2023届高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练：语法填空专题十四

高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 语法填空专题十四 ① Ryuichi Sakamoto（坂本龙一）, a world-renowned Japanese musician and actor who composed for Hollywood ____1___(hit) such as “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant,” has died. Japan’s recording company Avex said in a statement Sunday __2____ Sakamoto died on March 28 while undergoing treatment for cancer. Sakamoto was a pioneer of the electronics music of the late 1970s and founded the Yellow Magic Orchestra, also known as YMO. ____3_____ his battle with cancer, Sakamoto released a full-length album “12” on his 71st birthday in January, ___4______(state) that composing had a “small healing effect on my ____5_______(damage) body and soul”. He was a world-class musician, winning an Oscar and Grammy for the 1987 movie “The Last Emperor.” Sakamoto was also an actor, starring in the BAFTA-winning 1983 film “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.” The statement from Avex said that despite his sickness, when he was feeling ____6___(relative) well, he kept working on his music in his home studio. “To his final days, he lived with music,” it said. The statement referenced the words Sakamoto loved: “Ars longa, vita brevis,” which ____7______(refer) to the longevity of art, no matter how short human life might be. Sakamoto also left his mark ____8___ a pacifist and environmental activist. He spoke out against nuclear power following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdowns caused by an earthquake and tsunami. He took part in rallies and made speeches in Tokyo, and was among a group of ____9_______(respect)Japanese artists, like the Nobel-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe, _____10_____ were not afraid to take an unpopular stand on political issues. 【USA Today(April 3, 2023)】 ② Residents across a wide swath of the U.S. raced Sunday to assess the destruction from fierce storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes from the South and the Midwest into the Northeast, ____1____(kill) at least 32 people. The storms _____2___(tear) a path through the Arkansas capita