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1、高中英语外刊阅读语法填空December 241 Passport brings hope to travel revival欧盟推出“疫苗护照”Its the most important thing to bring when 1_(travel) internationally and the last thing you want to leave behind in a hotel a passport. But in the age of COVID-19, there will be “vaccine passports”. On June 9, the European Par
2、liament 2_(vote) to officiallyapproveits EU Digital COVIDCertificate, 3_(know) as the EU COVID vaccine passport. Theschemeis expected 4_(open) up travel within Europe and reduce the need for multiple testing. Holders will be able to have a digital or papercertificate5_will include a QR code. Thecert
3、ificatecan prove that a person has been vaccinated against the coronavirus, received a negative test or has recovered from COVID-19. By holding thecertificate, people do not need toquarantinewhen traveling within the EU, China Daily reported. “The EU Digital COVIDCertificateprovides European citizen
4、s 6_ a common tool to allow them to move freely and safely again,” said Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice. Theschemewill officially 7_(launch) in all EU member states on July 1. However, seven EU states 9_(include) Denmark, Germany, Greece and Poland started issuing the first passpo
5、rts on June 1. Other countries such as Austria and Spain issued the first passports to their citizens in the days following, according to Schengenvisainfo News. Meanwhile, the EU has been in talks with third countries, such as the UK and the US, onmutual recognition(互认)of COVID travel certificates,
6、Reynders said. In fact, since COVID-19 vaccination programs have been launched worldwide, countries are considering options to reopenbordersandresumeinternational travel 9_ industry that lost income of almost $4.5 trillion (28.88 trillion yuan) globally in 2020 due to the pandemic. In March, China a
7、nnounced the release of an international travel healthcertificate, which could 10_(potential) allow people who have been vaccinated tosidestepquarantinerules. Thecertificate, in both digital and paper forms, can show the holdersnucleic acid testandserum antibodyresults, as well as vaccination inform
8、ation.keys:1 traveling 2 voted 3 known 4 to open 5 that6 with 7 be launched 8 including 9 an 10 potentially2 Changing the food we eat美食史的背后也是人类的进化史We truly are 1_ we eat and what our ancestors ate. Food has changed who we are and how we developed for hundreds of thousands of years. From processing t
9、opreservingto cooking, what humans did and continue to do to food played a big role in shaping our2_(evolve). “Processed food isnt just a modern invention, 3_(create) in factories fromartificialingredients. It is as old as humanity itself and may have helped create our species,” wrote Nicola Temple,
10、 author of Best Before: TheEvolutionand Future of Processed Food, for the BBC. Although processing is viewed 4_(negative) nowadays, it was important to our development as a species. Processing doesnt necessarily mean 5_(add) chemicals it also includespoundingor slicing or changing the food in any wa
11、y before eating. Compared to our ancestors, modern human teeth, jaws and faces have gotten 6_(small) relative to overallskullsize because of making food easier to chew, especially from cooking. Cooking food was one of the biggest 7_(change) in human history. Researchers believe it could have occurre
12、d between 1.8 million and 400,000 years ago, Harvard professor Richard Wrangham said, according to National Geographic. Cooking increases the energy andnutrientswe get from food. Without cooking, according to the BBC, 8_ average person would have to eat around 5 kilos ofrawfood to survive and wed ha
13、ve to spend most of the day chewing. Also, up to 50 percent of women 9_ only eatrawfoods develop a condition that signals that the body cannot support apregnancy a major problem from an evolutionary angle, according to Scientific American. Processing food led 10_a huge gain in leisure time. The less
14、 time people spent chewing, the more time they had to develop complex oral language. Processed foodliterallyshaped us as a species and made us human the only species on Earth who can cook.keys:1 what 2 evolution 3 created 4 negatively 5 adding6 smaller 7 changes 8 an 9 who 10 to3 From plastic to clo
15、thing环保新时尚:塑料瓶变衣服It might be strange to wear clothes 1_(make) out of plastic bottles. But in fact, some clothing companies are already making such clothes. Fashion brand JUMA 2_(recent) showed its newest collection at a workshop in Shanghai. Eighteen clothing items from the collection, 3_(include)ju
16、mpsuits, jackets, shirts and dresses, were made from recycled plastic bottles. “We realized that billions of water bottles were being thrown intolandfillsand oceans every year and that these bottles take hundreds of years 4_(decompose). We thought we should use them to create our clothes and help th
17、e environment,” said Alia Juma, the companys design director. Many other fashion companies are finding similar ways to save our planet these days. The process is rather simple. First, the plastic bottles are washed and cut into small pieces. Then they aremeltedand shaped into small balls. The balls
18、aremeltedagain to form thread. People can then use the thread to make different kinds of clothes. According to Juma, it takes 67,000 bottles to create 1 ton of thread. This reducescarbon emissionsby 4.2 tons and water use by 6.2 tons 5_(compare) with the normal way of making thread. “Four bottles ca
19、n make onepillowcase. Five can make a shirt, 10 a dress and 20 a short coat,” Juma said. Some people might have doubts about 6_(wear) something made out of plastic bottles. But according 7_ Causeartist, a website that focuses on 8_(innovate), clothes made from plastics could be even 9_(good) thannyl
20、onandpolyester(聚酯纤维). Plastic thread can 10_(make) into different textures, such as cotton, silk or even wool. “The more we learn about recycled fabrics, the more we realize that they work just like other fabrics. You can get a heavier cotton feeling or a silky feeling byweavingtheyarnsinto differen
21、t textures and using different wash methods. Theres actually a lot you can do with this fabric.” Juma said. The price for the clothes in the new collection ranges from 500 to 3,000 yuan. However, Juma is optimistic that prices will fall when more companies follow the sustainability path(可持续发展道路) taken by her business.keys:1 made 2 recently 3 including 4 to decompose 5 compared 6 wearing 7 to 8 innovation 9 better 10 be made