中考英语时事阅读第17期

中考英语时事阅读第

17

期

目录

内容

Passage 1

：

阅读理解

全球科学界力量携手应对疫情

Passage 2

：

阅读理解

耿直专业接地气：“硬核”医生张文宏

Passage 3

：

阅读表达

东北小伙误入武汉当志愿者

Passage 4

：

表格填空

顺势而变的各国问候方式

Passage 5

：写作

最令我们感动的人

Passage 1

：

Worldwide defence

During the outbreak of novel coronavirus, cities are locked down and borders are

closed. Science, on the contrary, is becoming more open. And this “open science” is

already making a difference.

Soon after the epidemic started in China, a research team from Fudan University

in Shanghai successfully sequenced (

测定序列

) the

DNA of the virus. But they didn’t

keep the information to themselves. Instead, they placed the sequences on GenBank,

an open- access data platform, so researchers around the world could download them

for free and start studying the virus.

Due to this openness, pharmaceutical (

制药的

) companies across the globe are

now able to work simultaneously (

同时地

) to develop a vaccine. “There may be room

for

multiple

different

vaccines

for

different

purposes

and

different

age

groups,”

Amesh

Adalja,

a

senior

scholar

at

the

Johns

Hopkins

University

Center

for

Health

Security in the US, told Al Jazeera. “The bigger menu we have of vaccines, the more

resilient (

有适应力的

) we’ll be against coronavirus outbreaks in the future.”

Major

drug

companies

around

the

world

are

also

sharing

their

study

results.

Remdesivir,

a

drug

originally

developed

by

US

company

Gilead

Sciences

to

treat

Ebola, is found to be promising in fighting against the novel coronavirus. Currently,

two

trials

of

the

drug

are

already

underway

in

China,

and

the

results

might

be

available as soon as April, according to The Verge.

This openness in science is going to be even more crucial (

关键的

) in the future.

“With climate change, increasing globalization, and population shifts, epidemics will

not

go

away,

and

might

even

be

come

more

frequent,”

Dan

Barouch,

a

Harvard

Medical School professor, told Harvard Magazine.

He said, “No one group can do everything. It has to be a coordinated (

合作的

)

approach. But I do think that the world has a greater sense of readiness this time to

develop knowledge, drugs, and therapeutics (

疗法

) very rapidly.”

Every epidemic is indeed a crisis, but it can also be a learning opportunity. One

redeeming

(

补偿的

)

factor

of

the

COVID-19

outbreak

is

that

it

is

helping

science

adapt for the better.

1

：

What does the article mainly talk about?

A. Coordinated efforts to fight the epidemic.

B. Something positive we’ve learned from the epidemic.

significance of openness and sharing of scientific knowledge.

D. What needs to be done to prevent future epidemics.

2

：

What is the positive effect of the research team from Fudan University placing the

genetic sequence of the virus onto GenBank?

alerted the world to the danger of the virus.

B. They helped remove people’s fear of the virus.

showed the world how to produce a vaccine.

invited collective efforts worldwide to develop a vaccine.

3

：

What is the author’s purpose of mentioning remdesivir in the text?

introduce a possible cure for the epidemic.

B. To compare the treatment of Ebola and the novel coronavirus.

prove that many drug companies readily share their discoveries.

show that the novel coronavirus will soon be contained.

4

：

Which of the following would Dan Barouch probably disagree with?

ics will be less frequent thanks to scientific development.

B. The world is becoming better prepared to deal with epidemics.

single group can fight against the epidemics independently.

increase in globalization may worsen future epidemics.

参考答案：

CDCA

Passage 2

：

Clever words inspire us

Feel bored staying at home? So does the virus. If you stay longer, the virus will

be bored to death.” This is how Zhang Wenhong asked people to stay indoors during

the

outbreak.

Zhang

is

head

of

the

infectious

diseases

department

(

感染科

)

at

Huashan

Hospital

Affiliated

with

Fudan

University

in

Shanghai.

He

also

works

as

head

of

the

Shanghai

expert

team

that

treats

novel

coronavirus

pneumonia.

These

days, Zhang has become an internet celebrity (

网红

) due to his funny and frank (

率直

的

) way of talking.

He

first caught people’s attention in late January, when he asked the members of

the

Communist

Party

of

China

(

共产党员

)

in

his

department

to

go

to

the

frontline

hospitals. His reason was simple: They have “vowed (

宣誓

) to put people’s interests

first.” His

straig

htforward way of speaking quickly won

applause

(

赞赏

) across the

country. Meanwhile, as a Party member himself, Zhang set an example by checking

on pneumonia patients every day. “I do it in person because I need to encourage other

colleagues (

同事

),” he told t

he media.

Zhang believes in the traditional Chinese idea that “the best doctors prevent the

disease (

上医治未病

)”. That’s why he tries his best to spread scientific knowledge on

how to

prevent

the epidemic. His

sense of humor (

幽默

) has made it easier for the

knowledge

to

reach

the

public.

He

and

his

team

also

update

their

WeChat

account

every day with timely analyses (

分析

) of the epidemic to drive away public worries.

One of his articles got more than 10 million hits.

But Zhang might not care about his sudden fame (

名声

). When asked about his

feelings

after becoming

famous,

Zhang told the

media, “Don’t

pay attention to

me.

Pay attention to Wuhan. I’m not a celebrity. I’m a doctor.”

Zhang Wenhong’s quotes go viral online

“Everyone is a soldier. You’re not just quar

antining (

隔离

) yourself at home,

but combating (

战斗

) the virus.”

“You are not a doctor, but what you do is more important than what doctors do.”

“When you speak less, your thoughts spring (

涌出

). Staying indoors will bring

you benefits (

好处

).”

1

：

What won Zhang Wenhong sudden fame on the internet?

A. His medical skills.

B. His way of speaking.

C. His personal stories.

D. His special treatments.

2

：

What do we know about Zhang Wenhong?

A. He is not a CPC member.

B. He put people’s interests first.

C. His straightforward way of speaking offends some people.

D. He encouraged his colleagues to stay away from patients.

3

：

According to Zhang, the best way to stop the virus is _____.

A. to prevent it

B. to develop a vaccine

C. to check patients

D. to do more research

4

：

We might describe Zhang Wenhong as _____.

A. a strict person

B. an irresponsible man

C. a superstar

D. a respectable doctor

参考答案：

BBAD

Passage 3

：

Surprise volunteer

On Feb 12, Dalian (not his real name) was taking a train to Changsha, Hunan, for

a business trip. While on the train, he went into a carriage (

车厢

) to have lunch and

chose

to

remain

in

the

carriage.

He

did

not

realize

that

the

carriage

was

only

for