2021年中考英语必读时事热点6（原卷版）

2020年中考英语必读时事热点(6)

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一、阅读理解5G联网家电产品，让现代家居进入智能时代。

二、阅读理解人物介绍——周深：破茧成蝶，拥抱与生俱来的天籁之音。

三、完形填空2020年4月4号清明节全国的哀悼日：愿逝者安息生者团结.

四、阅读理解中美建交40年：见证跨越太平洋的合作与交流。

五、阅读理解疫情让我们反思当下的城市生活方式，

六、语法填空5G技术助力智慧医疗，足不出户也可寻医问药。

书面表达保护野生动物。2020年1月2日。白绢(Chinesepaddlefish)灭绝的报道被各大

媒体转发，无数网友惋惜不已，保护野生动物已经成了我们人类的责任和义务。

一、阅读理解(原创)

Mostofusspendalldayatschoolorwork.Afteralongandbusyday,allwewanttodoisreturntoacomfortable

home.Smarttechnologycanturnanyhomeintoanicerplacetolive.

Smarthomeshavebeenaroundforsometime.ScottishcompanyPicoElectronicsinventedatypeoftechnology

calledX10in1975.Itallowshouseholddevices（家用设备），suchaslightsandalarms,tocommunicatewitheachother

byusingradiowaves（无线电波）,accordingtoAVSytemsMag,aspecializedmagazineintheaudiovisual（AV,视听的）

andautomationindustry.

Ofcourse,5Gnetworkconnectivityhasmadesmarthomesmuchmoresophisticated（复杂的）thanX10.Perhaps

themostwidespreadsmarthometechnologyisthevoice-activatedassistant（语音激活助手）.GoogleHomeand

Amazon'sAlexaallowuserstointeractwithnearlyanydeviceintheirhomesimplybyspeakingafewwords.Thisis

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especiallyconvenientforchildrenandpeoplewithphysicaldisabilities,astheycanfinishtasksthatwouldnormallybe

toodifficult,accordingtoHow-ToGeek.

Commonhouseholdappliances（家用电器）canbecome“smart"aswell.Forexample,asmarttrashbincankeep

trackofthethingsyou'vethrownawayandplaceanonlineorderfbrnewitems,whilesmartrefrigeratorscancreate

dinnerrecipes（菜谱）basedonthevegetablesthatarebeingkeptinside,accordingtoHowStuffWorks.

Butit'snotjustaboutconvenience.Smarthomesarealsogoodfortheenvironment.Byregularlycheckingyour

energyuseandautomatically（自动地）turningofflightsandotherdevicesthatyou'renotusing,smarthomescanlower

howmuchelectricityyouuseoverall.Usinglessenergymeansthatweusefewernaturalresources,whichisgoodforthe

environment.

1.X10technologyallowshouseholddevicestocommunicateby.

A.usinglightsB.usingvoices

C.usingradiowavesD.connectingtoa5Gnetwork

2.WhatisParagraph3mainlyabout?

A.Voice-activatedassistants.

B.Howsmarthomesarebuilt.

C.ThedifferencebetweenXI0and5Gtechnologies.

D.Technologiesdesignedforchildrenandthedisabled.

3.Accordingtothepassage,whichstatementisnottrue?

A.X10iscreatedbyaScottishcompany.

B.Smartrefrigeratorscancookyourdinnerbasedonthevegetablesyouhaveinside.

C.Thevoice-activatedassistantismoresophisticatedsmarthometechnology.

D.Asmarttrashbincanplaceanonlineorderfornewitems.

4.Howaresmarthomesbetterfortheenvironment?

A.Theyuserecyclablehouseholdappliances.

B.Theyarebuiltwithspecialmaterials.

C.Theyhavesmarttrashbins.

D.Theyhelpussaveenergy.

5.Thearticlemainlytellsus.

A.how5Gdevelops.B.howtouse5G.

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C.howourhomeislikewiththeuseof5G.D.wealsocanbeenvironmentalwiththeuseof5G.

二、阅读理解（原创）

ChinesesingerZhouShen,27,hasbecomemorepopularafterappearingontheTVshowSinger《歌手》.

Heimpressedviewersnotonlywithhisunusualrecordingmethods-hehasperformedinhisbedroomtwicedue

tothenovelcoronavirusoutbreak-butalsowithhissingingitself.

Zhouperformeddifferentstylesofsingingontheshow.Hecoveredasongbypopularvirtual（虚拟的）

singersLuoTianyiandYanHe,aswellassangsongswithSuzhouPingtanandRussianelements（元素）.

SingerGaoXiaosongsaidZhouhas"comeoutofthecocoon（茧）andbecomeabutterfly”.IthastakenZhoua

longtimetodoso.

Zhoulovedsingingwhenhewasalittleboy.However,hisvoicedidn'tchangelikeotherboysduringpuberty

（青春期）.Itstillsoundedlikeagirl'svoice-thinandhigh.Hispeers（同龄人）laughedathimandherefusedto

singinpublic.641sanginmybedroomsecretly,hesaid.

At17,hesangonlinewithoutshowinghisface.Somepeoplewerefascinated（着迷）byit.Ononeofhis

birthdays,heagreedtoshowhisface.However,whentheyfoundoutthathewasmale,someofthemmadefunof

him.Zhoufeltbadaboutthis,butlaterhegotthechancetosingthethemesongtothemovieBigFishandBegonia

《大鱼海棠》，whichturnedouttobeabigsuccess.

Afterthat,ZhouappearedonseveralTVtalentshows.Inhisownwords,“itwastogivemyvoiceachance.^^

Heevenworewomen'sclothesontheshowMaskedSinger.uItwasn'thype（炒作）,”hesaid."Ijustwantthe

audiencetofocusonmysingingratherthanmygender（性另ij）.”

1.WhyisZhoushenbecomingsopopularafterappearingontheTVshowSinger?

A.becausehesingswell.

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B.Becausehehasabeautifulvoice.

C.Becauseheisaboybuthasagirlishvoice.

D.Becausehelikesingingwithdifferentstyles.

2.WhatdoesSingerGaoXiaosong*sword“comeoutofthecocoon（茧）andbecomeabutterfly”,mean?It

meansthat.

A.Zhou'ssuccessmainlycomefromhishelp.

B.Zhouwillflyhigherlikeabutterfly.

C.Zhou'ssuccesscomesfromalongtime'spersistent（坚持不懈的work.

D.Zhou'ssingingisbeautifullikeabeautifulbutterfly.

3.WhendidZhoushenbecomesuccessful?

A.whenhewas17yearsold.

B.whenhesangthesongBigFishandBegonia.

C.afterhetookpartintheshowSinger.

D.afterhetookpartintheshowMaskedSinger.

4.Accordingtothepassagejudgewhichstatementisnotright.

A.Zhoushen'svoicechangedalotduringpuberty.

B.Atearlyages,Zhoushenrefusedtosinginpublic.

C.Zhoushencanperformdifferentstylesofsinging.

D.Atearlyages,Zhoushenlikedsinging,hisonlinesongsattractedsomepeople.

5.Fromthepassage,weknowZhoushenis.

a,shyb.talentedandcreatedc.braved.persistent（坚持不懈）e.kind

A.abcB.bedC.abdD.cde

三、完形填空（原创）

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沉痛悼念抗击新冠肺炎疫情斗争

牺牲的烈士和逝世同胞

April4wasTombSweepingDay,adaywhenChinesepeoplerememberfamilymembersandfriends

whohave____1___.Butthisyearalsoincludedanationalmourning（哀悼）periodthatofferedpeoplea

chanceto___2thosewhohavelosttheirlivesinthefightagainstthenovelcoronavirus.

Startingat10am,peopleacrossthecountryobserved（遵守）threeminutesofmourning.Cars,trainsand

shipssoundedtheirhorns（喇叭）andairdefensewarningsirens（防空警报）3.Nationalflagswere

loweredtohalf-mastacrossthecountryandatChineseembassies（大使馆）.Publicrecreational（娱乐）

activities4____nationwide.

“Today,I'mbiddinginmyheartafinalfarewelltothedeceased（已故的卜“saidcommunityworker

DengLinghaofromWuhan."Wewhoarealive___5staystrong.”

Nationalmourningperiodsarenot___6held.Onlyafewsuchmourningperiodshavebeenheld

since2000,includingoneforthe2008WenchuanearthquakeinSichuan.

Besidesbeingatimetorememberthedead,manypeoplealsosuggestedthatthenationalmourning

periodwasagoodtimetoteachstudentsaboutthemeaningof___7.

ItisbelievedthatChinesestudentsdon'tknowmuchaboutthetopic,asitistaboo（禁忌）todiscussitin

Chineseculture.AccordingtoastudyfromPeople'sDaily,about90percentofchildren___8werebom

after2010saidtheirparentshaveneverdiscusseddeathwiththem.

ButinWesterncountries,kidslearnaboutdeathinanaturalway.IntheUS,forexample,ifoneof

___9olderrelativeshasdied,childrenwillattendtheirfuneral.Kidscanalsolearnaboutdeathafterone

oftheirfamilypetsdies.Theymightevenlearnaboutitfrom10TVshowsormovies.

“Facingtheepidemic,eachoneofusfeelsthatlifeisvulnerable（脆弱的）YuanWeixing,the

headmasterofShenzhenXinanMiddleSchool,toldthePaper.t6Thekeyistorespectandcherishlifeand

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keeplivingwithabraveandpositiveattitude.95

l.A.passedbyB.passedoutC.passedawayD.passedon

2.A.rememberB.forgetC.remindD.praise

3.A.wentoutB.wentawayC.wentonD.wentoff

4.A.canceledB.werecanceledC.arecanceledD.werecanceling

5.A.mustB.canC.needD.may

6.A.speciallyB.occasionallyC.suddenlyD.commonly

7.A.birthB.deathC.studyD.lesson

8.A.whoB.whichC.whomD.what

9.A.themB.theirC.theyD.themselves

10.A.lookingB.seeingC.watchingD.reading

四、阅读理解

Theyear2019markedthe40thanniversaryofthestartofdiplomatic（夕卜交）relationsbetweenChinaand

theUnitedStates.WhentheJointCommuniqueontheEstablishmentofDiplomaticRelations《中美建交公报》

wentintoeffectonJan1,1979,thetwocountriesbeganafriendshipthatstaysdeeptothisday.Whetherit's

stepped-uptrade,sharedentertainmentmarkets（娱乐市场）orsimplypeople-to-peopleexchanges,Chinaandthe

UShavehelpedeachothergrowandsucceed.

Tradeandeconomy（经济）

Asthelargestandsecond-largesteconomiesintheworld,theUSandChinahaveastrongeconomicrelationship.

Theyarebothmajortradepartnersforeachother,exporting（出口）andimporting（进口）billionsofdollarsworthof

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goodseveryyear.AsofOctober2019,thetotalvalueoftradebetweenbothcountrieswasnearly$468billion（3.26

trillionyuan）,accordingtoUSCensusBureau.CertainUSproducts,suchashigh-end（高端）clothingandelectronics

brands（品牌）,areinhighdemand（需求）inChina.Likewise,Chinaexportslargeamountsofmanufactured（制造的）

goodstotheUS,includingclothingandindustrialequipment（工业设备）.

Entertainment

Astheworld'sfastest-growingfilmmarket,ChinaisHollywood'stoptarget（目标）atthemoment,with

newreleasesinChinaearningmillionsofdollars.Avengers:Endgame《复仇者联盟4：终局之战》forexample,earned

$614million（4.28billionyuan）inChinalastyear,accordingtoBoxOfficeMojo.China,foritsownpart,isworkingto

developitsownmovieindustryandsenditsfilmsabroad.Thesci-fifilmTheWanderingEarth《流浪地球》,which

cameoutlastyear,didquitewellintheUS.ItbecameChina'sthirdhighest-grossing（票房最高的）filmofalltimewith

totalworldwideearningsofnearly$700million（4.88billionyuan）,accordingtoBoxOfficeMojo.

People-to-peopleexchanges

TheUSisatopchoiceformanyChinesestudentswhowishtostudyabroad.USuniversitieshave

welcomedrecordnumbersofChinesestudentsinrecentyears,withthetotalnumberofstudentsreaching360,000

asofJune2019,accordingtotheBBC.Thishasallowedstudentsfrombothcountriestogainagreater

understandingofeachother'scultures.And,ofcourse,therearethoseonbothsideswhochoosetoliveandworkin

eachother'scountries.ManyChineseresearchersworkinUSlabs（实验室），whileinChina,therearemanyUS

citizensworkinginfieldsranging（范围）fromjournalism（新闻）toEnglisheducation.

1.ChinaandtheUSformallyestablisheddiplomaticrelationsin.

A.1949B.1971C.1979D.2019

2.ThetotalvalueoftradebetweenChinaandtheUSshowsusthat.

A.thetwocountrieshaveastrongeconomicrelationship

B.thetwocountriesarethestrongesteconomiesintheworld

C.China'seconomyisgoingtosurpasstheUSeconomy

D.peoplearoundtheworldrelyonChineseproducts

3.People-to-peopleexchangeshelptoimprove.

A.thedevelopmentoftourisminbothcountries

B.thedevelopmentoftheeducationindustryinChina

C.culturalexchangesbetweenbothcountries

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D.thesharingofscientificdiscoveriesbetweenbothcountries

4.ThearticledescribesChina-USrelationsinallofthefollowingareasexcept.

A.diplomacyB.entertainmentC.educationD.militaryaffairs

5.Thetitleofthisarticlemaybe.

A.ChinaandtheUShavebeenpartnersfor40years.

B.Thegreatachievementintradingbetweentwocountries.

C.TThegreatachievementinculturebetweentwocountries

D.Thegreatachievementindiplomacybetweentwocountries.

五、阅读理解

COVID-19hasmadepeoplethinkharderabouttheirrelationshipwithnature.Ithasalsoraisedquestions

abouturban（城市的）lifestyles.Thesharingeconomy（共享经济）,workinginopenoffices,livingincrowded

apartmentsandthefoodindustry'suseofreusableproductshavemadetheperfectstormforapandemic（大流行）.

Althoughthesharingeconomymightbegood-it'scheapertorentthantoown-sharingspacesandobjects

aregreatwaystospreadthevirus.Howdoesonedo“socialdistancing（和他人保持安全距离）“whentheyare

expectedtosharecars,bikes,apartmentsandeventhesameoffices?

Thetrend（趋势）ofusingopenoffices,whichcansavespace,isworkingagainstus.Inthistypeofoffice,

workersdon'thavetheirowndesk-everythingisshared.Sometimes,computersandchairsarealsoshared,which

isnothygienic（卫生的）.Fortunately,moreworkersareworkingfromhomeduringthepandemic,butthatwon't

lastforever.

Reusability（循环利用）isacommonpracticeintherestaurantindustry.Reusablecupsandchopsticksare

oftenused.Unfortunately,reusableproductsincreasethechanceofspreadingdisease.Forexample,Starbucks

recentlystoppedrefilling（重新装满）customers,reusablecupsinordertostopthespreadofthevirus.

Peopleliketobesocial.Butthevirushasmadethismoredangerous.Wehavetobecarefulabouthowwe

interact（交往）withothersfornow.Perhapsweneedtorethinkaboutourlifestylestoreducethespreadoffuture

pandemics.

1.Accordingtotheauthor,thestrongpointofthesharingeconomyisthat.

A.itlastslongerB.itcostslessC.it'spopularD.it'shygienic

2.Paragraph3ismainlyabout.

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A.howworkingathomewon'tlastlong

B.howsharedofficescansavespace

C.thehygienicproblemsofopenoffices

D.thesharingeconomytrend

3.Accordingtotheauthor,restaurantscanspreadtheviruseasilybecause.

A.everythingissharedinmanyrestaurants

B.theyusetoomuchdisposabletableware

C.manyrestaurantshavepoorhygiene

D.cupsandchopsticksareoftenreused

4.Theauthorprobablyagreesthat.

A.weneedtochangesomeofourlifestyles

B.thesharingeconomywon^lastforever

C.noonecanstayoutofthesharingeconomy

D.weshouldn'tstayawayfromsharedproducts

六、语法填空（原创）

阅读下面短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空（未提供单词的.限填一词），使文章意思完整.正确.

5Gwillmakemedicalcaremorehandy.

AHaroundtheworld,peoplestruggletogetquality（优质的）healthcare.Butsomedaysoon,5Gtechnologycould

makehealthcareavailabletoall.

AccordingtoEricsson,oneoftheworld's____1____（large）5Gmanufacturers（制造商），“Theareathatholdsthe

mostpromiseforoperators（经营者）…ispatientapplications（应用）usedoutsideof2____（tradition）hospital

environments.”

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Thisapplicationiscalledtelehealth（远程医疗）.Itmeans____3（care）fdrpatientsfromfara