六、任务型阅读。
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
Most children have wonderful toys to play with. Usually, their parents buy these toys for them, often as Christmas or birthday gifts. Some children buy small toys with their pocket money. But instead of buying toys, one fun way to get new toys is to make them.
The easiest toy to make is a kite. For a kite, all you need is a large piece of paper, two sticks, some pieces of string and some glue. Take the two sticks and use the string to fix them together in the centre. Then take a string and tie it to the ends of the sticks to make a string square(正方形). Cut the paper to make it the same size as the square. Finally, stick the paper to the string square with glue. Now your kite is finished. All you need to do is to tie a long string to the kite so you can fly it. In many countries, there are kite competitions. Hundreds of people come together to show off their kites. In one famous competition, some of the kites are more than three metres tall. They need many strong men to fly them and people use rope instead of string.
1. What is a fun way to get new toys?
To make them.
2. How many kinds of materials do you need to make a kite?
Four.
3. What is the last thing you need to do before you can fly your kite?
Tie a long string to it.
4. How tall are some of the kites in one famous competition?
More than three metres tall.
5. How do you like the toys made by hand?
They are interesting and meaningful.(答案不唯一)
解析：
【分析】
本题为任务型阅读，需结合短文内容逐一解答问题：1. 定位第一段末尾关于获得新玩具的有趣方法的表述；2. 定位第二段制作风筝的材料描述，数清种类；3. 定位第二段末尾关于放飞风筝前最后操作的内容；4. 定位第二段后半部分风筝比赛的高度信息；5. 结合手工玩具的特点给出合理观点。
【解析】
1. 从短文第一段最后一句“one fun way to get new toys is to make them”可直接提取答案；
2. 短文第二段提到制作风筝需要的材料为“a large piece of paper, two sticks, some pieces of string and some glue”，共4种；
3. 短文第二段最后一句“All you need to do is to tie a long string to the kite so you can fly it”说明放飞前最后一步是把长绳系在风筝上；
4. 短文第二段提到“some of the kites are more than three metres tall”，直接提取高度信息；
5. 为开放性问题，结合手工玩具的优点，如有趣、有意义等作答即可。
【答案】
1. To make them. 2. Four. 3. Tie a long string to it. 4. More than three metres tall. 5. They are interesting and meaningful.(答案不唯一)
【知识点】
任务型阅读、细节信息查找、开放性表达
【点评】
本题为任务型阅读基础题，主要考查学生从短文中提取关键信息的能力，最后一题是开放性设问，符合任务型阅读的考查特点，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7
