2025屆高考英語(yǔ)二輪復(fù)習(xí)短文故事精讀與語(yǔ)法填空訓(xùn)練九

2024高考英語(yǔ)短文故事精讀與語(yǔ)法填空訓(xùn)練（九）一：語(yǔ)法填空訓(xùn)練Thepowerofthepress

新聞報(bào)道的威力

Indemocraticcountriesanyeffortstorestrictthe(free)ofthePressarerightlycondemned.,thisfreedomcaneasilybeabused.Storiesaboutpeopleoftenattractfarmorepublicattentionpoliticalevents.Thoughwemayenjoyreadingaboutthelivesofothers,itisextremely(doubt)whetherwewouldequallyenjoy(read)aboutourselves.Actingonthecontentionthatfactsaresacred,reporterscancauseuntoldsufferingtoindividualsbypublishingdetailsabouttheirprivatelives.Newspapersexertsuchtremendousinfluencethattheycannotonlybringaboutmajor(change)tothelivesofordinarypeoplebutcanevenoverthrowagovernment.Thestoryofapoorfamilythatacquiredfameandfortuneovernight,dramaticallyillustratesthepowerofthepress.ThefamilylivedinAberdeen,asmalltownof23,000inhabitantsinSouthDakota.Astheparentshadfivechildren,lifewasaperpetualstruggleagainstpoverty.Theywere(expect)theirsixthchildandwere(face)withevenmorepressingeconomicproblems.Iftheyhadonlyhadonemorechild,thefactwouldhavepassedunnoticed.Theywouldhavecontinuedtostruggleagainsteconomicoddsandwouldhavelivedinobscurity.Buttheysuddenlybecametheparentsofquintuplets,fourgirlsandaboy,aneventwhichradicallychangedtheirlives.Thedayafterthebirthofthefivechildren,anaeroplanearrivedinAberdeenbringingsixtyreportersandphotographers.Therisetofamewasswift.Televisioncamerasandnewspaperscarriedthenewstoeveryoneinthecountry.Newspapersandmagazinesofferedthefamilyhugesumsfortheexclusiverightstopublish(story)andphotographs.Giftspouredinnotonlyfromunknownpeople,butfrombabyfoodandsoapmanufacturerswhowishedtoadvertisetheirproducts.Theoldfarmhousethefamilylivedinwastobereplacedbyanew＄500,000home.Reporterskeptpressingforinterviewssolawyershadtobe(employ)toactasspokesmenforthefamilyatpressconferences.Whilethefivebabieswerestillquietlysleepinginoxygententsinahospitalnursery,theirparentswerepayingthepriceforfame.Itwouldneveragainbepossibleforthemtoleadnormallives.Theyhad(become)thevictimsofcommercialization,fortheirnameshadacquiredamarketvalue.Insteadbeingfivenewfamilymembers,thesechildrenhadimmediatelybecomeacommodity.二：詞句短語(yǔ)長(zhǎng)難句釋義Thepowerofthepress

新聞報(bào)道的威力

IndemocraticcountriesanyeffortstorestrictthefreedomofthePressarerightlycondemned.However,thisfreedomcaneasilybeabused.Storiesaboutpeopleoftenattractfarmorepublicattentionthanpoliticalevents.Thoughwemayenjoyreadingaboutthelivesofothers,itisextremelydoubtfulwhetherwewouldequallyenjoyreadingaboutourselves.Actingonthecontentionthatfactsaresacred,reporterscancauseuntoldsufferingtoindividualsbypublishingdetailsabouttheirprivatelives.Newspapersexertsuchtremendousinfluencethattheycannotonlybringaboutmajorchangestothelivesofordinarypeoplebutcanevenoverthrowagovernment.Thestoryofapoorfamilythatacquiredfameandfortuneovernight,dramaticallyillustratesthepowerofthepress.ThefamilylivedinAberdeen,asmalltownof23,000inhabitantsinSouthDakota.Astheparentshadfivechildren,lifewasaperpetualstruggleagainstpoverty.Theywereexpectingtheirsixthchildandwerefacedwithevenmorepressingeconomicproblems.Iftheyhadonlyhadonemorechild,thefactwouldhavepassedunnoticed.Theywouldhavecontinuedtostruggleagainsteconomicoddsandwouldhavelivedinobscurity.Buttheysuddenlybecametheparentsofquintuplets,fourgirlsandaboy,aneventwhichradicallychangedtheirlives.Thedayafterthebirthofthefivechildren,anaeroplanearrivedinAberdeenbringingsixtyreportersandphotographers.Therisetofamewasswift.Televisioncamerasandnewspaperscarriedthenewstoeveryoneinthecountry.Newspapersandmagazinesofferedthefamilyhugesumsfortheexclusiverightstopublishstoriesandphotographs.Giftspouredinnotonlyfromunknownpeople,butfrombabyfoodandsoapmanufacturerswhowishedtoadvertisetheirproducts.Theoldfarmhousethefamilylivedinwastobereplacedbyanew＄500,000home.Reporterskeptpressingforinterviewssolawyershadtobeemployedtoactasspokesmenforthefamilyatpressconferences.Whilethefivebabieswerestillquietlysleepinginoxygententsinahospitalnursery,theirparentswerepayingthepriceforfame.Itwouldneveragainbepossibleforthemtoleadnormallives.Theyhadbecomethevictimsofcommercialization,fortheirnameshadacquiredamarketvalue.Insteadofbeingfivenewfamilymembers,thesechildrenhadimmediatelybecomeacommodity.1：將標(biāo)記的詞匯短語(yǔ)釋義2：長(zhǎng)難句分析釋義三：文意梳理在民主國(guó)家里，任何限制新聞自由的企圖都天經(jīng)地義地受到指責(zé)。然而，這種自由很簡(jiǎn)單被濫用。常人軼事往往比政治事務(wù)更能引起公眾留意。我們都喜愛(ài)看關(guān)于別人生活的報(bào)道，但是否同樣喜愛(ài)看關(guān)于自己生活的報(bào)道，就很難說(shuō)了。記者按事實(shí)至上的論點(diǎn)行事，發(fā)表有關(guān)別人私生活的細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)，有時(shí)會(huì)給當(dāng)事人造成極大的苦痛。新聞具有巨大的威力。它們不僅可以給尋常人家的生活帶來(lái)重大的改變，甚至還能推翻一個(gè)政府。下面這戶(hù)窮人一夜之間出名發(fā)財(cái)?shù)墓适聭騽⌒缘卣f(shuō)明白新聞報(bào)道的威力。這戶(hù)人家住在南達(dá)科他州一個(gè)人口為23，000的小鎮(zhèn)上，鎮(zhèn)名為阿拜丁。家里已有5個(gè)孩子，全家人常年在貧困中掙扎。第6個(gè)孩子即將問(wèn)世，他們面臨著更為嚴(yán)峻的經(jīng)濟(jì)問(wèn)題。假如他們只是添了1個(gè)孩子，這件事原來(lái)就不會(huì)引起任何人的留意。這家人會(huì)接著為克服經(jīng)濟(jì)上的拮據(jù)而奮斗，并靜默無(wú)聞地活下去。但是他們出人意料地生了個(gè)五胞胎，4女1男。這事使他們的生活發(fā)生了根本的改變。五胞胎降生其次天，一架飛機(jī)飛抵阿拜丁，隨機(jī)帶來(lái)60名記者與攝影師。這一家快速出了名。電視攝像機(jī)和報(bào)紙把消息傳送到全國(guó)。報(bào)紙、雜志出高價(jià)向他們購(gòu)買(mǎi)文字、圖片的獨(dú)家報(bào)道權(quán)。不但素昧平生的人寄來(lái)了大量的禮物，而且嬰兒食品、嬰兒肥皂制造廠商為了替自己產(chǎn)品做廣告也寄來(lái)了大量的禮物。這家人住的舊農(nóng)舍將由一座價(jià)值50萬(wàn)美元的新住宅所取代。由于記者紛紛要求會(huì)見(jiàn)，他們不得不請(qǐng)了律師充當(dāng)他們家的發(fā)言人實(shí)行記者款待會(huì)。眼下，五胞胎還靜靜地躺在醫(yī)院嬰兒室的氧氣帳里，他們的父母卻為這名聲付出了代價(jià)，他們?cè)僖矡o(wú)法過(guò)正常的生活。他們成了商業(yè)化的受害者，因?yàn)樗麄兊拿志哂辛耸袌?chǎng)價(jià)值。這些孩子馬上成了商品，而不是5個(gè)新的家庭成員。四：語(yǔ)法填空練習(xí)AroundthreeinfivepeopleintheUKwillfind1necessarytocareforanelderlyoradisabledlovedoneatsomepoint.Thiscanbemademuch2(easy)bybearinginmindafewsimpleprinciplesandpiecesofadvice.

3(care)foranelderlylovedone—mostlikelyaparent,isnevereasy.Itcancausegreatpainemotionallyand4(physical)andthefinancialchallengescansometimesseemdifficulttodealwith,too.

Oftenoneofthehardestthingsisstrikingabalancebetweenyourparents’desire5(feel)independentandtheneedtoensurethattheyaresafeandtheirhealthneedsarebeingattendedto.Sometimesthiscancreatetensionsand6(argue),onlyaddingtothestressofanalreadydifficultsituation.Itisimportantheretomakethemfeelthattheyarebeinglistenedtoand7youonlyhavetheirbestinterests