中考英语阅读周计划：疫情防控B（含答案解析）

中考英语阅读周计划 疫情防控 Day 1 难度等级：★★★（2020四川宜宾） Every day brings new stories and information about COV-ID-19. Some stories ____46____(be)encouraging, while others bring bad news. How can you know who to turn to? Can you trust ____47____(they)? It's important ____48____(stay)informed in times like these. But while your ____49____(friend)and family might share information on social media in ____50____ hopes of helping others, it's common for rumors(谣言)to spread in this way. You might have read stories ____51____ sound too good to be true. What do you think about them? Would you consider that they might not be quite right? If you can, try to get news ____52____ all kinds of sources(来源). Read articles from government news platforms which ____53____(usual)give timely fact checks. When dealing with such a serious issue, it's important to make your news "diet" just as much and ____54____(health)as your real diet. Last but not least, think twice before _____55_____(share)information online! 注释说明 Day 2 难度等级：★★★（2020青海） Over the last six months, the coronavirus pandemic (冠状病毒疫情) has affected different countries and regions in different ways. Here, we’ll take a look at a few of the most important events that have happened. Italy shuts down On March 10, the Italian government decided to put the whole country on lockdown after the number of cases (病例) in the country started increasing quickly, people were suggested not leaving their home. The first case was detected (检测到) as early as January 31. In the following weeks, the number of cases reached over 10,000 by the time of the lockdown. The lockdown affected 16 million people across the country. Italy was one of the first of many countries that carried out lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus. WHO declares pandemic On March 11, World Health Organization (WHO) officially characterized (描述) COVID-19 as a pandemic. This was because of a growing number of cases around the world. By this time, there were more than 20,0000 cases in Europe, including 1,000 deaths, as well as 1,000 cases in the US. Summer Olympics delayed On March 24, President of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC) Thomas Bach announced the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, which were planned to be held in Tokyo, would be delayed until the following year in the interest of protecting pubic safety. US hits over 1 million cases On April 28, the US officially recorded over one million COVID-19 cases nationwide. This came just four days after it was announced that the virus had resulted in over 50,000 deaths across the country. The virus spread rapidly across the country, as the first case had been recorded three months earlier. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 ( ) 41. The events in the passage are all connected with _____. A. Italy’s lockdown B. Olympic games C. US cases D. the coronavirus pandemic ( ) 42. In Paragraph 2, the underlined word “lockdown” probably means _____. A. 封城 B. 控制 C. ... ...