2020年高考热点“新冠”疫情 —— 语法填空练习（一）
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US Forecasts 100,000-240,000 COVID-19 Deaths
The White House projects 100,000 to 240,000 U.S. ___1___ (die) from the coronavirus. At a White House coronavirus briefing, President Trump said “this is going to be a very ___2___ (pain) two weeks.” Two days ago, President Trump ___3___(extend) for 30 days the government’s guidelines for ___4___ (society) distancing. The White House coronavirus task force warned __5__ the coronavirus could still kill at ___6___（little) 100,000 people, even with the guidelines. But the projection showed 1.5 to 2.2 million U.S. deaths __7___ the U.S. did nothing. Trump said,“It is ___8____ (absolute) critical for the American people ____9__ (follow) the guidelines,”，____10____ (add)“It’s a matter of life and death.”
重点词汇
1.project 预测 2.briefing 简报，简会 3.extend 延长
4.social distancing 保持社交距离 5.task force 工作组
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6.guideline 准则，指南 7.critical 至关重要的
8.a matter of life and death 生死攸关
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World trade to fall by up to 32%
World trade is expected ____1____ （fall）by between 13 and 32 __2____ in
2020
as
the
COVID-19
pandemic
disrupts
normal
___3___(economy) activity and life around the world, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said Wednesday in its ___4____ (late) annual Trade Statistics and Outlook Report. The WTO added that the decline would likely exceed the trade slump ___5___ was brought on by the global _____6____ (finance) crisis of 2008-09. According to the report, estimates of the expected recovery in 2021 are ___7___ (equal) uncertain, with outcomes ____8____(depend) largely on the duration of the out break and the effectiveness of the policy responses. \immediate goal is to bring the pandemic ___9____control and mitigate the economic damage to people, companies and countries. But policy makers must start planning for the aftermath math of the pandemic,\WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo. Azevedo underlined that \recovery than__10__ each country acts alone.\
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重点单词
1.slump/sl?mp/ v.（价格、数量等）骤降；重重地坐下（或倒下）；惨败；（肩或脑袋）耷拉着n. （价格、数量等的）猛然严重下降；经济不景气时期；低潮期
2. aftermath/??ft?rm?θ/n. 后果；余波
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Wuhan ends months-long lockdown
Wuhan,the megacity in ___1____ (center) China, started lifting outbound travel restrictions from Wednesday___2___ almost 11 weeks of lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19. At highway checkpoints,
cars
honked
horns
and
rushed
out
after
barricades ____3____ (remove) at midnight. Big data from Wuhan traffic police forecast the possibility ___4____ the express ways would see the peak of outbound vehicles on Wednesday. More than 55,000 passengers are expected ___5___ （leave）Wuhan by train on Wednesday, and about 40% of them ___6___ (be) going to the Pearl River Delta Region. Wuhan Tianhe International Airport started resuming domestic passenger flights early Wednesday. ____7___ is expected that he airport will see more than 200 in boundand
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高中英语 2020年高考热点“新冠”疫情 —— 语法填空练习(一)
