初三英语任务型阅读

（（（（ A ）））） Hello! Greetings from the future. My name is Michael and I live in the year 3004. You know, 58 years ago, people on the earth decided to do something to save the planet because there were so many people on the earth and there was so much pollution that the only way to keep the planet from dying was to send people into space. My family was one of them. About two thirds of the people went into space. Now we’re living in a new city on Mars. The life here is nice and we’re happy in our new home. We still keep in touch with the people on the earth and some of us go back for short visits. The earth is better now. I was born here on Mars and I’ve never been to the earth. So I want to use the school’s time machine to send you a message to tell you about the life here. 1. When did people on the earth move to Mars? 2. How many people were left on the earth? 3. What does Michael do? 4. How is the life on the earth now? 5. What kind of story is it? （（（（ B ）））） I’m a little fish. I live in the river. It’s dark there, but I’m not afraid. There are so many fish near me that I always have a lot of friends. Usually I feel happy because I can swim everywhere and play with my friends. Sometimes I’m unhappy because some big fish may eat me up. My mother often asks me to be careful. I know that she’s right. I’m worried that we’ll leave our home and move to a new place far away one day. Because the water here is getting dirtier and dirtier, and the food here becomes worse than before. 1. What am “I”? 2. Why am “I” usually happy? 3. Why am “I” sometimes unhappy? 4. What am “I” worried about? 5. Why will “I” go to a new place? （（（（ C ）））） Max was a great basketball player and a super star as well. He could jump to catch the ball and run very fast. He hit the ball so hard that few people could catch it. Max loved children. He wanted to build a park for the children in his city. But in 1972, he was killed in a plane accident. No one forgot his wish and many people raised money for his park. In 1975, the park opened. 1. Who was Max? 2. Why could few people catch his ball? 3. What did he want to do for the children in his city? 4. When did the park open? （（（（ D ）））） You may know that some English words come from French. One interesting thing is that when we talk about meat at the table, we use French words. But when we speak about animals, English words are used. For example, a pig is called pig when it’s living, but it’s called pork when it is killed and its meat is brought to the table. When the Normans ruled England, the English farmers were made to raise animals for food, but they themselves could not buy the meat. The meat was sent to the Normans’ tables. The farmers could only eat rabbit, because rabbits ran all over the fields and rabbit meat was cheap. So the meat of a rabbit was not changed into a French word. It was called rabbit by the English farmers of that time and is still called rabbit today. 1. Some English words come from . 2. We know that the words “pork” is . 3. The English farmers were made to raise animals by . 4. Which of the following sentence is wrong? 5. What kind of meat could the English farmers eat at that time? （（（（ E ）））） As you’re using e-mails, remember that sending and getting letters can sometimes bring about serious trouble. When Jim left the snow-covered streets of London for a holiday in New York, his wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel in New York, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. But he couldn’t find the piece of paper on which he had written her e-mail address. He tried his best to remember where he had put it, but failed. Unluckily, he made a mistake and sent it to an old woman. Her husband had died a few years ago. When she saw the e-mail, she gave a terrible shout and fell on the floor. Her family rushed into the room and saw the message on the computer. “Dearest wife, everything is ready for your arrival tomorrow. Love, Jim. P.S. it’s hot here.” 1. Where was Jim for his holiday? 2. Why couldn’t Jim write his wife’s e-mail address correctly? 3. What was the weather like in New York? 4. How did the old woman feel when she saw the e-mail? 5. Which of the following is TRUE?