【正文】 初中英語任務(wù)型閱讀分類指導(dǎo)事物介紹Passage 1Sydney is in the east of Australia. It is a lively city. It’s famous for its Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge. The weather is warm. The temperature is about 12 degrees in winter. And it is about 35 degrees in summer. It has beautiful beaches and many parks.In the west of Sydney, there is a big park called the Blue Mountains. You can see many visitors in the park from different countries. It’s quite a popular park. The only way to see this park is by going through a bush (荒野小路). Then you can find some nice gravel (砂礫) roads. The roads can take you to the Blue Mountains. Of course, you will need to travel with food and water. It will take you some days to see a small part of the mountains, because there are many roads to get to the Blue Mountains.Sydney has many beautiful beaches. Two of them are quite famous. They are Bondi and Manly. Bondi has a nice street with many shops and restaurants. Parking is not difficult in the place. Manly is a great beach. If you want to go there, you can take a boat. It39。s a cheap and great way to see the Sydney Harbor. It will take you about 30 minutes. If you are going to visit Sydney, I hope you will enjoy it.1. What is Sydney famous for? 2. Where is the Blue Mountains? 3. Why do you spend some days getting to the Blue Mountains? 4. How can we get to Manly? 5. How long will it take you to get to the Sydney Harbor? 【主旨大意】本文是一篇說明文。介紹了位于澳大利亞東部的美麗城市悉尼。文章首先向我們介紹了悉尼著名的大歌劇院和悉尼海港大橋，以及悉尼的氣候、公園和海灘，同時還說明了參觀這些公園和海灘的方式。1. Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge.【解析】題干意為：悉尼以什么而著名？根據(jù)文章第一段第三句“It39。s famous for its Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge.”可知答案。2. In the west of Sydney.【解析】題干意為：藍山在哪里？根據(jù)文章第二段第一句“In the west of Sydney, there is a big park called the Blue Mountains.”可知答案。3. Because there are many roads to get to the Blue Mountains.【解析】題干意為：為什么參觀去藍山要花費好多天時間？根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句“…to see a small part of the mountains, you need some days, because there are many roads to get to the Blue Mountains.”可知答案。4. By boat./Take a boat.【解析】題干意為：我們?nèi)绾蔚竭_Manly? 根據(jù)文章第三段第七句“If you want to go there, you can take a boat. ”可知答案。5. About 30 minutes.【解析】題干意為：你去悉尼港要花費多長時間？由最后一段中“It’s a cheap and great way to see the Sydney Harbor. It will take you about 30 minutes.”可知答案。Passage 2April 1st is a day on which, in some countries, people try to play tricks on others. If one succeeds in tricking somebody, one laughs and says, “April Fool!” and then the person who has been tricked usually laughs, too.One April 1st, a bus was going along a country road. Then it slowed down and stopped. The driver tried hard to start the bus, but he failed. Then he turned to the passengers with a worried look on his face and said “This poor bus is getting old. There39。s only one thing we can do if we want to get home today. I shall count three, and on the word THREE, I want you all to lean forward suddenly as hard as you can. Only in this way may the bus get started again, but if you don’t follow my advice, I’m afraid there is nothing else I can do. So all the passengers leaned back against their seats and got ready for the driver’s order. Then the driver began to count. “Get ready,” he said. “One! Two! Three!” All the passengers tried hard to lean forward when they heard his last word, and the bus immediately started again. “April Fool!” the driver said loudly with a smile. The passengers suddenly realized it was April 1st and the bus was full of laughter.1. What do people usually do on April Fool’s Day in some countries? 2. Why did the driver stop the bus? 3. What did the driver ask passengers to do when they heard the word THREE? 4. How did the passengers feel when the driver cried “April Fool!”? 5. Was there anything wrong with the bus? 【主旨大意】本文是一篇記敘文。文章通過事例介紹了在愚人節(jié)那天會被別人戲弄的故事。1. They try to play tricks on others.【解析】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：在一些國家里在愚人節(jié)這天人們通常做什么？根據(jù)文章第一段第一句“April 1st is a day on which, in some countries, people try to play tricks on others.”可知，他們在這一天通?；ハ嚅_玩笑。由此得到答案。2. Because he wanted to play a trick on the passengers.【解析】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：司機為什么沒有停車？根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句“The passengers suddenly realized it was April 1st and the bus was full of laughter.”可知，司機想捉弄乘客。由此得到答案。3. The driver asked them to lean forward as hard as they could.【解析】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：當(dāng)乘客聽到“三”這個單詞時司機讓乘客做什么？根據(jù)文章第二段中“All the passengers tried hard to lean forward when they heard his last word...”可知答案。4. Happy.【解析】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：當(dāng)司機喊出“愚人節(jié)快樂”時乘客們感覺怎樣？根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句“The passengers suddenly realized it was April 1st and the bus was full of laughter.”可知，乘客們意識到是四月一日，整輛車上都充滿了笑聲。由此得到答案。5. No, there wasn39。t.【解析】推理判斷題。題干意為：公共汽車有什么毛病了嗎？根據(jù)文章的解釋可知是愚人節(jié)司機同乘客們開的玩笑，由此得到答案。Passage 3The opening ceremony(開幕式) of the 31st Olympic Games was held at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on the evening of Friday, August 5th, 2016.Following the tradition, the ceremony introduced each country that would pete in the Olympics. Brazil also did something different. They used this opportunity to call for more attention to climate change and the deforestation (砍伐森林) of the Amazon. With part of the opening ceremony focused on our planet, organizers found a way for athletes to leave their marks. Each athlete was asked to plant seeds that would be planted in the Athletes Forest in Rio and eventually grow into trees in a few years.As they entered the stadium, each received a seed to plant a native tree of Brazil. There were 207 kinds—one for each count