高考英语任务型阅读.doc

任务型阅读练习
第四部分 任务型阅读 (共10题；每小题1分，满分10分)
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Third-generation mobile phones, known as 3G, are the next big step for the telecom industry. Data speed in 3G networks is much quicker than that in present technology. This means users can have high-speed Internet access and enjoy video and CD-quality music on their phones.
“Mobile data is not a dream; it’s not an option but a requirement,” said Len Lauer, head of a US communications company, Sprint PCS, at a 3G conference in Bangkok earlier this month.
With 3G, you can forget about text messages telling you yesterday’s news; a 3G phone can receive video news programs, updated four times a day. Internet access will also be much quicker, making it easier to surf the Web on your phone than on your computer at home.
Face-to-face video calls
Don’t worry about getting lost. 3G phones offer map services so you can find a new restaurant just by pressing a few keys on your handset.
However, the most impressive part of 3G technology is video calling. With live two-way video communication, you can have face-to-face talks with friends and family on your mobile phone.
Many European countries have already launched the service. In May 2000 the US Government issued five license to run 3G wireless services, while the first 3G phones arrived in Italy in March this year.
International telecom companies can’t wait to sell 3G in China, the world’s largest mobile telecommunications market. But they will have to be patient. At the moment, China is busy testing its 3G-based technologies, networks and services. This will be followed by a trial period before the phones can finally hit the shops.
“We need to create a pool of 3G customers before the large-scale commercial launch of the service,” said Fan Yunjun, marketing manager for Beijing Mobile. “We expect that the 3G licenses will be issued late next year.”

3G Mobile Phones
(71) ____________
▪ Data speed: quicker than that in (72) ________ technology
▪ Video and (73) _______ music
▪ Video news programs: (74) ________ four times a day
▪ Internet access: quicker and (75) _________
Impressive functions
▪ Offer (76) __________ services, helping you find your way
▪ (77) _________ two-way video communication
3G phones
in China
▪ China is busy (78) ________ its 3G-based technologies, networks and services.
▪ 3G phones should go through a trial period before being put into
(79) _________.
▪ 3G phones are (80) __________ to be seen next year.
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第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意：每空不超过6个单词。
Many Americans concerned about air pollution are demanding cleaner and cheaper supplies of energy. The demand has resulted in increased research about ethanol fuel. Ethanol is an alcohol that can be mixed with gas. It burns up most of the pollutants in gas. It replaced some of the chemicals that are known to cause cancer.
Some experts say that in the future ethanol will replace some of the oil imported into America. Today ethanol is less than one percent of the total American fuel supply. The head of the National Corn Growers Association, Kieve Hars, says ethanol will provide twenty five percent of the fuel supply by 2010. The organization is involved in the production of ethanol because it can be made form corn.
One company in American Midwest says it is starting to produce ethanol because of demands form people and from the government. The Congress approved the Clean Air Act in 1990. The company says this means the market for ethanol will expand. The company is a major producer of corn starch (淀粉) that can be used to make ethanol.
At Texas University, Professor Mark Holzapple produces ethanol from materials found in solid waste. He has developed a way to turn materials like paper into simple sugar. He then uses yeast (酵母) to turn the sugar into ethanol. Professor Holzappple says two hundred liters of ethanol fuel can be produced from one ton of solid waste.
A professor at the University of Arkansas, John Geddie, is exploring another way to make ethanol. He is using acids on paper material. He says a large factory could produce ethanol from waste paper about the same cost of that of gasoline.
Environmentalists support the use of ethanol because it turns waste into a useful product. Professor Holzapple says law makers in industrial nations need to support the development of this renewable fuel of the future.
Title: Ethanol: (1) __________________________ and Cheap Fuel
Definition
and uses

A kind of(2) ____________
It can be mixed with gas.
It helps remove (3) _________________ from gas.
It replaces some chemicals known to cause (4) ___________________________.
It will take the place of (5) ___________________ .
Production
Ethanol
From starch
From material found in (6) ____________ like paper

Opinions
The public
Demand the production and use of ethanol
(7) ___________________
Approve the Clean Air Act
(8) ___________________
Meet the expanding market
Environmentalists
(9) _____________________ the development of it
Conclusion
Ethanol, as a renewable fuel, will be produced and used more widely in the world, and it needs (10) ________________________.
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第一节：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
注意：每个空格填1个单词。
Searching for the truth
Collecting mid writing news is like researching in history: the best information comes from those who were there at the time. So if' we want to study tile history of China in the sixth century AD, we look at the writings of the people who lived then. They are called the primary sources because they tell us what it was like to live then. People at a much later date who write about the same events are called the secondary sources. For example, when we read the original writings of Jia Sixie on agriculture, we are reading a primary source; when we read about Jia Sixie in our textbook we are reading secondary source because the passage was written about him and his ideas many years after he died.
When we make news we use primary and secondary sources. We can see this most clearly in TV programmes. As we watch the news on TV, the person presenting the programme in the studio is the secondary source( because he tells us about the news) and the reporter in. Iraq or Washington is the primary source (because he is telling us about what is actually happening there). Without these reporters acting as primary sources, you would never find out what really happened in a war, earthquake, sports meeting, concert or festival. These reporters explain what is happening so we have a clearer idea of what is going on there. They often take photographers with them who act as primary source by giving pictures of events.
In a newspaper the position is different because these two roles are often combined. This means a reporter who investigates a story may be the same person who writes it. If this happens, the reporter is both the primary and the secondary source. But the photographer who works with him/her is still a primary, source.
One of the reasons that it is important to separate primary and secondary sources is that they help us to decide what is a fact and what is an opinion. A fact is something that everybody agrees has happened. An opinion is somebody's idea of what happened. So facts and opinions are often mixed in any report, whether in a newspaper or on TV.
What have you learnt from the above passage?
Primary Source
Primary sources are the writing of' the people who lived at (71)___________
time and offer an inside view of a particular event
Secondary source
Secondary sources are the writings of the people who write about the same events at a much later date with explanation and analysis (72)_________ on primary sources
News on TV
The TV (73)__________ in the studio is tile secondary source while the reporter on the (74) ____________ is the primary source
News in a newspaper
A newspaper reporter can be both primary and secondary source if he collects the information anti then (75) ______________ the news. But the photographer(76) ___________ with the reporter is always a primary source
Fact
A fact is something that everybody agrees has happened. In other (77)____________, it is something that is (78) ________________
Opinion
An opinion is somebody's idea of what (79)________________on
Conclusion
Primary and secondary sources are both important for (80)_______ the truth
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注意：每空一词。
Wen Jiabao arrived in Singapore yesterday for an official visit to the country. It is the first visit by a Chinese premier to Singapore in eight years. In the arrival statement, Wen said he is looking forward to the meeting with Singapore on ways to deepen East Asian cooperation between two nations so as to contribute to the building of a peaceful, harmonious relationship.
Premier Wen Jiabao and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong agreed to jointly develop an environmentally friendly city in northeastern China. The city will be a model for sustainable development, a Singapore government statement said. The “Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city” will be developed by a joint venture (合资) formed by Chinese and Singapore companies. “This eco-city, to be built in Tianjin, will become another highlight in our relations,” Wen said after signing an agreement with Lee, who agreed, “On the Singapore side, on all levels, we’ll give this project our full support.”
The two sides will share expertise (技术) and experience in urban planning, environmental protection, resources conservation, recycling, use of renewable resources and wastewater re-use. China’s economic planning agency issued a set of guidelines earlier this month welcoming foreign investment in environmentally friendly areas such as recycling, “clean” industries and environmental protection.
Bilateral (双边的) relations between China and Singapore have seen big progress even though the two countries established diplomatic ties (外交关系) only 17 years ago, Wen said during his talks with Lee.
China and Singapore have also kept close contact and coordination (协调) on regional issues, he added. Wen said China and Singapore are both important Asian countries that share common interests in many areas.
Title: Wen’s (71) __________ to Singapore
Main points
Contents
Main (72) _____________
of the visit
To co-operate with Singapore and (75) _____________ bilateral relations
Agreements (73) _________
in the visit
To build an (76) _____________ in Tianjin with joint efforts
To (77) ___________ skills and experience in city planning, environmental protection, recycling and so on
A (74) ____________ of the relations between two nations
(78)_____________ years of diplomatic relations
Great (79) _____________ in relations
Close contact and coordination on regional issues
The significance of the visit
Deepening East Asian cooperation between two nations
(80) _______________ to the establishment of a peaceful, harmonious relationship
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第五部分 任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填上最恰当的单词。(每空1个单词)
Since the beginning of human evolution, men have migrated（迁移）across continents in search of food, shelter, safety, and comfortable weather. People still move for these reasons, but new reasons for human migration are arising, such as job relocation(重新安置) and overpopulation.
Three million migrants are moving from poor countries to wealthier ones each year, and increasingly, their destination is a neighboring country in developing parts of the world. People are moving within the developing world for the same reasons as they migrate to wealthier nations. People from poor countries are going to less poor countries, fleeing wars and conflicts. They are also responding to population pressures because some countries are densely populated, and they often have high population growth. Those people need to go somewhere else.
There are three main reasons why people move. The basic categories and percentages are as follows, according to the Current Population Surveys (CPS):
Family-related reasons account for 26.3%, including changes in marital（婚姻的） status, establishing a household and other family reasons; work-related reasons 16.2%, including job transfer, retirement, and other job-related reasons; housing-related reasons 51.6%, including new and better houses, better neighborhood, cheaper housing and other housing reasons; the remaining 5.9% of other reasons are attending college, the change of climate and health reasons.
Americans have been migrating south and west for decades in search of better job opportunities and warmer climates. They have also been moving to places a little far from cities, in search of bigger yards and houses, lower crime rates and better schools. In 1950, nearly a fifth of the population lived in the nation’s 20 largest cities. In 2006, it was about one in ten. That’s why many American people say, “Big Cities Shrink as People Move South, West.”
Between March 2005 and March 2007, 73.4 million Americans moved. Fifty-six percent of these moves were within the same country. Twenty percent were between counties but in the same state. Nineteen percent were moves to a different state. Some families even went abroad.
Title: People on the 71
Lead-in
Throughout human 72 , people have migrated across continents.
An 73 number of people from poor countries are moving to 74 countries, especially neighboring ones.
_75 for people’s migration
According to the CPS, the 76 of people move to other places for reasons 77 to housing.
Americans have long been moving south and west, looking 78 a better job chance, a warmer 79 and a bigger yard, etc.
Conclusion
Now every year more and more people move to other places, which seems to have become a global 80 .

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第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
注意：每空1个单词。
A new set of brain images shows why : Reading the Roman alphabets and Chinese characters uses different parts of the brain.
The results also suggest that Chinese schoolchildren have reading problems in a different part of the brain used in reading alphabet-based languages. This shows that the learning disorder dyslexia ( inability to read properly) is not the same in very culture and does not have a universal biological cause.
Scientists described the results as “ very important and revolutionary”. While dyslexia has certain common roots, they said, they now have some proof that this kind of functional problem works differently according to the different demands that Western and Eastern languages place on the brain.
Dyslexia is a common developmental disorder in which people of normal intelligence have difficulty learning to read, spell and master other language skills.
The results suggest that treating dyslexia around the world probably will require different treatments.
“Reading is complex,” said Guinevere Eden, Georgetown University professor. “ This shows we need to be more