（64） 　　If you are not succeeding academically，find someone to help you．If you feel lonely，try to join a school club or group to make new friends．

    （65） 　　With time，you will come to be thankful for everything about your experience．On the point of starting you high school，are you ready？

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整．

A．	You will experience many changes．
B．	They want to help you get into college．
C．	High school may seem discouraging at first．
D．	They are there to help you get into this great new time in your life．
E．	Besides，the pressure could also come from grades，loneliness and so on．

There are so many expressions in American English that sound pleasant （令人愉快的）but are not．（61） 　　When someone says they have to"face the music"，it does not mean they are going to a concert．"Facing the music"means to accept and deal with the punishment of an action．

（62） 　　For example，"I can't face another night of camping!It's cold and rainy．"Or"In life，you must face your fears．"Face used in this way is very common．But now，let's go back to facing the music．Imagine a friend asks you to take care of her beautiful red sports car．She gives you the keys and says，"Thanks so much for watching my car while I'm away．But please，do not drive it．It is an extremely （极其） fast car．"（63） 　　You want to show off to some friends．So，you drive it around town one night．As bad luck would have it，you lose control of the car and drive it into a stop sign．Bang!

When your friend returns you must tell her what you have done and"face the music"．（64）____ 　　It could be losing her friendship or paying for repairs to her sports car or both．Whatever the music is，you must face it．

（65） 　　To"take your medicine"means to accept the results from something bad you have done．And if someone says，"You made your bed．Now lie in it．"they mean you created a bad situation and now you will experience the results!

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上．

A．	But you do not listen．
B．	"Face the music"is a good example．
C．	The"music"here is the result of your actions．
D．	Americans often use the word"face"in this way．
E．	There are other American expressions that mean the same thing as"face the music"．

Who designed（设计）the first helicopter（直升飞机）？Who painted one of the most famous pictures in the world？（56） 　　There is an answer to all these questions﹣Leonardo de Vinci．

Leonardo may have been the greatest genius（天才）people have ever known．He lived in Italy around the year 1500，but many of his inventions seem modern to us today．For example，one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter．（57） 　　But scientists say his idea would have worked．

Leonardo wasn't just an inventor．（58） 　　By the time he was twenty years old，he was called a master painter，and as he got older he became even more famous．Sometimes he drew a hand in ten different ways before he was ready to paint．

（59） 　　You may know one of his most famous works﹣the smiling woman known as the Mona Lisa．

A．Of course，he couldn't build a helicopter with the things he had． B．Many of Leonardo's wonderful paintings are still with us today． C．Who knew more about the human body than most doctors？ D．He was one of the greatest artists of his day．

60．What is not mentioned in the passage？ 　　

A．	Leonardo is a famous inventor．
B．	Leonardo knew more about the human body．
C．	Leonardo drew the helicopter．
D．	Leonardo painted the most famous painting in the world．

Mahalya is a student in Grade 8at Lamberton Middle School in Pennsylvania， US． Every afternoon at 2o'clock， she runs to a store at her school， she is not running to buy snacks． Instead， she works as the storekeeper and helps count change（零钱）for customers．

"I didn't know that it took so much work． I didn't do anything like this，" Mahalya told The Seaeinel， a local newspaper．

In fact， she and another 11students work as the storekeepers at Bison Bargains， the school's first student﹣run store． I started on February 22， and it opens each school day during break time from 2to 2：30p．m． It mainly sells stationeryand snacks．

Through this， students see what a business is like． Christian 11g， a 14﹣year﹣old student， was really surprised by how hard it was to not make mistakes and do the transactions（交易）． "It's kind of a challenge to learn all the information on the stock（供应物）lists and remember all the prices of the products，" Christian told the newspaper．

To help them learn about business， they took a class． The class taught students how to use money and some simple business rules．

The school did a survey on what products students would buy from a school store． In the future， they plan to sell things made by the students themselves． For example， students can sell their homemade pencil boxes and phone cases．

61． Mahalya runs to a store in her school to 　　．

A．	buy some snacks
B．	learn about customers
C．	work as the storekeeper
D．	learn about the information

62． What does the underlined word "stationery" mean in Chinese？ 　　

A．	文具
B．	餐具
C．	道具
D．	家具

63． How long does Bison Bargains open each school day during break time？ 　　

A．	60 minutes．
B．	50 minutes．
C．	40 minutes．
D．	30 minutes．

64． The purpose of having a student﹣run store is to 　　．

A．	teach students to learn from mistakes
B．	help students see what a business is like
C．	sell more stationery and snacks to students
D．	start a class on how to use money in the store

65． What is this passage mainly about？ 　　

A．	The school's new program， a student﹣run store．
B．	The results of a survey on the student﹣run store．
C．	The reasons of opening a student﹣run store．
D．	The rule of the student﹣run store．

Jellyfish and Crocrodiles（水母和鳄鱼）

Hi，my name's Ben．My family，that's Mum，Dad and me，live in Broome in Western Australia．Western Australia is about 80times larger than Italy，but only 1.5million people live there．（46） 　　It has a population of about 12，000．It's right on the coast and is known for its famous Cable Beach，which is 20km long．

We live in the town in a house with a large garden．（47） 　　We drive to Cable Beach and look for a quiet place to swim or to fish．We don't go swimming from October to March because there may be box jellyfish in the water．The box jellyfish is one of the most dangerous jellyfish．（48） 　　If you are attacked by one，the best thing to do is to pour vinegar（醋）over the area of your body where you are hurt．That's why we always take a bottle of vinegar with us．

（49） 　　A year ago I went camping in the bush with my friend Bill and his dad．We wanted to do some fishing and set up camp about 20metres from a river．（50） 　　Bill's father told us to get up and we quickly got out of the tent adn ran to the car，which was only 10metres away．

Bill's dad started the car and turned on the headlights．In the light，we could see a big crocodile pulling the tent into the river!

A．	In Australia，they kill up to 65people a year．
B．	Broome is a town in the north of Western Australia．
C．	Another dangerous animal in Western Australia is the saltwater crocodile．
D．	At weekends I often go fishing or swimmming with my friends or my parents．
E．	Suddenly，at 3o'clock in the morning，we felt something pulling on our tent．

阅读短文，把A～E 五个句子填人文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确．

Last term began to study at a boarding（寄宿）high school．

（66） 　　I walked out of the classroom，tired and sleepy．and a sense of loneliness hit me．I question d myself：I was away from home．but where w as my heart？

In fact，I grew up in a warm family with my parents who spent a lot of time looking after me．（67） 　　．b it this time．I had to leave my dearest parents．and put all my efforts into my study．Seeing so many strange face s passing me，1had to hide my sadness deeply in my heart．

However，when I went back and opened the dormitory door．I heard，"Why did you go out？

Why didn't you take an umbrella with you？You may get ill．Take off your soaked （湿透的）

clothes…

（68） 　　．and asked me several worried questions．

（69） 　　．it was home!It was at the exact moment that I realized I had a new home，and all

my classmates and my roommates were my family members!

I understood the meaning of the old saying，"Every coin has two sides．"Although I had left

the protection of my parents，I became independent and learned how to fit in with society．

I am surprised to find that I have changed so much and learned a lot．

（70） 　　．I can only thank all my friendly classmates who gave me a place to put my heart．

A．	A It is the warmth of my classmates
B．	Suddenly．a familiar sense came back to me
C．	One evening，the sky was getting dark and it was raining outside
D．	I had never left my parents before
E．	One of my roommates ran over to me．

Nick and his friends were talking about things that can bring them luck．"I have a lucky red pen，"said Andy．"I have a lucky coin，"said Peter．"Every time I take a test，I carry my lucky coin．"Nick thought for a moment，and said，"My blue socks．""Blue socks？"the boys were surprised and asked together．Nick said that every time he wore his blue socks to school before a test，he got a good mark．

The next day Nick had a Chinese test．He was sad because he couldn't find his blue socks．"Mom!"shouted Nick．"Where are my blue socks？I have a Chinese test today，and I need to wear them．"

"Don't be silly，"Nick's mom said．"They need to be washed．""When I wear them，I get a good grade．"Nick said．

"Did you prepare for your test？"asked Mom．

"Yes．"

"Then don't worry about it．Just do your best．"Mom encouraged．

A few days later，Nick's teacher told him that he got 95in his test．Nick was so excited that he couldn't wait to tell Mom he did well in his test．Mom said，"It wasn't the blue socks that made you success．In fact，it was made by yourself．"

71．Who could get luck from a red pen？（根据短文内容回答问题） 　　

72．Why was Nick sad the next day？（根据短文内容回答问题） 　　

73．Was Nick's good mark made by the blue socks or by himself？

（根据短文内容回答问题） 　　

74．从文中找出与下面句子中画线部分意思最接近的短语．

Nick was so excited that he couldn't wait to tell Mom he 　        

75．In this passage，the underlined word"it"refers to 　　．

Tips for the Perfect Selfie（自拍）

You can take a selfie with a hand﹣held digital camera or mobile phone and later share it on the Internet．So selfies have been especially popular over the years．（91） 　　．Love them or hate them，selfies show no sign of stopping．

After all，the selfie is the most important way to show off on holiday．Everyone has his own way to take the holiday selfies．How can you take the best holiday selfies？（92） 　　．

◆'Food chew'style

Want to let everyone know how exciting your holiday food choices are？（93） 　　．You can also cut off a piece to show off what's inside．But don't have food hanging out of your mouth．Remember，food always looks best before being eaten．

◆'I'm so adventurous'style

Rock climbing，hiking，surfing，or skiing？（94） 　　．Just let the natural settings make people go"wow"．One commonly used gesture is spreading out an arm to show how thrilled you are．But remember that no one likes a sweaty selfie．

◆'I am cultured tourist'style

（95） 　　．You can also try an optical illusion（视错觉）by making it look like you're holding up the leaning tower of Pisa，touching the top of the Eiffel Tower，or picking the Sphinx's nose．

A．	Here are some useful posing tips for you．
B．	Hold up some food on your fork or chopsticks．
C．	These adventurous holiday moments are great for a selfie．
D．	Just taking a selfie against a famous cultural site makes you look great．
E．	According to a recent survey，haft of the interviewees admitted to taking a selfie while on holiday．

	Age	Looks	Favorite actor
Alice	Eleven	Big eyes and a small mouth	Tom Cruise
Jenny	Thirteen	A round face and short hair	Sun Honglei
Maria	Twelve	A small mouth and long hair	Ge You

Alice has big           and a small           .
Jenny is            years          .
Jenny`s face is             and her hair is           .
Maria`s                       is Ge You .
Alice and Maria both(都) have                       .