2023届高考英语外刊阅读模拟练习语法填空专题一

高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 语法填空专题一 ① A range of senior health professionals called publicly this week for urgent action ____1____(address) a growing crisis in the NHS. The British Medical Association described the pressure on the service ___2___ “intolerable and unsustainable” and ___3____(warn) that patients were “dying unnecessarily” as a result of government inaction. Dr Adrian Boyle ____4___ is president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said a “twindemic” of surging flu admissions and increased Covid cases ____5___(be) compounding systemic problems. He claimed that as many as 500 people a week were dying as a consequence __6___ delays in emergency care. Ambulance delays in the week up to Christmas were the ___7_____(bad) on record, and more than a dozen NHS trusts and ambulance services____8_____(declare) critical incidents in recent days. The Liberal Democrats called for the early recall of Parliament to discuss the “life-or-death situation for huge numbers of patients” ______9____(pose) by the NHS “collapsing in front of our eyes”. Downing Street acknowledged that the NHS is facing an “unprecedented challenge” this winter, ____10___ PM Rishi Sunak said that he was“confident” that it had the funding it needs to cope. 【题源 The Week UK （7 January 2023） 】 ② Ukrainian ____1______(official) claimed this week that 400 Russian troops had been killed in __2_____ rocket strike in occupied eastern Ukraine. Moscow acknowledged only 89 deaths, but even Russian military bloggers suggested that the toll was far __3_____(high). The strike, on New Year’s Eve, ___4______(destroy) a school building that ____5_____(use) as a barracks by Russian forces in Makiivka, Donetsk. In the days ____6____(run) up to the attack, Russian forces had launched air strikes at several Ukrainian cities, many of ____7___ were repelled by Kyiv’s defences. The ____8_____(target) cities included Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv and Kherson, which was liberated from Russian ____9_____(occupy) in November.