英語高考時文閱讀材料十

1、英語高考時文閱讀材料（十）編者：如今的英語高考、模擬考的閱讀材料（完形填空、閱讀理解、任務型閱讀）大都選自 中國、歐美等主流媒體的最新時鮮文章，與最新人文科技、政治文化接軌。作為一名考生， 在接觸閱讀世界最新潮流的同時也應該積累素材，并培養(yǎng)相關英語文章的閱讀能力。下面摘取了最新的來自中國日報網(wǎng)（ CHINA DAILY）的兩篇文章，并做了必要的批注，且于 文章末尾增添了幾個小習題，可自行按照所附的參考答案檢測閱讀效果。Passage 1英國正式“脫歐”,別急，這只是“脫歐”的真正開始British Prime Minister hails new dawn as UK quits the EU

2、中國日報雙語新聞2020-02-01 12:13Brexit supporters react during the Leave Means Leave Brexit Celebration in Parliament Square in central London on Jan 31,2020. Photo/AgenciesThats because the UK will immediately enter an 11-month period, known as the transition, that will keep the UK bound to the EUs rules.這

3、意味著，在過渡期結束之前，大多數(shù)事情都將保持不變。這包括：? Travelling to and from the EU （including the rules around drivinglicences and pet passports）往返歐盟（包括有關駕照和寵物護照的規(guī)定）? Freedom of movement （the right to live and work in the EU and viceversa）人員自由流動（英國公民可以在歐盟成員國居住和工作，反之亦然）? UK-EU trade, which will continue without any extra

4、charges or checksbeing introduced英歐貿易將繼續(xù)，不會產生任何額外費用或者檢查中國日報歐洲分社的編輯朱利安大叔，引用丘吉爾（ WinstonChurchill）的名言來描述當前英國脫歐的狀況，再適合不過Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.這并不是結束，甚至連結束的開始都算不上。但這，也許是開始的結 束。Photo:XinhuaAbout three million commemo

5、rative 50p Brexit coins bearing the date 31 January and the inscription: Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations, will enter circulation on Friday.The government had planned to introduce a similar coin on 31 October, the date Brexit was previously meant to happen.However, those coins had t

6、o be melted down and recycled after the deadline was extended.A handout photograph shows the original blue British passport, which was subsequently replaced by the burgundy EU British passport, supplied by the UK government in London, Britain, March 22, 2018. UK Government/Handout via Reuters/File P

7、hotoIt has not been allowed to hold formal trade negotiations with countries like the US and Australia while it remained an EU member. Brexit supporters argue that having the freedom to set its own trade policy will boost the UKs economy.Theres also a lot to be discussed with the EU. Agreeing a UK-E

8、U trade deal is a top priority, so extra charges on goods and other tradfearriers （壁壘）arent needed when the transition ends.If any trade deals are reached, they wont be able to start until the transition period ends.Passage 2澳大利亞遭遇災難性火災蔓延至悉尼郊 區(qū) Australian bushfires reach Sydneys suburbs中國日報網(wǎng) 2019-11

9、-13 13:14A fire crew member fights part of the Hillville bushfire south of Taree in New South Wales, Australia, on Tuesday. DARREN PATEMAN/AAP IMAGE/REUTERSRaging bushfires have razed properties in Australia and briefly spread to suburbs （交B區(qū)）of Sydney, officials say.raze re2: vt.夷為平地;破壞；拆毀Scores of

10、 fires are still burning in New South Wales amid temperatures of 35C and winds of 80km/h.A feared southerly wind change has now occurred but the catastrophic day feared has largely been avoided.No deaths were reported on Tuesday but fire chiefs warned that conditions meant the dangers facing the sta

11、te were far from over.About six million people live in New South Wales (NSW) state.A fire-dousing helicopter works to contain a bush fire along Old Bar Road in Old Bar, New South Wales, Australia, on Sunday. SHANE CHALKER/REUTERS消防工作最新進展The number of fires still afflicting NSW ranged from 100 to 300

12、 in Australian media reports.Crews have been battling a front spanning 1,000km along the north coast of NSW, with several blazes exceeding 100,000 hectares alone, officials have said.Flame retardant had to be dropped in Sydneys northern suburbs as some bushfires approached within 15km of the city ce

13、ntre.retardant r?t a ?d）nt: n.化學阻滯劑；抑止劑Flames came within metres of engulfing the homes of Blake Haymen and Sean Murphy in the affluent suburb.The residents were forced to use pool water to tackle a blaze that had spread from dense （茂密的） bushland across the road from their homes.We actually ran out

14、of water pressure, so we had to go to the pool. Sean put out a spot-fire with one of these buckets, Mr Haymen told the Sydney Morning Herald .New South Wales Rural Fire Service firefighters are seen fighting fires on Long Gully Road in the northern New South Wales town of Drake, Australia, September

15、 9, 2019. Photo/AgenciesAuthorities said one firefighter had suffered a broken arm and suspected fractured ribs（肋骨）.Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said: Weve really got a long way to go. You can guarantee were not going to be able to get around all of these fires before the next w

16、ave of bad weather.Unfortunately theres no meaningful reprieve （緩解）.Theres no rainfallin this change and were going to continue to have warm dry conditions dominating in the days and weeks ahead.Commissioner Fitzsimmons said up to a dozen homes were believed to have been damaged or destroyed on Tues

17、day.People in vulnerable NSW communities have been urged to stay away frombushland. More than 600 schools are closed across the state.Australias conservative government has refused to be drawn on whether climate change could have contributed to the fires, in a response that has drawn criticism.澳大利亞保

18、守派政府拒絕透露氣候變化是否可能導致了火災，這一回應招致了批評。Thomas Eveans holds melted aluminum as he inspects the remains of his house which was destroyed by a bushfire in Torrington, near Glen Innes, Australia, on Monday. Reuters火災有多嚴重?Three people have died and more than 170 properties have been destroyed since the fire eme

19、rgency intensified in NSW on Friday.Authorities had said they were facing what could be the most dangerous bushfire week this nation has ever seen.Mr Fitzsimmons said 3,000 firefighters were on the front lines, boosted by crews from other states and New Zealand, as well as the Australian Defence For

20、ce.Experts have compared the situation to the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, when 173 people died.Police are investigating reports that a fire in North Rothbury, in the Hunter Region of NSW, and at least two others, may have been started deliberately.Fire authorities say a million hectar

21、es of land have burned in NSW since the fire season began in September.Hoping to return home, Wytaliba resident Storm Sparks holds her son Zeke Bacon as she waits at a roadblock near Glen Innes in New South Wales, Australia, on Monday. Photo/Agencies其他州情況如何?To the north, Queensland has also declared

22、 a state of emergency as 55 bushfires rage in the state.Though it was not facing such severe weather on Tuesday, officials warned conditions could deteriorate later in the week.Fire crews in South Australia were tacking about a dozen blazes, while bushfires in Western Australia also sparked emergenc

23、y warnings.A jogger is seen in Blackwattle Bay as smoke haze drifts over the CBD in Sydney, Australia, on Oct 31,2019. Photo/Agencies與氣候變化有關嗎?Scientists and experts warn that Australias fire season has grown longer and more intense due to climate change.Officials have confirmed that 2018 and 2017 we

24、re Australias third and fourth-hottest years on record respectively, and last year the nation experienced its warmest summer on record.The Bureau of Meteorologys State of the Climate 2018 report said climate change had led to an increase in extreme heat events and raised the severity of other natural disasters, such as drought.Even if global temperatures are contained to a 2C rise above pre-industrial levels - a limit set out in the landmark Paris accord, agreed by 188 nations in 2015 - scientists believe