新高考英语时文阅读高三专版(含答案解析与原文翻译)

新高考英语时文阅读高三专版（含答案解析与原文翻译）

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I was already a hand washer. And since the spread of coronavirus, it’s been kicked into overdrive. I don’t consider myself panicked about COVID-19, although I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t concerned. I live in an enormous city, packed with people, including countless travelers, and I understand how easily a contagious virus spreads. And hand washing may help us to keep it like that. The hard part has to do with the duration. “Scrub your hands for 20 seconds,”the CDC website warns. “Need a timer? Hum the ‘Happy Birthday’song from beginning to end twice.”The turning point came with a slight, unconscious tweak on the lyrics. After a few days, I added three words to the routine: “And many more.”That’s the way we do “Happy Birthday”in my family. These days, of course, those habitual words have particular resonance. What I am doing, after all, when I add “and many more”is making a plea: Let us stay safe and alive. “Its meaning,”writes Rodriguez, “is something like I pray it may be so.”

I am an adult, aware of random chance and uncertainty. I’ve come to recognize that insecurity, chaos even, is the way of the world. In the face of an epidemic stretching toward a pandemic, I have one eye on living as if there will be no exceptional disruptions, and the other on preparing for catastrophe. What I’m saying is that I do not generally rely on magical thinking.

Now I am consciously singing “and many more”when I fulfill the CDC’s instructions about how to wash my hands. I offer it to you as well, this coping mechanism, this precaution, this projection of a happy ending, which is, of course, a whisper of faith, not in divine intervention (神的干预) but in our ability to care for one another and ourselves.

1. What is the attitude of the author toward the COVID-19?

A. Panic.

B. Concerned.

C. Happy.

D. Pessimistic.

2. How long does it take to sing the ‘Happy Birthday’song once?

A. 10s.

B. 20s.

C. 30s.

D. 40s.

3. What is the meaning of the added “and many more”these days?

A. The author wants to sing the song in a creative way.

B. The author blesses herself happy birthday.

C. The author is to pray to be safe and live well.

D. The author is showing off her great voice.

4. Which of the following can be used to describe the author?

A. Being full of magical thinking.

B. Being ignorant.

C. Being insightful and optimistic.

D. Being a good singer.

【答案】BACC

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者介绍了自己独特的洗手方法，以及疫情期间的感想，并鼓励人们也采用同样的方式洗手。

1. 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“I don’t consider myself panicked about COVID-19, although I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t concerned.”可知，我认为我对新冠病毒并不恐慌，虽然如果我说我不担心是在撒谎，即作者担心但并不恐慌，故选B。

2. 数字计算题。根据第一段最后两句““Scrub your hands for 20 seconds,”the CDC website warnes. “Need a timer? Hum the ‘Happy Birthday’song from beginning to end twice.””可知，从头到尾哼两遍“生日快乐歌”的时间是20 秒，由此可知一遍是10 秒，故选A。