初三中考任务型阅读和首字母填空集选

初三中考任务型阅读和首字母填空集选

练习一

A)根据短文内容，按要求答题。

The Canadian people are not all the same. There are many different groups. They came to Canada at different times. They came from different places. Many of them still live in different ways.

Long ago, only Native (土著的) Americans live in Canada. They arrived thousands of years ago. Today there are about fifty different American groups.

The Eskimos came after the Native Americans did. They have also been in Canada for a long, long time. Most Eskimos live in the north of Canada, where it is very cold.

The European settlers started arriving 450 years ago. Most came from France. They are a large group in Canada today. They follow French customs or ways of doing things. They speak French.

Later, most settlers came from England and Scotland. They speak English. Today more than half of all Canadians speak English.

Canadians have also come from Germany and Italy. There are smaller groups from other places, too.

You can see that different kinds of people are called Canadians. Many do not want to forget their own customs and languages. But they share a large country. They share a future in that country. They are all Canadians.

根据短文内容回答下列问题

1. Who first came to live in Canada?

2. Where do most Eskimos live?

3. How long have the European settlers been in Canada?

4. What language do most Canadians speak today?

5. The Canadians look the same, don’t they?

B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Yesterday I visited the Hong Shan Forest Zoo. I was s___1__ to find few people there. Zoos are very important places. They p___2 _ homes for many endangered animals. They also help to educate the public about caring f___3___ them. If we don’t s__4__ our zoos, they won’t have e__5 _ money to take care of so many fine animals. Therefore, people should go and visit the zoos m 6 often to learn about animals and help to protect them better.

H__7___, some people do think so. They think zoos are t___8___ pla ces for animals to live. “I’ve visited a lot of zoos in my life, and I have never seen o__9__ I liked or one that was suitable for animals to live in.” Jenny said. ‘The animals are k___10 __ in small cages and can hardly move at all. What’s more, they are only given food once week. That’s terrible.”

练习二

（A）根据短文内容，按要求答题。

December 26, 2004, was a wonderful day in India. Most people were happy, and were celebrating their festival. Then it happened. Suddenly, there was a sound, like the sound of thunder. Next, people’s houses began to shake. Buildings cracked and fell. In the town of India, the main street went up twenty feet, holes opened in the earth, and buildings fell in. The earthquake that hit India measured 8.7 in the Richter Scale(里氏震级).

In the India Ocean the earthquake made a tidal wave(海啸). This wave travelled at six hundred miles an hour. Shortly after, at about 2 p.m. it hit the coast (the land next to the sea) of India. It took away with it a piece of land four thousand feet long and six hundred feet wide. People tried to escape (run away), but it destroyed many towns.

The earthquake of 2004 killed about 150,000 people. It was one of the strongest earthquakes in the world. Scientists do not know when the next earthquake will happen. They are difficult to predict(预测), but you will know when it hits.

1. When was the earthquake?

2. What did the earthquake make in the India Ocean?

3. How strong was the earthquake?

4. The scientists are difficult to predict the earthquake, aren’t they?

5. Put the sentence “People tried to escape(run away), but it destroyed many towns.” into Chinese.

(B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Why do people drink often? Because they are t 1 ,but this can’t be the o _2 reason, there m _3 be other reasons. In many countries, when friends see e _4 other, they often have a drink while they sit and talk. Many English people don’t need a 5 else, they drink tea several t 6 a day even if they are alone.

In most countries people say something i 7 when they drink together. The English often

s 8 cheers. In all countries there are many places (cafes, bars, etc.) where they want to sell d 9 . Since there are so many places for people to drink, it seems that many people drink more often than they really w 10 to.

练习三

A) 根据短文内容，按要求答题。（回答1—5题时，不得超过五个单词。）

Americans love sports—they love to play them, to watch them on television, and to talk about them. But this hobby sometimes has serious results—at least to the players. For example, when people play tennis, sometimes they hurt their elbow（肘部）and in this way they develop “tennis elbow”. Also it is easy to hurt a knee in a football game. These injuries（损伤）happen while the player is having fun, but they still hurt.

A few months ago, Kathleen Simmons, who loves playing volleyball, hurt her knee in a volleyball game. Her doctor told her that she needed a very difficult operation or she might not be able to play again. She felt very sad and didn’t know what to do.

Then Simmons learned about “video operation”. With the help o f this new science in medicine, doctors can now repair many injuries and get people back on the playing field and back to their jobs much faster. Simmons found a hospital that was using this new science and went to see the doctor there. The doctors told her the operation could help.

For this operation, her doctor didn’t have to open her knee. Instead he put a very small camera lens （镜头）inside her knee. The lens sent back pictures, which appeared on a television screen. As he worked, he could see the inside of her knee. With the help of the large pictures on the screen, the doctor knew exactly what to do when he was making the repairs.

Simmons started walking five days after her operation. “My knee hurt a lot the first few days,” she said. “But I felt better very quickly.” Now, six months after her operation, Simmons can do everything she did before her injury. “It feels like a new knee,” she said. “I can even play volleyball again.”

1. Do Americans love sports?

2. What sport is Simmons interested in?

3. What did the doctor put inside Simmons’ knee?

4. What problem may people have when they play sports?

5. What’s the advantage（优点）of the new science?

A) 根据下面报纸专栏ASK DR. SMITH中信件内容，按要求答题。

Dear Dr. Smith,

I have a big problem that has just gotten worse and worse recently. I’ve been really tired because I’ve had trouble getting to sleep lately. When I go to bed, I toss and turn. I wake up several times during the night, and in the morning I’m always feeling uncomfortable with a sense of illness. Usually it’s worse when I have a big test at school or a difficult piece of work given as part of my studies. I work full-time in the daytimes and go to school at night. So far, I haven’t missed any days at work, but I’ve already fallen asleep at my desk several times. At night, I have trouble focusing in class. I feel so stressed out. I hope you can help!

BURNT OUT Dear Burnt Out,

No wonder you feel stressed out. You just aren’t getting enough sleep! Everyone worries about tests and assignments（功课）. The key is not to worry too much! When you take your worries to bed with you at night, it’s hard to get to sleep. You need to find a way to lower your stress level, so you don’t always feel so stressed out. Think of what helps you relax, and make that part of your daily timetable. You could try an exercise program like walking or biking. Before you go to sleep, do something relaxing. You might find that it makes a big difference.

DR. SMITH 1. What is the matter with Mr. Burnt Out?