2021中考英语必读时事热点11(原卷版)

2020年中考英语必读时事热点(11)
文章导读
一、阅读理解2020年5月1日，继上海之后，北京也开始垃圾分类啦！
二、阅读理解“中国天眼”正式开启地外文明搜索，寻找来自宇宙深处的高智慧生命。

三、阅读理解AI取代人类？或许合作才是王道。

四、完形填空《哪吒》-我命由己不由天----一部激励人们奋勇拼搏，永不言弃的励志豆瓣评分很高的电
影。

五、阅读理解2020年5月1号，北京禁止在超市、餐馆和酒店使用塑料袋。

但是一个更好的方法正在
路上。

塑料回收大突破，科学家发现可以“吃”塑料的酶。

六、阅读理解人物介绍——致敬经典，介绍2020年4月16号去世的经典动画《猫和老鼠》制作人
吉恩·戴奇
七、阅读理解网络安全，人们一直关注，热议的话题。

八、书面表达热点话题——建设平安校园。

一、阅读理解
When Shanghai introduced a new garbage-sorting policy in July last year, the city’s residents (居民) took some time to get used to it. They joked that every time they took out their garbage, the staff (工作人员) standing by the bins would ask, “What kind of garbage are you?”
Starting on May 1, Beijing joined many Chinese cities by introducing a new garbage-sorting policy, People’s Daily reported. Residents should sort their garbage into four groups: kitchen, recyclable, hazardous (有害的) and other waste.
These groups are represented (代表) by four different colors of trash bins – green, blue, red and gray. Those who fail to sort their trash correctly may face fines of up to 200 yuan, Xinhua reported.
The way Beijing sorts its trash sounds different from cities like Shanghai and Qingdao. These cities use four different groups: wet, recyclable, harmful and dry. Although their names are different, the groups are actually the same. Wet garbage in Shanghai is, in fact, kitchen garage. And dry garbage is the same as other waste, China Youth Daily reported.
There are other environmentally-friendly changes coming to Beijing too. Restaurants will no longer be allowed to provide disposable tableware (一次性餐具) like wooden chopsticks. Hotels and restaurants will not be allowed to provide disposable products such as toothbrushes.
To help residents sort their trash correctly, the Beijing government is offering online guidelines. If people don’t know how to throw away garbage, they can search for it on the WeChat account Guanchenglishi (管城理市) to find out. By searching a key word or taking a photo, people can immediately find out which group their waste belongs in.
1. What do we know from this story?
A. Garbage-sorting started in Beijing on May 1.
B. Garbage-sorting is being carried out nationwide.
C. Beijing’s garbage-sorting policy is the same as Shanghai’s.
D. Residents in Beijing are troubled by garbage-sorting.
2. Kitchen garbage is the same as _____ in Shanghai.
A. wet garbage
B. dry garbage
C. recyclable garbage
D. harmful garbage
3. If people don’t follow the garbage-sorting policy, _____.
A. they will be forced to learn the policy
B. they won’t be allowed to throw trash away
C. they won’t be noticed
D. they may face fines
4.Which of the following statement is right?
A. Garbage-sorting in Beijing is the same as that in Shanghai.
B. If you don’t understand how to sort Garbage, you will be fined 200yuan.
C. . Residents in Beijing should sort their garbage into four groups: wet, recyclable, harmful and dry.
D. From the article ,we have known at least 3 cities have carried out the rules of garbage-sorting
5. The last paragraph mainly explains _____.
A. the government’s suggestions about garbage-sorting
B. problems with Beijing’s garbage-sorting policy
C. how to help residents sort their garbage
D. actions we can take to protect the environment
二、阅读理解
Are you curious of looking up at the stars and wondering if there’s intelligent life out there? So is
Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST, 500米口径球面射电望远镜), China’s mega-science (大科学) project and the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope.
On April 28, FAST, nicknamed “China’s Eye of Heaven”, embarked on its search for extraterrestrial intelligence (ET, 外星生物).
As the news went viral (走红) on social networking sites, someone commented saying: “Do not answer! Do not a nswer! Do not Answer!”
It seems that The Three-Body Problem (《三体》), a science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin, has influenced minds so deeply that people are worried about the possibility of the Earth being invaded (入侵) by an
advanced extraterrestrial civilization.
That worry is, at least for now, unnecessary. Of the 1,800 planets that have been discovered, less than 20 are capable of supporting life, and the nearest among them, Gliese 581, is 20.4 light-years away.
According to Robin Ha nson’s Great Filter theory, there is less than a one in a million chance of any extraterrestrial life form evolving (进化) into higher intelligence or a civilization. And since their distance from China could even be millions or billions of light-years away, if they travel at the speed of light, it would take them at least millions of years to reach us.
However, that does not mean FAST’s job is meaningless. As mankind’s most sensitive (敏感的) radio telescope, FAST can best collect signals from the universe. Researchers can distinguish even a 4 Hz difference in the signals received, meaning it can best distinguish between manmade and ET-made signals. Even the signals from a non-ET civilization are useful, because they might contain some hidden information leading to the discovery of new stars or planets.
With FAST joining the cause, mankind can browse (搜索) the universe more deeply than ever before and increase knowledge about the universe. And whatever it achieves is the best evidence of China’s advanced technology in astronomy (天文学) and the study of the universe.
1. What does the underlined phrase “embarked on” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. ended
B. began
C. released
D. continued
2. What does the “Do not answer!” com ment show?
A. The popularity of Liu Cixin’s book.
B. Excitement at the news about FAST.
C. People worrying about being attacked by ETs.
D. The influence of science fiction novels on people.
3. What do Paragraphs 5-6 want to tell us?
A. What makes a planet suitable for intelligent life.
B. People tend to worry much more than they need to.
C. Extraterrestrial life forms will not threaten life on Earth.
D. There is a slight possibility that an extraterrestrial civilization exists.
4. What is the main idea of the last two paragraphs?
A. The importance of FAST’s job.
B. How FAST distinguishes between signals it collects.
C. How the FAST radio telescope works.
D. China’s advanced technology in astronomy.
三、阅读理解
Humans and AI can work together to make art more interesting.
A special copyright (版权) case has recently drawn attention because it is related to (和......有关的) artificial intelligence (AI). A court (法庭) in Shenzhen ruled that a news report written by Tencent’s AI enjoys copyright protection. A website broke the law because it used the article without permission (允许).
This is the first case in China that has provided copyright protection to work done by AI. But what does it indicate (表明)? Will AI take the place of creative workers in the future?
Probably not. AI is not yet able to write creative stories. The news report mentioned (提到) above is mainly about data. Since AI is good at processing (处理) data, it is often used to write financial (金融的) reports. Some newspapers also use AI to report on stories about natural disasters (灾害), which mainly require (需要) basic facts such as “where” and “when”. As Forbes wrote, instead of losing their jobs, journalists can make their work more efficient (高效的) by using AI so that they can focus more on storytelling and less on numbers.
AI is actually being helpful in many creative fields. For example, Wayne McGregor, a British choreographer (编舞), is famous for using AI to create new dances. For him, AI is a powerful tool that can help choreographers break out of common movements (动作). McGregor is not worried that AI might replace human artists. “AI can’t judge (判断) the quality (质量) of the choreography,” he said.
“It’s time to stop worrying about if AI can be creative,” according to Forbes. Instead, we should fo cus on how humans and AI can work together in ways that we have never dreamed of before.
1. According to the copyright case related to AI, we know that _____.
A. AI can also break the law.
B. news stories cannot be written by AI.
C. articles written by AI also have copyright protection.
D. AI can copy others’ articles without permission.
2. Which kind of stories might AI be good at writing?
A. Sci-fi stories.
B. Disaster reports.
C. Horror stories.
D. Poems.
3. Wayne McGregor agrees that _____.
A. AI helps him do creative work
B. AI can create new dances by itself
C. AI might replace human artists
D. AI can teach people how to dance
4. Which of the following might be the author’s view?
A. Many jobs will disappear due to AI.
B. We should make laws for AI.
C. AI is difficult to use.
D. We should work together with AI.
四、完形填空
“Ne Zha” first caught people's eyes on 26th July, 2019. It is China's first 3D animated feature film in IMAX format (IMAX 格式的3D 动画故事片).
People think highly of it and its score is even __1_than that of “Monkey King: Hero is Back". The film has a score of 8.8 points (out of 10) on China's largest filming grading website, Douban.
It __2_ Yang Yu, the film's director and sc reenwriter, two years to improve the story of “NeZha”. The film is made according to the _3 _novel “The Investiture of the Gods.（封神榜）In the story, Ne Zha is a strange baby and is famous for _4 _ against the Dragon King. Though he is the third son of Li Jing, he can _5_please his father and finally kills himself.
This is not the first film about Ne Zha. However, _6__the novel and previous(之前的) films, the relationships between the characters are given some modern meanings. For example, in Yang's film he is fighting prejudice (偏见): Ne Zha is hated, feared and considered as the _7__ of a devil (魔鬼). But Ne Zha believes his fate(命运) is not decided by others and that only he himself can _8___ to be a devil or a god.
“I used to suffer a lot of prejudice after changing my career," says Yang. “Since then, I have thought about making a film to _9young people to keep fighting for their dreams without giving up ."
“Great! I finished watching the film in tears. The wonderful story, great words, beautiful characters and amazing pictures work together to create a 110-minute roller-coaster _10__experience," a Douban user said.
1. A. lower B. clearer C. closer D. higher
2 A. spent B. took C. wasted D. cost
3. A. latest B. short C. ancient D. modern
4. A. working B. fighting C. pushing D. protecting
5. A. hardly B. always C. often D. sometimes
6. A. instead of B. In addition to C. rather than D. compared with
7. A. truth B. success C. name D. symbol
8. A. dream B. choose C. follow D. turn
9. A. allow B. force C. encourage D. order
10. A. reading B. riding C. listening D. watching
五、阅读理解。

Everyone knows by now that plastic pollution is a huge problem for the environment. Beijing, for example, has dealt with this by banning (禁止) thin plastic bags, plastic tableware (餐具) and other plastic items in supermarkets, restaurants and hotels since May 1, according to CGTN.
But an even better solution might be on the way. Researchers at a French company called Carbios have discovered a bacterial enzyme (细菌酶) that can break down plastic. The enzyme, which was first found in compost (堆肥) leaves, turns plastic into chemical “building blocks” that can then be used to creat e new products, according to the Guardian.
The new enzyme was uncovered in research that was published last month in the journal Nature. Researchers studied over 100,000 microorganisms (微生物) to find one that could break down plastic quickly. The leaf compost enzyme was first discovered in 2012. Scientists changed its genes (基因), allowing it to break down 90 percent of one ton of plastic in less than 10 hours.
science officer at Carbios.
The enzyme especially breaks down PET, a type of plastic that is most commonly used to produce plastic bottles and food packaging (包装). It is the fifth most common type of plastic that we use.
Carbios said it is working together with companies like Pepsi and Nestle – major consumers of plastic themselves – to develop their research and start using the enzyme on an industrial scale (范围), according to Forbes.
1. What do we know about the enzyme?
A. It is a type of bacteria.
B. It can break down plastic quickly.
C. It is the fifth-most common type of bacteria.
D. It can break down PVC.
2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. Where the scientists found the new enzyme.
B. How the scientists changed the enzyme’s gen es.
C. How the scientists found the new enzyme.
D. When the scientists found the new enzyme.
3. What does Alain Marty mean in Paragraph 4?
A. It was too late to find the new enzyme.
B. The new enzyme was forgotten by experts.
C. They forgot to change the e nzyme’s genes.
D. Better late than never.
4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Carbios will work together with companies that use a lot of plastic.
B. Carbios will keep looking for a more efficient enzyme.
C. Carbios will turn its focus toward production.
D. Carbios will search for more companies like Pepsi to work with.
5.The best title of the article is_______.
A. How to protect our environment.
B.A natural way to recycle plastic.
C. Why Beijing has banned plastic items in many public places.
A. How Carbios discovered a bacterial enzyme.
六、阅读理解
Award-winning American animation director and producer Gene Deitch has died at age 95. The beloved artist passed away on April 16 in Prague. A cause of death has not been revealed(透露), but his one family member has claimed his passing was not by caused by COVID-19.
Born Eugene Merrill Deitch in Chicago on August 8, 1924, he moved to California with his family five years later. After graduating from Los Angeles High School, Deitch began working as a draftsman（绘图员）for North American Aviation. He was drafted and entered pilot training, but was discharged（解雇）because of pneumonia （肺炎）in 1944. Deitch re-entered the commercial art world, offering cover and interior illustrations （内部插图）to jazz magazine The Record Changer.
Deitch’s animation career heated quickly. In the late 1940s/early ’50s, he won the Gold Medal of the New York Art Directors Club for best commercial two times, and these works became part of the Museum of Modern Art collection in New York.
He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1958 for his theatrical cartoon Sidney’s Family Tree. At the same year, Deitch set up his own New York studio, Gene Deitch Associates. And in late 1959 Deitch moved to Prague in Czechoslovakia(捷克斯洛伐克) . He planned to stay only 10 days, but decided to settle in the city permanently（永久地）after meeting his future wife, animation producer Zdenka Najmanova.
Munro won the Oscar for Animated Short Film in 1961, becoming the cartoon produced outside the U.S. to earn the honor. He also directed several episodes of “Tom and Jerry” and the “Popeye the Sailor” series.
From 1968 until his retirement in 2008, Deitch was lead animation director for Weston Woods Studios (based in Connecticut). The ex-pat openly expressed his love for Prague, where he created some 70 animated films and seven TV series, saying that Czechoslovak authorities never interfered with his work. Although, his 1969 short The Giants (Obri) was banned in the country due to perceived criticism of the 1968 Soviet invasion.
Deitch was honored with the Winsor McCay Award for his lifetime contributions to animation at the 2003 Annie Awards — an honor he once told an interviewer he valued more than his Oscar
1.What does Gene Deitch’s wife do?
A. a house wife
B. an animation producer
C. a doctor
D. a film producer
2. Gene Deitch got pneumonia（肺炎）, so the cause of his death is ________.
A. pneumonia
B. COVID-19
C. illness
D. unknown
3.Which work did Gene Deitch win his Oscar honor outside the US？
A．Tom and Jerry B. Popeye the Sailor C. Munro D. Sidney’s Family Tree
4.Which statement is not right according to the article?
A. Gene Deitch thought the Winsor McCay Award was more valuable than his Oscar.
B. Gene Deitch created some 70 animated films and seven TV series in his life.
C. Deitch set up his own New York studio, Gene Deitch Associates in 1958.
D. Deitch’s animation career became better in the late 1940s/early ’50s
5.This article mainly tells us Gene Deitch’ ______.
A. life experience and achievement
B. cause of death
C. experience and love
D. hobby and experience
七、阅读理解
Some people might think that online privacy (隐私) is a, well, private matter. If you don’t want your information getting out online, don’t put it on social media. Simple, right?
But keeping your information private isn’t just about your own choices. It’s about your friends’ choices, too. Results from a study show that, with the development of all kinds of social media, people may need to stop and think about just how much they control their personal information, and where the boundaries of their privacy are.
When someone joins a social network, the first order of business is, of course, to find friends. To help the users find their friends, many apps offer to import contact lists ( 导入联系人清单) from someone’s phone or e-mail or Facebook, to find matches with people already in the network.
“Sharing those contact lists seems harmless”, says David Garcia, a computational social scientist at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna in Austria. “People giving contact lists, they’re not doing anything wrong,” he says. “You are their friend. You give them the e-mail address and phone number.” Most of the time, you probably want to stay in touch with the person, possibly even via the social media site.
But the social network then has that information — whether or not the owner of it wants it to be shared.
Social platforms’ ability to collect information into what are called shadow profiles first came to light with a Facebook bug in 2013. The bug accidentally shared the e-mail addresses and phone numbers of some 6 million users with all of their friends, even when the information wasn’t public.
Facebook immediately corrected the mistake. But later, some users noticed that the phone numbers on their Facebook profiles had still been filled in —even though they had not given Facebook their digits. Instead, Facebook had collected the numbers from the contact lists innocently provided by their friends, and filled in the missing information for them. A shadow profile had become reality.
It’s no surprise that a social platform could take names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers and match them up with other people on the same platform. But Garcia wanted to know whether these shadow profiles could be extended to people not on the social platform at all.
He turned to a social network called Friendster which was closed up in 2015. Friendster was launched in 2002. In 2008, the social site attracted more than 115 million users. But by 2009 people began to jump ship for other sites, and finally Friendster closed for good. However, by using the Internet Archive — a nonprofit library, Garcia still found lots of users’ personal information about Friendster.
“You are not in full control of your privacy,” he concludes. If your friend is on a social platform, so are you. And you don’t have a choice in the ma tter.
Garcia published his findings August 4 in Science Advances.
1.The apps help us to find friends in the following ways EXCEPT________.
A. Through phone numbers
B. Through E-mail
C. Through Facebook
D. Through ID number
2.What can you know from the Facebook bug in 2013?
A. The bug shared all the personal information of Facebook users to their friends.
B. All the Facebook users can find their phone numbers on their Facebook profiles.
C. Few people knew Facebook would collect information into shadow profiles.
D. Facebook refused to correct the bug.
3..Why did Garcia turn to study Friendster?
A. Because he showed a great interest in Friendster.
B. Because Friendster was very popular among young people.
C. Because he wondered if shadow profiles affected people not on social platform.
D. Because his science center asked him to do a study about that.
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A. With some media, we don’t need to make friends in real world.
B. You can keep your personal information as long as you don’t use social media.
C. Facebook is widely used around the whole world.
D. Even if you are not on a social platform, your information may still be shared.
5.Which can be the best title of the passage?
A. How to protect your personal information.
B. Respect online privacy.
C. Social media is not safe.
D. Online privacy stays just in your imagination.
八、书面表达
建设平安校园是我们每个人的责任与义务。

作为一名学生，我们更应该珍惜自己的生命，更应该注意自己的人身安全。

假如你是Li Hua，并担任校学生会主席，请你就安全问题，向全校学生发出倡议，写一封安全倡议书。

包括以下要点：
1）不带管制刀具到学校；
2）不打架；
3）上学放学的途中应该注意交通安全；
4）遇紧急情况，立即报告警察或老师。

5）… …
参考词汇：管制的：restricted；紧急情况：emergency
写作要求：
1）用词恰当，要点全面，层次清晰，书写规范。

2）可适当发挥，80词左右，开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

3）严禁出现自己的真实姓名和学校等相关信息。

Dear students,
As you know, safety is the most important thing in our lives.
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Yours,
Li Hua。