2024届高考英语外刊阅读天天练语法填空专题训练三十二

高考英语外刊阅读天天练 语法填空专题训练三十二 1 King Charles banknotes to enter circulation from 5 June 【The Guardian(February 22, 2024)】 Banknotes featuring King Charles ____1___(issue) for the first time on 5 June, prompting the Bank of England to warn firms they need ___2____(make) sure their machines are ready to accept them. The portrait of the king will appear __3____ existing designs of all four banknotes - the £5, £10, £20 and £50. The king's image will be on the front and also in the see-through security windows. However, the other design and security features will remain the same, ____4__ no other changes to the existing look of the notes. However, the rollout of the new notes may be a little more low-key than some were anticipating, and ___5____ may be linked to the king's long-standing interest in the environment: he gave a speech warning about the dangerous effects of plastic and chemical pollution in 1970, ___6___ he was 21. The Bank said the new notes "will only be printed to replace those that are worn and to meet any overall increase in demand for banknotes". It added: "Our approach is in line with ___7___(guide) from the royal household to minimise the environmental and ____8____(finance) impact of this change." Polymer banknotes were introduced by the Bank in 2016, ____9____(end) 320 years of paper money in Britain. The existing notes featuring the late queen will remain legal tender and will be in circulation alongside the new notes. There are more than 4.6bn sterling bank notes in circulation with the queen's face on them, worth a ____10___(combine) f81bn. 2 Foreign Office 'may have encouraged' Gaza statement from prince 【The Guardian(February 22, 2024)】 The timing of Prince William's unprecedented intervention __1____(relate) to the war in Gaza has raised questions about the ___2____(involve) of the Foreign Office, and ___3_____ the statement was encouraged or even engineered to increase the pressure on Israel. On Tuesday, the prince issued a statement saying to