1、2022最新英语时事阅读题六（适用于初三和高一学生）A篇Flu season has arrived in theUnited States, after taking an unusual year off. Flu hospitalizations are rising, and at least two child deaths have been reported. Last years flu season was the lowest on record. COVID-19 protection measures such as schoolclosures,distancing,
2、masksand canceled travel likelypreventedthespreadof influenza.This is setting itself up to be more of a normal flu season, said Lynnette Brammer. She studies flu-like illnesses for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The childhood deaths, Brammer said, are unfortunatelywhat we would
3、 expect when flu activity picks up. Its a sadreminderof howsevereflu can be.During last years unusually light flu season, only one child died. Two years ago, 199 children died from flu, and 144 the year before that. In the newest data, the mostsevereflu activity was in theU.S.capital, Washington, D.
4、C. The number of states with high flu activity rose from three to seven. Recent data show high flu activity in New Mexico, Kansas, Indiana, New Jersey, Tennessee,Georgiaand North Dakota.The type of flu virus this year seems to cause the largestamountofseveredisease, especially in the elderly and the
5、 very young, Brammer said. Last years break from the flu made it more difficult to plan for this years fluvaccine. Brammer said it is too early to know whether small changes to the flu virus this year willaffectthe fluvaccineseffectiveness. Well have to see what theimpactof these little changes will
6、 be, she added. Flu vaccine is your best way to protect yourself against flu.Early signs show that fewer people are getting flu shots this yearcomparedto 2020. Brammer said with hospitals already affected by COVID-19, it is more important than ever to get a flu shot and take other safety measures. C
7、over your cough. Wash your hands. Stay home if youre sick, she said. If you do get flu, there are anti-virals you can talk to your doctor about that can preventsevereillness and help you stay out of the hospital.(353 words)根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：1. Last years flu season was the lowest on record because _. A.
8、 Flu hospitalizations werent reported. B. COVID-19 stopped the flu. C. people kept social distancing and wore masks against the flu. D. people followed the protection measures against the COVID-19.2. How many child deaths were reported last year?A. Only one child. B. Only two children C. 199 childre
9、n D. 144 children3. Which group of people are more dangerous duringthe flu season? A. Children and woman. B. Woman and old man. C. Children and the old D. the young and the old4. What is different about the flu season between this year and last year? A. There were more deaths last year. B. There wer
10、e more states with high flu activity last year. C. Fewer people are getting flu shots this year. D. Its more difficult to get flu vaccines this year.5. Which is the most important to get away from the flu? A. To keep social distancing. B. To stay out of hospitals. C. To get a flu shot. D.To stay at
11、home.B篇When corals are mentioned, many people think of rock-lifeformsin the sea filled with colorful fish. But corals are made up of hundreds of thousands of smallorganismswhich live and feed like any other sea life.For the past five years, researchers in Hawaii and Australia have been engineering(培
12、育) corals inside a lab to see if they could betterresistthe effects of climate change. They say it is now time to see how their creationsperformin nature.The scientists say climate changelinked tohuman causes has led to warming oceans that canharmsea life. They say if the more heat-resistantcorals t
13、hey developed do well in the ocean, themethodcan be used to help save suffering and dying reefs（暗礁）.The team tested three methods for making corals that would be strong and healthy in nature. One was themethodofselectivebreeding（繁殖）. Thismethodinvolves scientists choosing parents with desirablechara
14、cteristicsfor reproductive（繁殖的）purposes. The goal is to produce babies with the same desirablecharacteristics. A second method subjected the corals to increasing temperatures to condition them to be able to survive in warm ocean environments. The third involved making changes to the algae（藻类）that pr
15、ovide corals with necessary nutrients（营养物）.The leader of the project, University of Hawaii researcher Kira Hughes, said all the methods proved successful in the lab. She told The Associated Press that some scientists might worry that such methods go against the naturalprocessesof nature. But with th
16、e planet continuing to warm more and more, she does not see any better options. We have tointervenein order to make a change for coral reefs to survive into the future, Hughes said.When ocean temperatures rise, coralsreleasealgae that supplies nutrients and gives them color. This causes them to turn
17、 white, a process called bleaching. When this happens, corals can quickly become sick and die. But for years, scientists have beenobservingcorals that have survived bleaching, even when others have died on the same reef. They are now centering on those healthy survivors and hoping to further increas
18、e theirresistanceto heat. Those corals were used as the parents for the newly created kinds.A recent study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other research organizations took a close look at bleaching events. It found them to be the biggest currentthreatto the worlds coral
19、 reefs.Scientists found that between 2009 and 2018, the world lost about 14 percent of its corals. Corals arethreatenedworldwide by a lot of stressors, but increasing temperatures are probably the mostsevere, said Crawford Drury.（448 words） 根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：1. The scientists want to create a new coral
20、which can live in _ water. A. colder B. warmer C. deeperD. cleaner2. Which isnotthe cause for more and more sick and dead corals? A. There is less and less food for the corals. B. The climate around the world are getting worse.C. The temperature of sea water is rising.D. Human are polluting the ocea
21、n.3. Which isnotthe method of making corals stronger and healthier by the scientists in the lab? A. Choosing more resistant corals to reproduce. B. Putting the corals into a higher temperature to live. C. Changing the food of corals. D. Making the corals turn white.4. The scientists think those heal
22、thy surviving corals can _. A. reproduce more corals. B. live in colder water. C. be more heat-resistant. D. eat more food.5. What does the underlined wordintervenemean? A.协助B.介入 C.保护 D.考虑C篇The Futures exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., gives viewers a look at what may happe
23、n in the years to come.It is open November 20, 2021 through July 6, 2022. Theexhibitopened as part of the 175thanniversaryof the Smithsonian. It is being held at the Arts andIndustriesBuilding, which reopened in November after being closed for almost 20 years. With more than 150 ideas, improvements,
24、 technologies andhistoricalpieces,the installation(安装;设置)permitsviewers to think about how they will live in the future. Some of those exhibits include how humanremainscan be put to goodecologicaluse by using them to grow a tree.Another is a taxi, but unlike a normal car, it flies, and it can fly it
25、self.The Virgin Hyperloop is alsoexhibited. It is a futuristictransporttubethat could become a newformof train-liketransportation. Virgin said on its hyperloop website that it could have a lower environmental impact than other forms ofmasstransportation. Virgin said it could transport people at spee
26、ds of more than 1,000 kph.The exhibit also provides chances for thought by looking back to past technological improvements, like an 1800s experimental telephone.The exhibit wasdesignedby the Labof Rockwell Group, a building and exhibitdesignfirm in New York.David Tracy is the director ofcreativetech
27、nology at Rockwell. He said, The exhibition opens up many different possible forms that the future can takeThe exhibits are several, small looks at possible futures. The company designed the newest technology installations called beacons. They have questions that help peoplesimaginationsand get them
28、 to think about the kind of future they want to see, Tracy told VOA. Tracy said to answer the questions, people use hand movements, holding their hand over an answer. This provides health and safety measures since people do not have to touch anything.Jane McGonigal is the director of game research a
29、nd development at theInstitutefor the Future in Palo Alto, California. She said its difficult for people toimaginehow the future may be different and the technologies that might make it different.McGonigal told VOA she provided the questions for visitors to help themimaginethe future more clearly.On
30、e question asks viewers when they think moontourismwill happen.Another looks at what the future might be like if meat does not come from an animal, but is grown in a laboratory. Viewer Raj Goel from New York got a taste of what that might be like as he looked at an exhibit that was set up like a sto
31、re with possible food in the future. Goel said he is concerned about meat being grown in a lab. But he said he liked the idea of mushrooms, a plant-like food, being used as a sort of meatless meat. Goel said Futures makes him feel a bit like hes walked into a science movie. He said he was hopeful be
32、cause many things I saw here made me think the future is bright.（515 words）根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：1. The exhibit focuses on _. A. something we will make next year. B. some ideas we will have in the future. C. something we used in the past.D. something will happen in our future life.2. From the exhibit we may
33、 learn that_ in the future. A. some cars may be able run as fast as plane. B. human bodies may be used to grow plants. C. the trains may be able to fly like a plane. D. all meat is not from animals.3. The exhibit can not help us to _. A. make something for our future. B. think about some ideas about
34、 our future. C. improve something in our future. D. make our future healthy and safe4. How do people answer beacons at the exhibit? A. They type their answers on the screen. B. They speak out their answers orally. C. They touch the answers on the screen. D. They put their hands over the answer on th
35、e screen.5. How did Goel feel about the future after visiting the exhibits? A. confused. B.confident C. worried D. excitedD篇The COVID-19 pandemic has led to emptier coastal areas around the world. Animals like sea turtles have used the chance to reclaimthe less-polluted, quieter beaches to lay their
36、 eggs during the breeding（繁殖）season.Workers from the Sindh Wildlife group inPakistanrecently watched as a female turtle walked across the beach in Karachi late one night. She was looking for a place to lay her eggs. Sheburieda hundred or more eggs in the sand beforeheading backout into the Arabian S
37、ea.Sindh Wildlife counted 15,000 green turtles on Karachis beaches last year. By comparison, the group counted between 8,000 and 8,500 in 2019.Pandemic-relatedlock downsthere had ended by the start of this years breeding season. But animal experts still expect a large number of theendangeredanimals
38、to visit.Green turtles are among the worlds largest sea turtles. Adults can weigh more than 90 kilograms. They lay their eggs in more than 80 countries around the world and can be found in more than 140 countries. They live intropicalandsubtropicalcoastal areas.The conservation group Sea Turtle Cons
39、ervancy says there are 85,000 to 90,000nestingfemales worldwide. The main breeding season for sea turtles goes from September to November. The weather in Karachi is good for egg-laying as late as January. Wildlife officials there plan to keep looking for the animals until then.Ashfaq Ali Memon leads
40、 Sindh Wildlifes Marine Turtle Unit. He said females havenestedabout 6,000 eggs so far this season. As soon as the mother turtle leaves the beach, workers hurry to dig out the eggs. They move them to a one-meter-deep hole in a hatchery(孵化场) until the babies come out of the eggs, about 40 to 45 days
41、later. The new turtles are taken to the beach immediately andreleasedinto the sea. The Sindh turtle unit has released 860,000 turtle babies into the Arabian Sea since it began operating in 1970. Memon said that 900 have been released so far this season.Conservationistssay that in the past, sea turtl
42、e populations werethreatenedbydemandfor their fat, meat and eggs. In recent years, loss ofhabitatfrom pollution and landreclamationhave also threatened the animals.（377 words）根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：1. Many emptier coastal areas are found around the world because _. A. many coastal areas are polluted around t
43、he world. B. animals come to the areas in their breeding season. C. people want to make some quieter place for the animals. D. few people travel to the areas because of the pandemic2. How long does turtles breeding season usually last? A. two months B. three months C. 4 monthsD. 5 months3. Which isu
44、ntrueabout green turtles? A.They are one of the biggest turtles in the world. B.You can find them in most area of the world.C. They live in only tropical coastal areas.D. They are endangered animals.4. How do the people in Sindh Wildlifes Marine Turtle Unit protect the turtle? A. They help them to g
45、o back to the sea after breeding. B. They help them to find the beach to lay.C. They help them to find a hole to lay. D. They protect their eggs and babies.5. What does the underlined wordreclamationmean? A.保护B.开发C.荒废D.缺乏E篇New Zealands government believes it hascome up witha new plan to end tobacco
46、smoking: a lifetime ban for those aged 14 or younger. Under a new law the government plans to pass next year, the lowest age to buy cigarettes would keep rising year after year. The yearly increase could mean that 65 years after the lawtakes effect, shoppers could still buy cigarettes - but only if
47、they could prove they were at least 80 years old. Officials hope smoking will disappear many years before then. The new plan sets agoalof having fewer than 5 percent of New Zealanders smoking by 2025.Other parts of the plan include allowing only the sale of tobacco products with very low nicotine le
48、vels andreducingthe number of stores that can sell such products. The changes would bebrought inover a set period of time to help sellersdeal withthe market changes. The minimum(最小的) age to buy cigarettes in NewZealand is now 18 years old. So, the lifetime smoking ban for youth would not have an eff
49、ect for a few years.In a discussion with The Associated Press,New Zealands Associate Health Minister Dr. Ayesha Verrall said her work at a public hospital in Wellington involved telling several smokers they had developed cancer. You meet, every day, someone facing the misery caused by tobacco, said
50、Verrall, who is organizing the new plan. The most horrible ways people die. Being short of breath, caused by tobacco.For years, smoking rates have fallen inNew Zealand. About 11 percent of adults smoke, with 9 percent smoking every day. Daily smoking remains high among Indigenous Maori at 22 percent
51、. Under the governments plan, a new group would be created to helpreducesmoking among Maori.Big tax increases have already been put on cigarettes in recent years. Some question why the tax levels were not increased even further. We dont think tax increases will have any further impact(影响), Verrall s
52、aid. Verrall added the taxmeasureshave a greater effect on lower-income people, who are more likely to smoke.The new law would notdeal withvaping. Verrall said that tobacco smoking is far more harmful and remains a leading cause ofpreventabledeaths inNew Zealand, killing up to 5,000 people each year
53、.New Zealands plan to ban the nextgenerationfrom tobacco smoking has not been tried elsewhere, she said. But she said studies have shown youth tobacco salesdecreasewhen minimum ages are raised. In theU.S., the federal minimum age to buy tobacco products was raised from 18 to 21 two years ago.While p
54、ublic healthexpertshavegenerallywelcomed theNew Zealandplan, not everybody is happy. Sunny Kaushal said some stores could beput out ofbusiness. Kaushal leads the Dairy and Business Owners Group, whichrepresents nearly 5,000 corner stores and gas stations inNew Zealand. We all want a smoke-freeNew Ze
55、aland, he said. But this is going to hugely impact small businesses. It should not be done so it is destroying dairies, lives and families in theprocess. Its not the way. InNew Zealand, the termdairymeans a small, local store.Kaushal said the tax increases on tobacco had already created anillegalmar
56、ket that gangs were operating in, and the problem would only get worse. He said smoking was already nearing its end inNew Zealandand would disappear on its own. Kaushal described the new plan as being driven by academics(学者). But Verrall said she did not believe the government wasgoing too far,becau
57、se data show that most smokers want to quit anyway.(618 words)根据文章内容,选择最佳答案:1. Which is not included in the new plan? A. a ban of buying cigarette for shoppers under 14 B. a allowance of buying cigarette for those over18C. a ban of the sale of tobacco products with high nicotine levels D. reduction
58、of storessellingcigarette.2. The government brings in the new plan because_.A. it wants to create a smoke-free New ZealandB. it plans to increase tax on cigarettein coming years.C. more and more money is spent on cigarette.D. more and more people die of smoking in New Zealand.3. InNew Zealand, you c
59、an buy cigarette only if you are _ now. A. over 14 B.over 18 C. over 21 D. under 654. Which statement isuntrueabout tax on cigarette inNew Zealand? A. Some people think the tax on cigarette is not high enough. B. The government doesnt think high tax will be helpful for the plan. C. The tax measures
60、affect more on lower-income people. D. The tax on cigarette has been too lowin recent years.5. Kaushal thinks that _. A. the new plan will help the lower-income people more. B. the government should help reduce smoking among Maori. C. high tax should be brought in to achieve the goal. D. There will still be less and less smokers without the plan.A答案：1D2A3C4C5CB答案：1B2A3D4C5BC答案：1D2B3A4D5BD答案：1D2B3C4D5BE答案：1B2A3B4D5D
