07：中考报刊时文 + 中考题型精选（词汇运用选词填空）- 2022年中考英语二轮复习能力提升练（全国通用）

( 第07讲： 中考报刊时文 + 中考题型 精选（ 词汇运用/选词填空 ） ) ( 时文简报 模精选 ) 题源: https://www.nbcnews.com 2022年全球最幸福的国家 Devastating loss of life and growing uncertainty have made the world very much on edge, but there is a bit of good news for humanity: Benevolence is surging globally. 大量的生命逝去和日益增长的不确定性使世界处于十分紧张的状态之中，不过，对人类来说还是有一点好消息：善意在全球显著提升。 That's one of the key findings of the World Happiness Report, a publication of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network that draws on global survey data from people in about 150 countries. 联合国可持续发展解决方案网络在全球对大约 150 个国家的人们进行调查，发布了《世界幸福报告》，这是其中的主要发现之一。 Marking its 10th anniversary, the report looks at happiness around the world — the happiest nations, those at the very bottom of the happiness scale and everything in between, plus the factors that tend to lead to greater happiness. 今年是该报告发行的第10年，评估了世界各地的幸福状况——最幸福的国家、幸福指数最低的国家以及介于两者之间的所有国家，还列出了可能令幸福指数升高的因素。 For the fifth year in a row, Finland is the world's happiest country, according to World Happiness Report rankings based largely on life evaluations from the Gallup World Poll. 《世界幸福报告》主要基于盖洛普世界民意调查的生活评估指数来为幸福国家排名，芬兰连续第五年成为世界上最幸福的国家。 重点词汇 1. devastating /ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/ making someone very shocked and upset令人震惊的 · She had a devastating beauty/charm/smile that few men could resist. · 2. on edge: nervous, especially because you are expecting something unpleasant to happen 紧张 · As reports of robberies continued to appear in the press, the whole community was increasingly on edge. · 3. benevolence /bəˈnevələns/ an act intending or showing kindness and good will 善意，仁慈 · Benevolence is a type of kindness and openness towards others. · 4. in a row: happening a number of times, one after the other 连续 · Inflation has fallen for the third month in a row. · 5. evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn/ a judgment about how good, useful, or successful something is 评价；评估 · We need to carry out a proper evaluation of the new system. ( 中考 时文阅读 ) Stress impacts teens in many ways. Feeling