2022-2023届中考英语选词填空专项练习题.docx

2022-2023届中考英语选词填空专项练习题 2022年中考英语选词填空专项练习 Over the last five months, the coronavirus pandemic has taken the world by storm. It has affected different 1_______ and regions in different ways, from disrupting (扰乱) their economies to creating new social norms (社会规范). Here, we’ll take a look at a few of the 2_______ events that have happened during the outbreak. Italy shuts down On March 10, the Italian government decided 3______ the entire country on lockdown after the number of cases in the country started skyrocketing (飞涨). The first cases were detected (检测到) as early as January 31. In the following weeks, the number of cases exploded (迅速增加), 4_______ over 10,000 by the time of the lockdown. The lockdown affected 16 million people across the country. Italy was one of the first of many countries that carried out lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus. WHO declares pandemic On March 11, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus officially characterized (描述) COVID-19 as a pandemic. This was due to a growing number of cases 5_______ the world. In his announcement, Ghebreyesus called on governments to change the course of the outbreak by taking “urgent (紧急的) and aggressive (强硬的) action”. By this time, there were more than 20,000 cases in Europe, including 1,000 deaths, as 6______ as 1,000 cases in the US. Summer Olympics delayed On March 24, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo held a conference (会议) call in which they 7_______ that the 2022 Summer Olympic Games, which were planned to be held in Tokyo, would be delayed until the following year in the interest of protecting public safety. The event has rarely been canceled or delayed －usually only in times of war. However, the 8______ agreed that the Olympic flame would remain in Tokyo until the games can start again in order to stand as a “light at the end of the tunnel (隧道)”. US hits over 1 million cases 本文来源：网络收集与整理，如有侵权，请联系作者删除，谢谢！第2页 共2页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页。