“停课不停学”：2020高考英语时事热点拓展阅读(十八).docx

2020 年高考英语时事热点拓展阅读 2020 年高考英语时事热点拓展阅读(十八) Passage1 英语头条 pick-up has left parents furious. 英国学校新规：家长接孩子每迟到 5 分钟罚 1 英镑。 Parents will be fined ￡ for every five minutes if they are late to pick up their kids at a Kent 1 school. Teachers at Holy Trinity CofE Primary, in Gravesend could even ring social services if the children are still waiting to be collected at 4 pm. And if parents cannot be contacted, kids will be admitted into the care of the local authority. The new policy to prevent even a ten minute late One parent said, “As parents of the school we were shocked to receive this information from the school. Gravesend is a poor area and many parents struggle to work due to the cost of childcare. Lots of schools finish around the same time and this means that it is a struggle to get kids on time. The school used to let kids wait in the library, then we were told the library was closed for refurbishments. The school offered an after-school club a couple of years ago, but this was closed by the headmaster with little notice because it didn't make enough money.” But the school says the costs are to cover teachers staying late to supervise the children. Headmaster Denise Gibbs-Naguar said, “The policy was introduced this week to ensure all our children are collected from school on time; this is for each individual child’s benefit as well as for the whole school. School finishes at 3:30 pm but the number of uncollected children is increasing. They are still at school at 4 pm. The school is not able to sustain this cost which is used to pay the staff for supervising those children. What’s more, pupils who are collected late often show signs of anxiety and distress as they don't know where their parent or carer is and worry that something may have happened to them. As of Monday afternoon, I had not received any response from parents or carers about the policy, but I always encourage families to contact me if they would like to discuss anything.” 1. What will NOT be done if a kid isn’t collected on time? A Parents will be fined if they are late for collecting kids. B The teachers will be allowed to ring social services. C Parents will be left to take care of other kids. D The kid will be looked after by the local authority. 2020 年高考英语时事热点拓展阅读 2. What can we learn from Paragraph 2? A Parents have a chance to be late for collecting kids. B Parents in Gravesend have to work hard to make a living. C The school encouraged the kids to join the after-school club now. D The school now provides the library for kids to stay after school. 3. The underlined word “supervise” in Paragraph 3 means _____. A advise and obeyB C watch over and direct follow and instructD divide and share 4. What is the main problem hard for the school to solve? A The lack of money. B The teachers’ complaints. C The kids’ anxiety and distress. D The increasing number of uncollected kids. Passage2 南极热出新高度 创 18.3℃高温。 Antarctica has had its highest recorded temperature of 18.3℃, beating 2015’s record of 17.5℃. The Antarctic Peninsula, where this week’s reading was taken at the Argentine research base Esperanza, is among the world’s fastest warming regions, rising 3℃ over the past 50 years. Some 87% of the glaciers along its west coast are retreating rapidly. Professor James Renwick, a climate scientist at Victoria University, said, “The reading is a sign of the warming that has been happening there much faster than the global average.” Fellow expert Prof Nerilie Abram, who has carried out research at the peninsula’s northern tip, said, “It’s an area that’s warming very quickly, which is surely worrying many people.” The reading beats the previous March 2015 record on the earth's southern continent by 0.8℃, according to the Argentine station Esperanza, which collected the data. Some 87% of the glaciers along its west coast have shown an "accelerated retreat" in the past 12 years, it added. Prof Renwick said the WMO committee would be likely to approve the new record. "The reading is impressive as it's only five years since the previous record was set and this 2020 年高考英语时事热点拓展阅读 is almost one degree centigrade higher,” he added. Esperanza, located near the northern tip of the Peninsula easily to sense the change of the temperature, has been collecting data since 1961 for its special position. The reading breaks the 2015 record for the Antarctic continent, defined as the main continental land and adjoining islands by the WMO. The record for the Antarctic region, defined as all land and ice south of 60 degrees latitude is 19.8℃ recorded on Signy Island in January 1982, the WMO said. 1. What made the west coast retreating rapidly? A The reading signs.B The research base. C The climate warming.D The Antarctica record. 2. How did Prof Nerilie Abram feel about the change of the temperature? A He felt interested. B He felt confused. C He felt worried. D He felt shocked. 3. What would the WMO committee do? A They would collect enough glaciers. B They would admit the record officially. C They would find out why the temperature gets rising. D They would understand what happened. 4. Why did researchers choose Esperanza to collect data? A It had the special position. B C D It had a very long history. It had been there since 1982. It had a large part of glaciers. Passage3 东欧发现距今 7000 多年古井。 Archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old well in eastern Europe, which they believe is the oldest wooden structure in the world. The square well was built with oak by farmers around 2020 年高考英语时事热点拓展阅读 5256 B.C., according to researchers who found its origin after analyzing the tree rings in the wood. The well's age makes it the oldest wooden construction worldwide, according to the researchers in the Czech Republic. "The well was only preserved because it had been underwater for centuries. Now we cannot let it dry out, or the well would be destroyed," said Karol Bayer of the University of Pardubice's Department of Restorationin. Researchers are developing a process to dry the wood and preserve it using sugar to strengthen the wood's structure. "It is interesting that the corner posts were made of previously fallen trunks, namely from the trunk which had been cut in the autumn or winter 5259 B.C. or the winter of early 5258 B.C.," said Michal Rybní?ek of the Department of Wood Science at Mendel University. Measuring 140 cm (56 inches) in height and with an 80 by 80 cm (32 by 32 inches) square base, the well was found last year during the construction of the D35 motorway near Ostrov, Czech Republic. Researchers published their findings in the Journal of Archaeological Science. Its design shines a light on technical skills that researchers didn't think Neolithic people possessed. "The design consists of corner posts with inserted planks. This type of construction reveals advanced technical know-how and, till now, is the only known type from this region and time period," the authors wrote. "The shape of the individual structural elements and tool marks preserved on their surface confirm difficult carpentry skills," the authors wrote. It is the third well from the early Neolithic period found in the Czech Republic in the past four years. 1. How did the archaeologists know the age of the well? A They studied the tree rings of the oak. B They talked with the farmers building it. C They researched the shape of the well. D They found out the wooden structure. 2. Why was the well kept well? A It was made of stones. B C D It had a special structure. It remained underwater. It was used all the time.