二模各区任务型阅读

2011年各区二模—任务型阅读

A (朝阳)

八、阅读与表达 (共10分，每小题2分) 阅读短文, 根据其内容回答问题。

Laptop computers (笔记本电脑) are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and planes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms. Westlake College in Virginia is the 10th school across the country to join IBM ThinkPad University. ThinkPad University is a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want.

Beginning this fall, Westlake College will give laptop computers to each new student. Within five years, each of the other 1,500 students at the college will receive a laptop, too. The laptops are part of a $ 10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops can surf to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to ―speak‖ with their teachers, their classmates and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees—anywhere at all!

IBM started its ThinkPad program three years ago. The computer company hopes to double the number of schools using laptops to 20 in the near future. Because of many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more popular, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the laptops can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials also are testing laptop programs at other universities, too.

At Westlake College, more than 60% of the teachers use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, ―Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we‘re giving students a window. They can see everything all over the world.

65. Are laptop computers popular all over the world?

______________________________________________________________________________ 66. Is Westlake College the 10th or the 20th school to join IBM ThinkPad University?

______________________________________________________________________________ 67. When did IBM start its ThinkPad program?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 68. What has made laptop use at college workable?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 69. What can laptops help students do easily, according to the passage?

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B (昌平)

八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）

Recently, an Internet game has become popular among young office workers and students. On the Internet people can ―farm‖ on a piece of ―land‖ and ―grow‖, ―sell‖ or even ―steal‖ ―vegetables‖, ―flowers‖ and ―fruits‖. They can make some e-money and buy more ―seeds‖, ―pets‖ and even ―houses‖. Of course, all those are not true, you know, they are on the net!

I interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.

A parent says she doesn‘t quite understand why they are so mad about the childish games. Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.

Many junior high school children say they enjoy putting some “bugs” in her friends‘ ―gardens‖ and they‘ve become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing.

Most young office workers think their work is too much for them and wish to relax for a while. Besides, it gives them the exciting experience of being a ―thief‖.

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But almost all the teachers say it‘s just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they can not pay attention to their study. (176) 65. Is it true that the Internet game has become popular?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 66. Who enjoy the game better, young people or old people?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 67. Why do junior high school students like playing the game?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 68. Why do parents and teachers dislike the game?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 69. What is the writer‘s purpose of telling us that?

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C(房山)

八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）

My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is. Through the years I would guess at what I thought was the correct answer.

When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, \Mommy.\

She said, \soon.\

Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first attempt, I had contemplated(仔细考虑) the correct answer. So this time I told her, \sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes.\fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.\

Over the years, Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was, \you are getting smarter every year, my child.\

Then last year, my Grandpa died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me, \most important body part yet, my dear?\

I was surprised when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me. She saw the confusion(迷惑) on my face and told me, \question is very important. It shows that you have really lived your life.\the most important body part is your shoulder.\I asked, \

She replied, \Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.\

Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is care to the pain of others.

65. What did his mother use to ask him?______________________________________________ 66. Did he think sound was very important to them when he was young ? ___________________ 67. When did his grandpa die?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 68. Why is shoulder the most important part of the body?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 69. What did his mother want to tell him?

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D(怀柔)

八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）

Liz Murray was only three years old when she realized her parents were hooked(吸毒成瘾的) on drugs. In 1996, just before Christmas, Liz‘s mother died and her father moved to a homeless shelter(收容所). Her mother's death inspired Liz to change her life. She decided go to high school, even though she was still homeless.

At the age of 15, Liz was beginning high school at a time most teenagers were graduating, but she promised herself to become a ―straight-A student‖. As she neared the end of her high school education, and with her straight-A grades, Murray graduated in only two years. She was awarded(被授予) a New York Times scholarship(奖学金) — $12,000 every year for four years for needy students and was accepted into Harvard(哈佛) University in the fall in 2000.

With the scholarship money coming her way, Liz started her studies. While she was there, she began public speaking - helping people who, like herself, had an almost impossible mountain to climb to succeed in life.

She left Harvard in 2001 to care for her sick father and to start motivational(励志的) speaking, she resumed(重新开始) her education at Columbia University to be closer to him. In late 2006, her father died of AIDS. And then she returned to Harvard in 2006 and graduated in June 2009.

Liz says she took some comfort in knowing that her father had died a sober(清醒的) man. ―When someone gets sober, it‘s almost like meeting them for the first time. Just before he passed away, he wrote me this card. He wrote in the card, ?Liz, I left my dreams behind a long time ago. But I know now they‘re safe with you. Now we‘re a family again.‘‖ 65. Did Liz‘s parents take drugs?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 66. What made Liz change her life?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 67. How old was Liz Murray when she graduated from high school?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 68. Why did Liz Murray leave Harvard in 2001?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 69. What‘s the best title about the passage?

_______________________________________________________________________________ E(平谷)

八、阅读与表达 (共10分，每小题2分)阅读短文, 根据其内容回答问题。

The Big Mac, the most famous hamburgr ien the world, had its 30th birthday in 1998. A Big Mac is a round piece of ground beef with pickle, ketchup and mayonnaise in a bun. That‘s all. But as much as 1% of the world‘s beef ends up in McDonald‘s hamburgers.

How did the business start? Two brothers, Dick and Mac McDonald opened their first fast-food restaurant in 1940 in the USA. Their business quickly became successful, and the golden arches that they placed on the roof of their restaurants were soon a common sight all over the USA.

In 1955 they sold their business, which then grew and grew until it had reached 111 countries. Today there are over 23,000 restaurants and at one time a new one was opening somewhere in the world every three hours. Young people in the west know all about McDonald‘s. They eat there and possibly their parents used to take them there for their birthday parties. However, there is not the only hamburger business that is doing well. Wendy‘s and Burger King are two businesses that in the late 1990s were even more successful.

Tina, a 19-year-old, who is studying chemistry after leaving high school said, ―It‘s OK. The work is really simple. You cook the beef, prepare the hamburgers, cook the French fries and serve the customers. McDonald‘s has a good training programme and the work is really easy to learn.

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The money‘s not great. You get free meals, That‘s good.‖ Also, you can work part-time there. Most of the restaurant staff work part-time. I study during the day, when I‘m most awake. Then I work at the restaurant three evenings a week when I‘m tired and hungry. I finish work at about eleven thirty, which isn‘t too late, eat something and then go home.‖ 65. Did the Big Mac have its 30th birthday in 1998?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 66. When was the first fast-food restaurant started?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 67. Which two businesses were more successful in the late 1990s?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 68. Why do young people in the west know all about McDonald‘s?

_______________________________________________________________________________ 69. What‘s the passage mainly about?

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F (顺义)

八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）

ARE you part of the ―Thumb Generation‖?

The answer is clear – if you communicate by the use of cell phones and text messages, then yes, you are go in for an activity that has swept teenagers all over the world. According to the Nielsen Company, your American friends sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages a month, almost 80 messages a day.

When your thumb types quickly on your mobile, have you ever thought about why you are obsessed(缠住，迷住)with it?

Michael Hausauer, a psychotherapist (心理医生) in California, US, told the New York Times that teenagers had a ―great interest in knowing what‘s going on in the lives of their friends‖. For that reason, he said, the rapid rise in texting has possibility for great advantage and great harm. ―Texting can be a huge tool,‖ he told the paper. ―It offers friendship and the promise of connectedness. At the same time, texting can make a youngster feel overly exposed(无掩蔽的；暴露的).‖

Text message may be an effective communication‘s channel among teenagers, but according to Sherry Turkle, a psychologist who has studied teenage texting habits in Boston for three years, it might be causing a change in the way teenagers develop.

For one thing, adolescence(青春期) is the period when teenagers break free from their parents to grow into adults. ―But if technology makes staying in touch very, very easy, that‘s harder to do.‖ said Turkle. ―Now you have teenagers who are texting their mothers 15 times a day, asking things like, ?Should I get the red shoes or the blue shoes?‘ ‖

She also believes a mobile that vibrates (振动) every couple of minutes makes it difficult to get any peace and quiet. And physically, thumbs are the most obvious victims (受害者). Too much texting could lead to short-term or lasting hurt to the thumbs.(330)

65. Do teenagers often communicate by text messages?

___________________________________________________________________________ 66. Why are the teenagers crazy about texting massages with their friends?

___________________________________________________________________________ 67. According Sherry Turkle, what might be the result of teenage texting habits?

___________________________________________________________________________ 68. How many disadvantages of texting messages between the teenagers?

___________________________________________________________________________ 69. By writing this passage, what does the writer want to tell us?

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Keys: 1.朝阳

65. Yes. / Yes, they are. 66. The 10th school. 67. Three / 3 years ago.

68. Many changes in computer technology.

69. Do their schoolwork, search for information and connect with the world. 2.昌平．

65. Yes, it is. 66. Young people.

67. They play it just for fun.

68. They think that they are mad and it‘s just a waste of time. 69. To introduce the game and the people‘s opinions about it. 3.房山

65. What the most important part of the body is. 66. Yes.

67. Last year.

68. Because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they cry. 69. People depended on each other in life and should care about others. 4.怀柔

65. Yes, they did.

66. Her mother‘s death. 67. 17 (years old).

68. Because she cared for her sick father.

69. A Homeless Girl to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story/How Liz Murray Went from Homelessness to Harvard 5.平谷 65. Yes. 66. In 1940.

67. Wendy‘s and Burger King.

68. Because they eat there and possibly their parents used to take them for their birthday

parties.

69. The history of MacDonald‘s and the work there. 6.顺义

65．Yes.

66．Because they are interested in knowing what‘s going on in their friends‘ life. 67．It might be causing a change in the way teenagers develop. 68．There are four.

69．Texting message has advantages and disadvantages, we should use them properly. /we should not text /send too much.

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