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英语高考时文阅读资料 英语高考时文阅读资料 英语高考时文阅读资料 英语高考时文阅读资料（十三） 编者：现在的英语高考、模拟考的阅读资料（完形填空、阅读理解、任务型阅读）多半选自中国、欧美等主流媒体的最新时鲜文章，与最新人文科技、政治文化接轨。作为一名考生，在接触阅读世界最新潮流的同时也应该累积素材，并培育相关英语文章的阅读能力。 下边摘取了最新的来自中国日报网（CHINADAILY）的两篇文章，并做了必需的标注，且于文章末端增加了几个小习题，可自行依据所附的参照答案检测阅读成效。 Passage1 研究：寝室地毯比马桶圈脏十倍 BedroomfloorharborsTENtimesmorebacteriathanatoilet seat 中国日报网2020-02-1208:23 NeONBRAND/unsplash 1 Youmightbediligentaboutrunningthevacuum（吸尘器）overyour carpet（地毯）wheneveritstartstolookabitscruffy,butshocking researchhasrevealedthattheaveragebedroomflooristentimesdirtierthanatoiletseat. scruffy[?skr?fi]：adj.破旧的；肮脏的 Thedata,compiledbysofaandcarpetspecialistScS,foundcarpetsinthebedroomalsoharbor（隐藏）morethandoublethebacteriafoundina livingroom,andtentimesthatofagymfloor. TheirfindingsalsoshowedthatalmosthalfofBritshaveadmittedtonevercleaningtheircarpets,makingthemanidealbreeding（滋长）groundfor coloniesofdisease-causingmicrobes. Officefloorswerefoundtobethecleanestintheexperiment-inwhichcarpetsandhouseholdappliances（电器）wereswabbed（擦抹）to reveallevelsofaerobicbacteria,yeastandmould. 2 Bedroomcarpetswerebyfarthedirtiest,withacombinedbacteriaandyeastlevelof140CFUpercm2(colonyformingunitspercm2)uncoveredwithinthem,aswellasheavymould（霉菌）. DanielWiadro/unsplash Thefilthyresultsareperhapsnotsurprisingconsidering41percentof2,000BritonsrecentlyquestionedbyBISSELLadmittedtheyhadneverwashedtheircarpets. 3 Carpetscanbeabreedinggroundforbacteriaandustmites（尘螨）, whichcanleadtohealthissuesincludingbreathingproblems,eczema（湿 疹）andotherallergysymptoms. Expertsrecommendvacuumingatleasttwiceaweekandhavingcarpetsprofessionallycleanedatleastonceayeartoavoidgrowinglevelsofbacteria,mouldandyeast. HygieneexpertDrLisaAckerleysaid:Thisresearchisofconcernasunwashedcarpetscanbecomehomestobacteriaandgermsandinparticulardustmites,whichcanputsomepeopleatgreaterriskofasthma,eczemaandperennialallergicrhinitiscausedbyallergiestodustmitefaecalmatter. Eachmiteproducesabout20wastedroppingseveryday,equatingtoaround20,000particlesoffaecesineverycubicf