1、 英语任务型阅读及书面表达专练9一 任务型阅读 认真阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。 Wondering how many calories the banana cream pie on your plate has? Some Japanese have a novel way to find out: Photograph it with a cellphone and send the image to an expert. With cellphones becoming common in Japan and rising concern ove
2、r expanding waistlines, health-care providers will allow the calorie-conscious people to send photos of their meals to nutritionists (营养学家) for advice. Public health insurance offices in Osaka in Western Japan have launched the service on a trial basis. About 100 cardiac (心脏病的) patients signed up in
3、 the first year, followed by diabetes and obesity patients in the second. “Japanese have been getting fatter, especially men in their 20s and 30s. There is concern over what they learned about nutrition when they were younger,” the Osaka official, Satomi Onishi, said. “Were hoping that this program
4、can help us deal with the problem.” Osaka is using a system developed by Asahi Kasei Corp. The system is operating among about 150 health-care providers and local governments around the country Nutritionists can work with photos from one days meals to several weeks worth. Results come back in three
5、days. People can also log on a website to get further information. Dr Yutaka Kimura has developed a similar system at Kansai Medical Universitys Hirakata Hospital, also in Osaka. Five patients have taken part in the programme, which costs $37 to join and $21 per month. Patients photograph meals over
6、 the course of three to seven days, and a nutritionist e-mails advice to them. “Patients used to fill in meal logs, but people tend to forget things or underestimate (低估) their portions (份),” Kimura said. “Photographing meals and e-mailing them can be easier and get more accurate results.”As Japanes
7、e have turned to bigger portions and more meat and fried foods, obesity and related illnesses such as high blood pressure have become a rising concern. The Health Ministry estimated last year that more than half of Japanese men and about one in five women between 40 and 70 years old were at the incr
8、eased risk of heart disease, type II diabetes and other diseases because of obesity. With the Health Ministry hoping to see a 25% reduction in the number of people at the risk of these diseases by 2015, Osaka officials hope the cellphone program will help.New function of cellphonesReasonsCellphone c
9、ameras help Japanese lose (1) _.There is a growing concern about health and (2) _ slim.Obesity may result (3) _ diseases such as high pressure, heart disease, type II diabetes and so on.They hope the cellphone programme will help to (4) _ the number of people who are at the risk of these diseases.Wa
10、ysThe service on a trial basis has been started to solve the problem of (5) _ fat.A system has been developed in which the value in (6) _ is told 3 days later according to the photos of meals (7) _ with cellphones.Another system has also developed in which advice is (9) _ to patients after a nutriti
11、onist gets (10)_ amount of nutrition from the photographed meals over the course of three to seven days.二、书面表达高三学年即将面临高考,学生学习压力很大,你校准备组织高三学生进行校外活动。你在班级作了一次调查,了解学生对这一活动的看法,发现高三学生对参加学校活动有着不同的看法,请以Taking Part in School Activities为题,用英文写一篇150词左右的短文,着重介绍两种不同的观点和态度,最后谈谈你的个人看法。支持者(40%)反对者(60%)你的看法1. 从实践中学得
12、知识2. 减轻学习压力3. 增加同学友情1. 学生的首要任务是学习2. 学校活动与学习无关3. 浪费学习时间 标题和开头已给,不计入总词数。少于或多于150词20个以上扣2分。_参考答案一,1. weight 2. keeping 3. in 4. reduce 5. being 6. nutrition 7. taken 8. logging 9. e-mailed 10. accurate 二, About 40% of the students are very enthusiastic about school activities; they have their reasons.
13、Firstly, they think that learning from textbooks is not their only task and they should take any chance to get some practical knowledge. Secondly, they think that after long hours study, they can relax themselves by participating in school activities. Besides, this is a good chance to develop good r
14、elationships with classmates.However, 60% of the students take little interest in them and are strongly against the school activity. They believe that they should make full use of time to study, and that school activities have little to do with their further development. Taking part in school activi
15、ties is a waste of time. Thus sometimes they even laugh at those who take an active part in school activities.As far as Im concerned, I prefer the first view. On the one hand, we can learn a great deal from other students we meet in activities. Furthermore, the modern society requires man qualities of young students, so “bookworms” cant keep up with the times.