中考初中英语备考练习题---任务型阅读：回答问题型(含答案)

1、中考任务型阅读练习题1If you have seen the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean （ 加勒比海盗） ”， you must rememberJohnny Depp who played the leading role as the captain（ 船长 ）.The Pirates were such successful movies that they climbed to the top of all the most popular movie lists. At the same time, Depp became one of the

2、 most popular actors in Hollywood. Depp owns a large number of fans from the young to the old. Right now, Johnny Depp's time has arrived. He has been named “ favoritea ctor " for seven years in a row. Also, he was chosen as “ the sexist（最性感的） man alive ” by PeMopalgeazine.But success never

3、came easily for him. It took a long time to make Depp remembered by the public. He was able to catch people eyes witsh roles in many movies from the family film like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ” to the serious film like Public E“nemies”， which was chosen as"best movie "for 2009.Joh

4、nny Depp is a person who never gives up trying a new start. Because of his increasing popularity, Depp was invited to play the screen role as the Mad Hatt er in A“lice in Wonderland ” directed by Tim Burton. “ Deppcan always bring the film surprise and we're expecting his wonderful performances

5、all the time, ” he sai.d1 .Which role made Depp one of the most popular actors in Hollywood?2 .Who loves Depp, the young or the old?3 .Is "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory "a serious film?4 .How many movie names are mentioned in the passage?5 .What can you learn from Johnny Depp?2Once the

6、re was a rich baker（ 面包师 ）. He called the poorest children in town to his store and gave one loaf（条 ） of bread to each of them and told them to come back every day for bread.Rather than being thankful to the baker , ms kainnyd noef sthse children fought about whowould get the largest loaf. They were

7、 not pleased with their present poor life and just thought about themselves.However, there was one little girl in the crowd（ 人群 ） who was different from others. Day after day, patiently, she waited for the others to stop fighting, and she took the smallest loaf. Then, she thanked the baker and share

8、d it with her family.One day，while slicing（ 将 切片） the bread， her mother found several silver coins insidethe loaf. Quite surprised, she showed her daughter what she had discovered in the bread.50, the next day, the children went back to the store.The little girl also returned. She showed the silver

9、coins to the baker and said, "Sir, we found the money inside the loaf of bread that you gave to us. You must have accidentally dropped the coins while you were baking the loaf.“ I didn't make a mistake. These are yours to keep,as aprize for your patience and honesty, ” said the baker.1. Wer

10、e all the children thankful to the kind baker?2. What did the girl do after she took the bread?3. Who put the coins into the girl _s_b_r_e_a_d_?4. How did the girl decide to deal with the silver coins?5. What do you think of the girl?3A rich woman had a valuable and beautiful vase（花瓶）and she was ver

11、y proud of it. Shedecided to paint her bedroom the same color as the vase. Several painters tried to mix the color right, but none came close enough to satisfy（ 使 满意 ） the woman. Finally ， a painter named Peter came along. He was very confident and told the woman that he could be sure to mix the rig

12、ht color.And he succeeded. The woman was very satisfied with the result and Peter the painter became very famous.Many years later, Peter retired（ 退休 ）and turned his business over to his son. " Dad, "asked the son， “ There s one thing I ve been very cur好奇的 ious（ ） about. How did you get tho

13、se walls to match（匹配）the vase so perfectly?”"Easy, my son, " Peter the painter answered. "I painted the vase! ”1. Did the vase cost a lot of money?2. .What did the woman decide to do?3. Who was the woman satisfied with at last?4. How did Peter get those walls to match the vase so perf

14、ectly?5. What do you think of Peter?4Have you seen advertisements about hair care products? The models have shining hair like jewels. But now making hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products, because hair can be made into real jewels. Believe it or not, a company called LifeGem in the U

15、S makes it possible.The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making them into diamonds. Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethoven's hair to show their latest technology. The work will take about 7 months.In the end, Beethoven's long hair will beco

16、me three shining diamonds.Since the great musician died in 1827, you may wonder where they got Beethoven's hair. A man called John Reznikoff gave the hair to the company. He holds the Guinness World Record for the latest and most valuable collection of celebrity（ 名人 ）hair. His collection also in

17、cludes hair of Napoleon, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. In total, the collection is worth over five million dollars.Though it sounds unbelievable, diamonds made with hair are for the families to remember the dead.1. What does the company of LifeGem do?2. How did the company ge

18、t Beethoven's hair?3. How long will the work take?4. John Reznikoff doesn t collect Albert Einsteinh e?s hair, does5. What are the diamonds made with hair for?5More than ten years ago, it was modern to call someone in the red telephone boxes on the streets. At that time,these red telephone boxes

19、 let the young children express their feelings to their parents. These red telephone boxes made the two persons who loved each other become a couple. These red telephone boxes recorded many happiness and sorrows in the daily life. However, as the mobile phones become more and more popular among peop

20、le, the red telephone boxes lose their meanings. They are removed from the streets. It means the end of an age. It once gave people shelter（庇护） and comfort to keep in touch.But in the city of Shanghai, the local managers have a different thought for the red boxes. The 263 telephone boxes in Shanghai

21、's Xuhui District will be turned into mini-library stands. The mini-library stand has six different themes. The telephone boxes will offer up to 60 books for people to borrow and read.“ It is very important to create an atmosphere（氛围） to encourage people to read. If there is aplace to read near

22、a bus station, they might read while waiting for the bus. We hope these telephone boxes will encourage people to form good reading habits, "said Li Mingyi, the head of the Xuhui District Cultural Bureau.1. What could young children do with the red telephone boxes?2. What gradually replaced thes

23、e red telephone boxes?3. The disappearance of red telephone boxes means the end of an age, doesn t? i t4. Where will the telephone boxes be turned into mini-library stands?5. How do you like the mini-library stands set up near the bus station?6Lu Yu had an unusual life. He lived in the Tang Dynasty.

24、 As a homeless child, he lived in Longgai Temple（寺庙） and studied there including boiling tea. Jingling Prefect（太守 ） Li Qiwuliked the smart boy when Lu Yu was thirteen. He not only gave Lu Yu books as gifts but also introduced him to a famous teacher. Lu Yu learned from his teacher until he was ninet

25、een. He also made good friends with famous people. They often traveled, tasted tea and talked about poems together.At the age of twenty-one, Lu Yu started to study on different kinds of tea. He left Jingling and traveled around the country to search for famous tea. To study on tea picking and tea ma

26、king skills well, Lu Yu lived a long life of reclusion（ 隐居 ）in Tiaoxi. After that, he lived in Miaoxi Temple, collecting, checking, studying and reading documents （资料 ）about tea. Over years, he finally wrote the first book on the study of tea. That was the book Tea Classic（ 茶经 ）， which was also the

27、first book in the world on tea studies. This book has over seven thousand Chinese words, including the production place, the morphology（ 形态 ） and the growing environment of tea trees as well as tea picking, tea drinking and tea production tools and methods.Tea Classic has a great influence on Chines

28、e tea culture. Lu Yu is still called Tea God today. 1. Who helped Lu Yu a lot at the age of thirteen?2. When did Lu Yu start to study tea?3. Did Lu Yu travel around the country to search for his teacher?4. What kind of lifestyle did Lu Yu live in Tiaoxi?5. How do you evaluate（ 评价 ） Tea Classic?7Vinc

29、ent Van Gogh（ 梵高 ）was born in the Netherlands in 1853. Although he enjoyed drawing from the time he was a young boy, Vincent had a number of other jobs before he decided to work as an artist full time. But he failed at most of them. He liked to draw pictures of poor hardworking people. Later he bega

30、n to paint using oil paints. In this early part of his life,Vincent used dark colors such as browns and dark greens. His pictures were often sad or somber （ 忧郁的 ）. His most famous early painting was called The Potato Eaters. It was a dark picture of a peasant（ 农民 ） family eating potatoes for dinner.

31、In 1886 Vincent moved to Paris to learn from the new painters. During this time, Vincent began to use brighter colors. He painted subjects from the streets and cafes of Paris as well as the countryside. He also became interested in painting portraits（ 肖像画 ）.In 1888 Van Gogh created an artists' c

32、lub in the south of Arles（ 阿尔勒 ）. He lived in a yellow house and invited artists to join him. He loved the bright sun of Arles. Vincent painted hundreds of pictures during this time. He got crazy about art. In 1889 he sent himself to hospital, and he could hardly take care of himself. He still conti

33、nued to paint and one of his most famous paintings called Starry Night was created at that timeVan Gogh s mental state（精神状态） became worse.On July 29, 1890 he killed himself with agun. Although he was not famous during his lifetime, today he is considered as one of the greatest artists in the world.M

34、any of his paintings sell for millions of dollars today.1. When was Vincent Van Gogh born?2. What was the name of his most famous painting in his early life?3. Did he give up painting when he was sent to hospital?4. How did Van Gogh die?5. What do people think of V an Gogh?8Beijing Opera is the most

35、 representative of all Chinese traditional dramatic art forms and the largest Chinese opera form. Having a history of about 200 years, it is developed from absorbing（吸收） many other dramatic forms, mostly from the local drama Huiban , which waspopular in South China during the 18th century. It is a s

36、cenic（戏剧的 ）art integrating music, performance, literature, aria, and face painting.Theatrical art forms in many other countries do not present singing, dancing and spoken parts in one single drama. An opera singer, for example, neither dances nor speaks on stage;there are no singing or dancing parts

37、 in a modern play;in a dance drama, the dancer has no speaking role and does not sing either. Traditional Chinese drama,including Beijing Opera, is a kind of entertainment which includes spoken parts, singing, dancing and acrobatics（ 杂技 ）In addition to its presence in China, Beijing Opera has spread

38、 to many other places. Mei Lanfang, one of the most famous performers （表演者 ） of all time， was the first to introduce Beijing Opera to foreigners and made highly successful tours to foreign countries.“ You will be puzzled（ 困惑的 ） all the way through and a little bored from time to time; but you will b

39、e charmed and interested. You will be strongly attracted to Beijing Opera even if you know nothing of the dramatic background. "This is how one American traveller described his first experience in watching Beijing Opera.Beijing Opera is China's national opera and it is full of Chinese cultu

40、ral traditions. Welcometo China and enjoy Beijing Opera!1. When did Beijing opera come into being?2. What makes Beijing Opera different from theatrical art forms in many other countries?3. Who was the first to introduce Beijing Opera to foreigners?4. Did the American traveller enjoy watching Beijing

41、 Opera?5. Why is Beijing Opera China's national opera?9If you ever go to the US and eat at a restaurant, there's a very important difference you should know about. US people have a custom to give money to waiters and waitresses as a tip for their work.But why is this? Shouldn't waiters g

42、et paid enough by their bosses? Well, many waiters and waitresses get paid below the US minimum wage（ 最低工资） and work for tips to make up for that.According to the American travel website TripAdvisor ， some states pay their servers（ 服务员 ） only 2. 13（about 14 yuan ）per hour.While no one makes you tip,

43、 if you are at a sit-down restaurant, it is usually expected that you tip your waiter 15 to 20 percent of what your bill is.It's not just for waiters either. Hotel maids, hairdressers and taxi drivers also usually work for tips. But it is much more expected to tip waiters.The US hasn t always ha

44、d this tipping culture. In fact, people were mostly against it until the Prohibition Era（禁酒令时代） in the1920s. The government said no one could sell alcohol （酒 ）.Then, restaurants had trouble making enough money. So, they started to ask people to tip their waiters.This tipping culture has lasted throu

45、gh the years, but most people dont like it. Some thinkrestaurant bosses use it as an excuse to not pay their workers well.There isn't much action being taken to make a change yet.So, for now,be sure to tip your waiter when in the US.1. What's the very important difference when you go to the

46、US?2. Are waiters and waitresses well paid in the US?3. Who also work for tips in the US?4. Why did the restaurants start to ask people to tip their waiters ?5. What do most people think of this tipping culture?10Waves(波浪) are beautiful to look at ， but huge waves are greatly harmful to ships at sea

47、, aswell as houses and buildings near the seaside. What causes waves? Most waves are caused by winds blowing over the surface of the water. The sun heats the earth, causing the air to rise and the winds to blow. The winds blow across the sea, pushing little waves into bigger and bigger ones.The size

48、 of a wave is decided by how strong the wind is, how long it blows, and how large the body of water is.In a small bay, big waves will never build up. But at sea the wind can build up big, powerful waves.It is believed that the height of a wave(in meters )will usually be no more than one-tenth of the

49、 wind's speed(in kilometers ). In other words, when the wind is blowing at 120 kilometers an hour, most waves will be 12 meters high or less. Of course, some waves may come together to form big waves that are much higher.1. What are huge waves greatly harmful to?2. What cause most waves?3. Why a

50、re there winds?4. Can big waves build up in a small bay?5. How high will most waves be when the wind is blowing at 120 kilometers an hour?10参考答案：Passage 1【主旨大意本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍加勒比海盗的主演约翰尼·德普，他的成功来之不易，他也从不放弃尝试新的东西。1. The captain(in Pirates of the Caribbean ).2. Both/Both the young and the old/The yo

51、ung and the old.3. No/No, it isn t.4. Four/4.5. We should never give up trying a new start. (开放答案，合理即可)Passage 2【主旨大意本文是一篇记叙文。通过讲述一个懂得谦让和感恩的小女孩最后得到好心的面包师的奖励的故事，告诉我们:做人要懂得谦让和感恩。2. No, they weren't.2. She thanked the baker and shared it with her family.3.The baker. /The baker put the coins into th

52、e girl's bread.4.She decided to give them back/return them to the baker.5. She is a grateful, kind and honest girl.Passage 3【主旨大意本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了一位贵妇想把自己的卧室刷成和一个珍贵的花瓶一样的颜色，但是很多油漆工不能调出花瓶的颜色，后来一位叫彼得的油漆工把花瓶刷成了和卧室一样的颜色。文章告诉我们:有时候要换一种角度思考问题。1. Yes. /Yes, it did.2. She decided to paint her bedroom the s

53、ame color as the vase.3. Peter /Peter the painter.4. He painted the vase ( the same color as the bedroom)./By painting the vase( the same color as the bedroom).5. Clever/Excellent/Successful/Famous/Confident.Passage 4主旨大意本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了Lifegem 公司是一家专门把逝者的头发制作成珠宝的公司，其目的是为了让人们纪念逝去的家人。1. It is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making them into diamonds2. From John Reznikoff.3. It will take about 7 months/About 7 months.4. Yes. he does.5. To remember the dead for the families.Passage 5主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了10 多年以前,路边的电话亭给人们带来了很多美好的记忆，但是手机出现后这些电话亭就没