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高考英语外刊阅读天天练:巴以冲突语法填空
①Deadly hospital blast in Gaza condemned
The United Nations and Arab states have ____1____(strong) condemned the blast at a hospital in Gaza, which they referred to ____2___ a “massacre” that killed at least 471 people, and reiterated the call for an immediate cease-fire.
Doctors in Gaza City, ___3_____(face) with dwindling medical supplies, performed surgeries on hospital floors, often without anesthesia, in a desperate bid ____4___(save) badly wounded victims amid Israeli bombings and a blockade of the territory.
Nabil Abu Rudaineh, spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, accused Israel ____5___bombing the hospital ____6____ led to the deaths of hundreds, stressing Israel “should bear full ____7_____(responsible)”.
Also slamming the deadly explosion at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated his call ___8____ an immediate cease-fire during his speech at the ____9____(open) ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on Wednesday. He said the Middle East region “is on the precipice”.“Too many lives___10____ the fate of the entire region hangs in the balance. May the spirit of this meeting help those that need to find peace,” he said.【China Daily(October 19, 2023)】
②Lack of water worsens misery in besieged Gaza
The besieged Gaza Strip’s 2.3 million people don’t have access ____1____ clean, running water after Israel cut off water and electricity to the enclave as it ______2____(intensify)its air attacks. The chokehold has seen taps run dry across the territory. ____3____ water does trickle from pipes, the meager flow lasts no more than 30 minutes each day and is so contaminated with sewage and seawater ____4____ it’s undrinkable.
The deprivation has plunged Gaza’s population _____5____(deep) into misery as Israel’s bombardment intensifies. Israel’s retaliatory strikes have crushed hundreds of buildings in Gaza and killed more than 2,200 Palestinians.
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