七、任务型阅读。（2024·江苏盐城滨海县初中教育集团调研）
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
My name is Frank. I'm a student. My parents are English teachers. I have an uncle. He is my father's brother. His name is John Smith. He has a great sports collection(收藏品). He has four tennis balls, two ping-pong bats and three baseball bats. Look! His tennis balls are under the chair. His ping-pong bats are on the table. He plays ping-pong with his friends. But I don't like to play ping-pong. It's boring. I have three soccer balls. They are under the bed. Soccer is easy for me.
注：每题答案不超过6个词。
1. What is Frank's father?

2. Who is Frank's uncle?

3. Where can you see the tennis balls?

4. How many soccer balls does Frank have?

5. What does Frank think of soccer?

1. He is an English teacher. /An English teacher.
2. His name/He is John Smith. /John Smith.
3. Under the chair.
4. He has three soccer balls. /Three.
5. It/Soccer is easy for him. /Easy.

【分析】做任务型阅读时，先读每个问题，划出问题中的关键词，带着关键词回到原文定位对应句子，再提取符合“答案不超过6个词”要求的信息，确保答案准确简洁。
【解析】1. 定位问题关键词“Frank's father”，原文第3句“My parents are English teachers”，可知Frank的父亲是英语老师，提取简洁答案；2. 定位问题关键词“Frank's uncle”，原文提到“I have an uncle...His name is John Smith”，提取对应信息；3. 定位问题关键词“tennis balls”，原文“His tennis balls are under the chair”，提取位置信息；4. 定位问题关键词“how many soccer balls”，原文“I have three soccer balls”，提取数量信息；5. 定位问题关键词“Frank think of soccer”，原文“Soccer is easy for me”，提取看法信息。
【答案】1. An English teacher. 2. John Smith. 3. Under the chair. 4. Three. 5. Easy.
【知识点】任务型阅读、细节理解
【点评】本题为初中英语任务型阅读基础题，侧重考查学生快速定位原文细节信息的能力，只要掌握关键词定位法，注意答案字数限制即可轻松解答，适合巩固基础。
【难度系数】0.8