2021年（外研版）中考英语总复习专项训练：任务型阅读1　回答问题

任务型阅读（一）回答问题

A[2020•长沙]

Jiaozi,alsoknownasChinesedumplings,isamust-haveduringholidaysinNorthernChina.It

datesbacktoancienttimes.

JiaoziisoneofthemostimportantfoodsintheChineseNewYear.Sincejiaoziisintheshape

ofancientChinesegoldorsilveringots侔艮锭），itsymbolizeswealth.Traditionally,themembers

ofafamilygettogethertomakedumplingsonNewYear'sEve.Theymayhideacoininoneofthe

dumplings.Thepersonwhofindsthecoinwillbelikelytohavegoodluck.AstheSpringFestival

marksthestartofanewyear,peoplechoosetoeatjiaoziinthehopeofhavingagoodfuturein

thecomingnewyear.

Basedonyourtaste,youcanmakedifferentkindsofChinesedumplingsusingdifferentfillings.

Thereisnosetruleastowhatmakesdumplingfillings.Theycanbeanythingfromvegetables,meat

orseafood.Whateverthefillingsare,thewrapping（包）skillneedstobeexquisite（精美的）tomake

jiaozigood-looking.

AsChinaisacountrywithvastterritory。幅员辽阔），therearedifferencesindifferentareas

inwaysofmakingjiaoziorevenservingit.Forexample,dumplingwrappersaremadewitharolling

stickinBeijingandHebeiProvince,whileinsomepartsofInnerMongolia,wrappersare

hand-pressed.

1.WhendidChinesepeopleprobablybegintohavejiaozi?

2.Whatdoesjiaozisymbolize?

3.WhydopeoplechoosetoeatjiaozionNewYearJsEve?

4.Dopeopleneedtofollowsetrulestomakedumplingfillings?

5.HowaredumplingwrappersmadeinsomepartsofInnerMongolia?

B[2020•绥化]

Onceatravellerwantedtogoacrossadesert.Hehadwalkedinthedesertforthreedayswithout

anywater.Hewasexhausted（精疲力尽的）fromwalking.Whenhefelthopeless,hesuddenlyfounda

smallhouse.Hepulledhistiredbodyinside.Thiswasasmallairlesshouseandinthecornerhe

discoveredawaterpump（抽水机）.

Hewassoexcitedandwentforwardtodraw（抽取）water,butnowatercameoutnomatterhow

hardhetried.Tootiredtodoanythingmore,hefelltotheground.Thenhesawasmallbottle.

Onthebottlewasanote,whichread,“Youmustpourthewaterfromthebottleintothepumpbefore

youdrawwater!Don,tforget,beforeyouleave,refillthebottlewithwater!”Heopenedthebottle

andfounditwasfilledwithwater!Hewassohappy.

Atthatmomenthethought,“Itmightbealittleselfish（自私的），butaslongasIdrinkthe

waterinthebottle,Icanbesuretoleavethisroomalive!However,ifIdoasthenotesaysand

pourtheonlywaterintothepumpandnowatercomesout,1willdieofthirst.ShouldItakethe

riskornot?”Itwasfiveminuteslaterthathechosetopourtheonlywaterintothepumpand

begantodrawwater.Afteraminute,waterstartedtocomeout!Hemadetherightchoice.

Afterhehaddrunkenoughwater,herefilledthebottle.Headdedthefollowingwordsafter

thenote:Beforeyougetsomething,youshouldfirstlearntopay.

1.Whatdidthetravellerdiscoverinthecornerofasmallairlesshouse?

2.Whatdidhehavetodobeforehedrewwater?

3.Howlongdidittakehimtomakeachoice?

4.Isthetravellerselfishaccordingtothepassage?

5.Whatlessondoesthestorytellus?

C[2020•烟台]

Manystudentswanttoimprovetheirmemoriesandlearnbetter.Todaywewillintroducesome

no-costthingsyoucando.

Exercise

Beforeyoustudy,doingexercisemayhelpyoubetterrememberwhatyouwilllearn.Recently,

researchershavefoundthatpeoplewhodid15minutesoftrainingrememberedmorewords.Scientists

saythebesttimetoexerciseisrightbeforeyoustudy.Itcanmakeyoumoreactive.

Pre-studytest

Thestudentswhotakeatestbeforestudyingremembermoreinformationthanthosewhodon't.

Forexample,ifyouareusinganEnglishtextbook,youmightfirstlookatsomeimportantwords

attheendoftheunit.Youcouldaskyourselfwhattheymeanorhowtheyareused.Whileyoumight

notknowtheanswer,youwillprobablyhaveagoaltolearnsothatyoucanremembertheanswer

whenstudying!

Sleep

Astudyshowsthatsleephelpsyoutolearnintwoways.Anexpertexplainsthat“aperson

withenoughsleepcanconcentratebest."Healsosays,“Sleepitselfplaysanimportantrolein

makingthememorystronger,whichisnecessaryforlearningnewinformation.”

Wakefulrest

Whenyoufinishstudying,youoftengostraighttoanotheractivity.Perhapsyouplayavideo

gameorwatchTV.Butresearcherssuggestthatrestingafteryoustudymayhelpyourememberwhat

you'vestudied.Inastudy,evenolderadultswhorestedfor10minutesafterlearningnewwords

remembermorewordsandbetter.

1.Whycanexercisebeforestudyingmakeyourememberwell?

2.TranslatetheunderlinedsentenceintoChinese.

3.Inwhichtwowayscansleephelpyoulearnwell?

4.Whathelpedtheolderadultsremembernewwordsmoreandbetter?

5.Whatisthewriter*spurposeinwritingthisarticle?

D[2020•滨州]

Doyoulikeplayingbasketball?Ifso,youmustbeveryshockedandsadaboutthedeathofKobe

Bryant,afamousNBAbasketballplayer.Kobediedinahelicopteraccident,inCaliforniaonJanuary

26,2020.Justthreedaysbeforetheaccident,hesentouttheChineseNewYearwishes,andencouraged

Chinesefanstolive（实践）theirdreamsanddaretowin.

BryantisapopularbasketballplayerinChina.OnMarch17,2019,KobeBryantvisitedamiddle

schoolinShenzhentomeetstudents.Attheschool,healsosharedhisnewsportsnovel.

Kobewasknownfortryingthehardesttobethebest.Andhecalledit"MambaSpirit”.He

oncesaid,“Lifeistooshorttogetboggeddown.Youhavetokeepmoving.Youhavetokeepgoing.”

Heretiredfrombasketballin2016,buthestillwokeupbeforethesunrosetogotrainingat4:00

a.m.Frommiddleschooltocollege,BryantJsstorieswentalongwithsomanyChinesepeopleand

fireduptheirloveforbasketball."Igrewupwatchinghimplay.Becauseofhim,Ibeganplaying

basketball,“oneofhisfanssaid.Hisexcellentperformance,strongwillandcontinuingtraining

madehimasuperheroamongChinesefans.

1.WhowasKobeBryant?

2.WhathappenedtoKobeBryantonJanuary26,2020?

3.WhattimedidKobeusuallygotraininginthemorning?

4.Whatis“MambaSpirit”?

5.WhydidKobesay“Youhavetokeepmoving.Youhavetokeepgoing."?

E[2019•吉林]

FourgoodfriendsMouse,Crow,TurtleandDeerlivedintheforest.Everydaytheymetatthe

lakeandtoldeachotherinterestingstories.

OnedayDeerdidnotcometothelaketodrinkwater.Theotherthreewereworried.

“Isawahunter（猎人）intheforestthismorning,“saidCrow.aVmafraidDeermightbe

hurt."

“Flyovertheforest,Crow,“saidMouse."PleaseseeifyoucanfindourfriendDeer.

IttookhimafewminutesbeforeCrowsawDeercaughtinatrap（陷阱）madeofropes.Heflew

backrightawaytoasktheothertwoforhelp.Whentheyarrived,MouseandCrowbegantobreak

theropes.TurtlekepttalkingtoDeertohelpherfeelbetter.

Justthen,thehuntercametocheckhistrap.uEveryone,leavenow,“saidTurtle.

DeeratonceranawaywithMouse.Turtlejustliftedafootupwhenthehuntergotclose.

“Mytrapisempty,“saidthehunter."But,aturtleisbetterthannothing.Iwilleatturtle

souptonight."ThehunterpickedTurtleupandstartedforhome.

“NowweallmusthelpourfriendTurtle,”saidDeer.

Deerlaydownontheway.Sheseemeddead.CrowflewandlandedonDeer'shead.Thehunter

sawDeersoheputtheTurtledowntogetDeer.AssoonasthehunterleftTurtle,Mouseranup

andhelpedTurtlehideintheforest.Deerjumpedupandranoff.

ThehunterwentbacktogetTurtle,buthefoundhimgone."Howscary!Thereismagichere,“

hesaidtohimselfingreatfear.Thenherushedoutoftheforestandnevercamebackagain.

Therewasmagicintheforestthatday.Thatmagicwascalledfriendship.

1.Wheredidthefouranimalsmeeteveryday?

2.Howdidtheotherthreefeelwhentheydidn,tseeDeer?

3.WhichanimaldidthehunterpickupafterDeerranaway?

4.Didthehuntergetanyoftheanimalsintheend?

5.Whatwasthemagicintheforestthatday?

F[2020•岳阳]

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TheSpringFestivalisthemostimportanttraditionalfestivalinChina.Chinesepeoplehave

beencelebratingitforcenturies.Itcomesinwinter.Weusuallyhavea15-dayholiday,butin

2020,adiseasecalledC0VIDT9（新型冠状病毒肺炎）hitChina.Wehadalongerholidaythanbefore.

Asweallknow,theSpringFestivalisatimetogetnew.Weusuallycleananddecorateour

housecarefullybeforeitcomes.Beforethenewyear,Ihelpedmymothercleantheroomsandwash

ourquilts.Myfatherputupredcouplets（春联）onthedoorsandredpapercuttingonthewindows.

It'ssaidthatredisaluckycolorinChina.Inthenewyear,nomatterhowfaritis,wecome

backtohaveabigdinnertogetherwithallthefamilymembers.However,wedidn'tvisitany

relativesandfriendsbecauseofthesuddenillness.Ijustsaid“Happynewyear”tomyparents.

Atnight,IwasgladtotalkwithmyfriendsonWeChat（微信）.It'sexcitingformetogettheWeChat

redpacketfrommygrandparents.Mymotherlikesbuyingalltheproductsfromthesupermarket.During

thisnewyear,shehadtoorderthingsontheInternet,soshereceivedmanypackages.

AftertheLanternFestival,wecouldn,tgotoschool.InsteadwestudiedoncomputersoriPads

athome.Ourteachersorganizedonlineteachingforus,andwewereabletohaveclassesthrough

thenewwayofteaching.Duringtheholiday,howIhopedthatIcouldgotoschoolearlier.

OnApril7th,2020,Iwentbacktoschool.AsIstartedmynewjourney,Icouldn,tforgetthis

specialSpringFestival.

1.Whydidwehavealongerholidaythisyear?

2.Didthewriter'sfatherputredpapercuttingonthewindows?

3.WhogavethewritertheWeChatredpacket?

4.Howdidthewriter'smotherbuyproductsduringthisSpringFestival?

5.Whatdidourteacherorganizeforusthisholiday?

【参考答案】

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料、饺子皮等。

1.Inancienttimes.

2.Wealth.

3.Becausetheyhopetohaveagoodfutureinthecomingnewyear./Inthehopeofhavingagoodfuture

inthecomingnewyear.

4.No,theydon,t.

5.Theyar