(外研版)任务型阅读专项练习题及答案

(外研版)任务型阅读专项练习题及答案

一、英语任务型阅读

1．阅读下面短文，请从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并回答问题。C

Once upon a time，there was a king who had gone to visit neighboring kingdoms．He was gifted a pair of baby parrots by the king of the last kingdom where he was visiting．They were the most beautiful birds that he had ever seen．so，after returning to his kingdom，he called for a bird trainer and asked him to train parrots．

The king also set up a place in the palace garden for the parrots．He often looked at them from his palace window．As time passed，one day the trainer came to the palace and told the king that though one of the parrots was flying high in the sky，the other one was not moving from its branch since the day it had arrived．

When hearing this,the king summoned the best trainer from all his land and the nearby kingdoms．They came quickly and tried their best, but none of them could make the parrot fly!He even asked his courtiers to try to find a good way to make the parrot fly but they all failed．The parrot was not moving from his branch at all．Finally，after trying everything，the king thought to himself："Perhaps I need someone who may be more familiar with natural habitat．"He asked his courtier to get a farmer from the countryside and take him to the parrot to see if he could understand the problem with the parrot．

The next morning，the king was surprised to see the parrot flying high above the palace gardens．He asked his servant to call that farmer to meet him．The servant quickly went and found the farmer．The farmer came and stood before the king．The king asked him，"How did you make the parrot fly?" With his hands folded with respect，the farmer said to the king，"It was very easy．I just cut the branch where the bird was sitting．"

（1）Why did the king like the parrots so much?

A. Because they could talk to him．

B. Because he had never seen such beautiful birds．

C. Because they could fly high and sing．

D. Because they were the gifts from another kingdom．

（2）What does the underlined word "summon" probably mean in the passage?

A. Ask for．

B. Speak to．

C. Pay a visit to．

D. Be angry with （3）Who could make the parrot fly?

A. The king．

B. The trainer．

C. The farmer．

D. The courtiers．（4）Why could the parrot fly high after the branch was cut?What can we learn from it?

________

【答案】（1）B

（2）A

（3）C

（4）Because the parrot had no branch to sit on,it had to fly . When one method doesn't work,

we should change the other.

【解析】【分析】这篇短文给我们讲述了英国国王在访问邻国的时候，收到了一对小鹦鹉。他们是他所见过的最美丽的鸟。所以,回到自己的王国后,他呼吁驯鸟师,请他训练鹦鹉。国王也设立了一个鹦鹉的宫殿花园。他经常从他的宫殿窗口看着他们。随着时间的流逝,有一天,教练来到皇宫,告诉国王,尽管其中一个鹦鹉是翱翔在天空,而另一只从来没有离开过枝头。国王就召集最好的训师，但是没有能让鹦鹉飞起来。最后找到了一个农民，第二天早上,国王惊奇地看到鹦鹉飞行宫殿上方的花园。国王问农民怎么做到的，农民说:"很简单，我只是砍掉了它坐的树枝。”

（1）细节理解题。根据短文第一段中的第三句话They were the most beautiful birds that he had ever seen．可知国王喜欢这些鹦鹉的原因你因为他原来没有见过这么美丽的鸟。故答案为B。

（2）猜测词义题。根据上下文可知国王知道另一只鸟不飞翔的时候召集来自全国和其他王国的训鸟师。所有应为“传唤，召唤”Ask for寻找（某人），找（人），speak to 说话；pay a visit to 参观；be angry with 生气；故答案为A。

（3）推理判断题。根据短文最后一段可知是这个农民让鸟飞起来了。故答案为C。

（4）根据最后一段我们可知另一只鹦鹉飞翔是因为农民把树枝砍掉，它没有了站立的地方。根据农民的方法，我们可以知道，“当一种方式行不通时，我们可以改变另一种。”故答案为Because the parrot had no branch to sit on,it had to fly . When one method doesn't work, we should change the other.

【点评】考查任务型阅读。关键要读懂全文，然后根据题目要求作答。

2．任务型阅读

The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty.________We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. Man has been polluting the earth. ________Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to an-other place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. Air pollution is still the most serious. ________Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.

________They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO, is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution. The earth is our home. We must take care of it. ________And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.