2014年全国中考分类汇编阅读理解（任务型）

(2014河北)

九、任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）

阅读短文，并按要求完成76-80题。

In today’s world of mobile phones, most people have at least one time-telling tool with them. Since these small machines are so common, will people stop wearing the 500-year-old watches? According to some people, yes. A teenager says it’s unnecessary to wear a watch. Many young people agree-and use their mobile phones to tell time. Louis Galie, apresident, said that fewer young people wear watches today than five years ago.

However, watchmakers say that watches get popular again when people reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they want to spend money on a nice time-telling tool which doesn’t just keep a good time. For this reason, the watch industry has become an accessory business (配件业) in recent years.

Today’s ______ offer a lot of uses that meet the need of almost any personality (个性). They can be used as compasses (指南针), calendars, and even USB drivers…

business watches that don’t even look like watches. Their popular model uses different color lights to tell the time. Another watchmaker business, make a “handless” watch, using a ring of circles to keep time. This watch makes people talk a lot about modern watches.

Whether a watch express fashion sense, creative ability of a love of sports, people want their time-telling tools to be beautiful, fashionable and practical. All in all, a watch has become more important than the time it tells.

76题完成句子；77题简略回答问题；78题将文中横线处空缺的一个单词填写在下面的答题纸上；79题找出并写出全文的主题句；80题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

76. Many young people agree that it’s unnecessary to __________________.

77. When do watches get popular again according to watchmakers? ______________________________________________________________

78. ___________________________________________________________ 79. ___________________________________________________________

80. ___________________________________________________________

Key:

76. wear a watch/wear watches

77. When people reach their 20s and 30s, watches get popular again.

78. watches

79. A watch has become more important than the time it tells.

80. 人们一直/总是在努力创造/设计/制造新型/种类的手表。