“停课不停学”:2020高考英语时事热点拓展阅读(十八)

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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 £1 for every five minutes if they are late to pick up their kids at a Kent
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 obey B watch over and direct
C follow and instruct D 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
12 years, it added. Prof Renwick said the WMO committee would be likely to approve the new
record.


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 It had a very long history.
C It had been there since 1982.
D 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.

let it dry out, or the well would be destroyed,
Department of Restorationin.
Researchers are developing a process to dry the wood and preserve it using sugar to
strengthen the wood's structure. 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.,
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. 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,
preserved on their surface confirm difficult carpentry skills,
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 It had a special structure.
C It remained underwater.
D It was used all the time.


2020年高考英语时事热点拓展阅读

3. What would the researchers use to preserve the ancient well?
A The trunk. B The heater.
C The planks. D The sugar.
4. What is the importance of the discovery of the well?
A The ancient people could make a large well.
B Neolithic people mastered carpentry skills.
C There are a lot of ancient wells in the Czech Republic.
D The design consists of bad corner posts.
Passage4
好莱坞传奇巨星柯克•道格拉斯去世 享年103岁

Actor Kirk Douglas who was in Hollywood's golden age died on February 5th, 2020. He was
103 years old. His son, actor Michael Douglas said,
the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment
to justice and the causes that he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to.
Born on December 9th, 1916, in Amsterdam, New York, Douglas changed his name to Kirk
Douglas before entering the Navy during World War II. Prior to serving in the war, he made his
Broadway debut in the musical Spring Again. After he left from the Navy in 1944, he returned to
act in New York in the theater,commercials and radio.
By the late 1940s and early 1950s, Douglas had transitioned to film and began establishing
himself as a box office heavyweight. Champion, the 1949 film about a boxer, earned him his first
Oscar nomination. He starred in several westerns throughout his career, beginning with 1951’s
Along the Great Divide. He also combined his military service with Hollywood in such films as
Top Secret Affair, Paths of Glory and Seven Days in May. Douglas was perhaps best known for
his starring role in 1960's Spartacus,which he also produced. He was also praised for his more
lighthearted role in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
The Hollywood great was nominated for Academy Awards three times throughout his career,
and was presented with an honorary Oscar in 1996. In the same year he suffered a stroke, severely
impairing his ability to speak. However, it never kept him out of the public eye. Following
recovery, including speech therapy, Douglas wrote a book My Stroke of Luck in which he said his
life changed for the better. He wrote several other books, including three memoirs. Douglas also


2020年高考英语时事热点拓展阅读

returned to the screen three years later in the films Diamonds,It Runs in the Family and Before I
Forget.
1. Where did Douglas first start his performance?
A On the radio.
B In the film.
C At the theatre.
D In commercials.
2. Which film is NOT associated with his Navy service experience?
A Paths of Glory.
B Top Secret Affair.
C Seven Days in May.
D Along the Great Divide.
3. What did NOT happen to Douglas in the year of 1996?
A He won an honorary Oscar.
B He suffered a serious illness.
C He was unable to express with words clearly.
D He gradually disappeared in the public.
4. The underlined word “impairing” in Paragraph 4 means_____.
A deleting

B declining
C damaging D destroying
本期答案:
“停课不停学”:2020高考英语时事热点拓展阅读(十八)
Passage1
英国学校新规:家长接孩子每迟到5分钟罚1英镑。

1-4:CBBA


2020年高考英语时事热点拓展阅读

Passage2 南极热出新高度 创18.3℃高温


1-4:CCBA
Passage3 东欧发现距今7000多年古井


1-4:ACDB
Passage4
好莱坞传奇巨星柯克•道格拉斯去世 享年103岁

1-4:CDDC



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