六、任务型阅读。(2025·江苏盐城景山中学期中)
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
Do you know that some people in Britain live in boats instead of houses? It's expensive to buy a house in Britain. To save money, many people choose to live in the “floating houses”. There are over 35,000 boats on rivers in England and Wales in 2025. Many are people's main homes.
Liam Quinn, a 37-year-old musician, lives happily on a boat for five years in London. “I love waking up to the water and swans. One month, I'm in the heart of the city; the next, I stop next to cows in the countryside,” he says.
A small boat costs between 50,000 pounds (about 456,000 yuan) and 100,000 pounds. That's cheaper than buying a flat in London. In the richest places, the price of a flat is around 600,000 pounds.
But boat life isn't all fun. Quinn has to move his boat every two weeks and clean the toilet every day. Yuck! Still, Quinn loves his watery home. “You learn to fix things and make friends with others. Everyone is friendly and helpful!” he says.
注：每题不超过 6 个词。
1. Why do many people in Britain live in boats?
2. Where does Quinn stop in the countryside?
3. How much is a flat in the richest places in London?
4. How often does Quinn move his boat?
5. What do you think of the life on the boat?
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
Do you know that some people in Britain live in boats instead of houses? It's expensive to buy a house in Britain. To save money, many people choose to live in the “floating houses”. There are over 35,000 boats on rivers in England and Wales in 2025. Many are people's main homes.
Liam Quinn, a 37-year-old musician, lives happily on a boat for five years in London. “I love waking up to the water and swans. One month, I'm in the heart of the city; the next, I stop next to cows in the countryside,” he says.
A small boat costs between 50,000 pounds (about 456,000 yuan) and 100,000 pounds. That's cheaper than buying a flat in London. In the richest places, the price of a flat is around 600,000 pounds.
But boat life isn't all fun. Quinn has to move his boat every two weeks and clean the toilet every day. Yuck! Still, Quinn loves his watery home. “You learn to fix things and make friends with others. Everyone is friendly and helpful!” he says.
注：每题不超过 6 个词。
1. Why do many people in Britain live in boats?
To save money. /Because it's expensive to buy houses. /Because it's cheap(to buy boats).
2. Where does Quinn stop in the countryside?
Next to cows.
3. How much is a flat in the richest places in London?
Around/About 600,000 pounds.
4. How often does Quinn move his boat?
Every two weeks.
5. What do you think of the life on the boat?
It's amazing. /Interesting. /Surprising.（答案不唯一，合理即可）
答案：1. To save money. /Because it's expensive to buy houses. /Because it's cheap(to buy boats).
2. Next to cows.
3. Around/About 600,000 pounds.
4. Every two weeks.
5. It's amazing. /Interesting. /Surprising.（答案不唯一，合理即可）
2. Next to cows.
3. Around/About 600,000 pounds.
4. Every two weeks.
5. It's amazing. /Interesting. /Surprising.（答案不唯一，合理即可）
解析：
【分析】
这是一篇英语任务型阅读简答题，解题时首先通读全文，明确文章介绍英国船屋生活的大意；之后逐个对应题干问题，回到原文精准定位相关语句，提取核心信息；最后要严格遵守题干要求“每题不超过6个词”，对内容做精简处理，开放类问题结合文意给出符合要求的合理简短表述即可。
【解析】
1. 定位到原文第一段“It's expensive to buy a house in Britain. To save money, many people choose to live in the “floating houses””，提取核心原因，精简后得到符合词数要求的答案。
2. 定位到原文第二段“the next, I stop next to cows in the countryside”，直接提取对应的地点核心信息即可。
3. 定位到原文第三段“In the richest places, the price of a flat is around 600,000 pounds”，直接提取对应的价格信息即可。
4. 定位到原文第四段“Quinn has to move his boat every two weeks”，直接提取对应的频率信息即可。
5. 本题为开放性试题，结合文本对船屋生活的描述，给出不超过6个词的合理评价即可。
【答案】
1. To save money. /Because it's expensive to buy houses. /Because it's cheap(to buy boats).
2. Next to cows.
3. Around/About 600,000 pounds.
4. Every two weeks.
5. It's amazing. /Interesting. /Surprising.（答案不唯一，合理即可）
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位；英语简答规范；开放性表达
【点评】
本题整体偏向基础考察，绝大多数答案都可以直接从原文定位获取，既锻炼学生快速检索文本关键信息的能力，设置的词数限制也提醒学生答题时要精简表述，最后一道开放题兼顾了知识点考察和学生的灵活语言输出能力。
【难度系数】
0.8
这是一篇英语任务型阅读简答题，解题时首先通读全文，明确文章介绍英国船屋生活的大意；之后逐个对应题干问题，回到原文精准定位相关语句，提取核心信息；最后要严格遵守题干要求“每题不超过6个词”，对内容做精简处理，开放类问题结合文意给出符合要求的合理简短表述即可。
【解析】
1. 定位到原文第一段“It's expensive to buy a house in Britain. To save money, many people choose to live in the “floating houses””，提取核心原因，精简后得到符合词数要求的答案。
2. 定位到原文第二段“the next, I stop next to cows in the countryside”，直接提取对应的地点核心信息即可。
3. 定位到原文第三段“In the richest places, the price of a flat is around 600,000 pounds”，直接提取对应的价格信息即可。
4. 定位到原文第四段“Quinn has to move his boat every two weeks”，直接提取对应的频率信息即可。
5. 本题为开放性试题，结合文本对船屋生活的描述，给出不超过6个词的合理评价即可。
【答案】
1. To save money. /Because it's expensive to buy houses. /Because it's cheap(to buy boats).
2. Next to cows.
3. Around/About 600,000 pounds.
4. Every two weeks.
5. It's amazing. /Interesting. /Surprising.（答案不唯一，合理即可）
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位；英语简答规范；开放性表达
【点评】
本题整体偏向基础考察，绝大多数答案都可以直接从原文定位获取，既锻炼学生快速检索文本关键信息的能力，设置的词数限制也提醒学生答题时要精简表述，最后一道开放题兼顾了知识点考察和学生的灵活语言输出能力。
【难度系数】
0.8