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高考英语任务型阅读题

2010年高考英语任务型阅读题·江苏卷

任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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一个最恰当的单词。

注意：

请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

每个空格只填1个单词。

Formorethantwentyyearsscientistshavebeenseekingtounderstandthemysteryofthe“sixthsense”ofdirection.Bytryingoutideasandsolvingproblemsonebyone,theyarenowgettingclosertooneanswer.

Onefunnyideaisthatanimalsmighthaveabuilt-incompass（指南针）.

Ourearthitselfisabigmagnet（磁体）.Soalittlemagneticneedlethatswingsfreelylinesitselfwiththebigearthmagnettopointnorthandsouth.Whenpeoplediscoveredthatideaaboutathousandyearsagoandinventedthecompass,itallowedsailorstonavigate（航海）onoceanvoyages,evenundercloudyskies.

Actuallytheideaofthelivingcompasscamejustfromobservinganimalsinnature.

Manybirdsmigratetwiceayearbetweentheirsummerhomesandwinterhomes.Someofthemflyforthousandsofkilometersandmostlyatnight.Experimentshaveshownthatsomebirdscanrecognizestarpatterns.Buttheycankeeponcourseevenundercloudyskies.Howcantheydothat?

Acommonbirdthatdoesnotmigratebutisgreatatfindingitswayhomeisthehomingpigeon.Notallpigeonscanfindtheirwayhome.Thosethatcanareverygoodatit,andtheyhavebeenwidelystudied.

Oneinterestingexperimentwastoattachlittlemagnetstothebirds’headstoblocktheirmagneticsense—justasaloudradiocankeepyoufromhearingacalltodinner.Onsunnydays,thatdidnotfoolthepigeons.Evidentlytheycanusethesuntotellwhichwaytheyaregoing.Butoncloudydays,thepigeonswithmagnetscouldnotfindtheirway.Itwasasifthemagnetshadblockedtheirmagneticsense.

Similarexperimentswiththesamekindofresultsweredonewithhoneybees.Theseinsectsalsoseemtohaveaspecialsenseofdirection.

Inspiteoftheexperiments,theideaofananimalcompassseemedprettyextraordinary.Howwouldananimalgetthemagneticstuffforacompass.

Ananswercamefromanunexpectedsource.Ascientistwasstudyingbacteriathatliveinthemudofpondsandmarshes.Hefoundaccidentallylittlerod-likebacteriathatallswamtogetherinonedirection—north.

Furtherstudyshowedthateachlittlebacteriumhadachainofdenseparticlesinside,which

provedmagnetic.Thebacteriahadmadethemselvesintolittlemagnetsthatcouldlineupwiththeearth’smagnet.

Thebignewswasthatalivingthing,evenasimplebacterium,canmakemagnetite.Thatledtoasearchtoseewhetheranimalsmighthaveit..Byusingaspecialinstrumentcalledmagnetometer,scientistswereabletofindmagnetiteinbeesandbirds,andeveninfish.Ineachanimal,exceptforthebee,themagneticstuffwasalwaysinorclosertothebrain.

Thus,theideaofabuilt—inanimalcompassbegantoseemreasonable.

TheMagneticSense—TheLivingCompass

Passageoutline

Supportingdetails

Theexistenceof theearthmagnetandtheinventionofthenavigatingcompass

◇Ourearthisabigmagnetandalittlefreely（71）________magneticneedlelinesitselfwiththeearthmagnettopointnorthandsouth.

◇（72）________ontheideaabove,thenavigatingcompasswasinvented.

Thepossibilityofbirds’built-incompasses

◇Onepieceofevidenceisthe（73）________ofmanybirdsbetweentheirsummerhomesandwinterhomes.

◇Birdscanrecognizestarpatternsonclearnightsandkeeponcourse（74）________undercloudyskies.

The（75）________onpigeons’andbees’built-incompasses

◇Littlemagnetsweretiedtothepigeons’headsto（76）________theirmagneticsense.

◇Thepigeons’magneticsenseseemedtobeaffectedon（77）________days.

◇Similarthingswiththesameresultsweredonewithbees.

The（78）________ofthemagneticstufffortheanimalcompass

◇Littlerod-likebacteriawerefoundbychancetoswimtogetherinthedirectionof（79）________.

◇Someanimalshadachainofdensemagneticparticlesinorclosetothe（80）________insidetheirbodies.

【参考答案】

71.swinging

72.Based

73.migration

74.even

75.experiments／tests／study／research

76.block

77.cloudy

78.discovery

79.north

80.brain（s）

2010年高考英语任务型阅读题·北京卷

2010年北京卷的高考英语“第二节”为选择句子完成短文，共5个小题，第小题2分，共计10分。

此题实质上也是一种任务型阅读题。

试题如下：

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Muzak

Thenexttimeyougointoabank,astore,orasupermarket,stopandlisten.Whatdoyouhear?

____71____It’ssimilartothemusicyoulistento,butit’snotexactlythesame.That’sbecausethismusicwasespeciallydesignedtorelaxyou,ortogiveyouextraenergy.Sometimesyoudon’tevenrealizethemusicisplaying,butyoureacttothemusicanyway.

Quietbackgroundmusicusedtobecalled“elevator（电梯）music”becauseweoftenhearditinelevators.Butlatelywehearitinmoreandmoreplaces,andithasanewname“Muzak”.Aboutone-thirdofthepeopleinAmericalistento“Muzak”everyday.Themusicplaysfor15minutesatatime,withshortpausesinbetween.Itisalwaysmorelivelybetweentenandeleveninthemorning,andbetweenthreeandfourintheafternoon,whenpeoplearemoretired.____72____.

IfyoulistentoMuzakcarefully,youwillprobablyrecognizethenamesofmanyofthesongs.Somemusiciansorsongwritersdon’twanttheirsongstobeusedasMuzak,butothersarehappywhentheirsongsarechosen.Why?

____73____.

Musicisoftenplayedinpublicplacesbecauseitisdesignedtomakepeoplefeellesslonelywhentheyareinanairportorahotel.IthasbeenproventhatMuzakdoeswhatitisdesignedtodo.TiredofficeworkerssuddenlyhavemoreenergywhentheyhearthepleasantsoundofMuzakinthebackground.____74____Supermarketshoppersbuy38percentmoregroceries.

____75____.Theysayit’sboringtohearthesamesongsallthetime.ButotherpeopleenjoyhearingMuzakinpublicplaces.Theysayithelpsthemrelaxandfeelcalm.Onewayoranother,Muzakaffectseveryone.SomefarmersevensaytheircowsgivemoremilkwhentheyhearMuzak!

A.Somepeopledon’tlikeMuzak.

B.Themusicgivesthemextraenergy.

C.Musicisplayinginthebackground.

D.Factoryworkersproduce13percentmore.

E.Muzaktendstohelppeopleunderstandmusicbetter.

F.Theygetasmuchas$4millionayeariftheirsongsareused.

G.Muzakisplayedinmostofthebigsupermarketsintheworld.

【参考答案】

71—75：

CBFDA

2010年高考英语任务型读写题·安徽卷

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。

注意：

每个空格只填一个单词。

Whendifficultpeopleexpressthemselvesorally,theygenerallywantatleasttwothings:

they’vebeenheardandthey’vebeenunderstoodshouldbeagoodlistener,fivestepsareadvocatedtowardgoodlistening.

Thefirststepiscooperating（合作）.Howdoesadifficultpersonknowthatyou’relisteningandunderstanding?

Infact,it’sthroughthewayyoulookandsoundwhileheistalking.Youmayhelphimtofullyexpresshisthoughtandfeelings.Youdothisbynoddingyourheadinagreement,makingcertainsoundsofunderstanding.

Whenthepersonbeginstorepeatwhat’sbeensaid,it’ssignalofsteptwo:

turningback.Itmeansthatyourepeatbacksomewordsheisusing,sendingaclearsignalthatyou’relisteningcarefullyandthatyouthinkwhatheissayingisimportant.

Havingheardwhathehastosay,thenextstepisclarifying.Atthispoint,youstarttogatherinformationaboutwhatisbeingcommunicated.Asksomeopen-endedquestions,whichwillallowyoutofigureoutwhatintentionheishopingtosatisfy.

Thefourthstepistosummarize（概括）whatyou’veheard.Thisallowsyoutomakesurethatbothyouandthedifficultpersonareonthesamepage.Whenyoudothis,twothingshappen.First,ifyou’remissedsomething,hecanfillinthedetails（细节）.Second,you’veshownthatyou’remakinganefforttounderstandcompletely.Thisincreasesthepossibilityofgainingcooperationfromhim.

Havinglistenedcarefully,you’venowarrivedatthepointofconfirmingwiththepersonthathefeelssatisfiedthathisthoughtshavebeenfullyvoiced.Askifhefeelsunderstood.

Thenenoughsincerelistening,questioning,andrememberingarebroughttogether,understandingisusuallyachievedandadifficultpersonbecomeslessdifficultandmorecooperative.

Topic

（76）________tounderstand

Reason

Difficultpeoplehopetheyhavebeenheardand（77）________whentheyexpressthemselves

（78）________onlistening

（79）________inagreementandmakesomesoundsofunderstandingwhileadifficultpersonisspeaking

Repeatsome（80）________thatyouhaveheard

Collectinformationabouttheperson’sexpressionsandfindhis（81）________

Givea（82）________ofwhatthepersonhassaid

Confirmthatthepersongains（83）________from

Speakinghisthoughts

Result

Adifficultpersonwillbe（84）________tocooperatewithifunderstandingisachieved

Comment

Youmayunlockthedoorstodifficultpeople’s（85）________afteryoulistenandunderstand

【参考答案】

76.Listen/Listening 77.understood

78.Suggestions/Tips/Advice 80.words

81.intention 82.summary

83.satisfaction 84.easier

85.hearts/minds

2010年高考英语任务型阅读及答案

Peter,Helen,Catherine,Elizabeth和Levin想根据各自在环保方面的兴趣（61-65）进行案例研究，阅读下面某杂志的专题报道摘要（A、B、C、D、E和F），选出适合他们的研究的最佳案例，并在答题纸上将相应的选题的标号涂黑，选项中只有一项是多余选项。

61.Peter:

ReducingplasticsandotherwastesthroughDIY

62.Helen:

Makinguseoftheheavytraffictoproduceelectricity

63.Catherinr:

Buildingacommunitywithoutprivatecars

64.Elizabeth:

Buildinghouseswithrecycledmaterialsandenergy-efficiencysystems

65.Levis:

Developinganewtypeofurbancarwhichbumslessgas

 A

B

Vauban

Weknowcarsareterriblepolluters,butwouldyougiveyoursup?

Vauban,acommunityinsouthwesternGermany,didjustthat,andits5,000citizensaredoingfine.Moststreetsarefreeofvehicles,andtherearegen