时文热点15--2023年高考英语时文热点之原创特训-语法填空专练

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Passage1 全球人口达到 80 亿

Passage2 中国陕西完成百年墓葬修复工作

Passage3 木乃伊“遭袭击”！激进环保人士再出手……

Passage4 中国国际青年艺术节在厦门开幕

Passage1

World population hits 8 billion

The global population reached 8 billion on Nov 15, 2022. The number is forecast 1(increase) in the

next few decades, although at a slower pace, according to the World Population Prospects 2022 report

released recently by the United Nations.

The global population 2(expect) to rise to about 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion by 2050, peak at about

10.4 billion in the 2080s, and stay there 3 2100, the report said. World population growth peaked at 2.1

percent between 1962 and 1965, and has since fallen sharply to 4(little) than 1 percent in 2020. The UN

predicts that global population growth could fall to about 0.5 percent by 2050 as fertility rates continue to

fall. On 5 other hand, the average global life expectancy continues to rise, from 63.8 years in 1990 to 72.8

years in 2019, 6 (date) is projected to reach 77.2 years in 2050, when 16 percent of the population will be

65 years or older.

7(Rise) life expectancy combined with falling fertility rates will exacerbate global aging, lifting demand

for elderly care and affecting labor markets and national pension systems. 8( Current), China and India are

the most populated countries in the world, with 1.4 billion people each. But 9(base) on UN projections,

India will surpass China for the first time in 2023 and reach 1.7 billion people by 2050.

More than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight

10(country) : the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the

Philippines and the United Republic of Tanzania.

( From: chinadaily.com.cn 2022-11- 18 )

Passage2

China's Shaanxi completes restoration of centuries-old tomb

XI'AN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Researchers in northwest China's Shaanxi Province completed the

restoration of 1 ancient tomb with rare brick carvings and murals 2(date) back to the Jin Dynasty (1115-

1234), local authorities said.

The tomb 3 (discover) at the construction site of an expressway in Yan'an City, Shaanxi, in 2010. With

cracks on the walls and murals fading, the tomb was 4 (late) moved to the Shaanxi Institute for the

Preservation of Cultural Heritage for protection and restoration.

The walls of the tomb chamber were decorated 5 exquisite brick carvings and murals 6

(feature) traditional dancing, animals and flowers. 7 (Addition) , several famous poems were also

inscribed on the walls.

8 (Researcher) have strengthened the overall structure of the tomb. Defects in the murals, such as

blemishes, hollows 9 fissures, have been fixed, said Ma Linyan from the institute.

Ma said the restoration project displayed the original style and features of the tomb, shedding light on

future research on the history, culture, and funeral customs of the 10 (north) Shaanxi area in the Jin

Dynasty.

(From:

chinadaily.com.cn 2022-1 1 - 22 )

Passage3

Climate activists pour slime on mummy at Spanish museum

Climate activists with the Spanish group Futuro Vegetal targeted a replica mummy at the E gyptian

Museum in Barcelona this weekend to protest the climate conference, COP27, which is taking place in

Egypt.

Two people doused a display case with red 1 brown goo from Coca-Cola bottles, also splattering

framed images on surrounding walls. The liquid 2 (think) to be syrup and beetroot juice. They then

glued their hands beside a nearby exhibit and held up 3 modified Coca-Cola banner scrawled with the

words "climate justice".

The US drinks giant was one of the official 4 (sponsor) of the UN's COP27 climate summit in Egypt, a

position widely denounced by environmentalists who say the company is behind much of the world's

plastic pollution. The Futuro Vegetal activists said 5 (they) latest ploy was to "highlight the emergency"

the world is facing. Recently, more than 90 museum leaders signed a letter decrying the actions of the eco-

activists, 6 (say) that the protesters “severely underestimate the fragility” of the art works they are

targeting.

"As museum directors entrusted with the care of these works, we have been 7 (deep) shaken by their

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