江苏省盐城市2017-2019年三年中考英语试卷分类汇编：任务型阅读

任务型阅读

2019

四、任务型阅读。(共15小题, 计20分)

（一）阅读并完成图表。每空一词。（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）

Emperor penguins are the largest penguins on Earth. Each adult is over a metre tall, and can weigh up to 40 kilograms.

For many months each year, emperors live near the sea in large groups called colonies. However, in May, the weather gets colder and ice covers large areas of ocean. Each colony moves many kilomtres from the water.

Sharing the work

There, each mother penguin lays just one egg. Then all the hungry mothers must walk back to the ocean to find food. The father penguins put their eggs on top of the feet, under a special piece of skin called the brood pouch. For two months, the father penguins keep the eggs safe and warm. Antarctica. Most animals leave for warmer places, but the father penguins stay. In this time, without food, a father penguin can lose almost half of his weight.

New life

Then the babies begin to hatch! The mother penguin returns just

in time to see her baby come out of its egg. The chick is then moved

to her bored pouch. This can be difficult. If the chick falls, it can

freeze quickly, so the penguin parents must be very careful! Once

this is done, the father penguin can go back to the ocean to find food.

Growing up

Over the next few months, penguin parents take turns to go to the ocean for food. They each make the trip several times, bringing back food for the chick. The chick grows quickly and is always hungry.

Into the water

By December, winter is ending. The chick is five months old and can live on its own. Soon it enters the water for the first time. It will swim and eat until next April, and then return here. After a few more years, it, too, will start its own family.

A penguin 46

Sharing the work

Mother penguin:

＊ lay an 48

＊ walk to the ocean to find food

Father penguin:

＊ take care of the egg for 49

months

Into the water

Baby penguin:

＊ live on 54 own

＊ return to its birthplace

＊start its own family in a few 55

years.

（二）阅读与回答问题。(共5小题,每小题2分,计10分)

Have you ever heard the saying " There is no place like home! " This is just another way of saying that home is a very special place. Our bedroom, our family, our pets, and all of the things we love are at home.

Is home a place where you can relax and have fun? Is home a place where you get all of your best thinking done? Being at home means different things to different people. As people grow older, home usually represents more responsibility (责任) because it needs care inside and out. Who takes care of all of these things in your home? How do you help out?

There are many different kinds of homes. Some people live in apartments, condos, or

Mother penguin: ＊ come back just 50

the egg hatches Baby penguin:

Growing 52 Baby penguin: ＊ grow quickly need a lot of food Penguin parents: ＊ take turns to 53 their baby