1、【2013 江苏泰州】阅读表达 阅读短文，按要求完成短文后的各项任务。(10 分)Have you ever thought about one question: why do we need to learn math?It is an interesting question. Kids around the world have been asking it for years. For US students, they may get the answer from a new exhibition called “MathAlive!” (1) 47 activities are
2、 designed to teach kids how math is used in everyday life. For example, at one exhibiton station, visitors can test that a persons arm span(臂展 ) equals their height. At another station, visitors can control the robot with the help of math skills.The exhibition will visit 15 US and international citi
3、es in the next five years. Organizers say they want more kids to learn why math is important in daily life. Think of simple things, like clocks. They tell time, but only if you know how to read them. That means using math. How much longer until school ends? How long did you sleep last night? Thats a
4、ll math, too.(2) When you go _， you also do lots of _. How much change would you get if you paid for a 25.99yuan sweater with two twenties? How would you calculate a 30% discount? Even when youre not doing math, its all around you. The computer you use to surf the Internet is a machine to do binary
5、(二进制) math very fast.So enjoy math, not for exams, but for the wonderful world it helps to build.1. 将(1)句译成中文。2. 在(2)句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺。3. 回答问题：Why will the organizers hold the exhibition in 15 US and international cities?4. 在文中找出与 Math skills can help visitors control the robot at the exhib
6、ition.意思相近的句子，并将它写在答题卡上。5. 在文中找出最能表达该短文主题的句子，并将它写在答题卡上。【答案】1.设计 47 项活动来教育孩子们在日常生活中如何使用数学。2.shopping, match3.Because they want more kids to learn why math is important in daily life.4.Visitors can control the robot with the help of match skills.5. So enjoy match, not for exams, but for the wonderful
7、world it helps with build.【2013 山东烟台】D The famous scientist and thinker, Charles Darwin, was born on February 12, 1809. His family lived not far from the River Severn, England.Charles father was a well-known doctor and the son of a still greater doctor and scientist. Charles father hoped that his so
8、n would also become a doctor.As a boy, Charles liked to go for walks in the fields and forests. He watched nature, and compared what he saw with everything he had read in science books. He also liked collecting very much. He collected many things, birds, eggs, stones and leaves. His father did not l
9、ike this, as Charles was not studying very well at school.为了成为一名医生，十六岁时达尔文就被送到爱丁堡大学（Edinburgh University）学习。But he was interested in the history of nature.Then he was sent to study in Cambridge University. There he studied until 1831. Some time later he heard that the ship Beagle was going on a trip
10、 to South America and wanted a scientist. His professor advised him to go. He said the trip would be just for Darwin. So when the ship left England in December, 1831, Darwin was on it. The research lasted almost five years. The Beagle studied the waters in the sea near South America. It also visited
11、 Zealand, Australia and islands in the Pacific. Darwin saw many new plants and animals. He collected all kinds of plants. In 1842 Darwin went to live in Kent, where he continued his studies of change in nature. Darwin understood that plants and animals are not always the same, and that they really c
12、hange. By 1859 Darwin had finished his famous book “The Origin of Species“. It made a great hit in the world of science. He was opposed(反对) by the church and even by some scientists. But later, more and more scientists agreed with him.Darwin continued his studies in science until he died in 1882.请根据
13、文章内容回答问题。61. Why didnt Charles become a doctor?_62. When did Charles start the research with the Beagle?_根据短文内容，回答下列各题。63. 请将处划线句子翻译成英语。_64. 请将处划线句子翻译成汉语。_65. 请改写处划线句子，使其意思与原句一致。The church and even some scientist _ _ him. 61. Because he was interested in the history of nature. 62. (He started it) in
14、 December, 1831. 63. At the age of sixteen./When he was sixteen (years old), Darwin was sent to Edinburgh University (to study) in order to/so as to/to become a doctor(so that/in order that he could become a doctor). 64. 达尔文认为动物和植物不是一成不变的，实际上它们是在变化的。 65. were against/disagreed with 【2013 浙江杭州】第二节 任务
15、型阅读(阅读下面短文，从 A-F 六副图中找出与第 56-60 各题号后内容相匹配的图，其中一幅为多余选项)Royal Mail Special Delivery At the Post Office you can send letters and parcels(包裹) in different ways. First-class post takes one to two working days. Second-class post takes two or three working days. And Special Delivery is for important things
16、.When you send something by Special Delivery, 56_ first you write the persons address on the front of the parcel and you address on the back. 57_ Then you take it to the Post Office. Tell the assistant that you want to use Special Delivery. 58_ Next show her the address, 59_ and then put the parcel
17、on the scales(称) so she can weigh it. 60_ Then give the parcel to the assistant, and say how much it is worth. She will check you have put your address on the parcel. Then she will give you a receipt for your parcel. Special Delivery gets there before lunch the next working day.【答案】56. B 57. F 58. C
18、 59. A 60. D【2013 浙江湖州】七、任务型阅读 （本题有 5 小题，每小题 1 分，共 5 分）请根据 下面三部电影的剧情介绍，找出对应的电影片名，将片明前的字母 A、B、C 分别填入 7173 三小题空格内；然后按要求回答 7475 两小题。_ 71. A food magazine editor comes to the United States to give birth to a baby and chooses to stay in Seattle because she loves the movie Sleepless in Seattle. The driver
19、 who used to be a famous doctor in Beijing meets her at the airport. After a series of ups and downs, the two fall in love with each other and the editor finds her Mr. Right._ 72. Three Chinese young man, a scientist, a businessman and a tourist, come to the beautiful country, Thailand, for differen
20、t purposes. They meet one another during their journeys and many interesting funny stories happen among them._ 73. A lovely girl of 18 goes to her ideal university to be with a boy she loves, who turns out to go abroad for some reason. Though feeling a little sad and upset, she makes a lot friends a
21、nd even finds her love. But they break up before graduation, years later, after many twists and turns, as the youth is going by, she is still looking for her true love.74. Of the three movies, which would you like to see?_75. Why do you want to see it?_.【答案】 71. C 72. A 73. B 74. Lost in Thailand 75
22、. Because its very interesting.【2013 山东青岛】阅读下面短文，按要求完成各项任务。 （共 6 分）Sometimes the greatest things are invented by mistake. The greatest mistake of all time could be those delicious snacks in your comer drugstore.One day, a woman was making chocolate cookies. When she ran out of chocolate powder (粉),
23、she took out a chocolate bar and broke it into little pieces. She added the pieces to her cookie dough (面团) and baked (烘烤 ) it. She thought that the chocolate would (1) melt in the oven and make chocolate cookies. Far from melting, the pieces of chocolate stayed hard. When she took them out of the o
24、ven, she had chocolate chip cookies!Another accidental invention was made by Frank Epperson, an eleven-year-old boy. In 1905, Frank sat outside on a winter evening, mixing up a big jug (罐) of powdered soda pop. Frank accidentally left the jug out during the night. When he went outside the next morni
25、ng, he found the mixture in the jug frozen (冻僵) with the mixing stick stuck in the middle. Frank pulled out the frozen pop and tasted it. It was delicious! Frank started selling Epperson Icicles for 5 cents each. He later changed the name to (2) Popsicles.So, the next time you drop your hamburger in
26、to your ice cream or your cooked potatoes into your chicken soup, dont worry! Some of the most delicious foods in the world were invented that way!任务一 请根据短文，猜测划线单间(l) melt 的意思。将答案的字母代号填写在横线上。(1 分)A. change into water B. change into ice_任务二 请根据短文内容，完成 chocolate chip cookies 的制作过程。 （每句 1 分，共 2分)1. Tak
27、e out a chocolate bar and _2. Then add _3. Finally bake it.任务三 请列举文中与(2) Popsicles 同义的另外两个表述。 （2 分）_任务四 请从文章中找出能够概括本文主旨大意的一个句子。 （1 分)_【答案】任务一：A 任务二：1. break it into little pieces 2. the pieces to the cookie dough任务三：frozen pop； Epperson Icicles任务四：Sometimes the greatest things are invented by mistak
28、e.C. 【2013 山东青岛】阅读下面短文，按要求完成各项任务。 （共 9 分）“Pictogram” is a compound word made from “picture” and “telegram”. Pictograms are usually simple pictures, and they are often made with letters and words. A pictogram is a symbol which represents an idea or an object through an image (图像). Also, it is a kind
29、of communication system which must be learned but is very useful in our lives. The user must learn to see, understand remember the different pictogram symbols. There are about 1,400 different symbols at the present time. A Canadian named Subhas Maharaj came up with the idea for pictograms in the beg
30、inning of the 1980s. At first, pictograms were introduced to help people who had disabilities in speaking, reading, or writing. Pictograms are images of objects that are easy to see and create. Today, pictograms arc used in many different ways. For example, there are traffic, recycling and restauran
31、t signs, even animal symbols and so on. Pictograms arc usually in white against a black background. The combination of white against a black background creates extremely contrast (对比), and this makes pictograms friendlier to users. A good example of a pictogram is the public toilet symbols for “men”
32、 and “women, just like the one on the left. Pictograms are a useful method of communication, and people can have fun as they learn each pictogram.toilet任务一 请把 下列图标与单词匹配 ，把图标的字母代号填写在相应的横线上（每小题1 分，共 4 分)recycle _ traffic _ restaurant _ animal _任务二 请把句子 Pictograms are usually simple pictures, and they
33、are often made with letters and words. 翻译成汉语。 （2 分）_任务三 请根据短文内容，回答问题。(2 分）What was the purpose of the first pictograms?_任务四 请从文中找出与 People enjoy learning pictograms because they are useful.意思相同或相近的句 子。 (1 分）【答案】任务一：recycle：C traffic：D restaurant：A animal：B任务二：形象图通常是简单的图片，它们经常由字母和单词组成。任务三：To help peo
34、ple who had disabilities in speaking, reading, or writing. 任务四：Pictograms are a useful method of communication, and people can have fun as they learn each pictogram.【2013 福建福州】III.阅读下面短文，把 A-D 四个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确，然后完成第 75 小题。(每小题 2 分，共 10 分) Chinese space lover Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of
35、 the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project. _71_ Another five volunteers are all space lovers. They are three Russians，an Italy-Colombian and a Frenchman. They will feel what its like to travel to Mars without leaving the earth. During the whole process(过程)，they are locked up for one and a half y
36、ears under the condition which is similar to the red planet. So the experiment is called Mars-500._72_ Although the volunteers wont leave the building，they will feel as if(好像)they are on a real trip to Mars. The most difficult thing is that they will be separated from the people outside. _73_ That w
37、ill be hard. When reporters asked what they would miss most during the 500-day special life，Charles from France said， “For me，it will be mainly my family，the sun and fresh air.”The main task is to study “Man and Environment” It will care about the astronauts physical effects and the experience of st
38、aying there. _74_ So they will have to make decisions by themselves and then report to the earth，and the earth will tell them whether they do the right thing or not.Each astronaut is preparing for the great challenge. And people are looking forward to the result of the experiment.A. Everyone will st
39、ay and work there alone.B. For 18 months, they wont see sunsets or sunrises.C. The Mars-500 test will be in a special building in Moscow.D. He was very happy to be chosen and will accept the challenge.75. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. Five space lovers were chosen as vo
40、lunteers.B. The Mars-500 test will take place in ParisC. The volunteers will face many sorts of difficultiesD. The Mars-500 test is about a real trip to Mars.【答案】71-75 DCBAC【2013 福建福州】I.根据短文内容，完成下列句子，每空一词。( 共 10 分)(每小题 2 分，共10 分)When we got to the hospital，we found Dad still coughed a lot，but his sm
41、ile was as sure as ever. It was another attack of pneumonia(肺炎).My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend，but we had to go back to our jobs on Monday. Local relatives would help Dad get home from the hospital and look after him. But I wanted to let him know that we also cared about him，even w
42、hen we werent with him.Then I remembered a family tradition when our children were small. Before leaving their grandparents home after a visit，each child would write a love note to their grandparents. For days，their grandparents would smile as they read these notes of love.So when I cleaned Dads kit
43、chen and made the bed for him, I wrote some notes. Some were like this， “Dad，I put the food in the fridge. “Some expressed my love， “Dad，I hope you will sleep well in your new bed.” Most notes were put downstairs he would stay for several weeks when he was. But I put one note upstairs under his pill
44、ow(枕头), “If you have found this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!“These notes helped improve his health. Several weeks later, in one of our regular phone calls, I asked Dad how he was doing. He said, “Pretty good. I just found your note under my pillow upstairs! “*106. The writers fa
45、ther was _ and was sent to _.107. The writer _ to her job after she stayed with her father for the _.108. It was a family _ for the children to write love _ to their grandparents.109. The writer did the _ thing as her children to _ about her father.110. A few weeks later, when the writer heard her f
46、athers _, she knew he felt much _.【答案】106. ill/sick，hospital 107. returned，weekend 108. tradition，notes 109. same， care 110. words/answer/reply，better【2013 广东湛江】 阅读下列短文，按照要求完成各题，并将答案填在答题卡标号为 76-83的空格中。The life of the animals in the zoo is different from that in the wildlife park.In the zoo, most of the animals are very sad. They have to stay in cages all day and wait for the zoo keepers to feed them.
