专题 12 备战2022高考英语 外刊时文热点阅读理解 （系列十二）

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文章1：北京2022年冬奥会奖牌——“同心”

文章2：高中生疫情期间自立自强
文章3：昆曲表演艺术家王芳
文章4：汤加火山爆发
（一）
北京2022年冬奥会奖牌——“同心”
近日，北京2022年冬奥会和冬残奥会官方奖牌正式精彩亮相，奖牌以中国玉饰品为灵感，上面浅刻着祥云纹和冰雪纹。你知道这样的设计蕴含何种理念吗？让我们一起走近奖牌的设计团队，探索奖牌背后的故事吧。
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In May 2020, the Beijing Organizing Cmmittee fr the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG) slicited medal designs wrldwide. Hang Hai and his team set abut preparing designs t submit t the BOCOG.
Medals reflect the culture and creativity f the hst cuntry, and the team set tw basic principles fr their design: First, it shuld cntinue t adpt the jade（玉）culture incrprated int the design f the Beijing 2008 medals t highlight Beijing’s status as the wrld’s first city t hst bth the Summer and Winter Games; secnd, it shuld be innvative.
“The medals f bth the Beijing 2008 and 2022 Games are t hnr the athletes and the Olympic spirit with traditinal jade culture,” said Hang. Jade was chsen because it has been treasured in China and symblizes gd virtue. “The difference is that the 2008 medals used the jade as a material, while the 2022 medals represent the spirit f China’s jade culture,” he added.
In the prcess f designing the medals, ne team member, Lin Fan, cnducted extensive research int China’s ancient bi. Lin finally chse a five-ring ne assciated with Fu Ha — a Shang Dynasty queen — as the prttype（原型）fr the medals. In the final design, the ppsite side f the medals has the Olympic rings engraved in the center, surrunded by five big cncentric（同心的）rings. Auspicius clud patterns, as well as snwflakes and ice patterns are engraved between the circles. The clud patterns are intended t maintain a cultural cnnectin with the 2008 Games, while the snwflakes and ice patterns speak t the characteristics f the Winter Olympics.
The cases hlding the medals are made f bamb. “The Internatinal Olympic Cmmittee inquired abut the grwth and prcessing f the bamb t ensure it meets the requirements f a green Olympics and fllws the cncept f sustainable develpment,” Hang said.
The medals passed the quality test and were accepted by the Games’ rganizing cmmittee n January 7, 2022. The medals are fficially named Tngxin and they are the result f many peple’s effrts. Hwever, the smile n the athletes’ faces as they wear them makes it all wrthwhile.
1. What is paragraph 2 mainly abut?
A. The histry f the Olympic medals.
B. The inspiratin fr the 2008 medal patterns.
C. The significance f the 2022 Winter Olympics.
D. The essential requirements f the 2022 medal designs.
2. Hw are the 2022 medals different frm the 2008 medals?
A. 2022 medals use the jade as a material.
B. 2022 medals reflect the spirit f China’s jade culture.
C. 2022 medals mark an innvatin in the medal designs.
D. 2022 medals fllw the cncept f envirnmental prtectin.
3. Why did the designers add clud patterns t the 2022 medals?
A. T strengthen the bnd with the 2008 Games.
B. T shw the charm f Chinese traditinal culture.
C. T stand fr harmny between human and nature.
D. T match with the features f the Winter Olympics.
4. What d we knw abut the cases hlding the medals?
A. They tk a lt f time t prcess.
B. They are decrated with a smiling pattern.
C. Their materials were finally chsen by BOCOG.
D. Their prductin spreads the idea f green Olympics.
【答案】：DBAD
【单词】
1. slicit v. 征求
2. incrprate v. 将……包括在内；使并入
3. engrave v. 在……上雕刻（字或图案）
4. auspicius adj. 吉利的；吉祥的
5. snwflake n. 雪花；雪片
【短语】
1. hst cuntry 东道国
2. sustainable develpment 可持续发展
【知识拓展】
1. BOCOG
第29届奥林匹克运动会组织委员会（简称北京奥组委）成立于2001年12月13日，它承担着北京奥运会和北京残奥会各项筹办任务的组织工作。北京奥组委的执行机构为执委会，执委会由主席、副主席、执行主席、执行副主席和执委组成。
2. bi
璧，古玉器名。扁圆形，正中有孔。璧是古代汉民族用于祭祀的玉质环状物，凡半径是空半径的三倍的环状玉器称为璧。
3. Fu Ha
妇好是我国有历史记录的最早的女政治家和军事家，中国历史上第一位有据可查的女英雄。她是商王武丁60多位妻子中的一位，死后庙号“辛”，生活于公元前13世纪后半叶武丁重整商王朝时期。
（二）
中国首金！短道混合接力中国队夺冠
2022年2月5日，在北京冬奥会短道速滑混合团体接力决赛中，中国队夺冠，获得本次冬奥会上中国队的首枚金牌。在这场备受瞩目的比赛中，中国短道速滑队面对各国强劲对手，顶住压力，不负众望，为中国代表团取得开门红。
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On February 5, 2022, China claimed its first gld at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in the 2000m mixed team relay f shrt track speed skating. The Chinese quartet（四人组）f Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing strmed t a thrilling victry at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2:37.348. Italy tk the silver and Hungary bagged the brnze.
Accrding t the rules, each team is made up f tw men and tw wmen, and each f fur skaters cvers fur and a half laps in the 2000-meter race. Olympic silver medalist Fan skated the first leg f the final race, but the race was restarted as Canadian and Hungarian athletes fell dwn sn after the starting pistl（发令枪）was fired.
As the race started again, Fan finished the first leg in third, and her teammates came frm behind t lead the race. In the last ten laps, China steadily extended the advantage, while skaters frm Canada and Hungary cllided（相撞）. The Italians finished 0.016 secnds behind China, almst cut the deficit. Pwerhuses Suth Krea and the Netherlands were penalized and kncked ut frm the final.
“I’ve been waiting fr this gld medal fr a lng time. I always believe in ur team and my teammates,” said Fan with tears rlling dwn her face after the cmpetitin. “We’ve been training hard every day, and we can even feel bld in ur thrat when we stepped ut f the rink. We made it!” The victry slidifies China’s dminance in shrt-track speed skating. Wu said, “Our shrt track team is a big family. We never give up and always g all ut fr every pprtunity t win.”
1. What is the purpse f paragraph 1?
A. T explain the rules f the speed skating event.
B. T intrduce speed skaters frm different cuntries.
C. T stress the imprtance f the Chinese team’s victry.
D. T shw the result f the shrt-track speed skating race.
2. Why was the mixed 2000m relay race restarted?
A. The skating track was nt in gd cnditin.
B. The starting pistl was fired at the wrng time.
C. Sme players brke the rules in the cmpetitin.
D. Tw athletes fell dwn accidentally in the final race.
3. What d the underlined wrds “cut the deficit” prbably mean?
A. Tied the scre.
B. Beat the recrd.
C. Lst the balance.
D. Missed the race.
4. What can we learn frm the shrt track team’s success?
A. Hard wrk pays ff.
B. Well begun, half dne.
C. A miss is as gd as a mile.
D. Failure is the mther f success.
【答案】：DDAA
【单词】
1. brnze n.铜牌；
2. penalize v. 判罚
3. rink n. 溜冰场
【短语】
1. leg f sth. 一段赛程
2. fall dwn 摔倒
3. knck ut 把……淘汰出（比赛）
4. step ut f 走出
【知识拓展】
shrt track speed skating
短道速滑，全称短跑道速度滑冰，是在长度较短的跑道上进行的冰上竞速运动。短道速滑起源于加拿大，当时加拿大的一些速度滑冰爱好者常到室内冰球场上练习，随之产生了室内速度滑冰的比赛。20世纪初，短道速滑逐渐在欧洲和美洲国家广泛开展。1992年，阿尔贝维尔冬季奥运会将短道速滑列为正式比赛项目。
（三）
中国女足再夺亚洲杯冠军
2022年2月6日晚，中国女足3比2逆转夺冠！这场令人热血沸腾的比赛展现了顽强拼搏、永不放弃的女足精神。这是中国女足第九次夺得亚洲杯冠军，时隔16年，她们再次站上了亚洲之巅。
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The Chinese wmen’s sccer team rekindled their famus fighting spirit t end a 16-year wait t lift the Asian Cup. Having trailed（落后）2-0 in the final in Navi Mumbai, India, n the night f February 6, 2022, the team summned all f their determinatin and reslve t battle back and tie the game befre Xia Yuyi fired hme a dramatic 93rd-minute gal frm Wang Shanshan’s assist t secure the title.
The victry earned China a recrd ninth Asian Cup title, which atned fr their disappinting perfrmance at the Tky 2020 Olympics. China’s Tky 2020 participatin ended with a shcking 8-2 defeat at the hands f the Netherlands, shwing just hw far Chinese wmen’s sccer had fallen behind the game’s elite natins. The huge turnarund in frtunes made the win extra special fr fans.
“Althugh the players cme frm different cities, we need t cme tgether. We never let ur heads drp when we were 0-2 dwn. The players vercame bth their ppnents and themselves,” said the head cach Shui Qingxia.
The Steel Rses’ victry cmpletely dminated discussin n Chinese scial media. The tpic “Chinese wmen’s team wins Asian Cup” was viewed ver 1.1 billin times by February 7, but that was just ne f 10 trending tpics related t the wmen’s team n Weib. Cuntless thrilled peple cmmented that “The whle team is wrthy f every praise.” After their victry, media and experts urged fr greater supprt fr the develpment f the wmen’s game. A number f Chinese cmpanies have already taken it upn themselves t reward them, with dairy giant Mengniu Grup gifting the team 10 millin yuan after its herics.
Nw the wrk is t cntinue t revive（复兴）past glries, as well as imprve the standard f the dmestic leagues and yuth training t give the cuntry a better chance f prducing mre great players. This victry certainly shwed that such targets can be realized. The wmen’s sccer team has great spirit and skill. They are ur rle mdels!
1. What d we knw abut the Chinese wmen’s sccer team frm paragraph 1?
A. They wn the Asian Cup fr the first time.
B. They turned defeat int victry in the game.
C. They made a miracle at the Tky Olympics.
D. They earned China a leading rle in wrld sccer.
2. What d the underlined wrds “atned fr” in paragraph 2 prbably mean?
A. Replied t.
B. Resulted frm.
C. Cmpensated fr.
D. Tk the place f.
3. What is paragraph 4 mainly abut?
A. The public respnse t the Steel Rses’ victry.
B. The develpment f the Chinese wmen’s sccer.
C. Effects f Chinese scial media n sccer athletes.
D. Cmpanies’ supprt fr the Chinese wmen’s team.
4. What des the authr think f the gal f prducing mre great players?
A. It is ambitius.
B. It is achievable.
C. It is impractical.
D. It is cntrversial.
【答案】：BCAB
【单词】
1. rekindle v. 使重新活跃；使复苏
2. summn v. 鼓起；振作；使出
3. elite adj. 精英的
【短语】
1. let sb./sth. drp 放弃
2. trending tpics 热门话题
3. urge fr 强烈要求
4. take it n/upn yurself t d sth. 擅自作主；自作主张
【知识拓展】
the Asian Cup
亚足联亚洲杯足球赛（简称亚洲杯）是亚足联主办的亚洲水平最高、影响力最大的足球赛事，每四年举办一届。1997~2017年，亚洲杯冠军可代表亚足联参加国际足联联合会杯。亚洲杯是世界历史第二悠久的洲际国家（地区）队比赛，仅次于1916年创办的美洲杯。