九年级英语任务型阅读专项练习15篇Word文件下载.docx

1、 It might be interesting for visitors to listen to the hum, but it is not for people who live in the town. They have to hear the sound all the time. That is really a hard life. 根据短文内容完成表格Mystery in Taos Taos is famous for a kind of 1 . Why it is a mystery The hum that people hear is quite 2 . And 3

2、knows where the sound comes from. Research on the mystery A 4 from the University of New Mexico is the first person to study the mystery. Peoples feelingsVisitors think the Taos Hum is 5 , but local people do not like it. （二）根据短文内容完成下列各题Do you know what are the worlds tallest animals? Have you ever

3、been curious （好奇的） about how they sleep and drink? Here we will tell you how giraffes sleep and drink.You may think its difficult for them to sleep, but they have no such problems because giraffes dont often stop for a snooze （打盹）. As they are so tallmales （雄性） can grow up to 18 feet, giraffes actua

4、lly have the shortest sleep requirement of all mammals （哺乳动物）, with an average of half an hour a day. When they sleep, they seldom lie down and sleep for minutes at a time, since its difficult for them to get up again and its dangerous in the wild. But the giraffe in the zoo sleeps around 4.6 hours

5、per day, mostly at night. It usually sleeps lying down. Drinking water may cause problems for the animals because their long necks are too short to reach the ground. To drink，they must spread their legs in an uncomfortable position, which makes them easily hunted by other animals like Africas big ca

6、ts. As a result, they get most of their water from the plants that they eat. They only need to drink water every few days. 1题完成句子；23题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。1. Giraffes living in the wild sleep with an average of a day. 2. How does the giraffe in the zoo usually sleep? 3. What must giraff

7、es do to drink water? 4. 5. （三） Is it possible for kids to be connected with birds? Yes, if the bird is Harvey Beaks （青鸟哈维）.Harvey Beaks is a new animated （动画的） television series （系列节目）. I recently talked to the shows creator Greenblatt. He said he designed the series so kids would be able to connec

8、t to the experiences of an animated bird. It took Greenblatt five years to turn his idea into a series. He said he first drew a child, and then came up with the idea to have the child be friends with a bird. Greenblatt began to see more of himself in the bird character, which would finally become Ha

9、rvey Beaks.Greenblatt and his team of writers had a few methods for coming up with story ideas. Sometimes, they remembered events from their childhood, and those were then changed for the show to be funnier and crazier. Other times, the team would think of an experience, such as a failure or a game,

10、 and built a story around the idea. Kids voiced most of the characters on Harvey Breaks. I also talked with Madeleine Curry, a seventh grader, who voiced the part of Piri Piri. Her father does voice-overs （解说） ,which got her interested in doing voice work too. According to Curry, fans of the show ar

11、e able to laugh at each episode （集） while also learning important lessons. “Harvey Beaks is a very sweet show,” said Curry. “You almost never see Harvey sad, and its nice to get to experience that in life because everyone can be a little happier sometimes.”根据短文内容判断正（T） 误（F）（ ） 1. The fourth paragrap

12、h mainly tells us how the Harvey Beaks story ideas came from.（ ） 2. Madeleine Curry likes doing voice-overs because of her friends. 将画线部分翻译成汉语（Greenblatt 格林布拉特）3. 根据短文内容回答问题4. Why did Greenblatt create the series Harvey Beaks?5. What does Madeleine Curry think of Harvey Beaks?（四）Do you love American

13、 country music? It is popular not only in America but also all over the world. If you love American country music, come to Nashville. Its home to American country music.Nashville is the capital city of Tennessee （田纳西州） . In Nashville, you dont have to go to big concerts to enjoy country music. You c

14、an always hear the beautiful and sweet country music in the open-air restaurants or on the streets. All the singers are young and they play the guitar while they sing. The songs they sing are very moving. If you listen to them with your heart, you can feel they are singing with their souls （灵魂） inst

15、ead of with their voices.When you visit Nashville, you can find shops selling music records and tapes everywhere. Many records are made by famous singers and they are sent to many countries all over the world.The country songs most of the singers sing come from the countryside in the southern United

16、 States. The songs are often about those day-to-day situations and the feelings of the country people. Singers often sing country songs in praise of heroes and true love. 1. Where can you enjoy country music in Nashville?2. What does the writer think of songs singers sing in Nashville?3. What can yo

17、u find in shops of Nashville?4. What are the country songs often about?5. What do the country music singers often sing to praise?（五） People often shake hands in the United States. American men shake hands with other men. American women often shake hands with men, and sometimes they shake hands with

18、other women. Adults shake hands with children. And some people even teach their dogs to shake hands! Whats the correct way to shake hands? How long should you shake hands? How hard is just hard enough? Here are four rules to remember. Use your right hand. Use good eye contact （交流）. Look at the perso

19、n in the eye while you are shaking hands. Dont shake hands too long. Shake hands for no more than three seconds （秒）. Then let go and take your hand back. Dont shake hands too strongly or too weakly. When a handshake is weak, Americans think the person may not be a hard worker or a good leader. When

20、a handshake is too strong, Americans think the person is not polite. When do people in the United States shake hands? They shake hands when they meet for the first time. They shake hands to say congratulations （恭喜）. They shake hands when they meet after not seeing each other for a while. And they of

21、ten shake hands when they say goodbye. In business, shaking hands shows agreement and honesty. Handshakes are good everywhere. It is not polite to refuse a persons hand. So make sure to shake lots of hands. 根据短文内容完成句子1. We can learn from the first paragraph that shaking hands is very in the United S

22、tates. 2. The passage gives four pieces of advice on how to .3. In the eyes of Americans, if a person shakes hands too strongly, he or she .4. Americans shake hands in （how many） situations according to the passage. 5. At the end of the passage, the writer suggests that we should . （六） Red Nose Day

23、（RND） is a well-known event in the UK. It is on the second or third Friday in March. It raises money for people in need in Africa and the UK. Red Nose Day is organized by Comic Relief. This organization was set up by Richard Curtis and Lenny Henry in 1985. They wanted to use comedy and laughter to b

24、ring more attention to poverty （贫穷） in the UK and Africa, and make sure that everybody could have fun at the same time. Thats why Red Nose Day was born. The British celebrated the first Red Nose Day on February 5, 1988 and they celebrate it every two years now. A third of the money raised goes to pr

25、ojects （项目） in the UK and two thirds to projects in Africa. People call it Red Nose Day because on this day many people buy a plastic （塑料的） red nose to wear. Even if someone doesnt wear it, he will go and buy one. Some people put them on the front of their cars to show their support. The money made

26、from selling plastic red noses goes to Comic Relief. So, if you are ever in the UK on Red Nose Day, now you know why you may see normal people wearing red noses and doing silly things! Its all for a good reason!Red Nose DayWhere In the UK When On 1 Why To raise money for people in need in 2 Organize

27、d by 3 How often it is celebrated 4 How people celebrate it By buying and wearing 5 （七）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空laugh, well, pet, you, change, joke, dance, mad, realize, even How to see the funny side of life Dont get too stressed Worrying about your homework or a test wont make it go away. Instead, be positiv

28、e （积极的） and think about what you can do to 1 the situation. Laugh out loud Laughing is actually good for you. It gets your blood flowing and helps you sleep much 2 . So start telling 3 and laugh!Find the funny side If youve lost one of your favorite shoesdont get 4 . Make a joke about how youll have to hobble （跛行） around on one shoe all day. Seeing the funny side of things will help you 5 that its no big deal after all!Stay with a pet Being around 6 can make you hap