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1、英语高考时文阅读材料（四）编者：如今的英语高考、模拟考的阅读材料（完形填空、阅读理解、任务型阅读）大都选自中国、欧美等主流媒体的最新时鲜文章，与最新人文科技、政治文化接轨。作为一名考生，在接触阅读世界最新潮流的同时也应该积累素材，并培养相关英语文章的阅读能力。下面摘取了最新的来自中国日报网（CHINA DAILY）的两篇文章，并做了必要的批注，且于文章末尾增添了几个小习题，可自行按照所附的参考答案检测阅读效果。Passage 1一周年倒计时 东京奥运会奖牌亮相Tokyo 2020 unveils Olympic medals made from old electronics中国日报网 201

2、9-07-25 13:34The winners medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were revealed Wednesday, exactly one year before the events opening ceremony. And they feature an unlikely design quirk: The medals will be made using old cellphones and other electronics.quirkkwk：n.怪事，趣事Selected（选出） following a nationwide

3、competition, the newly unveiled designs have a pebble-like（状如鹅卵石） appearance and will measure 8.5 centimeters in diameter（直径）. As in recent Olympics, the front face will feature an image of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory.But unlike in previous years, all the medals will be produced from gold, si

4、lver and bronze (in this case, copper and zinc) that has been stripped（提炼） from donated cellphones and other electronics.In 2017, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee launched its Everyones Medal campaign（活动）, which called on citizens to donate devices that could be stripped of their constituent meta

5、ls. The resulting medals will be presented at both the Olympics and Paralympics, which begin in July and August next year, respectively.The medal was chosen from over 400 entries to a competition for design students and professional designers. Winner Junichi Kawanishi described the use of his propos

6、al as a great honor.I never dreamed that the design I submitted（提交）, only as a memorial（纪念） to this lifetime event, would be actually selected, he said in a press statement. With their shining rings, I hope the medals will be seen as paying tribute（致敬） to the athletes efforts, reflecting their glory

7、 and symbolizing（象征） friendship.他在一份媒体声明中说：“我从来没有想过我提交的设计会被选中，我只是为了纪念这件人生中经历的大事。奖牌上五环闪耀，我希望它们能被看作是对运动员努力的致敬，代表着他们的荣耀，象征着友谊。”According to International Olympic Committee guidelines, silver medals must contain a minimum of 92.5% silver, although Tokyo 2020s will be made of pure silver. Gold medals are

8、, in fact, also made largely from silver, though they must each be plated（镀） with at least 6 grams of pure gold.plated pletd：adj.镀金的Approximately 5,000 of the medals will be produced for next summers games, which mark the second time the Japanese capital has hosted the event.Around 79,000 tons of us

9、ed cellphones and other small electronic devices were collected by municipal authorities during the campaign, which ran from April 2017 to March of this year. More than 6 million used cellphones were handed in, with the Japanese phone operator NTT Docomo operating in-store collection points（店内回收点） f

10、or customers unwanted devices.In total, the campaign yielded（提炼） 32 kilograms of gold, 3,500 kilograms of silver and 2,200 kilograms of copper and zinc.A circular（圆形） medal case, made from Japanese ash, was also unveiled（揭晓） Wednesday. So too were the accompanying ribbons, which were inspired by tra

11、ditional Japanese patterns and kimono-layering techniques（和服分层技术）.kimonokmn：n.和服I am convinced that Japanese metal molding techniques （金属铸造技术）and the superb design have combined（结合） well, and that we have the best medal in the world - one that we can be proud of, said the chair（主席） of Tokyo 2020s me

12、dal design selection panel（委员会）, Ryohei Miyata, in a press statement. There is also a beautiful balance between the design of the medals and their ribbons. It makes me want to strive for（为.奋斗） a medal myself.QuestionsTranslate the underlined sentence.参考答案：最新公布的奥运奖牌设计在全日本范围内进行的征集中脱颖而出，外观像鹅卵石，直径8.5厘米。

13、Passage 2二季度十大“堵城”出炉：重庆再霸榜首中国日报网 2019-07-26 14:57A jammed up road in downtown Chongqing, on the morning of Oct 15, 2015.Photo/ICChinas southwestern municipality（直辖市） of Chongqing, home to more than 3 million registered（已登记的） cars, had the worst traffic congestion among 50 major cities in the second

14、quarter this year, a recent traffic analysis report says.With average rush-hour vehicular speeds as low as 24.95 kilometers per houralmost as slow as riding a bicyclepeople in the city need to spend nearly twice as long getting to their destinations（目的地） during rush hour than when traffic is flowing

15、 freely, according to the report.【单词讲解】我们都知道早晚交通出行的高峰时段在英语里一般用rush hour或者peak hour表示，与其相对的“非高峰时段”就可以用non-rush hour或者off-peak hour表示。“交通拥堵”多用traffic jam或者traffic congestion表示，jam比congestion的用法要多一些，因为jam还可以指我们平常吃的“果酱”。另外，最近几年伦敦等大城市开始实行的“拥堵费”可以用congestion charge来表示。报告显示，2019年第二季度中国10大拥堵城市（top 10 most congested cities）分别为重庆市、哈尔滨市、北京市、长春市、呼和浩特市、大连市、济南市、沈阳市、兰州市、西宁市。【相关词汇】合乘公交 bus pooling/bus sharing定制公交 customized shuttle bus低碳出行 low-carbon means of transport尾号限行 traffic restrictions based on the last digit of license plate numbers潮汐车道 reversible lanes