英语阅读理解试题既是考查我国高中毕业生英语阅读素养的主要工具，也是评价我国中学阶段英语阅读教学成果的重要途径，更是促进课程改革、实现核心素养落地的有力手段。本研究聚焦2019-2021年的高考英语全国卷，旨在运用任务特征框架检验高考英语阅读任务部分的内容效度，了解其特点，以及是否达到普通高中英语课程标准（2017年版2020年修订）的要求。本研究通过定量研究的方法发现高考英语阅读有以下特点：文章主题丰富；涉及四种基本体裁，以说明文为主；文章长度和难度适中；考察的阅读技能包括“理解主旨”、“理解具体信息”和“理解作者的意图、观点和态度”。总体上符合普通高中英语课程标准（2017年版2020年修订）的要求，内容效度高。

English reading tasks are not only the main tool to test the English reading ability of senior high school graduates in China, but also an important way to evaluate the achievements of English reading teaching in China. It is a powerful means to promote curriculum reform and realize the implementation of core literacy. This study aims to analyze the content validity on reading tasks of the National Matriculation English Test from 2019 to 2021 by applying the framework of tasks characteristics to study the characteristics of reading tasks of NMET from 2019 to 2021 and whether they reach the requirements of English Curriculum Standard for Senior High School (2017 edition, 2020 revision). Employing the quantitative analysis, the study summarizes the characteristics of reading tasks in these three years are as follows: the themes of articles are affluent; the four basic article genres are involved, mainly exposition; the length and difficulty of the article are moderate; the reading skills are examined include “understanding the gist”, “figuring out the specific information”, and “recognizing author’s intention, opinion and attitude”. Moreover, they reach the requirement of English Curriculum Standard for Senior High School (2017 edition, 2020 revision), which means their content validity is high.