2023届高考英语时事新闻阅读语法填空专练二（彗星造访地球，臭氧层修复，法国发行兔年邮票）

A newly discovered comet will pass by Earth for the first time in 50,000 years 5万年一遇！这颗彗星将造访地球 A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye as it 1________(shoot) past Earth and the Sun in the coming weeks for the first time in 50,000 years, astronomers have said. The comet2 ________(call) C/2022 E3 (ZTF) after the Zwicky Transient Facility, 3___________first spotted it passing Jupiter in March last year. It will pass nearest to Earth on February 1st. The comet is believed to have come from the Oort Cloud, a theorized vast sphere surrounding the solar system that is home to 4__________(mystery) icy objects. 5__________(make) of ice and dust and emitting a greenish aura, the comet is estimated 6__________(have) a diameter of around a kilometer. That makes it 7________________(significant) smaller than NEOWISE, the last comet visible with an unaided eye. The new moon during the weekend of January 21st-22nd offered a good chance for stargazers. Another opportunity 8____________(locate) the comet in the sky will come on February 10th, when it passes close to Mars, said Thomas Prince, a physics professor at the California Institute of Technology 9_______works at the Zwicky Transient Facility. The last time the comet passed Earth was during the Upper Paleolithic period when Neanderthals roamed Earth. Prince said the comet's next visit 10_______the inner solar system was expected in another 50,000 years. 参考答案：1 shoots 2 is called 3 which 4 Made 5 to have 6 mysterious 7 significantly 8 to locate 9 who 10 to 重点知识积累 1 be home to be home to 常用来表示“某人或某物的所在地”，“某地拥有……” e.g. China is home to 1.4 billion people. 中国有十四亿⼈。 The city is home to a large number of musicians and artists. 这个城市是众多音乐家和艺术家之乡。 2 be made of 表示“由……制成”，一般指能够看出原材料。 e.g. This salad is made of apples and strawberries. 这种沙拉是由苹果和草莓做的。 be made from 也表示“由……制成”，但一般指看不出原材料。 e.g. Wine is made from grapes. 酒是用葡萄酿制的。 3 significantly adv. 显著地，相当数量地 同义表达：dramatically, sharply, markedly, strikingly, noticea