中考英语任务阅读训练

Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either.Life today has brought new problems.One of the biggest problems is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It killed our fish and _____a_____ our drinking water. ____b_____ pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It’s hard to all the living things in the world.Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day, （2）sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt(被子) over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog.Many countries are making rules to flight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is poured away, they mustn’t blow dirty smoke into the air.We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car, (3)开车的人少了，空气污染就少了。

1. 在横线上填入适当的单词a.____________ b. _____________.(每空一词)2. 将句子(2)译成汉语___________________________________________________________3. 将句子(3)译成英语___________________________________________________________4. 找出Dirty water must be stopped from dumping into the river. 的同义句.________________________________________________________5. 找出或写出能概括本文大意的句子。

___ _ (1)take quick action (2)There have been 21 warm winters in China since 1986(3)你和你的家人可以采取措施来减少排放到空气中二氧化碳的数量。

(4) don't forget to turn off the lights when you leave a room and turn off your television and computer when they are not in use! (5) slow down global warming3All living things on the earth need other living things to live with. Nothing lives alone.Sometimes one living thing kills another. Each kind of life eats another kind of life in order to live, and together they form a food chain(食物链). 1）有些食物链简单而其它的不尽然。

But all food chains begin with the sun, and all food chains become broken if one of the links disappears.All life needs sunlight to live on. But only plants can use sunlight directly. They make food from sunlight, water, air and so on. 2）Animals can only use the sun’s energy after it has been changed into food by plants. Some animals feed directly on plants. Others eat smaller animals. Meat-eating animals are only eating plants indirectly.What about human beings? We are members of many food chains. We eat wheat, rice, vegetables, fruit and so on. We also eat meat and drink milk. But people often break up the food chains. They kill wild animals. They also make rivers, lakes and seas dirty. 3）When these rivers, lakes and seas are ________, the fish in them cannot be _______. If people eat the fish, they will get strange diseases. Each form of life is linked to all the others. Breaking the links puts all life in danger.1、将(1)处的汉语译成英文。

2、将(2)处的英文译成汉语。

3、在(3)处的空白处填上适当的单词。

4、在文中划出与下列句子意思相近的句子：The animals that eat meat are not just eating plants directly. ___________________________________________________________________________5、找出文中或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子：1、Some food chains are simple, while others are not.2、在太阳能被植物变成食物后，动物才能使用太阳能。

3、polluted, eaten4、Meat-eating animals are only eating plants indirectly.5、All living things on the earth need other living things to live with.Did you see snow in your hometown last winter? Did you feel it was warmer than before? "(2)自1986年以来中国已有21个暖冬了," said scientists. They also said that in the past 100 years, as the global (全球的) temperatures went up by 0.74 °C , the temperature in North China has climbed 1.4 °C in only 50 years.China needs to (1) to cut carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) emission (排放), because it's the main reason for global warming. The good news is that China has seen the importance of going green. China set the goal of cutting energy use by 20 and pollution emission by 10 in the 11th Five-Year Plan.Can you slow down global warming? Sure! (3)You and your family can take steps to cut the amount of carbon dioxide that is sent out into the air.Here are some pieces of advice to help you save the earth.▲Wear used clothes. Wearing your brother's, sister's or dad's old T-shirt means you save the energy. ▲Change your light bulbs (灯泡). Use energy-saving light bulbs. And don't forget to turn off the lights when you leave a room and turn off your television and computer when they are not in use!▲Ride the bus. Taking a bus saves a lot of oil every year.▲Say no to plastic bags. The next time your parents go to the market, ask them to use baskets▲Open a window. Don't use the air conditioner (空调), and let some fresh air in. When you have to use the conditioner, set the temperature higher in the summer and lower in the winter to save energy Make small changes in your daily life. Don't use paper cups, bags and boxes.It's time for all of us to do something to save the earth.1. 在(1)空白处填入适当的词:__________2. 将(2)翻译成英文.3. 将(3)翻译成中文.4. 请在文中找出下句的同义:Remember to turn off the electrical equipment when leaving home or when they are not in use._________________________________________________________________________5．找出能概括本文中心思想的短语：(1)take quick action (2)There have been 21 warm winters in China since 1986(3)你和你的家人可以采取措施来减少排放到空气中二氧化碳的数量。