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高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 语法填空专题二十
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From their home in Montecito, Calif., Prince Harry and Meghan Markle awaited an ____1______(invite) to the royal event of the year: King Charles's May 6 coronation. When it finally arrived via an email from Charles's office---and not from Harry's father himself---- ____2____ became clear that the “sit down” Harry hoped for to talk through their issues following the release of his memoir Spare wasn't going to happen.
With the coronation just weeks away and the big question of ____3____ the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would attend the historic ceremony ____4______(remain), the estranged father and son ultimately connected-- although not ____5__ person. But the public announcement that followed on April 12 ______6___ Harry, 38, will appear at his father's coronation at Westminster Abbey while Meghan, 41, will stay back in California with the couple's children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet ______7___(lay) bare the complex feelings behind the couple's decision. Yes, Harry is coming out of duty and love for his father, who ______8___(say) to be “pleased" his son will be there, but the _____9____(wide) reconciliation so many have hoped for within the family hasn't happened. “At this point it's become so personal," the friend says. “Maybe ___10____ they wanted wasn't achieved, but at the end of the day, he’s going there to support his dad.”
【People (May, 2023) 】
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“It makes you small,” Stefano Unterthiner says of Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago(群岛) perched in the high Arctic, ______1___ he and his family spent a year. In 2019 the Italian photographer moved with his wife, Stéphanie, and their young son and daughter to Longyearbyen, Svalbard’s largest ____2_____(settle). They _____3____(feel) at ease right away: Though the town is home ____4____ only about 2,100 people—scientists, tour operators, students _____5____ come from around the globe and represent some 50 nationalities.
______6____(learn) how a vulnerable ecosystem changes in this