内容正文:
高考英语外刊阅读天天练:语法填空模拟训练七
①
A fire in the south of France burned through 500 hectares (1,240 acres) of land and destroyed ____1___ campsite, with 2,000 people evacuated before the blaze ____2______(bring) under control on Tuesday. The French environment minister said the climate crisis was exacerbating ___3________(condition) of drought that fed the fire. No one was injured in the fire, authorities said.
The blaze tore through a tourist area about 30 minutes from Perpignan, ____4____ was vulnerable due to “intense heat, _____5____(dry) and tumultuous winds of up _____6______ 180km/h”, authorities said. Most of the evacuees have been able to return to their accommodation or homes, but a few dozen tourists were still waiting ______7____(rehouse). Some people lost their documents, money and cars in the blaze.
He said this summer had seen fewer fires than last year, ____8_____ 70,000 hectares were burned, but _____9_____ was necessary to be “humble” as summer was not over. Five regions in the east of the country are __10______ high alert for heatwaves, according to the French weather authority Meteo France’s website.
【The Guardian (August 16, 2023)】
②
Black-and-white aerial photograph offering a bird’s eye view of England ____1_____ it changed during the second world war are being made available to the public __2_____ the first time. The 3,600 images include pictures of bomb damage ___3____ Old Trafford in Greater Manchester, as well as other towns and cities.
They were taken by US army air forces (USAAF) photographic reconnaissance units, stationed at _____4_____(base) across England in 1943 and 1944, after the US joined the war in December 1941. Damage to the main stand of Manchester United’s stadium can ____5____(see) after it was hit in a bombing raid in March 1941. In another photo, taken through a break in the clouds, B-17 bombers of the Eighth Air Force are seen _____6____(fly) over the Brecks in Norfolk.
Duncan Wilson, the chief executive of Historic England, sa