2023届高三英语二轮复习外刊改编语法填空1

高考专项 高考外刊语法填空 Day 1 Some campaigns take years to achieve change. Not for 10-year-old Skye Neville, a girl from a Welsh seaside town who in November became 1 (outrage) at the cheap plastic toys attached to her favourite magazines. Four months on her campaign against the toys has won plaudits from politicians, environmental activists and children’s champions--and has prompted action from Waitrose , which has vowed to stop selling children’s magazines containing “disposable” toys , 2 (credit) Skye as inspiration. Speaking from her home in Fairbourne, Skye told the Guardian yesterday that she was “very pleased” at Waitrose’s actions.” But it would be good if they took it seriously __3___ having to be told by 10-year-olds.” Skye likes the Horrible Histories magazine--but not the plastic toys that come with it. “4 (annoy) toy I’ve had was a rubber tongue. What is the point of that?” she said. “I’ve had squishy things and a skeleton pen you couldn’t write with. A lot of plastic rubbish.” She wrote to the publishers, Kennedy Publishing. The company wrote back claiming it _5__(work) to make its magazines more environmentally friendly and argued the toys could be played with more than once. Skye, an admirer of Greta Thunberg, was unhappy with the reply so she launched a petition, explaining:“I am very concerned by the amount of plastic that is still being produced , thrown away and __6_(pollute) our oceans and environment. This is why I want the magazine and comic publishers to really care for the environment and stop giving away plastic toys.” “I particularly like Horrible Histories, but I don’t want or 7 the cheap plastic toys which are either played with for a few minutes or break on the first use and then thrown away. Any “gift” that the magazines offer should be sustainable the ethical 8 we can protect our planet for us and future generations.” Since then Skye’s campaign 9 (attract) the attention of her local MP, the Plaid Cymru