2024年11月时事语法填空（8）-2025届高三英语上学期一轮复习专项

语法填空1 Millions of Indians are celebrating Diwali（排灯节）, the festival of lights and one of the most important 1.______ (event) in the Hindu calendar. The annual festival tends to fall between October and November, 2.______ the exact date varies each year as the Hindu calendar is based 3._____ the Moon. This year, Diwali is being celebrated on Thursday, but some parts of the country will observe the festival on Friday. People light oil lamps and candles on the day 4.______ (symbolise) the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. In the lead up to Diwali, people clean and organise 5._____ (they) homes. New clothes are bought and sweets and gifts are exchanged with friends, families and neighbours. Many draw 6.______ (tradition) designs like rangoli(印度传统地画) , 7.______ (make) using colourful powders , outside their doors to welcome luck and positivity. On this day, families worship Lakshmi, 8._____ is known as the Hindu goddess of wealth. Lamps are lit and windows and doors are left open to help the goddess find her way into 9._____(people) homes. Fireworks are also a big part of the celebrations but in recent years, several states have imposed curbs (限制措施) or banned the practice where the local governments grapple with (努力设法解决) severe air 10.______(pollute). 答案 1. events2.but3.on4.to symbolise5.their6.traditional7.made8.who9.people's 10.pollution 语法填空2 She weighs three apples and stands five apples tall. She enjoys baking cookies and dreams of 1._____(be) a pianist or poet. And now, despite her ageless appearance, she is 50 years old.   Friday marks half a century since Japanese company Sanrio 2._____ (create) the first iteration(迭代) of Kitty White, or Hello Kitty, a cheerful feline（像猫一样的） girl (not, as her creator controversially revealed in 2014, a cat) 3._____ lives with her family in London’s suburbs. In the decades since debuting（首发）, she has become a UNICEF（联合国儿童基金会）ambassador, a special envoy for Japan’s Foreign Ministry and the subject of  themed restaurants, cafes, two 4.______ (amuse) parks and even a hospital.   As such, Hello Kitty is also a 5.______ (commerce) giant that has earned her creator 6._____ estimated $80 billion, placing her alongside Pokémon, Mickey Mouse and Winnie-the-Pooh as history’s top-grossing franchises（销售额最高）.   7.______ (design) to adorn children’s items and stationery, she was first drawn by Yuko Shimizu, one of Sanrio’s in-house illustrators (插画师), in 1974. The company wanted designs embodying “kawaii,” a Japanese term for cuteness, and the 24-year-old’s cat-like creation was inspired by a kitten her father had given her 8._____ a gift.   She proved, by far, to be the 9._____ (company) most popular new design. Sanrio’s sales soared almost 10.______ (immediate) as her image was pasted onto toys, stickers and much else. 答案 1.being2.created3.who4.amusement5.commercial6.an7.Designed8.as9.company’s10.immediately 语法填空3 Over the last few weeks and through Election Day, millions of Americans cast their 1.    （vote）—not just for president,but for leaders at every level. Now the results are in, and we want to congratulate President Trump and Senator Vance 2.    their victory. This is obviously not the outcome we had hoped for, given our profound 3.         （disagree）with the Republican ticket on a whole host of issues. But living in a democracy is about recognizing that our point of view won't always win out, and 4.     （be） willing to accept the peaceful transfer of power. Michelle and I could not be prouder of Vice President Harris and Governor Walz —two extraordinary public servants who ran a 5.    （remark）campaign. And we will always be grateful to the staff and volunteers who poured their heart and soul into electing public servants they 6.     （true） believed in.   7.       I said on the campaign trail, America 8.     （go） through a lot —from a historic pandemic and price hikes resulting from the pandemic, to rapid change and the feeling a lot of folks have that, no matter how hard they work, treading water（止步不前）is the best they can do. Those conditions have created headwinds for democratic incumbents（在职者）around the world, and last night showed that America is not immune. The good news is that these problems are solvable—but only if we listen to each other, and only if we abide（遵守）by the core constitutional principles and democratic norms that made this country great. In a country as big and diverse as 9.    （we）, we won't always see eye-to-eye on everything. But progress requires us 10.     （extend） good faith and grace—even to people with whom we deeply disagree.That's how we've come this far, and it's how we'll keep building a country that is more fair and more just, more equal and more free. 答案 1. votes 2. on 3. disagreement(s) 4. being 5. remarkable 6. truly 7. As 8. has gone 9. ours 10. to extend 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$