八年级任务型阅读.doc

八年级任务型阅读
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　阅读下面短文，按要求完成下列表格，回答最多不超过5个单词
According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention(CDCP)(疾病预防控制中心), if you don’t often wash your hands, you can pick up viruses(病毒) from many places and make yourself ill. You’re at risk(危险) every time you touch your eyes, nose or mouth. In fact, one of the most common ways people catch colds is by rubbing(揉) their noses or their eyes when there are cold viruses on their hands. If you don’t often wash your hands, especially when you’re sick, you may spread the viruses directly to others. You should wash your hands in the following situations:
◇after using the bathroom;
◇after blowing your nose or coughing;
◇before eating, serving or preparing food;
◇after touching pets or other animals;
◇after visiting anyone who is sick;
◇when your hands are dirty.
There’s a right way to wash your hands. Follow these simple steps to keep your hands clean: use warm water(not cold or hot); wash for 15 seconds; rinse(冲洗) your hands well in warm running water and dry them with a clean towel.
Information Card
Ways to stop the spread of viruses
(1)___________________
Situations in which you should wash your hands
After using the bathroom.
Before (2)_____________________.
After touching (3)______________________
Correct way to wash your hands
Use running water which is (4)_____________
Time needed to wash your hands
(5)____________________

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I’ve got some information for everyone going to Britain next month. As you know, you’ll be staying with a family for two weeks. Now the most important thing is money. You should take about ￡30 in cash(现金) and about ￡200 in travelers cheques (支票). Then when you arrive at the airport you’ll be met by our host(主人) family. You must remember to wear a red shirt so the family will find you easily. I’ve told them to look out for the red shirts. You’ll also need to take with you 4 photos of yourself and, of course, it’s very important that you take the school letter. While you are there, if you have any problems, you can call our agent(代理人). I’ll give you her office phone number now: It’s 580-4436 and the person to ask for is Mrs. Belcher, that’s B-E-L-C-H-E-R. She’s in the office from 9-5 every day. OK! That’s everything. Have a good trip.
根据短文内容填写下表，每空词数不限：
GOING TO BRITAIN
Money-cash: ￡30
-traveler cheques: (1)
Wear: (2)
Take: (3)
Office phone number: (4)
Ask for: (5)
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In junior middle school, kids study English writing, maths, science, and so on. At noon, the students eat lunch at school. The usual lunch is meat, vegetables, fruit, bread and a drink. However, students prefer pizza, hot dogs and hamburgers with a soda to drink. American children like sugar, and after the meal they can have a small piece of cake or a cookie. Students don’t sleep for a short time in the afternoon. After lunch, they don’t begin classes again until 3 o’clock. They go to school on weekdays and take classes for six hours each day and then return home.
Parents allow their kids to play or watch TV until supper at 6 p.m. After supper, they do their homework. Sometimes there is a family activity where children can be with both parents after dinner. Saturdays and Sundays are kids’ free days. They can do what they want to do at home.
Daily School Life in America
School
Junior middle school
School subjects
1_________, maths and science
Place of Lunch for students served
At 2___________
Students’ favorite foods
Pizza, _3__________ and hamburgers
How many hours of school a week
4____________
Time for a family activity
5_____________

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A solar-powered(太阳能动力的) plane has passed an important test On the wav to travel around the world. The plane took off from an airport in Switzerland at 45 km an hour．It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky．During the 90-minute flight，the plane did several turns. It climbed nearly 1.6 km above the countryside．‘There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly-never an airplane so big，so light and using so little energy .’said Bertrand Piccard， a leader of the project．Engineers Plan to test a night flight soon．They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012．‘We want to fly it day and night with no fuel(燃料)，’Piccard said. Piccard and the pilot Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world．They will make a few stops to change places，to rest after a long time in the air and to show off their aircraft．The plane flies at 70 kilometres per hour on average．That is faster than a bike．The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time。
根据短文内容，完成下表。

A plane uses sun's power to fly
where
The plane_____１_____ from an airport in ______２___
how
The airplane is __３____, light and using little___４_____
when
It will travel around the world__５______
How fast
It can fly at____６__　____７_________　ｐｅｒ　ｈｏｕｒ
How long
Ｔｈｅ　ｐｌａｎｅ　ｃａｎ　ｆｌｙ　ｆｏｒ　ｕｐ　ｔｏ　___８___　ａｔ　ａ　ｔｉｍｅ

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Here is the result of a survey of the changes of transportation means in China．
In the l970s，people usually went to work on foot or by bike．There were few buses or cars. From the l980s to 1990s，bikes and buses were the most popular means of transportation．Now，more and more people drive their cars to work．It is believed that more and more people can go to the moon by spaceship some day．
Look at the table(图表)．There are 50 students in Class Two．Here is the result of a survey of ways of getting to school．
Ways of getting to school
Per cent
On foot; by bike; by bus
20%;30%;30%
By car; by subway
10%;10%
根据短文内容，完成下表。
In the _1___
People __2__ to work on foot or by bike
From the 1980s to 1990s
People went to work by bike or by____3_
At _4___
People drive their cars to ___5__
Ways of getting to school
__6____ways
The number of riding bikes
____7___ students

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One of the most pleasant parts of travel is sharing your stories with people when you get back home．And that’s what we’d like you to do．The True Stories section of our magazine is for your strange experiences，heartwarming tales，and funny stories on your trip．So do you have a good story?E-mail us at [e-mail] or mail us at True Stories，Budget Travel，530 7th Ave．，New York，NY l0018．
We’ll choose the best one from all the stories we receive between November lst，2011 and November 30th，2011。The writer will win a lo day journey to Kenya(肯尼亚)．The prize has a value of at least$3，200，including nine viewing drives，1 6 meals，air tickets and more.For more information，please call on 866 2374 or 462 2374 or visit to Africa．com And here are a few things to remember：Keep the story brief and lively ； (250 words at most)．Please send your story as the body of your e-mail not as an attachment(附件)．
Most of the stories we print have photos。so send pictures but try not to go crazy．Only send the best one and tell US who(and what)is in the photo．
And we need to be able to get in touch with you，so tell us your daytime ：phone number and
home address．
Tell us your travel story and win a big win surprise
prize
A __1___ journey ___2____Kenya

Where to send
E-mail：True Stories@Budge Travel. com
Mail: True Stories, Budge Travel, 530 7th Ave., New York, NY 10018
Time
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Things to remember
Keep the story within ___5____ words and ____6_____ it as the body of the e-mail
Send the best ____7__ and ___8____ it
Tell us your ____9__ phone number and _10_____ address

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阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容填表格：
What do you think of the most important inventions in the world? The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report shows that they are not the only important inventions. Here are three other important inventions.
One of the simplest inventions is the toilet. Before toilets, waste ran into rivers from people’s houses. Illnesses were common in big cities, and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.
Animal food is another important invention. Before the invention, most animals were killed every autumn because there was not enough food for them in winter. After hay became a kind of common animal food, animals could live through the long winter.
The third great invention is glasses. Glasses help people read, write and do “close work” after the age of forty-five. Without glasses, the world would be difficult for the people above forty-five.

Important _______1________
Some most important inventions
The TV, the _____2______, the _______3____, the computer
Three other important inventions
Before the inventions
the ______4____
______5__ ran into rivers from people’s houses
____6_____ were common in big cities
It was often difficult to find ______7________ drinking water
hay, animal food
Most animals were killed in ___8_________ because there wasn’t enough food in winter
_______9_____
Reading, writing and “close work” would be difficult for the people over ______10___

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The Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Some parents send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the US or Australia, regardless of how much this costs. Many also want their children to take extra-curriculum activities where they either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is, so parents often spend unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children's skills vary; they will usually be skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study effectively. They are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can help achieve this by teaching their children practical skills like cooking, sewing and other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. The result, a well--cooked dinner, will give a child a lot of satisfaction and confidence.
An old machine such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child as a toy may make him curious and arouse his interest. If he will spend hours looking at it, and try to mend it; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. Such activities do more than teach a child to read a book; but rather they teach them to think, and to use their minds. This is much more important than learning by reading a book.
Title
How Chinese Parents Should (1) _____ Their Children
Common practice
l Being (2) _____ with money when it comes to education.
l Sending them to the best schools or (3) _____
l Taking extra-curriculum activities so as to (4) _____ a head start in life.
l Spending more money than they can (5) ____ on education.
Bad results
Children's lacking in self-respect and self-confidence
Suggested (6) _____
l Teaching their children practical skills, which are of the greatest(7) _______
l Cooking.
l Sewing.
l Other housework.
l (8) _______ a broken radio or TV.
(9) _______ results
l To make the children hardworking and confident.
l To enable them to (10) _______ and to use their minds.

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下面是对将来生活的描述，请将描述与上面图片配对。
A Planes will be very large so flying will be very cheap. Fuel(燃料) will be expensive. Everyone will have a small car.
B It will be hot all year, so the winter will be very short. It will get warm at the North Pole, so the seas will be very rough(不平静的). The summer will be hot and the winter will be warm. But there will be bad weather in spring and autumn. There will be heavy rain and strong winds.
C Homes will be warm in winter and cool in summer, so they'll be very comfortable. We'll use the sun to heat(给……热量) our homes. No one will be cold and there'll be lots of hot water.
D Computers will be very small, so they'll be very light. People will do many things on the Internet.
E Machineswill do the dull jobs on farms and in factories and offices, so no one will do heavy work.. People will work three days a week. They'll have long holidays and lots of free time.
76._______ 77.________78.________79._______80.________
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It was already late when we started going to the next town. It was about 15 miles away on the other side of the hill. There we felt sure that we would find a bed for the night. Darkness fell along the narrow road to the hill. As se climbed higher, it became colder and rain began to fall. It was difficult at times to see the road, so I asked my friend John to drive slowly.
We traveled for about 20 miles but we couldn’t find the town. We were beginning to feel worried. Then the car stopped. We found that we were out of petrol (汽油), so we decided to spend the night in the car.
After eating some bread, I tried to go to sleep at once, but John, a poor sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk up the hill. Soon, he came running back. From the top of the hill he saw the lights of the town in the valley below. At once, we tried to push the car to the top of the hill. In less than an hour we were in the town, and we found a hotel there easily.
When
It was ____1__ when we started going to the next town
_____2___ fell along the __3__ road to the hill
How long
It was about ___4___ miles away on the other side of the hill
We traveled for about ___5____miles but we couldn’t find the town.
why
I asked John to drive slowly because it was ______6_____ to see the road
The car stopped because it was __7____ of ___8___
where
John saw the lights of the town from the __9____ of the hill
what
We found a ___10___ there easily