2020年中考英语选词填空专项练习
Over the last five months, the coronavirus pandemic has taken the world by storm. It has affected different 1_______ and regions in different ways, from disrupting (扰乱) their economies to creating new social norms (社会规范). Here, we’ll take a look at a few of the 2_______ events that have happened during the outbreak.
Italy shuts down
On March 10, the Italian government decided 3______ the entire country on lockdown after the number of cases in the country started skyrocketing (飞涨). The first cases were detected (检测到) as early as January 31. In the following weeks, the number of cases exploded (迅速增加), 4_______ 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) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus officially characterized (描述) COVID-19 as a pandemic. This was due to a growing number of cases 5_______ the world.
In his announcement, Ghebreyesus called on governments to change the course of the outbreak by taking “urgent (紧急的) and aggressive (强硬的) action”. By this time, there were more than 20,000 cases in Europe, including 1,000 deaths, as 6______ as 1,000 cases in the US.
Summer Olympics delayed
On March 24, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo held a conference (会议) call in which they 7_______ that 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 public safety.
The event has rarely been canceled or delayed －usually only in times of war. However, the 8______ agreed that the Olympic flame would remain in Tokyo until the games can start again in order to stand as a “light at the end of the tunnel (隧道)”.
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 9______ across the country, as the first case had been recorded three months earlier.
Despite this, many US states have announced that they will gradually ease (放宽) lockdown requirements, against the advice of many 10______ professionals. US President Donald Trump has been criticized (批评) by the press, members of the public and even former (前任的) White House staff for his government’s slow and ineffective (效率低的) response to the outbreak.
A Farewell Song
No dust is raised on the road wet with morning rain;
The willows by the hotel look so 1_______ and green.
I invite you to drink a cup of wine again;
West of the sunny pass no more friends will 2_______.
(Translated by Xu Yuanchong)
This is a famous farewell (送别) poem 3_____ by Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei (701-761). It shows how Wang felt when his friend Yuan Er had to leave 4_____ a faraway (遥远的) place called Anxi in today’s Xinjiang.
The poem begins with a 5_____ morning scene. After the rain, the road is clean, and the willows by the hotel are fresh and green.
The poet invites Yuan 6_______ wine because he knows that life in Anxi will be tough (艰难的). Although most cities in China were prosperous (繁华的) during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the 7______ areas were quite desolate (荒凉的). The journey to the west would be full of hardship. So when Wang says “I invite you to drink a cup of wine again,” he is pouring his care and good 8_____ into the cup as well.
Showing natural and sincere love for friends, this poem was very popular 9______ the Tang Dynasty. People 10______ it into a song called A Parting Tune with a Thrice Repeated Refrain (《阳关三叠》). Although the original (最初的) song was lost during the Song Dynasty, you can still hear an adapted version (改编版) with the same title (名称) that is played on the guqin.
