1、2022最新英语时事阅读题十六(适用于初三和高一学生)A篇A crowd of people wasinvolved in a stampede(踩踏事件) at aJewishreligiouscelebration in northern Israel killing at least 45 people Friday. About 150 people were injured.Tens of thousands of conservativeJewsattended theevent. Officials said theincidentwas one of the countrysd
2、eadliestcivilian(平民)disasters.Witnessessaid the stampede began when large numbers of people tried to go through a narrow path during the event. A video shows people falling on top of each other near the end of a path as they walked downslipperymetal steps. One of the injured people, Avraham Leibe, t
3、old Israeli publicbroadcaster Kan that the crowd could not stop from falling down the steps. He said, I saw one after the other fall.The stampede happened during the celebrations of Lag BaOmer at Mount Meron. It was the firstmassreligiousgathering to be heldlegally since Israelliftedthe countrys cor
4、onavirus restrictions(限制).Lag BaOmerdrawstens of thousands of people. Most of them are ultra-OrthodoxJews. They come each year to honorRabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, areligiousleader who lived about 1,800 years ago and is believed to beburied there. The crowds traditionally light fires, prayand dance as p
5、art of the celebrations. This year, an estimated100,000 people attended the event.Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Mount Meron on Friday. He said it was one of the worst disasters that has happened to the state ofIsrael. HeannouncedSunday would be a day of nationalmourning.Health an
6、drescueofficials said at least 45 people were killed in Fridays stampede. Later in the day, officials were still trying to identify some of thevictims and contactfamilies with missing relatives. Zaki Heller, a spokesman for the rescue service,confirmedthat 150 people had been hurt in the stampede, w
7、ith six hospitalized in very serious condition. He told Israel Army Radio, in one moment, we went from a happy event to an immense(巨大的) tragedy.(347words)根据文章内容,选择最佳答案:1. The followings led to the stampede except _.A. Too many people took part in the event.B. The event was held illegally.C. Some peo
8、ple fell down from the slippery steps.D. They walked through a narrow path.2. What do people usually do during the gathering?A. light fires, pray and danceB. pray, sing and danceC. have parties, drink and singD. have parties, meet friends and pray3. People had the events to remember_.A. Avraham Leib
9、eB. Rabbi Shimon Bar YochaiC. BenjaminNetanyahuD. Zaki Heller4. Which word doesnt match its definition correctly?A. draw - to attract or interest sbB. lift to cancel a rule or lawC. mourn to show respect to a person.D. confirm to show that something is true or correct,5. Which statement isuntrueacco
10、rding to the report?A. The celebration is held once a year.B. The tragedy might happen on Friday.C. There are still some people missing.D. The stampede happened before the celebration.答案:1B2A3B4C5DB篇Rich people from Latin America have been traveling to theUnited States to get vaccinated against COVI
11、D-19. Some are flying thousands of kilometers. Some are taking buses and cars. Some go straight from the airport to vaccination centers. They include politicians, business leaders and aprofessionalsoccer team.Virginia Gnzalez and her husband flew from Monterrey,Mexico, to Houston, Texas. They took a
12、 bus to a vaccination center. Then, they made the 1,100 kilometer trip again for a second injection(注射). Its a matter ofsurvival, Gnzalez said. In Mexico, officials didnt buy enough vaccines(疫苗).Mexicohas a population of more than 130 million people. It has received more vaccine shots than many othe
13、r Latin American countriesabout 18 million injections. Most have gone to health care workers, people older than 60 and some teachers. Many Latin American countries are in the same situation.To avoid the long wait, people who can pay for the trip are coming to theUnited States. More than half of Amer
14、icancitizens have had at least one injection of a coronavirus vaccine.Those who make the trip must first get a visa(签证). They must also pay for coronavirus tests, air travel, hotel rooms and rental cars, among other things.Hernando De Soto, apresidentialcandidate(候选人) in Peru, was criticized(批评) aft
15、er headmittedto traveling to the U.S. for a vaccine. Television stars haveadmittedonsocialmedia to getting a vaccine in theU.S.,angering many people. Argentinian TVhostYanina Latorre, for example, traveled to Miami and posted(发布) a video on Instagram of her mother getting vaccinated. Shortly after t
16、hat, Floridaofficials started requiring state residency(居留权)to be vaccinated.However, about half ofU.S.states, including Texas, Arizona, and California, do not require residency. The Texas government is paying for the vaccines and providing them to anyone who does not have healthinsurance. Many of t
17、hose traveling have friends or relatives who live in theU.S.and can help them getappointments. Some have second homes in theU.S.Others borrow aU.S.address.The richest countries around the world have been able to receive the largest vaccine supplies. They have also been criticized for not doing more
18、to help poorer countries. Somebodyblamesinequalityfor people traveling to other countries to get vaccinated.根据文章内容,选择最佳答案:1. The people who go to the U.S for the Vaccines include the followings except _. A. politicians B. officials C. businessmen D. sportsmen2. Some people from Latin America got vac
19、cinated in theU.S.because _.A. the vaccines in theU.S.cost less.B. the vaccines in theU.S.work better.C. the vaccines in their countries are not enough.D. Their countries cant produce vaccines.3. In many Latin American countries, most of the vaccines have gone to the people except _.A. doctors B. th
20、e old C. the poor D. teachers4. You can also get vaccinated only if you_in Arizona.A. pay for the vaccine. B.live, work or travelC. have health insurance D. have state residency5. What does the underline wordinequalitymean?A. something unimportant B. something unfairC. something unuseful D. somethin
21、g unbelievable答案:1B2C3C4B5BC篇A few coins found in rural areas of theUnited States, including the state of Rhode Island, may helpsolveone of the oldest murdermysteries.The murderer in this story is an English pirate(海盗) who became the worlds most-wanted criminal. He attacked and robbed a ship carryin
22、g Muslims traveling home toIndiafrom Mecca. The pirate then escaped capture by posing(乔装打扮) as aslavetrader.Jim Bailey is anamateurhistorian who found an 17th-century Arabian coin in Middle town, Rhode Island. That ancient coin is one of the oldest ever found in North America. And it could explain h
23、ow pirate Captain Henry Every disappeared from history.Here is the storyOn September 7, 1695, a pirate ship named Fancy under Everys command captured the Ganj-i-Sawai. Aboard the ship were Muslims returning from Mecca and tens of millions of dollars worth of gold and silver.Historical records say Ca
24、ptain Every and his men tortured(折磨) and killed the men. Then they escaped to theBahamas, a safe place for pirates at that time. Until now, historians only knew that Every finally sailed toIrelandin 1696 and disappeared.But Bailey said the coins, he and others have found, prove that the pirate and h
25、is crew had first come to the American colonies(殖民地). They used the coins for day-to-day expenses during their escape. On his way to the Bahamas, the pirate even stopped at the French island of Reunion to get some Black captives(黑奴) so he would look aslavetrader.Other little-known records show the p
26、irates left the Fancy and used a ship called the Sea Flower to sail along the Eastern coastline. It arrived with some slaves in 1696 in Newport, Rhode Island, then a center of the North American slave trade.While using his metaldetectorat Sweet Berry Farm in Middletown, Rhode Island, Bailey got asig
27、nal. He dug down and found a darkened, dime(十分硬币)-sized silver coin. At first, he thought it was either a Spanish coin or one made by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. However, after a close look, he got very excited. He saw Arabic text on the coin. He said to himself, Oh my God.Research confirmed(证实) t
28、hat the coin was made in 1693 in Yemen. Since Baileysdiscovery,others have found 15 more Arabian coins from the same time period. One coin was found in North Carolina, where records show some of Everys men first landed. Another coin was found in 2018 at a farm in Connecticut.For Bailey, Its always b
29、een about thethrillof the hunt, not about the money, he said. The only thing better than finding these objects is the long-lost stories behind them.(450 words)根据文章内容,选择最佳答案:1. The pirate Every was from _.A.America B. England C. IndiaD. Arab2. Which is true about the Arabian coin?A. It was made of go
30、ld.B. There are Indian numbers on it.C. It was made in Spanish.D. It is as big as a usual coin.3. According to the report, which is the correct order of Everys escape?a. sailed toIrelandin 1696 and disappearedb. stopped at the French island of Reunionc. captured the Ganj-i-Sawai.d. arrived with some
31、 slaves in 1696 in Newport, Rhode Islande. escaped to theBahamasA. a, c, d, b, e. B. c, a,d, b, e. C. d, a, c, e, b. D. c, b, d, e, a4. So far, how many Arabian coins from the same time period have been found? A.1 B. 3 C. 15D. 165. Jim Bailey got the finding because _.A. he didit for his career.B. h
32、e makes his living by hunting for the lost objects.C. he could makemuch money from the findings.D. he was interested in looking for objects with long-lost story.答案:1B2D3D4D5DD篇A new study finds that students who planattackson schools are often bullied and act in ways that worry others. The same warn
33、ing signs are found in many adults who carry out shootingattacks.The Secret Service NationalThreatAssessment Center (SSNTAC) carried out the study. It examined 100 studentsresponsiblefor planning 67attacks from 2006 to 2018 in schools across theU.S.Each of the plannedattackswerediscoveredandprevente
34、d.Most of the studentsresearched were angry at other students. Eight wanted to be famous. More than half of the students had badchildhoodexperiences. Many experienced drug(药物)dependenceat home or their parents had mental(心理上的,精神上的) health problems. Others planned to kill themselves as part of the at
35、tack.The plotters(策划者)were mostly male. Only five were female. The youngest was 11 and the oldest was 19.Many of the students also showed interest inviolenceor hate. One-third researched past school shootings.Nine students showed an interest in the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler, Nazism or whit
36、e supremacy(白人至上主义).The researchers found that about 94 percent talked about their plans in some way. Seventy-five percent of plots(布局;阴谋;)weredetected because the plotters talked about the attacks, either in person or online. About 36 percent were stopped within just two days of theirintended attac
37、ks.All of the plots studied were serious planned attacks, and the planners took at least some steps toward attacking. The people who discovered the plots and told officials likely saved lives.The reports findings will be given to more than 11,000 schools and community organizations for training. The
38、 goal is to use the information so schools can better find warning signs. But that does not mean sending students home. Instead, schools should stop bullying and give mental health support.Some of the students were arrested and facedcriminalcharges. But the goal of the study, researchers said, was n
39、ot to identify people to arrest but to identify early warning signs, so that students do not end up getting arrested.(360 words)根据文章内容,选择最佳答案:1. How was the study carried on?A. They interviewed theattack planners.B. They interviewed the police who stopped the attacks.C. They examined the students wh
40、o had planned to attack others.D. They did a survey of the students who bullied others.2. Most of the plotters studied had the following experiences except _.A. bullying othersB. talking about their plans in some way.C. being angry with othersD. having bad childhood.3. What does the study aim to?A.
41、help students to stop the bully in the school.B. help police to arrest and charge the students planning attacks.C. help people to discover the plots and save lives.D. help the schools and communities organizations for training.4. What is the study mainly about?A. Some students are planning attacks o
42、n schools.B. Some students planning attacks were frightened and hurt in the schools.C. Some attacks on schools can be stopped.D. Some warning signs from many adults were found.5. According to the report, what should the schools do for the students intending attack?A. report them to the police.B. sen
43、d them home.C. charge them with crime.D. stop bullying and give them mental health support.答案:1C2A3D4B5DE篇A top ruling partyofficialinJapansaid Thursday it is still possible that the Tokyo Olympics could becanceled. Thecommentcame from Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democra
44、tic Party(自民党).He spoke tobroadcaster TBS as COVID-19cases have been rising acrossJapan. If it seems impossible to go on with the games, they must be surely canceled, Nikai said. If there is asurgeininfectionsbecause of the Olympics, there will be no meaning to have the Olympics.ThedelayedTokyo Olym
45、pics are set to open on July 23, with the Paralympics to follow on August 24. Fans from outsideJapanhave already beenbanned. Now even Japanese attendees could bekept away.However, Nikai added that he felt it was important forJapanto keep working to put on a successful Olympic Games. It is a big oppo
46、rtunity. I want to make it a success, he said. We will have manyissues to resolve(解决)and prepare, and it is important to take care of them one by one.Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a statement there was no change to the government position to do everything to achieve a safe andsecureOlympics.
47、 Tokyoorganizers said they - together with officials from the International Olympic Committee(IOC) - are fully focused onhostingthe games this summer.Some experts have warned that a new COVID-19 version, or variant(变种), might replace the current virus and cause anexplosionof infections by early May, the following month. Another Japanese official told a local television station that if the Tokyo Olympics dogo forward, the events may be held with no fans.The recent rise in COVID-19 cases included 729 new cases in Tokyo on Thursday, the