江苏省扬州地区2017-2018和2018-2019学年上学期八年级英语期末试卷分类汇编：任务型阅读(含答案)

becoming smaller and smaller. Industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land to move again whenever necessary. Large families can’t be moved from place to place as easily as smaller families can.
In the future, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be smaller .The typical family may keep childless and consist only of a man and a woman. A smaller number of families may raise(养育) children. These families may raise children as their main occupation, leaving the childless families free to move from job to job. What’s more, these child-raising families may raise other people’s children in addition to their own.
76Future Shock
77Alvin Toffler
The book
Content(内容):78 life has been changing greatly in America.
79Members Living places
In the past Parents,many children,80 ,
uncles and aunts
On the81
At82
A man, a woman and a child for
most families
In or around the
workplace
Typical family
can help to protect the eggs. Ostrich eggs are the biggest eggs of any animal.
In fact, ostriches don’t put their head in the ground often. What they really do is to lie down and put their head and neck flat on the ground to hide. You can just see their body far away, so it appears as if they have put their head in a hole in the ground. Ostriches can not only kick with powerful feet, but also the 4 inch long claws (爪) on their feet.
The Ostrich
Living 76In nature in Africa and is raised all over the world.
Looks It has long legs, a big body with small wings, a long 77, and a long beak.
Its wings help a lot with balance while running 78.
The ostrich is a big bird that is about 9 feet in 79.
Abilities The ostrich is 80to kill his enemies with its strong legs.
Its high speed can 81it keep away from any danger.
Food and qualities The ostrich lives on a lot of things, 82plants, insects and
small animals.
good job and wanted to go back to work. David had to stay at home to care for his son. One day, David took notes of all the things that he needed each time he took the baby outside. And to David, it was the start to write a mystery book. It would be the first of many books centred on a character named Cam Jansen, a girl with an amazing memory. The books were a big success. Then he gave up teaching and became a full-time writer.
David Adler has dreamed up a lot of different stories. He still spends a lot of time dreaming. It is how he comes up with ideas for his books. He says, "Don't Think. Just Write!" He does his best work when he just writes the things that come into his head.
David Adler- a dreamer
As a boy He 77 up stories to make his brothers and sisters happy. The unwanted things on the third floor gave him 78 for stories.
As a teacher He _ 79 dreaming as before.
His nephew's _ 80 _ helped him write a story.
His 81 book called A Little At A Time was published.
David Adler's
__76 career
He took a break from teaching 83 his son's birth.
towels are sleeping in their bathroom at home.
Some people have found that they always spend much more on travelling than planned.
__76 too much before travelling.It 77 that these women will start a new life before the trip. Their travelling bags are 78 of all fashionable things. We may think they would attend a fashion show 79 of travelling.
Follow 80 travellers blindly.They _ 81 shopping for objects they would never use. Even in summer, a group of travellers buy "Christmas! " 82 .
new things when they to bring them.The towels near beaches are as 84 as gold leaves. They __85 a lot for the towels that are sleeping at home.
76. Prepare 77. seems 78. full79. instead 80. other
81. keep 82.presents 83. forget 84. expensive 85. pay 扬州市广陵区（2017-2018）
We needn't do the 78 like shopping and watching TV.
If we 79 the bad habits out, we can save time and money.
* Do one thing at a time.
Too many tasks 80 us feel nervous.We just drive 81 making phone calls or learning another language.* Choose lighter and 82 rings and music around us.
Relaxing music and soft music can be 83 between meetings.
Four 77 for
slowing down
everyday life *Enjoy details.
We can watch and enjoy details 84 waiting time.
We can enjoy the 85 dance of the rain on the window of our car.
We can also think of the sweet smell of the roses.
76. healthier 77. tips
78. things 79. cut 80. make 81. no 82. slower 83. helpful 84. while
85. beautiful。