高考英語外刊20200312一、外刊閱讀1：語法填空TheWHOisnowcallingthecoronavirusoutbreakapandemic

TheWorldHealthOrganizationtodaysaidthecovid-19outbreakcausedbycoronavirusisnowclassedasapandemic.“Inthepasttwoweeks,thenumberofcasesoutsideChina(21)______(increase)thirteenfold,”saidWHOdirectorgeneralTedrosAdhanomGhebreyesusduringapressconference.“WHOhasbeenassessingthisoutbreakaroundtheclockandwearedeeplyconcernedbothbythe(22)______(alarm)levelsofspreadandseverity.Wehavethereforemadetheassessment(23)______covid-19canbecharacterisedasapandemic.”TheWHOhadbeenreluctanttodeclareapandemicupuntilnow.Thereisnouniversally(24)______(agree)definitionofwhenadiseaseoutbreakshouldbecalledapandemic,butthreecriteriagenerallyneedtobemet,(25)______needstocausediseaseordeath,theremustbesustainedtransmission(26)______peopleanditmustbespreadinginmultiplecountries.Asof11March,therearemorethan118,000casesin114countries,andmorethan4000peoplehavedied,Tedrossaid.“Inthedaysandweeksahead,weexpecttoseethenumberofcases,deathsandaffectedcountriesclimbeven(27)______(high).”Tedrossaidthattwocountries,ChinaandSouthKorea,hadmanagedtochangethecourseof(28)______outbreaks.(29)______numberofcasesinSouthKoreabeganplateauinginthepastweek,andcasenumbersinChina(30)______(do)thesamesincemid-February,duetothecountries’drasticcontainmentmeasures.“Eventhosecountrieswithcommunitytransmissionorlargeclusterscanturnthetideonthiscoronavirus,”saidTedros.Buthealsosaidinsomeplacestherewerealarminglevelsofinaction.“Somecountriesarestrugglingwithalackofresources.Somecountriesarestrugglingwithalackofresolve.”（291）21.hasincreased考查現(xiàn)在完成時，注意時間狀語Inthepast。22.alarming考查分詞作定語。23.that/which考查定語從句修飾先行詞assessment。24.agreed考查過去分詞作定語。25.which考查非限制性定語從句。26.between考查介詞。27.higher考查形容詞比較級28.their考查形容詞物主代詞。29.The考查定冠詞,thenumberof表示數(shù)目。30.havebeendoing考查現(xiàn)在完成進行時，強調(diào)動作還在進行中。/article/2237190-the-who-is-now-calling-the-coronavirus-outbreak-a-pandemic/一、外刊閱讀2TheWHOjustdeclaredthecoronavirusapandemic.Here’swhatthatmeans.“Allcountriescanstillchangethecourseofthispandemic.”ByKelseyPiperMar11,2020,1:01pmEDTA.concernedB.trackC.assessmentD.increasinglyE.sweptF.respondG.completelyH.identifiedI.contributedJ.substantialK.definingInapressconferenceWednesdaymorning,WHODirectorGeneralTedrosAdhanomGhebreyesussaidwhathasbeenincreasinglyobviousforweeks:Thenovelcoronavirusthathas(31)______theworld,infectingmorethan120,000peopleinmorethan100countries,isapandemic.“WHOhasbeenassessingthisoutbreakaroundtheclockandwe’redeeply(32)______bothbythealarminglevelsofspreadandseverityandthealarminglevelsofinaction.Wehavethereforemadethe(33)______thatCovid-19canbecharacterizedby“pandemic,”Tedrossaid,goingontoarguethatthedesignationdidnotmeanthesituationwashopeless:“Allcountriescanstillchangethecourseofthispandemic.”Thenewscameafter(34)______casesdoubledintheUSinthespaceofjusttwodays,ChancellorAngelaMerkelinGermanysaidthat60to70percentofGermanscouldbecomeinfected,andItalylockeddownitsentirepopulationandwarnedtheworldthattheywererunningoutofICUcapacity—whileexpertswarnedmanyothercountrieswereon(35)______forlargeoutbreaksandhealthcarecapacityissues.Therapidspreadofthevirusinmorecountries(36)______totheWHO’sdecisiontodeclarethediseaseapandemic.Butinrecentdays,that’sbecome(37)______untrue.Therearenowmorethan40,000casesoutsideChina,33percentofallcases.Thereis(38)_______communitytransmissionincountriesincludingIran,Italy,andSouthKorean.Thedeclarationthatitisapandemicdoesn’tchangeanyfactsontheground,butitreflectstheWHOpullingoutallthestopsintheirefforttogettheworldto(39)______tothesituationwiththeseriousnessitdeserves.Whenitcomesto(40)______apandemic,thingsgetalittlemorecomplicated.A“pandemic”diseasesoundsmuchscarierthanamere“outbreak.”Butit’simportanttorememberthat“pandemic”referstohowmanypartsoftheworldaredealingwithanelevatedrateofthedisease—and,intheory,saysnothingabouthowseriousthediseaseis.參考答案EACHBIDJFK三、核心詞匯sweptconcernedassessmentidentifiedtrackcontributedincreasinglysubstantialresponddefiningcompletelyelevatedreferstransmissiondeclareseverityassess assessable assessed assesses assessing assessment assessments assessor assessors reassess reassessed reassessing reassessment reassessments unassessed complete completed completely completeness completes completing completion completions incomplete incompletely incompleteness uncompleted concern concerned concerning concerns unconcern unconcerned contribute contributed contributes contributing contribution contributions contributor contributors contributory noncontributory declare declaration declarations declared declarer declarers declares declaring undeclared define definable defined defines defining definition definitional definitions indefinable indefinably predefined redefine redefined redefines redefining redefinition redefinitions undefinable undefined elevate elevated elevates elevating elevation elevations elevator elevators identify identifiable identification identifications identified identifier identifiers identifies identifying identities identity unidentifiable unidentified increase increased increases increasing increasingly refer reference referenced references referencing referent referential referents referral referrals referred referring refers respond responded respondent respondents responder responders responding responds severe severely severeness severer severest severity substantial insubstantial insubstantially substantiality substantially sweep sweeper sweepers sweeping sweeps swept track tracked tracker trackers tracking trackless tracks transmit transmissible transmission transmissions transmits transmittal transmitted transmitter transmitters transmittingaroundtheclock日以繼夜地，連續(xù)一整天，全天候alarming/??lɑ?m??/adj.令人擔憂的；使人驚恐的pandemic/p?n?dem?k/adj.（疾?。┰谌珖ɑ蚴澜纾┝餍械膎.（全國或全球性）流行病，瘟疫severity/s??ver?ti/n.嚴重；嚴格；猛烈，嚴重性;嚴重程度;嚴重度Covid-19abbr.2019冠狀病毒病（coronavirusdisease2019）designation/?dez?ɡ?ne??n/n.指定；名稱；指示；選派course/k??s/n.科目；課程；過程；進程；道路；路線，航向；一道菜vt.追趕；跑過vi.指引航線；快跑offcourse

航向偏離goona

managementtraining

course

參加管理培訓講座五、原文翻譯InapressconferenceWednesdaymorning,WHODirectorGeneralTedrosAdhanomGhebreyesussaidwhathasbeenincreasinglyobviousforweeks:Thenovelcoronavirusthathas31.swepttheworld,infectingmorethan120,000peopleinmorethan100countries,isapandemic.世衛(wèi)組織總干事譚德賽周三上午在一次新聞發(fā)布會上說，最近幾周越來越明顯的情況是：新冠肺炎已經(jīng)席卷全球，在100多個國家感染了12萬多人，是一種流行病。“WHOhasbeenassessingthisoutbreak爆發(fā)aroundtheclockandwe’redeeply32.concernedbothbythealarminglevelsofspreadandseverityandthealarminglevelsofinaction.Wehavethereforemadethe33.assessmentthatCovid-19canbecharacterizedby“pandemic,”Tedrossaid,goingontoarguethatthedesignationdidnotmeanthesituationwashopeless:“Allcountriescanstillchangethecourseofthispandemic.”“世衛(wèi)組織一直在全天候評估這次疫情，我們對疫情的蔓延和嚴重程度以及無所作為的程度深感關切。因此，我們做出了這樣的評估，即新冠肺炎可以被稱為“大流行”，譚德賽接著說，這一命名并不意味著局勢無望：“所有國家仍然可以改變這一大流行的進程?！盩henewscameafter34.identifiedcasesdoubledintheUSinthespaceofjusttwodays,ChancellorAngelaMerkelinGermanysaidthat60to70percentofGermanscouldbecomeinfected,andItalylockeddownitsentirepopulationandwarnedtheworldthattheywererunningoutofICUcapacity—whileexpertswarnedmanyothercountrieswereon35.trackforlargeoutbreaksandhealthcarecapacityissues.這一消息是在美國確診病例在短短兩天內(nèi)翻了一番之后發(fā)布的，德國總理默克爾說，60%到70%的德國人可能會受到感染，意大利封鎖了整個國家的人口，并警告全世界，他們的重癥監(jiān)護室容量正在耗盡，而專家們警告說，許多其他國家正在步入正軌針對大規(guī)模疫情和醫(yī)療能力問題。Therapidspreadofthevirusinmorecountrieslikely36.contributedtotheWHO’sdecisiontodeclarethediseaseapandemic.這種病毒在更多國家的迅速傳播可能促成了世衛(wèi)組織宣布該疾病為一種流行病的決定。Butinrecentdays,that’sbecome37.increasinglyuntrue