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 Hou projects 100,000 to 240,000 U.S. ___1___ (die) from the coronavirus. At a White Hou 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 Hou 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.”
甲骨文书法
郭正堂重点词汇
1.project 预测 女卡通头像
常州荆川公园
2.briefing 简报，简会
3.extend 延长
4.social distancing 保持社交距离
研学报告5.task force 工作组
6.guideline 准则，指南
买卖人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 respons. "The 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,"said WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo. Azevedo underlined that "if countries work together, we will e a much faster recovery than__10__ each country acts alone."
重点单词
1.slump/slʌmp/ 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
一体同心
2. aftermath/ˈæftərmæθ/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 e the peak of outbound vehicles on Wednesday. More than 55,000 pasngers 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 pasnger flights early Wednesday. ____7___ is expected that he airport will e more than 200 in boundand outbound ___8___ (fly) on the day. On Jan 23, Wuhan declared unprecedented traffic restrictions, ____9___ (include) suspending the city's public transp
ortand all outbound flights and trains, in ___10___ attempt to contain the epidemic.
