2023届高考英语二轮复习时事新闻阅读语法填空（科技强则中国强香港回归尼安特男孩容貌重建）考试试卷

Cloned monkeys signal progress in biotech（时态）
科技兴则民族兴，科技强则国家强
During a general assembly (大会) of China’s top scientists and engineers in 2018, President Xi Jinping said “historic, holistic (整体性的), and structural (结构性的)” changes 1__________(take) place in the science and technology sector in recent years.
Many innovations have allowed China 2__________(catch) up with other scientific powerhouses or even lead in certain frontier (前沿) fields, Xi said.
As innovation is the 3__________(drive) force of development, Xi said efforts must 4___________(make) to ensure high-quality science and technology to support the development of a modern economy.
A significant example is cloned monkeys. In January of this year, Chinese scientists 5____________(announce) the cloning of five monkeys from a gene-edited macaque (猕猴) with circadian rhythm disorders (生物节律紊乱). It was the first time multiple monkeys 6_______________(clone) from a gene-edited monkey for biomedical research. The cloned monkeys were born at the Chinese Academy of Science’s Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai.
Bai Chunli, the academy’s president, said the idea of obtaining core (核心) technologies and improving China’s innovative capacity has been the key mission for the academy, which is also celebrating its 70th birthday this year. Bai said to enhance (增强) the nation’s scientific power, China needs to learn how 7_________(tackle) major challenges with limited resources.
Despite these achievements, Dou Xiankang, president of Wuhan University, said China was still lacking in key technological fields, such as microchips (微晶片), which could hinder the nation’s socioeconomic development.
“To overcome these obstacles (障碍), the first thing is 8____________(attract) and build a team of young, high-quality talented people,” he said. “investment (投资) in human capital and more government support are also important. 9____________(solve) these bottleneck (瓶颈) issues will certainly require 10__________(patient) and time, but I am sure we will have fewer such issues in the future.”
参考答案：1 had taken 2 to catch 3driving 4be made 5announced 6 had been cloned 7to tackle 8 to attract 9 Solving 10patience
Hong Kong back香港回归
During the 19th century, the British empire (帝国) forced the Qing Dynasty rulers1___________(sign) three unequal treaties (条约). They ceded (割让) Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula and leased (租借) the New Territories to Britain.
The People’s Republic of China made great 2__________(effort) to realize the peaceful reunification (和平统一) of China. In 3_______early 1980s, late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping put forward the policy known 4______ “one country, two systems”.
According to Deng Xiaoping, “one country, two systems” means there is only but one China and under this premise (前提) the mainland follows the socialist system 5_________Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan may keep their capitalist systems (资本主义制度). For example, Hong Kong would have legislative (立法的) and independent judicial power (司法权), including that of final adjudication (终审判决).
The hard work paid_6_____. In 1984, Britain agreed to return Hong Kong on July 1, 1997. Since then, a stronger China 7__________(give) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region strong backing. This paved the way for Hong Kong 8__________(turn) into an important bridge between the mainland and the 9__________(globe) market. The policy of “one country, two systems” also facilitated (促进) the return of Macao to China in 1999.
The policy of “one country, two systems” has proven to be the best institutional guarantee (制度保障) for the long-term prosperity and 10_________(stable) of Hong Kong and Macao after their return, General Secretary Xi Jinping said during the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October 2017.
参考答案：1 to sign 2efforts 3 the 4 as 5 while6 off 7 has given8 to turn 9 global 10 stability
中俄科学家再现尼安德特男孩容貌
Neanderthals are an extinct relative of modern humans1 ___________appeared at least 400,000 years ago, noted the BBC. Recently, archaeologists from Jilin University and Moscow State University in Russia 2_______________________( reconstruct )the face of a Neanderthal boy through digital 3D facial reconstruction technology.
According to Xinhua, 3___________boy was about 8 or 9 years old and 4______________(live) between 300,000 and 40,000 years ago. His 5______________(origin)skull (头骨) was found in Uzbekistan in 1938 and reconstructed from about 150 fragments (碎片). By uploading a scan of the skull and filling in the 6_____________(miss)pieces, the scientists could overlay (覆盖) the skull with digital muscles and skin and make finishing touches by designing the boy’s 7___________(face) features.
8__________was found that the boy showed many distinctive Neanderthal characteristics, such as a large face and nasal (鼻的) area, a long, low cranium (颅骨) and a maturing brow ridge (眉骨), noted the Big World Tale website.
As the first digital three-dimensional restoration (三维修复) of this Neanderthal skull fossil, the boy is one of the important9________________(achievement) of the first joint international laboratory in the field of archaeology.
“The result not only shows morphology (形态) of prehistoric humans in Eurasia, but also provides a new way10_____________(study) ... their environmental adaptations,” Zhang Quanchao at Jilin University told Xinhua.
参考答案：1 who 2 have reconstructed 3 the 4 lived 5 original 6 facial 7 It 8 achievements 9 to study 10 missing