2023届高三英语二轮复习时文语法填空专练(八）

时文语法填空专练（八） （一） Bridges help Guizhou live the high life The 1,427-meter-long Dafaqu Grand Bridge, ___1___crosses a deep valley in a mountainous area in the north of Guizhou province, is a large-span concrete-filled steel tube arch bridge. It is a key project in a freeway __2___ (link)the Guizhou cities of Renhuai and Zunyi. The bridge sits more than 280 meters above the valley floor, equal ___3___ the height of a 100-story building. The complicated terrain(地形）, such as the steep cliffs, meant its construction posed challenges for engineers and building workers. The difficulties did not ___4___ (weak)official determination to build bridges in the region, though. ____5_____ most of Guizhou is hilly, ____6___ (result)in uneven terrain, construction of roads requires greater investment and more advanced technology than in other areas. As a result, bridges have become ___7___main option in the development of the provincial transportation network. Recently, some freeways ___8___ (build)with even more bridges and tunnels. More than 77 percent of a freeway that opened in 2020 and links Jianhe and Rongjiang in Guizhou ____9_____ (consist)of bridges and tunnels. Construction of the road cost 19.2 billion yuan ($2.79 billion). "The cost was about twice___10___of building a freeway on the plains," Liang said. (二） Accelerating rate of mountain forest loss globally threatens biodiversity hotspots GUANGZHOU -- A team of Chinese researchers along with their counterparts from Britain have found that global mountain forests are disappearing____1___an accelerating rate, putting increasing pressure on ___2___ (threaten)species. The study published on Saturday in the journal One Earth under Cell Press showed that about 78.1 million hectares or 7.1 percent of mountain forest ____3___ (lose)since 2000, and what made it worse, much of the loss took place in tropical biodiversity hotspots. The researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology in China and the Universit