外研版八上英语任务型阅读（含答案解析）

外研版八上英语任务型阅读（含答案解析）任务型阅读：阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题。

（一）

WhenJohnmovedtoAmerica,hecouldspeaklittleEnglish.Heworkedhard,andhisEnglishimprovedalotwhenhewasinGrade9.Butpeoplecouldstillhardlyunderstandhimbecauseofhisaccent（口音）.

Oneday,hewasplayingaguessinggame.Whenhesaidsomething,somepeoplelaughed（笑.Hefeltsad.Hecouldn'tpronouncetheword"purple"right.

Whenthesummerprogrammewasabouttostart,hewasafraidtotakepartinit.Later,oneofhisfriendscheeredhimupandtoldhimtopractiseEnglishpronunciationmoreoftenanddowhathewantedtodo.Then,hedecidedtogiveitatry.Afterweeksofhardwork,hispronunciationimprovedabit.

Attheprogramme,hesilldidn'tspeaktoomuch.Heknewitwasdifficultforotherstounderstandhimbecausehispronunciationwasstillpoor.Hesaidsorrytotheteachersandstudentsintheprogramme,becausehedidn'twantthemtothinkthathewasunfriendly.Buttheywereallveryfriendlytohim!Slowly,withthehelpofteachersandstudents,hispronunciationimprovedalot.ForJohn,hewouldn'tletthatstophimfromimproving.

WhywasitdifficultforpeopletounderstandJohn’sEnglish？

WhatdidJohnfailtodointheguessinggame

WhocheeredJohnuptotakepartinthesummerprogramme

HowwasJohn’spronunciationintheend

Whatisthemain,purposeofthispassage

（二）

The21-year-oldshadowpuppetry（皮影戏）loverHannaLewisshowedtwohundredvideosofshadowplaysontheInternetin2023.Morethantwentythousandpeoplelikedthesevideos.

HannacametoChinafromArmeniafiveyearsago.Shelikeddifferenttraditionalthingsindifferentcountries.SheoncewatchedawonderfulshadowpuppetryshowinBeijing,andthensheknewthiswaswhatshewantedtodo.Then,Hannastartedherwayofleaningtomakeshadowpuppets.

Atfirst,Hannaspentherweekendswatchingheshadowpuppetryshows,andsherecordedthesewonderfulshowsinshortvideos.TounderstandthestoriesandChineseculture（文化)better,shelearnedabouttraditionalChineseculturecarefullyinhistorymuseums.Afterthat,shewaitedsomeoldactorsandleanedtomakeshadowpuppets.

Hannawantedtomakeherfilmmoreinterestingsothatpeoplecouldloveitshadowpuppetryafterseeing.TheactorshelpedHannamakeherlearningexperience(经历)intoshortvideos.HervideoswonmanyfansfromArmeniaandallovertheworld.

1.HowmanyvideosdidHannashowin2023

WhendidHannafallinlovewithshadowpuppetry

HowdidHannaunderstandtraditionalChineseculture

Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it"referto

WhatkindoftraditionalChineseplaydoyoulikeWhy

（三）

WhenyouarelearningEnglish,readingcanbeimportantandhelpful.Whenyouread,youcannotonlylearnsomenewwords,butalsolearn,howtousetheseEnglishwords.Whenyouread,thesentencesinthereadingmaterials（素材）cangiveyougoodexamplesofwriting.Herearesomegoodreadingtips.

Trytoreadsomethingattherightlevel.Readsomethingthatyoucanmoreorlessunderstand.Ifyoualwayshavetostopanduseadictionaryeverytimeyoureadafewnewwords,thebookmaybetoodifficultforyou.

Trytoimproveyourvocabulary.Whentherearefourorfivenewwordsinapassage,don'tlookthemupatonce.Youshouldtrytoguesstheirmeaningsasyoureadfirst.Thenyoushouldwritethemdowninthenotebookandtrytomemorisethem.

Trytoreadregularly（有规律地）.Readforashorttimeeveryday.ReadingforfifteenminuteseverydayisbetterthantwohourseverySunday.

Readwhatinterestsyou.Chooseanoveloramagazineaboutthesubjectthatyoulikebecauseyouaregoingtospendmoneyandtimebuyingandreadingit.

1.Whatcanwelearnwhenweread

2.Whatshouldwedofirstifwemeetnewwords

3.Whereshouldwewritethenewwordsdownwhenweread,inthepassageorinthenotebook

4.Whyshouldwechooseanoveloramagazineaboutthesubjectthatwelike

5.Howmanytipsdoesthewritergiveus

（四）

Chengduismyhometown,anditisknownforpandasandthehotpot（火锅）.Nowletmehelpyouknowmoreaboutmyhometown.

TheteahousesareimportantinChengdupeople'slife.Theyareeverywhereinthecity.TheyarenotjustplacestodrinkteabutplacestomeetfriendsandlistentotheSichuanOpera,andmostcommonly,playmahjong（麻将）.Asalocalsayinggoes,“Ifyoucan'tfindsomeoneinChengdu,heorsheiseitherplayingmahjongoronthewaytoplayingmahjong."

ThereislotsofwonderfulfoodinChengdu,likeDandannoodlesandMeatDumplingsinSpicySauce（红油抄手）.Butthey'remoredeliciousinsmallrestaurantsthaninlargerestaurants.

WouldyouliketotakeatriptoChengduMarchtoJuneandSeptembertoNovemberarethebesttimetogoonatriphere.It'snottoohotortoocold.

TovisitChengdubetter,youcantakebusesorridebikes.It'salsoagoodideatotaketheundergroundtogoaroundit,becauseitismuchfaster.

1.WhatisChengdufamousfor

2.WhatareimportantinChengdupeople'slife

3.WherecanpeoplehavemoredeliciousDandannoodlesinChengdu

4.WhenisthebesttimetovisitChengdu,January,July,orOctober

5.WhydoesthewriteradvisepeopletovisitChengdubyunderground

（五）

Oneday,agroupoftouristsfromAustraliaclimbedalargerockintheCentralParkofNewYorkCity.Theytookpicturesofoneanotherwiththehigh-risebuildingsinthebackground.Likemanyothertourists,theydidn’trealizethathighinanearbytree,therewassomethingmoreworthyofattention:aneagle-owl（雕鹗）namedFlaco.

Earlierthatmonth,thebirdFlacomadehisgreatescape（逃跑）fromtheCentralParkZoo.Thezookeepersthentriedseveraltimestocatchhimbutwereunsuccessful.Heseemedtobeinnohurrytoreturntothezoo.

OlgaTorrey,aphotographer,hasbeenphotographinganimalsincityparksfor12years.SinceFlacoescaped,Torreyhaskeptacloseeyeonhim.Shewonderedifhewouldeverreturntothezo0.“Oncehegetsatasteoffreedom,I'mnotsure..."shesaid.

Still,eachdayspentoutsideputsFlacoindanger.Hemightaccidentallyhitwindowsandgetinjured（受伤）whileflying.Moreover,theeagle-owllivedhiswholelifeinthezoointhePast.Homaynotbeusedtofindingfoodonhisown.Andithemadeamealofarat（耗子）,itmightharmhishealth-theratmightcontainpoison（含有毒物）.

ThezoohashadtheworkerscarefullywatchFlacoallthetime,astheyareworriedabouthissafely.HasFlacoeatenanythingtodayHashegotinjuredtoday

Well,anotherdayofwatchinghasnowbegun.

1.WheredidFlacoescapefrom

2.WhatisOlgaTorrey'sjob

3.fFlacomadeamealofarat,whatmighthappentohim

4.WhydothezooworkerskeepwatchingFlacocarefully

5.ShouldwegetFlacobacktothezooWhyorwhynot

（六）

Fireisusefulandimportanttous.Youuseittocookmealseveryday.Butifyouarenotcareful,afiremaytakeplaceanytime.Manypeoplegethurtordieinfires.Soknowinghowtoprotectyourselfinafireisveryimportant.

Whenafirehappens,thefirstthingyoumustdoistofindsafewaystogetawayquickly.Ifyouareintherelativelyhighfloorsofthebuilding,youcan'tusethelift.Youshouldrunoutalongthestairs.Fromthelowerfloorsofthebuilding,youcanjumpoutthroughthewindowsifitisnecessary（有必要的）andsafeenough.

Ifyoucan'tgetoutoftheroom,youmustbecarefulofthesmoke.Infact,mostofthepeoplediefromtheheavysmokeinfires.Findsomethingwettocoveryournoseandmouth.Keeplowtotheground,andyouwilltakein（吸入）lesssmoke.Andyoucanalsoopenthewindow,keepyourheadoutsidetogetfreshairandshoutforhelp.

Remember：Nothingismoreimportantthanyourlife.Youmustleaveeverythingbehind,includingyourmoney,yourvaluablepossessions（所有物）andsoon.Afteryou'reout,don'tgobackforanything.

Followthesetips,andyoucankeepsafeinafire.

1.Isitveryimportanttoknowhowtoprotectnourselvesinafire

2.Whatcan'tweuseifweareintherelativelyhighfloorsofthebuilding

3.Whatcanwedototakeinlesssmoke

4.Whatdomostpeoplediefrominfires

5.Whatisthemostimportantthingweshouldrememberinafireaccordingtothepassage

（七）

Canadaisabigcountrywithalargearea,butithasasmallpopulation.ItliesinNorthAmericawiththeoceanarounditinthreedirectionsexceptinthesouth,wheretheUnitedStatesis.TheGreatLakesarebetweenCanadaandtheUnitedStates.Therearemanylakesandislandsinthecoastalareas.Canadianscareabouttheenvironmentverymuch.ThegovernmentandthepeopleinCanadatrytheirbesttoprotecttheenvironment.SoinCanada,theairisfresh,thewaterisclean,andtheskyisblue.ManytouristsliketotravelinCanadaandliveforsometimetorelaxthemselves.

TheclimateinCanadaisdifferentfromareatoarea.Itiswetinthewestandeast,butcoldinthenorth.Canadaisrichinnaturalresources,suchasforests,freshwater,coal,oilandsoon.Farmlandmainlyliesinthesouthwherefarmersgrowlotsofcornandwheat.Therearemanybigfarmsthere.ThefarmersworkhardsothatthepeopleinCanadacangetenoughgoodfoodfortheirdailylife.Industryinthiscountryiswelldevelopedandthetransportisveryconvenient.ThelivingsurroundingsinCanadaareamongthebestintheworld.Canadiansenjoythemselvesandliveahappylife.

1.Wherearemanylakesandislands

2.IstheairinCanadafreshordirty

3.What'stheclimateinthenorthofCanada

4.Wheredoesthefarmlandmainlylie

5.WhatinCanadaareamongthebestintheworld

（八）

Nepal（尼泊尔）isfamousas“thelandofsnowymountains’onearth.It'swellworthvisiting.SowhenisthebesttimetovisitNepal

Qomolangmaisthehighestmountainonearth,andpartofitliesinthenorthofNepal,whilePlainofTerai（德赖平原）isthelowestareawithanaveragealtitude（海拔）of150—300metres.Forsuchahugealtitudedrop,youwillseefiveseasonsinNepal:autumn,winter,spring,summerandthemonsoon（雨季）.

TheautumnmonthsofOctoberandNovemberareconsideredtheperfecttimeforadventuretoursinNepal.YoucanalsoenjoytheDashainFestival,a15-day-longandthemostcolourfulfestivalinNepal.

ThetemperaturebeginstodropinDecemberandJanuary.WinterisperfectforvisitingtheChitwanNationalParkinthesouthofNepal.Thereyouwillgetthebestchancetoseerhinos（犀牛）aswellasBengaltigersandelephants.Duringthespring,fromFebruarytoApril,temperaturesslowlygoup.Thedaysarelongerandareperfectforhikingandadventuretours.Youcanalsoenjoysomepopularfestivals,liketheNepaleseNewYearinApril.

May,however,pushesthetemperatureabithigher.Therealsummerisquicklycutshortbythebeginningofthemonsoonseason.Itbeginstorainfrommid-JunetoSeptember.Youcanexpectaround3hoursofraineverydayduringthisseason.

1.WhyaretherefiveseasonsinNepal

2.WhatistheDashainFestivalinNepal

3.WhatanimalscouldvisitorsseeintheChitwanNationalPark

4.WhichseasonisrightforadventuretoursinNepal

5.WhyisthesummertimeinNepalshort

参考答案：

（一）本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了John到了美国后、虽然努力学习，英语提升了很多。但是因为他的口音问题人们还是很难听懂他说的话。在朋友和老师的帮助下，他不断练习，提升自己的发音，即使不够完美，他认为没有什么能阻止他变得更好。

1.Becauseofhisaccent.

2.Hecouldn't/failedtopronouncetheword“purple"right.

3.Oneofhisfriends.

4.Hispronunciationimprovedalot/ltimprovedalot./Itbecamebetter.

5.Totellusnothingcanstopusfromimproving/beingbetter/gettingbetter.

（二）本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了一个名叫Hana的皮影戏爱好者是如何学习及推广皮影戏的。

1.200./Twohundred.

2.AfterwatchingshewatchedashadowpuppetryshowinBeijing

3.BylearningabouttraditionalChineseculturecarefullyinhistorymuseums.

4.Hanna's(interesting)film./ItreferstoHanna’s(interesting)film

5.IlikeQinqiangOperabecauseitsoundsexciting/IlikeBeijingOperalbecauseitisverywonderful.

（三）本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了提高英语阅读水平的不同的高效阅读方法。

1.WecanlearnsomenewwordsandhowtousetheseEnglishwords(whenweread).

根据第一段的第二句“Whenyouread,youcannotonlylearnsomenewwords,butalsolearnhowtousetheseEnglishwords."可知答案。

2.Weshouldtrytoguesstheirmeaningsfirst.

根据第三段的“Whentherearefourorfivenewwordsinapassage,don'tlookthemupatonce.Youshouldtrytoguesstheirmeaningsasyoureadfirst."可知答案。

3.Weshouldwritethenewwordsdowninthenotebook(whenweread).

根据第三段最后一句“Thenyoushouldwritethemdowninthenotebookandtrytomemorisethem."可知，我们应该把新单词写在笔记本上。

4.Becausewearegoingtospendmoneyandtimebuyingandreadingit.

根据最后一段最后一句“Chooseanoveloramagazineaboutthesubjectthatyoulikebecauseyouaregoingtospendmoneyandtimebuyingandreadingit."可知答案。

5.Thewritergivesusfourtips./Four.

根据第二至五段可知作者给了我们4条建议。

（四）本文主要介绍了作者的家乡——成都。

1.Pandasandthehotpot.

根据“Chengduismyhometown,anditisknownforpandasandthehotpot."可知，成都因熊猫和火锅而出名。

2.Theteahouses.

根据“TheteahousesareimportantinChengdupeople'slife."可知，茶馆在成都人的生活中很重要。

thehotpot."可知，成都因熊猫和火锅而出名。

3.Insmallrestaurants.

根据“Thereislotsnof...Buttheyaremoredeliciousinsmallrestaurantsthaninlargerestaurants."可知，在小餐馆里能品尝到更美味的担担面。

4.October.

根据“MarchtoJuneandSeptembertoNovemberarethebesttimetogoonatriphere."并结合题干可知，去成都旅游的最佳时间是十月。

5.Becauseitismuchfaster.

根据“It'salsoagoodideatotaketheundergroundtogoaroundit,becauseitismuchfaster.”可知答案

（五）本文主要讲述了从纽约中央公园动物园逃跑的一只雕鹗的情况。

1.TheCentralParkZoo.

根据第二段中的“Earlierthatmonth,thebirdFlacomadehisgreatescapefromtheCentralParkZoo."可知，弗拉科是从中央公园动物园逃出来的。

2.Aphotographer.

根据第三段中的“OlgaTorrey,aphotographer,hasbeenphotographinganimalsincityparksfor12years."可知，她是一个摄影师。

3.Hishealthmightbeharmed.

根据第四段中的“Andifhemadeamealofarat,itmightharmhishealth"可知，如果弗拉科吃了老鼠，那可能会损害他的健康。

4.Becausetheyareworriedabouthissafety.

根据第五段中的“ThezoohashadtheworkerscarefullywatchFlacoallthetime,astheyareworriedabouthissafety."可知，因为动物园的工作人员担心弗拉科的安全，所以他们一直密切留意着他。

5.Yes,becauseFlacomaynotgetusedtothelifeoutsidethezoo.

本题答案不唯一,言之有理且无语法错误即可。

（六）本文介绍了发生火灾时自救的方法。

1.Yes,itis.根据“Soknowinghowtoprotectyourselfinafireisveryimportant."可知答案。

2.Thelift.

根据“Ifyouareintherelativelyhighfloorsofthebuilding,youcan'tusethelift."可知答案。

3.Wecankeeplowtotheground.

根据“Keeplowtotheground,andyouwilltakeinlesssmoke."可知答案。

4.Theheavysmoke.根据“Infact,mostofthepeoplediefromtheheavysmokeinfires."可知答案。

5.Ourlives.根据第四段第一句话可知，我们的生命是最重要的。

（七）本文主要从人口、地理位置、气候和资源等方面介绍了加拿大。

1.Inthecoastalareas.

根据“Therearemanylakesandislandsinthecoastalareas."可知，许多湖泊和岛屿都位于沿海地区。

2.Fresh./ltis/It'sfresh.

根据“SoinCanada,theairisfresh.."可知，加拿大的空气是清新的。

3.Cold./ltiscold.

根据butcoldinthenorth可知加拿大北部的气候是寒冷的。

4.Inthesouth.

根据“Farmlandmainlyliesinthesouthwherefarmersgrowlotsofcornandwheat."可知农田主要在南方。

5.Thelivingsurroundings.

根据"ThelivingsurroundingsinCanadaareamongthebestintheworld."可知答案。

（八）本文介绍了尼泊尔的气候及游览它的最佳时间。

1.Becauseofthehugealtitudedrop.

根据“Forsuchahugealtitudedrop,youwillseefiveseasonsinNepal..."可知尼泊尔有五个季节是因为巨大的海拔差。

2.Itisa15-day-longandthemostcolourfulfestivalinNepal.

根据"YoucanalsoenjoytheDashainFestival,a15-day-longandthemostcolourfulfestivalinNepal."

3.TheycouldseerhinosaswellasBengaltigersandelephants.

根据"ThereyouwillgetthebestchancetoseerhinosaswellasBengaltigersandelephants."可知游客可以看到犀牛、孟加拉虎和大象。

4.Springandautumn.

根据“TheautumnmonthsofOctoberandNovemberareconsideredtheperfecttimeforadventuretoursinNepal."和“Duringthespring...areperfectforhikingandadventuretotours."可知答案。

5.Becauseitisquicklycutshortbythebeginningofthemonsoonseason.

根据“Therealsummerisquicklycutshortbythebeginningofthemonsoonseason."可知答案。微专题：解题技巧之回答问题

解题思路

解题策略

1.快速浏览文本，大概了解语篇的结构和内容

2.读问题，画出题干中的疑问词和关键词

3.寻读文章，根据关键词定位信息

4.根据疑问词提取有效信息，并注意信息转换（注意代词的使用和转换，动词时态、主动与被动的转换等）

5.书写答案，并检查

(1)上下对照：题干中的疑问词和关键信息必须与原文的有效信息保持一致

(2)基于文本：必须以文本中的信息作为回答的依据，在概念范围、语义等方面不能改变

(3)信息加工：有时候问题的呈现与文本中的表述是不同的，直接照抄可能会导致回答不全或答非所问等，必须分析句子的结构并进行信息加工

(4)信息转换：注意代词、动词时态和语态（主动和被动）的转换

(5)答题规范：必须保证标点、大小写、单词拼写正确；人称、时态、语态等正确。此外，还要注意信息完整，不要出现与问题无关的多余信息

常见提问方式：

1.特殊疑问句：根据特殊疑问词所提问的内容在原文中提取相应信息进行回答，即“问什么答什么";切记不能用“yes”或者“no"回答此类提问。

“when/where”提问的是时间、地点，答句不能遗漏介词。

如：WhenwastheEnglishcompetitionheld

回答:ItwasheldinJuly./InJuly.

“why"提问的是原因或目的，答句用“Because..."、“Becauseof..."或“Todosth."等。

如：Whyaremanyparentsworriedaboutputtingoffthestartofschool

回答：Manyparentsareworriedaboutputtingoffthestartofschoolbecauseitmayaffecttheirchildren'sstudies./Becauseitmayaffecttheirchildren'sstudies.

(3)“who”提问的是人，答句用人名、称呼或身份等。

如：Whosuggestsmuseumssh