新教材英语外刊语法填空14

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高中英语新教材精选外刊语法填空14 1 疫情掀起整形热潮，“外貌焦虑”为何在此时爆发？Covid-19 is fuelling a Zoom-boom in cosmetic surgery新冠疫情正在刺激整形手术行业的迅猛发展Call it "Zoom face-envy". Because of the rise of video-conferencing during the pandemic, legions(军团) now spend hours 1_____(star) at their own faces and, inevitably(不可避免地), 2_____(compare) them with those of others. Poor lighting and the skewed angles of laptop cameras are 3_____(rare) flattering. Nor is "lockdown face"(封锁脸), 4_____(bring) on by stress, or a dearth of sunlight.Many cosmetic surgeons had expected the pandemic to hammer business. Instead the industry is enjoying a Zoom-boom. In France, 5_____ limits on elective procedures during the pandemic, cosmetic surgeries are up by nearly 20%, estimates the French Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.Apart from face-envy, other forces are at play. In the age of teleworking, patients can recover inconspicuously (悄悄地)at home as bruises and swelling fade. Also, recuperation（恢复） is made 6_____(easy) by the widespread use of face-masks.Intriguingly(有趣的), Dr Matarasso, a former president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, thinks a more ethereal force is also at work: by casting light on "the fragility （脆弱）of life", the pandemic is imbuing people with greater desire 7_____(squeeze) more out of whatever time they have left.Pierfrancesco Cirillo, head of the Italian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Rome, points to previous increases around the world in minimally invasive procedures(微创手术) 8_____(follow) the 9/11 attacks (about 6%) and the global financial crisis (10%).Some psychologists fear that the boom in beauty treatments is encouraging an obsessive-compulsive disorder called dysmorphia(身体畸形恐惧症). Sufferers obsess over 9_____ imagined or exaggerated body flaw. This can be magnified by a morose(抑郁) mood and a lack of normal social interaction. As a result, Dr Cirillo says, cosmetic surgeons must work harder to turn down those with a pathologically（病态的） 10_____(confuse) self-image.Keys:1 staring  2 comparing  3 rarely  4 brought  5 despite6 easier  7 to squeeze  8 following  9 an  10 confused 2到底怎么吃盐才健康？美国药监局发布最新指南FDA issues guidelines to reduce salt in foods美国食品药品监督管理局颁布食品减盐指南The Food and Drug Administration, citing(引用) an epidemic（流行病） of diet-related illnesses, released new guidelines Wednesday aimed at 1_____(reduce) the amount of salt that Americans consume at restaurants, school cafeterias and food trucks, or when they are eating 2_____(package) and prepared foods at home.The recommendations, 3_____(issue) after years of delay, seek 4_____(reduce) the average daily sodium (钠) intake by 12% over the next 2 1/2 years by encouraging food manufacturers, restaurants and food service companies to scale back their use of salt.That goal translates into 3,000 milligrams of salt — 5_____(slight) more than 1 teaspoon — compared to the 3,400 milligrams that Americans typically consume in a day. America's love affair with 6_____(salt) foods has been linked to alarmingly high rates of high blood pressure, a leading risk factor for heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.Much of the excess sodium that Americans consume, about 70%, comes from processed and packaged food and meals served at restaurants, according 7_____researchers. The 8_____(guide) will apply to 163 categories of processed and packaged food and provide different targets for, say, rye bread(黑麦面包), salad dressing（沙拉酱） and baby food.Nutritionists and public health experts commended the FDA for taking on the problem of excess sodium, saying the effort would help 9_____(sharp) the public's focus on the dangers of overindulgence and create pressure on food companies to reduce their reliance 10_____ salt as a cheap flavor booster.Keys:1 reducing  2 packaged  3 issued  4 to produce5 slightly  6 salty  7 to  8 guidance  9 sharpen  10 on 3 留住北京的声音记忆：他们是这样做的Artists and craftsmen try to preserve the sounds of old Beijing艺术家和手艺人试图保存老北京的声音With one's eyes 1_____(close), Beijing's main roads sound like any Chinese city. All around is the roar of traffic, punctuated by honks(喇叭声) from delivery scooters, recorded 2_____(safe) warnings from buses and the 3_____(occasion) bell of a rental-bicycle.But in the capital's last hutongs, as its ancient grey-walled alleys(胡同) are known, fragments of an older soundscape can be heard. The chirping of caged crickets（蟋蟀） is one. Hung in the doorways of courtyard homes or small shops, the insects bring a rural note into the city. Another relic is the musical clanking of steel plates strung on a cord, 4______(announce) a knife sharpener's 5_____(arrive).An almost-vanished Beijing sound is one of the strangest. An eerie thrumming（嗡嗡声）, like the noise of flying saucers（飞碟） in an old science-fiction film, it is made by homing pigeons, or more precisely by pigeon whistles. Tiny flutes made from bamboo or gourds（葫芦）, these 6____( sew) into the tail feathers of pigeons kept in rooftop coops.Zhang Baotong is one of Beijing's last master pigeon-whistle 7_____(maker). He is advising a museum of sound in Songzhuang, a suburb of Beijing that is popular 8_____ artists. A rooftop coop is planned, with more than 100 pigeons that will take to the skies for visitors.The co-founder of Fen Sonic HQ, a cultural institute 9____ will run the museum, is Colin Siyuan Chinnery, a British-Chinese artist and collector of Beijing's sounds. He lists the gongs(锣声), rattles（摇铃声） and rhythmic cries（有节奏的吆喝声） used by fortune tellers and medicine sellers, doctors, barbers and knife sharpeners. Many of these will feature in 10 ____ exhibit about old Beijing narrated by an animation of Mr Zhang, among others.Keys:1 closed  2 safety  3 occasional  4 announcing  5 arrival6 were sewn  7 makers  8 with  9 that/which  10 an