高一英语任务型阅读专项训练.docx

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高一英语任务型阅读专项训练

高一英语任务型阅读一

Beggarsareoftenseensittingbythesideofastreetwithheadsbowedaspeoplepassthemby.Someaskpeoplepassingbyforasmallamountofmoneyandsomejustsitandwaittobegivenmoney.Afewuseaggressivebehaviourtoearnmoney.

Tosolvetheproblemofaggressivebegging,an“alternativegiving” planhasbeensuggested.Tenbluemoneyboxeswillbeplacedinbusyplacessuchasthemarketandtherailwaystation.Itaimstoencouragepeoplenottogivemoneydirectlytobeggarsbutinsteadtogivegenerouslytolocalhomelesscauses.

Supportersofthisplanthinkitwillbeaneffectivewaytosolvethebeggars’alcoholanddrugproblems.Butthepoliceopposetheplanarguingthatbeggarswhodonotreceivecashmayturntocriminalitytofeedtheiraddictions.Thehomelesscharity“Crisis”saidthesuccessofanyplanwilldependonitsstyle.Theythinkthatimaginativeandpositiveplanscanhelpcreatelocalunderstandingandsympathyinsteadofhardness.Mostofthebeggarsdisliketheplanbecausetheythinktheywillnotgetenoughmoneyfromtheboxesfortheirshowers,foodandclothes.

Beggingisabigsocialproblembothindevelopinganddevelopedcountries.Governmentsmustplayabigroleinsolvingthisproblem.Trainingbeggarstoworkandhelpingthemtofindappropriatejobsisoneoption.Thisisespeciallytruefordevelopingcountrieswheremanylow-skilljobsexist.

Thegeneralcommunityshouldalsobeeducatedtoseebeggarsnotasdirtyanddangerous,butaspeoplewhoneedunderstandingandhelp.

Beggingproblem

Introductiontothebeggingproblem

●Somebeggarsask3_______formoney

●Somebeggarsjustsitandwaittobegiven

money

An“alternativeplan”totheproblem

Insomebusyplaces,suchasthemarketandrailwaystation,tenblueboxeswillbeplacedto4_______peopletogivemoneytolocalhomelesscauses.

Different1________towardsthesuggestedplan

●Supportersofthisplanthinkitvery5______tosolvetheproblemrelatedtobeggars.

●Thepoliceopposetheplanarguingthebeggarsmayturntocriminalitybecauseof6_______ofcash.

●Thehomelesscharitysaidthatitremainstobeseenwhetherthisplanwouldbe7.________.

●Mostofthebeggarsdisliketheplanbecausethemoneythattheywillgetfromtheboxwillnotbe8.________.

2._________totheproblem

●Governmentsmustbeactively9_______insolvingthisproblembetrainingbeggarstoworkandhelpingthemtofindproperjobs.

●Beggarsshouldn’tbe10________asdirtyanddangerouspeoplebutaspeopleneedinghelpandunderstanding.

高一英语任务型阅读二

Globalwarmingisoneofthemajorenvironmentalproblemswearefacingtoday.Scientiststhinkafurtherriseinthecarbondioxidelevelswillmakethissituationworse.Thegreenhouseeffectcausestheearth’sheattobetrappedintheatmosphere,whichresultsintheincreaseintemperature.This,inturn,hasaneffectonvariousplantsandanimals.Globalwarmingmakesitdifficultforsomeofthemtosurvive.

Ozonedepletionmeansadropinthequantityoftheozone（臭氧）intheearth’sstratosphere（平流层）.TheozoneholeintheAntarcticismainlyduetothereleaseofCFCs（atypeofgas）.Becauseofozonedepletion,humansarefacingvariousproblemssuchastheharmfuleffectsofUVrays.

Waterpollutioniscausedwhenwastesarethrownintowater.What’smore,manyharmfulchemicalsarealsoputintowater,whichcausesthedeathsofmanywildanimalsandendangersthehealthofhumans.

Theincreasingpopulationiscausingalossofnaturalresources.Thisisrelatedtovarioushumanactivities.Forexample,overfishinghascausedmanykindsoffishestodieout.Forestsarebeingclearedtomeettherisingdemandforpaper,wood,evenforland.Mining,theworkofgettinggold,coaletcoutoftheearth,hasledtoafurtherdropinmineralresources.Ifweusedupalltheresources,howcouldourchildrensurviveonthisplanet?

Thesearesomeofthecurrentenvironmentalproblemswearefacingtoday.Onlywithaneffortfromeachperson,canwehopetosaveourplanetfrombeingdestroyed.

Environmental

Problem

Cause

Damage

Global

（1）_____-

Increasingcarbon

dioxidelevels

Makingitdifficultfor

variousplantsandanimalsto

（2）______

（3）______

Depletion

ReleasingCFCs

VariousproblemssuchastheharmfuleffectsofUVrays

Water（4）_____

Throwing（5）_____

 intowater

Addingharmful（6）

 _____intowater

Endangeringwildanimals’lives

Endangeringhumans’（6）______

Thelossof

Natural（8）____

Increasing（9）_____

Varioushumanactivitiessuchas（10）_____,cuttingdownforestsandmining

Endangeringthenextgeneration

高一英语任务型阅读三

Educatinggirlsquitepossiblyharvestsahigherrateofreturnthananyotherinvestmentavailableinthedevelopingworld.Women'seducationmaybeanunusualeconomicalfield,butincreasingwomen'scontributiontodevelopmentisactuallyasmuchaneconomicasasocialissue.Andeconomics,withitsfocusonencouragement,providesanexplanationforwhysomanygirlsareridofaneducation.

Parentsinlow-incomecountriesfailtoinvestintheirdaughtersbecausetheydonotexpectthemtomakeaneconomiccontributiontothefamily:

girlsgrowuponlytomarryintosomebodyelse'sfamilyandbearchildren.Girlsarethusseenaslessvaluablethanboysandarekeptathometodohouseworkwhiletheirbrothersaresenttoschool--theprophecy（观念）becomesself-fulfilling,trappingwomeninavicious（恶性的）circleofneglect.

Aneducatedmother,ontheotherhand,hasgreaterearningabilitiesoutsidethehomeandfacesanentirelydifferentsetofchoices.Sheislikelytohavefewerbuthealthierchildrenandcaninsistonthedevelopmentofallherchildren,ensuringthatherdaughtersaregivenafairchance.Theeducationofherdaughtersthenmakesitmuchmorelikelythatthenextgenerationofgirls,aswellasofboys,willbeeducatedandhealthy.Theviciouscircleisthustransformedintoavirtuouscircle.

Fewwillarguethateducatingwomenhasgreatsocialbenefits.Butithasenormouseconomicadvantagesaswell.Mostobviously,thereisthedirecteffectofeducationonthewagesoffemaleworkers.Wagesriseby10to20percentforeachadditionalyearofschooling.Suchbigreturnsareimpressivebythestandardofotheravailableinvestments,buttheyarejustthebeginning.Educatingwomenalsohasasignificanteffectonhealthpractices,includingfamilyplanning.

Topic:

Thesignificanceoffemale

（1）             indevelopingcountries

Viewpoint

Educatinggirlsismorebeneficialandworthyofbeing

（2）           .

Families

Fromlow-incomefamilies

Fromeducatedmothers'families

Attitudes

Girlsareofless（3）             thanboys.

Developmentshouldbeforallthe（4）             .

Practices

Thereis（5）             investmentindaughters,whileboysaresenttoschool.

Girlsaremadetostayathome,

（6）            housework.

Itisinsistedthatgirlsandboysbeofferedchancestobeeducated（7）            .

Consequences

Aviciouscircle

Avirtuouscircle

Significance

Educatingwomen（8）            tosocialbenefits,haseconomicadvantagesand（9）             healthpracticessignificantly,includingfamilyplanning.

（10）             

Educatinggirlsindevelopingcountriesisimportantandrewarding.

高一任务型阅读训练四

Forcenturiespeopledreamedofgoingintospace．Thisdreambegantoseempossiblewhenhigh-flyingrocketswerebuiltintheearly1900s.

In1903aRussianteachernamedKonstantinTsiolkovskyfiguredouthowtouserocketsforspacetravel．Hisplanwasthefirstoneinrocketsciencetousecorrectscientificcalculation．About30yearslater,aU.S．scientistnamedRobertGoddardbuiltthefirstrocketsthatcouldreachhighaltitudes．DuringWorldWarII,Germanscientistsbuiltlargerocketsthatcouldtravelveryfarandcarrydangerousexplosives．Afterthewar,scientistsfromGermanywenttotheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUniontohelpthosecountriesbuildspacerockets.

Thesetwocountriesweresoonracingtogettospacefirst．Eachofthesecountrieswantedtoprovethatitwasstrongerandmoreadvancedthantheotherone．Bothcountriesalsohadpowerfulbombs．PeopleintheUnitedStateswereworriedwhentheSovietswerefirsttolaunchaspacesatellite,whichwascalledSputnik．TheSovietswerealsofirsttosendapersonintospace．YuryGagarinorbitedtheearthintheVostokIspaceshipin1961.

TheUSgovernmentsetagoalforitsspaceprogramtobethefirstcountrytoputapersonontheMoon．TheU.S．spaceprogrambuiltaseriesofApollospaceship．ThesevehicleswerepoweredbyhugeSaturn5rockets．In1969ApolloIItookthreementothemoonsuccessfully．NellArmstrongbecamethefirstpersontowalkontheMoon.

TheSovietsmayhavelosttheracetoflypeopletotheMoon,buttheybuiltthefirstspacestationin1971．TheUnitedStatesalsobuiltaspacestation．Thespacestationsallowedpeopletoliveandworkinspace．ThentheSovietUnionandtheUnitedStatescooperatedtohooktwospaceshipstogetherinspace．Thisactionendedthe"spacerace"．Todayamuchlargerspacestation,builtbyseveralcountriestogether,orbitsEarth.

Anothernewwaytogotospaceisbyspaceshuttle．Aspaceshuttle,firstmadeintheUnitedStatesin1981,lookslikeanairplane．Astronautswhoflyspaceshipshaveusedshuttlestohelpputsatellitesintospace.

Historyofspacetravel

Time

Events

Informationconcerned

Early1900s

High-flyingrocketswerebuilt.

Itmadetheancientdreamofgoingtospacepossibletocome1）▲

1903

KonstantinTsiolkovsky2）outawaytouserocketsforspacetravel.

Heplannedtoputcorrectscientificcalculationtouseinrocketscience.

Around3▲

RobertGoddardbui