中考英语 专题二十九 任务型阅读.docVIP

专题二十九 任务型阅读 考点预测： 任务型阅读题材新颖，内容贴近现代社会生活，贴近学生实际，富有时代气息，语言原汁 原味。它考查的题型多为问答题，文中画线句子英汉互译，词义猜测等等。预计2009年该题型考查学生的阅读理解能力、推理能力、语言表达能力和规范答题能力。 A The most common disease in the world is the cold．It often starts with a sore throat(咽 喉痛)．You sneeze and your nose rLlFIS．You usually have a headache，too．Often you have a cough afterwards．It’s not a serious disease．but you can feel qui te il1． There isn’t a cure for a cold, but you can take reedicilles to make you feel better．For example，you can take aspirin to get rid of your headache．It is good to rest，and to drink a lot of water too．A doctor once told me“With the right medicine, a coid will last for seven days．With no medicine，it will go on for a whole week!” Where does our medicine coYrle from?A long time ago, people understood that sonle plants made them feel better．They ate the leaves, the fruit, or the seeds of plants．For example，the j uice of lemons makes a sore throat feel better． In modern times，scientists have looked at these plants，and found out which chemicals are in them．Many of our medicines today are made from those chemicals． There are sorne diseases which we can’t cure yet．And nobody has found a cure for old age．But because of modern medicines,a person now lives longer than his grandparents. 阅读短文，回答下列问题。 1．How does a cold often start? ________________________________________________________________________ 2．What does aspirin do? ________________________________________________________________________ 3．How long does a cold usually last? ________________________________________________________________________ 4．What is the Chinese：for“disease”? ________________________________________________________________________ 5．将画线的句子译成汉语。 ________________________________________________________________________ B As school kids，we have many dreams．These dreams can be very big．such as winning the Nobel Prize，or they can be small．You may just want to become one of the ten best studen