任务型阅读专练.doc

任务型阅读专练
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Green is not always referring to the color. In some cases, it is the term used for being environmentally friendly. If you’ve been looking to replace your furniture, consider going green because environmentally friendly furniture offers many benefits. Here are a few tips to get you started on your hunt for the perfect eco-friendly furniture.
First, environmentally friendly furniture isn’t harmful to your health. Also its manufacturing process doesn’t cause damage to the environment in any way. Besides, by purchasing eco-friendly products, you prevent deforestation and global warming to some extent in your own way. You do your part in protecting the environment. Environmentally friendly furniture is cost-effective as well.
The materials that are used in furniture are what make them green. Materials can be good for the environment either because they are materials that are considered renewable resources or they are all natural. A lack of chemicals and toxins in green furniture also means it is a better choice for the environment. It may be hard to imagine that a sofa or a table could actually be a green product but they really can be depending on what they’re made of.
There are a lot of renewable sources that manufacturers could use when building the furniture, so you should be keeping an eye out for them. Bamboo can be an excellent replacement for wood and can also replace plastics and metals in some furnishing. Cotton is a soft fabric that is safe for the environment and it can be replenished(补充) often. Hemp is also a renewable source that can be used for fabric and twine.
Recycled materials also can be made into green furniture. Metals can be recovered and remade into new things such as frames and foundations for sofas. Recycled plastic can also be made into furniture such as tables and chairs. Touching up old furniture instead of buying new items is a very cheap way to be green. Yard sales and second-hand stores sell furniture too and buying the used means new things won’t be made, so no more damage has to happen to the earth.
Therefore, when you want to hunt for the perfect environmentally friendly furniture, you should try to know the type of materials which are used in building the furniture.
Environmentally friendly furniture
(71) ▲
●It is (72) ▲ to your health.
●Its manufacturing process (73) ▲ damaging the environment in any way.
●It prevents deforestation and global warming to some extent.
●It helps you (74) ▲ some money as well.
Requirements of the materials
●The materials should be renewable and natural.
●The materials (75) ▲ fewer chemicals and toxins.
Materials often used in green furniture[来源:学
Renewable
materials
●Bamboo can be used to (76) ▲ wood, plastics and metals.
●Cotton is a soft fabric which can be often replenished.
●Hemp is also a good material.[来源:学科网ZXXK]
Recycled
materials
●Metals can be recovered and (77) ▲ to make new things (78) ▲ frames and foundations for sofas.
●Recycled plastics can be made into tables and chairs.
●Purchasing (79) ▲ furniture is also a good idea.
Conclusion
It is (80) ▲ to know the type of materials used in the furniture while you’re hunting for the perfect eco-friendly furniture.

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Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university degree or diploma course could find a good job quite easily. Companies toured the universities, competing with each other to persuade graduates to join them. However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs.
Most job organizations have provided three stages for graduates to follow in the process of finding a suitable job: recognizing abilities, matching these to available chances and presenting them well to future employers.
    Job seekers have to make a careful judgment of their abilities. One area of judgment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as money, confidence, leadership and caring for others. An honest judgment of personal interests and abilities such as creative or scientific skills, or skills developed from work experience, should also be given careful thought.
    The second stage is to study the chances available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future. To do this, graduates can study available job chances and information in newspapers or they can visit a job office, write to possible employers for information or get in touch with friends or relatives who may already be holding a particular profession. After studying all the various choices, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various jobs.
    A good personal presentation is necessary in the search for a good job. Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling mistakes. Where additional information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in detail, with examples if possible. They should try to balance their own abilities with the employer’s needs, explain why they are interested in a job with the particular company and try to show that they already know something about the company and its activities.
    When graduates are asked to attend an interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the would-be employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer. 
There will always be good job chances for people with ability, skills and determination. The secret to achieving a good job is to be one of them.

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The 71 of finding a suitable job

Three stages
Recognizing abilities
Job seekers must 73 their abilities carefully.
They must take their values and attitudes into 74 .
Matching abilities to available chances
They must make a study in various ways.
They should 75 various jobs to find a suitable one.
Giving a good personal 72
They should fill in the job application forms and give information about their abilities and work experience in 76 .
They should speak more about the company to show they are 77 with it.

Attending an interview
Gather as much 78 as they can about the would-be employer.
79 suitably and arrive on time.
Try to be 80 when asking questions.

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Some people seem to have a skill for learning languages. They can pick up new vocabulary, master rules of grammar, and learn to write in the new language more quickly than others. They do not seem to be more clever than others, so what makes language learning so much easier for them? Perhaps if we take a close look at these successful language learners, we may discover a few of the techniques which make language learning easier for them.
First of all, successful language learners are independent learners. They do not depend on the book or the teacher; they discover their own way to learn the language. Instead of waiting for the teacher to explain, they try to find the patterns and rules by themselves. They are good guessers who look for clues(线索) and form their own conclusions. When they guess wrong, they guess again. They try to learn from their mistakes.
Successful language learning is active learning. Therefore, successful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language; they look for such a chance. They find people who speak the language and they ask these people to correct them when they make a mistake. They will try their best to communicate with others.
They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say strange things; they are willing to make mistakes and try again. When communication is difficult, they can accept information that is inexact or incomplete. It is more important for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every word.
Finally, successful language learners are learners with a purpose. They want to learn the language because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it. It is necessary for them to learn the language in order to communicate with these people and to learn from them. They find it easy to practice using the language regularly because they want to learn in it.

Learning
Techniques
Dos
Don’ts
(71)______
learning
<> Discover their own way.
<> Find patterns and rules on their own.
<> Form their own (72) _______.
<> Depend on the book or teacher.
<> Wait for the teacher’s
(73) ______.
Active
learning
<> Make (74) of every
chance to practise the language.
<> Try to communicate with
people (75) ________ the Language.
<> Wait for chances.
Repeating
<> Make mistakes and try again.
<> Accept information that is not exact
or (76) _______.
<> (77) in the language.
<> Be afraid of repeating
what they hear.
<>Only know the meaning of
every word.
Learning with
a (78)____
<> Have a strong (79) _______
in the language.
<> Be willing to communicate.
<> Practise the language in a (80) ______ manner.
<> Be not interested in it.
<> Rarely practise the language.

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About 4,500 people have lost their lives because of the worst outbreak of Ebola virus in history, happening now in West Africa, according to the latest count from the World Health Organization. Dr. Bhadelia explained why the body has such a hard time fighting off the deadly virus:
How does Ebola enter the body in the first place?
Ebola is not known to infect (感染) people through the air – you must come into contact with the virus somehow in order to be at risk for infection.
Ebola can also survive outside the host for a very long period of time – as long as a couple of days –at room temperature. “That’s why infection control is such a huge part of this,” Bhadelia said.
What happens in the body once infection occurs?
Once the Ebola virus makes its way into the body, it gets in the body’s cells and reproduces itself. “Then it comes bursting out of our cells and produces this protein.” Bhadelia explained. The protein attaches to the cells on the inside of the blood vessels (血管). It can finally lead to shock and death.
The Ebola virus is also a master of destroying the body’s natural defenses: It prevents the signaling to white blood cells that are in charge of raising the alarm for the immune system (免疫系统) to come and attack.
What do the symptoms (症状) look like?
The flu-like symptoms usually occur in the first stages of the illness, before the person gets sicker and starts to experience more severe symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea and low blood pressure. The extreme bleeding occurs toward the end of the illness.
How is it that some people have survived the deadly infection?
It largely has to do with two factors. The first is the person’s health in general – his or her immune system and ability to recover from a viral infection. The second is the type of exposure he or she got. Recovery may be more likely if it wasn’t a severe exposure.
Still, research is being done to develop treatments that work in several different ways. One of the ways is to prevent the virus from reproducing itself once it’s inside the cell. Another way is to help the body’s immune system create an effective response to Ebola. And yet another way is to actually create antibodies specifically against the virus.
(78) ▲
to the virus
Process of infection
Display of symptoms
Reasons for (82) ▲ and ways of treatments
● You will not be infected with the virus (79) ▲ you come into contact with the carriers.
● Ebola can survive outside the host for a long time, which makes infection control very important.
● The virus reproduces itself (80) ▲ bursting out of the cells, producing dangerous protein.
● Ebola prevents the signaling to the immune system.
● Ebola usually (81) ▲ with flu-like symptoms.
● The extreme bleeding occurs toward the end of the illness.

● The victims experience more severe symptoms then.
● Recovery may be more likely if the person is generally
(83) ▲ and it wasn’t a severe exposure.

● (84) ▲ the virus from reproducing itself once it’s inside the cell.
● Helping the body’s immune system respond to Ebola (85) ▲ .
● Creating antibodies specifically against the virus. 
Present
situation
● The outbreak has caused 4,500 (76) ▲ .
● The situation is changing for the (77) ▲ .
Difficulties in fighting off the deadly virus Ebola

任务型阅读
1. (71) Benefits/Advantages (72) harmless/beneficial (73) avoids (74) save (75) contain/have
(76) replace (77) reused/recycled/used (78) like (79) second-hand/used/old
(80) better/necessary/important/vital/essential  
2. 71. process 72. presentation 73. judge 74. consideration 75. compare
76. detail 77. familiar 78. information 79. Dress 80. confident
3.

79. interest 80. regular
4. 76. deaths 77. better 78. Access 79. unless
80. before 81. starts/begins 82. survival 83. healthy
84. Preventing /Stopping/Keeping 85. effectively

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