2023届高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练语法填空专题二十七

高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 语法填空专题二十七 ① “Some recollections may vary,” the late Queen famously remarked, in response ___1___ the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. Last week, said The Times, the same observation _____2_____(make) about the couple’s reports of a “near catastrophic” chase, in ____3___ they were pursued around Manhattan by “aggressive” paparazzi, who – they said – ran red lights and mounted pavements ____4______(result) in multiple near-collisions, and endangering pedestrians and police. The Duke told friends it was the “____5_____(close) thing I have ever felt” to understanding ____6___ his mother went through on the night of her death, in 1997. The initial reaction was sympathetic. But ___7___ the media looked into what had transpired that night, after the couple left an awards ceremony, a different picture emerged. The police certainly downplayed the drama, said The New York Times. They conceded that paparazzi had made the couples’ journey____8____(challenge); but they noted that they had got to their destination safely, with no “____9_____(report) collisions, summonses, injuries, or arrests”. New York’s Mayor Eric Adams seemed flummoxed by the very idea of a two-hour high-speed car chase in Midtown Manhattan; and a cab driver, who’d driven the Sussexes some of the way, said he’d not call __10____ a“chase”, and that he had not felt in danger, though they were nervous. 【The Week UK (May 27, 2023)】 ② Long known for keeping out immigrants, Japan is now throwing the door open to ___1___ range of foreign workers to enter and potentially stay for good. A policy overhaul ___2_____(approve) Friday in Tokyo marked the latest sign ____3___ worker shortages in wealthy nations around the globe are spurring ____4____(great) openness to foreign labor. Companies and immigration specialists in Japan say the issue now is less ___5____ to let foreign workers take unfilled jobs and more about making conditions ____6_____(attract) to migrants who c