高一英語任務(wù)型閱讀一

Beggarsareoftenseensittingbythesideofastreetwithheads

bowedaspeoplepassthemby.Someaskpeoplepassingbyforasmallamount

ofmoneyandsomejustsitandwaittobegivenmoney.Afewuseaggressive

behaviourtoearnmoney.

Tosolvetheproblemofaggressivebegging,an“alternative

giving”planhasbeensuggested.Tenbluemoneyboxeswillbeplaced

inbusyplacessuchasthemarketandtherailwaystation.Itaimsto

encouragepeoplenottogivemoneydirectlytobeggarsbutinsteadto

givegenerouslytolocalhomelesscauses.

Supportersofthisplanthinkitwillbeaneffectivewaytosolve

thebeggarsalcoholanddrugproblems.Butthepoliceopposetheplan

arguingthatbeggarswhodonotreceivecashmayturntocriminalityto

feedtheiraddictions.Thehomelesscharity“Crisis“saidthesuccess

ofanyplanwilldependonitsstyle.Theythinkthatimaginativeand

positiveplanscanhelpcreatelocalunderstandingandsympathyinstead

ofhardness.Mostofthebeggarsdisliketheplanbecausetheythinkthey

willnotgetenoughmoneyfromtheboxesfortheirshowers,foodand

clothes.

Beggingisabigsocialproblembothindevelopinganddeveloped

countries.Governmentsmustplayabigroleinsolvingthisproblem.

Trainingbeggarstoworkandhelpingthemtofindappropriatejobsis

oneoption.Thisisespeciallytruefordevelopingcountrieswheremany

low-skilljobsexist.

Thegeneralcommunityshouldalsobeeducatedtoseebeggarsnotas

dirtyanddangerous,butaspeoplewhoneedunderstandingandhelp.

Beggingproblem

?Somebeggarsask3______for

money

Introductiontothebegging

?Somebeggarsjustsitandwaitto

problem

begiven

money

Insomebusyplaces,suchasthe

Anualternativeplan“tothemarketandraiIwaystation,tenblue

problemboxeswillbeplacedto4______people

togivemoneytolocalhomelesscauses.

?Supportersofthisplanthinkit

very5tosolvetheproblem

relatedtobeggars.

?Thepoliceopposetheplan

arguingthebeggarsmayturnto

criminalitybecauseof6______ofcash.

Different1_______towards

thesuggestedplan

?Thehomelesscharitysaidthatit

remainstobeseenwhetherthisplan

wouldbe7._______.

?Mostofthebeggarsdislikethe

planbecausethemoneythattheywill

getfromtheboxwillnotbe8._______.

?Governmentsmustbeactively

9______insolvingthisproblembe

trainingbeggarstoworkandhelping

themtofindproperjobs.

2.________totheproblem

?Beggarsshouldn,tbe10_______

asdirtyanddangerouspeoplebutas

peopleneedinghelpandunderstanding.

高一英語任務(wù)型閱讀二

Globalwarmingisoneofthemajorenvironmentalproblemsweare

facingtoday.Scientiststhinkafurtherriseinthecarbondioxidelevels

willmakethissituationworse.Thegreenhouseeffectcausestheearth?s

heattobetrappedintheatmosphere,whichresultsintheincreasein

temperature.This,inturn,hasaneffectonvariousplantsandanimals.

Globalwarmingmakesitdifficultforsomeofthemtosurvive.

Ozonedepletionmeansadropinthequantityoftheozone(AWin

theearth?sstratosphere(平流層).TheozoneholeintheAntarcticis

mainlyduetothereleaseofCFCs(atypeofgas).Becauseofozone

depletion,humansarefacingvariousproblemssuchastheharmfuleffects

ofUVrays.

Waterpollutioniscausedwhenwastesarethrownintowater.Whatys

more,manyharmfulchemicalsarealsoputintowater,whichcausesthe

deathsofmanywildanimalsandendangersthehealthofhumans.

Theincreasingpopulationiscausingalossofnaturalresources.

Thisisrelatedtovarioushumanactivities.Forexample,overfishing

hascausedmanykindsoffishestodieout.Forestsarebeingcleared

tomeettherisingdemandforpaper,wood,evenforland.Mining,the

workofgettinggold,coaletcoutoftheearth,hasledtoafurther

dropinmineralresources.Ifweusedupalltheresources,howcould

ourchildrensurviveonthisplanet?

Thesearesomeofthecurrentenvironmentalproblemswearefacing

today.Onlywithaneffortfromeachperson,canwehopetosaveourplanet

frombeingdestroyed.

EnvironmentCauseDamage

al

Problem

GlobalIncreasingcarbonMakingitdifficultfor

(1)____-dioxidelevelsvariousplantsandanimals

to

(2)______

(3)_____ReleasingCFCsVariousproblemssuchasthe

harmfuleffectsofUVrays

Depletion

Water(4)Throwing(5)____Endangeringwildanimals'

lives

intowater

Endangeringhumans'(6)

Addingharmful(6)

___intowater

ThelossofIncreasing(9)Endangeringthenext

generation

Natural(8)

Varioushuman

activitiessuchas

(10)cutting

downforestsand

mining

高一英語任務(wù)型閱讀三

Educatinggirlsquitepossiblyharvestsahigherrateofreturnthan

anyotherinvestmentavailableinthedevelopingworld.Women，seducation

maybeanunusualeconomicalfield,butincreasingwomen'scontribution

todevelopmentisactuallyasmuchaneconomicasasocialissue.And

economics,withitsfocusonencouragement,providesanexplanationfor

whysomanygirlsareridofaneducation.

Parentsinlow-incomecountriesfailtoinvestintheirdaughters

becausetheydonotexpectthemtomakeaneconomiccontributiontothe

family:girlsgrowuponlytomarryintosomebodyelse，sfamilyandbear

children.Girlsarethusseenaslessvaluablethanboysandarekept

athometodohouseworkwhiletheirbrothersaresenttoschool一一the

prophecy（觀念）becomesself-fulfilling,trappingwomeninavicious（惡

性的）circleofneglect.

Aneducatedmother,ontheotherhand,hasgreaterearningabilities

outsidethehomeandfacesanentirelydifferentsetofchoices.Sheis

likelytohavefewerbuthealthierchildrenandcaninsistonthe

developmentofallherchildren,ensuringthatherdaughtersaregiven

afairchance.Theeducationofherdaughtersthenmakesitmuchmore

likelythatthenextgenerationofgirls,aswellasofboys,willbe

educatedandhealthy.Theviciouscircleisthustransformedintoa

virtuouscircle.

Fewwillarguethateducatingwomenhasgreatsocialbenefits.But

ithasenormouseconomicadvantagesaswell.Mostobviously,thereis

thedirecteffectofeducationonthewagesoffemaleworkers.Wagesrise

by10to20percentforeachadditionalyearofschooling.Suchbig

returnsareimpressivebythestandardofotheravailableinvestments,

buttheyarejustthebeginning.Educatingwomenalsohasasignificant

effectonhealthpractices,includingfamilyplanning.

Topic:Thesignificanceoffemale(1)indeveloping

countries

Educatinggirlsismorebeneficialandworthyof

Viewpoint

being(2)____________.

Fromlow-incomefamiliesFromeducated

Families

mothers'families

GirlsareoflessDevelopmentshould

Attitudes(3)____________thanboys.beforallthe

(4)___________.

Thereis

(5)____________investment

indaughters,whileboysare

Itisinsistedthat

senttoschool.

girlsandboysbeoffered

Practices

Girlsaremadetostayatchancestobeeducated

home,(7)___________.

(6)___________housewo

rk.

ConsequencesAviciouscircleAvirtuouscircle

Educatingwomen(8)____________tosocial

benefits,haseconomicadvantagesand

Significance

(9)___________healthpracticessignificantly,

includingfamilyplanning.

(10)________Educatinggirlsindevelopingcountriesis

importantandrewarding.

高一任務(wù)型閱讀訓(xùn)練四

Forcenturiespeopledreamedofgoingintospace.Thisdreambegan

toseempossiblewhenhigh-flyingrocketswerebuiltintheearly1900s.

In1903aRussianteachernamedKonstantinTsiolkovskyfiguredout

howtouserocketsforspacetravel.Hisplanwasthefirstoneinrocket

sciencetousecorrectscientificcalculation.About30yearslater,a

U.S.scientistnamedRobertGoddardbuiItthefirstrocketsthatcould

reachhighaltitudes.DuringWorldWarII,Germanscientistsbuiltlarge

rocketsthatcouldtravelveryfarandcarrydangerousexplosives.After

thewar,scientistsfromGermanywenttotheUnitedStatesandtheSoviet

Uniontohelpthosecountriesbuildspacerockets.

Thesetwocountriesweresoonracingtogettospacefirst.Eachof

thesecountrieswantedtoprovethatitwasstrongerandmoreadvanced

thantheotherone.Bothcountriesalsohadpowerfulbombs.Peoplein

theUnitedStateswereworriedwhentheSovietswerefirsttolauncha

spacesatellite,whichwascalledSputnik.TheSovietswerealsofirst

tosendapersonintospace.YuryGagarinorbitedtheearthintheVostok

Ispaceshipin1961.

TheUSgovernmentsetagoalforitsspaceprogramtobethefirst

countrytoputapersonontheMoon.TheU.S.spaceprogrambuiltaseries

ofApollospaceship.ThesevehicleswerepoweredbyhugeSaturn5

rockets.In1969ApolloIItookthreementothemoonsuccessfully.Nell

ArmstrongbecamethefirstpersontowalkontheMoon.

TheSovietsmayhavelosttheracetoflypeopletotheMoon,but

theybuiltthefirstspacestationin1971.TheUnitedStatesalsobuilt

aspacestation.Thespacestationsallowedpeopletoliveandworkin

space.ThentheSovietUnionandtheUnitedStatescooperatedtohook

twospaceshipstogetherinspace.Thisactionendedthe〃spacerace/z.Today

amuchlargerspacestation,builtbyseveralcountriestogether,orbits

Earth.

Anothernewwaytogotospaceisbyspaceshuttle.Aspaceshuttle,

firstmadeintheUnitedStatesin1981,lookslikeanairplane.Astronauts

whoflyspaceshipshaveusedshuttlestohelpputsatellitesintospace.

Historyofspacetravel

TimeEventsInformationconcerned

Itmadetheancientdream

EarlyHigh-flyingrockets

ofgoingtospacepossibleto

1900swerebuilt.

come1)________

KonstantinHeplannedtoputcorrect

Tsiolkovsky2)scientificcalculationtouse

1903

outawaytouserocketsinrocketscience.

forspacetravel.

Around3RobertGoddardbuiItTherocketscouldfly

▲newrockets.very4)▲inthe

sky.

DuringGermanywasaheadofall

Germanscientists

andaftertheothercountriesin

builtlargerocketsthat

WorldWarIIbuildingspacerocketsand

couldtravelveryfarand

laterit5)_______▲

carrydangerous

theSovietUnionandthe

explosives.

UnitedStates

TheSovietUnionbecame

TheSovietUnionandthe6)▲_________ofthe

theUnitedStatescompetitionwhenitlaunched

competedtogettospacethefirstsatelliteandsent

first.thefirstastronautinto

space.

1969Inoneway,it8)_A

TheUnitedStates

theSovietUnionbybecoming

was7)_______inputting

thefirstcountrytofly

apersononthemoon.

peopletothemoon.

1970sTheSovietsbuiIt

thefirstspacestation

andwassoonfollowedbyAstronautscanliveand

Americans.Andtheyworkinspacestations.

finallyendedthe

“spacerace"by9)____

1980s—SpaceshuttlesareShuttlesarealsousedto

usedasnewvehiclesforhelpputsatellitesinto

space10__________.space.

高一任務(wù)型閱讀訓(xùn)練五

Wheneverwemeetwithdifficultyorfailure,teachers,parentsor

othersoftensaytousorperhapswesaytoourselves,“Nevergiveup.”

Thesecanbeencouragingwordsandwordsofdetermination.Apersonwho

believesinhimselfwillkeeptryingtoreachhisgoalnomatterhowmany

timeshefails.Inmyopinion,thequalityofdeterminationtosucceed

isanimportantonetohave.Therefore,Ibelievethatweshouldnever

giveup.

Onereasonisthatifwegiveuptooeasily,wewillrarelyachieve

anything.Itisnotunusualforustofailinourfirstattemptat

somethingnew,soweshouldnotfeeldisappointedandshouldtryagain.

Besides,ifwealwaysgiveupwhenwefail,wewillnotbeabletodevelop

newskillsandgrow.

Anotherreasonweshouldnevergiveupisthatwecanlearnfromour

mistakessothatwecannotmakethesameones.Ifwedonottryagain,

thelessonwehavelearnediswasted.

Finally,weshouldnevergiveupbecauseasweworktoreachourgoals,

wedevelopconfidence,andthisconfidencecanhelpussucceedinother

areasofourlives.Ifweneverchallengeourselves,wewillbeginto

doubtourabilities.

Inshort,itisimportantthatwedonotgiveupwhenworkingforour

goals.Whetherwesucceedintheendornot,wewilllearnsomething,

andwhatwelearnwillhelpustobecomebetterandmoreconfident.

Furthermore,ifwegiveup,wehavenochanceofattainingourgoals

anymore,butifwekeepmakinggreatefforts,thereisalwaysachance

thatwewillsucceedoneday.

Topic:NeverGiveUp

叁Thewords“Nevergiveup"canl________

Possibleothersoroneselfandexpressone'sdetermination.

meaningsandthe愛Apersonwhowantsto2______shouldhave

authorJsopinionsthequality.Soweshouldnevergiveup.

委Ifwegiveuptooeasily,maybewewillachieve

4_______,sowhenwefailinourfirstattemptat

somethingnew,weshouldnot5ourselvesbut

Thetryagain.

3__________今Alwaysgivingupmeansthatwewillnotbe

ableto6_______anyprogress.

晏N(yùn)evergivingupwillmakeuslearnfromthe

mistakeswe'vemadebeforeandlearnthe7_______

soasnottomakethesamemistakes.

?Toreachourgoalsanddeveloptheconfidence

whichcanhelpus8_______ourselves,wemustnot

giveupbutchallengeourselves.

ConclusionsIfyougiveup,youwillhaveno9__of

reachingyourgoals.Nevergiveupandyouwill

attainyourgoalssooneror10

高一任務(wù)型閱讀訓(xùn)練六

AlthoughmanyChinesestudentssaythattheirknowledgeofEnglish

grammarisgood,mostwouldadmitthattheirspokenEnglishispoor.

WheneverIspeaktoChinesestudentstheyalwayssay,“MyspokenEnglish

spoor”.However,theirspokenEnglishdoesn,thavetoremain“poor”.

Iwouldliketosuggestthattheremaybesomereasonsfortheirproblems

withspokenEnglish.

First,theyfailtofindsuitablewordstoexpressthemselvesdue

toalimitedvocabulary.Obviouslythebetteransweristoexpandtheir

vocabulary.However,youcanspeakwithalimitedvocabulary,ifyour

attitudeispositive.Otherswillfollowyouaslongasyouusethewords

thatyouknow.

Second,theyareafraidofmakingmistakes.Sometimestheymake

mistakeswhentheyarespeaking,becausetheyareshyandnervous.Yet

studentsshouldrememberthattheirgoalshouldbefluencynotaccuracy.

Youraiminwritingistobeaccuratefollowingtherulesforgrammar

andusingtensestogetyourmessageacross.Buttotalktosomeonein

English,asquicklyandwellasyoucan,eventhoughsometimesyoumay

useawrongwordoftense,butitdoesn,tmatterbecausethepersonyou

arespeakingtowillunderstandyou.

Thethirdreasonisthatnotenoughattentionispaidtolistening,

youhaveonemouthbuttwoears!Allthathearingisnecessaryforyou

tostartspeaking.

Fourth,mostChinesestudentsarereactiveratherthanpro-active

languagelearners.Insteadofactivelyseekingoutopportunitiesto

improvetheirspokenEnglish,theypassivelywaitforspeaking

opportunitiestocometothemandwonderwhytheirEnglishalwaysremains

poor.Ifyouhavethispro-activeoutlook,then,youwillseeEnglish

opportunitieswhereveryougo.

Ifyoudon'tuseyourEnglishbeyondtheclassroomyouwillforget

thatEnglishyouknow.RememberUSEITFORIT!Youcanlearnhowtospeak

EnglishbetterbyspeakingEnglishmore.

TitleProblemswithSpokenEnglish

ReasonsSolutions/Tips

Limitof★Youhaveto2.______yourvocabulary.

1._______★Youshouldtakeapositiveattitudetowards

3._____English.

4.______about★Shynessand5.______makeiteasytomake

makingmistakesmistakes.

★More6___________shouldbepaidtofluency.

7._____ofAllthatlearningisnecessaryforyoutostart

attentionwhilespeaking.

listening.

8.★Aslanguagelearners,mostChinesestudents

reactiveare9._______insteadofbeingactive.

outlook★Youshouldtake10._____ofall

opportunitiestoimproveyourspokenEnglish.

高一任務(wù)型閱讀訓(xùn)練七

Itisanalltoofamiliarstory.Anaturaldisasterstrikesinaremote

partoftheworld,causingdestructionandsuffering.Villagesare

flattenedandpeopleareforcedintocamps.ItisnowhappeninginChina,

aftertheearthquakeofmagnitude（里氏）8thatwascenteredonWenchuan

butshooktheentirecountry.

Actually,inthepastcenturies,therewerehundredsofthousands

ofearthquakesindifferentpartsoftheworld.InSept.1923,Tokyoand

Yokohamawerebothdestroyedbyanearthquakeandthefiresthatfollowed

it.Theyhadtobecompletelyrebuilt.Oneofthemostseriousearthquakes

wasinChina'sShanxiProvincein1556.Itclaimedalmostonemillion

people.

WemeasureanearthquakeJsstrengthontheRichterscale.The

Richterscalewasintroducedin1935inSouthernCaliforniaintheUSA.

Itmeasuresearthquakesonascaleofonetoten.Anyearthquakemeasuring

fiveormoreisusuallyserious.

TheearthJscrust（地殼）ismadeupoflayersofrockcalledplates.

Astheseplatesmove,theysometimescrashagainsteachother,causing

thecrusttoquake.IncitiessuchasTokyo,wheresmallquakeshappen

quiteoften,manymodernbuildingsaredesignedtobeflexiblesowhen

theearthmoves,theymovewithit.

Earthquakescanalsobreakupgasoroilpipes.Thiscancausefires

tobreakout,whichcandoasmuchdamageastheearthquakeitself.

Anothereffectoftheearthquakesistsunamis（海嘯）.Thesearehuge

wavescreatedbyearthquakesbeneaththesea.Theycanbemanymeters

highandcausegreatdamagetocostaltownsandcities.

China,Japan,RussiaandtheUSAhavethehighestoccurrenceof

earthquakesintheworld.

Anearthquakeandthe(3)_____

firesdestroyedbothTokyoandYokohama

TwoseriousinSept.1923.

earthquakesinIn1556,averyseriousearthquake

(2)______(4)__________inChina，sShanxi

Province,killinglargenumbersof

people.

ThePeoplecanmeasureanearthquakeJs

(5)________tostrengthontheRichterscaleofoneto

Knowingmeasureanten,introducedin1935intheUSA.Ifan

about(1)earthquake'searthquake(6)_______fiveormore,it

strengthisusuallyserious.

Astheplates,which(8)______the

The

earth?scrust,move,theysometimes

(7)__________of

crashagainsteachother,causingthe

earthquakes

crusttoquake.

Ifearthquakesbreakupgasoroil

Somepipes,(10)______willhappen,whichcan

(9)_ofdoasmuchdamageastheearthquake

earthquakesitself.

Tsunamis.

高一任務(wù)型閱讀訓(xùn)練八

Howtobeagoodlistener

Everyonelovesagoodlistener.Buttherearemorereasonstodevelop

theskilloflisteningthantowinheartsorpopularitycontests.

ListeninghealshurtsandbuiIdsbridges.Itgivesustheability

tounderstandandempathize,toviewtheworldfromourownpoint.It

canbringuswisdomoverandabovemereintelligence.Butmostimportantly,

itallowsustogivethepeoplearoundusthegiftstheycrave（渴望）

most一asenseofworth.

Asitturnsout,there?smoretogoodlisteningthanjustkeeping

quietandallowingsomeonetospeak.Effectivelisteningisactuallya

combinationoftwokeycommunicationskills:listeningandverifying（確

認(rèn)）.

EvenwhenweJvemanagedtohearaperson'sentiremessage,weoften

interpretitwrong一accordingtoourownunderstanding,experience,or

prejudice.

Asaneffectivelistener,yourgoalistohearandabsorbwhatanother

hastosay...inexactlythewaytheymeanittobeunderstood.Onlythen

canyourespondproperly.

Thisismucheasierreadthandone,sohereareafewhelpfultips:

1.Givethespeakeryourfullattention.

Stoptalkingandremovealldistractions.TurnofftheTV,yourphone,

orcomputer.Watchyourbodylanguage.Thewayyoulookatthespeaker,

orthewayyoustandorsit,makesahugedifference.Therightlistening

bodylanguagecommunicatesthatwearelisteningopenlyandattentively,

andputstheotherpersonatease.

2.Bepatient.

Noteveryoneisagiftedspeaker.Somepeopletakelongertofind

therightwordtomakeapoint.Othersaretooworriedtogettheirmessage

acrossproperly.Ifnecessary,askthespeakertoexplainfurther.It

willhelphim/herspeakmoreexactlyanditwillhelpyouhearand

understandbetter.

3.Keepyouremotionsincheck.

Ifwhatsomeoneissayingcreatesanemotionalresponseinyou,make

anextraefforttolistencarefully.Whenwe'reangry,frightenedor

upset,weoftenmisskeypartsofwhatisbeingsaid.

4.Holdyourfire.

Don,tjumptoconclusionsimmediately.Agoodlistenerdoesn,t

reactuntilcomprehensioniscomplete.Ifyourespondinawaythatmakes

theotherpersondefensive,evenifyou“win”theargument,youmay

losesomethingfarmorevaluable.

5.Evenifyouthinkyouunderstand.VERIFY.

Neverassumeyougotthemessageright.Pause,thinkaboutwhatwas

said,andthenask“Isthiswhatyoumeant?"or"AmIunderstanding

thisright?”

6.Empathize

Takeamomenttostandintheotherperson'sshoes,tolookatthe

situationfromhis/herpointofview....especiallywhenyou,rebeing

toldsomethingpersonal