1、 制作人：李雪梅 余雪晴 审核人：余雪晴1任务型阅读专项（一）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入最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格填 1 个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。Laughter makes you feel good. And the good feeling that you get when you laugh remains with you even after the laughter disappears. Humor helps you keep a positive, optimistic outlook through diffic
2、ult situations, disappointments, and loss. More than just a pause from sadness and pain, laughter gives you the courage and strength to find new sources of meaning and hope. Even in the most difficult of times, a laugh - or even simply a smilecan go a long way toward making you feel better. And laug
3、hter really is contagious (有传染的)just hearing laughter primes your brain and readies you to smile and join in the fun.Laughter strengthens our relationships by bringing positive feelings and building emot ional connections. When we laugh with one another, a positive bond is created. This bond acts st
4、rongly against stress, disagreements, and disappointment.Shared laughter is one of the most effective tools for keeping relationships fresh and exciting. All emotional sharing builds strong and lasting relationship bonds. Laughter unites people during difficult times. Having more humor and play into
5、 your daily interactions can improve the quality of your love relationships as well as your connections with co-workers, family members, and friends.Laughter is your birthright, a natural part of life that is inborn. Little babies begin smiling during the first weeks of life and laugh out loud withi
6、n months of bei ng born. Even if you did not grow up in a family where laughter was a common sound, you can learn to laugh at any stage of life.One essential characteristic that helps us laugh is not taking ourselves too seriously. Weve all known someone who takes everything with deathly seriousness
7、 and never laughs at anything. No fun there!The ability to laugh, play, and have fun with others not only makes life more enjoyable but also helps you solve problems, connect with others, and be more creative. People who include humor and play into their daily lives find that it renews them and all
8、of their relationships.Life brings challenges that can either get the best of you or become playthings for your imagination. When you “become the problem” and take yourself too seriously, it can be hard to think outside the box and find new solutions. But when you play with the problem, you can ofte
9、n transform it into an opportunity for creative learning.制作人：李雪梅 余雪晴 审核人：余雪晴2Title: Laughter is good for you(1)_ of laughterLaughter can make you courageous and （3）_ to find new sources of meaning and hope in life.Laughter can （ 4）_ a positive bond, which can help to (5)_ stress, disagreements and d
10、isappointment. Laughter can keep relationships fresh and exciting. Ways to bring laughter to lifeHumans are （ 6）_ with the ability to laugh. You can acquire the ability to laugh by （7）_ at any stage of life. Take yourself （8）_ seriously to develop your sense of humour. (2)_Laughter can bring a more
11、（9）_ life, better problem-solving abilities, stronger （10）_ with others, and more creativity. （二）阅读短文,根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格内填入最恰当的单词(每空 1 词)The Hong Kong government is set to overhaul (革新) its immigration policy with the aim of making it easier for mainland and overseas talents to live and work in the ci
12、ty. This is a welcome step because it will remove what is widely seen as a major hurdle to Hong Kongs efforts to attract qualified immigrants (移民) to help its development.To sustain the growth of the service sector, which makes up nearly 10 percent of Hong Kongs GDP, it is necessary to continuously
13、expand the group of talents in various fields. Efforts to attract mainland and overseas talents to Hong Kong are taking on special urgency not only because of fierce competition from other cities, particularly Singapore, but also the rapidly aging population resulting from years of low or negative b
14、irthrates.Hong Kong enjoys certain advantages over many Asian cities in the competition for talents. Beyond its vibrant economy, underlined by a free market environment, Hong Kong has a combination of some of the most distinctive elements of Chinese and Western cultures. Hong Kong is as exciting as
15、many other Asian boomtowns, and yet it is no less efficient than a typical European city with a much smaller population. Housing costs are high, but no higher than those in other financial centers. For international banks and multinational corporations, housing costs are a concern only when the oppo
16、rtunity to make money begins to dry up. And this situation is not 制作人：李雪梅 余雪晴 审核人：余雪晴3happening in Hong Kong as the local economy, riding the boom on the mainland, is rapidly expanding.It is within this context that the government takes the lead to revise its immigration policy, which calls for, amo
17、ng other things, the establishment of a one-stop service center to process all applications under various migrant schemes. This means that an applicant will in future need to send in only one form for processing. Other changes to the policy include the removing of the age restrictions and lowering o
18、f experience requirements. Under the present scoring system used to vet (审查) applicants, those who are older than 50 and those with less than five years of work experience win no points in their respective categories. The details of the proposed changes have not been announced. But according to a go
19、vernment official quoted by the local press, the aim is to broaden the number of qualified applicants.The Hong Kong governments revising its immigration policyAimsIt aims to expand the group of qualified immigrants and 1._ talents to help its development.ReasonsOther Asian 2._ cities bring great pre
20、ssure on it.Low birth rates 3._to rapidly aging population.4._It has a 5._market environment.It 6._elements of Chinese culture and those of Western cultures.It is as 7._ as a typical European city.Compared with other financial centers, housing costs are not a concern due to the boom on the mainland.
21、ChangesAn 8._will need to send in only one form for processing.The age restrictions are 9._.Experience requirements are 10._.（三）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一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。请将答案写在答卷纸上的相应位置。Simply increasing physical activity levels alone is unlikely to reduce body weight in young children, an
22、d therefore will probably not prevent obesity (肥胖 ), although it may set the stage for a healthier lifestyle, the results of a study conducted in Scotland suggest.Instead, a combination of increased physical activity and other lifestyle changes like sticking to a healthy diet may be needed to stop t
23、he trend of obesity.制作人：李雪梅 余雪晴 审核人：余雪晴4“Many children are obese, even at preschool age,” Dr John J. Reilly from the University of Glasgow and his colleagues note in the British Medical Journal. Considering the general lack of evidence on proper ways to prevent obesity in this age group, Reillys tea
24、m had 545 children from 36 nursery schools in the “Movement and Activity Glasgow Intervention (干预) in Children” or MAGIC trial.The trial was specifically designed to see if an increase in activity could reduce body mass index (身体质量指数). Each week for 24 weeks roughly half of the preschoolers, who wer
25、e an average of 4.2 years old, participated in three 30-minute active workouts while at nursery school and their parents were encouraged to increase the childs activity levels at home. The other half of the children, serving as contrasts, followed their usual nursery school schedule.According to the
26、 researchers, the physical activity intervention had no significant effect on body mass index of the children.However, compared with contrast children, intervention children show greater gains in body movement skills, which, the researchers say, may increase confidence in physical ability, perhaps i
27、ncreasing the opportunities of future participation in physical activity or sports.In a word, Reilly and his colleagues suggest that “successful interventions to prevent obesity in early childhood may require changes not just at nursery, school, and home, but in the wider environment. Changes in oth
28、er behaviors, including diet, may also be necessary.”Topic Whether exercise alone can (1)._ obesity in young children.Researchers Dr John J. Reilly and his (2)._ from the University of GlasgowPeople researched545 children from 36 nursery schoolsabout half of the preschoolers (3)._ 4.2 on average :pa
29、rticipating in active workouts at nursery sc hool(4)._ parents to increase their activities levels at home Processthe other half:living (5)._ according to the nursery school schedule.制作人：李雪梅 余雪晴 审核人：余雪晴5(6)._Exercise alone has no (7)._ on losing weight.Intervention children show greater gains in bod
30、y (8)._ skills, which can make them more (9)._ in physical ability.Successful interventions to prevent obesity in early childhood may require changes in both the (10)._ and other behaviors, including diet.（四）请认真阅读下列短文，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。注意：每空格 1 个单词。Celebrating sleepWorld Sleep Day, observed
31、 on 21 March, was created to bring attention to the growing number of sleep problems worldwide. Sleep is a natural part of human life, but many people in the modern world ignore its importance. As a result, sleep problems are increasingly common.In 2002, scientists at the University of Athens in Gre
32、ece conducted a survey of over 35,000 people in 10 countries around the world, including China, Belgium and South Africa. Of the people that responded to the survey, 24 percent said that they did not sleep well, and based on their responses, 31.6 percent were diagnosed with insomnia (失眠) and another
33、 17.5 percent were diagnosed with borderline insomnia. In addition, 30.7 percent of survey respondents reported visiting a doctor for help with sleep problems and 11.6 percent said that they felt very sleepy during the day.Overall, the survey found that many people suffer from the effects of poor qu
34、ality sleep, some examples of which are being unable to fall asleep and waking up in the middle of the night. The main factors causing these problems are pressure from school or work and a fast pace of life, but noise pollution and light pollution also interfere with sleep and contribute to poor qua
35、lity sleep. The surveys findings are particularly troubling because large numbers of people were found to have difficulty sleeping at night. The short-term effects of this are tiredness and trouble concentrating. If this happens for a long time, the risk of gaining weight and having a heart attack m
36、ay increase.There are many things you can do to improve the quality of your sleep. First, you should have regular sleep habits. Try to go to bed and wake up around the same time each day. You also need to make your bedroom a cool, dark, quiet place to sleep so that heat, light and noise do not 制作人：李
37、雪梅 余雪晴 审核人：余雪晴6disturb you. At night, you should also avoid things that contain caffeine, such as chocolate, coffee, tea and many soft drinks, as caffeine may keep you from sleeping.Getting a good nights sleep is important for everyone. By following the advice above, you can rest better at night and
38、 work better during the day.Title: Celebrating SleepTopic ContentWorld Sleep DayOwing to 3._ of the importance of sleep, people celebrated World Sleep Day, bringing attention to the increasing problems of sleep.Responses of the survey Of 35,000 people in 10 countries in the world, there were 24% of
39、the people 4._ from sleeplessness. 31.6 % were diagnosed with insomnia and another 17.5% were on the edge of insomnia. The 5._ of the people feeling sleepy during the day is 11.6. 30.7 % reported 6._ to a doctor for sleep problems.1._ causing sleep problems 2. competitive; 3. lead/contribute; 4. Adv
40、antages; 5. free; 6. combines; 7. efficient; 8. applicant; 9. removed; 10. lowered（三）1. prevent 2. colleagues 3. aged 4. encouraging 5. normally 6. Conclusion 7. effect 8. movement 9. confident 10. environment.（四）1.Factors 2Measures/Steps/How 3ignorance 4suffering 5Percentage 6turning 7pressure/stre
41、ss 8arises/results 9. concentrating / focusing 10containing /with （五）1.wordwiide 2.Problems/Disadvantages 3.purposely/deliberately/purposefully/meaningfully/designedly 4.demanding 5.coperate 6.taken 7.discover 8.illegal 9.strategy 10.relatively（六）1. effectively/well 2. different 3. smile 4. Force 5. talking 6. energy 7. calm 8. relaxed 9. much 10. depends（七）1. Focused/concentrated 2. Causes 3. fed 4. Emotions/feeling 5. Given/offered/assigned 6.Examples/Cases/Situations 7.quarrel 8.Adjusting/regulating 9. Structure/Plan/Arrange/Schedule 10. first
