2024届高考英语外刊阅读天天练：语法填空模拟训练六

高考英语外刊阅读天天练：语法填空模拟训练六 ① The era of global warming is over and we’re now in the age of “global boiling.” Scientists reported that July was likely the world’s ____1_____(hot) month on record. The signs of global boiling are everywhere: wildfires raging in Canada and around the Mediterranean, water temperatures _____2___（hit）101 degrees off Florida. This human-caused climate chaos _____3____(be) “just the beginning.” Perhaps the future will look like Phoenix. The city has endured a “month in hell”—31 days exceeding 110 degrees. Residents _____4______(hospitalize) with burns after falling “on pavement ___5_____ can heat up to 180 degrees. Extreme heat threatens virtually every aspect of human health. Heat stroke, which occurs ___6_____ ambient temperatures are so high that the body can’t cool down, can cause organ ____7_____(fail) within minutes. Research shows that high temperatures can also exacerbate underlying medical conditions by straining the heart, lungs, and kidneys; impair sleep; ____8_____ worsen depression, anxiety, and suicide rates. Then there’s the economic toll. In Southern California, Amazon drivers and warehouse workers have gone on strike in part ___9______(protest) working conditions that can top 100 degrees. Summer should be blissful: School is out. Vacations are planned. We can go coatless, feel carefree. But it’s becoming a “season to fear,” with festivals, outdoor concerts, and sporting events ___10_____(cancel) because of unsafe heat, and wildfire smoke in the skies. 【The Week USA(August 11, 2023)】 ② Owing to a perfect storm of bad economic and demographic trends, exacerbated by a change in cultural habits during the pandemic, the nonprofit theaters that serve ___1____ the “seeding ground” for many of the plays and musicals ___2_____ reach Broadway ____3______(cut) dramatically back offerings. Audiences, having grown accustomed to _____4____(work) from and streaming more entertainment at home, remain 25 to 30 percent smaller than pre-pand