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1、2010年高考英语任务型阅读题江苏卷任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。For more than twenty years scientists have been seeking to understand the mystery of the “sixth sense” of direction. By trying out ideas and solving problems one by one, they are now get
2、ting closer to one answer. One funny idea is that animals might have a built-in compass(指南针). Our earth itself is a big magnet(磁体). So a little magnetic needle that swings freely lines itself with the big earth magnet to point north and south. When people discovered that idea about a thousand years
3、ago and invented the compass, it allowed sailors to navigate (航海) on ocean voyages, even under cloudy skies. Actually the idea of the living compass came just from observing animals in nature. Many birds migrate twice a year between their summer homes and winter homes. Some of them fly for thousands
4、 of kilometers and mostly at night. Experiments have shown that some birds can recognize star patterns. But they can keep on course even under cloudy skies. How can they do that?A common bird that does not migrate but is great at finding its way home is the homing pigeon. Not all pigeons can find th
5、eir way home. Those that can are very good at it, and they have been widely studied. One interesting experiment was to attach little magnets to the birds heads to block their magnetic sensejust as a loud radio can keep you from hearing a call to dinner. On sunny days, that did not fool the pigeons.
6、Evidently they can use the sun to tell which way they are going. But on cloudy days, the pigeons with magnets could not find their way. It was as if the magnets had blocked their magnetic sense. Similar experiments with the same kind of results were done with honeybees. These insects also seem to ha
7、ve a special sense of direction. In spite of the experiments, the idea of an animal compass seemed pretty extraordinary. How would an animal get the magnetic stuff for a compass. An answer came from an unexpected source. A scientist was studying bacteria that live in the mud of ponds and marshes. He
8、 found accidentally little rod-like bacteria that all swam together in one directionnorth. Further study showed that each little bacterium had a chain of dense particles inside, whichproved magnetic. The bacteria had made themselves into little magnets that could line up with the earths magnet. The
9、big news was that a living thing, even a simple bacterium, can make magnetite. That led to a search to see whether animals might have it. By using a special instrument called magnetometer, scientists were able to find magnetite in bees and birds, and even in fish. In each animal, except for the bee,
10、 the magnetic stuff was always in or closer to the brain. Thus, the idea of a builtin animal compass began to seem reasonable. The Magnetic SenseThe Living CompassPassage outlineSupporting detailsThe existence ofthe earth magnet and the invention of the navigating compassOur earth is a big magnet an
11、d a little freely (71)_ magnetic needle lines itself with the earth magnet to point north and south. (72)_ on the idea above, the navigating compass was invented. The possibility of birds built-in compasses One piece of evidence is the (73)_ of many birds between their summer homes and winter homes.
12、 Birds can recognize star patterns on clear nights and keep on course (74) _ under cloudy skies. The (75)_ on pigeons and bees built-in compassesLittle magnets were tied to the pigeons heads to (76) _ their magnetic sense. The pigeons magnetic sense seemed to be affected on (77) _ days. Similar thin
13、gs with the same results were done with bees. The (78) _ of the magnetic stuff for the animal compassLittle rod-like bacteria were found by chance to swim together in the direction of (79) _. Some animals had a chain of dense magnetic particles in or close to the (80) _ inside their bodies. 【参考答案】71
14、. swinging72. Based73. migration74. even75. experimentstestsstudyresearch 76. block77. cloudy78. discovery79. north80. brain(s)2010年高考英语任务型阅读题北京卷2010年北京卷的高考英语“第二节”为选择句子完成短文，共5个小题，第小题2分，共计10分。此题实质上也是一种任务型阅读题。试题如下：根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。MuzakThe next time you go into a bank, a stor
15、e, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? _71_ Its similar to the music you listen to, but its not exactly the same. Thats because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you dont even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway. Quiet background music used to be called “elevator (电梯) music” because we often heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name “Muzak”. About one-third of the people in America listen to “Muzak” everyday. The music plays
