陕西中考英语题型训练题型五 任务型阅读

话题1事物及其发展介绍(2017; 2014；2012)

Passage 1［2017陕西］

Friendship Day is a great day for celebrating friendship. It falls on the first Sunday of August every year. Celebrating the festival was firstly started by the US in 1935. But now this doesn’t only happen in the US. People in other countries are interested in it, too.

The idea of spending the day with friends was spread all over the world. With more and more countries joining in the celebrations, Friendship Day soon became an international festival.

Between 1935 and 1997, Friendship Day didn’t have a symbol(象征),like Santa Claus for Christmas. However, in 1997, the United Nations named Winnie the Pooh as the world’s Ambassador (大使) of Friendship.

The traditional celebrations include activities such as meeting with friends and exchanging(交换) cards, flowers and gifts. Some people may have parties with their friends. Some may have lunch or dinner together. Others may hang out or go to the movies with friends on this special day. These are popular among all age groups from teenagers to old people.

Although Friendship Day and its celebrations may have changed over the years, the basic idea behind the festival remains the same. People enjoy the moment they spend together and express love and care for their friends.

1.When is Friendship Day?

It is on every year.

2.What does “this” in the first paragraph refer to?

It refers to .

3.What does the fourth paragraph mainly tell us?

It mainly tells us to celebrate Friendship Day.

4.What’s the basic idea behind the festival?

People enjoy the moment they spend together and for their friends.

5.What does the writer think of the festival?

The writer thinks it’s .

Passage 2［2017铁一中五模］

About 800 years ago, a Chinese man named Wan Hu made the world’s first rocket but unfortunately lost his life. It was not until April 24th, 1970 that China launched its first satellite Dongfanghong-1, which made the country a modern space-exploring (太空探索) nation.

To celebrate the first big success for the country’s space development, April 24 is now China’s Space Day, which started this year. While celebrating, China also announced new exploration plans to make a space station and go to Mars and beyond.

A space station is like a home for astronauts in space. Astronauts live and work on a space station and spaceships can even park there. China plans to finish building its space station in 2022.

According to China’s top space scientist Zhou Jianping, by that time, becoming an astronaut will be a normal job because more space exploration means that astronauts are needed more than