高中英语外刊阅读语法填空November 20

高中英语外刊阅读语法填空November 20
1.Birthrate continues to fall
预警！今年以来多地出生人口降幅同比超一成
The Chinese government 1_____(grow) concerned about falling birth rates and demographic(人口的) decline over the past few years, but according 2____ independent demographer He Yafu, China may have already encountered negative population 3_____(grow) this year.
"If the number of newborns is near the lower limit of the prediction, that means the population will register negative growth," He wrote on China's Weixin social media platform. Chinese women would give birth 4_____ between 9.5 and 10.5 million babies by the end of 2021.
Since China experiences 5_____ average of 10 million deaths per year, the number of births might fail
6_____(offset) (抵消) the number of deaths, 7_____(result) in zero or negative population growth.
Local reports from Chinese provinces showed some of 8_____(they) have seen double-digit(两位数) declines in birth rates for up to four consecutive years.
Data showed a fertility rate(生育率) of 1.3 children per woman for 2020 alone, on par with(与...同等水平) ageing societies like Japan and Italy.
Reuters noted in May the 9_____(low) Chinese birth rates since the 1950s 10_____(record), and China's population would peak sometime around 2030.
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2.Snowmaking begins in Yanqing
冬奥会延庆赛区启动造雪
With the 2022 Winter Olympics 80 days away, 1_____(organize) have to make artificial snow at the National Alpine Skiing Center. The center, 2_____(locate) in the Yanqing competition zone, is set 3_____(host) the Alpine skiing competitions at Beijing 2022.
The snowmaking work is expected to last 4_____ mid-January.
A series of water-conserving and 5_____(recycle) designs have been put into place to optimize(优化) water usage for snowmaking, human 6_____(consume) and other purposes, according 7_____ the Beijing 2022 organizing committee.
Around 90% of the snow 8_____(use) at the Alpine skiing venue for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics 9____(report) artificial, while artificial snow was also 10_____feature of Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014.
The center is the first Olympic-standard Alpine ski venue in China with a maximum vertical drop of about 900 meters. It has seven slopes.
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3. Granny Wu popularizes physics knowledge
72 岁“吴姥姥”将科普进行到底
Wu Yuren, a 72-year-old 1 ________(retire) professor of physics from China's topflight Tongji University, has become 2 ______ online sensation.
Wu and her students have created a series of short
3 _______ (video) to explain
4 ________(physics) concepts and phenomenon by using items in daily use, such as a broom
5 ______ (explain) cosmic radiation and a pan to explain the world's largest single-dish radio telescope called "China Sky Eye," 6_______(aim) to arouse youngsters' interest 7_____ physics and science.
She was motivated by her love of physics. "I'm the one
8____ wanders around the grand garden of physics, and am always curious about unknown things."
"Learning physics isn't just about finishing 9______(write) exercises," Wu said.
Wu has been popularizing physics knowledge for 16 years. She used to set up laboratories with her colleagues to teach teenagers. After retiring in 2010, she 10______(start) to try to create content about physics on social media platforms and teach youngsters in fun ways.
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