浙江省新目标（Go for it）版2018-2019学年初中英语八年级上册期末复习（题型专练）：任务型阅读

    Once a lonely girl was in great need of love. One day while she was walking in the woods, she found two dying birds.

    She cared for the birds with love and they grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song.

    One day the girl left the cage open. The girl was frightened that it would fly away. As the bird flew close, she caught it rudely. Her heart felt glad at her success in catching it.  Her love had killed the bird.

    She noticed the other bird moving around on the edge(边) of the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom. It needed to return to the clear, blue sky. She took out the bird from the cage.  The bird flew in a circle once, twice, three times.

   The girl felt the bird's enjoyment. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder(肩膀).  

    The fastest way to lose love is to hold onto it too tightly(紧地); the best way to keep love is to LET LOVE GO!

    The Maldives is a country in danger. This small country — made up of over 1,000 islands (岛) in the Indian Ocean—is under threat from rising sea levels ( 面临海平面上升的威胁).

    As the water in the sea gets warmer, it expands (膨胀). Very slowly, sea levels are rising. Over the next 100 years they may rise by 50cm or more.

    That's because its islands are very low (低的)! The highest place in the country is only about 2m above sea level. Many of its islands are less than lm above sea level. Every year, a lot of people come to the Maldives to enjoy its beautiful islands and beaches.

    People have already had to move away from some islands. Many have moved to the capital city, Maid.A high wall (墙) around the island keeps the city from the sea.

    For the people of the Maldives, it's hard to know what will happen in the future.And that's a future no one wants.

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    One day last November, Liz Douglas went shopping.  After she paid for all the things she bought, she went back to her car and put the shopping bags on the back seat of the car. Then she started to drive home.

    Ten minutes later, it began to rain heavily. Soon, Liz found it hard to see the road clearly.  Although Liz was an experienced driver, she felt afraid.

    Suddenly, Liz saw a tree in front of her and tried to stop the car. But it was too late. Liz closed her eyes,  Unluckily they didn't.

    However, Liz was lucky. When the car hit (碰撞) the tree, a bag of bread flew out of one of the shopping bags. The car turned over, and the bread landed between Liz' s head and the roof (顶部) of the car.

    About half an hour later, firefighters helped Liz go out of the car. They sent her to the hospital, but she went home soon because she didn't have any serious injuries (损伤).  Liz's son went to get the things Liz bought from the car and gave the bag of bread to her. She was going to keep it as a souvenir (纪念品) because it brought her good luck.

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    It's a must-eat fruit in Southeast Asia: People there call it 'King of Fruits". Many love it so much that they eat it at every meal. It is the durian (榴莲).

    The durian can only grow in hot places. Its name "durian" comes from the Malay word "duff".

    The durian is the most famous fruit in Southeast Asia. It looks big and dangerous and has a very strong smell (浓烈的气味). They come in different sizes. A durian can grow up to 30cm long, and usually it can be as heavy as 1 to 3kg.

    The greatest thing about the durian is inside. When you open it up, a very strong smell comes out.  In Singapore, people can't bring a durian into a hotel room or onto a city train. And they can't bring a durian onto some planes, either.

    Although the durian has a strong smell, the fruit tastes quite good.Some animals living in the forest like it!

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    Skyscrapers are very tall buildings in a city.  Looking up at them might make you dizzy (眩晕的).  Skyscrapers are a .wonder, whether (不管) you are looking up or down.

    How can the buildings be so tall? Something that happened during the 1880s made it possible.  First, a man named William Jenney got the idea of using a steel frame to hold up the walls and floors (钢架支撑墙壁和地面) of a building Jenney s idea made it possible to build taller buildings so he is called the "Father of the American skyscraper" Second, the elevators （电梯）improved. That helped people go up and down the tall buildings more easily."

    Back in the 1880s, Jenney s first tall building was 10 stories (楼层) high. In 2004, Taipei 101, at 101 stories high, became the tallest building in the world. But soon the Burj Khalifa in Dubai overtook it in 2010. The 828-meter building has 163 stories.

     For example, Shanghai Tower in China, One World Trade Center in the USA, Abraj Ai-Bait Clock Tower in Saudi Arabia, etc. All of them are really wonderful, aren't they?

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    Barbie was designed(设计)in 1959 by an American lady named Ruth Handler.

    When Ruth traveled around Europe in 1956 together   ①  her children Barbara and Kenneth，she saw a German toy doll  ②    Bild Lilli.Bild Lilli was pretty popular at that time， ③  it was a paper doll.It made Ruth Handler  ④    to design a kind of adult-looking(成人模样的) doll for girls.With the help of her friends a beautiful doll was born.It was thin and  ⑤   big eyes and blonde hair(金发).Ruth named the doll Barbie after her own daughter Barbara.

    Barbie was introduced to the world at the American Toy Fair in New York City on March 9th，1959.This date is also used as Barbie's birthday.

    Now Barbie is known all over the world.About 150 countries sell Barbie dolls.Every second(秒)three Barbie dolls are sold around the world.

    What will the life be like in the future? I think that our life will be easier in the future. (A)We will have robots and they will help us do the boring jobs.And we (B)needn'tdo things like washing dishes and making the beds. I hope that doctors (C)cankeep us alive for a long time. I hope that when I am 80 years old, there will be something and it will keep me alive for another 80 years. (D)我将会活到160岁。

    Larry is going to be a pilot. He wants to fly an airplane. But Larry is not a rich man. He doesn't have an airplane. He has only a chair. Larry ties 45 big balloons to his chair and then sits in the chair. The chair goes up.

    For a few minutes, everything is fine. The view from the chair is beautiful. Larry can see houses and trees below him. He is happy. He is flying!

    The chair goes up very high. Larry is afraid. “I don't want to go very high,” Larry thinks. “I want to go down a little.” With a small gun, Larry shoots 10 balloons. Then something terrible happens. Larry drops the gun, and it falls to the ground. Larry can't shoot more balloons. The chair goes up and up.

    Larry is three miles above the ground. Airplanes are flying over him. Larry has a small radio. “Help! Help!” he says into the radio. “I'm flying in a chair, and I want to come down!” People hear Larry, but they can't help him.

    Larry flies in the chair for 45 minutes. Then the balloons begin to lose air, slowly the chair comes down, and Larry is back on the ground. He is not hurt.

    Students in Japan are trying a new kind of travelling. In the past they could only go to the museums. That was boring for the teenagers. They often went by bus. Many of them felt sleepy in the museum. But now they can go out of doors. They can go to factories, villages and many other places they like.

    Experiential education (体验式教育) is now very popular in North America. It is also becoming more and more popular in Japan. Just look at the JTB, Japan's biggest travel agency. It has more than 300 different travel programs for students and schools. More than 25 schools have taken part in the programs.

    Where are the students going? They travel to fishing villages in Kyushu and farming villages in China. Some even go to English classes in England. Wherever they go, they enjoy helping the disabled(残疾的). By doing so, they learn how to take care of others. It's an experience that students will never forget.

    Travelling in Japan also does the farmers and fishermen good. Now there are many people visiting their villages.Visitors' coming every year brings them a lot of money and a better life.

      One day, a mother crocodile (鳄鱼) and a baby crocodile swam slowly in a riven Suddenly, the mother crocodile saw a monkey, "Oh, a monkey! How nice if I have it for dinner!"

    "My son, can you go and get the monkey for me? I want to eat his heart," the mother crocodile said.

    "All right," the baby crocodile answered.

    The baby crocodile swam near the river bank (河岸). He shouted at the monkey, "Hey, monkey! Would you like some bananas? There are many banana trees over there on the other bank of the river."

    "I like them very much. But I can't swim. How can I get there?" the monkey asked.

    "Oh, I can take you there," the baby crocodile said.

    "Really? Thank you very much!" the monkey jumped onto the baby crocodile's back. In the middle of the river, the baby crocodile went into the water. When he came up again, the monkey was wet all over. "Don't do that again, or you'll kill me!" the monkey shouted.

    "I know, but I must do that! My mother wants to eat your heart."

    "My heart? Why didn't you tell me earlier7 I left it in a tree. We should go back for it!" So they went back.

    As soon as they got to the bank, the monkey picked up a big stone (石头) and climbed up onto the street quickly. He shouted at the baby crocodile, "Don't you want my heart? Well, catch!" The monkey threw(扔) the big stone at the crocodile.