任务型阅读 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

  Language is always changing and developing. This isn’t a bad thing. If English hadn’t changed for a long time, we won’t have words to describe telephones, washing machines, computers or some other new things.

  Language changes for several reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speaker change. New technologies, new products, and new experiences need new words to express them clearly. Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People use different sets of words and expressions, because they have different ages, jobs, education levels(水平) and so on.

  How does language develop then? On the one hand, many of the languages changes begin with young people. When young people communicate with others of their own age, their language grows in grammar, words and expressions that are different from the older people’s. Some have a short lifetime but others can influence the language for long. On the other hand, we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages, we create them by making words shorter or combining words and we make them out of proper names.

  Languages that don’t change over time are considered dead languages. The fact that English changes so much shows that it is alive and well.

  1. What does the writer think of the change and development of language?

He thinks it is                       .

  2. Why do people use different sets of words and expressions according to the passage?

Because their          and education levels are different.

  3. How many reasons for language change are mentioned in this passage?

    The writer mentions          reasons.

  4.How do young people help develop language?

They do it when they                  others of their own age.

  5. What is considered a dead language according to the passage?

The one that                   over time is considered a dead language.

短文填空，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次）

Every day, on her way to work, Amelia had to pass a slum(贫民窟). As a social 1     , she had not paid much attention to it. This 2.       one day when she met a ragged(衣衫褴褛的) boy named Sam. Sam knew she was the head of social services, and that she 3.     help. He reached out his hand and said, “Can you help me?  I’m 4.       for my dad.” His hands were so 5.     . Amelia said, “What’s up?” “My mom is terribly sick. Her birthday is coming. I know my 6.           coming back would be the best present. My dad had left us before I was two 7.     old,” said the boy.

Amelia was 8.      moved and asked Sam to take her to his home. He led her to a small house. Amelia saw a woman lying on the bed. The woman knew she was dying. She said to Amelia, “Please find a 9.       for my son.”

Amelia 10.     her hand and nodded with tears(眼泪). She got an idea! Her husband and she had no children, and looking forward to having one. Later Amelia brought Sam home. Ever since then, the new family have had happiness and laughter.

A recently study found people’s lives are made shorter in North China. It is showed the life expectancy(平均寿命) had been cut down by 5.5 years there. Researchers think that the heavy air pollution in China should be to blame(承担责任). It’s really the truth. Our government has already done something. However, it doesn’t seem to work so well.

“Air pollution in China is doing harm to people’s health. The harm is much more serious than we can imagine,” said Chen Yuyu of Beijing University, one of researchers of this study.

  Dirty air brings serious problems in North China. In January this year, the air pollution was worse than that in other places. That was caused by rising temperature and waste gas(废气) from coal heating.

  Chinese government should strongly fight against air pollution. They should think of more proper ways to deal with the problem. People should be encouraged to take buses, ride bicycles or walk, instead of driving cars. The factories that pollute heavily should be closed.

  “We need to improve our environment, although it might be expensive. Protecting our environment means protecting ourselves,” Li Hongbin, another researcher of the study said.

1. The passage above may come from a(n)        ?

A. story      B. advertisement        C. report             D. diary

  2. Which of the following is Li Hongbin’s idea?

   A. The life expectancy had been cut by 5.5 years.

   B. Chinese government should close some factories that pollute heavily.

   C. People need to make pollution less, although it might cost a lot.

   D. The air problem brings us serious problems.

 3. What’s the main idea of the passage?

   A. Air pollution in North China is caused by waste gas.

   B. To save the environment, our government should do something more.

   C. The temperature becomes higher and higher in North China.

   D. How air pollution in North China is caused.

 Akuapem is in the eastern part of Ghana. The sun there shines all the time. The local people are very friendly and hospitable(好客的). Now let’s have a look at how Akuapem people receive a visitor.

  A visitor is often welcomed warmly in a family of Akuapem. After the visitor is welcomed into the house, he is offered a seat and water at the very beginning, because the host assumes that the visitor must have come from a very long journey and need water. If there is a group of visitors, the host will greet the visitors from right to left. And the host shakes only with his right hand, because Akuapem people think the left hand is not clean.

  Next, the visitor is asked how his journey was and why he has come. While the conversation is going on, the wife and the children, especially girls, are preparing food for the visitor. The visitor can choose his favorite food. After the visitor finishes eating, the host and the visitor go on with their conversation. Usually this is short one because the visitor is getting ready to say goodbye.

  When the visitor is leaving, he is often given some food. He is also accompanied(陪伴) by one of the children to the nearest station. The child who accompanies the visitor will not come back home until the visitor leaves safely.

  Whether he is a close friend or just a stranger, this is always how friendly Akuapem people receive a visitor.

1. The underlined word “assumes” here probably means “    ”.

A. thinks            B. remembers         .   C. disagrees       D. follows

2. Which of the following is TRUE to the passage?

A. The host talks little with the visitor. 

B. The child accompanies the visitor to the gate of the house.

C. The host offers the visitor a seat only.

D. The visitor takes some food with him when he leaves.

3. From the passage we know that Akuapem people are         .

  A. noisy            B. friendly               C. impolite         D. quiet

 阅读下列短文，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。

1. Temple won the first Juvenile Oscar in        .

  A. 1928             B. 1934          C. 1935           D. 1948.

2. From the passage we know that Temple        .

  A. was not good at dancing    B. began to star in her first movie when she was ten years old.

  C. was unfriendly to her fan   D. encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression

3. According to the passage, Shi Li and Cui Jiping         .

  A. are disabled people full of love         B. wrote many famous books.

  C. finished the book by themselves        D. live a very poor life

4. Which of the following is TRUE about the book?

  A. It is the first world encyclopedic dictionary.

  B. It can help deaf people know about the world more easily.

  C. It took them sixteen years to finish the book.

  D. It includes medicine and art about the life of deaf people.

阅读理解,阅读下面一篇短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示。

  When we talked about NBA, many people will think of Yao Ming. There is no doubt that Yao Ming is a Chinese hero. On October 16, 2013, Yao Ming announced(宣布) he would open the NBA Yao School. This was really exciting news!

  Looking at the name of the school, many people would think that the school is going to train NBA talents. But that is not the truth. The NBA Yao School provides after-school basketball training and health programs. Its students include boys and girls over 16 years old who are very good at playing basketball. The school aims to teach the importance of teamwork, leadership(领导素养) and communication in a fun basketball environment.

  Yao is quite glad to be a part of the school, because it has always been his dream to positively(积极地) influence young people’s life through sports.

  Now, basketball fans in China are looking forward to getting basketball training, and the NBA Yao School is a great choice. In the school, students have chances to meet NBA stars. The stars can offer suggestions on how to play basketball well.

  The school’s first program opened at the Wukesong Basketball Park in February, 2014. If you want to know more information about the school, you can visit www.nbayao.com.

  1.The children under 16 years old can’t be students in the NBA Yao School.

  2. The school provides only after-school basketball training programs..

  3. Yao Ming opened the NBA Yao School on October 16, 2013.

  4. The school aims to teach the students how to play basketball.

  5. The students there have chances to meet NBA stars and learn something from them.

完形填空，阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

When I was about six years old, my brother David and I visited our aunt, Mary. We stayed in her house for a night. David was only 4 years old, and was still 1 of the dark., so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.

However, David 2 the grey moths(蛾) flying around the hall light. He asked Mary to make the moths go away. When she asked 3 , she simply said, “Because they are ugly and scary, I don’t like them.” Mary laughed and said, “Being ugly outside doesn’t 4 not being beautiful inside. In fact, moths are one of the most beautiful animals in the animal world.

“Once, the angels (天使) were 5 . They were sad because it was raining heavily. The 6 little moths hated to see others so sad. They decided to make a rainbow(彩虹) to cheer up the angels. They thought if the butterflies(蝴蝶) 7 , they could make a beautiful rainbow together.

“Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help. But the butterflies didn’t want to 8 any of their colors, so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the colors on them made a rainbow. They kept giving a little more and a little more 9 the rainbow went across the sky. They had given away all their colors except grey, which didn’t match the beautiful rainbow.

“Then the once-colorful moths became 10 . The angles saw the rainbow and smiled…” My brother went to sleep with that story and hasn’t feared months since then.

1. A. afraid B. sure C. proud D. happy

2. A. liked B. hated C. let D. killed

3. A. how B. what C. when D. why

4. A. mean B. make C. know D. hope

5. A. laughing B. playing C. crying D. talking

6. A. kind B. angry C. ugly D. sad

7. A. refused B. advised C. helped D. left

8. A. give up B. pick up C. turn up D. look up

9. A. unless B. until C. after D. since

10. A. red B. yellow C. green D. grey

—Mum, summer holiday is coming. I wonder      .

   —How about Qinling Wild Zoo？

  A. where can we go                   B. where we can go

  C. how we can go                     D. how we can go

 Look! Laura is getting the first place.       fast runner she is!

  A. How            B. What          C. How a          D. What a