高中英语一轮复习外刊阅读语法填空January2.docx
高中英语外刊阅读语法填空January 21 德国兴起香肠自动售货机 生鲜肉食触手可及Sausage vending machines are a thing in Germany Food cravings don't operate on a set schedule. They can strike at any time, like during the late-night hours when most businesses are _ (close) for the day. As the Independent reports, Germany has come up with 2_ ingenious(绝妙的) solution to this common 3_(convenience): 24-hour sausage vending machines that are 4_(access) when the butcher is away.The miniature meat markets 5_(become) popular in recent years outside German cities. Butchers and other purveyors(供应商) of fresh food close early in rural parts of the country, 6_ can make grocery shopping difficult for people who work typical hours. The sausage vending machines are always open for business, so 7_(customer) can pick up their meat for the week's meals at the time that works best for them. There were more than 500,000 such machines servicing Germany's carnivores as of 2020, according to NPR.The automated vendors are famous 8_ stocking products like bratwurst(小香肠) and bockwurst(烟熏香肠), but their inventories(库存) aren't limited to German sausage. Patrons(顾客) can pick up other essentials like eggs, milk, produce, and butter, as well as prepared sides like potato salad for a full meal. The meats are vacuum-sealed(真空包装) and the machines are temperature-controlled, so shopping from them is just as safe 9_ buying from the butcher.After 10_(take) off in Germany, the trend has spread overseas. In June 2021, Hermann, Missouri, welcomed a German-built vending machine stocked with smoked meat products. Getting German sausage at the push of a button may have been a first for the state, but the US has experimented with unconventional(非传统) vending machines in the past. Los Angeles has hosted a caviar(鱼子酱) machine, and for customers with smaller budgets, a ready-to-eat burrito (卷饼)vending machine.keys:1 closed 2 an 3 inconvenience 4 accessible 5 have become6 which 7 customers 8 for 9 as 10 taking2 世界上第一条短信售出 成交价近15万美元World's first SMS sold as NFT for $150,000 at Paris auction houseThe world's first SMS has been sold as a non-fungible token(非同质化代币) (NFT) for $149,729 (132,680) at auction in Paris, according to the auctioneer Aguttes. Reading "Merry Christmas," the message 1_(send) by British programmer Neil Papworth from his computer on December 3, 1992 to Richard Jarvis, then director of UK telecommunications company Vodafone. Jarvis received the message on his Orbitel 901 cellphone during the company's Christmas function. The NFT is a replica(复制品) of the original communication protocol that transmitted the SMS, the auction house said. The unknown buyer, 2_was to pay in the cryptocurrency(加密货币) Ether, will also receive a digital frame with a 3D animation(动画) of the message being received. Papworth and his colleagues were trying 3_(develop) a type of communication whereby their client, Vodafone, could offer users the 4_(able) to send messages to each other's phones, Aguttes explained on its website. They 5_(eventual) refined(完善) the code, and the transmission of texts via Vodafone's network became a reality. "In 1992, I had no idea just how popular texting would become, and 6_ this would give rise to emojis and messaging apps 7_(use) by millions," Papworth was quoted as saying by the auctioneer. Initially, texts could not be sent from cellphones because they did not have keyboards. 8_, by 1994, they were able to be transmitted from phones thanks to the arrival of the Nokia 210. Five years 9_(late), text messages could be sent on various telecommunications networks, giving rise to their popularity. Texting as a 10_(mean) of communication began to overtake the use of phone calls, according to the press release. "This first text message received in 1992 is a historic testament to human and technological progress. It transmitted a message of joy, 'Merry Christmas'," Aguttes added. Vodafone said earlier this month that proceeds from the sale would be donated to the United Nations Refugee Agency(联合国难民署).keys:1 was sent 2 who 3 to develop 4 ability 5 eventually6 that 7 used 8 However 9 later 10 means3 女生的力气有多大?研究:答案全在手上A womans finger length may determine how strong they are, study saysResearchers found that women 1_have an index finger(食指)that's 2_(short) than their ring finger(无名指) could actually have more strength. The 2D:4D ratio is the most studied digit ratio and is calculated by dividing the length of the index finger of a 3_(give) hand by the length of the ring finger of the same hand. In experiments, women with a lower 2D:4D ratio tended 4_(have) higher grip strength(握力) than women with a higher 2D:4D ratio, the researchers found. A lower 2D:4D ratio and higher prenatal testosterone (睾酮)5_(expose) is linked 6_higher grip strength in adulthood. Earlier this year, researchers in Scandinavia found hungry people with low 2D:4D digit ratios "make more masculine (男性化)food choices". Also this year, Swansea University researchers found children born to a mother with 7_above-average income had a lower 2D:4D digit ratio. 8_(measure) your finger, straighten it and look at the palm of your hand. At the base of your index and ring fingers there are likely to be creases(关节褶皱). Your index finger is likely to have one crease, the ring finger is a band of(多条) 9_(crease). Select the crease 10_(close) to the palm and choose a point on the crease midway(中间点) across the base of the finger. Mark it with a pen. Measure it from the mark to the tip of the finger.keys:1 who 2 shorter 3 given 4 to have 5 exposure 6 to 7 an 8 To measure 9 creases 110 closest