七、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.
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）
答案：七、1. To save money. /Because it's expensive to buy houses.
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）
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）
解析：
【分析】
这是一道英语任务型阅读简答题，解题时先逐个抓取题干的核心关键词，带着关键词回到原文精准定位对应的语句，再提取核心信息，同时严格遵守题干要求的“每题不超过6个词”的字数限制，删减冗余内容即可得到答案。第1题定位住船的原因相关内容，第2题定位乡下停船的位置，第3题定位高价公寓的价格信息，第4题定位挪船的频率描述，第5题为开放性问题，给出符合逻辑的简短评价即可。
【解析】
1. 回到原文第一段找到对应表述：英国房价很高，很多人为了省钱选择住在船上，提取符合字数要求的核心原因即可。
2. 回到原文第二段Liam的自述部分，直接提取他在乡下停船的位置信息即可。
3. 回到原文第三段房价相关内容，提取最富裕地段公寓的售价信息即可。
4. 回到原文最后一段关于船居不便的描述，提取Quinn移动船只的频率即可。
5. 开放性作答，只要是对船居生活的合理评价、字数不超过6个词都符合要求。
【答案】
1. To save money. /Because it's expensive to buy houses.
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】
阅读细节定位；英语简答规范
【点评】
本题整体难度偏低，绝大多数答案都可以直接从原文中找到对应内容，唯一需要注意的易错点是题干明确要求每题答案不能超过6个词，作答时不要添加多余内容超出字数限制，最后一道开放题只要表述通顺符合逻辑就能得分。
【难度系数】
0.8
这是一道英语任务型阅读简答题，解题时先逐个抓取题干的核心关键词，带着关键词回到原文精准定位对应的语句，再提取核心信息，同时严格遵守题干要求的“每题不超过6个词”的字数限制，删减冗余内容即可得到答案。第1题定位住船的原因相关内容，第2题定位乡下停船的位置，第3题定位高价公寓的价格信息，第4题定位挪船的频率描述，第5题为开放性问题，给出符合逻辑的简短评价即可。
【解析】
1. 回到原文第一段找到对应表述：英国房价很高，很多人为了省钱选择住在船上，提取符合字数要求的核心原因即可。
2. 回到原文第二段Liam的自述部分，直接提取他在乡下停船的位置信息即可。
3. 回到原文第三段房价相关内容，提取最富裕地段公寓的售价信息即可。
4. 回到原文最后一段关于船居不便的描述，提取Quinn移动船只的频率即可。
5. 开放性作答，只要是对船居生活的合理评价、字数不超过6个词都符合要求。
【答案】
1. To save money. /Because it's expensive to buy houses.
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】
阅读细节定位；英语简答规范
【点评】
本题整体难度偏低，绝大多数答案都可以直接从原文中找到对应内容，唯一需要注意的易错点是题干明确要求每题答案不能超过6个词，作答时不要添加多余内容超出字数限制，最后一道开放题只要表述通顺符合逻辑就能得分。
【难度系数】
0.8