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1、高二任务型阅读一 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 difficult situation

2、s, 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 laughter really i

3、s 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 emotional connections. When we laugh with one another, a positive bond is created. This bond acts strongly against

4、 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 your daily in

5、teractions 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 within months of be

6、ing 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 and never laug

7、hs 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 of their relati

8、onships.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 often transform it

9、into an opportunity for creative learning.Title: 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 disappointment. Laughter can keep rel

10、ationships 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 （9）_ life, better problem-solving abi

11、lities, 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 city. This is a welcome step because it w

12、ill 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 expand the group of talents in various

13、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 birthrates.Hong Kong enjoys certain adva

14、ntages 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 many other Asian boomtowns, and yet it

15、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 opportunity to make money begins to dry up.

16、 And this situation is not happening 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, among other things, the establishment of a one-stop service ce

17、nter 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 of experience requirements. Under the present scoring system

18、 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 government official quoted by the local press, the aim is to

19、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 pressure on it.Low birth rates 3._to rapidly aging population.4

20、._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.ChangesAn 8._will need to send in only one form for processi

21、ng.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, and therefore will probably not prevent obesity (肥胖), although

22、 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 the trend of obesity.“Many children are obese, even at prescho

23、ol 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 team had 545 children from 36 nursery schools in the “Movement and Activity Glasgow

24、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 were an average of 4.2 years old, participated in three 30-minute active workouts wh

25、ile 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 researchers, the physical activity intervention had no significant effect on bod

26、y 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 increasing the opportunities of future participation in physical activity or sport

27、s.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 other behaviors, including diet, may also be necessary.”TopicWhether exercise alone

28、can (1)._ obesity in young children.ResearchersDr John J. Reilly and his (2)._ from the University of GlasgowPeople researched545 children from 36 nursery schoolsProcessabout half of the preschoolers (3)._ 4.2 on average :participating in active workouts at nursery school(4)._ parents to increase th

29、eir activities levels at home the other half:living (5)._ according to the nursery school schedule.(6)._Exercise alone has no (7)._ on losing weight.Intervention children show greater gains in body (8)._ skills, which can make them more (9)._ in physical ability.Successful interventions to prevent o

30、besity 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 on 21 March, was created to bring attention to the growing number of sleep problems worldwide. Sleep is

31、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 Greece 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)