高中英语时事新闻阅读语法填空中国时尚新宠,库布奇沙漠绿进,北京大兴机场

New love for Chinese fashion中国时尚新宠
If you’ve ever looked at old photos of your parents, they may have been wearing 1 _________(bore)blue and grey clothes without complex patterns. Today, fashion has become an important part of daily life for everyone.
In fact, 2 ________a civilization spanning (跨越) thousands of years, China has provided a rich and constant source of inspiration for designers the world over.
At an annual exhibition 3 _________(hold) by New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015, around 130 dresses and ready-to-wear pieces 4 ______________(display) to showcase the impact (影响) of Chinese design on Western fashion.
Titled China: Through the Looking Glass, the exhibition included works from iconic (标志性的) designers and fashion houses of the 20th-century fashion industry.
Andrew Bolton, who spent two years 5 _____________(organize) the exhibition, explained to V ogue that the major aim of the event was to “recast Orientalism (重塑东方主义) in a more positive light”. He wanted to focus on the benefits 6 _________come from exchanging ideas and influences. Apart from inspiring international fashion, China has also developed many outstanding native designers.
According to Forbes, there has been a 200 percent annual increase in Chinese fashion designers invited to New York fashion week.
Chinese designer Guo Pei is a fixture (固定人选) on invitation lists. In order to match the theme of the 2015 Met Gala, Guo designed and made a shiny yellow embroidered gown (绣花长袍) for pop singer Rihanna. Once the design appeared in public, it 7 __________(quick) went viral (流行的) in the Western world.
“People used 8 ___________(say) there is no such thing as high-end couture (高端时装), the epitome (缩影) of aesthetics (美学) and skills, in China. But now that attitude is changing,” said Guo.
In 2016, the Beijing-born designer became the first Chinese national 9 _________(have) her work shown at Paris Couture Week.
“Fashion reflects the tastes of the age and the feelings of the people. Now Chinese people’s tastes show a kind of national spirit, so through my designs I try to reflect the current place 10____________Chinese people find themselves. I try to interpret (诠释) national sentiment (情感),” said Guo.
参考答案：1 boring 2 as 3 held 4 were displayed 5 organizing 6 that 7 quickly 8 to say 9 to have 10 in which /where
Beijing’s new airport flies high
被誉为“新世界七大奇迹”的北京大兴国际机场正式投运。

On the southern border of Beijing is a gigantic (巨大的) field occupied by a massive (巨大的) “starfish”, 1 _____structure with six arms. It’s the Beijing Daxing International Airport (BDIA). On Sept 25, President Xi Jinping announced the official opening of the BDIA. The new airport complex, 2 ____________(consist) of a main terminal (航站楼), a supporting service building and a parking lot, 3 ____________(cover) an area of about 1.4 million square meters. That’s equivalent (相等的) to 63 Tian’anmen Squares, according to Beijing Review.
The new airport 4 ____________(expect) to ease pressure on the Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA). “BCIA handled more than 100 million passengers in 2018, which is close 5
_____its capacity (容量),” said Cui Xiaohao, an official with the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, at a press conference (新闻发布会) in January.
Designed by legendary (传奇的) Iraqi-British architect (建筑师) Zaha Hadid, BDIA was listed 6 _____the first of the “seven wonders of the modern world near completion” by the Guardian in 2015.
The airport is the world’s first 7 ______________(design) with double-deck departure and arrival (双进双出) platforms. “It’s more efficient (有效率的) for the passengers than any other large airport terminal 8 ______the same size in the world,” Guo Yanchi, the chief engineer in charge of construction (建造), told China Daily.
The terminal was designed to 9 ___________(short) the walking distance for passengers, Guo said, adding that it is only 600 meters, or less than an eight-minute walk, from the center of the terminal to the furthest boarding gate in each wing.
BDIA has also adopted (采用) various new technologies to make it smarter and more efficient. According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, 86 percent of check-ins can be done through self-check-in kiosks (自助值机一体机), 10 _______76 percent of luggage (行李) can be checked automatically (自动地) with the help of self-service bag-drop machines.
“Daxing airport is opening the south gate of the capital and will help gradually shift (疏解) Beijing’s non-capital functions to neighboring locations and upgrade (升级) the region’s transport, especially in the south. It’s also a good way to boost co-ordinated (协同的) development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area,” Cui told China Daily.
参考答案：1 a 2 consisting 3 covers4 is expected 5 to 6 as 7 to be designed 8 of 9 shorten 10 and 22 years of having
Greening the Kubuqi Desert
中国治沙: 从“沙进人退”到“绿进沙退”。

China 1___________(see) significant (显著的) achievements in improving the environment and green development over the past 70 years. Solid efforts have been made 2__________(fight) against pollution and continuously improve the environment.
Desertification (沙漠化) was a serious problem in the 1990s. It caused 3_______(dead) sandstorms, which arrived like big black walls reaching up into the sky.
As President Xi Jinping has said, clear waters and lush (繁茂的) mountains are invaluable assets (资产). Efforts to create “green” areas have played 4_____crucial role in the country’s fight against desertification.
A series of campaigns have been implemented (执行) by the 5___________(center) government to improve the environment. For example, in 1998, China launched (启动) the Natural Forest Protection Program. Thanks to the program, forest 6_____________(cover) in China had soared (猛增) from 12 percent in the 1980s to nearly 23 percent last year.
Another example of the campaign is the Elion Resources Group, which has been recognized by the UN for the development of a desert eco-industry 7______has slowed desertification.
In Kubuqi, a desert in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Elion has greened 600,000 hectares (公顷) of land and helped lift more than 102,000 people out of 8____________(poor) through the development of solar energy and tourism, as well as planting herbs for traditional Chinese medicine.“We will exploit (开拓) new ways to enhance (提高) our ability 9 ________( control )the sand 10 ________ the help of modern technologies, such as drones (无人机), AI, big data and the internet
of things,” said Ao Baoping, chief executive officer of Elion Green Land Technology.
参考答案：1 has seen 2 to fight 3 deadly 4 a 5 central 6 coverage 7 that 8 poverty 9 to control 10 with。