2020年高考英語時事熱點外刊新聞做語法填空題：非洲東部的蝗蟲危機

外刊做語法填空：Climate-CrisisFueledLocustSwarms（蝗蟲群）Pose'UnprecedentedThreattoFoodSecurityandLivelihoods'inEastAfricaTheregion's___1____（bad）outbreakindecades___2____(bring)hundredsofmillionsofcrop-devouringbugstoSomalia,Ethiopia,andKenya.Amassiveinvasionofdesertlocusts—partlyfueledbytheclimatecrisis—seriouslythreatensfoodsecurityinalready-vulnerablecommunitiesacrossEastAfricaandhas___3____(increasing)alarmedUnitedNationsexpertsinrecentweeks."ThesituationremainsextremelyseriousintheHornofAfrica,___4____itthreatenspasturesandcropsinEthiopia,Kenya,andSomalia,"saysa

report___5____(release)lastweekbytheFoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)."Thecurrentswarmsrepresent__6____unprecedentedthreattofoodsecurityandlivelihoodsintheHornofAfrica."Aswarm___7___(contain)upto150millionlocustspersquarekilometers(0.39squaremiles)andcandevourenough___8____(crop)inadaytofeed35,000people,accordingtoFAO,aU.N.agency.___9____"groundandaerialcontroloperationscontinueinEthiopiaandaerialoperationsstartedinKenyainJanuary,"thereportnotesthat"insecurityandalackofnationalcapacityhavehamperedcontroloperationsinSomalia.""ApotentiallythreateningsituationisdevelopingalongbothsidesoftheRedSea,whereongoingbreedingiscausinglocustnumberstoincreaseonthecoastsofEgypt,Sudan,Eritrea,SaudiArabia,andYemen,"FAOwarns."Thereisarisk___100____thatsomeswarmscouldappearinnortheastUganda,southeastSouthSudan,andsouthwestEthiopia."二、參考答案：1.worst2hasbrought3.increasingly4.where5.released6.an7.contains8.crops9.Although10.that三、核心詞匯：devour[d??va??(r)]v.狼吞虎咽地吃;吞沒;吞噬She

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她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半個蘋果派2.進義辨析eatboltchewdevour(吃)eatv.吃，食用普通用詞，通常指用餐、吃東西。Sheiseatingbread.她正在吃面包。boltv.狼吞虎咽指匆匆吞咽食物，通常與down連用。Hebolteddownhisbreakfastandwenttoschool.他把早飯囫圇吞下，便上學去了。chewv.嚼，咀嚼指用牙齒嚼碎食物等。Itishealthytochewfoodwellbeforeyouswallowit.細嚼慢咽有益于健康。devourv.吞咽指饑餓時狼吞虎咽地吃東西，強調吃得快而徹底。Theboysdevouredtheirburgersandfries.男孩子們狼吞虎咽地吃光了漢堡和薯條。3.詞根詞綴vor=toeat吃carnivorousadj.食肉的carni〔=carn肉〕+vor吃+ous…的→食肉的devourv.吞吃de向下+vour〔=vor〕吃→吃下去→吞吃herbivorousadj.食草的herbi〔=herb草〕+vor吃+ous有…性質的，關于…的→食草的insectivorousadj.食蟲的insecti〔=insect昆蟲〕+vor吃+ous有…性質的，關于…的→吃昆蟲的→食蟲的omnivorousadj.雜食性的omni全部+vor吃+ous有…性質的，關于…的→什么都吃的→雜食性的voraciousadj.狼吞虎咽的vor吃+acious多…的→吃多的→狼吞虎咽的voracityn.貪食vor吃+acity表狀態(tài)→貪食六、原文翻譯Climate-CrisisFueledLocustSwarmsPose'UnprecedentedThreattoFoodSecurityandLivelihoods'inEastAfrica氣候危機引發(fā)的蝗蟲群對東非的糧食安全和生計構成“前所未有的威脅”Theregion'sworstoutbreakindecadeshasbroughthundredsofmillionsofcrop-devouringbugstoSomalia,Ethiopia,andKenya.這一地區(qū)數(shù)十年來最嚴重的疫情給索馬里、埃塞俄比亞和肯尼亞帶來了數(shù)億只吞噬農作物的蟲子。Amassiveinvasionofdesertlocusts—partlyfueledbytheclimatecrisis—seriouslythreatensfoodsecurityinalready-vulnerablecommunitiesacrossEastAfricaandhasincreasinglyalarmedUnitedNationsexpertsinrecentweeks.氣候危機在一定程度上助長了沙漠蝗蟲的大規(guī)模入侵，嚴重威脅到東非已經脆弱的社區(qū)的糧食安全，最近幾周聯(lián)合國專家越來越感到震驚。"ThesituationremainsextremelyseriousintheHornofAfrica,whereitthreatenspasturesandcropsinEthiopia,Kenya,andSomalia,"saysa

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(pdf)releasedlastweekbytheFoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)."ThecurrentswarmsrepresentanunprecedentedthreattofoodsecurityandlivelihoodsintheHornofAfrica."聯(lián)合國糧農組織（FAO）上周發(fā)布的一份報告說：“非洲之角的局勢仍然極其嚴重，威脅到埃塞俄比亞、肯尼亞和索馬里的牧場和農作物?！蹦壳暗姆淙簩Ψ侵拗堑募Z食安全和生計構成了前所未有的威脅?！盇swarmcontainsupto150millionlocustspersquarekilometers(0.39squaremiles)andcandevourenoughcropsinadaytofeed35,000people,accordingtoFAO,aU.N.agency.Although"groundandaerialcontroloperationscontinueinEthiopiaandaerialoperationsstartedinKenyainJanuary,"thereportnotesthat"insecurityandalackofnationalcapacityhavehamperedcontroloperationsinSomalia."聯(lián)合國糧農組織（FAO）稱，一個蝗蟲群每平方公里（0.39平方英里）可容納多達1.5億只蝗蟲，一天可吞食足夠的農作物，養(yǎng)活3.5萬人。報告指出，盡管“埃塞俄比亞的地面和空中控制行動仍在繼續(xù)，肯尼亞的空中控制行動于1月份開始”，但“不安全和缺乏國家能力阻礙了索馬里的控制行動”"ApotentiallythreateningsituationisdevelopingalongbothsidesoftheRedSea,whereongoingbreedingiscausinglocustnumberstoincreaseonthecoastsofEgypt,Sudan,Eritrea,SaudiArabia,andYemen,"FAOwarns."ThereisariskthatsomeswarmscouldappearinnortheastUganda,southeastSouthSudan,andsouthwestEthiopia."糧農組織警告說：“紅海兩岸正在形成一種潛在的威脅性局勢，在那里，不斷繁殖的蝗蟲正導致埃及、蘇丹、厄立特里亞、沙特阿拉伯和也門沿?；认x數(shù)量增加。”烏干達東北部、南蘇丹東南部和埃塞俄比亞西南部可能出現(xiàn)一些蜂群?！盕AO

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fora"massive,border-spanningcampaign"tocombatthe

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oflocustsandstopthemfromspreadingtoothercountries,notingthatimpactedregionsinEthiopiaandSomaliahaven'tseenswarmsofthisscalein25yearsandthatKenyahasn'tfacedathreatonthislevelin70years.糧農組織呼吁開展“大規(guī)模、跨越邊界的行動”，打擊數(shù)億蝗蟲，阻止它們擴散到其他國家，并指出埃塞俄比亞和索馬里受影響的地區(qū)25年來沒有出現(xiàn)過這種規(guī)模的蝗蟲群，肯尼亞70年來也沒有遇到過這種程度的威脅。Theprimarymethodofbattlinglocustswarmsistheaerialsprayingofpesticides.FAO's"LocustWatch"service

explains

that"althoughgiantnets,flamethrowers,lasers,andhugevacuumshavebeenproposedinthepast,thesearenotinuseforlocustcontrol.Peopleandbirdsofteneatlocustsbutusuallynotenoughtosignificantlyreducepopulationlevelsoverlargeareas."對付蝗蟲群的主要方法是空中噴灑殺蟲劑。糧農組織的“蝗蟲觀察”服務機構解釋說，“雖然過去曾有人提出過巨網、噴火器、激光和巨大的真空，但這些都不用于蝗蟲防治。人和鳥經常吃蝗蟲，但通常不足以顯著降低大面積地區(qū)的人口水平。”InresponsetoanFAO

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of$70million"toassistwithimmediateneedsinallthreecountries,includingrampingupcontroloperationsaswellasimplementingmeasurestosafeguardrurallivelihoods,"theU.N.CentralEmergencyResponseFund(CERF)agreedonJan.24torelease$10milliontotheagency.聯(lián)合國中央應急基金（CERF）1月24日同意，應糧農組織提出的7000萬美元“協(xié)助所有三個國家的緊急需要，包括加強控制行動以及執(zhí)行保障農村生計的措施”的要求，向該機構發(fā)放1000萬美元。"ThisdevastatinglocustoutbreakisstartingtodestroyvegetationacrossEastAfricawithalarmingspeedandferocity,"U.N.humanitarianchiefMarkLowcock

said

inastatementannouncingtheallocation."Vulnerablefamiliesthatwerealreadydealingwithfoodshortagesnowfacetheprospectofwatchingastheircropsaredestroyedbeforetheireyes."聯(lián)合國人道主義事務負責人洛科克（MarkLowcock）在宣布這項撥款的聲明中說：“這次毀滅性的蝗災爆發(fā)正以驚人的速度和兇猛程度開始摧毀東非各地的植被?！币呀浽趹獙Z食短缺的脆弱家庭現(xiàn)在面臨著眼看著他們的莊稼被摧毀的前景?！?Wemustactnow,"Lowcockadded,confirmingthatthefundswillgotowardscalingupaerialoperations."Ifleftunchecked,thisoutbreakhasthepotentialtospilloverintomorecountriesinEastAfricawithhorrendousconsequences.Aswiftanddeterminedresponsetocontainitisessential."“我們現(xiàn)在必須采取行動，”Lowcock補充道，證實這些資金將用于擴大空中業(yè)務規(guī)模如果不加以控制，這次疫情有可能蔓延到東非更多國家，造成可怕的后果。迅速而堅決地作出反應以遏制這種情況是至關重要的?！保?67）（/news/2020/01/28/climate-crisis-fueled-locust-swarms-pose-unprecedented-threat-food-security-and）拓展閱讀AhumanitariancrisisloomsinAfricaunlessweactfasttostopthedesertlocustAfarmertriestochaseawayaswarmofdesertlocustsinKenyainJanuary.Photograph:DaiKurokawa/EPAAcolleagueattheUN’sFoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)tellsaterrifyingstoryaboutthedesertlocust.In2005shevisitedfarmersinNigerastheypreparedtoharvesttheircrops.Justhourslater,aswarmoflocustssweptthroughtheareaanddestroyedeverything.Onemonthlater,truckloadsoffamilieswereforcedtoleavetheirhomesbecausetheyhadnothingtoeat.AyearbeforethattheUNhadlaunchedanappealfor

$9m

(￡6.9m)tohelpNigerandneighbouringcountriescontrolthelocusts.Theresponsewasslow,andsixmonthslatertheamountrequiredintheappealhadreached$100m.Themathswassimple:thelocustswerefasterthantheinternationalresponse.Historyisnowindangerofrepeatingitself.Butonamuchbiggerscale.TheworstoutbreakofdesertlocustsindecadesiscurrentlyunderwayintheHornofAfrica.Itisthebiggestofitskindin25yearsfor

Ethiopia

andSomalia–andtheworstKenyahasseenfor70years.Theimpactsoftheoutbreakinthesecountriesareparticularlyacuteaspasturesandcropsarebeingwipedoutincommunitiesthatwerealreadyfacingfoodshortages.Aswewrite,theswarmshavejust

crossedintoUgandaandTanzania,andmovedwithin50km(31miles)ofSouthSudan.DjiboutiandEritreaarealsoaffected.AndOman,SaudiArabia,Sudan,Yemen,andPakistanarefightingtheirownseriousinfestations.Thedesertlocustisconsideredtheworld’smostdestructivemigratorypest.Asinglelocustcantravel150kmandeatitsownweightinfood–abouttwograms–eachday.AswarmthesizeofNewYorkCitycanconsumethesameamountoffoodinonedayasthetotalpopulationofNewYork,NewJerseyandPennsylvania.WhatweareseeinginEast

Africa

todayisunlikeanythingwe’veseeninaverylongtime.Itsdestructivepotentialisenormous,andit’stakingplaceinaregionwherefarmersneedeverygramoffoodtofeedthemselvesandtheirfamilies.Mostofthecountrieshardesthitarethosewheremillionsofpeoplearealreadyvulnerableorinserioushumanitarianneed,astheyenduretheimpactofviolence,drought,andfloods.Wehaveactedquicklytorespondtothisupsurge.LocalandnationalgovernmentsinEastAfricaareleadingtheresponse,andourrespectiveofficesareworkingcloselytogethertokeepthisoutbreakundercontrol.TheUN’sOfficefortheCoordinationofHumanitarianAffairshasreleased$10millionfromitsCentralEmergencyReliefFundtofundahugescale-upinaerialoperationstomanagetheoutbreak.TheFAOisurgentlyseeking$76millionfromdonorsandotherorganisationstohelptheaffectedcountriesfighttheoutbreak.Theamountrequiredislikelytoincreaseasthelocustsspread.Butthewindowtocontainthiscrisisisclosingfast.WeonlyhaveuntilthebeginningofMarchtobringthisinfestationundercontrolasthatiswhentherainandplantingseasonbegins.Theswarmsarehighlymobile;theterrainoftendifficult;thelogisticalchallengesimmense.Butleftunchecked–andwithexpectedadditionalrains–locustnumbersinEastAfricacouldincrease500timesbyJune.Wemustactnowtoavoidafull-blowncatastrophe.Andwewill.Atthesametime,weneedtopayattentiontoabiggerpicture.ThisisnotthefirsttimetheGreaterHornofAfricahasseenlocustupsurgesapproachthisscale,butthecurrentsituationisthelargestindecades.Thisislinkedtoclimatechange.Warmerseasmeanmorecyclones,generatingtheperfectbreedingconditionsforlocusts.Together,weexpressdeepsolidaritywiththepeopleandcommunitiesaffected.Andwecallontheinternationalcommunitytorespondwithspeedandgenerositytocontroltheinfestationwhilewestillhavethechance.?

QuDongyuisdirector-generaloftheUNFoodandAgricultureOrganization;MarkLowcockistheUNunder-secretary-generalforHumanitarianAffairsandEmergencyReliefCoordinator.（673）拓展閱讀2Africa'slocustcrisisworsensExpertsarewarningthatswarmsoflocustsmunchingtheirwayacrossAfricamayyetreachplagueproportions-whileAustraliaisbracingitselffortheonslaughtofanotherspeciesofthevoraciousinsect.Africandesertlocusts(Schistocercagregaria),bunchtogetherintoflyingswarmsthatcanstripfieldsofcropsovernight.Sincelatelastyear,rainyweatherhasencouragedthemtobreedinnorth-westernAfricaandnumbershavegraduallyclimbed.Thisweek,theFoodandAgricultureOrganizationwarnedthatswarmsareescalatinginMauritania,MaliandNigerandarespreadingeastintoChad.Thepaceofbreedingisunprecedented,saysCliveElliott,partoftheFAO'slocust-forecastinggroupinRome."Thenumberofswarmsislargerthananybodyexpected."ExpertsareconcernedthatthelocustswillspreadasfarasSudanandtheMiddleEast,atwhichpointthesituationwouldbeclassifiedasaplague.Theswarmscouldalsosurviveforseveralyears.Elliottsaysthatthesituationalreadylooksworsethananequivalentperiodduringthemostrecentplague,between1986and1989.DrivingforceRainyweatherhasbeenthemaindriverbehindthelocusts'spread,asitprovidesthemwithgreenvegetationtofeedonanddampsandysoilinwhichtolayeggs.Eachtimetheinsectsspawnanewgeneration,whichtheyhavedoneatleastfourtimessincelastOctober,theirnumbersswellbyafactorofabout20.Elliottsaysthatfinancialsupportisnowcomingfromtheinternationalcommunity.Butexactlyhowthesituationpansoutwill