2020年江苏中考英语阅读类题型03,任务型阅读专项突破-2020年江苏中考英语阅读类题型专项突破（原卷版）

2020年江苏中考英语阅读类题型专题03,任务型阅读专项

突破-2020年江苏中考英语阅读类题型专项突破（原卷版）

任务型阅读专项突破

1知识点1任务型阅读概况

综观近年全国各地的中考试题，“任务型阅读”考查的题型主要有：阅读简

答题、阅读填表题，总体上看，它由两部分构成：短文和阅读任务。

1知识点2阅读填表式任务型阅读的题型分类

1.信息查找，直接获取答案型

解题思路：此类题属于细节题，可以直接在原文中能够找到，问题的题干与

原文大致相同，所以所需要的词不需要变换形式，可以直接从文中进行摘抄。

1例题

例1：

原文：Somepsychologists（心理学

家）thinkthatyourtasteinmusicisrelatedto（有联系的）yourpersonality.

题目：Your

inmusicisrelatedtoyourpersonality.

例2：

原文：Musictellsuswhoweare.Musicreflectsthecreators,

thinkingandvalues,aswellasthesocialenvironmentitcamefrom.

题目：

Musicnotonlyreflectsthesocialenvironmentitcamefrombutalsoe*pressespeopl

e'sthinkingand

例3：

原文：Beactiveandhaveapositiveattitude（积极的态

度）towardnfidenceinyourself.

题目：Havean

andpositiveattitudetowardslinfidenceinyourself.

例4：

原文：Rewriteyournotestomakethemmorecompleteandaccurate（准确

的）bychangingabbreviationsintowholewords,symbolsintowords,andshorteneds

entencesintolongersentences.Usethemtoansweryourquestions.Ifneces

sary,askyourteacherforhelp.

题目：Makeyournotesmorecompleteandaccurateto

yourquestions.

例5：

原文：

IfstudentsearnpassinggradesintheclassandalsopasstheirstatedriverJ

se*am,theycanbegindrivingthemselvestoschool.

题目：Theycan

themselvestoschoolwhentheyareoverl6andhavepassedtherequiredtests.

例6：

原文：Sometimesweworkwiththebestofmotives（动

^Donlytobedisappointedbytheresult.

题目：Rememberingyourmotives,notyour

2.信息转换，间接获取型

此类题在实际做题环节时应注意根据问题查找定位信息，但这些信息仅为线

索或某种提示并非最终，一定记得加工分析并转换成另一种表达方式，方为正确。

常见的转换方式：

1）词性转换

名词、动词、形容词、副词等词类间的转化；

在初中范围内，常见的词性转换为：

A）名词变为形容词：

★加y：

直接力口y：health---healthy；frost---frosty；rain---rainy；difficult一

difficulty；

双写为字母力口y：sun---sunny；fog---foggy；

去e力口y：noise—noisy

★加ful或者less：

hopehopeful/hopeless；meaningmeaningful/meaning1ess；wonderwonde

rful；cheer---cheerful；colour---colouful；cheer---cheerful；success---succ

essful；

end---endless；

B）形容词变为副词：

★直接加

ly：careful—carefully；beautiful—beautifully；bad—badly；e*cited—e*

citedly；

★以y结尾将y变为

ily：angry---angrily；heavy---heavily；noisy---noisily；happy---happily；

★以le结尾将le变为ly：fortably；possible-possibly；simple---simply；

★去e力口ly：true—truly.

C）动词/形容词变为名词：

★加ment：

agree—

agreement；treat--treatment；advertise---advertisement；punish---punishme

nt；

improve--improvement；deve1op---deve1opment；

★力口ion：

collect—collection；donate—donation；educate—education；organize—o

rganization；invent---invention；

★加ness：

rich---richness；kind---kindness；ill---illness；ugly---ugliness；sick---si

ckness；sad--sadness

D）动词变为形容词：

★加ed/ing：

surprise—surprising/surprised；e*cite—e*citing/e*cited；tire—tiring

/tired；

please—pleasing（pleasant）/pleased；

1例题

例1：

原文：Don,

twaveyourhandstothewaiters.Englishmenthinkguestsshoulddosomethingtomake

thewaiterspayattentiontothem.ButinFrancesomebreadandwaterwi11comefirst,

thenthewaiterswilltakeyourorderaccordingtotherhythmCT?

奏）0"1131*65匕111'a11七1珀丫061101181^^班6慎0（耐心）!

题目：Englishmencan,tbe

enoughformealswhi1eFrenchmencan.

例2：

原文：Mostteensdon'tknowwhattheirmom'

sfavoriteis.Youdo?Then,whatareyouwaitingfor?Buyhersomethingshelikesandw

rapitcarefully.Thebesttimetogiveherthatiswhilesheissleepingatnight.Puti

tonthedrawerne*ttohersothatwhenshewakesupshe*llbesurprisedtoseeit.

题目：Putitonadrawerne*ttohertogivehera.

例3：

原文：

Aslongasyouhavestudiedwel1,youwi1Ibemoreconfidentofyourchancetosucceedi

natest.

题目：Youruldleadtoyour

inthetest.

例4：

原文：Seif-respectisaveryimportantpartofagreatlife.

题目：Keepingasenseofself-respectisofgreat

toagreatlife.

例5：

原文：

Ifwelookforgoodqualitiesinotherpeople,itiseasiertorememberthegoodqualit

iesinourselves.

题目：Lookforthegoodqualitiesinotherpeopleandwecanrememberoursmore

例6：

原文：

Whydoweneedsleep?Nobodyhasyetcangiveacorrectanswertothisquestion.Howeve

r,testshaveshownthatlack（缺

少）ofs1eepoveraboutfourweeksleadstoastrongdropinbodytemperature,greatwe

ightlossandfinally,sickness.

题目:Whydoweneedsleep?Nobodycananswerthequestion.

2）词意转换

词汇转换包括同义词、反义词等功能替代型转换；

初中范围内（牛津教材）出现的：

A）在单词前加上否定前缀构成形容词的反义词：

★一般情况下，在形容词前加un：

e.g.：necessary---unnecessary；welcome---fortable；

★几种特殊情况，需要再形容词前加in；ir；im；dis等:

e.g.：力口in-：active---inactive；correct---incorrect；

力口ir-:regular---irregular；

力口inr：possible---impossible；patient---impatient；polite---impolite；

加dis-：honest—dishonest；

B）常见的反义词：

cheap---e*pensive；long---short；same---different；hot---cold；happy---sad；

fast—slow；easy—difficult；

generous---selfish；modest---proud；strong---weak；hardworking---lazy；clev

er---silly；remember---forget.

C）常见的同义词：

happiness二joy；strong=powerful；sad=unhappy；afraid=worried；energetic=live

ly；calm=rela*ed；

influence=affect；know=realize；need=require；hope=wish

1例题

例1:

原文：Getyoureadytounderstandnewinformationyourteacherwi1Iprovide.

题目：

tounderstandnewinformation.

例2：

原文：Itissaidthatyouwon,

twanttovisitanyothermountainafterseeingwuyue（五岳）butyouwon,

twishtoseeevenwuyueafteryoucomebackfromit.

题目：Itissaidthatyouwon'

ttovisitanyothermountainafterseeingwuyuebutyouwon,

twishtoseeevenwuyueafter

fromit.

例3：

原文：Besuretorememberthefollowingsafetytips.

题目：Don'

tthesafetytipsifyoufindyourselfinthepathofahurricane.

例4：

原文：

Ifyourmindisful1ofproblemsinthepast,youwil1alwaysfeelashamedandsad.

题目：Don'tletyourmindfilled

themistakesinthepast

例5：

原文：Itisn,trighttofeelbetterbyputtingothersdown.

题目:Itis

tofeelbetterbyputtingothersdown.

3）句子结构转换

语法匹配（to,-ing「ed,主被动语态的转换）、连词、介词的运用、固定句型、

同义句等都属于句子结构转换的内容。

1例题：

例1:

原文：

Inclassroom,yourteacherswilltalkabouttopicsthatyouarestudying.Theinform

ationtheyprovidewillbeimportantforyoutoknowwhenyoutaketests.Soyoumustbe

abletotakegoodwittennotesfroniwhatyourteacherssay.

题目：Theinformationthatis

bytheteachersaboutstudyingtopicsisusefulforyourtests,soitisnecessaryfor

youtolearntakegoodnotes.

例2：

原文：

Englishmenthinkguestsshoulddosomethingtomakethewaiterspayattent题目：

Dosomethingtoattractthe

attention

例3：

原文：Studentsmustspendalotoftimelearnings题目：It

Chinesestudentstoomuchtimetolearnaforeignlanguage.

3.信息归纳题，综合概括获

根据问题查找定位信息，找共性的东西。归纳词的特征包括：概括性（在最大

程度上覆盖栏内信息）、针对性（量体裁衣，大小适度）、醒目性（简洁）。

常见概括性词汇有以下几类，需要学生掌握：

原因：cause（s）/reason（s）

结果/结论：

result(s)//conclusion(s)

目的：purpose/aim

建议提示：

advice/suggestion(s)/tip(s)

问题：problem(s)/trouble

方式方法：method(s)/means/way(s)/manner/solution(s)

措施行动：measure/action

特性，特点：characteristics/feature

好处/坏处：advantage(s)/disadvantage(s)

主题：theme(s)/topic(s)/subject(s)

数字/数据：data/figure(s)

种类：type(s)/kind(s)/

形势/情形：

situation(s)/condition(s)/case(s)

重要性/意义：importance(s)/meaning(s)

1例题：

例1:

原文：

Therearemanythingsyoucandotoimprovethequalityofyoursleep.First,youshoul

dhaveregularsleephabits.Trytogotobedandwakeuparoundthesametimeeachday.Y

oualsoneedtomakeyourbedroomacool,dark,quietplacetosleepsothatheat,light

andnoisedonotdisturbyou.Atnight,youshouldalsoavoidthingsthatcontaincaff

eine,sffee,teaandmanysoftdrinks,ascaffeinemaykeepyoufromsleeping.

题目：Thetitle：

toimprovesleepquality：

Haveregularsleephabits

Makeyourbedroomcool,darkandquiet

Don'tdrinkanythingwithcaffeineatbedtime

例2：

原文：Nowadaysinschoollife,alotofstudentsdevelopafearoftests.It'

snotbecausetestsaresomethingtobeafraidof.Moststudentsareafraidoftestsma

inlybecausetheydonythaveenoughse1f-confidenceandtheydony

talwaysthinktheyarewellprepared.Ifyoufollowthetipsbelow,it'

snotdifficulttoovercome（克服）yourfearoftests.

题目：vercomeyourfearoftests

例3：

题目：Statisties（统计）aboutschoolkids'nothavingbreakfast

Reasons---Theystayuplateatnighttostudyandwanttostayinbedforafewmoreminu

tes.

----Theycan,tlistencarefullyinclass.Theyfeelsleepyallday.

Suggerningmealisnecessary,foritprovidesmuchenergy.

例4：

原文：

Musicprovidesakindofabi1itytoknowtheworIdinadifferentway.Sciencee*plain

showthesunrisesandsets.Musice*plorestheemotivemeanings.Weneedeverypossi

blewaytodiscoverandresponsetoourworldbecausenoonewaycangetitall.

题目：Awaytoknowthewor1d：

Wecan,

tdiscoverandrespondtoourworIdinjustoneway.Sciencee*plainshownature

例5：

原文：

Musicisaformofthought,aspowerfulasscience.11isawaywehumanbeings“talk”

toeachother.Throughthelanguagewee*pressourfeelings,ourdiscoveries,ourid

eas,ourimaginationandourhopessothattheycanbesharedwithothers.Whenwedono

tletourchildrenreceivegoodmusiceducationtwetakeawayfromthemthemeaningst

hatmusice*presses.Sciencedoesnottelluswhatitmeanstobehuman.Musicdoes.

题目：Music,

fromscience,tel1suswhatitmeanstobehuman.

1近三年九年级上期末任务型汇编

年份/区域

主题

文章类型

20**-2018玄武

Anewinvention-thePlantLamp

科技说明文

20**-2018鼓楼

NegativeThoughts

议论文

20**-20**玄武

Howtodeveloprespectforyourself

议论文

20**-20**鼓楼

AFatherJsLettertohisChild

信件

20**-20**玄武

TheWorldisGettingSmaller

议论文

20**-20**鼓楼

Kobe一OneoftheBestBasketbalIPlayers

人物传记

Gettingelectricityhasalwaysbeenaproblemforthel73peoplelivinginNuevoSapo

soa,asmal1vi1lageinPeru,SouthAmerica.However,thingswentworseinMarch20**

afterheavyrainsdestroyedtheonlypowercablesinthearea.Thevillagerswerefor

cedtouseoi1lamps,whicharenotonlye*pensivebutalsodangerousbecauseoftheha

rmfulgasestheyproduce.

Luckily,researchersattheUniversityofTechnology(UT)inLima,Peruheardabout

theirproblemandfoundawonderfulsolution.Theymadealampthatcanbepoweredbyp

lantsandsoil,bothofwhichcanbeeasilyfoundintheAmazonianrainforestwhereth

evillagelies.Thelamptakesenergyfromaplantgrowinginawoodenbo*andusesitto

1ightupanLEDlightbulb.

Whilethatmaysoundamazingandevenimpossible,theseiencebehindtheideaisquit

esimple.Asplantscreatetheirfood(usingthesun'

senergy,waterandchemicalsfromthesoi1),theyalsoproducewastewhichtheyretu

rntothesoil.Tinyanimalsinthesoileatthiswasteandtheyproduceelectrons

子).TheUTteamputspecialsticksinsidethesoiltogettheenergyandkeepitinthel

amp'shatteriesforlateruse.Theresearcherssayasinglecharge

荷)canpowera50-waltLEDlightfortwohours-enoughtimeforlocalvillagerstoget

theireveningworkdone.

TheuniversitygavetenPlantLampstothevi11agersofNuevoSaposoain0ctober20**

.Sofar,theyhavebeenahugesuccess!ElmerRamirez,theUTprofessorwhoinventedt

helamp,believesthePlantLampcouldhelpimprovethelivesofmanypeople,especia

llysmallrainforestcommunities,42%ofwhomhavenoelectricity.

Anewinvention--thePlantLamp

Theprobleminthesmal1vi1lage

ThepeoplelivinginNuevoSaposoaalwayshavemuch56gettingelectrici

ty.Howeverthingswent57fortheonlypowercablestherewasdestroyedbyh

eavyrains.Thevi]lagershadtouseoillamps,___58_____theyaree*pensivetousea

ndcanbebadforhealth.

The___59____tosolvetheproblem

Someresearchersmadeanewkindoflamp.Itcanbepoweredby60objectsfo

undintherainforest--plantsandsoiL

Thelamptakes____61fromaplantgrowinginawoodenbo*andusesitlightupanLE

Dlightbulb.

Theseiencee*planation

Plantscreatetheirfoodandproducewastewhichis____62___tothesoilatthesamet

ime.Sometinyanimalsfeedonthewasteandproduceelectrons.

TheUTteamcangettheenergyandkeepitinthelamp?

sbatteries.Theresearcherssaya50-waltLEDlightcanbepoweredbyasinglecharge

forlocalvil1agersto_____63____theireveningwork.

Conclusion

TenPlantLampsweregiventothevillagersandtheyhavebeenvery64sine

ethen.ElmerRamirez,theinventorofthelamp,65thatP]antLampcou1dhe1pi

mprovethelivesofmanypeople.

Inourdailylifemanypeoplealwayshavenegative（消极

的）thoughts.Beinginanegativespaceisharmfultoourlifeandstudy.Ifyoukeepth

eminmind,youwi11losehopesoonerorlater.Let'

sdriveawaysomeofthemostcommonnegativethoughts.

Noonecaresaboutme.

Sometimesyousaythatyourfamilyandfriendsdon'tcareaboutyou.Maybeyou

rebeingtoonegativeandmisunderstandthegesturesoflovetheyshowyou.Theydon

tevenhavetobebiggestures,buttherearemanycountlesslittlethingstheydofory

ou.Maybeyoujustpaynoattentiontothemandtakethemasgranted.Perhapsyouthink

theydon'tcareaboutyousoyoudon'

tmakeanyeffortinyourrelationships.Startshowingpeopleyoucare,sotheycansh

owyoubackinthesameway.Andifyoudon,

thavegoodrelationshipswiththepeopleyouknow,what'

sstoppingyoufrommakingnewfriends?

Whyisshebetteroff?

ComparingyourselftosomeoneeIseisneverpositive.There'

salwaysgoingtobesomeonewhoisyounger,prettier,smarter,orricherthanyou.If

youkeepadmiringwhatsomeoneelsehas,thenthismaycauseyoutolosethebalancein

yourmind,whichwillopenawholeothernegativecanofworms.Remember,whattheydo

nf

thaveisyourwholepackage.Beproudofwhatyouhave,because!fyouwanttoplaythee

omparisongame,rememberthattherearepeoplewhoarealsoworseoffthanyouare.

I'llneverreachmygoal.

Ifyouthinkyou,renotgoingtobeableto

“getthere”,thinkagain.Therearemanypeoplewhoareworseoffandhaveovercome

moredifficultythanwhatyouarefacing.

Everythingiswithinyourreachas1ongasyouworkhardandhaveapositiveattitude.

Title：

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thoughts

Harm

•Beinginanegativespacurlifeandstudy.

•

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theminmindwi1Imakeyoulosehopesoonerorlater.

Aspectsofnegativethoughts

•Noone

79

aboutme.

Youaretoonegativeto

80

thegesturesofloveyourfamilyandfriendsshowyou.

•Whyisshebetteroff?

Keepingadmiringwhatsomeoneelsemaycausethe

81

ofthebalanceinyourmind.

・I'11neverreachmygoal.

82

ondrivingawaythenegativethoughts

Makeaneffortinyourrelationshipsandstartshowingpeopleyoucare,sotheycansh

owyoubackinthesameway.Andifyoudon,tget

83

welIwiththepeopleyouknow,what'sstoppingyoufrommakingnewfriends?

•Be

84

ofwhatyouhave,becauseifyouwanttoplaythecomparisongame,rememberthatthere

arepeoplewhoarealsoworseoffthanyouare.

Conclusion

•Everythingis

85

yourreachas]ongasyouworkhardandhaveapositiveattitude.

Seif-respectisaveryimportantpartofagreatlife.Self-respectisafeelingofbe

inghappyaboutone'

scharacters,abi1itiesandbeliefs.Ifweareshortofself-respect,wewillbeunsa

fe.Developingself-respectmeansdevelopingself-confidencetodealwithwhatev

erlifethrowsatus.Thefollowingaresomewayswecanimproveourself-respect.

There!sgreatsocialstressfromparents,workandsocietytobecomeacertainperso

nandtoachievecertaingoals.Arealself-respectisimportantthatyoubelieveiny

ourownvaluesandrememberwhatisimportanttoyou.Otherpeoplethinkyoushouldbe

haveinacertainway,butitdoesn'

tmeantheyareright.Everyoneneedstofollowhisorherownpath.Evenifothersdon

trespectyourdecision,itisimportantthatyoudo.

Nobody]ikescriticism（批

评）.Tokeepasenseofself-respect,weneedtolearnhowtodealwithcriticism.Don

ttakecriticismpersonally.Don,

tgetsadbythethingsotherpeoplesayordo.Maybeitiscompletelyuntrue,sopaynoa

ttentiontoit.Ifthereissometruth,wecanuseittodevelopourcharacters.Howeve

r,itisimportantnottotakecriticismtoopersonally.

Jealousy（嫉妒）ofotherpeople'

ssuccessisacommonwayoflosingourhappinessandself-respect.Jealousyissimpl

yenvyofotherpeople,

ssuccess.Wefeelunhappywhenwecannotenjoytheirsuccess.Thetruthisthatthere

willalwaysbresuccessfulthanus.Themethodforlastingself-respectistobehapp

ywithothers'success.

Ifyouhavenorespectforothers,howcanyouhaveself-respect?Itisn,

trighttofeelbetterbyputtingothersdown.Ifwelookforgoodqualitiesinotherpe

ople,itiseasiertorememberthegoodqualitiesinourseives.

Forgiveothersandyourself.Don,

tliveinthepast,butmoveonfromthepastmistakesanddifficultsituations.Ifyou

rmindisfullofproblemsinthepast,youwi11alwaysfeelashamedandsad.Self-resp

ectcomeswhenwevalueourattitudetowardslifeandotherpeople.

Sometimesweworkwiththebestofmotives（动

机）onlytobedisappointedbytheresult.Itisthenatureoflifethatthingswillnot

turnoutaswehoped,butitisamistaketolinkoursenseofself-respecttotheachiev

ementoftargets.

Title

Howtodeveloprespectforyourself

Theme

Keepingasenseofself-respectisofgreat56toagreatlife.

Tdeaofself-respect

Self-respectisafeelingofbeinghappywithone,

scharacters,abi1itiesandbeliefs.Itcanmakeone____57self-confidenc

eofdealingwithallkindsofproblemsinone,slife.

58______todevelopSelf-respect

Beingtruetoyourself［来源：Z**k.Com］

Believeinyourownvaluesand59yourownpath.［来源：学，科，网

［来源：Com］

Learningtodealwithcriticism

•Neverget_____60

bythingsotherpeopledoorsay.

Paynoattentiontountruecriticismandtrytomakeprogressfromtruecriticism.

Avoidingjealousy

•Jealousywillleadfyourhappinessandself-respect.

•Learntobe__62

whenothersbecomesuccessful..

Respectingothers

•Itis63

tofeelbetterbyputtingothersdown.

•

Lookforthegoodqualitiesinotherpeopleandwecanrememberoursmoreeasily.

Forgiving

Moveonfromthepastmistakesmadebyothersoryourself.

Don,tletyourmindfilled64

themistakesinthepast.

Rememberingyourmotives,notyour65.

Ttisnormalthatweworkwithstrongmotives,butfai1tomakeachievement.

You'reonlythreeyearsold,andatthispointinyourlifeyoucany

tread,muchlessunderstandwhatl'11tellyouinthisletter.ButIJ

vethoughtalotaboutthelifethatyouhaveaheadofyou,andaboutmyroleasadadintr

yingtoprepareyouforthedifficultiesthatyou,llface.

Thopetohelpyoualongyourpathbysharingsomeofthebestofwhatly

velearned.Aswithanyadvice,takeitwithagrainofsalt.Whatworksformemightnot

workforyou.

Lifecanbeunkind

Therewi1Ibepeopleinyourlifewhowon'tbeverynice.They'

11laughatyouortrytohurtyoubecauseyou?redifferent.There'

snotmuchyoucandoaboutthesepeoplee*cepttolearntodealwiththem,andlearntoc

hoosefriendswhoarekindtoyouandwhomakeyoufeelgoodaboutyourself.Whenyoufi

ndfriendslikethistreasurethem,spendtimewiththemanBeopentolifeanyway

Yes,you'1Ifindunkindnessandpaininyourjourneythrough!ife,butdon,

tletthatcloseyoutonewvebackfromlife,don,

thideorwallyourselfoff.Beopentonewthings,newe*periences,Lifeisn,

tacompetition

Youwi11meetmanypeoplewhowi11trytodobetterthanyou,inschool,incollege,atw

ork.Tothemlifeisacompetition.Buthere,sthesecret：lifeisn'

tacompetition.It'

sajourney.Learntoenjoythejourneyandmakeitajourneyofhappiness,ofcontinua

1improvement,Loveshouldbeyourrule

Ifthere,

sasing1ewordyoushou1d1iveyour1ifeby,itshouldbethis：love.Itmightsoundout

ofdatelknow,buttrustme,therer

snobetterruleinlife.Lovenotonlyyourlovedones,butyourneighbors,yourco-wo

rkers,strangers,evenyourenemy.Thepersonwhoishardestonyou,unkindtoyou...

,lovehim.Heismostinneedofyourlove.Andmostofall,loveyourselfandlearntolo

veyourseIfforwhoyouare.

Finally,knowthat11oveyouandalwayswi11.Youarestartingoutonanunknown,tiri

ng,scary,butbadlywonderfuljourney,andalwaysrememberlwillbethereforyouwh

enlcan.

Love,

YourDad

Afather's___76tohischild

Reasons

___77____

Lifecanbeunkind

Youmaymeetsome78peopleinyourlife.

Tolearntodealwiththem.

Tochoosetherightfriendsand79them,spendtimewiththemandlovethem.

Beopentolifeanyway

Therewi11beunkindnessandpaininyour___80____throughlife.

Be___81___tonewthings,newe*periences,newpeople.

Lifeisn,ta___82___

Youwillmeetmcinypeoplewhowilltrytodobetterthanyou.

Learntoenjoythejourneyandmakeitajourneyof83___,ofcontinualimprovem

ent,oflove.

Loveshou1dbeyourru1e

It'sthe84ruleinlife.

Loveyourselfand___85___aroundyou

Telephone,television,radio,telegraphandthelnternetalunicatewitheachothe

r.Asaresult,ideasandnewsofeventsspreadquicklyallovertheworId.Fore*ample

,withinseconds,peoplecanknowtheresultsofanelectioninanothercountry.Anin

ternationalfoesintothehomesofeveryonewithatelevisionset.Newsofadisaster

suchasanearthquakeoraf1oodcanbringhe1pfromdistantcountrieswithinhours.H

elpisontheway.Becauseofmoderntechnologylikethesatellitesthattravelaroun

dtheworld,informationtrave1sfast.

Howhasthisspeedofcommunicationchangedtheworld?Tomanypeople,theworldhasb

ecomesmaller.Ofcoursethisdoesnotmeanthattheworldisactuallyphysicallysma

Her.Itmeansthattheworldseemssmaller.Twohundredyearsago,communicationbe

tweenthecontinentstookalongtime.Allnewswascarriedonshipsthattookweeksor

evenmonthstocrosstheocean.Tntheseventeenthandeighteenthcenturies,ittook

si*weeksfornewsfromEuropetoreachAmerica.Thistimedifferenceinfluencedpeo

ple,

sactions.Fore*ample,onebattle,orfight,intheWarof1812betweenEnglandandth

eUnitedStatescouldhavebeenavoided.Apeaceagreementhadalreadybeensigned.P

eacewasmadcinEngland,butthenewsofpeacetooksi*weekstoreachAmerica.During

thesesi*weeks,thelargeandseriousBattleofNewOrleanswasfought.Manypeople1

osttheirlivesafterapeacetreatyhadbeensigned.Inthepast,communicationtook

muchmoretimethanitdoesnow.

Therewasagoodreasonwhytheworldseemedsomuchlargerthanitdoestoday.

Withthehelpofmoderntechnology,it'

smucheasiertogetmoreinformationwithinashor11ime.Ourlivesarebecomingfast

erandfaster.

Title：TheWorIdisGetting(66)

Theme

(67)Betweenpeopleorcountriesisbecomingmucheasierbecauseoftelevi

sion,telephone,radio,telegraphandthelnternet.

Ideasandnewsofeventsspreadquickly(68)theworld.

E*amples

(nowadays)

Peoplecanknowthe___69___ofavotethatisbeingheldinanothertheir

countrywithinseconds.

AninternationalfoesintothehomesofeveryonewithaTV

set.

Peoplefromdistantcountriesgivetheir_70withinhourswhenthey

knowthenewsofadisasterlikeanearthquakeoraflood.

E*amples

(inthe_71__)

Two(72)ago,communicationbetweenthecont