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1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：_学号：_姓名：_外刊精选疫情之下，欧洲无国界之梦遭遇考验【背景介绍】随着新冠肺炎在各国的蔓延，加强国境线管理似乎成了必然的选择。这对于一本护照通行欧洲的“申根”制度，造成了新的挑战。欧洲为什么会有无边界的理想？新冠肺炎又会如何影响申根制度？Coronavirus Nightmare Could Be the End for Europes Borderless DreamBy Matina Stevis-GridneffFor Europe, the coronavirus could not have arrived at a worse time.This wa
2、s the year with Britain out, terrorism waning and the migrant crisis at an ebb that the European Union had hoped to repair and revive its cherished goal of open internal borders.But as cases of the virus spread and multiply, calls for closing borders have grown louder, most predictably from the far
3、right and populists who were never fans of the blocs open border policy.The free movement of people and goods is a cornerstone of the European Union, referred to by the shorthand “Schengen,” after the city in Luxembourg where the 1985 treaty that created what is now a 26-nation, passport-free zone w
4、as signed.Europeans consider it one of the blocs biggest achievements. But if it has nurtured prosperity and become a fundamental building block of European identity, it has also, practically speaking, been suffering a death by a thousand cuts.The latest came in 2015, when a number of countries susp
5、ended Schengen to allow full control over their borders and stop refugees who had landed in Greece and elsewhere from making their way to the wealthier European north.The virus is yet another challenge, as it has given new ammunition to nationalists who want to see borders tightened or restored even
6、 before the contagion arrived.【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.coronavirus krnvars n._2.nightmare natme n. _3.wane wen vi. _4.ebb eb n. _5.revive rvav vt. _6.cherished tert adj. _7.internal ntnl adj. _8.border bd n. _9.multiply mltpla vi. _10.predictably prdktbli adv. _11.populist ppjlst n. _12.bloc blk n.
7、 _13.cornerstone knstn n. _14.shorthand thnd n. _15.treaty triti n. _16.nurture nt vt. _17.suspend sspend vt. _18.ammunition mjnn n. _19.nationalist nnlst n. _20.contagion kntedn n. _【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.某事发生在最糟糕的时刻_2.以命名_3.基本组成部分_拓展练习阅读理解Who cares if people think wrongly that the internet has
8、 had more important influences than the washing machine? Why does it matter that people are more impressed by the most recent changes?It would not matter if these misjudgments were just a matter of peoples opinions. However, they have real impacts, as they result in misguided use of scarce resources
9、.The fascination with the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) revolution, represented by the internet, has made some rich countries wrongly conclude that making things is so “yesterday” that they should try to live on ideas. This belief in “post-industrial society” has led those countries
10、 to neglect their manufacturing sector (制造业), with negative consequences for their economies.Even more worryingly, the fascination with the internet by people in rich countries has moved the international community to worry about the “digital divide” between the rich countries and the poor countries
11、. This has led companies and individuals to donate money to developing countries to buy computer equipment and internet facilities. The question, however, is whether this is what the developing countries need the most. Perhaps giving money for those less fashionable things such as digging wells, ext
12、ending electricity networks and making more affordable washing machines would have improved peoples lives more than giving every child a laptop computer or setting up internet centres in rural villages. I am not saying that those things are necessarily more important, but many donators have rushed i
13、nto fancy programmes without carefully assessing the relative long-term costs and benefits of alternative uses of their money.In yet another example, a fascination with the new has led people to believe that the recent changes in the technologies of communications and transportation are so revolutio
14、nary that now we live in a “borderless world”. As a result, in the last twenty years or so, many people have come to believe that whatever change is happening today is the result of great technological progress, going against which will be like trying to turn the clock back. Believing in such a worl
15、d, many governments have put an end to some of the very necessary regulations on cross-border flows of capital, labour and goods, with poor results.Understanding technological trends is very important for correctly designing economic policies, both at the national and the international levels, and f
16、or making the right career choices at the individual level. However, our fascination with the latest, and our under valuation of what has already become common, can, and has, led us in all sorts of wrong directions.1.Misjudgments on the influences of new technology can lead to _.A.a waste of limited
17、 resourcesB.a conflict of public opinionsC.a slow progress in technologyD.a lack of confidence in technology2.The example in Paragraph 4 suggests that donators should _.A.provide more affordable internet facilitiesB.take peoples essential needs into accountC.make their programmes attractive to peopl
18、eD.ensure that each child gets financial support3.What has led many governments to remove necessary regulations?A.Ignoring the power of economic development.B.Believing that the world has become borderless.C.Neglecting the impacts of technological advances.D.Over-emphasizing the role of internationa
19、l communication.4.What can we learn from the passage?A.Making right career choices is crucial to personal success.B.People should be encouraged to make more donations.C.Economic policies should follow technological trends.D.Traditional technology still has a place nowadays.外刊精选答案【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中
20、文意思。1.coronavirus krnvars n. 冠状病毒2.nightmare natme n. 噩梦3.wane wen vi. （权力、感觉等）逐渐减少，减弱4.ebb eb n. 退潮，落潮5.revive rvav vt. 复活，复苏6.cherished tert adj. （被）珍视的，珍惜的7.internal ntnl adj. 内部的8.border bd n. 边界，国界9.multiply mltpla vi. 成倍增加，激增10.predictably prdktbli adv. 可预测地11.populist ppjlst n. 民粹主义者12.bloc b
21、lk n. 联盟，集团13.cornerstone knstn n. 基石14.shorthand thnd n. 简称；速记15.treaty triti n. 协议16.nurture nt vt. 培育，培养17.suspend sspend vt. 暂停，中止18.ammunition mjnn n. 弹药；信息，论据19.nationalist nnlst n. 民族主义者20.contagion kntedn n. （瘟疫等）流行，蔓延【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.could not have done sth. at a worse time某事发生在最糟
22、糕的时刻2.(name) after以命名3.building block基本组成部分【全文翻译】新冠病毒噩梦或将终结欧洲无国界梦想对于欧洲来说，新冠病毒来的很不是时候。在这一年里，英国正式“脱欧”、恐怖主义式微、移民危机适逢低潮，欧盟本希望借机修复并重振其开放内部边界这一备受重视的目标。然而，随着新冠病例的流动和激增，关闭边境的呼声越来越高，其中大部分毫不意外地来自于一向反对欧盟边境开放政策的极右翼分子和民粹主义者。人员与货物自由流动的协定是欧盟的一块基石，简称“申根”。这项条约于1985年在卢森堡申根市签署，并以该城市命名，建立了一个如今由26个成员国组成的无护照区。欧洲人视其为欧盟最大的成就之一。但是，如果说申根协定促进了繁荣，成为欧洲身份的基本组成部分，那么实际上它也已经“伤痕累累”，有名无实。最近一次是在2015年，当时一些国家暂停了申根协定，从而完全控制各自边境、阻止已经从希腊及其它地方登陆的难民前往更富裕的欧洲北部地区。而该病毒是又一挑战，因为它为那些早在疫情到来之前就盼着收紧或关闭边境的民族主义者提供了新的“弹药”。拓展练习阅读理解参考答案1.A 2.B 3.B 4.D 学科网（北京）股份有限公司