2020年中考英语时政热点阅读理解预测题二.pptx

学 海 无 涯 2020 年中考英语时政热点阅读理解预测题二 一、5G 联网家电产品，让现代家居进入智能时代。 二、人物介绍——周深：破茧成蝶，拥抱与生俱来的天籁之音。 三、疫情让我们反思当下的城市生活方式。 四、方舱医院走向世界，中国经验助力全球抗疫 五、 9 月 29 日，2019 年女排世界杯大阪站，获本届赛事的十一连胜。 六、大兴国际机场：用高科技与高效率惊艳世界。 七、风雅汉服，裳之国韵——最近，越来越多的年轻都会选择穿上汉服出游拍美照。 八、李子柒：2020 年 1 月 1 日，入?? 《中国妇女报》2019 十大女性人物 。 九、社会现象——饭前对食物进行拍照引热议。 十、网络直播越来越流行，但也需要监管。 （1）5G 联网家电产品，让现代家居进入智能时代。 Most of us spend all day at school or work. After a long and busy day, all we want to do is return to a comfortable home. Smart technology can turn any home into a nicer place to live. Smart homes have been around for some time. Scottish company Pico Electronics invented a type of technology called X10 in 1975. It allows household devices (家用设备), such as lights and alarms, to communicate with each other by using radio waves ( 无线 电波), according to AVSytemsMag, a specialized magazine in the audiovisual (AV, 视 听 的 ) and automation industry. Of course, 5G network connectivity has made smart homes much more sophisticated (复杂的) than X10. Perhaps the most widespread smart home technology is the voice-activated assistant (语音激活助手). Google Home and Amazon’s Alexa allow users to interact with nearly any device in their home simply by speaking a few words. This is especially convenient for children and people with physical disabilities, as they can finish tasks that would normally be too difficult, according to How-To Geek. Common household appliances (家用电器) can become “smart” as well. For example, a smart trash bin can keep track of the things you’ve thrown away and place an online order for new items, while smart refrigerators can create dinner recipes ( 菜 谱 ) based on the vegetables that are being kept inside, according to HowStuffWorks. But it’s not just about convenience. Smart homes are also good for the environment. By regularly checking your energy use and automatically (自动地) turning off lights and other devices that you’re not using, smart homes can lower how much electricity you use overall. Using less energy means t