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高考英语专题复习:原创语法填空题(附详解与翻译)
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Buffalo blizzard fuels racial, class divides in polarized city: US media
水牛城暴风雪加剧了两极分化城市的种族、阶级分化:美国媒体(12.30)
NEW YORK - As Buffalo, in the 1、____(northeast) US state of New York, begins 2、___(dig) itself out from its deadliest disaster in a decade, the plights of people stuck for days in frigid homes without much food, their streets still unplowed, have reignited deep economic and racial fault lines 3、____ have long polarized the city, reported The Washington Post on Thursday.
Authorities say more 4、_____ 30 people have died, 5、___(find) in their homes, cars and outside in snowbanks. The 6、____(blind) wind and dense snow paralyzed emergency response efforts over the weekend, galvanizing citizen volunteer groups who worked to rescue and care for the more vulnerable, according to the report.
"As the toll on the city has become clearer, a dozen 7、____(resident) and community leaders said in interviews that structural issues such as poverty, food deserts, poor housing and 8、__ lack of investment by government have made the impacts 9、__ working-class, Black and Brown neighborhoods much worse," it noted.
They 10、_____(express) concerns that surrounding wealthier and Whiter suburbs appeared to be more prepared, their response better coordinated, their power and roads restored faster, it said.
答案:
1、northeastern考察变形容词 2、to dig考察不定式
3、that考察定语从句 4、 than 考察more than
5、 found考察非谓语 6、blinding考察定语
7、residents考察复数 8、a考察a lack of
9、on考察介词 10、expressed考察过去时
译文:
纽约-据《华盛顿邮报》周四报道,随着美国东北部纽约州布法罗市开始从十年来最致命的灾难中恢复过来,人们在寒冷的家里呆了几天,没有多少食物,街道上仍然没有人居住,这重燃了经济和种族的深层次断层线,这些断层线长期以来一直使该市两极分化。
当局表示,已有30多人死亡,他们在家里、车里和外面的雪堆里被发现。据该报告称,致盲的大风和大雪使周末的应急响应工作陷入瘫痪,激发了致力于救援和照顾更脆弱人群的公民志愿者团体。
报告指出:“随着这座城市的损失越来越明显,十几名居民和社区领导人在采访中表示,贫困、食物沙漠、糟糕的住房和政府缺乏投资等结构性问题,使工人阶级、黑人和布朗社区的影响更加严重。”。
报道称,他们表示担忧的是,富裕的和白人的郊区似乎准备得更充分,他们的反应更协调,电力和道路恢复得更快。
New intercity railways begin operation
新的城际铁路开始运营(12.30)