2020年中考英语时文阅读训练——新冠肺炎疫情（四篇）

COVID-19 could cut wildlife trade
新冠肺炎肆虐让野生动物背锅
Conservation experts are saying that the trade in wildlife could be greatly cut after the coronavirus pandemic has finished. They say that the virus probably started at a market selling wild animals in China. The virus came from either a bat or an animal called a pangolin. It then crossed over to infect humans. The conservation group Humane Society International said: "The consumption of wild animals which can carry diseases that can cross the species barrier poses a real threat to human health." The Wildlife Conservation Society called for a ban of animal markets that trade in wildlife. It said: "Not only will this help to prevent the spread of disease, it will address one of the major drivers of species extinction."
A spokesman from the Zoological Society of London said animal markets could be "time bombs". He said the markets can provide perfect conditions for new viruses to start and grow. He added that if we treated animals like goods to buy and sell, we would be in trouble again in the future. Scientists say many new outbreaks of viruses start in animals. About 75 percent of new infectious diseases come from animals. Recent examples include SARS, MERS and Ebola. Infections from animals cause millions of illnesses and deaths worldwide every year. An expert said the world must act soon, because, "realistically, it's just a matter of time before the next zoonotic disease risk emerges".
材料来源：
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environmen

生词表
conservation?（自然环境、文物）保护
pandemic??大流行病
pangolin?穿山甲
consumption??消费
species barrier?物种屏障
poses a real threat??构成真正的威胁
address?解决处理
extinction?熄灭
Zoological??动物的，动物学的
infectious?传染的
realistically??现实地
zoonotic?[医] 动物传染病的
emerge??出现，浮现
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参考
译文
COVID-19可能会切断野生动物贸易

保护专家说，在冠状病毒大流行结束后，野生动物贸易可能会大大减少。他们说这种病毒可能是从中国的野生动物市场开始的。病毒来自蝙蝠或一种叫做穿山甲的动物。然后它就越过身体感染人类。国际人道主义协会（Humane Society International）表示：“食用可能携带疾病的野生动物会对人类健康构成真正威胁。”野生动物保护协会呼吁禁止从事野生动物贸易的动物市场。它说：“这不仅有助于防止疾病的传播，还将解决物种灭绝的主要驱动因素之一。”
伦敦动物学会的一位发言人说，动物市场可能是“定时炸弹”。他说，市场可以为新病毒的产生和发展提供完美的条件。他补充说，如果我们把动物当作商品来买卖，将来我们将再次陷入困境。科学家说，许多新的病毒爆发是从动物身上开始的。大约75%的新传染病来自动物。最近的例子包括SARS、MERS和埃博拉。来自动物的感染每年在全世界造成数百万的疾病和死亡。一位专家说，世界必须尽快采取行动，因为“实际上，下一个人畜共患病风险出现只是时间问题”。


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EXERCISE
I?TRUE / FALSE?判断正误
1. Conservationists say COVID-19 will end the trade in wildlife.?
2. The article said the COVID-19 coronavirus came from a rat.?
3. The COVID-19 coronavirus crossed over from an animal to humans.?
4. Conservationists say ending the wildlife trade will end species extinction.
5. A zoological society said wildlife markets were like time bombs.?
6. A zoologist said we will be in more trouble if we buy and sell animals.
7. About 75% of new infectious diseases come from animals.?
8. Viruses like SARS and Ebola caused billions of illnesses.?

II?GAP FILL 选词填空
infect probably spread carry either species trade threat


Conservation experts are saying that the (1)?____?in wildlife could be greatly cut after the coronavirus pandemic has finished. They say that the virus (2)?____?started at a market selling wild animals in China. The virus came from (3)?____?a bat or an animal called a pangolin. It then crossed over to (4)?____?humans. The conservation group Humane Society International said: "The consumption of wild animals which can (5)?____?diseases that can cross the species barrier poses a real (6)?____?to human health." The Wildlife Conservation Society called for a ban of animal markets that trade in wildlife. It said: "Not only will this help to?prevent the (7)?____?of disease, it will address one of the major drivers of (8)?____?extinction." ??
examples bombs sell expert illnesses time trouble start


A spokesman from the Zoological Society of London said animal markets could be "time (9)?____". He said the markets can provide perfect conditions for new viruses to (10)?____?and grow. He added that if we treated animals like goods to buy and (11)?____, we would be in (12)?____?again in the future. Scientists say many new outbreaks of viruses start in animals. About 75 per cent of new infectious diseases come from animals. Recent (13)?____?include SARS, MERS and Ebola.?Infections from animals cause millions of (14)?____?and deaths worldwide every year. An (15)?____?said the world must act soon, because, "realistically, it's just a matter of (16)?____?before the next zoonotic disease risk emerges".

III?MULTIPLE CHOICE 阅读理解
1) Who said the trade in wildlife could be greatly cut after the pandemic?
A.?the WHO
B.?conservation experts
C.?wildlife experts
D.?hunters
2) What animal besides a bat might the virus have come from?
A.?a lumpsucker
B.?an armadillo
C.?a penguin
D.?a pangolin
3) What did conservationists say disease-carrying animals could?pose?
A.?a threat to human health
B.?photographs
C.?a danger to fish
D.?a big question
4) What did the Wildlife
Conservation Society call for a ban of?
A.?the fur trade
B.?international travel
C.?animal markets
D.?zoos
5) What did conservationists say wildlife markets were a major driver
of ?
A.?zoos
B.?species extinction
C.?disease
D.?viruses
6) What did a zoological society say animal markets could be?
A.?time bombs
B.?dangerous
C.?interesting
D.?specimens
7) What do animal markets provide the perfect conditions for?
A.?trading
B.?zoos
C.?new viruses to grow
D.?the fur trade
8) What percentage of new infectious diseases comes from animals?
A.?about 75%
B.?around a third
C.?nearly half
D.?almost two-thirds
9) How many illnesses and deaths do animal infections cause each year?
A.?millions
B.?about 20 million
C.?billions
D.?hundreds of thousands
10) When did an expert say we had to act?
A.?some time in the future
B.?in the next few months
C.?any time now
D.?soon

IV?CLOZE 完形填空

Conservation experts are (1) ____ that the trade in wildlife could be greatly cut after the coronavirus pandemic has finished. They say that the virus probably started at a market (2) ____ wild animals in China. The virus came from either a bat or an animal called a pangolin. It then crossed over (3) ____ infect humans. The conservation group Humane Society International said: "The consumption of wild animals which can carry diseases that can cross the species barrier (4) ____ a real threat to human health." The Wildlife Conservation Society called for a (5) ____ of animal markets that trade in wildlife. It said: "Not only will this help to prevent the spread of disease, it will address one of the major (6) ____ of species extinction."
A spokesman from the Zoological Society of London said animal markets could be "(7) ____ bombs". He said the markets can provide perfect conditions for new viruses to start and grow. He added that if we (8) ____ animals like goods to buy?and sell, we would be (9) ____ trouble again in the future. Scientists say many new outbreaks of viruses start in animals. About 75 per cent of new infectious diseases come from animals. Recent examples (10) ____ SARS, MERS and Ebola. Infections from animals cause millions of illnesses and deaths worldwide every year. An expert said the world must (11) ____ soon, because, "realistically, it's just a matter of time before the next zoonotic disease risk (12) ____ ".
1. A.?say B.?says C.?saying D.?said
2. A.?selling B.?sales C.?sold D.?sale
3. A.?of B.?to C.?as D.?on
4. A.?possess B.?posies C.?posses D.?poses
5. A.?bin B.?bun C.?ban D.?bon
6. A.?passengers B.?drivers C.?racers D.?pilots
7. A.?time B.?timing C.?times D.?timed
8. A.?grated B.?greeted C.?threatened D.?treated
9. A.?on B.?of C.?in D.?at
10. A.?prelude B.?preclude C.?conclude D.?include
11. A.?acts B.?act C.?action D.?active
12. A.?emerges B.?emergency?C.?emergent D.?emergencies
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习题
答案
I?判断正误
1--4 ?F F T?F ?5--8 T T T F
II?选词填空
1.?trade 2.probably?3.either 4. infect?
5.carry 6.threat 7.spread 8.species
9.bombs?10.start?11.sell?12.trouble
13.examples 14.illnesses?15.expert 16.time
III?阅读理解
1--5BDACB ?6--10ACAAD
IV?完形填空
1---6 CABDCB
7--12 ADCDBA