Ⅳ.任务型阅读
Mr Chen makes toys from dough(面团). He is over 50 years old now. His hands are rough(粗糙的）because he works with dough all the time.
Mr Chen makes dough toys of different sizes. He only needs a small piece of dough and some simple tools to make a dough toy. Mr Chen uses his hands to turn the dough into different characters,such as the Monkey King. He uses different colours to make the toys more interesting.
Every Saturday, Wang Weifang puts on a play with his friends in a small town near Xi'an. The audience(观众）can hear them,but they cannot see them. That is because they are putting on a shadow puppet play.
Shadow puppets are made of hard leather. The leather is in the shape of a person,an animal or an object. Each puppet has bright colours and a stick. Some puppets have movable arms and legs.
1. Why does Mr Chen need different colours of the dough?（不超过10个词）

2. Why can't the audience see Wang and his friends?（不超过10个词）

3. Should we learn and keep the traditional skills? Why?（不超过10个词）

1. To make the toys more interesting.
2. Because they are putting on a shadow puppet play.
3. Yes, we should. Because they are part of our culture.（言之有理即可）

【分析】
本题为任务型阅读题，需根据问题中的关键词快速定位原文对应内容，提取或归纳答案，同时注意答题的字数限制。第1题关键词为“different colours of the dough”，定位原文第二段相关语句；第2题关键词为“can't see Wang and his friends”，定位原文第三段相关语句；第3题围绕传统技能的价值，结合文化传承的常识作答，需符合要求。
【解析】
1. 定位原文第二段最后一句“He uses different colours to make the toys more interesting.”，直接提取答案；
2. 定位原文第三段最后一句“That is because they are putting on a shadow puppet play.”，直接提取答案；
3. 结合传统技能是中华文化组成部分的认知，回答肯定并说明原因，符合题目“言之有理”的要求。
【答案】
1. To make the toys more interesting.
2. Because they are putting on a shadow puppet play.
3. Yes, we should. Because they are part of our culture.
【知识点】
任务型阅读、细节理解、传统文化认知
【点评】
本题考查任务型阅读的信息定位能力及对传统文化的理解，需快速抓取原文关键信息，难度适中，符合初中英语任务型阅读的考查特点。
【难度系数】
0.6