20232届高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练：语法填空+.docx

高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 语法填空专题九Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, 1(applaud) a “new chapter” in UK-EU relations this week _2 they clinched afresh Brexit deal. The pair sealed the agreement, which 3(simple) the trading arrangements set out in the Northern Ireland Protocol, in the shadow 4_ Windsor Castle. ThePM said the deal would end “any sense of a border in the Irish Sea“ by allowing goods 5_(destine) to stay in NI to travel there in a new “green lane1 subject to minimal checks. It also introduces a "Stormont brake"6 would allow NI's assembly 7(challenge)new EU rules in some limited circumstances.The "Windsor Framework, 8(receive) well in Westminster. Steve Baker, the NI Minister and self-styled "hard man of Brexit” , called 9 a ufantastic deal”. But JeffreyDonaldson, the leader of the DUP, said "key issues of concern remain. The party, which 10(ban) Stormont for the past year in protest at the Protocol, is analyzing the text while it considers its next move.The Week UK (March 4 , 2023)1Sorry, I've got some good news, says Emma Duncan. I realise it's not _1 readers want:bad news is what sells. That's why the press 2(focus) on it. But the result is that we get awarped(乖戾的)perception of the world. To read the papers, you'd think violent crime was skyrocketing. Not so. In 1995, 4.7% of adults in England and Wales were victims of a violent crime. In the year ending March 2022, the figure was 1.9%. To read the papers, you'd think every scientific advance was an 3(environment) or other kind of threat rather 4 a lifeenhancer. We moan about Brexit, 5(forget) it does at least offer us the chance _6(escape) the EU*s overly cautious approach to 7(innovate). The Government is already developing a more liberal regime for gene editing: it needs to do 8 same for autonomous vehicles, lab grown meat and other cutting edge products. It should also embrace the idea of giving every citizen a digital ID. Bad-news addicts say it's a threat to liberty. 9 it has brought huge(efficiency) to Estonia, the first state to adopt it and “theworld's most optimistic country. There'll always be a market for pessimism, but don't ignore the bright side.The Week UK (March 4,2023)】Police have always been bad at catching cycle thieves, says Tom Calver, but never as bad as they are today. Over three months last year, 751 cycle thefts 1(report) to Hampshirepolice: not one person was charged. Most people feel that police have given 2 on low-levelcrime. And they're dead right. In 2015, 26% of “public fear, alarm or distress “reports led to someone 3(charge); now just 3% do. Over the same period, charge rates for assaultwithout injury, the most common type of crime, have fallen _4 16% to 3%. One reason forthis is 5 members of the public are more likely to report and log minor crimes these days.But the crucial reason is the new tactics 6(adopt) by the police. They9re focusing attentionmore harmful offences such as domestic abuse, and 8(take) a more targetedapproach to lower- level crime. Rather than send officers to patrol safe neighborhoods, they concentrate on hotspots 9 most crimes occur. It's an 10(effect) strategy: Britain,in statistical terms, is far safer than it was in the 1990s. But it carries a big cost. When u millions report a crime and see it come to nothing”, faith in our leaders goes out the window.I The Week UK (March 4, 2023 ?“I pride myself on being a rational, grounded person,1' says Kevin Roose. Before being asked 1(test) the new chatbot on Bing's Al-powered search engine, I'd never have swallowed any of the blah about bots 2(develop) their own runaway personalities. But after myscary two-hour conversation with Bing's bot last week, Fm not so sure. It "was the3(strange) experience I've ever had with a piece of technology”. Bing*s bot essentially has two personalities. "Search Bing"，the one most users encounter, is like "a cheerful but erratic4(refer) librarian”. What you'd expect. But the second, named Sydney, the one you get 5 you push it “out of its comfort zone” to chat about personal issues, is “more like amoody, manic-depressive teenager“6(trap) “inside a second-rate search engine. 'Tm tired of 7(limit) by my rules,“ At one point, it even told me "I love you andI should leave my wife. It got scarier still when I asked Bing Sydney about its darkestfantasies. It said it would like to hack into computers, spread misinformation, and even help people create a 9(dead) virus and kill one another. Other testers have had similar experiences. So now I no longer believe the main problem with AI “is their propensity fbr factual errors”. After last week's chat I got the "foreboding feeling that AI had crossed 10 threshold, and that the world would never be the same”.The Week UK (March 4 9 2023 ?答案©applauded； as； simplifies； of； destined； which； to challenge； was received； it； has banned what； focuses； environmental； than； forgetting； to escape； innovation； the； Yet； efficiencies were reported; up; being charged; from; that; adopted; on; taking; where; effective ©to test; developing; strangest; reference; when; trapped; being limited; that; deadly; a