人教版英语九年级全册：任务型阅读(共15篇,有答案)

1、 任务型阅读（一）taos is a small town in new mexico, america. many people come here for a visit everyyear. they do not come to see the beautiful scenes or eat delicious food. they come to listento a kind of strange sound: taos hum.the word “hum” means a low sound that never stops. why is the sound strange?

2、firstly,the taos hum that people hear is quite different. someone says it sounds like a little beeflying around you. others think it sounds like a car moving in a faraway place.secondly, no one knows where the sound comes from. joe mullins, a scientist from theuniversity of new mexico, is the first

3、person to do research on the taos hum. he putsensitive equipment (敏感设备 ) in places where people could hear the hum, but theequipment could not “hear” any hum!many people try to explain the strange sound. someone says it is a noise made by insects.someone believes it must come from some secret govern

4、ment projects. someone says theremight be an underground ufo base (基地)! but up to this day, no one can make sure which isright.it might be interesting for visitors to listen to the hum, but it is not for people who live inthe town. they have to hear the sound all the time. that is really a hard life

5、.根据短文内容完成表格mystery in taostaos is famous for a kind of 1 .the hum that people hear is quitewhy it is a mystery2 .andresearch on the mystery a3knows where the sound comes from.4from the university of new mexico is the firstperson to study the mystery.visitors think the taos hum islike it.peoples feel

6、ings5 , but local people do not（二）根据短文内容完成下列各题do you know what are the worlds tallest animals? have you ever been curious (好奇的)about how they sleep and drink? here we will tell you how giraffes sleep and drink.you may think it s difficult for them to sleep, but they have no such problems becausegira

7、ffes dont often stop for a snooze ( 打盹). as they are so tall males (雄性) can grow upto 18 feet, giraffes actually have the shortest sleep requirement of all mammals ( 哺乳动物),with an average of half an hour a day. when they sleep, they seldom lie down and sleep forminutes at a time, since it s difficul

8、t for them to get up again and its dangerous in the wild.but the giraffe in the zoo sleeps around 4.6 hours per day, mostly at night. it usually sleepslying down.drinking water may cause problems for the animals because their long necks are tooshort to reach the ground. to drink，they must spread the

9、ir legs in an uncomfortable position, which makes them easily hunted by other animals like africa s big cats. as a result, they getmost of their water from the plants that they eat. they only need to drink water every fewdays.1 题完成句子；23 题简略回答问题；4 题找出并写下全文的主题句；5 题将文中画线句子译成汉语。1. giraffes living in the

10、 wild sleep with an average of2. how does the giraffe in the zoo usually sleep?a day.3. what must giraffes do to drink water?4.5.（三）根据短文内容完成下列各题is it possible for kids to be connected with birds? yes, if the bird is harvey beaks ( 青鸟哈维).harvey beaks is a new animated (动画的) television series (系列节目).

11、i recently talkedto the shows creator greenblatt. he said he designed the series so kids would be able toconnect to the experiences of an animated bird.it took greenblatt five years to turn his idea into a series. he said he first drew a child,and then came up with the idea to have the child be frie

12、nds with a bird. greenblatt began tosee more of himself in the bird character, which would finally become harvey beaks.greenblatt and his team of writers had a few methods for coming up with story ideas.sometimes, they remembered events from their childhood, and those were then changed forthe show t

13、o be funnier and crazier. other times, the team would think of an experience, suchas a failure or a game, and built a story around the idea.kids voiced most of the characters on harvey breaks. i also talked with madeleine curry,a seventh grader, who voiced the part of piri piri. her father does voic

14、e-overs ( 解说) ,whichgot her interested in doing voice work too. according to curry, fans of the show are able tolaugh at each episode (集) while also learning important lessons. “harvey beaks is a verysweet show,” said curry. “you almost never see harvey sad, and its nice to get to experiencethat in

15、life because everyone can be a little happier sometimes.”根据短文内容判断正(t) 误(f)( ) 1. the fourth paragraph mainly tells us how the harvey beaks story ideas came from.( ) 2. madeleine curry likes doing voice-overs because of her friends.将画线部分翻译成汉语（greenblatt 格林布拉特）3.根据短文内容回答问题4. why did greenblatt create

16、the series harvey beaks?5. what does madeleine curry think of harvey beaks? （四）do you love american country music? it is popular not only in america but also all overthe world. if you love american country music, come to nashville. it s home to americancountry music.nashville is the capital city of

17、tennessee (田纳西州) . in nashville, you dont have to goto big concerts to enjoy country music. you can always hear the beautiful and sweet countrymusic in the open-air restaurants or on the streets. all the singers are young and they play theguitar while they sing. the songs they sing are very moving.

18、if you listen to them with yourheart, you can feel they are singing with their souls (灵魂) instead of with their voices.when you visit nashville, you can find shops selling music records and tapeseverywhere. many records are made by famous singers and they are sent to many countriesall over the world

19、.the country songs most of the singers sing come from the countryside in the southernunited states. the songs are often about those day-to-day situations and the feelings of thecountry people. singers often sing country songs in praise of heroes and true love.根据短文内容回答问题1. where can you enjoy country

20、 music in nashville?2. what does the writer think of songs singers sing in nashville?3. what can you find in shops of nashville?4. what are the country songs often about?5. what do the country music singers often sing to praise?（五）people often shake hands in the united states. american men shake han

21、ds with other men.american women often shake hands with men, and sometimes they shake hands with otherwomen. adults shake hands with children. and some people even teach their dogs to shakehands! whats the correct way to shake hands? how long should you shake hands? how hardis just hard enough? here

22、 are four rules to remember. use your right hand. use good eye contact (交流). look at the person in the eye while you are shakinghands. dont shake hands too long. shake hands for no more than three seconds ( 秒). thenlet go and take your hand back. dont shake hands too strongly or too weakly. when a h

23、andshake is weak, americansthink the person may not be a hard worker or a good leader. when a handshake is too strong,americans think the person is not polite. when do people in the united states shake hands? they shake hands when they meet forthe first time. they shake hands to say congratulations

24、( 恭喜). they shake hands when theymeet after not seeing each other for a while. and they often shake hands when they saygoodbye. in business, shaking hands shows agreement and honesty.handshakes are good everywhere. it is not polite to refuse a person s hand. so make sureto shake lots of hands.根据短文内容

25、完成句子1. we can learn from the first paragraph that shaking hands is verystates.in the united2. the passage gives four pieces of advice on how to3. in the eyes of americans, if a person shakes hands too strongly, he or she4. americans shake hands in (how many) situations according to the passage.5. at

26、 the end of the passage, the writer suggests that we should.（六）red nose day (rnd) is a well-known event in the uk. it is on the second or third fridayin march. it raises money for people in need in africa and the uk.red nose day is organized by comic relief. this organization was set up by richardcu

27、rtis and lenny henry in 1985. they wanted to use comedy and laughter to bring moreattention to poverty ( 贫穷) in the uk and africa, and make sure that everybody could havefun at the same time. thats why red nose day was born. the british celebrated the first rednose day on february 5, 1988 and they c

28、elebrate it every two years now. a third of themoney raised goes to projects (项目) in the uk and two thirds to projects in africa.people call it red nose day because on this day many people buy a plastic ( 塑料的) rednose to wear. even if someone doesnt wear it, he will go and buy one. some people put t

29、hemon the front of their cars to show their support. the money made from selling plastic rednoses goes to comic relief.so, if you are ever in the uk on red nose day, now you know why you may see normalpeople wearing red noses and doing silly things! its all for a good reason!根据短文内容完成表格red nose daywh

30、erein the ukwhenon1whyto raise money for people in need in 2organized byhow often it is celebratedhow people celebrate itby buying and wearing5（七）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空laugh, well, pet, you, change, joke, dance, mad, realize, evenhow to see the funny side of lifedont get too stressedworrying about your home

31、work or a test won t make it go away. instead, be positive ( 积极的) and think about what you can do to 1the situation.laugh out loudlaughing is actually good for you. it gets your blood flowing and helps you sleep much2 . so start tellingfind the funny side3and laugh!if youve lost one of your favorite

32、 shoesdont get4 . make a joke about howyoull have to hobble (跛行) around on one shoe all day. seeing the funny side of things willhelpyou5that its no big deal after all!stay with a petbeing around6can make you happy, especially when they do silly things tomake you7 .you dont have to have your own pet

33、. you could play with your friend scat. you couldbe a funny friend8go to your local farm or city farm and check out their pet areas.if9 friend is feeling sad, we know just the thing to cheer him or her upbeingsilly! pull a funny face or do a crazy10 . it doesnt matter if you look stupid. thats thepo

34、int! itll make him or her laughand that will make you laugh, too!（八）once buddha (佛) was walking from one town to another with some of his disciples ( 弟子). when they were traveling, they happened to pass a lake. they stopped and buddha toldone of his disciples, “im thirsty. do get me some water from

35、that lake there.”the disciple walked up to the lake. when he reached it, he noticed that the water was verymuddy (浑浊的) . the disciple thought, “how can i give the muddy water to buddha todrink？” so he came back and told buddha about it. after about half an hour, again buddhaasked the same disciple t

36、o go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. this time toothe disciple found that the lake was muddy. he returned and told buddha the same.after some time, again buddha asked the same disciple to go back. the disciple reachedthe lake to find the lake clean and clear, and the water looked f

37、it for drinking. so he collectedsome water in a pot and brought it to buddha.buddha looked at the water and then he looked up at the disciple and said, “see what youdid to make the water clean. you waited long and the mud became calm on its own and yougot clear water. your mind is also like that! wh

38、en it is disturbed (打扰), just let it be. give it alittle time. it will settle down (安静) on its own. you dont have to put in any effort to calm itdown. it will happen easily.”根据短文内容回答问题1. who did buddha travel with?2. how many times did the disciple get the water for buddha？ 3. why didnt the disciple

39、 get the water for buddha for the first time?4. what should we do when our mind is disturbed according to the text?5. what does the underlined “it” refer to?（九）根据短文内容完成下列各题have you found that on grey, rainy days, your mood level is usually lower than on bright,sunny days? is this a coincidence (巧合),

40、 or is there any science behind this?according to a recent study, there is a connection bweather and moods. goingto a warm place in winter can make our moods better. pleasant weather has been proven toimprove moods and memory. however, extremely hot weather can actually make us feel moretired and bo

41、red.the best temperature for humans is about 22.2 . that explains why people in southerncalifornia are happy all the time. to improve his or her moods, a person must spend atleast 30 minutes outside in warm, sunny weather. spending time indoors when the weatheroutside is nice tends to lower moods. i

42、t can also make inside activities seem boring.maybe only the activities connected with being outside affect our moods. warm weatheris connected with the beach, fun outdoor sports and so on. it bmemories of playing outside all day. who doesnt love that?back childhood 当然，我们每天醒来，并决定那天的感觉是怎样的。 if its ra

43、iny, that wontnecessarily make us unhappy. we ll just have to take our umbrellas out and cheer up thosewho are feeling sad.根据首字母提示，在处填写恰当的单词，使句子完整1. 将文中画线句子翻译成汉语2.将文中画线句子翻译成英语3.根据短文内容回答问题4. how may we feel on extremely hot days?5. why are people in southern california happy all the time?（十）根据短文内容完成下

44、列各题a little girl walked to and from school every day. one day in the morning, she made her daily trip to school though dark clouds gathered in the sky. when school was over, with booksin her schoolbag, the little girl walked home carrying nothing in her hands. on the way home,winds blew hard and tre

45、es shook from side to side in the wind. rain poured down.the mother worried that her daughter would be frightened because of flashes oflightning. the mother drove to her daughter s school in a hurry. on the way to school, themother saw the little girl walking alone in the rain. when a flash of light

46、ning came, the littlegirl stopped, looked up and smiled. another flowed. the little girl stopped, looked up andsmiled. with the coming of the following flashes of lightning, the little girl repeated the samethings again.after the little girl got into the car, the mother wondered why she stopped, loo

47、ked up andsmiled when lightning came. wearing a bright smile, the girl replied, “mom, when a flash oflightning came, i felt a bit frightened. seeing this, god would take a picture of me. i knew hewas playing an interesting game with me to drive away my fear.”you see, if you look at the world from a

48、different view, the world is really amazing.1 题完成句子；23 题简略回答问题；4 题找出并写下全文的主题句；5 题将文中画线句子译成汉语。1. carrying nothing in her hands, the little girlwhen school was over.2. how was the weather in the morning on that day?3. what did the little girl do when lightning came?4.5.（十一）根据短文内容完成下列各题life is filled w

49、ith regrets. anyone around you will have no difficulty telling his regrets. aswe get older, we look back and wish that we have made better choices.that we can do to avoid future regrets.here are some tipsmake better plansif you start to do something, you need to make a plan before doing it. the earl

50、ier, thebetter. you will know what comes first and what comes last. youll also know what youshould do and what you shouldnt do. when changes happen, you can have more time to dealwith them.live a more active lifeyou can go around more often. more outdoor activities can keep you relaxed ( 放松的)and act

51、ive. you also need to be kind. “thank you” can bring a smile to someones face. learnto say “sorry” and dont be angry with others.find the right frienda friend may make your life and he or she can break your life as well. so you have tothink twice when you choose a friend. good friends will always ma

52、ke your ideas better.when you get into trouble, ask others for help. that little help may get you good results.never fear failure everybody fails. even the greatest person fails.we should not fear failure, because failureis not the end of the road. we must take failure as a chance to learn and impro

53、ve ourselves.life is good. we dont have to live in our past, but we do hope that we can plan better, livebetter, and work better when we have the chance to do so.1 题完成句子；23 题简略回答问题；4 题找出并写下全文的主题句；5 题将文中画线句子译成汉语。1. if you make a plan before doing something, you can have more time tounexpected changes

54、.the2. what can keep you relaxed and active?3. who will always make your ideas better?4.5.（十二）用方框中所给词或短语的适当形式填空such as, she, animal, raise, also, save, child, start, decide,endangeredjanine licare is a girl from costa rica who is trying to change the world.janine licare was only nine years old when

55、she1to take action. she was worriedbecause the rainforest around her home in manuel antonio, costa rica, was disappearing.the2and birds were disappearing, too. so, together with a friend, janine3kidssaving the rainforest (kstr) to protect her local environment.the aims (目的) of kstr are to teach abou

56、t the rainforest and to help theanimals that live there, especially thejanine has achieved a lot so far. she hasmore than $50, 00045mono titi monkeys.6 planted over 4, 800 trees found over 250 volunteers to work with helped many birds and animals7 started many different projects,8“adopt-a-tree” work

57、ed with other schoolchildren around the world developed an environmental library and research centerjanine has appeared in several magazines, and she has been on the national geographictvchannel.shehas9developedaspecialwebsite:www.kidssavingtherainforestw. ohryg.dont you have a look?“its very important that we10the rainforest. if the rainforest disappears,