江苏 高考任务型阅读练习题及答案.docx

1、江苏 高考任务型阅读练习题及答案江苏08高考任务型阅读练习请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空不超过6个单词。1A listener has written from China for advice about how to lose weight. Michael in Shanghai says he is 26 and has battled obesity for most of his life. Obesity , a severe weight problem, is a complex condition. A doctor m

2、ay advise taking medicine along with changing ones behaviors. Experts say that the most successful weightloss plans include a well-balanced diet and exercise. People who want to avoid weight gain have to balance the number of calories they eat with the number of calories they use. To lose weight, yo

3、u can reduce the number of calories you take in, increase the number you use, or both. A recent study looked at four of the most popular dieting plans in the US. Researchers at Stanford University in California studied over 300 overweight women, mostly in their thirties and forties. Each woman went

4、on one of the four plans: Atkins, The Zone, Ornish or LEARN. The women attended diet classes and received written information about the food plans. At the end of the year, the women on the Atkins diet had lost the most, more than four and one-half kilograms on average. They also did better on tests

5、for cholesterol levels and blood pressure. Christopher Gardner, who led the study, says the Atkins diet may be more successful because of its simple message to eat less sugar. He also says that the advice to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals. He says that there was not enou

6、gh money to study men, but that men would probably have similar results. Last week, another report based on thirty-one studies suggested that only a small minority of people have long-term success with dieting. Most dieters regained their lost weight within five years and often they become more over

7、weight. But those who kept the weight off generally were the ones who exercised. Title: 1._to lose weightDoctors advice:take medicine along with 2._Experts 3._ plansa well-balanced diet : 4._less energy than needed , increase the number you use, or both.5._Four of the most popular dieting plans in t

8、he USAtkins: eat less sugar than usual and 6._ protein in the dietThe Zone7._ LEARN.From 8._have long-term success with dieting, otherwise most dieters will 9._their lost weightexercise is more important than dieting for 10._Key: 1. Proper ways 2. changing ones behaviors 3. weight-loss 4. take in 5.

9、 exercise6. increase 7. Ornish 8. another report 9. regain 10. losing weight2 We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming (把按能力分班)pupils. It does

10、 not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade! Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intell

11、ectual ability. This is only one aspect for their total personality.We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects o

12、f learning.In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to cooperate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyz

13、e and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is ap

14、propriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work: it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragemen

15、t to attain this goal.Develop the abilities of pupils: develop their full abilities, not their 1. _value personal qualities2._ pupils-streamed teaching (disadvantages)3._ teaching (advantages) not 4._ the fact that children develop at different rates have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-

16、so-bright child 5._ the pupils who are at the bottom of the top grade rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability only one aspect for pupils total personality 6._ pupils full abilities. give them the opportunity to learn to cooperate, to share, and to develop 7. _ lear

17、n how to cope with 8._ learn how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate 9._.The pupils learn from each other 10._ from the teacher. They can do this at their own speedKeys: 1. academic ability 2. social skills 3. mixed-ability 4. take into account 5. discourage 6. c

18、ontribute to 7. leadership skills 8. personal problems 9. effectively 10. as well as3There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external (外在的) result or a product that can easily be identified and measuredThe w

19、orker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new languageall these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their effortsBy contrast (对照) , the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the s

20、pecific signposts or landmarks along the wayThe process is not the road itself, but the attitudes, feelings people have , and their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficultiesIn this process, the journey never really ends；there are always new ways to experience

21、the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to acceptIn order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at firstHow we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability

22、to growDo we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, we tend to take more chances and be more open to unfamiliar experiencesDo we think were shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and we think we are slow to adapt (适应) change or that were not smart en

23、ough to deal with a new challengeThen we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at allThese feelings of insecurity (不安全) and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and growIf we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growingWe become trapped inside a shell of

24、our own makingTitle 1._Product or ProcessProduct:easily identified and 2._ The workers4 ._The students improve 5._The foreigners learns new languagesProcess: 3._ to determinenever really endsthe attitudes, feelings people have6._experience the world7._try new ideas accept 8._a willingness to 9._face

25、 the unknownaccept the possibility that they may “fail”tend to take more chances and be more open to 10._Keys: 1. Growth 2. measured 3. much more difficult 4. get a rise 5. their grades 6. caution or courage 7. in new ways 8. new challenges 9. take risks 10. unfamiliar experiences4Without most peopl

26、e realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market, which are capable of doing th

27、e work that used to be done by much larger and expensive computers, so now most smaller companies can use them The main development in small computers has been in the field of word processors (处理器) , or WPS as they are often called. 40% of British offices are now estimated to have a word processor a

28、nd this percentage is growing fast. There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager. The secretary is freed from a lot of daily work, such as re-typing letters and storing papers. He or she can use this time to do other more interesting work for the boss. From a ma

29、nagers point of view, secretarial time is being made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours. But is it all good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will mean that fewer secretaries will be needed. Another wor

30、ry is the increasing medical problems related to work with visual display units (显示器). The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors seems to have risen greatly. It is also feared that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn child in her body might be killed. Safet

31、y screens to put over a VDU have been invented but few companies in England bother to buy them. Whatever the arguments for and against word processor, they are a key feature (特征) of this revolution in office practice.small computers:1._ larger and expensive computers 2._can use themSmall computers has bee