Ⅱ.阅读短文，完成下面的任务。
I like sweet potatoes. They are very delicious and healthy. We can grow them from their roots. We can eat many parts of a sweet potato plant. We can eat its leaves and young stems in summer. Its leaves are fresh and yummy. In autumn and winter, we can eat its roots after cooking. They're soft（软的）and sweet.
任务一：判断下面的句子与短文内容是（T）否（F）相符。
（）1. Sweet potatoes are very delicious and healthy.
（）2. We can grow sweet potatoes from seeds.
（）3. We can only eat the leaves of sweet potato plants.
（）4. The leaves of sweet potato plants are fresh and yummy.
（）5. We can only eat sweet potato roots in summer.
任务二：根据短文内容回答问题。
1. What does “sweet potato” mean in Chinese?
It means “”.
2. Do sweet potatoes grow from seeds?

3. What parts of a sweet potato plant can we eat?
We can eat its .

任务一：1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F
任务二：1. 红薯（甘薯/地瓜，合理即可）
2. No, they don't.
3. leaves, young stems and roots

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，包含判断正误和回答问题两类题型。解题思路是先通读短文，把握短文核心内容；再针对每个题目，定位短文中对应关键信息，对比题目描述与原文内容，判断正误或提取答案。判断正误题需关注关键词匹配，回答问题需从原文中整理准确信息。
【解析】
任务一：1. 短文第一句明确提到“They are very delicious and healthy.”，与题目描述一致，故填T；2. 短文说明“We can grow them from their roots.”，并非从种子种植，故填F；3. 短文指出“We can eat many parts of a sweet potato plant.”，包含叶子、嫩茎、根，并非只吃叶子，故填F；4. 短文提到“Its leaves are fresh and yummy.”，与题目描述一致，故填T；5. 短文说明夏天吃叶子和嫩茎，秋冬吃根，并非仅在夏天吃根，故填F。
任务二：1. 根据短文内容及常识，“sweet potato”中文意思为红薯（或甘薯、地瓜，合理即可）；2. 短文提到种植红薯是用根而非种子，故否定回答为No, they don't；3. 短文明确说明可食用红薯植株的叶子、嫩茎和根，故填leaves, young stems and roots。
【答案】任务一：1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F；任务二：1. 红薯（合理即可） 2. No, they don't. 3. leaves, young stems and roots
【知识点】英语阅读理解、短文信息提取
【点评】本题是基础英语阅读理解题，主要考查学生对短文细节信息的理解与提取能力，难度较低，只要认真阅读短文，找准对应信息即可完成作答。
【难度系数】0.7