中考英语时事阅读第十期
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英语时事阅读第十期
目录 内容
Passage 1 阅读理解 长征十一号运载火箭再传佳音
Passage 2
阅读理解 为了一条鱼，立了一部法
Passage 3 阅读理解 为何要再次给珠峰“量身高”？
Passage 4 阅读表达 农民夫妻跳“鬼步舞”火了，原因很暖
Passage 5 阅读表达 今年两会上有哪些“黑科技”？
Passage 6 阅读理解 用文学点亮生活
Passage 1：Launch of Long March 11
Among all
the Long
March rockets, Long March 11 is, without question,
the star. It’s the first and only solid-fuel rocket in the Long March family. It’s
also the first rocket in China that has completed a seaborne (海上的) mission –
from the Yellow Sea in June
2019. And now its successful launch on May 30
from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province has, again, set
new records.
It was the first time that the Long March 11 had been launched from the
Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Among its previous eight launches, seven
were from Gansu’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and one from the sea. The
latest success “has proven its adaptability (适应性) to different launch sites”,
Peng Kunya, the chief designer of the rocket, told Xinhua News Agency.
A new launch platform was also used in the mission, which helped the
rocket better adapt to the new environment. According to Guangming News, the
new platform is highly integrated (集成的) and intelligent, allowing the
preparation time of the launch to be significantly reduced. China’s capability
(能力) to launch rockets in a short time has “reached a new level”, Jin Xin, deputy commander-in-chief of the Long March 11 mission, said in a
press
conference (新闻发布会).
The mission also marked the first use of a 2-meter-diameter fairing (整流罩) on the Long March 11. A fairing is the structure outside of a rocket that is
able to streamline (使……呈流线型) the rocket and reduce drag (阻力).
It’s
also what “wraps (掩护)” satellites, protecting them from the
increasing
pressure and heat when a rocket travels through the atmosphere.
A
1.6-meter-diameter fairing was previously used on Long March 11. But
this
time, two satellites – tasked with conducting inter-satellite data link and Earth
observation tests – were onboard the rocket, requiring a wider fairing.
“A fairing measuring 2 meters in diameter leaves more space
for
satellites,” added Jin.
Long March 11 has indeed proven itself as “the most adaptable
carrier
rocket in China”, according to Xinhua. But designers didn’t stop there. In fact,
they have begun to develop an upgraded version of the Long March 11 – called
the Long March 11A – which will be even wider, taller and have greater thrust
(推进力). The new model is expected to make its maiden (初次的)
flight
around 2022.
Long March 2D
On May 31, one day after the successful launch of Long March 11,
the
Long March 2D carrier rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch
Center in Gansu. It carried two satellites – the Gaofen 9-02 optical (光学的)
remote-sensing satellite for city planning and natural disaster monitoring
and
the Head Aerospace 4 for traffic data collection.
1.Which of the following shows Long March 11’s adaptability?
A. It uses the latest solid energy.
B. It has taken many seaborne missions. C. It was launched at different launch sites.
D.It is the first rocket launched from Xichang.
2.What is the advantage of the new launch platform?
A. It can suit different rockets.
B. It can shorten the preparation time of the launch.
C.It can collect data of the launch intelligently.
D. It can protect the structure of the rocket.
3. What is a benefit of using a 2-meter-diameter fairing?
A.The drag and pressure are reduced.
B. The rocket can better adapt to the environment.
C.It allows more space for satellites.
D.The structure of a rocket changes.
4. What does the underlined word “upgraded” in the last paragraph
probably
mean?
A. Lightened. B. Simplified. C. Qualified. D. Advanced.
参考答案：CBCD
Passage 2：Protecting wildlife
Known as a “living fossil”, the Chinese sturgeon (中华鲟) is a
very
precious species. It is believed to have lived alongside the dinosaurs more than
140 million years ago.
Although dinosaurs are long since gone, the Chinese sturgeon still exists to
this day. However, the species has been listed as “Critically Endangered” on the
International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of
Threatened
Species. According to CGTN, dams and overfishing (过度捕捞) affect
its
reproduction (繁殖). In 2018, according to the Natural Resources
Defense
Council, the annual rate of reproduction was between 4.5 percent and zero.
