2024屆高考英語外刊閱讀天天練：語法填空專題三十三（含答案）

高考英語外刊閱讀天天練語法填空專題三十三①Musktocut14,000Teslajobsamidelectriccarslowdown【TheWashingtonPost(April15,2024)】Teslaislayingoffmorethan10%ofitsglobalworkforce,equivalenttoatleast14,000roles,astheeletriccarmakerreactsto____1_____(slow)demandandpressureonprices.Thechiefexecutive,ElonMusk,wroteinamemo___2___Teslahadgrownrapidlyinrecentyearsandasaresultthere____3_____(be)duplicationofrolesandjobfunctionsincertainareas.Referringtothejobcuts,hewrote:“ThereisnothingIhatemore,butitmust_____4____(do).Thiswillenableustobelean,innovativeandhungryforthenextgrowthphasecycle."Thecompanycited_____5____(produce)issuescausedbyunforeseenfactorssuchasattacksonshippingintheRedSeaandanarsonattackonitsfactoryinBerlin,butthefiguresalsoreflectedasofteninginglobaldemand.After____6____releaseofthesalesfiguresthismonth,Muskdismissedcommentsthathisdivisivepersonahadcausedadownturninsalesandpointedto______7___(similar)poorfiguresfromtheChineserivalBYD,sayingitwasa“toughquarterforeveryone".Thecompanyisaimingtoshoreupitsmargins-ameasureofprofit-whichhavebeenhitby_____8_____(repeat)pricecuts,especiallyinChina,__9_____itfacesstiffcompetitionfromcompaniesincludingBYD,whichbrieflyovertookTeslaastheworld's____10____(large)electricvehiclemakerattheendof2023,andthenewentrantXiaomi.Teslarecordedagrossproftmarginof17.6%inthefourthquarter,itslowestinmorethanfouryears.②FansatthereadyCitiesaimtocashinasTaylorSwift'sworldtoursettohitEurope【TheGuardian(April13,2024)】TimBrown,44,andhiswife,Marcella,34,maynotconsider____1_____(they)bonafide“Swifties",butwhen__2____wasannouncedlastJunethatTaylorSwiftwouldbevisitingtheircorneroftheglobethissummertheycouldnotresistjoiningthescramblefortickets.Apost-pandemicappetiteforlivemusic_____3____(fuel)hugeglobalinterestintheUSsinger-songwriter'sErastour,whichsurpassed$1bn(￡800m)insalesinNovember_____4___(become)thehighest-grossingseriesofconcertsinhistory.SwiftwillarriveinEuropenextmonth,kickingoffinParison9Mayand_____5____(wrap)upinLondonon20August,with49datesinbetweeninFrance,Sweden,Ireland,Portugal,Germany,Poland,Austria,Spain,andtheUK.Thetour'sticketingsystem,____6____wastweakedafterglitcheslastyear,meanstherewillbeamassmovementoffans.Europeancitieshavealreadyreportedasharprise__7____demandforhotelsandshort-termrentals.InEdinburgh,LiverpoolandCardiff,roomsattheTravelodgechainaroundSwift'sJunedates_____8______(sell)outsinceAugust2023,amonthafterticketswentonsale.ThehopeincitiesacrossEuropeisthatthiswillbereplicatedonamassivescale,withgenerousspendingonfood,shoppingandleisure.InStockholm,where____9____(official)expect159,000visitorstoarrivefrom135countriesinmid-May,thechamberofcommercehasforecastaspendingboostofe50m.____10___fanswillactlikeordinarytourists,however,isupfordebate.“Pop-culturetouristsdonotnecessarilycareabouttraditionalbuildingsandauthenticrestaurants,"saidMariaLexhagen,aprofessorattheEuropeantourismresearchinstitute.③Theeclipse:Amomentofcollectiveawe【TheWeekUSA(April19,2024)】Asthemoonslidacrossthesunanddarkenedtheday,Americans____1____(remind)“ofourplanet’splaceinthecosmos,”saidMichaelRostoninTheNewYorkTimes.FromMexico’sPacificcoast__2___Newfoundland,millionsdonnedprotectiveglasses___3____(witness)thefirsttotaleclipsevisibleinNorthAmericainsevenyears.Whenthesunandmoonmergedintoasingleblackdiscringedbyfire,thetemperaturedroppedandourworldwasplungedinto___4___eerie,unearthlytwilightforroughlyfourminutes.Over30

millionAmericansliveinthepathoftotality,andabout3.7

millionmoretraveledtoreachit;hundredsofmillionssawapartialeclipse,withasliverofsunnot____5___(cover).Eclipsesaretheproductof“awondrouscoincidence.”Thesunisaballofgas870,000

mileswide,____6___it’s93

millionmilesawayfromus.Themoonisjust2,100

mileswide,andit’s240,000

milesaway—butit’spositionedexactlyintherightplacetoneatlycoverthesun____7____theirorbitsperiodicallyalign.Intheancientworld,saidJasonColavitoinCNN.com,eclipseswerebelievedtobe“evilportents,”and“___8____(spark)fearbecausetheyseemedtohappenatrandom.”Butinatriumphofscienceover____9___(ignorant),wenowknowwhytheyoccurandhowtopredictthemyearsanddecadesinadvance.Thenexttotaleclipsewon’tarriveint