六、任务型阅读。
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
In Chinese, guiju refers to(指的是)laws and rules. In fact, these two characters, gui and ju referred to two tools in ancient times. Do you know what they were?
Gui was the tool used to draw circles, like today’s compasses(圆规). Ju was used to draw squares, like the try square today. They were useful tools and helped Geometry(几何学)get better. Ju appeared(出现)in records of what is known as the Pythagorean theorem(勾股定理). This theorem was one of the most important findings in Maths history.
Ancient Chinese people created the tools very early. Records of the Grand Historian said that Dayu, the man who fought the flood(洪水), used gui and ju.
In the brick carving patterns of the Han Dynasty, there are such pictures—Fuxi holds ju, while Nüwa holds gui.
1. How did these two tools help the development(发展)of Maths?

2. Which tool does Nüwa hold in the ancient brick carving patterns?

3. How do you understand guiju at school?

六、1. They helped Geometry get better.
2. She holds gui. /Gui.
3. I think it's good for our studies.（言之有理即可）

【分析】
做这道任务型阅读时，首先可以先通读题干划出每个问题的关键词，再带着关键词回原文定位对应内容：第1题关键词是“help the development of Maths”，直接去原文找和工具助力数学发展相关的语句即可；第2题关键词是“Nüwa”“brick carving patterns”，定位到最后一段的相关描述就能直接提取答案；第3题是开放类问题，结合全文对“guiju（规矩）”的释义，联系校园生活实际，表述通顺、符合逻辑即可得分。
【解析】
1. 回到原文第二段，找到对应语句“They were useful tools and helped Geometry get better”，直接提取该内容即可回答两个工具对数学发展的作用。
2. 定位到原文最后一段的描述“In the brick carving patterns of the Han Dynasty, there are such pictures—Fuxi holds ju, while Nüwa holds gui”，可知女娲手持的工具是gui，两种作答形式都符合要求。
3. 本题无固定标准答案，只要围绕校园场景下对“规矩”的理解展开，言之有理即可，比如可以表述为规矩能帮助我们维持良好校园秩序、养成好习惯、助力学习等。
【答案】
1. They helped Geometry get better.
2. She holds gui. / Gui.
3. I think it's good for our studies.（言之有理即可）
【知识点】
阅读细节定位，中华文化常识，英语情景表达
【点评】
本题整体难度偏低，前两道均为原文原句可直接找到答案的细节题，重点考察学生快速定位文本信息的能力，第三道开放题引导学生结合生活实际理解“规矩”的内涵，兼顾语言考察和文化科普属性。
【难度系数】
0.8