2021年高中英语时文新闻拓展阅读理解五篇

2020年高中英语时文新闻拓展阅读理解

Passage 1 美国正积极研发新冠疫苗

The United States is "neck-and-neck" with China in the race to develop an effective coronavirus(新冠病毒) vaccine, Johns Hopkins University health policy and management professor Dr. Marty Makary told "Special Report" Wednesday. "There are 70 vaccines in different stages of development," said Makary, a Fox News contributor. "There are seven that are being given in patients right now. We’re sort of neck-and-neck with China -- we've got three, they've got three."

Makary added that the Chinese vaccines "are actually in further stages of development. Their drugs are in phase two or three, and it's a real race ...The country that gets there first will have a significant advantage because they will control the supply for the rest of the world and the risk is if we aren't there first, we could get locked out." The professor concluded that the search for a vaccine was "moving along," but added that "it will probably take a year" before such a treatment becomes widely available.

Earlier Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious-disease expert and a member of President Trump's coronavirus task force, touted the drug remdesivir(瑞德西韦) for its "clear-cut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery,” as reflected in new data. Makary said that while the National Institutes of Health study shows only a 31 percent reduction rate in recovery time, it could prove to be significant. "One thing to remember," Makary cautioned about remdesivir, "it's not a silver bullet. "It reduces the severity and probably increases recovery but also, this is an IV(静脉注射) medication, it's not something you can go to the pharmacy tonight and pick up." In the U.S., remdesivir is still awaiting regulatory approval as a coronavirus treatment, but Makary said it is likely to receive emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration "as early as this evening”.

1 What does the underlined word “neck-and-neck” mean ?

A work together

B be friends

C at the equal level

D be enemies

2 What is American’s challenge according to Makary’s statement ?

A Use vaccines to save more people.

B Give patients more vaccines for treatment.

C Develop effective vaccines before China does.

D Work with China to develop vaccines.

3 What can we know about remdesivir ?

A It can reduce the time to recovery.

B People can’t purchase it easily in drug stores.

C It has been used as a coronavirus treatment.

D It has a significant effect in treating coronavirus.

4 Which would be the best title for this passage ?

A The US is level with China in race for coronavirus vaccines.

B Remdesivir can be the treatment for coronavirus vaccines.

C Remdesivir need the regulatory approval.

D Coronavirus vaccines should be developed soon.

Passage 2 上海迪士尼恢复营业

Shanghai Disneyland to reopen after shutting down

May 11 could be a very magical day for theme park lovers. As parts of the world start to reopen amid the coronavirus (新冠病毒) pandemic(大流行病), many people are looking to see how businesses will return after closing down. It’s likely that theme park lovers will be interested to see how the Disney parks alter their practices in response to the outbreak. Shanghai Disneyland announced that it will be reopening to the public on Monday. The park closed its doors on Jan. 25 as part of China’s efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Since then, the outbreak has become a pandemic and Disney parks across the world have also been limited and shut their doors.

In a statement, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said: “We know how much our guests have been looking forward to returning to Shanghai Disneyland, and our cast is excited to begin welcoming them back. As the park reopens with significantly enhanced health and safety measures, our guests will find Shanghai Disneyland as magical and memorable as ever.”

When the park reopens, guests will be required to purchase admission tickets valid for certain dates only. Also, annual pass holders will have to make reservations prior to arrival. The park will also control guest density(密度) in lines, restaurants, ride vehicles and other facilities. The park will also utilize temperature screening and require guests to wear masks in the park, except when eating.

1 What does the underlined word “curb” mean in paragraph 1 ?

A stop

B encourage

C control

D treat

2 What can we learn form paragraph 1?

A Shanghai Disneyland closed before the pandemic of the coronavirus.

B Only Shanghai Disneyland shut its door during the pandemic.

C Shanghai Disneyland will be reopen because the pandemic is ended.

D China has curbed the spread of the coronavirus.

3 What will happen when Shanghai Disneyland reopens ?

A It won’t be as entertaining as before.

B Those who bought ticket can visit it at any time.

C Annual pass holders can visit the park freely.

D Many measures will be used to enhance safety.

Passage 3 纽约顶级厨师的工作困境

Chefs from some of New York City’s top restaurants are leaving the business to work for billionaires after losing their jobs to the coronavirus (新冠病毒), the New York Post has learned.

Out-of-work chefs from restaurants including Jean-Georges, Daniel, Eleven Madison Park, Per Se and Gramercy Tavern are being poached (挖走) by talent agents and even real estate brokers (房地产经纪人) to work for wealthy families since the coronavirus shutdowns have weakened the restaurant industry, sources said. The supply of quality chefs is so abundant that some wealthy people say they’re getting cold-called about the latest candidate. “I received a call out of the blue asking if we wanted to hire a top chef who had worked for Jean-Georges,” one billionaire real estate developer told the NYPost's Side Dish.

For unemployed chefs, it’s often the only way for them to make money doing what they love at a time when sit-down dining is prohibited by the state lockdown. “I was laid off six weeks ago. It just wasn’t possible to stay, no matter how much the chef wanted to keep us. I can’t stand not working. I miss being in the kitchen,” said Ian Tenzer, a 29-year-old former sous chef(副厨) at three-star Michelin restaurant Eleven Madison Park, named the world’s best restaurant in 2017. “Working as a p rivate chef has always been a part of the industry I had thought about working in and, at this point in my career, it’s a good choice economically and professionally,” he added.

Indeed, chefs who choose to work in private homes stand to get a 20 percent to 30 percent pay raise, as well as other perks (补贴) including better hours, sources said. Sous chefs at top restaurants can earn between $120,000 and $200,000 a year working full-time for a family, compared to closer to $100,000 working at a restaurant. One drawback is that you never know what kind of family you’ll get, chefs said.

Some families are “lovely, adventurous and curious,” but others can be quite the opposite. They can be rude and “even physically and verbally abusive. I have heard horror stories,” said one chef who asked to remain unnamed. “Money can be a very corrupting influence.”

1 Which is true about Chefs in New York city ?

A Some of famous chefs are leaving the business to work in private homes.

B Wealthy families invited chefs to work for them.

C Chefs are being poached because billionaires need them.

D Top chefs are rare in New York city.

2 Which of the following can describe the underlined phrase “out of the blue” ?

A from the sky

B all of a sudden

C in the morning

D from a friend

3 What can we know form paragraph 3 ?

A Ian Tenzer was out of work because the chef didn’t need him.

B There still many jobs for Ian Tenzer to do.

C Ian Tenzer hadn’t considered working for private families.

D Being a private chef can be economically helpful to Ian Tenzer.

4 What would be the best title for this passage ?

A Being a private chef can earn more.

B Unemployed chefs are being personal cooks.

C Chefs from New York City’s top restaurants

D Out-of-work chefs from top restaurants

Passage 4 为隔离患者捐赠iPad

No man is an island. But for the coronavirus (新冠病毒) patients in hospitals, they die alone – physically separated from the friends and family who love them. This cruel reality weighs heavily on a group of New York City volunteers whose mission is to actually connect patients with family members unable to be present due to hospital restrictions on visitors. Their solution: to collect used iPads from across the country and donate them to hospitals in underserved (缺医少药的) communities where the need is most serious. "It’s a heartbreaking scene," Nicolas Heller, a 31-year-old documentarian, said of the thousands of people who have died from the disease in isolation, without the comforting words or touch from a loved one. "A lot

of these people are dying prematurely, whether they had medical issues or not. It’s crushing." said Heller, who is part of iPads to Hospitals, an organization – founded by two medical students, Amy Johnson and Jeff Arace –that is collecting used iPads for patients who do not own smartphones capable of video chatting. The group explained how the donated iPads could also benefit hospital staff with limited personal protective equipment, such as masks and gloves. The tablet computers can allow medical staff to communicate with patients from outside of the room, decreasing their risk of exposure to the virus.

As of Friday morning, the group said it has received 375 used iPads from donors nationwide and raised more than $22,000 through its GoFundMe page to purchase more devices. So far, 50 of the iPads have been donated to Brooklyn’s COVID-only site, University Hospital of Brooklyn at SUNY Downstate, whose staff expressed the critical impact the devices can have on patients and also healthcare workers.

"The lifeblood of what we’re doing is making use of people’s iPads that are in their drawers and on their desks that they don’t use anymore," said Ian Kaplan, a film director from Brooklyn. "I’ve ha d every make and model of iPad ever made in my hands in the last week," said 29-year-old Kaplan. "With the exception of the first model, which doesn’t have a camera, we can make use of any iPad. However, we are nowhere near meeting the demand of every hospital that we speak with.”

1 Why do volunteers collect used iPads ?

A To make better use of iPads.

B To collect and sell them to patients.

C To enable patients to contact with their family.

D To equip underserved communities.

2 What can we know according to paragraph 2 ?

A Heller is one of iPads to Hospitals’s founders.

B Hospital staff can use iPads to contact with their family.

C These iPads can be beneficial to medical workers.

D These iPads can protect hospital staff from the virus.

3 What can we infer from the statement of Ian Kaplan ?

A People donated iPads because they wanted to buy new ones.

B Every make and model of iPad can be used in hospitals.

C Those iPads in his hands are all with cameras.

D There is still a lot of iPads needed to meet the demand.

4 What is the main idea of this passage ?

A Patients in hospitals are physically separated.

B Group collects used iPads to connect patients with family.

C How was iPads to Hospitals founded by two medical students.

D How to collect iPads for hospitals.

Passage 5 澳大利亚森林大火

The wildfires damaging parts of Australia can be seen from space in new satellite images released by NASA. Australia's capital, Canberra, was enveloped in a smoky haze Sunday and air quality at midday was measured at 10 times the usual dangerous limit. The damaging fires have killed at least 24 people in Australia and destroyed almost 2,000 homes. The early and damaging start to Australia’s summ er wildfires, fed by drought and the country's hottest and driest year on record, has also been catastrophic (毁灭性的) for the country's wildlife, likely killing nearly 500 million birds, reptiles and mammals in New South Wales alone, Sydney University ecologist Chris Dickman told the Sydney Morning Herald.

Under such extreme conditions, the fires have been generating enough heat to create their own weather systems, including fire-generated thunderstorms and fire tornadoes. Thousands of firefighters continued to fight the flames that have burned millions of acres in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, an area twice the size of Maryland. In New South Wales, the rural fire service (RFS) said as of Sunday there were 150 fires active in the state, 64 of them uncontrolled.

On Saturday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that, for the first time in Australian history, 3,000 army, navy and air force reservists (后备军人) will battle against the fires. He also committed $14 million to hiring fire-fighting aircraft from overseas. On Sunday, cooler temperatures and lighter winds brought some relief to threatened communities, a day after thousands were forced to escape as flames reached the suburban areas of Sydney. Thousands of firefighters fought to contain the fires, but many fires continued to burn out of control, threatening to wipe out rural townships and causing almost incalculable damage to property and wildlife.

1 What does the underlined phrase “fed by” mean ?

A get food from someone

B be strengthened by something

C be destroyed by something

D under control of something

2 Why were there thunderstorms and tornadoes ?

A Because the fires generated thunderstorms and tornadoes.

B Because there was rainy weather.

C Because the fires generated enough heat to create extreme weather.

D Because the weather systems is easy to change.

3 What can we learn form the last paragraph ?

A Many soldiers will fight against the fires as they have done before.

B Fires were controlled due to cooler temperatures and lighter winds.

C A lot of people moved out of the suburban areas.

D Damage to property and wildlife is limited.

4 What would be the best title for this passage ?

A Australia's destructive wildfires

B Soldiers fought against the fires

C Wildlife died form the fires

D Australia’s wildfires was under control

passage 1 答案：

1. C.根据第一段中，The United States is "neck-and-neck" with China in the race to

develop an effective coronavirus vaccine中的race一词，及最后一句We’re sort of neck-and-neck with China -- we've got three, they've got three. 可知，美国和中国目前处于同样的疫苗研发阶段，正在比赛哪国先研制出有效的新冠病毒疫苗。句意：在研制有效冠状病毒疫苗的竞赛中，美国与中国“并驾齐驱”，故选C.

2. C. 根据第二段The country that gets there first will have a significant advantage because they

will control the supply for the rest of the world and the risk is if we aren't there first, we could get locked out. 最先实现这一目标的国家将拥有巨大的优势，因为他们将控制世界其他地区的供应，风险是，如果我们不先到那里，我们可能会被锁在门外。可知，目前美国面临的挑战是领先于中国研制出疫苗。

3. B. 细节理解题。根据第三段only a 31 percent reduction rate in recovery time,在恢复时间上只有

31%的降低率，A，D错误。根据，this is an IV medication, it's not something you can go to the pharmacy tonight and pick up.这是静脉注射的药物，不是你今晚可以去药店拿的东西，B正确。

根据In the U.S., remdesivir is still awaiting regulatory approval as a coronavirus treatment, 在美国，remdesivir仍在等待监管部门批准作为冠状病毒治疗手段，C错误。

4. A. 根据文章内容，Markary 表示目前美国与中国齐头并进，对美国研制疫苗速度表示担忧，并

说目前疫苗研制正处于推进中，故A正确，在冠状病毒疫苗的研发上，美国与中国不相上下。

passage 2 答案：

1. C. 根据第一段…as part of China’s efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, 这是中国___新型

冠状病毒传播努力的一部分。及后文中“世界各地的迪士尼乐园也受到限制”可知，是要控制病毒的传播。

2. A. 根据第一段最后一句Since then, the outbreak has become a pandemic and Disney parks across

the world have also been limited and shut their doors. 从那时起，疫情开始蔓延，世界各地的迪士

尼乐园也受到限制，关门大吉。此前上海迪士尼于1月25日已经关闭了。

3. D. 细节理解题。根据第三段…our guests will find Shanghai Disneyland as magical and memorable

as ever，我们的客人会发现上海迪斯尼乐园和以往一样神奇和难忘，A错误。根据…guests will be required to purchase admission tickets valid for certain dates only. Also, annual pass holders will have to make reservations prior to arrival.客人必须购买只在特定日期有效的入场券。此外，持年卡的游客必须在抵达之前预订，B，C错误。根据第三段内容可知，公园将采取多种措施保障游客健康安全，D正确。

passage 3 答案：

1. A. 细节理解题，根据第一段可知，据《纽约邮报》报道，纽约一些顶级餐厅的厨师在被冠状

病毒夺去工作后，纷纷离职为亿万富翁工作，A正确。第二段，根据Out-of-work chefs from restaurants including… are being poached by talent agents and even real estate brokers to work for wealthy families since the coronavirus shutdowns have weakened the restaurant industry, sources said.

消息人士称，自冠状病毒疫情导致餐饮业元气大伤以来，多家餐厅的失业厨师被人才中介甚至房地产经纪人挖走，为富裕家庭工作，可知B，C错误。根据The supply of quality chefs is so abundant that…. 优质厨师的供应是如此之多以至于….，可知D错误。

2. B. 根据划线短语前一句，The supply of quality chefs is so abundant that some wealthy people say

they’re getting cold-called about the latest candidate.优质厨师的供应是如此之多，以至于一些有钱人说，他们接到了有关最新候选人的推销电话，可知电话是突然接到的。

3. D. 根据“Working as a private chef has always been a part of the industry I had thought about

working in and, at this point in my career, it’s a good choice economically and professionally”,“做私人厨师一直是我想从事的行业的一部分，在我职业生涯的这个阶段，从经济和专业角度来说，这都是一个不错的选择，”可知D正确。

4. B. 根据文章大意可知，文章主要描述了纽约失业的厨师正在转型成为富人的私人厨师。

passage 4 答案：

1. C. 根据第一段，…whose mission is to actually connect patients with family members unable to be

present due to hospital restrictions on visitors. 它的任务是将病人与因医院限制而不能前来探视的家庭成员联系起来。可知志愿者收集二手iPad是为了让隔离病人与家人联系。

2. C. 细节理解题。根据第二段，The group explained how the donated iPads could also benefit

hospital staff with limited personal protective equipment, such as masks and gloves. 该组织解释说，捐赠的ipad也可以帮助那些个人防护装备有限的医院工作人员，比如缺少口罩和手套。可知C

正确，这些ipad可以给医务人员带来好处。

3. D. 根据文章最后一句，However, we are nowhere near meeting the demand of every hospital that

we speak with. 然而，我们离满足每家医院的需求还很遥远。可知仍然需要大量的iPad。

4. B. 文章讲述了一个纽约的志愿者组织iPads to Hospitals通过收集二手iPad，让医院里的隔离

病人能够和家人取得联系。

passage 5 答案：

1. B. 句意：澳大利亚的夏季森林大火开始得早且破坏性大，干旱和这个国家有记录以来最热最

干燥的一年助长了这场大火。可知是干旱的天气使得火势变大，fed by 表示火势因为干旱而得到了增强。

2. C. 根据第二段，Under such extreme conditions, the fires have been generating enough heat to

create their own weather systems, including fire-generated thunderstorms and fire tornadoes. 在如此极端的条件下，大火产生的热量足以形成它们自己的天气系统，包括由火产生的雷暴和火龙卷风。可知是由于大火产生的热量导致极端天气现象。

3. C. 根据最后一段，On Sunday, cooler temperatures and lighter winds brought some relief to

threatened communities, a day after thousands were forced to escape as flames reached the suburban areas of Sydney. 周日，较低的温度和较轻的风力给受到威胁的社区带来了一些安慰。一天前，火焰蔓延到悉尼郊区，数千人被迫逃离。可知C正确。

4. A. 文章描写了澳大利亚大火带来的毁灭性灾难，及造成的后果。故A符合文意。