As millions of people move indoors to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the World Health Organization suggested that governments should restrict access to alcohol during lockdowns.
Drinking alcohol can affect peoples' immune systems and make them more vulnerable to the bad health effects of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to WHO. Alcohol use is also associated with diseases and mental health disorders that can make a person more likely to contract COVID-19.
"At times of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, alcohol consumption can worsen the health vulnerability, risk-taking behaviours, mental health issues and violence," WHO noted in a press release.
The organization encouraged governments to "enforce measures which limit alcohol consumption."
In the US, alcohol sales increased 55% over a one-week span last month, according to market research firm Nielsen.
Excessive drinking can cause alcohol poisoning and increase the risk of violence among intimate partners.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned earlier this month that stay-at-home orders and self-quarantining will likely lead to more home violence.
"Women in abusive relationships are more likely to be exposed to violence, as are their children, as family members spend more time in close contact, and families cope with additional stress and potential economic or job losses," Tedros said.
The guidance issued last week came from WHO's European regional entity. The area has the highest alcohol intake in the world, and roughly 1 million deaths are caused by alcohol every year there.
"Alcohol is consumed in excessive quantities in the European Region, and leaves too many victims. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we should really ask ourselves what risks we are taking in leaving people under lockdown in their homes with a substance that is harmful both in terms of their health and the effects of their behaviour on others, including violence," Carin Ferreira-Borges, the program manager for the region's alcohol and illicit drugs program, said in a statement.
1.What did WTO encourage the governments to do during the lockdowns?
A.It encouraged the governments to prevent people from going out.
B.It encouraged the governments to tell people to keep social distance.
C.It encouraged the governments to close the schools.
D.It encouraged the governments to limit the sale of alcohol.
2.Which is not the reason why people are not allowed to drink more alcohol?
A.Drinking more alcohol will affect peoples' Immune systems.
B.Drinking more alcohol will cause more violence at home.
C.Drinking more alcohol will cause more traffic accidents.
D.Drinking more alcohol can cause poisoning.
3.In what area did people like drinking most in the world?
A.Asia B.America
C.Europe D.Africa
4.From what Tedros said who is more likely to be affected by violence at home?
A.Young people. B.Old people.
C.Drunken man. D.Women and children.
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As millions of people move indoors to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the World Health Organization suggested that governments should restrict access to alcohol during lockdowns.
Drinking alcohol can affect peoples' immune systems and make them more vulnerable to the bad health effects of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to WHO. Alcohol use is also associated with diseases and mental health disorders that can make a person more likely to contract COVID-19.
"At times of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, alcohol consumption can worsen the health vulnerability, risk-taking behaviours, mental health issues and violence," WHO noted in a press release.
The organization encouraged governments to "enforce measures which limit alcohol consumption."
In the US, alcohol sales increased 55% over a one-week span last month, according to market research firm Nielsen.
Excessive drinking can cause alcohol poisoning and increase the risk of violence among intimate partners.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned earlier this month that stay-at-home orders and self-quarantining will likely lead to more home violence.
"Women in abusive relationships are more likely to be exposed to violence, as are their children, as family members spend more time in close contact, and families cope with additional stress and potential economic or job losses," Tedros said.
The guidance issued last week came from WHO's European regional entity. The area has the highest alcohol intake in the world, and roughly 1 million deaths are caused by alcohol every year there.
"Alcohol is consumed in excessive quantities in the European Region, and leaves too many victims. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we should really ask ourselves what risks we are taking in leaving people under lockdown in their homes with a substance that is harmful both in terms of their health and the effects of their behaviour on others, including violence," Carin Ferreira-Borges, the program manager for the region's alcohol and illicit drugs program, said in a statement.
1.What did WTO encourage the governments to do during the lockdowns?
A.It encouraged the governments to prevent people from going out.
B.It encouraged the governments to tell people to keep social distance.
C.It encouraged the governments to close the schools.
D.It encouraged the governments to limit the sale of alcohol.
2.Which is not the reason why people are not allowed to drink more alcohol?
A.Drinking more alcohol will affect peoples' Immune systems.
B.Drinking more alcohol will cause more violence at home.
C.Drinking more alcohol will cause more traffic accidents.
D.Drinking more alcohol can cause poisoning.
3.In what area did people like drinking most in the world?
A.Asia B.America
C.Europe D.Africa
4.From what Tedros said who is more likely to be affected by violence at home?
A.Young people. B.Old people.
C.Drunken man. D.Women and children.
高三英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
The flu season arrives so predictably, and affects so many of us, that it’s hard to believe that scientists have had very little idea why cold weather helps germs to spread.
Worldwide, up to five million people catch the illness each flu season, and around a quarter of a million die from it. Part of its power comes from the fact that the virus changes so quickly that the body is hardly prepared. “The antibodies we’ve built up no longer recognize the virus – so we lose our immunity,” says Jane Metz at the University of Bristol. It also makes it harder to develop effective vaccines, and even if one comes out, governments often fail to persuade enough people to take it up.
The hope is that by understanding better why flu spreads in winter, but naturally fades in summer, doctors could find simple measures to stop its spread.
Previous theories had centred on our behaviour. We spend more time indoors in the winter, meaning that we’re in closer contact with other people who may be carrying germs.
Another popular idea concerned our physiology(生理机制): the cold weather weakens your body’s defenses against infection. In winter, without much sunlight, we may run low on Vitamin D, which helps power the body’s immune system. Moreover, when we breathe in cold air, the blood vessels in our nose shrink, which affects the normal function of white blood cells, allowing viruses to slip past our defenses unnoticed.
While such factors both play some role, analyses suggested another ignored cause may have been lying invisible in the air that we breathe. Thanks to the laws of thermodynamics(空气热力学), cold air can carry less water vapor before it reaches the “dew point” and falls as rain. So while the weather outside may seem wetter, the air itself is drier as it loses the moisture. And researches in the past few years has shown that these dry conditions seem to offer the perfect environment for the flu virus to flourish.
In wetter air, the epidemic struggles to build strength, while in drier conditions it spreads like wildfire. And comparing 30 years’ climate records with health records, Jeffrey Shaman at Columbia University found that flu epidemics almost always followed a drop in air humidity.
1.What can we infer from the second paragraph ?
A.We lose immunity due to the absence of our antibodies.
B.The antibodies fail to function due to variation of virus.
C.Government should come up with better ways to persuade people.
D.One in four of the infected die from the influenza each flu season.
2.What is the purpose of understanding better why flu spreads in winter?
A.To help develop effective vaccine.
B.To seek ways to treat people infected with flu.
C.To figure out ways to cut off its transmission.
D.To explore how to defend our immune system.
3.In what weather condition a flu epidemic is more likely to occur ?
A.Destroying bodies’ immune system.
B.Powering our bodies’ immune system.
C.Killing numerous viruses that we take in.
D.Stopping us acquiring enough Vitamin D.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A.Ways to prevent infection of flu B.Flu-A disease not so hard to prevent
C.A predictable flu season D.Why germs spread in winter
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NEW YORK—President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend immigration to the Unit States for 60 days to stop those applying for permanent residency from taking American job has drawn criticism from immigration supporters who brand it a “distraction” amid the coronavirus pandemic(流行病).
“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!” the president tweeted Monday night. Trump said he signed the executive order Wednesday. “This would ensure that unemployed Americans of all backgrounds will be first in line for jobs as our economy opens,” Trump said at Wednesday night’s coronavirus news briefing.
The president had initially wanted to suspend all immigration to the US to stop the spread of OVID-19 and “protect American jobs”, as 22 million have filed(申请) for unemployment. But on Tuesday he said his executive order would affect only some family members of US citizens seeking green cards (permanent residency IDs) and foreign workers who want to move to America.” It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flow in from abroad.” Trump said at the briefing.
The executive order won’t bar(禁止) immigrants already living in America seeking green cards, or the 85,000 workers a year given H-1B visas nor seasonal farm workers. It also will not stop people using temporary visas for work or travel.
“The Trump administration is again seeking to distract Americans from their own failures to secure testing, provide basic protections for all workers, and create a healthcare system that works for us all,” Bitta Mostofi, commissioner of the New York Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, told China Daily. He also said, “Among the l million essential workers in New York City working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic—delivery worker, EMS staff, drivers, healthcare personnel, and more—half are immigrant.”
Former US secretary of state John Kerry told CNN that the immigration order was “a sideshow, an effort to divert people’s attention”.
At least 6 million US healthcare workers were born abroad, including 29 percent of all doctors, 38 percent of home health aides(助力) and 23 percent of retail store pharmacists(药剂师), according to the Migration Policy Institute.
1.Why did Trump sign the executive order according to Para. 2?
A.To improve the welfare of American people.
B.To reduce employment pressure in America.
C.To promote America’s economic development.
D.To avoid American population rising so quickly.
2.What can we infer from Bitta Mostofi’s words in Para. 5?
A.Immigration to America should be limited to give local Americans more job chances.
B.The Trump administration is trying its best to secure testing to deal with the virus.
C.Immigrants play an important role in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic.
D.The Trump administration has created an effective healthcare system.
3.What does the underlined words “divert people’s attention” in Para. 6 mean?
A.Ignore people’s attention
B.Control people’s attention
C.Focus on people’s attention
D.Take people’s attention away.
4.Which of the following can serve as the best title for the news report?
A.US immigration suspension draws criticism.
B.US stops those applying for permanent residency.
C.US takes measures to stop spread of COVID-19.
D.US healthcare workers who were born abroad.
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11. It is because people are likely to stay indoors ______ the virus can spread easily ______ people often catch colds.
| A．and, that | B．so, that | C．therefore, so | D．that, that |
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
The World Health Organization warns that millions of people are dying every year from indoor air pollution. The WHO finds that poor cooking, heating and lighting technologies are killing millions of people each year.
Indoor air pollution results from the use of dangerous fuels and cook-stoves in the home. To help fight the problem, the WHO announced, new guidelines aimed at reducing household pollutants.
WHO officials say nearly three billion people are unable to use clean fuels and technologies for cooking? heating and lighting. And they say more than seven million people die from exposure to indoor or outdoor air pollution each year. Of that number, the WHO says about 4. 3 million people die from household air pollution given off by simple coal cook-stoves. Most of the deaths are in developing countries.
Carlos Dora is Coordinator in the WHO's Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health. He says people should not use unprocessed coal and kerosene fuel indoors. He says opening a window or door to let out the harmful air will not improve the situation. It will only pollute the outdoors.
WHO officials say indoor pollution leads to early deaths from stroke, heart and lung disease, childhood pneumonia（肺炎） and lung cancer. Women and girls are the main victims. The United Nations found that more than 95 percent of households in sub-Saharan Africa depend on solid fuels for cooking. It says huge populations in India, China and Latin American countries, such as Guatemala and Peru, are also at risk.
Nigel Bruce is a professor of Public Health at the University of Liverpool. He says researchers are developing good cook-stoves and other equipment to burn fuels in a more efficient way.
WHO experts note some new, safe and low-cost technologies that could help are already available. In India, you can buy an induction(电磁) stove for about $ 8.00. And in Africa a you can buy a solar lamp for less than $ 1. 00.
1.What has been done to reduce indoor air pollution?
A. The WHO provided selfless assistance for the poor.
B. People are forbidden to use coal-stoves inside.
C. The WHO issues official advice to cut down pollution,
D. People are taught how to correctly use their stoves.
2.According to WHO officials, we can know that
A. many people refuse to use clean fuels and technologies
B. seven million people die from indoor air pollution
C. simple coal cook-stoves cause too many deaths
D. the processed coal is dangerous to people’s heath
3.It can be concluded from the fifth paragraph that .
A. most children are suffering a lot from lung cancer
B. solid fuels are easily producing pollutants
C. sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest place
D. some countries are at the risk of using up fuels
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A. More and more will die in the future.
B. It is not hard to solve indoor air pollutants.
C. Most people cannot afford a new stove.
D. The WHO will take strong measures.
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The one million people of the city,________ thought little of these events , _______to bed as usual that night .
| A．which…going | B．where…went | C．who…went | D．who… going |
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The one million people of the city,________ thought little of these events , _______to bed as usual that night .
A .which…going B. where…went C. who…went D. who… going
高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
Bats often appear in movies and literature as frightening creatures. The animals have even been linked in some cultures to vampires, seeking to attack humans and drink the blood of them. In reality, bats are usually not harmful to people. They can do good things for people and the environment. For example, bats eat a lot of different insects that can harm our environment. They can also spread seeds.
But a serious disease is currently threatening the bat population in many parts of the United States. The disease is called white-nose syndrome. It has killed more than 6 million bats across the United States since 2007. Bats catch the disease through their skin while resting on the walls of mountain caves. Biologist Lindsay Rohrbaugh says that the disease spreads quickly and can lead to strange behavior in bats.
In Washington D. C, researchers are studying how white-nose syndrome is affecting the area's nine species of bats. Some scientists are trapping bats on an island in the middle of the Anacostia River to test for the disease. The group is receiving money to help carry out their studies.
Marco Carvello is with the Washington D. C Government's Department of Energy and Environment. "Scientists are concerned that the disease is continuing to greatly reduce the bat population. The bat deaths are affecting the quality of human life in many ways. Without bats, there is an increase of many insects. And that's only going to get worse over time if some ways can't be found," he said.
One theory is that some bats are no longer returning to caves to avoid getting, sick. This means more of them are now making their way into cities, where contact with humans is more likely Experts advise people to keep away from bats in case they have the disease. And animal control officers should safely remove the animals.
1.According to Paragraph I people tend to think bats __________.
A.should be protected
B.can help spread seeds
C.do harm to human beings
D.may damage the environment
2.Which of the following might Marco Carvello agree with?
A.The disease has led to people's strange behavior.
B.The-disease may cause the disappearance of bats.
C.The government should control the spread of the disease.
D.The decrease in the bat population can greatly affect humans' life.
3.What does the author mainly tell us in the passage?
A.A bat species is decreasing in number.
B.We have found ways to protect bats.
C.A disease-causes many deaths of bats.
D.We should have a high opinion of bats.
高三英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
Move over Psy. There’s a new viral music video on the Internet that’s getting millions of people dancing and laughing. Psy is a singer who created Gagnam Style, a music video which featured a catchy tune and interesting dance.
The new music video called The Fox (What does the fox say?) has recently gone viral. At 123 000 000 views, it may even catch up to Gagnam Style. The video asks the question, “What does the fox say?” It’s a good question. And it seems, at least according to the music video, there is no good answer.
Actors in the video dress up like the animals they’re singing about. One of the brothers dresses up like a fox. There is a surprising and silly dance in the video that takes the viewer a bit off-guard. The video’s appeal is the song’s simple rhythm and catchy chorus (副歌).
The makers of the video never expected the video to do well or even to be taken seriously. In fact, it started out as a joke. The song was written by two brothers from Norway, Vegard and Bard Ylvis Ker. The brothers have their own late-night talk show in Norway. They thought the video would be so bad that it would give them something to talk about on their show.
On their website, they say the video was “supposed to entertain a few Norwegians for three minutes — and that’s all.” But people started loving it. Some people say that once you listen to the delightfully silly song, you want to listen to it again and again.
The brothers have been guests on some major North American talk shows. They say they’re happy about the success of their video, but they know that tomorrow something else could come along and be even bigger.
1.What can be learnt about the music video invented by Psy?
A. It featured the traditional style of Korean music.
B. It was difficult for people to follow.
C. It was named after a new virus.
D. It could make people relax a lot.
2.Which of the following best describes the new music video The Fox?
A. It can catch the viewers’ heart easily by its amusing tune and dance.
B. It features the same story with the music video Gagnam Style.
C. It answers the question “What does the fox say?” exactly.
D. It has the real animals in the video.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that nowadays most people ______.
A. like to enjoy music with simple and easy style.
B. have difficulty in understanding the viral movie music.
C. are working hard for the advancement of classic music.
D. are tired of many music videos which are popularized through Internet too quickly.
4.The underlined word “off-guard” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. Annoyed. B. Offended.
C. Unexpected. D. Relaxed.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Move over Psy. There’s a new viral music video on the Internet that’s getting millions of people dancing and laughing. Psy is a singer who created Gagnam Style, a music video which featured a catchy tune and interesting dance.
The new music video called The Fox (What does the fox say?) has recently gone viral. At 123 000 000 views, it may even catch up to Gagnam Style. The video asks the question, “What does the fox say?” It’s a good question. And it seems, at least according to the music video, there is no good answer.
Actors in the video dress up like the animals they’re singing about. One of the brothers dresses up like a fox. There is a surprising and silly dance in the video that takes the viewer a bit off-guard. The video’s appeal is the song’s simple rhythm and catchy chorus (副歌).
The makers of the video never expected the video to do well or even to be taken seriously. In fact, it started out as a joke. The song was written by two brothers from Norway, Vegard and Bard Ylvis ker. The brothers have their own late-night talk show in Norway. They thought the video would be so bad that it would give them something to talk about on their show.
On their website, they say the video was “supposed to entertain a few Norwegians for three minutes — and that’s all.” But people started loving it. Some people say that once you listen to the delightfully silly song, you want to listen to it again and again.
The brothers have been guests on some major North American talk shows. They say they’re happy about the success of their video, but they know that tomorrow something else could come along and be even bigger.
1.What can be learnt about the music video invented by Psy?
A. It featured the traditional style of Korean music.
B. It was difficult for people to follow.
C. It was named after a new virus.
D. It could make people relax a lot.
2.Which of the following best describes the new music video The Fox?
A. It can catch the viewers’ heart easily by its amusing tune and dance.
B. It features the same story with the music video Gagnam Style.
C. It answers the question “What does the fox say?” exactly.
D. It has the real animals in the video.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that nowadays most people ______.
A. like to enjoy music with simple and easy style.
B. have difficulty in understanding the viral movie music.
C. are working hard for the advancement of classic music.
D. are tired of many music videos which are popularized through Internet too quickly.
4.The underlined word “off-guard” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. Annoyed. B. Offended.
C. Unexpected. D. Relaxed.
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