六、任务型阅读
A student called Mark came to his teacher and asked him, “Sir, I have a question. Why do people need friends?”
“It is very simple, Mark,” the teacher answered. “Get me that red apple from the highest branch（树枝）.”
Mark looked up and said, “It’s too high! I can’t reach it.” “Ask a friend. Maybe he can help,” the teacher suggested.
Mark called his friend and sat on his shoulders（肩膀）to reach the branch. “I still can’t reach it, sir,” said Mark sadly after the first try. “Don’t you have more friends?” the teacher smiled.
Mark asked more friends to come over. They were thinking about how to get the apple when one of the friends went home and brought a ladder（梯子）. Then Mark climbed the ladder and finally picked the apple.
After Mark got the apple, the teacher asked, “So, do you understand why you need friends?”
“Yes, I do,” Mark said. “Friends are the ladder to help us reach higher.”
25. What did the teacher think of Mark’s question?（不超过5个词）

26. How did Mark get the red apple at last?（不超过5个词）

27. 「能力训练点·语言组织与表达」Why do we need friends in your opinion?（不超过10个词）

25. It was very simple.
26. By climbing a ladder.
27. Because friends help us reach higher.

【分析】
本题为任务型阅读，需根据题干关键词定位原文对应内容，再提炼符合词数要求的答案：第25题定位老师对问题的评价，第26题定位马克最后拿苹果的方式，第27题结合原文感悟组织观点，均需注意词数限制。
【解析】
25. 定位原文第二段老师的回答“It is very simple”，符合不超过5个词的要求，故答案为It was very simple.
26. 定位原文第五段“Then Mark climbed the ladder and finally picked the apple”，提炼为符合要求的表达By climbing a ladder.
27. 结合原文马克的感悟“Friends are the ladder to help us reach higher”，组织不超过10个词的观点，故答案为Because friends help us reach higher.
【答案】
25. It was very simple.
26. By climbing a ladder.
27. Because friends help us reach higher.
【知识点】
任务型阅读、细节理解、语言表达
【点评】
本题为任务型阅读基础题型，考查原文信息定位、提炼及简单观点表达，需严格遵守词数限制，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6