2021年甘肃省中考英语任务型阅读理解专项训练 事物介绍

任务型阅读理解(二) 事物介绍
阅读下面的短文,按要求完成后面的小题。

A
Many kids go camping during the summer. Usually, they start camp in the morning and go home in the afternoon. That is called day camp. Nowadays, another kind of camp, sleep-away camp, is becoming popular with kids. It’s called sleep-away camp because they stay overnight there. It’s a kind of vacation for kids, but without their parents. Kids usually spend a week in attending a sleep-away camp. It offers much more excitement because they’ll be there all day and night, eating their meals, playing games and communicating ①others. They’ll sleep in a cabin(小屋) with the other kids attending the camp. They have to share the bathroom with the other kids.
If you go to a sleep-away camp for the first time, you’ll feel excited and maybe a little nervous. ②Be proud of yourself for being old enough to go camping. It is a chance to try new things. It’s also a chance to learn about being independent. ③Are you looking forward to attending such a camp in your summer vacation?
1.How long do kids usually spend in attending a sleep-away camp?
2.Who do they have to share the bathroom with?
3.根据短文内容,在文中①处填入恰当的词。

4.将文中②处画线句子改写为同义句。

(每空一词)
Take yourself for being old enough to go camping.
5.请将文中③处画线句子翻译成汉语。

B
Space vegetables are grown from seeds(种子). They have been taken to and brought back from outer space. The seeds are influenced by the radiation(辐射) and low gravity(重力) in outer space. When they are brought back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger, healthier and more nutritious than normal vegetables. People needn’t worry, because space vegetables are actually very healthy.
Here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables:
Space vegetables are grown from seeds ①are carefully chosen. After seeds are brought back from space, they are tested to make sure that the vegetables they grow will be safe to eat. There are no traces(痕迹) of
radiation after testing.
②Space vegetables are better for you than normal vegetables. For example, space tomatoes stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal tomatoes.
After genetically modified(转基因) food came into the market, people worried that they were eating unknown things. Unlike genetically modified food, space vegetables have not been genetically changed. This means that no new genes(基因) are put into the vegetables. ③它们对你的健康不会有害。

1.List the influence the seeds get in outer space.
2.How many facts about space vegetables are mentioned in the passage?
3.根据短文内容,在文中①处填入恰当的词。

4.将文中②处画线句子翻译成汉语。

5.将文中③处画线句子翻译成英语。

C
Jiaozi, also known as Chinese dumplings, is a must-have during holidays in Northern China. ①times, dates, back, it, to, ancient(.)
Jiaozi is one of the most important foods in Chinese New Year. Since jiaozi is in the shape of ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots(银锭), it symbolizes(象征) wealth. Traditionally, the members of a family get together to make dumplings on New Year’s Eve. They may hide a coin in one of the dumplings. The person ②finds the coin will be likely to have good luck. As the Spring Festival marks the start of a new year, people choose to eat jiaozi in the hope of having a good future in the coming new year.
Based on your taste, you can make different kinds of Chinese dumplings using different fillings. There is no set rule as to what makes dumpling fillings. They can be anything from vegetables, meat or seafood. ③Whatever the fillings are, the wrapping(包) skill needs to be exquisite to make jiaozi good-looking.
As China is country with vast territory(幅员辽阔), there are differences in different areas in ways of making jiaozi or even serving it. For example, dumpling wrappers are made with a rolling stick in Beijing and Hebei Province, while in some parts of Inner Mongolia, wrappers are hand-pressed.
1.将文中①处画线内容,连词成句,题中标点已给出。

2.What does jiaozi symbolize?
3.根据短文内容,在文中②处填入恰当的词。

4.文中③处画线句子中有一个单词的意思是“精美的”。

这个词是:
5.How are dumpling wrappers made in some parts of Inner Mongolia?
答案
A 1.A week.
2.The other kids.
3.with
4.pride in
5.你期待暑假参加这样一个野营吗?
B 1.the radiation and low gravity.
2.Three/
3.
3.which/that
4.太空蔬菜比普通蔬菜对你更有好处。

5.They won’t be bad for your health./They won’t be harmful to your health.
C 1.It dates back to ancient times.
2.Wealth.
3.who/that
4.exquisite
5.They are hand-pressed.。