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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上2015（13区）初三一模英语-任务型阅读汇编1. 【朝阳】阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小题2分)Why is Denmark the “kingdom of fairy tales”? Because it was the home of famous writer Hans Christian Andersen. But there might be other reasons, says a new study.Denmark is the happiest country in the world, according to the 201

2、3 World Happiness Report by the United Nations (UN). The report ranks（排列）156 countries and regions (地区). All the top five happiest countries are from Europe, and three of them are from Scandinavia.What makes people there happy? The UN considered several reasons. Money is one. We are happy if we have

3、 money to cover our necessities. But extra (额外的) money cannot bring us more happiness. People in Northern Europe know this. From cars to mobile phones, from clothes to buildings, their designs are quite simple. Luxury (奢华) is not there.Another reason is health. Nordic (北欧的) people have a healthy die

4、t. They love fresh food. “There is not a big fast-food culture and no ready meals. We sit down with our families to eat our meals,” said Trina Hahnemann, a Danish cook. A harmonious (和谐的) social life also makes us happy, according to the UN report. How about Nordic people? They live in harmony not o

5、nly with people around, but also with nature. Night life is not popular in Scandinavia. People go home after work for some quality（高品质的） time with family members. Many families have a backyard. Father and child spend hours there each week, planting flowers and building swings. Do you want to be happ

6、y? Think about the Nordic lifestyle, and happiness is in your own hands. 61. Where does Hans Christian Andersen come from? 62. How many countries of the top five happiest countries are from Scandinavia?63. Do Nordic people love fresh food or ready meals? 64. What can make people happy according to t

7、he passage?65. What does the writer want to tell us? 2. 【房山】Doctors say anger can be very dangerous. We have to learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel fr

8、om time to time. Some people express anger openly in a peaceful and reasonable way. Some people are so angry that they shout or cry to show their anger. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing(压抑性的) anger.In the past many doctors thoug

9、ht that repressing anger was more dangerous to a persons health than expressing it.They said that when a person is angry, the brain produces the same hormones(荷尔蒙). Their hearts beat faster, blood pressure goes up. In general the person feels excited and to act.Some doctors say that both repressing

10、and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe if you express anger with wrong emotion, you may develop heart disease, and they believe if you keep the anger inside, you may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.Doctors say we have to learn how to deal with anger. They say the first step

11、 is to agree that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself peacefully and reasonabl

12、y.”Doctors say that the best way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.61. Do doctors say anger is very dangerous?62. Why do some people shout and cry?63. What may happen to you if you express anger with str

13、ong emotion?64. What is the best way to deal with anger?65. What is the passage mainly about?3. 【燕山】What should you do if you want to have a nice photo taken? Whether its work or fun, the most important thing is lighting. If you get bad lighting, you will look bad, too. Know where the light is. You

14、dont want it below you or above you, you want it to shine directly at you.The key thing is no shadow（阴影）. If you are being photographed outside, do it in the morning, or wait till the 2 oclock shadow has passed. Also dont let pictures in the magazines stress you out all the pictures are taken by gre

15、at photographers. And all the faces have had pimples (丘疹，粉刺) taken out by computers. Tip your head and learn what angles (角度) work with your face. Everyone is different. So you have to learn what suits you. You can practice in Photo Booth for as long as it is your turn, to learn what angles suit you

16、r face. Tip your neck to make it look longer, make eye contact with the camera. No one can look bad if they smile.For long legs, point one leg into center of the frame and get the photographer to shoot looking up your body. For just leg shots, lie upside down and raise legs in the air for the best a

17、ngle. And your legs will look thinner and be in better shape.Keep shoulders back.Always have mouth slightly open, enough to put a penny between your lips, as this will make your lips look fuller.Lower your eyes and then look up just as shutter (快门) is clicked for full eyes.Try to catch every perfect

18、 photogenic moment!61. What is the most important thing when you take photos?62. When is better to take photos outside?63. What should you learn when you practice in Photo Booth?64. What should you do with your shoulders when taking photos?65. What is the passage mainly talking about?4. 【丰台】 There a

19、re many times that you dont know what to do when you get bored. Boredom is an emotional state that can affect a persons attitude. Luckily, there are many fun activities you can do to kill boredom.Exercise Are you paying for a membership at a gym? This is the perfect moment for you to go to the gym a

20、nd work out for a little bit. There you can relax your mind and get your body in a good shape. Or you can simply go jogging for an hour or so down on the street. Click here to check out some good exercises to burn calories fast.Clean your house Why not do some cleaning around the house? Sometimes yo

21、u dont have the time to organize your house or take away the things you dont need. You are embarrassed when you have a guest because your shoes and clothes are everywhere. Take this time to pick up the mess in your room.Play games in your iPhone Having an iPhone is like having a boredom killer. Ther

22、e are many things you can do with your iPhone. You can have such a good time playing these games in your iPhone. You might not consider it beneficial to play games in your phone, but this is a way you can release your stress. Click here and find out which games are good for your iPhone.Take your dog

23、 out for a walk Go out and take some fresh air. Take your dog out to the park or maybe around the block. You can play with your dog and teach it how to do cool stuff. Maybe making your dog to do a cool trick can surprise your friends. If your friends arent able to talk to you, to spend time with you

24、r dog can be the solution. This may be what you really need to lift up your mood.61. What is boredom? 62. What can you do at a gym? 63. Why are you embarrassed when you have a guest?64. What can you do with the dog?65. What is the passage mainly about? 5. 【海淀】6. 【密云】Our cities are getting bigger and

25、 bigger as more people move from the country to the cities. There are lots of reasons why they do thismostly it is easy to find work, because all the big companies are in the cities and they need lots of people to work there. When there are lots of people living and working in a city, they need thin

26、gs like restaurants, shops, hospitals and schools. There are more jobs that people need to do. There will be lots of transport in the city to move all the people around. Everything you want will be found in the city: government offices, museums and art galleries, cinemas, big restaurants and parks.U

27、nfortunately(遗憾地) the city is much busier, more expensive, and more dangerous than the country. The air is not as fresh as in the country because of all the cars and trucks on the roads. There are so many people that are not as friendly you cannot get to know everyone as you do in the country, and p

28、eople may get lonely. You do not have much room in the citymost people live in apartmentsnot houses, and they do not have gardens or lots of space, and because of all the people there is also a lot of noises.The country is much cheaper to live and there are less dangerous people than you find in cit

29、ies. Perhaps the best thing is that you can have a big house with a garden and it will be very quiet, but there are not many jobs or services there. There are also not many shops, schools or hospitals. It is hard to get around in the country.Every person is different, but more and more people are ch

30、oosing to live in cities because there are so many jobs to do there. What do you think about the city?65. Are our cities getting bigger than before?66. Why do people move to the city?67. What is the best thing about the country?68. What is the problem with the country?69. What does the writer think

31、about cities?7. 【怀柔】Have you ever had problems in your life and dont know how to be happy? If so, you will find Being A Happy Teenager by Australian writer Andrew Matthews is useful.Andrew Matthews is a writer, cartoonist and speaker. His books have been translated into 20 languages. He has been on

32、over 2000 radios and TV programs.In his book, Matthews tells us how to have a happy life and answers the questions of teenagers.There are many topics such as parents and friends, and the book says we should stop being angry and forgive. The book tells us a lot of useful skills, such as how to put wh

33、at you have learned into pictures of your mind to make your memory better. Many teenagers think that happiness comes from a good exam marks or praise from other people. But you can still be happy when there are no such “good” things.Success comes from a good attitude. If you learn from problems you

34、will have success in the future.Some school boys have problems, such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us happiness comes from thinking about thing in a positive way.If you are tall, people notice you and you can get a better view at the movie; If you are short, your clothes and sho

35、es take less room in your bedroom.This is Matthews most important lessonyou choose to be happy. 61. Is Andrew Matthews a writer?62. How many languages have his books been translated into?63. What does Matthews tell the teenagers in his book?64. According to the writer, what does success come from?65

36、. What is the passage mainly about?8. 【门头沟】One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held a sign which said, “I am blind. Please help me.”There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them in

37、to the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone walked by could see the new words.Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see ho

38、w things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I cant see it.”Do you thin

39、k the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy

40、it because he was blind. The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were lucky that they were not blind. There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story. The first is: Treasure what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help th

41、ose who need your help. The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.61. Did the boy need help?62. What did the man write on the sign?63. What happened after the man wrote something on the sign?64. Why did the man come back that afternoon?65. How did people probably fe

42、el when they saw the second sign? 9. 【石景山】Have you ever ridden a Ferris wheel lately? Can you imagine the flying feeling as you are pulled up to the top and then moved down to the bottom quickly again? Ferris wheel Today a Ferris wheel is usually 40 to 60 feet tall. That seems very high when you are

43、 on the top looking down. But the first Ferris wheel was 264 feet high taller than a twenty-story building! Can you imagine the view from the top of that? The first Ferris wheel was built for the 1893 Worlds Fair in Chicago. The people who planned the fair were looking for an attraction that would b

44、ring people to Chicago. George Ferris handed a drawing of a giant wheel that people could ride on. At first everyone laughed at his strange idea. But Mr. Ferris did not give up, and finally the idea was accepted. The ride opened in June of 1893. Todays Ferris wheels have 12 to 16 seats, which each c

45、arry 2 or 3 people. But that first one had 36 enclosed cars, each holding 60 passengers. When filled, it carried 2,160 people. During that summer in Chicago, about 1.5 million people rode the Ferris wheel. After the fair the ride was moved to a nearby amusement park built especially to show off the

46、wheel. In 1904, it was moved again to St. Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. After the fair there, the wheel stood unused. In 1906 it was finally sold to a company for scrap metal (废铁). Luckily a Chicago bridge builder, W.E. Sullivan, figured out how to make a smaller Ferris wheel that cou

47、ld easily be taken apart and put together. In 1906 he started the company that still makes many of the Ferris wheels used today. But, whenever you ride one, remember that it all began with George Ferriss strange idea!61. How tall is a Ferris wheel today?62. What was the first Ferris wheel built for?

48、63. What did people think of Ferriss idea at first?64. How many people rode the first Ferris wheel during the summer in 1893?65. Compared with todays Ferris wheels, what was the first Ferris wheel like?10. 【东城】I love travelling so you can imagine my disappointment when I knew that my local train station would be closed for five months. Unfortunately I do not have a car but I realized that I could start carpooling. Carpooling is the sharing of car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car. As a result, car