2023届高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练阅读理解专题二十七

高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 阅读理解专题二十七 ① China’s national weather forecaster issued an unconventional outlook this week: “Hot, really hot,extremely hot,” it wrote Tuesday night on Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter. It was imprecise, but it wasn’t wrong. The temperature in Beijing hit 106 degrees fahrenheit on Thursday. It was the highest June recording since 1961.And it’s not just Beijing. Seventeen weather stations, mostly in the northeast, reported record highs Thursday. The heat wave is almost the only thing anyone can talk about. One Beijing journalist videoed his attempt to fry an egg on the sidewalk, resulting -- 40 minutes later-- in a somewhat solidified yolk. Another clip from Hebei, the province neighboring Beijing, showed charred clothes that the uploader claimed suddenly combusted when left outside in a metal basin. Much of the online discussion revolves around food. People are sharing advice about the most hydrating snacks for the hot weather: mung bean soup and sour plum drink are popular options. “I don’t know what kind of sticky rice dumpling is best for cooling down,” musician, actor and teen idol Zhang Zhenyuan wrote to his 15 million followers on Weibo, referring to the bamboo leaf-wrapped treats eaten to celebrate the Dragon Boat festival. Entrepreneurs looked for ways to capitalize on the heat wave: one promoted a seat-cushion fan designed to combat a sweaty butt, while tourism companies touted trips to the south of the country, which is usually hotter but currently less so. Pressure is piling up on China’s electricity producers as surging power demand threatens to overload the grid. Authorities earlier this month conducted drills in how to avoid a repeat of electricity rationing last year, when extreme drought dried up reservoirs and left hydropower stations idle in the southwest. The frequency of extreme weather events in recent years has fueled growing awareness of climate change in China. Once rarely reported on in official media, the dangers of a rapid