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高考英语任务型阅读

2010年高考英语任务型阅读·上海卷

Directions:

ReadthefollowingtextandchoosethemostsuitableheadingfromA-Fforeach

paragraph.Thereisoneextraheadingwhichyoudonotneed.

A.Drugoveruseanditsconsequence

B.TheproblemofdrugoveruseinAmerica

C.Benefitsofmedicineanditswiseuse

D.Femaledrugoverusewithreferencetothatofmales

E.Misuseofmedicineamongtheyounggeneration

F.Improperuseofmedicineamongseniorcitizens

76.________

Nowadays,millionsofpeoplemisuseandevenoverusepainmedicationsandotherdrugs.ResearchbytheAmericanNationalInstituteonDrugAbuse（NIDA,1999）showsthataround2%ofthepopulationoverage12wereusingdrugsnon-medically.

77.________

NIDAviewsmedicationsasapowerfulforceforgoodinthecontemporaryworld.Theyreduceandremovepainformillionsofpeoplesufferingfromillnessanddisease.Theymakeitpossiblefordoctorstoperformcomplicatedsurgerytosavelives.Manypeopleafflictedbyseriousmedicalconditionsareabletocontroltheirsymptomsandbecomeactive,contributingcitizens.NIDApointsoutthatmostindividualswhotakethesedragsusetheminaresponsible.

78.________

Nevertheless,overuseofdrugssuchasopium,centralnervoussystem（CNS）depressantsandstimulantsdoesleadtoharmfulrelianceinsomepeopleandisthereforebecomingaseriouspublichealthconcern.Althoughthisabuseaffectsmanypeopleworldwide,particulartrendsofconcerntothemedicalprofessionintheUSappearamongolderadults,teenagersaridwomen.

79.________

Thoughitmaybeasurprisetomany,themisuseofmedicationsmaybethemostcommonformofdrugabuseamongtheelderly.DrKennethSchraderofDukeUniversity,NorthCarolinastatesthatalthoughtheelderlyrepresentabout13%oftheUSpopulation,thoseaged65andoveraccountfortheconsumptionofonethirdofalldrugs.Peopleinthisagegroupusemedicationsroughlythreetimesmorethanthegeneralpopulationandhavepoorercompliancewithinstructionforuse.Inanotherstudyofelderlypatientsadmittedtotreatmentprograms,70%werewomenwhohadoverusedmedicines.

80.________

Unfortunately,thistrendamongwomendoesnotonlyaffectthoseagedover60.Ingeneral,amongwomenandmenwhoareusingeitherananti-anxietydrugorasedative,womenaretwiceaslikelytobecomeaddicted.Inaddition,statisticscompiledfor12-17yearoldsshowthatteenagegirlsaremorelikelythanteenageboystobeginoverusingpsychotherapeuticmedicationsuchaspainkillers,tranquillizers,stimulantsandsedatives.

2010年高考英语任务型阅读·陕西卷

陕西卷的“阅读理解”第二节，其实质上也是一种任务型阅读。

下面是2010年陕西卷高考英语阅读理解第二节的真题：

根据短文内容，从下框的A~F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。

选项中有一项为多余项。

A.Giftgivingproventobevaluable.

B.Memoriesfromgiftgiving.

C.Momentsandeventsforgiftgiving.

D.Variousfunctionsofgiftgiving

E.Giftgivingasawastefulpractice.

F.Giftgivingasatwo-waysocialactivity.

GiftGiving

61.________

Therearemanyoccasions（场合）forgivinggiftsinmodernindustrializedsocieties;birthdays,namingceremonies,weddings,anniversaries,NewYear,Itiscommontogivegiftsonmanyofthesecelebrationsinwesterncultures.Inaddition,specialevents,suchasone’sfirstdayofschoolorgraduationfromuniversity,oftenrequiregiftgiving.

62.________

Whatishappeningwhenwegivegifts?

Mostimportant,weareexchanginggifts.Ifsomeonegivesmeagiftformybirthday,IknowthatIamusuallyexpectedtogiveoneonhisorhernextbirthday.Agiftbuildsuporconfirmsasocialobligation（义务）.

63.________

Giftstightenpersonalrelationshipsandprovideameansofcommunicationbetweenlovedones.Peoplesaythatagiftletstherecipient（接受者）knowwearethinkingofthem,andthatwewanttomaketheperson“feelspecial.”Wewantpeopletofeelwanted,tofeelpartofoursocialorfamilygroup.Wegivepresentstosay“I’msorry.”Sometimesitisdifficultforustofindapresentthatsomeonewilllike.Sometimeswegivethingsthatwelikeorwouldfeelcomfortablewith.Inallthesecases,thegiftsaresendingoutmessages—oftenveryexpressiveones.

64.________

Peopletendtotalkaboutpresentsinafairlylovingway.Awomanwhosemotherhaddiedyearsagodescribedthemanygiftsaroundherhouse.Theseweregiftsthathermotherhadgivenherovertheyears:

“I appreciatethese,andtheymeansomethingtome,”thewomansaid,“becauseIremembertheoccasionstheyweregivenon,andthattheywerefrommymother,andtherelationshipwe’vehad.”Thegiftsremainandkeeptherelationshipaliveinmind.Thiswomanfeltthesamewayaboutthegiftsshegavetoothers.Shehopedthattherecipientswouldlookathergiftsinyearstocomeandrememberher.

65.________

Emotions（情感）likethesesuggestthatapositivespiritstillliesbehindgiftgiving.TheyprovethattheanthropologistClaudeLevi-Strausswaswrongtosaythatmodernwesterngiftgivingishighlywasteful.StudiesinCanadaandelsewherehavealsoshownthatthisisnotthecase.Eachgiftisuniqueevenifsomanyaregiven.Theemotionalbenefitforthosewhoexchangegiftsistheveryreasonforthetraditiontocontinue.

【参考答案】61—65CFDBA

2010年高考英语任务型阅读题·江苏卷

任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：

请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

每个空格只填1个单词。

Formorethantwentyyearsscientistshavebeenseekingtounderstandthemysteryofthe“sixthsense”ofdirection.Bytryingoutideasandsolvingproblemsonebyone,theyarenowgettingclosertooneanswer.

Onefunnyideaisthatanimalsmighthaveabuilt-incompass（指南针）.

Ourearthitselfisabigmagnet（磁体）.Soalittlemagneticneedlethatswingsfreelylinesitselfwiththebigearthmagnettopointnorthandsouth.Whenpeoplediscoveredthatideaaboutathousandyearsagoandinventedthecompass,itallowedsailorstonavigate（航海）onoceanvoyages,evenundercloudyskies.

Actuallytheideaofthelivingcompasscamejustfromobservinganimalsinnature.

Manybirdsmigratetwiceayearbetweentheirsummerhomesandwinterhomes.Someofthemflyforthousandsofkilometersandmostlyatnight.Experimentshaveshownthatsomebirdscanrecognizestarpatterns.Buttheycankeeponcourseevenundercloudyskies.Howcantheydothat?

Acommonbirdthatdoesnotmigratebutisgreatatfindingitswayhomeisthehomingpigeon.Notallpigeonscanfindtheirwayhome.Thosethatcanareverygoodatit,andtheyhavebeenwidelystudied.

Oneinterestingexperimentwastoattachlittlemagnetstothebirds’headstoblocktheirmagneticsense—justasaloudradiocankeepyoufromhearingacalltodinner.Onsunnydays,thatdidnotfoolthepigeons.Evidentlytheycanusethesuntotellwhichwaytheyaregoing.Butoncloudydays,thepigeonswithmagnetscouldnotfindtheirway.Itwasasifthemagnetshadblockedtheirmagneticsense.

Similarexperimentswiththesamekindofresultsweredonewithhoneybees.Theseinsectsalsoseemtohaveaspecialsenseofdirection.

Inspiteoftheexperiments,theideaofananimalcompassseemedprettyextraordinary.Howwouldananimalgetthemagneticstuffforacompass.

Ananswercamefromanunexpectedsource.Ascientistwasstudyingbacteriathatliveinthemudofpondsandmarshes.Hefoundaccidentallylittlerod-likebacteriathatallswamtogetherinonedirection—north.

Furtherstudyshowedthateachlittlebacteriumhadachainofdenseparticlesinside,which

provedmagnetic.Thebacteriahadmadethemselvesintolittlemagnetsthatcouldlineupwiththeearth’smagnet.

Thebignewswasthatalivingthing,evenasimplebacterium,canmakemagnetite.Thatledtoasearchtoseewhetheranimalsmighthaveit..Byusingaspecialinstrumentcalledmagnetometer,scientistswereabletofindmagnetiteinbeesandbirds,andeveninfish.Ineachanimal,exceptforthebee,themagneticstuffwasalwaysinorclosertothebrain.

Thus,theideaofabuilt—inanimalcompassbegantoseemreasonable.

TheMagneticSense—TheLivingCompass

Passageoutline

Supportingdetails

Theexistenceof theearthmagnetandtheinventionofthenavigatingcompass

◇Ourearthisabigmagnetandalittlefreely（71）________magneticneedlelinesitselfwiththeearthmagnettopointnorthandsouth.

◇（72）________ontheideaabove,thenavigatingcompasswasinvented.

Thepossibilityofbirds’built-incompasses

◇Onepieceofevidenceisthe（73）________ofmanybirdsbetweentheirsummerhomesandwinterhomes.

◇Birdscanrecognizestarpatternsonclearnightsandkeeponcourse（74）________undercloudyskies.

The（75）________onpigeons’andbees’built-incompasses

◇Littlemagnetsweretiedtothepigeons’headsto（76）________theirmagneticsense.

◇Thepigeons’magneticsenseseemedtobeaffectedon（77）________days.

◇Similarthingswiththesameresultsweredonewithbees.

The（78）________ofthemagneticstufffortheanimalcompass

◇Littlerod-likebacteriawerefoundbychancetoswimtogetherinthedirectionof（79）________.

◇Someanimalshadachainofdensemagneticparticlesinorclosetothe（80）________insidetheirbodies.

【参考答案】

71.swinging

72.Based

73.migration

74.even

75.experiments／tests／study／research

76.block

77.cloudy

78.discovery

79.north

80.brain（s）

2010年高考英语任务型阅读题·北京卷

2010年北京卷的高考英语“第二节”为选择句子完成短文，共5个小题，第小题2分，共计10分。

此题实质上也是一种任务型阅读题。

试题如下：

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Muzak

Thenexttimeyougointoabank,astore,orasupermarket,stopandlisten.Whatdoyouhear?

____71____It’ssimilartothemusicyoulistento,butit’snotexactlythesame.That’sbecausethismusicwasespeciallydesignedtorelaxyou,ortogiveyouextraenergy.Sometimesyou