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备战2022年中考英语复习倒计时热点时文阅读 (六)
(印度热浪之影响,韩国青瓦台之前世今生,月球“土特产”,更具沉浸感虚拟世界等)
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阅读理解(A)百年罕见高温!印度热浪影响有多大?引起一系列的(连锁反应),没电,没水,缺煤。
阅读理解(B)如果你经常看韩剧,可能听说过青瓦台 Cheong Wa Dae 。从九重宫阙到开放公园,青瓦台之前世今生。
阅读理解(C)月球“土特产”带来哪些新发现?Air on the moon,Powerful energy,Younger rocks.
阅读理解(D)由于虚拟现实技术,互联网和视频游戏技术正走到一起。屏幕将这个虚拟世界展示给我们的眼睛,而扬声器将它带到我们的耳朵。然而,它可以更具沉浸感。
完形填空Philip是一个勇敢的男孩,尽管身患重病,但他仍然很热爱运动。他带病参加了伦敦轮椅马拉松,不仅完成了比赛,还获得了第一名。
书面表达 假定你是李华,你的日本朋友Yukio来信,说他暑假期间要来中国交流学习。他学了两年中文,但是仍然担心用中文交流时会遇到困难。请你用英语给Yukio写封回信,提几点建议,
一.阅读理解(A)
Boil-over effects
Men drink water from a roadside tap during a hot summer day in Allahabad, India on May 7.
百年罕见高温!印度热浪影响有多大?引起一系列的(连锁反应),没电,没水,缺煤。
It’s been a very tough start to the warmer months for the 1.5 billion people living in Pakistan and India.
The two countries are suffering from a heatwave (热浪) that started in March. High temperatures are normal for the area, but this heatwave is different.
March was the hottest on record for India, while April was the hottest in the past 122 years for Northwest and Central India, said the Indian Express.
Weather stations across India reported temperatures over 45 C in April. On April 28, the city of Gurugram in northern India recorded a maximum (最高的) temperature of 45.6 C, breaking its previous (之前的) record of 44.8 in April 1979, reported the Indian news site Firstpost.
The heatwave has had “critical knock-on effects (连锁反应)”, said news website Vox. Higher electricity demand has caused power outages (断电) for two-thirds of Indian households. And no electricity means no water for many people. The lack of electricity is also due to a coal power shortage in India that has lasted for many months. Coal is used for 55 percent of the country’s energy needs, said India’s Ministry of Coal.
The globe’s wheat supply (小麦供应) has also been hit. Russia and Ukraine once exported over one-quarter of the world’s wheat, reported The New York Times. But this changed when the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out in February. Global buyers