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时事热点 冲刺2022年高考英语阅读理解 专题01 新型冠状病毒 Passage 1 （2021·浙江高二期末） India faces various major challenges on the COVID-19 front. There are over 300,000 new cases every day — the largest number of daily cases ever experienced by any country. India’s health system can no longer cope. There are not enough beds, and hospitals are turning away people with the virus. They have also run out of oxygen. With a huge population of 1,380?million, India is densely populated: 464 people/km2. Social distancing without total shutdowns is unthinkable, especially in the big cities with crowded streets, trains, buses and offices. The latest data from the government survey says that only 36% of Indians wash their hands with soap before a meal. Even worse, 160?million Indians do not have access to clean water to wash their hands. The research suggests that diabetes and other diseases worsen COVID-19 outcomes. The awareness about disease dynamics is very poor, even among the wealthier and more educated population. After the national voluntary “people’s curfew” called by the prime minister on 22 March, which was by and large a success, people came out on the streets and celebrated with no attention to social distancing. Many countries around the world are sending oxygen to India. Singapore and the UK have sent much-needed oxygen cylinders to India. A Singapore Foreign Affairs spokesperson explained how urgent it was to help India, “We have all witnessed in the past year how this pandemic is a trans-boundary threat. It gives no regard for country, nationality, or race. This is exactly why we must work collectively to support each other.” The WHO said the situation in India was “beyond heartbreaking”. It said, “The WHO is doing everything we can, providing critical equipment and supplies, including thousands of oxygen concentrators, mobile field hospitals and laboratory supplies.” It added, “The growth that we have seen in case numbers is really, truly astonishing.” 1．In what way is the serious sit