任务型阅读专练五篇.doc

任务型阅读专练五篇
一
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The farm economy of the United States has changed a lot in the last seventy years. In the 1930s, twenty-five percent of the nation’s population lived on farms. Today less than one percent of Americans do.
Farm incomes have changed over the years too. For example, in 1933, people living and working on farms had much less money to spend than other Americans. At that time, farm families had about one-third the income of non-farmers after all necessary expenses had been paid. By the late 1970s, however, that difference had almost disappeared. In 2004,farmers had their best year ever. The average farm family earned about eighty-one thousand dollars. That is more than the average American family, which earned about sixty thousand dollars.
The Department of Labor measures the pay of industrial workers differently. It measures the average hourly and weekly pay for industrial workers. This is because factory workers are generally paid by the hour unlike farmers who earn income from their farm businesses. Generally , the average hourly pay for all industrial workers is about sixteen dollars. And the average weekly pay, about five hundred fifty dollars.
Industrial and other services employ about eighty-six percent of the labor force.

Title : 1 in the U.S.
Farm workers
Changes in population (%)
In the 1930s
In the 2
In 2004
25%

3 in income
About 4 the income of the non-farmer families
Almost equal
$81,000
( 5 more than the average )
Industrial workers
Percentage of the 6 force

About 7
About 14%
Ways to 8
By the hour
By the 9
Different incomes
10
$550

1. Incomes 2. 1970s 3. Changes 4. one-third 5.twenty-one thousand dollars 6.labor 7. 80% 8. pay 9. week 10. sixteen dollars

二
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Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how.
1) Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don't forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.
2) Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
3) Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
4) Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.
5) Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don't pass a test, so don't be overly worried.
There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.

How to become a better student
General method
How to
advantage
Plan your time carefully
Make a list
Force you to realize 6 is happening to your time
Make a 1
Find a good place to study
Free of everything but study 2
You can 7 on the subject
Make good use of your time in class
Listen to everything the teachers say
Really listening in class means 8 work later
Taking 3
Study regularly
Go over your notes

4 new material
Help you 9 it better , remember it longer
Develop a good attitude about tests
Don't be 5 worried
Remember your new 10

Keys:
1. schedule 2. materials 3. notes 4. read 5. overly 6. what 7. concentrate 8. less 9. understand 10. knowledge

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A long story about people is usually called a novel. It can be about any kind of man, woman, or child. It can be about kings, or Chicago newsboys, or housewives. The French writer, Victor Hugo, wrote his novel Les Miserables about a poor man who stole a loaf of bread. The American writer, Ernest Hemingway, wrote A Farewell to Arms about a young American with the Italian Army in World War One.
A novel can tell the story of any kind of action, over any period of time. The modern Irish writer, James, Joyce, covers less than twenty- four hours in Ulysses. Yet, Joyce takes a thousand pages to tell all that happens from the time one man gets up in the morning until he goes to bed early the next morning. A German writer, Herman Hesse, uses only one hundred and fifty pages in his novel Demian to cover a boy’s life from the age of ten until he becomes a young man.
A novel does not just tell the things that people do. It also tells why they do them. The Badge of Courage, by the American novelist, Stephen Crane, tells about a young soldier in the War between the states who runs away the first time he is in battle. The book shows why he acted as he did. It describes his mental suffering until he overcomes his fears.
People buy novels because they enjoy reading about other people. The novel satisfies the human desire to know and understand our fellow creatures.

The 1._________ of the novel

2. __________
A long story about people

Character

4. _________ of any kind
Les Miserables is about a poor man who stole 6____
A farewell to Arms is about a young American with the Italian Army.
Time
Over any period of time
7. ____ covers less than 24 hours.
8. ____ covers a boy’s life from ten until he is a young man.
3. _____
Things and 5 _____ for doing them.
The Badge of Courage 9 _______ a young soldier’s mental suffering.
Purpose
Satisfy the human desire to 10 ______others. .

1. content 2. Definition 3. Plot 4.People 5. reasons 6. bread 7. Ulysses 8. Demian 9. describes 10. know

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Wealthy Chinese do not have a good reputation, a survey by China Youth Daily and S has found.
The poll, conducted last week, showed about 70 percent of 3,990 interviewees believe the well-off are immoral and not worthy of respect. Only 4 percent thought rich people are good, the survey said.
For the rich to become popular they need to do three things, the survey suggested.
First, they need to have a sense of social responsibility. Second, they need to be self disciplined, and third, they need to have a caring heart.
The number of people who make at least $50,000 a year increases by 15 percent a year and, according to the China Economic Times, the country now has 1.5 million rich people.
The China Youth Daily and S survey found interviewees questioned how the rich became rich in the first place.
"Some rich people are thought to have accumulated their wealth through illegal means, such as bribery," said a post-graduate student at the Communication University of China.
Even so, the survey found wealthy people who abide by( 遵守) the law, have a sense of social responsibility and a caring heart, are respected.
The poll showed about 60 percent thought these kinds of wealthy people were worthy of respect.
The survey suggested many voters were much better disposed toward rich people from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Western economies - rather than the mainland.
Hong Kong property tycoon Li Ka-shing was most highly regarded, followed by Bill Gates, mainland property tycoon Wang Shi and basketball player Yao Ming.
"Rich people on the mainland invest too little in charity and gain too much," a student from Beijing Sports University said.
Yu Guoming, a professor at Renmin University of China, called on the heads of Chinese companies to think and invest in a long-term way. "Corporate social duty is not only about charity, it also connects the company with the government and the public."

Title
Nation’s rich have poor reputation
The ___1___ of the survey
About 70 percent of 3,990 interviewees believe the well-off are not ___2___ and not worthy of respect.
Only the percentage of 4 thought rich people are good.
Things that the rich are ___3__ of
1. They need to be ___4___ for the __5____.
2. They need to be self disciplined.
3. They need to have a caring heart.
People’s ___6___ towards rich .
1. Some rich have ___7___wealth through illegal means.
2. People who ___8___ the law, have a sense of social responsibility and a caring heart, are respected.
3. Rich people on the mainland invest too little in charity and ___9___ too much.
A professor’s view
Corporate social ___10___ is not only about charity, it also connects the company with the government and the public.
Keys: 1. result 2. moral 3. lack 4. responsible 5. society 6. attitude 7. gathered 8. follow/ obey 9. get/ achieve 10. responsibility

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Moon landing The computer chip. Genetic engineering. The artificial heart. The achievements of U.S. scientists are known and admired throughout the world. But whether American highest position in research and technology will continue into the 21st century is far from certain. Thirty-two years after the Russians sent up Sputnik setting off a hot race to produce more and better U. S. physicists, the scientific pipeline is drying up.
In an Educational Testing Service study of five countries and four Canadian provinces, American 13-year-old graded last in math and nearly last in science.
How did America, birthplace of Edison and Wright brothers come to such a dangerous situation? One reason is lack of enough financial support for science education. After Sputnik, funding for the National Science Foundation, the leading U. S. founder of scientific research, shot up from $18 million to $130 million. By now financing for NSF’s education had fallen rapidly to zero.
The image of scientists is less lustrous than it was in the 50’s and 60’s, when men and women in lab coats were seen as national heroes helping the U.S. beat the Russians to the moon. Today the country’s brightest desire is to be bankers and lawyers, not chemists or rocket designers.
We really hope something must be done to vitalize(激励) America’s science education, or America will have to face great losses in science development.
Title: America’s (1)________

America

In the past

(2)________ in research and technology

At present
Graded last in math and nearly last in science for its (3)________
In the future
Uncertain for (4)________

(5)______

Aspects
In the past
At present
(6)________

From $ 18 million to $ 130 million
(7)________

(8)________

As national heroes helping the US. beat the Russians to the moon
Desire is to be (9)________
not chemists or rocket designers

(10)________

Something must be done to vitalize America’s science education H

1. future in science 2. the highest position 3. 13-year-old 4. science position 5. Reasons 6. Financing 7. Fallen to zero 8. People 9. bankers and lawyers 10. Suggestions

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