1、中考英語英語任務型閱讀理解試題(含答案)一、英語任務型閱讀1任務型閱讀Boysandgirls,welcometoourradioclub!Ourclubisveryimportantinourschoolnow.ItwasstartedbyTomtenyearsago.Whenhefounditwastooquietduringthelunchtime,Tomadvisedtheheadmastertosetuparadioclub,andheagreed.Whatgreatadvice!ThankstoTom,wehavehadmanydifferentprogrammestolisten

2、toatlunchtimefromthenon.ThereisMusicTimeforustolistentopopularmusic.Andyoucanhearyourfavouritesongsifyoutellusaheadoftime.Wecangiveadviceonproblemstoo.Forexample,howshouldweprepareforexamsandhowshouldwemakefriends?Andwecanalsosendyourbestwishestoyourfriendsorteachersonspecialdays.Doyouhaveagoodvoice

3、?Canyoucomeheretoworkontime?IfthetwoanswersareYes,joinusnow,please!依照短文內容列要點。Thisissomeinformationaboutaradioclub._startedtheclub.Thereare_programmesintheclub.StudentscanlistentomusicinMusicTime.Studentscangetadviceon_.Itcanalsosend_toyourfriendsandteachers.Tojointheclub,youneedtohaveagood_andworkon

4、time.【答案】Tom；many；problems；wishes；voice【解析】【解析】本文一些關于廣播俱樂部的信息。（1）依照ItwasstartedbyTomtenyearsago這是湯姆十年前開始的，可知Tom創(chuàng)辦了這個俱樂部，故答案是Tom。（2）依照wehavehadmanydifferentprogrammes，可知俱樂部有好多不同樣節(jié)目，故答案是many。（3）依照Wecangiveadviceonproblemstoo，可知學生能夠就問題獲取建議，故答案是problems。（4）依照wecanalsosendyourbestwishestoyourfriends，可知我們

5、也能夠向你的朋友轉達你最美好的祝愿，故答案是wishes。（5）依照Doyouhaveagoodvoice，可知加入俱樂部需要好嗓子，故答案是voice?！菊務摗坑^察任務型閱讀，要點在看懂文章，爾后依照題目要求作答，注意盡量用文章的語言填寫答案。在文章中找不到答案時，要完好理解句子，依照同義詞，句型變換的方式找到能夠代替文章中的單詞，短語也許句子的詞。2下面是5其中學生遇到的問題和某報專欄編寫給他們的建議(AE)。請將問題與建議配對，并將建議前的字母編號填寫在相應問題的橫線上。SuggestionsA.Letyourparentsknowyouwillnotbealone.Also,youca

6、naskateachertotalktoyourparentsabouttheafter-schoolactivities.B.Dontworry.Evengreatpianoplayershavetopractice.Hardworkandalotofpracticearetheonlywaystobecomeagoodpianoplayer.C.Whenyoufeelangryyoushouldstoptalkingandcounttotenorwalkawayuntilyoukeepquiet.D.Dontworry.Everybodyworriesabouttheirschoolwor

7、k,eventhosestudentslikeyouwhostudywell.Findahobbyorasporttohelpyourelaxforawhile.E.Tellyourparentsthatmanykidsplaycomputergamesanddowellatschool,too.Askthemtoletyouplaycomputergamesforashorttimeonweekends.ProblemsSometimesIgetangryeasilyandshoutatmyfriends.ThatmakesthemthinkImnotbeingfriendlytothem.

8、_Inmyteacherseyes,Iamagoodstudent.Bothmyclassmatesandmyparentsalsothinkso.Nooneknowswhatmyproblemis.Ioftenfeelworriedaboutmyschoolwork._Myparentsneverallowmetoplaycomputergamesatall.Theywantmetostudyalldayanddowellinmyexams.Ifeelunhappy._Iwanttojoininsomeafter-schoolactivities,butmyparentsthinkitsto

9、odangerousanddontallowmetogooutalong._Mymothergetsmetotakepianolessons.ShemakesitarulethatImustpracticetwohoursaday.Ireallytrymybest,butIjustcantplaywell._【答案】C；D；E；A；B【解析】【解析】本文介紹了5其中學生遇到的學習困難。A.讓你的父親母親知道你不會孤獨。同樣，你能夠咨詢老師關于和你的父親母親談論課后活動的事情。B.不要擔憂，即即是偉大的鋼琴家也需要練習，努力工作和大量練習是成為好鋼琴家的唯一渠道。C.當你感覺氣憤的時候，你應該停

10、止說話并且數(shù)到10也許走開直到你保持沉寂為止。D.不要擔憂，每一個人擔憂他們的學校工作，甚至這些學生喜歡學習好的你。找到一個愛好也許運動來幫助你放松一會兒。E.告訴你的父親母親，好多孩子玩電腦游戲并且學習也很好。讓他們讓你玩電腦游戲一會兒，當周末的時候。（1）依照段落的馬虎，可知文段說了生氣，應該填入控制情緒的語句，應選C。（2）依照段落意義提到作者害怕?lián)鷳n學校作業(yè)，可知空缺處填入不要太擔憂作業(yè)，應選D。3）依照段落提到，作者的父親母親不讓玩游戲，可知空缺處應該說找到原因讓父親母親讓你玩游戲，應選E。4）依照段落提到，作者想參加課外活動，可知空缺處應該要老師跟你的父親母親談論課外活動，應選A。

11、（5）依照段落提到，作者不能夠很好的彈鋼琴，可知空缺處填入彈鋼琴需要練習，應選B。【談論】觀察了任務型閱讀，做此類題，首席熟悉文章馬虎，熟悉選項的意義，聯(lián)系上下文，確定空缺處的意義，即可。3假如你是一位導游，請依照下面游客的需求特點給他們從（A-G）中選釋合適的旅游景點，其中有兩項是節(jié)余的。BeautifulwaterfallsMainfeaturesTips:Besttimetogo&EntryA.DetianFallsinThelargestnaturallyformedfallsinSou-JulyNovember80yuan/personGuangxitheastAsia.B.Huko

12、uWaterfallThesecondlargestwaterfallinChina.AprilMay81yuan/personinShanxiC.JiulongWaterfallsDuringrainyseason,itisdyedredbytheespeciallyJuneandJuly10yuan/inYunnanredearthitcarries.personD.BlackDragonPoolLegendhasitthattheunderseadragonJune-November125WaterfallinTaipalaceinEastChinaSeaisconnectedyuan/

13、personMountwiththepool,wheredragonsfromthe(Mar.-Oct.)(Nov.-Feb.)100Seacanswimfreely.yuan/personE.ChishuiWaterfallIts76metershighand80meterswide,JulyOctober40yuan/personinGuizhouanAAAAtouristattraction.HuangguoshuWasaddedtotheGuinnessbookofsummerandautumn,therainyWaterfallinGuizhouworldrecordsasthewo

14、rldslargestseason90yuan/personpeakwaterfallduster.season70yuan/personinoffseasonG.ShiliangWaterfallThereisastonebeamaboutseven60yuanOpeninghours6:00-inZhejiangmeterslongand1/3meterwidetopping19:00thewaterfall,andthenarrowestplaceisonly1/6meterwide.1）Aanswantstogosomewherefamousintheworld.2）Davidisas

15、tudentinYunnanProvince.Hedoesnthavemuchmoney.3）MrGreenisabusybusinessman.HesnowinTaizhou.ThedayaftertomorrowhewillhavetogobacktohiscompanyinBeijing4）GrandpaLilikestravellinginspring.5）AuntMarylivesinShandong.Shehatestogoforalongway.Sheoftenfeelscarsick.【答案】（1）F2）C3）G4）B5）D【解析】【解析】短文馬虎：這里介紹了幾個旅游景點，景點

16、的特點和參觀的最好時間。（1）細節(jié)理解題。依照F.HuangguoshuWaterfallinGuizhou貴州的黃果樹瀑布和WasaddedtotheGuinnessbookofworldrecordsastheworldslargestwaterfallduster.作為世界上最大的瀑布被列入吉尼斯世界紀錄?？芍惨ナ澜绯雒牡胤娇扇S果樹瀑布。應選F。（2）細節(jié)理解題。依照C.JiulongWaterfallsinYunnan巨龍瀑布在云南和especiallyJuneandJuly10yuan/person，在六月和七月每一個人僅花10元，作為學生又沒有多少錢的學生來說很合適，應選C

17、。3）細節(jié)理解題。依照G.ShiliangWaterfallinZhejiang石亮瀑布在浙江，格林先生現(xiàn)在在浙江臺州，后天要會北京了，可知參觀石亮瀑布比較合適，應選G。（4）細節(jié)理解題。B.HukouWaterfallinShanxi山西的壺口瀑布；AprilMay81yuan/person最正確旅游時間是四月到五月，在春天，爺爺喜歡在春天旅游，應選B。（5）細節(jié)理解題。依照D.BlackDragonPoolWaterfallinTaiMount黑龍池瀑布在泰山，是山東省的，瑪麗阿姨居住在山東，她不喜歡走長途，所以黑龍池瀑布很合適，應選D?！菊務摗看祟}觀察任務型閱讀理解。依照每一個人的特點找

18、出合適他們的景點，最后確定正確選項。4任務型閱讀，每空限填一詞。Doyouhopetoliveabetterlife？Thenhowtomakeyourwishcometrue?Keepawayfromanythingthatisuseless.Dotherightthing!Howevergoodorbadasituationis,itwillchange.Thebestisyettocome.Well,herearesometipsforyoutofollow!?MindyourmealsTrytoeatmorefoodsthatgrownaturallyontreesandplants.

19、Havemealsontimeeveryday.Andremembernottogotoschoolorworkwithoutbreakfast,foritismoreimportantthanlunchordinner.?ExerciseandsmileEachdaytakea40-minutewalk.Maketimetopractisesomeotherexercise,suchasyogaandTaiji.Theyprovideuswithdailyenergyforourbusylives.Trytosmileandmakeatleastthreepeoplesmileeachday

20、.?Forgetandforgive(體諒)Problemsappearsometimesandtheysimplystayforashorttime.Forgetwhathappenedinthepast.Dontalwaysthinkofyourpastmistakes.Makepeacewithyourpastinorderthatitwontdestroyyourpresenthappiness.Lifeisnotverylong,soweshouldntwastetimehatinganyone.Forgiveeveryoneforeverything.?Alsodosuchthin

21、gsCallyourfamilyoftenandstayintouchwithyourfriendsEachdaygivesomethinggoodtoothers.Cheerupnomatterhowyoufeel.Readmorebooksthanyoudidbeforeandyoucanlearnmorefromthem.Dontcompareyourlifetoothers.TipsforabetterlifeMindyour?EatmorenaturalfoodsmealsExercisesmileForgetforgiveAlsodothings?Ofthethreemealsad

22、ay,_isthemostimportant.and?Everyday_forfortyminutesandspendsometimedoingsomeotherexercise.Theygiveusdailyenergyforour_lives.?Trytosmileandmakeotherpeoplesmile,too.and?Tryyourbesttoforgetyour_mistakes.?Forgiveeveryoneandlivehappilybecauselifeisntverylong.such?Keepintouchwithyourfamilyandfriends.?Read

23、more_thanyoudidbeforeandyoucanlearnmorefrombooks.【答案】breakfast；walk；busy；past；books【解析】【解析】文章主要表達了怎樣保持健康。1）依照原句Andremembernottogotoschoolorworkwithoutbreakfast,foritismoreimportantthanlunchordinner?？芍逶缡亲钪匾模蚀鸢笧閎reakfast。（2）依照原句Eachdaytakea40-minutewalk.可知每天進行四十分鐘的閑步，takeawalk=walk,故答案為walk。（3）依照原句

24、Theyprovideuswithdailyenergyforourbusylives.可知這些鍛煉會讓我們的生活忙碌起來，故答案為busy。4）依照原句Forgetwhathappenedinthepast.可知忘掉過去發(fā)生的事情，包括過去你過去犯的錯誤。故答案為past。（5）依照原句Readmorebooksthanyoudidbeforeandyoucanlearnmorefromthem.可知比你以前讀更多的書，你就能從中學到更多的東西。故答案為books。【談論】觀察任務型閱讀。通讀全文，爾后依照所給表格在原文中找到依照，保證和原文的信息一致。5請閱讀下面短文，依照短文內容，在下面

25、的表格中填入與文章意思最吻合的單詞，每空一詞。Astheproverbsays,Yourtonguehasthepoweroflifeanddeath.Thismeansthatyourwordshavepowertofinallycausethingstohappen,evenlifeordeath.Wemayallexperiencethepowerofwordsinourlife,evenwhenwewereveryyoung.Achildisblamed(責備)byteachersorparents,andafterthat,hemightprobablythinkofhimselfa

26、sabadchild.Mostkidshavethatexperience.Theysayitisimportanttopraisechildrenfourtimesforeachnegative(負面的)word.Blamingwillmakethingsworse,whilepositivewordsarehelpfulespeciallywhenbeingintroubleorinneed.Whenwefailtheexam,encouragingwordsfromourteachersorparentsmakeusworkharderatourlessons.Encouragingwo

27、rdscangoquitealongway.Theyliftpeopleup.Forexample,encouragingwordstosomeonewhoissadcanhelpthemmakeitthroughtheday.Wordscanhaveapowerfuleffectonyourbrain.Anditwillinturn(相應地)haveagreatinfluenceonyouraction.Everythingyoudodependsonwhatyouchoosetodo.Itsnotyourparents,yourpastrelationshipsoryourjob,buty

28、ouandonlyyouthatareresponsibleforeverygoalyouset.Ifyouhavedreamsinlife,writethemdownandspeakthemout.Yourwordsarelikelytobringyououtsomethingamazing.ThePowerofWordsYourwordshavepowertofinallycausethingstohappen,evenlifeordeath.Example1Example2_beingblamed,achildmayEncouragingwordsmakestudentswhocantp

29、robablythinkofhimselfasabadchild._theexamworkharderatlessons.Example3Encouragingwordshelp_peoplemakeitthroughtheday.Wordshaveapowerfuleffectonyourbrain,andinturnitinfluencesyouraction_.Everythingyoudodependsonthe_youmake.Yourwordsarelikelytobringoutsomethingamazing.【答案】After；pass；sad；greatly；choice/

30、choices6閱讀下面短文，簡單回答所提出的問題。Onceuponatime,therewasaking.Heonlyhadonelegandoneeye,buthewasverysmartandkind.Everyonelivedahappyandhealthylifebecauseoftheking.Oneday,thekingwaswalkingthroughthepalacehallwayandsawthepaintingsofhisancestors(祖先).Hethoughtthatonedayhischildrenwouldalsowalkinthesamehallwayand

31、rememberalltheancestorsthroughthesepaintings.Hewantedhischildrentorememberhim,too.Soheinvitedmanyfamousartiststohispalace.Alloftheartistsbegantothinkaboutthekingsphysicaldisabilities(生理弊端).Howcouldhispaintingbemadeverybeautiful?Itwasnotpossible.Theywerentsurewhathispaintingwouldbelike.Soonebyone,the

32、yallstartedtopolitelyrefusetomakeapaintingoftheking.Butsuddenlyoneartistraisedhishandandsaidhewouldmakeaverynicepaintingoftheking.Thekingbecamehappyhearingthat.Thentheartiststartedpainting.Afteralongtime,thepaintingwasready.Whentheartistshowedthepainting,everyonewasshocked.Inthepainting,thekingwassi

33、ttingonahorse,ontheonelegside,holdinghisbow(弓箭)andaiming(瞄準)somethingwithhisoneeyeclosed.Thekingwasveryhappyandgavehimlotsofmoney.Asweallknow,nooneisperfect.Soweshouldtrytofocuson(關注)othersadvantagesinsteadoftheirdisadvantages.Justtakeanoptimisticview(樂觀的見解)oftheevent.Everyonecandoagoodjob.1）Whatdid

34、thekingseeinthepalacehallway?2）Whydidthekinginviteartiststodrawapaintingofhim?3）Wasitaneasyjoborahardjobtodrawapaintingoftheking.4）Howdidthekinglikethepainting?5）Whatcanwelearnfromtheartist?【答案】（1）（Theking/Hesaw)thepaintingsofhisancestors.2）Becausetheking/hewantedhischildrentorememberhim.(too)3）Itwa

35、sahardjob./Ahardjob.（4）Itwasnice/perfect/wonderful/beautiful/5）Weshouldtrytofocusonothersadvantagesinsteadoftheirdisadvantages./Weshouldtakeanoptimisticviewoftheevent.7依照短文理解填寫表格。Weddingsareimportantineverycountry,andtherearedifferentweddingcustomsindifferentcountries.Inwesterncountriesthebrides(新娘的

36、)dressherweddingdressisveryimportant.Somebrideswearanewdress.Somebrideswearthedresstheirmothersoreventheirgrandmothersworeattheirweddings.Somepeoplebelievethebrideshouldwearsomethingold,somethingnew,somethingborrowed,somethingblue.Shemaywearanoldringandwillusuallyhavenewshoes.Shemayborrowsomethingto

37、wearfromafriend,andtheringonherfingermayhaveabluejewelinitorsomeofherclothesmaybeblue.Manymarriedpeopleinwesterncountriesweararingtoshowthattheyaremarried.Theyweartheringonthefourthfingeroftheirlefthands.Atthewedding,assoonasthemanandthewomanaremarried,theirfriendsoftenthrowriceorverysmallpiecesofpa

38、peroverthecouple.Theybelievethiswillbringthemgoodluckandthattheywillhavemanychildren.Thebrideoftencarriesflowers,andaftertheweddingshethrowsthemupintheair.Peoplebelievethatthewomanwhocatchestheflowersisluckyenough.Thebrideandthegroom(新郎),theirfriendsandfamilythenhaveaparty.Afterthatthebrideandthegro

39、omgoonholidaytogether.Thisholidayiscalledthehoneymoon.Somewedding_inwesterncountriesBridesweddingdressThebridesweddingdressisofgreat_.somethingold:her_orevenhergrandmothersweddingdress;anoldringsomethingnew:anewweddingdress;apairofnewBrideswearThebrideshould_.wearsomething_:thingsfromafriend.somethi

40、ngblue:aringwithablue_;someblueclothes.The_fortheManymarriedweartheringonthe_fingeroftheirlefthandstomarriedshowthattheyaremarried.ActivitiesinthePeoplethrowriceorverysmallpiecesofpaperoverthenew_toweddingpartybringthemgoodluck,hopingtheywillhavemanychildren.The_womancatchestheflowersthrownupintheai

41、rbythebride.Thebrideandthegroomwillhavetheirhoneymoonaftertheparty.【答案】customs；importance；mothers；shoes；borrowed；jewel；ring；fourth；couple；lucky【解析】【解析】本文介紹西方國家的婚禮民俗。依照第一句話therearedifferentweddingcustomsindifferentcountries.，結合文章內容可知本文是關于西方國家的婚禮民俗。故填customs。依照第二句Inwesterncountriesthebrides(新娘的)dressh

42、erweddingdressisveryimportant.be+形容詞=beof+該詞的名詞形式，用于描述主語的特點，故填importance。依照Somebrideswearthedresstheirmothersoreventheirgrandmothersworeattheirweddings.可知新娘有時穿媽媽甚至是祖母的婚紗。故填mothers。依照Shemaywearanoldringandwillusuallyhavenewshoes.可知鞋子是新的，故填shoes。依照thebrideshouldwearsomethingold,somethingnew,somethingb

43、orrowed,somethingblue可知此處是第三類，借來的東西，故填borrowed。依照第二段theringonherfingermayhaveabluejewelinitorsomeofherclothesmaybeblue.可知有藍色珠寶的戒指，故填jewel。依照第三段可知介紹婚戒的知識，故填ring。依照第三段Theyweartheringonthefourthfingeroftheirlefthands.可知填fourth。依照第四段heirfriendsoftenthrowriceorverysmallpiecesofpaperoverthecouple可知朋友往新婚夫婦

44、身上撒米和紙屑，故填couple。依照最后一段Peoplebelievethatthewomanwhocatchestheflowersisluckyenough.可知此處填lucky?！菊務摗咳蝿招烷喿x的要點在看懂文章，爾后依照題目要求作答，注意盡量用文章的語言填寫答案。在文章中找不到答案時，要完好理解句子，依照同義詞，句型變換的方式找到能夠代替文章中的單詞，短語也許句子的詞。8依照短文內容，完成下面的表格。DearKnow,Ineedsomeadviceonhowtomakefriends!Ihavejustmovedtoanewcity.Iam13.Idontknowanybodyher

45、eandIwanttomakesomefriends.Whatsthebestway?WherecanImeetpeople?Yours,TonyDearTony,Therearelotsofthingsyoucando.First,youcanrideyourbikeinyourneighbourhoodandtrytofindsomekids.Whenyoufindsome,youcangoupandtalktothem.Youshouldalsoletyourparentsknowthatyouwanttomakefriendsbecausetheycanhelpyou.Maybeyou

46、canaskyourparentstotakeyoutothelibraryorsomeplaceswheretherearelotsofkids.Youcouldtryjoininganartclassorasportsclub.Theseareallgreatwaystomeetpeople.Youcanalsotrymakingfriendsatchurches(教堂)ifyougotochurchesonSundays.Trytobeactivewhereveryouare,butjustbeyourselfanddonttrysohard.Ittakestimeandpatience

47、.Ihopeyouwillfindabestfriendsoon!Yours,KnowTonysproblem:Hedoesntknowhowtomake_.KnowsadvicePlacestomeetotherkidsNeighbourhood,the_andchurches.ActivitiesJoinanartclassorasports_.WaystobehaveTrytobe_,butdonttrytoo_.【答案】friends；library；club；active；hard【解析】【解析】依照第一段第一句Ineedsomeadviceonhowtomakefriends!可知

48、Tony不知道怎樣交朋友，故填friends。第二段Know提到了在neighbourhood騎自行車；跟父親母親去library；周日去教堂等孩子們多的地方能夠交到朋友。故填library。依照第二段提到Youcouldtryjoininganartclassorasportsclub.可知參加藝術課或運動俱樂部能夠交到朋友。故填club。依照最后Trytobeactivewhereveryouare,butjustbeyourselfanddonttrysohard.可知Know建議Tony要積極，但是做真實的自己就好了，不要強求。故填active和hard、【談論】任務型閱讀的要點在看懂

49、文章，爾后依照題目要求作答，注意盡量用文章的語言填寫答案。9依照短文內容完成表格，每空一詞。LeonardodaVinci(萊奧納多達多奇)wasafamousartistwhowasborninItaly.Hewasalsoagreatinventor.Manyofhisinventionshavebecomeimportantinmodernlife.AlthoughLeonardohatedwar,heinventedmanydifferentmachinesusedforwar.Hismostspecialinventionwasthemachinegun,whichwasproduc

50、edandusedinwar.Besides,Leonardospentdaysthinkingabouthowtosavetime.Hedevelopedideasforsomethinglikecuttingmachines.Leonardwasastrangeman.Heneveratemeat.Thatwasveryunusualinthosetimes(時代).Heneverpublished(公布)scientificdiscoveries.Heusuallyusedmirrorwriting,whichlookslikeusualwritinginamirror,starting

51、fromtherightsideofthepageandmovingtotheleftside.Onlyafewofhispaintingsarelefttoday.Manypaintingswerenotfinishedbecausehethoughttheywerenotperfect.Leonardowastalentedandcreative.Hewasregardedasoneofthemostintelligentmenintheworld.Hisstatus(身份)LeonardodaVinciNotonlyanartistbutalsoan_Hisinventionandide

52、asThemachine_Ideasforsomethinglikemachinesusedto_HisstrangebehaviorsHeneveratemeat.Heneverpublisheddiscoveriesconnectedwith_Heusedmirrorwriting._onlyafewofhispaintingsareleftBecausemanypaintingswerenotfinished.today【答案】inventor；gun；cut；science；Why【解析】【解析】主要講了達芬奇的身份、發(fā)明見解、奇怪的行為及繪畫。（1）依照Hewasalsoagreat

53、inventor.可知也是一名發(fā)明家，an后邊一單數(shù)，故填inventor。（2）依照Hismostspecialinventionwasthemachinegun可知發(fā)了然機器槍，故填gun。3）依照Hedevelopedideasforsomethinglikecuttingmachines.可知想出了切的機器，即機器用來切，beusedtodo被用來做某事，故填cut。4）依照Heneverpublished(公布)scientificdiscoveries.可知他從不公布科學發(fā)現(xiàn)，即從不公布與科學有關的發(fā)現(xiàn)，with是介詞，后邊一名詞，所以用scientific的名詞science，故

54、填science。5）依照Onlyafewofhispaintingsarelefttoday.Manypaintingswerenotfinishedbecausehethoughttheywerenotperfect.可知講了他的畫被留下的原因是他認為不圓滿，故填Why。【談論】觀察任務型閱讀，第一讀懂題意，爾后帶著問題仔細從文中搜尋答案。10閱讀理解LaurenceKimwasborninSaltLakeCity,Utah,onNovember11,1951.Hewasnotlikeotherchildrenwhenhewasyoung.Amedicalscan(掃描)showedthatthetwohalvesofhisbrainwerenotconnectedintheusualway.Hedevelopedanamazingmemory.Hestartedtoreadwhenhewastwo.Herememberedeverythinghehadread.Toreadmorequickly,hereadtheleftpagewithhislefteyeandtherightpagewithhisrighteye.Byreadingthetwopagesatthesametime