2023届高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练题二：语法填空专

高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 语法填空专题二 【题源 The Week UK (14 January,2023 )】 ① Esports players might not experience the physical demands that traditional athletes do, _1_ the pressures they face are extreme even so, says Julia Llewellyn Smith in The Times. They have intense training schedules, under supervision from an entourage of coaches. Players for Team Liquid, a major esports team with _2_(base) in the Netherlands, Brazil and the US, share flats and complete full 12-hour days in their “office” _3_ they prepare to compete in _4_(pack) auditoriums in front of thousands or millions of viewers online. Often, they then practise more _5_ they get home. Professional players can start their careers exceptionally young. US-born Victor De Leon III, professionally known as Lil Poison, started playing Halo aged two, and _6_(sign) his first contract at the age of six. But most also end them pretty early too: players report feeling _7_(burn) out by their gruelling schedules, _8_ don’t leave much time for life away from screens; their reflexes also begin to slow. By their late 20s, many professional esports players retire -_9_(mean) their career spans can often be far shorter than even _10_ of traditional athletes. ② Makers of luxury goods, restaurants, theme parks – these are just some of the businesses in line for a much-needed cash injection in 2023, says Leo Lewis. Why? Because it’s _1_(like) to see the welcome return of the Chinese tourist. In 2019, some 155 million people from China, “a population slightly _2_(large) than Russia’s”, _3_(journey) outside the mainland. In fact, pre-pandemic Chinese travel spending accounted _4_ 17% of the entire outlay of global _5_(tour) - _6_ its peak it was “just over a quarter-of-a-trillion dollars”, or roughly the size of Portugal’s GDP. But thanks to Beijing’s strict pandemic policies, the Chinese haven’t been able to take a foreign holiday for three years. Now that the ban _7_(lift), there’ll be a huge surge in Chinese global travel. And that will