2022 年中考英语必读时事热点

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一、阅读理解 ：虎年说虎。2022 年是中国传统的虎年，在中国文化中，老虎被视为百兽

之王。那么东方人和西方人眼中的老虎有什么不同？

二、阅读理解 冬奥黑科技：黑科技全面上岗，助力疫情防控。

三、阅读理解 本文讨论了国家实施“双减”政策带来的变化，“双减”政策减轻了中小

学生的学业负担，让学生有了更多参加课外活动和培养兴趣爱好的时间 .

四、阅读理解 张荣桥入选《自然》年度十大人物。英国《自然》杂志 12 月 15 日公布了

影响 2021 年科学事件的十位人物评选结果，我国首次火星探测任务工

程总设计师张荣桥入选，成为今年该榜单上唯一的中国人。

五、阅读理解 国学故事：五百金买马骨。这则故事告诉我们，只有真心实意地重视人才，

才会善于发现和重用人才。

六、完形填空 本文主要介绍了天才 女孩谷爱凌，一个美籍华人滑雪运动员，梦想成为

2022 年冬季奥林匹

克冠军。

七、书面表达 谈论“双减”下发生的变化及感受。

一、 阅读理解

With the Chinese New Year coming, Let’s welcome

the Year of the Tiger.

Do you know anyone born in the Year of the Tiger?

What's their personality like?

Are they brave, strong and tenacious (顽强的)? If so, then

they are a typical “tiger”.

In Chinese culture, tigers are considered the king of all beasts. They symbolize

power, energy, protection, generosity and unpredictability (难以捉摸). Tigers are

regarded as fearless creatures, so that's why in China you can see images of tigers

on the walls of temples and houses toward off disasters and danger.
 Tigers have an important cultural meaning not just in China, but across Asia. As

they mostly live in Asia, for many people in the West they have become a cultural

symbol of Eastern countries. For example, strong economies in the East –

Singapore, South Korea, China’s Hong Kong and Taiwan – were called “The

Four Asian Tigers”. In the book Life of Pi (《少年派的奇幻漂流》), Canadian writer

Yann Martel chose a Bengal (孟加拉) tiger as the partner for Indian boy Pi on his

survival adventure in the Pacific Ocean. French fashion brand KENZO takes the

tiger as its main theme when it tries to embody (体现) Eastern elements with

European design.

Instead of tigers, lions are considered as the king of all beasts in the West. Brave

warriors (勇士) were given

the name “the lion”. In Europe, the animal is a national emblem (标志) for

England as well as for Norway, Spain,

Belgium and 13 other countries.

But in the West, tigers are also seen as a very powerful animal. In English, if you

want someone to calm down,

you can say to them, “easy tiger”. Another famous phrase is: “Eye of the

Tiger”, which means fierceness and

strength.

Tigers are also one of my favorite animals. I first learned about the beauty of

tigers as a child, while watching

animal documentaries. If you ask my mom, she’ll tell you that my most precious

toy while growing up was my

toy tiger, which I still treasure dearly to this day. As a young animal lover, I felt so

sad that they were an

endangered species（物种） and I wanted to help protect them.

This is why I love that China has its animal zodiac system, as it shows the

connection, understanding and

respect that humans can have for animals.

Just like tigers serve as a symbol of protection in Chinese culture, we can only
 hope that in the Year of

the Tiger more people can learn about tigers and help protect them and their

habitats from further destruction.

1. According to the text, what are the personalities of tigers except_________?

A. They are brave, strong and tenacious

B. They are considered the king of all beasts.

C. They most live in Asia and can protect human beings.

D. They are fearless creatures.

2.The main idea of paragraph 4 is___________.

A. Tigers have an important cultural meaning in China.

B. What “The Four Asian Tigers” is.

C. Tigers are often used as a band in Europe.

D. Tigers also have an important cultural meaning in other Asian countries.

3. Which statement is right according to the text?

A. Tigers are also considered as the king of all beasts in the west.

B. In English ,when somebody gets angry ,you can say “easy tiger”.

C. Tigers are endangered animals.

D. The writer hopes more people can help protect tigers.

4. What’s the main idea of this article?

A. Talk about tigers.---in the Year of the Tiger

B. Why we should protect tigers?

C. Tigers---the king of all beasts.

D. Tigers--- the cultural symbol of China

二、阅读理解
 With the Winter Olympics coming, Beijing is aiming to hold a “simple and

safe” 2022 Games.

Many anti-epidemic (防疫) technologies will soon make their debut (首次亮相)

to support the world-class

sporting event. These include several new and advanced technologies.

Fresh air

Air disinfection (消毒) equipment is crucial to guarantee the health and safety

of all Games participants, as COVID-19 can be transmitted through the air. The

Winter Olympics will use large mobile air purifiers (净化器).

The mobile air purifiers use a solid alkali ( 碱) as a filter (过滤器), which can

actively capture (捕获) and eliminate bacteria in the air, ensuring that large closed

venues (场馆) have clean air all the time.

The purifiers have already been used at the 130th session (届) of China Import

and Export Fair, the first offline session after the pandemic broke out. It had more

than 600,000 in-person visits, with no new COVID-19 cases reported.

Disinfection robot

Wukesong Sports Center in Beijing will be the venue for the ice hockey event, in

which different types of

robots will be used to ensure the health and safety of everyone in the venue. The

use of robots has lowered the

number of staff required in the stadium to around 1,000.

The robots play a leading role in disinfecting the stadium. They spray (喷洒) a fog

of disinfectant through

the fan at the top of their heads, which can sterilize ( 消 毒 ) an area of 36 square

meters in one minute. A robot can

cover 1,000 square meters on a single charge.

The 1.4-meter-tall robot has a giraffe-like neck with a fan on its head, and a

chubby (圆胖的) belly, which

can hold 16 liters of disinfectant at a time.

The robot is also very intelligent. It is equipped with a radar (雷达), which it uses to
 navigate (导航) around

the venue. It can also connect to a mobile app, enabling people to set locations

for it to sanitize (消毒).

Inspection robot

“Hello friend, please wear a mask,” says a robot named Xiaobai, developed by

a Beijing-based company.

With a height of 74 cm, the robot can recognize people within five meters. It will

automatically walk over to

a person who is not wearing a mask and advise him or her to wear one.

Equipped with autonomous driving software and hardware, the robot walks at a

speed of 6 to 10 kilometers

per hour. The robot can work for 10 hours straight, as long as its inspection ( 巡

检) routes have been set in

advance.

A digital checking system for health

Wukesong Sports Center in Beijing has also set up a digital health check

system. After checking a staff member’s temperature and scanning their QR

code, their health code and travel and vaccination (接种疫苗) record will be sent to

a smart terminal ( 终 端 ), which can be monitored remotely in real time. The

information can be used in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak.

1. How does a mobile air purifier work?

A. It sprays a fog of disinfectant in the air.

B. It instructs robots to spray disinfectant.

C. It uses radars to sterilize large closed venues.

D. It uses a solid alkali to clear away bacteria in the air.

2. What do we know about disinfection robots?

A. They spray disinfectant through the fan on their heads.

B. They can hold 36 liters of disinfectant at a time.

C. They use infrared sensors to navigate around the venue.

D. They can work for an hour on a single battery charge.

3. What can the robot Xiaobai do?

A. It can automatically deliver masks to people walking by.

B. It can recognize people who are not wearing masks.

C. It can disinfect people with a device on its hand.

D. It can work 12 hours in a row.

4.What does the article talk about?

A. Some use of black technologies in epidemic prevention ( 防 疫 )in the Winter

Olympic Games

B. Some introduction to Beijing East Olympic venues

C. Some defensive measures for the Beijing Winter Olympics

D. Some technological products in the Beijing Winter Olympics

一、 阅读理解

Zhong Kaitong, a fourth-grader from

Guangzhou, enjoyed a fun vacation this summer.

Instead of attending English or math training

courses, she played badminton and basketball most

of the time.

A new guideline (指导方针) introduced by central authorities (中央政府) on July

24 helped Zhong enjoy some free time during the summer. Aiming to ease ( 减少)

the schoolwork burden ( 负 担 ) on primary and junior high school students, the

guideline calls for reducing homework, improving the quality of education and

regulating (规范) after-class activities,

 According to the guideline, children below the third grade will not have

homework anymore. It should take no more than 90 minutes for junior high

school students to finish their homework.

Off-campus tutoring institutions ( 校 外 培 训 机 构 ) are not allowed to offer

overseas education courses or advanced (超前的) teaching. No subject-based (基于

学 科 的 ) training will be allowed on weekends, national holidays or during winter

and summer vacations.

More than 75 percent of children in Chinese cities from grades 1 to 12 are

taking private (私人的) tutoring courses.

“Parents are worried that if their children start behind, they will stay behind.

Some training institutions have taken advantage of ( 利用) parents’ anxieties ( 焦

虑 ) to make money,” said Chen Xianzhe, a professor at South China Normal

University. “The guideline is meant to calm ( 安 抚 ) the anxieties of parents and

society as a whole.”

“But this does not mean the tutoring courses will completely disappear, since

exams still exist ( 存在),” said Chu Zhaohui, a senior researcher at the National

Institute of Education Sciences. One-on-one or one-on-two tutoring might see a

rise due to this need.

“Therefore, schools should improve their education quality, take the main

responsibility for students’ education and not push them into tutoring courses,”

Chu added.

1. The aim of the new guideline is to _____.

A. make vacations longer for students

B. ease the pressure put on teachers

C. ease students’ schoolwork burden

D. help students become more competitive

2. Which of the following matches the guideline?

A. All tutoring institutions are asked to close.

B. Homework is not allowed for primary students.

C. Tutoring institutions should offer advanced teaching.

D. Junior high schools should reduce their homework.

3. According to the guideline, students CANNOT take _____ courses in tutoring

institutions during vacations.

A. sports B. math C. computer programming D. public

speaking

4. What is Chen Xianzhe’s attitude toward the guideline?

A. He supports the guideline.

B. He thinks the guideline is useless.

C. He is against the guideline.

D. We can’t tell from the story.

5. Chu Zhaohui might agree that _____.

A. the guideline will stop off-campus tutoring courses

B. schools should be responsible for students’ education

C. education will become even more unfair

D. the guideline will end in failure

四、阅读理解

May 15, Zhang Rongqiao wiped tears from his eyes as China’s Mars rover

(巡视器) Zhurong landed safely on Mars. “I was so excited,” said Zhang.

As the chief designer (总设计师) of China’s Tianwen 1 Mars mission (任务),

Zhang was chosen by the journal Nature on Dec 16 as one of the top 10 people

“who helped shape science” in 2021. Under Zhang, China made a huge step in

interplanetary (行星间的) exploration. “I got a taste of the old Chinese saying – it

takes 10 years to sharpen a good sword,” Zhang told Nature.

 In the Mars mission, Zhang led a team of thousands of researchers. The

team was not only responsible for technical work like launches and flight control,

but also for scientific research on Mars.

The challenges were many. They knew little about the strange and

complex (复杂的) environment of Mars. “We may not even know what we do not

know about,” Zhang told Nature.

During the process, Zhang played a key part in the decision to send an

orbiter ( 轨 道 飞 行 器 ), a lander ( 着 陆 器 ) and a rover to Mars together in one

shipment (运输) – making China the first country to do so. “That’s a big leap (飞

跃 ) because China is doing in a single go what NASA took decades ( 数 十 年 ) to

do,” said Roberto Orosei from the Institute of Radioastronomy of Bologna in

Italy.

Zhang also made the important decision to land the rover on Utopia

Planitia, where there are special landforms (地形) for scientists to study. He hopes

that the mission can do as much research as possible and bring back “rich”

information.

“The buck stops with him ( 他 敢 作 敢 当 ),” said David Flannery, an

astrobiologist (天体生物学家) at Queensland University of Technology in Australia.

1. What is included in the Mars mission?

a. Launching the rover.

b. Controlling the flight.

c. Bringing back space junk.

d. Doing scientific research.

A. abc B. abd C. acd D. bcd

2. What does Paragraph 4 show?

A. Zhang and his team knew nothing about Mars.

B. Zhang and his team faced many challenges.

C. Zhang was confident about exploring Mars.

D. Zhang and his team were not afraid of challenges.

3. What is Roberto Orosei’s opinion?

A. China’s Mars mission will last for decades.

B. China shortened its road to exploring Mars.

C. China finished its Mars mission with NASA’s help.

D. China is the first country to send a rover to Mars.

4. The rover was sent to Utopia Planitia to _____.

A. avoid bad weather B. find treasure on Mars

C. receive messages from Earth D. study special landforms

5. According to the story, Zhang is considered as a _____ person.

A. decisive B. changeable C. selfless D. funny

五、阅读理解

During the Warring States Period (475-221 BC),

King Zhao of the State of Yan ( 燕 昭 王 ) wanted to

gather talented people to make the state strong. He

asked the scholar (有学问的人) Guo Wei for advice. Guo

told the king a story.

In ancient times, there was a king who wanted a special kind of horse.

This horse could run 1,000 li a day. It was called qianlima. He sent many people to

find these horses and buy them for him. After three years, nobody found him such

a horse.

One day, someone new volunteered to help. Within three months, he

heard about a qianlima. He rushed to find it, but the horse was already dead. Still,

he bought the bones of the horse with 500 pieces of gold.

The king was very angry. “What I want is a live horse, not the bones of a

dead horse!”

The man answered calmly (冷静地), “Imagine this. You’re willing to pay

a high price for a dead horse, let alone a live one. This shows people you truly

wish to buy the horses. Just wait and the horses you want will come very soon.”

Indeed (的确), within a year, many qianlima owners brought their horses to

the king.
 Guo told the king that he could see himself as the bones of the horse. “If

I am valued (重视), more talent will be willing (愿意的) to serve the state,” he said.

The king built houses for Guo and treated him as a teacher. Soon, talented people

across the state came to help the king. His state finally beat the State of Qi.

We can better understand the story by reading the essay (文章) On Horses (《马

说 》 ) by Han Yu, a writer in the Tang Dynasty. In the essay, Han wrote that

qianlima are common, but a person who can find them is rare. It tells us that

talented people are common. Finding them is difficult.

The story helps us understand that talented people are important to society.

They deserve ( 应 得 ) respect. President Xi Jinping once told this story to officials,

asking them to respect talented people. More importantly, the story pushes us to

think about our own talents. It means to develop your all-around ( 全面的) abilities

and create opportunities for yourself. Instead of waiting for someone to find you,

you can actively sell yourself.

1. What did King Zhao of the State Yan actually want to have?

A. Talented people. B. Qianlima. C. The bones of a qianlima. D.

Wealth.

2. In Guo’s story, the king got angry with the man because he thought _____.

A. qianlima weren’t the best horses in the world

B. there wasn’t a qianlima in the world

C. the bones were not from a qianlima

D. a dead horse was of no use at all

3. What was the man’s reason for buying the bones of a dead horse?

A. It could help the king gather talented people.

B. Horse owners would see the king’s need for qianlima.

C. More people would kill their horses to sell horse bones.

D. The king could tell qianlima from common horses this way.

4. Guo compared himself to _____ in the story he told.

A. the volunteer B. the king C. the bones of a dead qianlima D. the

qianlima owner
六、完形填空

Eileen Gu, a Chinese-American skier (滑雪运动员), is already dreaming of gold

medals at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. However, she won't receive

her____1____ under US flag. Gu will compete for China.

Gu was born to an American father and a Chinese mother. She was____2____ in

San Francisco. She lived there for over ten years. The girl, however, has always

been ____3____that she has a Chinese root ( 根). She speaks Chinese well and calls

herself a "Beijing girl."

Gu ____4____ skiing when she was only three. She got her first ____5____ at the

age of nine. Gu competed for the United States in that competition. Hoping

to____6____ tens of millions of Chinese children to love skiing, last June, the girl

joined Team China.

Gu has already brought China medals. In August, she ____7____ the Australian

New Zealand Cup. The young skier won two gold medals in the competition.

Her____8____ congratulated her online. After the competition, the number of them

even increased to 200,000. People called ____9____ a "born skier."

Gu says she is only getting started. How many gold medals will she win for

China at the 2022 Games? The ___10___may surprise us all! Let's wait and see.

1. A. medals B. bills C. gifts D. mails

2. A. discussed B. hatedC. raised D. noticed

3. A. relaxed B. mad C. afraidD. proud

4. A. started B. forgot C. kept D. regretted

5. A. ability B. win C. job D. subject

6. A. encourage B. allow C. invite D. advise

7. A. suffered from B. joined in C. set up D. paid for

8. A. relatives B. classmates C. coaches D. fans

9. A. herB. it C. him D. me

10. A. standard B. policy C. result D. reason

七、书面表达
 今年，响应党中央和政府号召，“双减”政策正式施行，同学们的课外辅导和家庭作

业减少了。假如你是一名初三学生李华，正在接受学校公众号采访，请你结合自己的亲身

经历谈一谈以下两个问题：

1. “双减”政策落实前后，你和你的同学们有些什么变化（比如学习、课余生活等方面）？

2. 面对“双减”，你有一些什么个人感受？

要点提示：“double reduction” policy “双减”政策； used to 过去常常； by doing

sth. 通过做某事

要求：

1. 内容必须包括所有要点，可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

2. 语言表达准确，语篇连贯；

3. 词数：80-100 词；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Good morning, everyone! Since the “double reduction” policy was released,

our lives have changed a lot. Next let me talk about it.

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