2021届高考英语二轮复习时事热点阅读练习（十四）Word版含解析

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（十四）2021ABedford HighSchool in the stateof New Hampshire hadto cancelits traditionalprom（毕业舞会）this yearbecause of the coronavirus health crisis（危机）.Most Americanhigh schoolstudents attendprom-a yearlyformal dance-tocelebrate theend of the schoolyear.But because the spread of the coronaviruscontinues,such eventsare nothappening often.In someplaces hardesthit by thevirus,similar danceplans werecanceled.Health officialsin Illinoissaid10people linkedto anunofficial prom1held atahome inJune latertested positivefor thevirus.But in New Hampshire,officialsallowed theevents togo forward,asking the students tofollow distancingrulesmeant toslow thespreadof the coronavirus.NewHampshirerules donot bandancing.But theyadvise againstit unlessdancers staywith theirfamilies orremainat least2meters apart.So tocelebrate in a differentway,nearly100recent BedfordHigh Schoolgraduatesgot dressedup last weekend andheld theirown privateprom.The BedfordHigh promwas heldlast Saturdayinatent at the Stonebridge（）Country Clubin Goffstown.While more than30seniors graduated,attendancewas limitedto100people.Carol Justicedaughter attendedthe prom.Justic wasthere herselfas achaperone,a responsibleadult whosupervises（监督）young people.At first,she saidshe hadconcerns aboutfood serviceand dancing.But she said thechaper onesmade sureno more than sixteens wereat eachtable.And studentswore facecoverings whenentering andleaving thetent.Justic added,nAs amom itmakes youproud andteary because they*re doingthe rightthing.Andrea Gatelyhelped organizethe promfor herson andhis classmates.Shesaid theywere askedto standnear friendswith whomthey hadarrived orweresitting.However,the studentsdid standtogether fora grouppicture.Gately noted that promoften represents（代表着）something thatmany youngpeopleexperience.Everyone Ivetalked tois saying,Thank youfor doingthis forthekids.’Justic saidshe didsee somecriticism（批评）on socialmedia,but thatmostparents weresupportive.（）363words根据文章内容，选择正确答案

1.What dothe highschool graduatesdo tocelebrate theend ofthe lastschool yearA.going campingB.having apartyC.taking atrip D.having aball game

2.While celebrating,the studentsmust followthe rulesagainst thevirus except____.A.taking socialdistancing B.wearing facemaskC.staying withfamily D.dressing up

3.What doesthe underlinedword chaperonemeanA.the person who organizesthe activitiesfor the graduates.B.the personwho makesrules forthe party.C.the personwho goeswith childrento thedance toencourage goodbehaviourD.the personwho providesthe studentswith foodand drinkat theparty.

4.Which statementis falseabout the prom duringthe coronavirus health crisisA.Most ofthe promswere cancelled.B.The studentsstayed withtheir familyall thetime.C.Some studentsgot infected bythevirus because ofthe proms.D.Not allthe graduatesattend theparty.

5.Most parentssupported theprom becauseA.it issafe forthestudentsto take part in the proms.B.it isimportant forthe parentsto maketheir childrenhappy.C.it isimportant forthegraduatesto experiencethepromin theirlifetime.D.it iseasy forthe parentsto organizetheproms.答案BDCBCPeople livinginNew York Cityare infear afterfacing theworst ofthe coronavirushealthcrisis.This fearleads toa suddenrise inhome salesand rentals（租赁）around the small townsand woodedhills to the citysnorth.Anil andJoyce Lillywill not be stayingin theirflat muchlonger.They justboughta housenorth of New Yorkin theHudson Valley.It takesabout anhour toreachfrom the city.We werelocked intothe flatfor three months,a wholethreemonths.I feellikeIm gettingout ofprison andI wantto runas faraway aspossible/12she said.1Which isnot thereason forthe riseof homesales around the small towns toNewYorkA.Some peoplecan workfrom homebecausethehealthcrisis.B.People liketo livein thecountry muchbetter thanin the city.C.People areworried aboutthe coronavirus inNew York.Susan Cohenrented ahome inRhinebeck,NewYorkwith herhusband afterlivingin theirUpper EastSide apartment.She said:HFor sixweeks inourtwo-bedroom apartment,all wetalked aboutwas withouta vaccine（疫苗），we willnevergo onthe subwayagain.We wontgo tothe movies,we wontgo tothecinema...And wesaid,*What arewe livinghere forHouse sellers describe an activemarket recently,with manyhouse huntersableto workfrom home.A large number ofthe homebuyers arecoming fromManhattan,in theheart ofthecity.Many of them areexperiencing cabin fever”,which iswanting to get out of anapartment andhaving someland if...theres alockdownagain,he said.HousesellerDomber saidhis Junesales wereup about30percent compared tothe samemonth lastyear.Home builderChuck Petersheimsaid hetook eightordersin onemonth,comparedtohis usualone-and-a-half eachmonth.But NewYork Cityis inno dangerof losinga lotof peopleany timesoon.Themovement northonly representsa smallpart ofthe cityspopulation of

8.3million.New homesintheare acost fromunder$200,000to morethan$1million.The HudsonValley isnot theonly areaoutside NewYork Cityexperiencing anincreaseinhome buying.Along theNew JerseyShore,there arefar morebuyersthan homesin Monmouthand Oceancounties.Extremely lowlending ratesfrombanks are helping the market.Work-from-home policies（政策）becauseofthehealth crisisalso helppeople todecide tomove from thecity.（）381words

3.According tothe report,who maynotbeexperiencing“cabinfever”A.JoyceLilly B.DomberC.SusanCohen D.Anil

4.Based onthe reportwe caninfer that.A.There will bealargenumber ofNewYorkers moveoutofthe theheart ofthecity.B.More andmore houseswill bebuilt inthe around thesmalltown.C.The housesaroundthesmalltownwill becheaper andcheaper.D.More andmore peoplewill beinfectedbythecoronavirus.

5.What doesthe underlinedword increasemeanin EnglishD.Extremely lowlending ratesfrom banksarehelpingthemarket.2If SusanCohen hasa vaccine,she willnot.A.go onthe subwayagain.B.go tothe moviesC.go tothe cinemaD.leave theirUpper EastSide apartment.A.crisis B.rise C.fear D.lockdown答案BDBBBCThis yearsAtlantic hurricane（大西洋飓风）season hasalready brokenrecords.But weatherexperts sayit is about toget evenworse.In thecoming months,thescientists expectto seeabout twotimes the usual storm activity.But,it isunlikely tobebeat2005*s28named storms.The UnitedStates NationalOceanic andAtmospheric Administrationchangedits seasonalestimates（预估）lastweek.It nowpredicts19to25named storms,farmore than normal.The agency（机构）estimates thatseven to11ofthemwill becomehurricanes,the mostpowerful oceanstorms.The sciencesuggests thatthree tosix ofthose will become majorhurricaneswith windsof atleast178kilometers anhour.That isa fewmore stormsthan theagencyestimated inMay.The agencyreported anincreased chanceof anabove-average hurricaneseason from60percent to85percent.The warmeroceans andother environmentalconditions of15years agoweremore favorableto stormformation（形成），Bell said.This yearsexpectation ofupto25storms isthe highestnumber NOAAhas everpredicted.Bell said the agencyestimatedthere wouldbe just21storms in

2005.An averageyear,based onrecords from1981to2010,has12named storms,sixhurricanes andthree majorhurricanes.When additionalstorms comealong,experts usethe Greekalphabet tonamethem.In anormal year,about90percent ofstormactivitycomes afterAugust

6.Theheight ofthe seasontakes placefromthe middle ofAugust tothemiddleof October.The2020season hasalready seennine namedstorms.nNine stormsto thisdateis crazy,Klotzbach said.Most ofthis year*s stormsso farhave beenweak,thanks tohigh-level windsanddry air.But Klotzbachsaid thatisaboutto change.Sea surfacetemperatures intheeastern Atlanticare almost1degree Celsiuswarmer thanusual.That leads tomore storms.It alsoleadstochanges inair pressureand windsthat makeforstronger storms,hesaid.342words

1.What istheusualnumber ofthe Atlanticstorm everyyear A.5-7B.10-12C.18-2D.23-

252.Which statementis untrueaccording tothe reportA.There willbe the most namedstorms thisyear inhistory.B.Hurricanes arethemostpowerful oceanstorm.C.The number ofthestorms risesbecausetheearth iswarming up.D.The expertspredicted fewerstorms inMay.

3.When isthe hurricaneseason usuallyinA.Spring andsummer B.summer andautumnC.autumn andwinter D.winter andspring

4.When additionalstorms comealong,what dothe expertsuse toname thestormsA.the Englishletters.B.the GreekalphabetC.the Chinesewords D.the Arabicnumbers.

5.According tothe experts,if thesea surfacetemperature iswarmer,A.more stormswillbemade.B.the airpressure willbe stronger.C.the windwillbeweaker.D.the waterwill runsfaster.答案BABBADThe WorldWildlife Fundfor Nature-WWF-reports thatnearly3billionanimals werekilled orlost theirhomes becauseof Australiaswildfires in2019and

2020.The number,reported inlate July,was aboutthree timeshigher thanan earlierWWF estimate估计.A teamof1scientists studiedmorethan11millionhectares ofAustralias countrysidetoget the latest estimate.In total,the wildfiresaffectedabout143million mammals,

2.46billion reptiles,180million birdsand51million frogs,the WWFsaid.The groupnotedthatkoalas,kangaroos andothernative animals were amongthe affectedwildlife.This ranks排名as oneoftheworst wildlifedisastersin modernhistory,said WWF-Australia ChiefExecutive OfficerDermot OGorman.The WWFsaid itused differentmethods toestimate wildlifepopulations,including informationfrom over100,000studies.The scientistscreated models toestimate thenumberofcreatures foundin areasdestroyed by fire.Project leaderLily VanEeden fromthe University of Sydneysaidtheresearchwas thefirst continent-wide examinationof animalsaffected bywildfires.We donteven knowwhat weare losing/*said ChrisDickman,a professorofecology生态学attheUniversityofSydney.He spoketo Reutersnews agency.These werespecies thatwere hereand nowthey havegone.Its almosttoo sadtothink about.HThe wildfiresstarted inSeptember2019and continuedthrough Marchof thisyear.Scientists saythe fireswere causedby higherthannormaltemperatures andyearsof drought干旱intheAustralian bush.The firescaused34human deathsanddestroyed nearly3,000homes.The WWFsaid thatover thepast year,it hadraised money tothefront linesofthe firesto helpinjured andhomeless wildlife.301words根据文章内容，选择正确答案

1.According tothe earlierWWFestimate,how manyanimalswerekilled orhomelessA.less than1billion B.around2billionC.nearly3billion D.morethan4billion

2.Which kindof animalis affectedmost inthe wildfireA.mammals B.reptiles C.birds D.frogs,

3.How didthe researchersgetthelatestestimateof wildlifepopulation afterthewildfireA.They createdmodelstoestimate thenumberofcreatures foundin areasdestroyedbyfire.B.They studiedover1,animals andgot theinformation.C.They raisedmoneytostudy the animals.D.They studiedtheanimalsaroundthecountry.

4.What doesthe underlinedword disastersmeanA.An importantpersonwhois veryfamous.B.An interestingactivity thatmany peopletakepartin.C.A greatproject thatcost lotsof money.D.An unexpectedevent causesgreat loss.

5.Which iswrong aboutthe wildfireA.The wildfireslasted morethan halfa year.B.The hightemperature inthe continentcaused thewildfire.C.The firekilled notonly animalsbut alsopeople.D.There werewildfires allover Australia.答案ABADD。