2021届高考英语二轮复习：时事热点阅读练习（十七） WORD版含解析.docx

1、2021届高考英语第二轮复习：时事热点拓展阅读练习（十七）AThe highest court in Ireland has given an official decision that bread sold by an American fast-food restaurant cannot belegallydefined as (定义为) bread. The court said Subway restaurants breadcontainsso much sugar that it failed to meet the legal definition of the food p

2、roduct. The decision came in a tax dispute（诉讼）brought by Book finders Limited, which has Subway restaurants in Ireland.Bread is one of the worlds most popular foods. It is made from a mixture of flour, water and yeast, which causes the bread to expand when heated.Book finders hadarguedthat some of i

3、ts takeaway, or take-out, products should not be required to pay a value-added tax.（缴增值税）The list of products included hot drinks, such as tea and coffee, and heated sandwiches.Irelands Supreme Court (最高法院)rejectedthe companys appeal申诉. Its judges said that the bread sold by Subwaycontainstoo much s

4、ugar to be considered a staple food.（“主食”）. A staple food is something that is eaten all the time and part of many peoples diets. Such foods are not subject to the value-added tax.There is no doubt that the bread supplied by Subway in its heated sandwiches has a sugar content of 10% of the weight of

5、 the flour included in the dough面团, and thus it is more than the 2% specified (明确规定的), the court said.Subway disagreed with the courts findings in a statement. Subways bread is, of course, bread, the company said in an email. We have been baking fresh bread in our restaurants for more than threedeca

6、desand our guests return each day for sandwiches made on bread that smells as good as it tastes.Book finders was appealing (上诉) a 2006 decision by officials who refused to return value-added tax payments to the company. Lower courts had rejectedthe case before it reached the Supreme Court.根据文章内容,选择最

7、佳答案:1. What is the reason of the court to give this official decision?A. The food is not made of flour.B. The restaurant dont pay the value-added tax.C. The food has too much sugar.D. The food has too little sugar.2. Which will cause bread to expand if you make it hotter? A. flour B. water C. sugarD

8、. yeast.3. Which is not included in the list of Book finders non-value-added tax? A. the bread B. the tea C. the coffee D. the coke4. According to the Supreme Court, the kind of food called “bread” should not _.A. be eaten all the time.B. be part of many peoples diets.C. contain sugarless than 2% of

9、 it weight.D. pay the value-added tax.5. From the last two paragraph, we can learn that _.A. The bread made by Subway are always popular.B. Subway has been making the bread for hundreds of years.C. The bread doesnt smell good but taste nice.D. The bread was defined as bread by the Supreme Court seve

10、ral years ago.答案：CDDDABPeople have been diving down to the Titanicswreckagefor around 35 years. But so far, no one has found human remains(遗骸), the company that owns rights to the wreckage says.Now the company, RMS Titanic Inc., is planning for a new expedition(探险) that is raisingconcerns(忧虑,关注). It

11、 wants to send a team to collect the ships famous radio equipment and prepare it to be shown in public. But some are questioning the plan, saying the worlds most famous shipwreck could still hold remains of passengers and crew. Thedisagreementis part of a largerdebate(争论)over how the Titanics victim

12、s should be remembered, honored and respected.The Titanic was traveling fromEnglandto New York in 1912 when it hit an iceberg. Itsankin the North Atlantic. Over 1,500 people died in the disaster.The wreck was discovered in 1985. RMS Titanic Inc. owns the salvage(打捞) rights, or rights to what is left

13、, of the Titanic. The company is the court-recognized caretaker(保管人)of objects from the Titanic. It oversees(监督,监视) thousands of items including silverware, china and gold coins.The company wants toexhibit, or publicly show, the ships Marconi wireless telegraph machine. The telegraphbroadcastthe shi

14、ps emergency calls, which helped save the lives of hundreds of people in lifeboats.Lawyers(律师) for the U.S. government are taking part in a court battle to stop the planned dive. They point to experts who say human remains could still be there. And they say the company fails to consider that possibi

15、lity in its dive plan.Paul Johnston is an expert at the Smithsonians National Museum of American History. Fifteen hundred people died in that wreck, he told The Associated Press. You cant possibly tell me that some human remains arent buried deep somewhere where there are nocurrents. Current is a te

16、rm that means a continuous movement of water or air.Archaeologists(考古学家) who support the governments case said they believe there must be human remains. They have questioned those who refuse to accept that possibility. The Smithsonians Johnston wrote to the court(法庭) that remains could still be foun

17、d in some areas lacking oxygen. But he said the company does not want anyone to be thinking about human remains. They want people to think, Oh cool. I have newartifactsto show the public.(393 words)根据文章内容,选择最佳答案:1. What is the new plan of RMS Titanic Inc.? A. To make sure where the ship exactly is.

18、B. To find the human remains in the ship. C. To get the radio equipment of the ship out and show them to the public. D. To find the silverware, china and gold coins out and show them to the public.2. The radio equipment in the ship could help to _. A. keep the ship in the right directionB. oversee t

19、he passengers in the shipC. send some important news to the passengers.D. sent the news of the ship toAmericaandEngland.3. Which of the followings is not found in the ship yet? A. The human remains B. The silverware C. The china D. The gold coins4. Why are some experts sure that there are human rema

20、ins in the ship? A. Because there are no currents in the deep water. B. Because there is little oxygen in the deep water. C. There were too many passengers sank with the ship into the deep water. D. All of A, B, C5. Which underlined worddoesntmatch the right Chinese? A.wreckage宝藏B.exhibit展示，展览 C.cur

21、rent水流 D.artifact文物答案：CCADACThe development and testing of self-driving car technology has seen major progress in recent years. But engineers are working on other kinds of autonomous（自主的）vehicles too - including some for water.Researchers at the MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology, MIT, are leading o

22、ne suchproject. The engineers have been developing autonomous water vehicles they call roboats. The word is acombinationof robot and boat.The project which began in 2016 aims to create a group of boats to transport goods and people along the waterways of Amsterdam（阿姆斯特丹）. The Dutch capital has been

23、called the worlds most watery city because of its largenetworkofcanals.The project was launched（发起，发射）in an effort to explore how autonomous boats can make Amsterdam -and other cities more efficient and improve the populations quality of life.MITs Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, CSAIL, is leadin

24、g the development with the universitys Senseable City Lab. The engineers centered past efforts on autonomous boats designed to transport small goods. But theprojects latest creation, the Roboat II, can also carry passengers. The developers used machine-learning methods similar to those used to train

25、 self-driving cars.The robotic boats are designed to not only carry people and goods, but also connect with other Roboats toforma range of autonomous platforms（平台）, Daniela Rus said in a statement（声明）. She is a professor at MIT and the directorof CSAIL.The electric-powered Roboat II has four propell

26、ers（螺旋桨）that make it to move in any direction. It is equipped with a series of cameras and sensors(感应器) to guide its movements. It also uses LiDAR, a technology that uses light lasers to map the environment and measure distances. The boats are designed to use the sensor-collected data to create and

27、pilot a path between a series of goal points, the researchers say.The Roboat II measures two meters by one meter and weighs about 80 kilograms. A demonstration video of the model showed it carrying two passengers.The MIT team is currently developing its third autonomous water vehicle. That boat is e

28、xpected to be four meters long and is designed to carry up to six passengers.（379 words）根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：1. Which isnotthe reason for the Dutch capital to develop the roboat?A. Because it can carry not only goods but also passengers.B. Because it has large network of canals.C. Because it can help peopl

29、e live a better life.D. Because it can make the city transport work better.2. According to the report, which is true about the Roboat I and Roboat II? A. The Roboat I can carry small goods and a few passengers. B. The Roboat II uses a series of cameras and sensors to help to move. C. The Roboat II i

30、s four meters long and can carry up to six passengers. D. The Roboat I has four propellers to helpmove in different directions.3. What does the underlined wordcombinationmean? A. Getting a whole apart.B. Making two or more things form a new whole.C. Making one certain thing into a new one.D. Creatio

31、n of something new.4. From the report we can infer that the Roboat will _ in the future.A. look larger and larger.B. measure longer and longerC. carry more and more people.D. All of the above.5. How many people can the Roboat III can take? A. two B. six at most C. at least six D. more than six答案：ABB

32、DBDGhina Ghaliya ofIndonesiasays a strangers visit to her house led to a campaignto help students affected by the corona virus pandemic.Ghaliya remembers when a garbage垃圾(箱) collector came to her house in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. The man asked if she had an oldmobile phone his children could

33、 use to get on the internet. He said it does not matter if it is the ugly one,as long ashis children can use it for learning from home, she said.I thought there must be many people who need second-hand mobile phones out there.Ghaliya works for a national newspaper. Shortly after the pandemic hit Jak

34、arta, she and 11 otherjournalists organized a group to provide food and money to needy people. They started hearing from parents who wanted their children to study online but lacked a way to use the internet. Ghaliya thought of her meeting with the garbage collector when she and her group decided to

35、 provide mobile phones to poor students. Many of these children were not able to do face-to-face learning when the new school year started in July.When the journalistsannounced theircampaignthrough social media, the reaction wasoverwhelming. Many people donated second-hand phones, while others gave

36、cash donations.As of November, the journalists had collected more than 200 mobile phones and donations of more than $35,000. They used the money to buy more phones. They also paid for internet use for those needing it.Currently, nearly 300 phones have been given to students in and around Jakarta as

37、well as to distant are as like Papua, the countrys most eastern province.Helping students take part in online schooling brings happiness to Ghaliya and her friends. We really hope the mobile phones can be used as much as they can during the pandemic, she said.Khaissyah Levi is a 16-year-old high sch

38、ool student in Depok, West Java. He now attends online classes in the morning. He had to use his fathers mobile phone for his studies. But that meant his father could only do his work as a motorcycle taxi driver for part of the day. Sayuti wrote to Ghaliyas group in August. His family received a mob

39、ile phone a month later. Sayuti believes that his son can now do better with his online studies.Qayran Ruby Al Maghribi had also been using his fathers mobile phone to attend three video calls a week. But the 11-year-old boy sometimes sent his homework late because he had to wait for his father to r

40、eturn from work. For the first time in his life, Maghribi was falling behind in his studies. But a big smile appeared on his face when he received the mobile phone sent by Ghaliyas group.(456 words)根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：1. How did Ghaliya get the idea to help the children in need of second-hand mobile?A. He

41、r workmates suggested it.B. The people who donatefood and money to the children gave the advice.C. She thought of this while she was providing food and money to needy people.D. She got it after a poor father asked her for an old mobile phone.2. How does the corona virus affect the children in Jakart

42、a? A. It stops them using a mobile phone. B. It stops them buying a mobile phone. C. It stops them going to school. D. It stops them surfing the Internet.3. Before the campaign, what did Ghina Ghaliya do to help others?A. Collecting the donations to get food and money for the children.B. Donating fo

43、od and money to the people.C. Donating mobile phone to the children.D. Helping people who need food or money.4. What does the underlined wordoverwhelmingmean? A.非常罕见的 B.极其强烈的C.无比珍贵的 D.令人害怕的5. Which is not true according to the report?A. Ghaliya feel happy because she can help the children in need of mobile phones.B. The children have to pay for the internet use even if they have a mobile phone.C. Levis father wrote to Ghaliyas group to ask for help.D. Maghribi did well in his lessons before the corona virus pandemic.答案：DCDBB