2021届高考英语专题复习：时事语法填空（每日一练） 袁隆平逝世 含答案

语法填空 袁隆平逝世 Yuan Longping, 'Father of Hybrid Rice,' Dies at 91 “共和国勋章”获得者、 中国工程院院士、 国家杂交水稻工程技术研究中心主任、 湖南省政协原副主席袁隆平 因多器官功能衰竭 于 2021 年 5 月 22 日 13 时 07 分 在长沙逝世，享年 91 岁 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Chinese scientist Yuan Longping died in a hospital in Changsha at the age of 91. Yuan spent his life researching rice and was a household name in China, ___1___(know) by the nickname “Father of Hybrid Rice.” Worldwide, a fifth of all rice now ___2___(come) from species created by hybrid rice following Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries. On Saturday afternoon, large crowds honored the scientist ___3___ marching past the hospital in Hunan province ___4___ he died, local media reported, calling out ___5___(phrase) such as: “Grandpa Yuan, have a good journey!” In ___6___ 1970s, Yuan developed a hybrid strain of rice that recorded an annual yield 20% ___7___(high) than existing varieties — meaning it could feed an extra 70 million people a year. His work helped transform China from “food deficiency(缺乏) to food security”within three decades. Yuan and his team worked with dozens of countries around the world ___8___(address) issues of food security as well as malnutrition. Even in his later years, Yuan did not stop doing research. In 2017, working with a Hunan ___9___ (agriculture) school, he helped create a strain of low-cadmium indica rice for areas suffering from heavy metal pollution, ___10___(reduce) the amount of cadmium( 镉 ) in rice by more than 90%. 1.known 考查非谓语。句中已有谓语动词 spent，且与所填动词之间没有连词，考虑填非 谓语。因是“被知晓”的，用过去分词表被动。 2.comes 考查谓语动词时态。由 now 可知本句讲的是当前的情况，用一般现在时。 3.by 考查介词。表示“通过做……”，为 by doing。 4.where 考查定语从句。因先行词 hospital 是地点，且从句 he died 不需要补充主语或宾 语,所以用 where 引导定语从句，在从句中作状语。 5.phrases 考查名词复数。单数可数名词前没有限定词，考虑用复数。 6.the 考查冠词。the 1970s 20 世纪 70 年代。表示“某个世纪几十年代”，用定冠词。 7.higher 考查比较等级。根据句意及 than 可知，用比较等级。句意：20 世纪 70 年代， 袁隆平研发了一种杂交水稻品种，其年产量比现有品种高 20%。 8.to address 考查非谓语。动词不定式表目的，“以便解决”。句意：袁和他的团队与世界 上几十个国家合作，以便解决粮食安全和营养不良问题。 9.agricultural 考查词类转换。agricultural adj. 农业的；农用的。修饰名词 school，用形 容词作定语。 10.reducing 考查非谓语。句中已有谓语动词 help，且与所填动词之间没有连词，考虑填 非谓语。用 ing 形式表主动。句意：2017 年，他在湖南一所农业学校工作，帮助为遭受重金 属污染的地区培育了一种低镉籼稻，减少了大米中 90%以上的镉含量。