2021届高考英语二轮复习：时事热点阅读练习（十六） 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（十六）AWalmart has begun using drone aircraft (无人机) totransportCOVID-19 tests to private homes in the United States.This week, the company began sending COVID-19 self-collection kits (试剂盒) to homes in the North Las Vegas area of Nevada. Walmart will fly the kits to single-fami

2、ly houses within 1.5kilometers of its stores. The drones will leave the test equipment on the front sidewalk, driveway, or land around the house.People wishing to receive the tests are asked to first request with the company online. The kits enable individuals to use the COVID-19 test themselves.A s

3、wab (棉签) is included for people to collect fluid from inside the nose. Individuals(个人) can then send the collectedmaterialin the mail to a COVID-19 testing center.Walmart says customers who use the service will not have to pay for the kits or use of the drones. The service will be offereddailyso lon

4、g as weather conditionspermitdrone flights.Dan Haemmerle is head of Extended Care services for Quest Diagnostics. He says the new project aims to show how drones can provide health care services to patients who are unable to leave their home or live in the countryside.We will learn from this pilot a

5、nd improve the ways we deliver health care services to the patients we serve, Haemmerle said.Earlier this month, Walmart began another test program. It uses drones to fly food and household products to customers. The companyexpanded (扩大) its pick-up and delivery services in recent months asdemandinc

6、reased because of the corona virus health crisis.Tom Ward is Walmarts senior vice-president for customer products. In announcing the program, he said it would be some time before we see millions of packages delivered by drone. That still feels like a bit of science fiction. Ward added, Were learning

7、 more and more about the technology that is available and how we can use it to make our customers lives easier.Online seller Amazon recently receivedU.S.governmentapprovalto deliver products by drone. But the company is still testing its self-piloting aircraft and has yet to announce a target date f

8、or launching ongoing drone deliveries.Alphabets drone company Wing received federalapprovallast year to fly drone aircraft. It has also tested deliveries of medicine and other products.And, UPS Flight Forward receivedapprovalfrom the Federal Aviation Administration last year to operate as the firstU

9、.S.air carrier with drone delivery services.根据文章内容，选择正确答案：1.Which is the correct steps for you to take the test from Walmart?a. The tests are sent to your home by the drone aircraft.b. You collect materials and send them to Walmart in the mail.c. You request a test with the company online.d. You col

10、lect the fluid from your inside nose.A. c, b, d,a B. d, b, c, a C. c, a, d, b D. a, d, b, c2. From this report we can learn that_ companies are allowed to use drone aircraft for deliver service. A. 2, B. 3 C. 4 D. 53. The drone aircraft delivery service aims to _. A. test its self-piloting aircraft

11、service. B. help the patients who are unable to leave their home or live in the countryside. C. fly food and household products to customers. D. sendmedicine and other products to the patients.4. According to Tom Ward, we are sure that_. A. More and more companies use the drone air crafts on busines

12、s. B. The COVID-19 self-collection kits are easy to use.C. Customers who use the service will have to pay for the service later. D. The new drone delivery service will be amazing and popular.5. The underlined wordapprovalmeans the act of _?A. Agreeing with somebody on somethingB. Allowing somebody t

13、o do somethingC. Helping somebody with somethingD. Refusing somebody to do something.答案：CCBDBBFinlandhas made dogs trained to smell the corona virus at the countrys main international airport. Atrialof this experimental search method will take place for four months. If successful, the system could b

14、e created as a low-cost and quick way toidentifyinfected travelers.Finlands Smell Detection Association trained the four dogs now at work in the Helsinki Airport.Its a very good method in the future. Dogs are very good at sniffing said Anna Hielm-Bjorkman, a University of Helsinki professor of anima

15、l medicine. If it works, it will be a good screening(筛查) method, she added. She believes the dogs could be used at hospitals, airports, group homes for older people and at large publicgatherings.Researchers in countries includingAustralia,France,Germanyand theUnited Statesare also studying dogs. But

16、, the Finnishtrialis among the largest so far. Hielm-Bjorkman told The Associated Press thatFinlandis the second country after theUnited Arab Emirates- and the first in Europe - to use dogs to sniff out the corona virus. A similar program started at Dubai International Airport over the summer.Passen

17、gers who agree to take a free test under the voluntary program in Helsinki do not have direct physical contact with a dog. They are asked to swipe their skin with material which is then put into a container and given to a dog waiting in a separate place.The trainers say it takes a dog 10 seconds to

18、sniff the virus samples(样本) before it gives the test result by scratching with a paw. They also might lie down, make a noise or do something else to make their findings known.Theprocessshould be completed within one minute, said Hielm-Bjorkman. If the result ispositive, the passenger is asked to tak

19、e a corona virus test to confirm(证实) the dogs result.The four sniffer dogs are to work in the airport at different times, with two on duty at a time while the other two get a break. If the scent（气味）is easy, it doesntwear outthe dogs too much. But if there are lots of new scents around, dogs do get t

20、ired easier, said Anette Kare of the Smell Detection Association, as she patted her white dog ET.(375 words)根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：1. Why are the dogs trianedto find the corona virus? A. Because it is a quick way to find the infected travelers. B. Because the travelers spend only a little money to take the t

21、est. C. Because it can have better result than a medical ways. D. Because the dogs can work for a long time, but human dont.2. Which country is the first in the world to use dogs to sniff out the corona virus? A. Germany B. the United States C. Finland D. theUnited Arab Emirates3. The dogs show the

22、test result by_.A. scratchingwith a paw.B. lying down.C. making a noiseD. All of the above4. What will happen if a passenger is found positive by the dogs?A. The dog will bark at him.B. The passenger will be asked to have a medical test.C. The passenger will be taken away.D. The dog will be taken aw

23、ay.5. What does the underlined phrasewear outmean?A. Make somebody put on something.B. Make somebody infected by virusC. Make somebody excited.D. Make somebody tired.答案：ADDBDCA new opinion study shows the world is growing less accepting of migrants(移民). The latest version(版本) of the Migrant Acceptan

24、ce Index(指数) wasreleasedWednesday by Gallup, an American company known for its public opinion research. North Macedonia,Hungary,SerbiaandCroatiawere at the top of Gallups list of least-accepting countries. Several South American countries also became clearly less welcoming of migrants, the poll(调查)

25、found.The poll was made up of more than 140,000interviewsin 145 countries and areas. It included questions about peoples positions(立场) on migrants living in their country, marrying into their families and becoming their neighbors.Scores for the latest Migrant Acceptance Index go from zero to nine, w

26、ith a higher number meaning greater acceptance. Gallup reports adecreasefrom 5.34 to 5.21 between 2016 and 2019. The largest changes came fromEcuador,PeruandColombia.Perusscore fell from 6.33 in 2016 to 3.61 in 2019. The number of Colombians who said it was a good thing that migrants lived in their

27、country dropped from 61 percent to 29 percent.At first, many of the migrants and refugees(难民) were welcomed in these countries, the report says. But public acceptance began to change as their economies, their health, education and social assistance(援助) programs were affected byincreaseddemand(需求), t

28、he report notes.Canada,IcelandandNew Zealandwere among the most welcoming countries, Gallup found. Ray noted that theUnited States, which was sixth in the index, also has a welcoming position toward migrants. Americans are mostly very accepting of migrants, she said.Experts also note that, around th

29、e world, younger people often show greater acceptance of migrants. So do people with higher levels of education.Gallup firstreleasedits Migration Acceptance Index in 2017, following a strong reaction(反应) to the migrant crisis in Europe in 2015. It developed the index to measure peoples acceptance of

30、 migrants in Europe and the rest of the world.根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：1. What does the American company of Gallup do?A. It helps the migrants live in a new country.B. It helps the people to move from a country to the other.C. It studies the life of migrants.D. It studies the public ideas about some certain to

31、pic.2. While being interviewed, the local people will be asked questions on some topics except _.A. migrants living in their country.B. migrants taking their jobs.C. migrants marrying with their families.D. migrants living near their houses.3. What happened to the Migrant Acceptance Index between 20

32、16 and 2019 in the world? A. It went up from 0 to 9. B. It went up from 5.21 to 5.34. C. It went down from 5.34 to 5.21. D. It fell from 6.33 to 3.61.4. Which is true according to the report?A. The United States is the country which welcomes the migrants most.B. People dont welcome the migrants beca

33、use they are affected by the migrants.C. Old men are welcoming the migrants more than the young.D. People with higher levels of education are against the migrants more.5. From the Migration Acceptance Index we can learn that _.A. How many people want to be migrants.B. How much the people in a countr

34、y welcome migrants.C. Which country allows migrants.D. Which country has the most migrants.答案：DBCBBDA World Health Organization (WHO) official says its bestestimates show that the new corona virus may have infected about one in 10 people worldwide.Michael Ryan is a doctor and the head ofemergenciesa

35、t the United Nations health agency. He was speaking on Monday at a special meeting of the agencys executive board dealing with COVID-19. The groups 34 member countries provide much of the money used to pay for WHO operations.Dr. Ryan told the meeting the infection rates are different from cities to

36、countryside, and between different groups. And he said the new estimatemeans “thevastmajority（大多数） of the world remains at risk.”Our current（目前）bestestimatestell us that about 10 percent of the global population may have been infected by this virus, he said. Ryan added that the worldwide spread of C

37、OVID-19 would continue to develop. He said that they will find ways to the spread of the virus and added, many more lives can be protected.He led a moment of silence to remembervictimsof COVID-19. He also expressed his support for the health workers who have worked to save lives.Ryan noted that Sout

38、heast Asia faced a rise in corona virus cases. He also said that Europe and the eastern Mediterranean area are seeing an increase in deaths. The situations in Africa and the Western Pacific were rather more positive, he added.The new WHO estimate would mean that more than 760 million people have alr

39、eady been infected,basedonthe current world population. That number is far greater than the number of confirmed cases counted by both the WHO and Johns Hopkins University. Theirofficialcount is more than 35 million worldwide.In earlier time experts have said that the number of confirmed cases is muc

40、h smaller than the true number. Dr. Margaret Harris, a WHO spokesperson, said the new number was based on the average of antibody studies done around the world.Harris said theestimated90 percent of people remaining without infection means the virus has chance to spread more if we dont take action to

41、 stop it. She noted the importance of contact-tracing （接触者追踪）and health officials closely following the movement and spread of cases.(372words)根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：1. From the “best estimates” we can learn that _.A. the world is not so dangerous as before.B. the cities are more dangerous than the countrysi

42、de.C. most of the world is still in danger.D. the virus will stop spread sooner or later.2. From the report we can infer that the current population in the world is _.A. 6 billion B. 7billion C.less than 8 billion D. more than 8 billion3. Which area has more serious situation of the Covid-19?A. Sout

43、heast Asia B. EuropeC. the east Mediterranean area D. Africa.4. The estimated 10 percent of people infected means that _.A. the virus has chance to spread more.B. 90 percent of the worldwide population is protected well.C. the actions taken by the WHO workwell.D. the number of confirmed cases is much larger than the true number.5. What does the underlined wordestimatemean? A.查验B.证实 C.估算 D.创造答案：CCDAC