2024届高考英语外刊阅读天天练语法填空八

高考英语外刊阅读天天练：语法填空模拟训练八 ① Typhoon Doksuri, which has washed away bridges and trapped passengers on trains, is just the latest “frightening" weather event ___1_____(hit) China. In July, China's highest-ever temperature (52.2°C) _____2_____(record) in the western province of Xinjiang. And Beijing warns __3_____ further disasters, including floods, heatwaves and wildfires to come. _____4____ such events are becoming normalised should alarm China's leaders, ___5_____ country is “exceptionally vulnerable" to climate change. “China must sustain almost a fifth of humanity with just 7% of the world's fresh water. Its wealthiest industrial regions are clustered along its coasts, ___6_____(make) rising sea levels an existential menace(危险).” And its agricultural heartlands are ____7____(severe) prone to flooding. Yet Beijing “seems allergic" to public debate on climate change, which in state media is consistently downplayed ____8______ a cause of recent disasters. It's easy to paint China as a climate villain, but the reality is more complex. On a per capita basis, China's emissions are far ____9____(low) than those of the US. In fact, no other country is “rolling out renewables" as fast as China. This year alone, ___10_____ could add more solar power than the cumulative total now in place in the United States. China is also the world's biggest manufacturer of wind turbines, solar panels and electric-vehicle batteries. 【The Week UK (August 19, 2023)】 ② It ____1_____(praise) as the future of food. In 2012, the Los Angeles-based company Beyond Meat released the first plant-based burger ___2____(alternative) to great fanfare. When it went public, it was valued at $ 10bn. But now Beyond Meat reports that its recent sales are down 30% ___3_____(compare) with the same period last year, which it blames ___4___ the cost-of-living crisis. It's ____5___ same story across the fake-meat industry. Sales of vegan products are down in supermarkets on both sides of the Atlantic. “Has ve