江苏地区2022届高三英语考前阅读提升练习二 有答案

高三英语考前阅读提升练习二语法填空：An 11 -year-old boy's dance in the rain in Lagos, Nigeria, not only touched the he

高三英语考前阅读提升练习二 语法填空： An 11 -year-old boy's dance in the rain in Lagos, Nigeria, not only touched the hearts of millions who saw his passion ]it is 2(help) make his dream come true. Those 3saw Anthony Madu jumping high and pirouetting without shoes on the rain-soaked street in avideo posted by his dance teacher (敬畏) were in aweof his talent—So much so that the attention the young ballet dancer received online earlier (his summer 4(make) him obtain ascholarship 5a prestigious ballet company in New York City. With the support of actress Viola Davis, who shared Anthony's video with the title “reminds me of the beauty of my people/, and actress Cynthia Erivo, 11 -year-old Anthony 6(offer) the opportunity to train at the American Ballet Theatre. And 7(cnsurc)thc performance would be afeast for all, they tried their utmost. For Erivo, she says she felt aspecial, personal connection when she saw Anthony danced. "They're in Nigeria. Ihappen to be Nigerian as M well. And Iwas like, this fell like 8fateful moment, the actress told NBC News. She was so moved by the young dancer's perfbnnance, she connected him with the theater company/i think it's extremely important because Ithink boys are not encouraged to do this 9 七选五练习： (incredible) hard craft that actually encourages strength and 10 (endure) and beauty,“ Erivo said. It's certain that we're all getting older. And while the older among us may be no spring chickens any more, growing old gracefully is no bad thing. J_ However, as the world population ages, will there be enough people to replace our younger selves? Asituation where there are more old people than young certainly has an effect on (he world. Areport by the Pew Research Center says (人 that globally the number of people over 65 years old will triple by 2050, drastically altering some countries' demographicI 1 的) make-up. 32 Governments will struggle to provide satisfactory pensions, which are ultimately funded by taxes paid by the working population. And long-term, asmaller population of economically-active people may be aproblem for companies trying to recruit staff. 3The PewResearch Center survey found ihal 87% of Japanese people were most concerned about it, while only 26% of people from the USA were. Some countries thought the elderly should take care of themselves, while others thought it was the responsibility of the family. 4 【答案】 When the water was gone, Billy jumped up to run back to the house. Ifollowed him back to a(ap in our yard. He knelt (here