新目标版英语八年级上任务型阅读及答案

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In America, boys and girls like watching TV. Some children spend six hours a day at school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV sets. Some children even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturday.

Television is like books and films. A child can learn both good things and bad things from it. (1)Some TV programs help children to understand the news, the people and places in other countries. With TV, children do not have to go to the movies. They can listen to interesting music or watch a game at home. (2)But some programs are bad for children, so parents sometimes should help them to find other interesting and useful things to do.

1.How many hours a day do some children at school?___________________

2.How many hours a day do some children watch TV on Saturday?________

3.将（1）句译成汉语___________________________________________.

4.将（2）句译成汉语___________________________________________.

5.The parents had better not let their children watch ________on TV.

A. good programs

B. bad programs

C. news

D. weather report

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(This is an interview to a teenager.)

Interviewer: Thanks for coming in for the interview, Susan.

Susan: That’s ok.

Interviewer: ok, how often do you exercise?

Susan: Every day.

Interviewer: How often do you eat vegetables and fruit?

Susan: I eat vegetables ten or eleven times a week, and I eat fruit every day.

Interviewer: All right! So how many hours do you sleep every night?

Susan: Nine. I need lots of sleep.

Interviewer: How often do you drink milk?

Susan: Never. I can’t stand milk. It’s awful.

Interviewer: What about junk food?

Susan: Yeah, I love it. I guess I eat once or twice a week.

Interviewer: Well, thank you very much.

Susan: You’re welcome.

根据对话内容及首字母提示完成短文。（注意每格词数不等）

Susan is pretty healthy. She e_________ every day, and her eating h________ are pretty good. She eats fruit every day and vegetables t__________ a week. Of c_________ she loves j________ food, too, but she tries to eat only o_________ a week. And she s_________ nine hours every night. So you see, she looks a__________ her health well. And it makes a big d__________ to her grades. Good food and exercise h___________ her to study better.

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你的好朋友要去英国，他想了解在英国如何去看病，读下面的短文，比较两国的差异。

There is a National Health Service in Britain. People usually call it “the NHS”. When people are ill, they can get free treatment （治疗）. ①The government pays for the treatment. In Britain everyone has a local doctor. The local doctor is a general practitioner (全科医生)(GP). A GP is a doctor who treats patients with all kinds of illness. He may not have specialists (专家) usually work in hospitals.

If a man is ill and wants to see his doctor, he calls to make an appointment first. If he is too ill and he can’t go out, his doctor will come to his house. If the patient has to take medicine, the doctor gives him a prescription(处方). ②The patient has to pay some money for the prescription. He goes to the chemist’s shop and buys the medicine there. The price is the same as any kind of medicine. ③But children, students, old people or people without work don’t have to pay for their medicine.

任务一：从文中找出下列各词：medical ___________(名词); different _________(反义词)

任务二：把文中画线①改为一般疑问句。

_______ the government _______ for the treatment?

任务三：把文中画线②③处译成汉语。

②________________________________________________________________

③________________________________________________________________

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Holidays in the United States usually happen at least once a month. Most months have a national(国家的) holiday on Mondays. Then the workers may have 3-day weekends, that is, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. On these days people can rest or go to interesting places or do things with their families. Greater holidays in the United States are New Year’s Day, Chrisman Day and Thanksgiving Day. ①In these holidays most businesses (工商企业) close and the workers stay at home and celebrate with their families.

Holidays can be from 2 weeks a year. ②This usually depends on (取决于) how long you’ve been working for a place,