中考英語總復(fù)習(xí)二輪 【2021年中考時事閱讀】第12期

英語時事閱讀第12期

目錄主題

Passage1閱讀理解在疫情中反思人與自然的關(guān)系

Passage2閱讀理解新冠狀病毒的爆發(fā)真是蝙蝠的錯？

Passage3詞匯填空我們?yōu)楹我x書

Passage4閱讀理解保護野生動物，就是保護人類自己

Passage5閱讀表達疫情面前,中國經(jīng)濟韌性仍在

Passage6表格補充宅在家的生活也可以很豐富

Pas!sage1.Meatofthematter

UKphysicistIsaacNewtononcesaid,"Natureispleasedwithsimplicityand

natureisnodummy（傻子）Indeed,MotherNaturecanprovidealmosteverything

humanbeingsneedifwefollowherrules.Butifwebreaktherules,sheislikelytobe

cruelandlashoutatus.

Theoutbreakofthenovelcoronaviruspneumonia（新型冠狀病毒肺炎,NCP）in

Chinaandsomeothercountriesatthebeginningofthisyearisanexample.According

toXinhuaNewsAgency,thenewcoronavirusissimilartoavirusfoundinabatin

2017andprobablyhasanintermediatehost（中間宿主）.It'sbelievedthatthevirus

originatedfromtheHuananSeafoodMarketinWuhan,Hubeiprovince,wherelive

wildanimalsweresold.

TheWallStreetJournalreportedthatDrPeterDaszak,presidentoftheUS-based

healthorganizationEcoHealthAlliance,said,"Thisoutbreakisalessonforus.Ona

globalscale（規(guī)模），humanpopulationdensity（密度），wildlifediversity,andlanduse

changearewhatdrivenewpandemics（流行病）

Inancienttimes,peopleneededtorelyonnaturetosurvivesotheyhelditinawe

（敬畏）.Forexample,theAmericanIndiansbelievedthathumansareapartofnature

andnatureisapartofhumans.Chineseancientsalwayspursuedtheharmonybetween

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natureandhumanbeings.

However,ashumanbeingsmastermoreknowledgeandmakemoreadvanced

tools,peopletrytochangeandevenconquernature.Theyusemorelandtomake

buildings,geneticallymodify（改變）plants,capturesomewildandrareanimalsto

suittheirownneeds.Inthisprocess,humansgraduallylosecontactwithnatureand

eventhrowitoutofbalance.Forexample,cuttingalargenumberofforestsmeans

carbondioxidemustbuildupintheatmosphereanditcontributestoglobalwarming.

Althoughwedon'tknowforsurewhatfirstcausedtheNCPoutbreak,Brian

LamacraftatMediumsaidit'stimeforpeopleto"reflectonourrelationshipwithour

planet1*and"reconnectwiththisworldandeverythingthatwe'vebeengiven”.①

Afterall,accordingtoUSpoetGarySnyder,nNatureisnottheplacetovisit.It'sour

home.'1

1：Whatdoesthephrase“l(fā)ashoutat"inParagraph1probablymean?

A.PunishC.test

B.ControlD.challenge

2：WhatlessondidDaszakthinkhumanbeingsshouldlearnfromtheNCPoutbreak?

A.Batsareoneofthemostdangerouswildanimals.

B.It'simpossibletopreventnewpandemicsglobally.

C.Weshouldstopthewildlifetradearoundtheworld.

D.Humansshouldlivepeacefullywithnature.

3：WhatisthemainideaofParagraph5?

A.Howhumanbeingsbecometheirownmasters.

B.Howhumanactivitiescauseglobalwarming.

C.Howhumanbeingsbreakthebalanceofnature.

D.Howhumansusetechnologytoimprovetheirlives.

4：Whatistheauthor'spurposeinwritingthisarticle?

A.ToreflectontheNCPoutbreak.

B.ToexplainwhatledtotheNCPoutbreak.

C.Todescribeexperts9predictionsonnewpandemics.

D.Tocompareancientandmodernattitudestowardnature.

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參考答案：ADCA

Passage2：Theprimesuspect

Asthenovelcoronavirus（冠狀病毒）spreadsthroughoutChinaandtherestof

theworld,animportantquestionhasyettobeanswered:wheredidtheviruscome

from?

Thelateststudyindicatedthatpangolins（穿山甲）maybeanintermediatehost

ofvirus,accordingtoXinhua.However,batsaresuspectedtobetheoriginalcause.

“Wedon'tknowthesourceyet,butthere'sprettystrongevidencethatthisisa

batorigincoronavirus,saidPeterDazsak,presidentofEcoHealthAlliance,an

environmentalnonprofit（非營利機構(gòu)），accordingtoTheNewYorkTimes.①“When

youlookatthegeneticsequence（基因序歹！J）ofthevirus,andyoumatchitupwith

everyknowncoronavirus,theclosestonesarefrombatsJDazsakalsotoldCNN.

Sowhyarebatsthesourceofsomanydeadlykindsofvirusesandwhydon't

theysufferfromanysymptoms（癥狀）?Batsaremammals（哺乳動物）thathavea

longlifespan（壽命）andlivewithmillionsofotherbatsincaves,wheretheycan

potentiallyspreadthevirusfarandwide.Astheonlyflyingmammal,theirbody

temperatureishigh,similartoafever.IVsthisfactthatmaycontributetobats'unique

immunesystem（免疫系統(tǒng)）inprotectingthemfromtheilleffectsofviruses.

It'scurioustonotethatthevirusoutbreakwastracedtotheHuananSeafood

MarketinWuhan,aplacewherenobatsweresold.Howcouldthisbe?"Itseems

likelythatanotheranimalhostisactingasanintermediatehostbetweenbatsand

humans,“saidWuGuizhen,oftheChineseCenterfbrDiseaseControlandPrevention,

accordingtoLiveScience.

Butarebatstrulytoblamefbrthevirusorshouldwebeblamingourselves?Ifs

thefault（錯誤）ofhumansfordecreasingthedistancebetweenusandvirus-carrying

bats.Batsareanimportantanimalinourecosystem（生態(tài)系統(tǒng)）whenitcomesto

pollinating（授粉）manyfruitssuchasmangoes,bananasandavocados.Weneedto

allowthemtocontinuepollinationandkeepthemawayfromourmarketsandmouths.

1：WhatcanwelearnabouttheoriginofCOVID-19?

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A.Batshavebeendiscoveredtobeitsoriginalcause.

B.Pangolinsarenowconsideredthemostlikelysource.

C.It'sidentifiedbycomparingsourcesofvariousviruses.

D.Theviruswasfoundtobegeneticallysimilartothoseseeninbats.

2：Whydon'tbatssufferfromthecoronavirus?

A.Theirlowbodytemperatureprotectsthem.

B.Batshaveauniqueimmunesystem.

C.Batsaretheonlyflyingmammaltoliveingroups.

D.Livingincaveshelpsbatsfightagainstviruses.

3：WhatcanbeinferredfromParagraph5?

A.TheWuhanHuananseafoodmarketwasblamedforsellingbats.

B.Thecoronaviruswasdirectlytransmittedfrombatstohumans.

C.Theintermediatehostspreadingthevirusremainsunknown.

D.Batsarenotresponsiblefortheoutbreakofthecoronavirus.

4：Whatisthemainpointtheauthormakesinthelastparagraph?

A.Virus-carryingbatsshouldbekilled.

B.Humansshouldstayawayfrombats.

C.Batsbenefitbutalsoharmourecosystem.

D.Batscouldspreadvirusesduringpollination.

參考答案：DBCB

Passage3:Whyshouldwegotocollege

WhydoIwanttogotocollege?Noonehaseveraskedme_l_aquestion.But

manytimesIhaveaskedmyself.Ihave_2(come)upwithawholevarietyof

reasons.the_3(many)importantreasonisthatIwanttobeabetterman.

Manythingsmakehumanbeingsdifferent_4__orbetterthanorevensuperior

toanimals.

Oneofthemostimportantthingsis_5_(educate).IfIfailtoreceive

highereducation,myeducationdon't_6_(完成).AsIwanttobeafully_7

(develop)man,Imustgetawell-roundededucation,whichgoodcollegesand

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universitiesaresupposedto_8_（提供）.Iknowonecangeteducatedinmany

ways,butcollegesanduniversitiesare_9_（在??之中）thebestplacestoteachme

howtoeducatemyself.OnlywhenIamwell-educated,willIbeabetterhuman

beingandbe_a_10_tofitintosociety.

參考答案：such；come；most；from；education；finish；

developed；provide；Among；able

Passage4：Frombatstoourbodies

Thenovelcoronaviruspneumonia（NCP,新型冠狀病毒肺炎）outbreakinChina

wascausedbyanewcoronavirusthatwehaveneverseenbefore.Itwasfirstfoundin

theHuananSeafoodMarketinWuhan,whereavarietyof（各種）wildanimals

wereonsale.Peoplewhosoldandboughtanimalsillegally（非法）werethefirsttobe

infected（感染）.

Scientistshavefoundthattheviruslikelycamefrombatsandwasthenspreadto

humansfrompangolins（穿ill甲）.AccordingtoLiveScience,batscancarryand

spreadmorethan60virusesthatcaninfecthumans.Theyincludetheworld's

deadliest（最致命的）viruses,suchasEbolaandSARS.Otherwildanimalslike

snakesandhedgehogs（刺猬）arealsohostsofmanyviruses.

Therehavebeencallsforpeopletostopeatingwildanimals.However,the

dangerisnotjustineatingthem,butalsointouchingthem.Peoplecangetinfectedif

theycomeintocontact（接觸）withthebodyfluids（體液）ofwildanimals.People

whohunt,kill,selloreattheseanimalsruntherisk（風(fēng)險）ofbecominginfected.

Keepingwildanimalsaspetsorsellingpartsoftheirbodiesasanimalproducts

（商品）alsocreaterisksforhumans.Itishighlypossibletocomeintocontactwiththe

bodyfluidsofwildanimalsinthisway.

“Tradeandconsumption（消費）ofwildanimalsofallkindsshouldbebanned

（禁止）JZengGuang,chiefepidemiologist（流行病學(xué)家）attheChineseCenterfor

DiseaseControlandPrevention,toldChinaDaily."Otherwisepeoplewillsuffer.^^

Whyarebatsthesourceofsomanyviruses?

Batstendtoliveindarkandwetplaces,wherethereareallkindsofviruses.

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Batsalwaysliveingroups.Therefore,thevirusescanhavelarger“playgrounds”

toevolve（進化）andbecomemorepowerfulvariants（變體）.

Batsaremammals（哺乳動物）,justlikehumans.Oursimilargenes（基因）make

iteasierfbrustobecomeinfectedwiththesameviruses.

Whenbatsfly,theirbodytemperaturecanreachashighas40C.Thishigh

temperaturecankillweakviruses,butstrongeroneswillsurvive（存*舌）andcontinue

toevolve.

Batshavespecialimmune（免疫的）systemsthatallowthemtolivewithviruses

withoutgettingsick.

Sincetheycanfly,batscanspreadvirusesfartherandmoreeasilythanother

animals.

Althoughwildanimalscarrymanydiseases,itdoesn'tmeanthatweshould

regardthemasevil.Eachspecieshasaroleintheecosystem（生態(tài)系統(tǒng)）andallof

themareimportantforkeepingagoodecologicalbalance.Thelessonweshouldlearn

fromvirusoutbreaksistorespectandprotectanimalsandtoliveinharmonywith

them,insteadofhunting,killing,oreatingthem.

1：Accordingtoscientists,humansmightgetinfectedwithCOVID-19from.

A.pangolinsC.hedgehogs

B.snakesD.bamboorats2：

Accordingtothestory,whatlessonshouldhumanslearn?

A.Researchmoreaboutwildanimals.

B.Exerciseregularlytostayhealthy.

C.Stopkeepinganimalsaspets.

D.Don'tbuyoreatwildanimals.

3：Whycanbatshostmanyviruseswithoutgettingsick?

A.Becausethesevirusesarenotdeadly.

B.Becausetheyhavespecialimmunesystems.

C.Becausebatscankeepthevirusesinbalance.

D.Becausetheycanspreadthevirusestootheranimals.

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參考答案：ADB

Passage5:Economynotindanger

Ithasbeennearlyfourmonthssincethefirstcaseofnovelcoronavirus（新型冠

狀病毒）wasfoundinWuhan.Asmostpeoplestayathomeandmanyindustries

delay（推遲）theirwork,somepeopleworrythatthismightaffectChina'seconomy

（經(jīng)濟）.

AsChinaDailyreported,theepidemic（疫T青）hasdirectlyharmedsomeof

China'smainindustries.Forexample,thetourismindustryhasbeenaffected,assome

foreigncountrieshavesetrestrictions（限制）onpeopletravelingfromChinaand

manyairlineshavecanceledflightstoandfromChina.Also,sincemanyChinese

factories,suchasthosethatmakecarparts,havedelayedtheirwork,companiesthat

relyontheirproductshavebeenaffectedaswell.

“Despitethetemporary（臨時的）influenceontheChineseeconomy,the

outbreakwon'taffecttheeconomy'smid-tolong-termfundamentals（基石出）「said

TangJianwei,chiefresearcherattheFinancialResearchCenteroftheBankof

Communications.

Chinaismakingeffortstostepupproductionandresume（恢復(fù)）work.Asof

Feb10,94.6percentoffood-producingandprocessing（力口工）companiesinChina

hadresumedwork,accordingtoCongLiang,secretary-generaloftheNational

DevelopmentandReformCommission.

Moreover,thedigital（數(shù)字的）economyisbecomingmoreactive.Aspeopleare

unabletogooutdoors,theyareturningtodigitalentertainmentbywatchingfilmsand

TVshowsonline.Someofficeworkersareworkingathomebyusing

teleconferencingsoftware（電話會議軟件）.PlatformslikeTencentandAliHealthare

providingonlinemedicalconsultationservicestoallowpeopletogetmedicalhelp

withoutleavinghome.

Thesetechnologiesarehelpingpeoplegoonwiththeirdailylivesandkeepthem

safe.Theyarealsoliftingthedigitaleconomytoanewhigh,ChinaDailyreported.

“WeareconfidentthatChina'seconomyremainsresilient（適應(yīng)力強的）IMF

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ManagingDirectorKristalinaGeorgievasaidinanonlinepost.

1：Whatistheauthor'spurposeofwritingParagraph2?

2：AccordingtoTangJianwei,willtheoutbreakaffecttheeconomyinthelongrun?

3：Whatpercentageoffood-producingandprocessingcompaniesinChinahad

startedworkingagainbyFeb10?

4：Duringtheoutbreak,whatcanyouturntoforonlinemedicalhelp?

5.HowdoesKristalinaGeorgievafeelaboutChina'seconomy?

參考答案：

1.Toshowthatsomeindustrieshavebeenaffectedbytheepidemic.

2.No,itwon't.

3.94.6percentofthem.

4.PlatformslikeTencentandAliHealth.

5.Confident.

Passage6：Timetotrynewthings

Sincethenovelcoronavirusoutbreak,manyfamilieshavebeentoldtostaysafe

insidetheirhomes.Thismayhavebeenniceatfirst,butnowyouareprobablybored.

We'vegotsomesuggestionsforyoutobeattheblues.

Oneimportantthing,ofcourse,istokeepactive.Whileitcanbetempting（誘人

的）tositdownallday,makesureyougetuptogetyourbloodflowing.Stretching

（拉非H）,sit-upsorpush-upsarealleasyexercisestodoathome.Makesuretokeepup

adailyexerciseroutine.Youcanevenfindlive-streaming（直播的）workoutclasses

onlinesoyouaren'talone.

Nowisalsotheperfecttimetolearnanewskill.Coding（編程），drawing,

playinganewinstrument-theoptionsareendless.Youcanbrowse（瀏覽）the

thousandsofhow-tovideosonlinetolearnjustaboutanything.Whoneedstotake

extraclasseswhenyoucanjustwatchvideosandlearnforfree?

Ifyoudon'ttrustfooddeliveryduringthistime,you'llneedtocookyourown

food.Don'tplacetheresponsibilityformakingfoodonyourfamilyalone-ifsa

greattimetopracticepreparingamealforyourparents.Youcantryyourhandat

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foldingtheperfectdumplings,prepareavarietyofmeatandvegetablesforhomemade

hotpot,ormakeuseofyourovenandbakeyourselfapizzaorsomecookies.

Thoughthevirusoutbreakisaseriousmatter,it'simportanttomaintainasense

ofhumorandstaypositive.Internetusershavebeenfloodingonlinewithmemes

aboutthevirus.Forexample,thelackofsurgicalmaskshasalsoproducedsome

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