2023年高考热点命题2：语法填空

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Test 1

Most Chinese young netizens are in favor of videos featuring traditional culture. That1. （approve） reflects the“China Chic”phenomenon， which has been warmly em?braced by the younger generation.

China Chic became widely 2. （know） in 2018 after the sportswear brand Li?Ning took the fashion world by storm with its oriental?style designs at New York FashionWeek. That led to 3. increasing number of Chinese brands joining the trend andcreating a wave of China Chic.

China Chic has changed from a consumption trend 4. a cultural phenom?enon and the 2022 Winter Olympic Games is a good example of 5. young peopleembrace it. Young athletes wore sports clothing 6. （bear） Chinese elements， suchas dragons and pandas.

The concept 7. （spread） into the worlds of music， dance and TV dramas sofar. The performance The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting， a high?tech explora?tion of an ancient Chinese blue?and?green landscape painting， 8. （broadcast） dur?ing CCTVs 2022 Spring Festival Gala.

Eager to show their personalities to the world， young people find national identity agood way to distinguish 9. （they） from others， and culture is the perfect mediumto explain why young people are passionate about 10. （tradition） culture.

Test 2

China recently made history by successfully landing a spacecraft on Mars. The eventmarked a major and 1. （significance） step in Chinas space program and launcheda new international exploration effort on the Red Planet.

Landing a spacecraft on Mars， however， is much more difficult 2. landingon the moon. The vehicles require special 3. （equip） to protect against the ex?treme heat of the Martian （火星的） atmosphere. The spacecraft also requires special rock?ets to slow 4. （it） speed and parachutes to prevent crash landings.

5. （actual）， there have been many crash landings on Mars historically. So faronly three nations—the United States， China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics（USSR）—6. （land） a spacecraft successfully.

Chinas Tianwen?1 spacecraft， 7. includes an orbiter， lander and rover，spent seven months on the trip to Mars. Its rover Zhurong， 8. （name） after the Chi?nese god of fire， is solar powered and weighs 240 kilograms. It has several cameras andother instruments that use radar， lasers and sensors 9. （measure） atmosphericconditions and magnetic forces （磁场力）. Zhurong is to study the planets surface soil andatmosphere. Like the past and present NASA rovers， it will also look 10. signs ofancient life， including ice and any other water below the planets surface.

Test 3

Exercise might seem like a chore sometimes， 1. （especial） when we get told sooften that we should exercise more. But we need to get up and start moving. Many of us spendtoo much time 2. （sit） and staring at screens. Most teenagers dont meet the stan?dards for physical activity. Getting 3. （scold） for this， though， doesnt really help.And thats too bad， because exercise can be both fun and good for the body and the brain.

Exercise is not only good for our muscles， 4. also good for our bones. Get?ting exercise 5. （help） teens build tough skeletons. And teens who exercise moreoften grow up into adults with much 6. （strong） bones.

Exercise can increase the amount of oxygen and blood getting to the brain， affectingthe way the brain is structured. Working 7. can produce chemicals in our bodiesthat might help prevent depression. And a workout after learning something can help usform and retain a great number of 8. （memory）.

So maybe its no surprise 9. so many scientists study exercise. There aresome scientists， for instance， who study what makes winning runners so fast. 10.（other） study running lizards and astronauts in space to find out how to keep humanshealthy both on and off planet Earth.

Test 4

The United Nations decided to create a day 1. December 20， 2013 to raiseawareness of the worlds wild animals and plants and the importance of protecting them.They decided to call it World Wildlife Day and 2. （choose） March 3rd as the dateto celebrate it.

Every year， people all over the world hold 3. （variety） events to celebrateWorld Wildlife Day to raise awareness of the beauty and the importance of our naturalworld and take measures 4. （protect） and conserve it.

Earth is home to many different species of plants and animals， more than we can5. （possible） count. It is this rich diversity and the delicate balance between allthe different forms of life 6. make life possible on our planet. Every plant andanimal 7. （be） equally important. One of the aims of World Wildlife Day is toraise awareness of these facts.

Sadly， many human 8. （activity）， such as mining， farming and construction， areconstantly putting wildlife in danger. We need to live more sustainable lives 9.ever and to learn to respect nature and defend its diversity. We need to push our govern?ments to conserve and protect the natural habitats of all the species that are indanger of 10. （become） extinct. We all need to work together to protect ourplanet andourselves.

Test 5

If you think enduring teeth?chattering cold is part of the fun when you travel， then theHarbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival is the carnival for you.

1. （locate） in Heilongjiang Province in northern China， its the worlds big?gest snow and ice festival and features plenty of 2. （amaze） facilities and activi?ties. The annual festival officially 3. （run） from January 5 to February 25， butsome attractions open to visitors before the opening ceremony， 4. （include） themost popular of them all—Harbin Ice and Snow World. The yearly sculptures are made fromapproximately 220，000 cubic meters of ice blocks， all pulled from the nearby Songhua River.

The festival also plays host 5. several events set against the cold?weathercreations. So far， events have included 6. mass wedding and a swim in theice?cold Songhua River by a few brave individuals. Throughout the festival， there are7. （opportunity） to ski， play“ice soccer”and ride bicycles.

First celebrated in 1985， the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival8. （inspire） by Heilongjiangs traditional lanterns， 9. were carved outof ice and lit up by candles.

The government invested 10. （heavy） in increasing winter tourism， particu?larly as the country prepared to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Test 6

China has seen great benefits since the launch of its carbon trading market.

The program has played 1. important role in raising low?carbon awareness.Although it only gets the power generation industry involved now， the initiative of pricingcarbon emissions （排放） has boosted the 2. （develop） of carbon?related servicesin industries beyond. Right now， more than 9，800 companies are providing such services，of which over 1，800 3. （establish） years ago.

Carbon trading is the process of buying and selling permits to send out greenhousegases. Opened 4. July 16， 2021， the market now includes 5. （national）2，162 power?generating companies， covering about 4.5 billion tons of carbon emissions.That has made China the worlds 6. （large） market for carbon trading. The pro?gram puts carbon emission limits on every unit of electricity a power plant generates. Aftereach cycle of trading， companies 7. have leftover carbon allowances （限额） cansell them to others. If 8. （fall） short， theyll have to buy allowances.

The program has proven its value in motivating companies 9. （reduce） emis?sions at a lower cost. However， some 10. （official） say China needs to make fur?ther efforts to improve the support systems， get the market to run smoothly and enhance thequality of carbon emission data.

Test 7

Over the past 40 years， Du Dejian has received numerous visitors at the library1. he established in his home in Zhangfang Village of Yongji， Shanxi Province.

Du， a rural teacher， 2. （decide） to build a library in the village when he no?ticed 3. range of difficulties his neighbors encountered as a result of limitedknowledge during the planting season around 1980.

With support from his family， Du bought books， newspapers and magazines， mainly4. agriculture. There werent as many visitors as 5. （expect） at the be?ginning. At that time， residents thought 6. （they） to be experienced in farming， sothey wouldnt read books.

To attract them， he began to send newspapers to the residents homes and offer theman 7. （explain） of the great power of technology. Gradually， more people becameloyal readers in Dus library. Besides， more than 700 agricultural technology trainingcourses 8. （present） over the past decades since the library opened.

In recent years， with the development of the Internet， the library has seen fewer read?ers. Du began to try new methods 9. （spread） knowledge. He set up a WeChatgroup and sent agricultural information to the residents， helping them farm more10. （scientific）.

Test 8

While many people have made videos to cheer on those working on the front line ofthe fight against COVID?19， Chien Meishuang 1. （spend） her time in lockdown athome painting simple heart?warming works.

The paintings are part of her Journal of the Pandemic Lockdown， 2. projectshe started three years ago.“We are all facing a difficult time 3. we are trappedat home，”Chien tells China Daily.“I 4. （simple） wanted to let others know thatthere is a silver lining amid the dark clouds.”

The Taiwan native， who lives in Shanghai， is being on the receiving end of her neigh?bors kindness. 5. （document） her experience， the artist created a painting， mark?ing the first new 6. （add） to her project last year. Other 7. （scene）shown in her latest works include delivery men having a quick lunch and her neighbors8. （welcome） a 70?year?old man who returned from hospital after recovering fromCOVID?19.

“It is because of the pandemic 9. I have made friends from all walks of lifein the area where I live. These individuals have provided infinite inspiration and stories10. my works，”she adds.“As long as an artwork can touch peoples hearts， I be?lieve it is good art. It doesnt matter how simple it is.”

Test 9

Home quarantine （隔离） and social distancing have proved to be 1. （effect）in containing the spread of the virus. Now health authorities are calling 2.changes in long?time traditions of communal （公共的） eating， 3. people pick upfood from shared plates with their own chopsticks.

Separate dining， which means people use their own tools to eat without sharing food， isquite necessary. If diners have to take from shared plates， for example， 4. （eat）hot pot with a group of people， serving chopsticks and spoons should be available at least.

China has 5. long history of promoting separate dining. Back in 1910when pestis （ 鼠疫） hit Chinas northeastern regions， health experts called on separatedining 6. （prevent） the spread of the deadly virus.“Some restaurants in China7. （provide） public chopsticks and spoons for decades， but not everyone choosesto use them due to traditional eating habits，”said an expert. In Chinese tradition， sharingdishes 8. （be） a way to show hospitality to friends， guests or relatives. Habitsdie hard indeed， but changes are underway as more people are developing a sharpened9. （aware） of the importance of health due to COVID?19.

A nationwide campaign of using serving chopsticks and spoons has been promoted inrestaurants in China since the outbreak of COVID?19， which will not 10. （simple）change peoples eating habits but its a good time to promote separate dining.

Test 10

Monarchs （黑脉金斑蝶） are the only butterflies known to make two?way migrations，as birds do. In the late summer and early fall， the butterflies typically leave southernCanada and northern and central 1. （region） of the United States. They make adangerous trip to Florida and Mexico， 2. the weather is warmer. In recent years，the monarchs population has been dropping dramatically. To help save the monarch butter?flys population， teens in the North Carolina community formed a club. The Monarch Butter?fly Club at East Chapel Hill High School 3. （success） applied for land from thetown council for the monarchs 4. （protect）. Club members hope that the gardenthey 5. （create） will be a safe resting place for the monarchs during 6.（they） long migration. The students plan to get more land from the community in the future.This summer， the club held events for the community. Residents of Chapel Hill were ableto help club members plant milkweed for 7. young to eat.“We tell people aboutthe club and our goals 8. （raise） awareness，”said member Kevin Guo， 16.“Werehoping this can make a change 9. cause people to do more for the butterflies.”

According to club member Reymond Zhao， also 16， the situation has to 10. （im?prove） as soon as possible. He has been planting milkweed in his own backyard for the pastfew years.“In the future， we might get more schools or clubs into this，”he said.“We needall the help we can get.”