2025届高考英语外刊时文精读课程之语法填空+完形填空：加州1月遭山火？来听听美国人怎么说（含答案）

高中英语 适合高中各年级110+培优 外刊时文精读 美 国 加 州 山 火 24/25秋冬学期 Week19 难度：铂金段位 寒冬一月洛杉矶山火？来看看环保人士怎么说 California infernos in January Here’s why wildfire season keeps getting longer and more devastating By Julie Cart, January 8, 2025 原文改编语法填空+高考链接（24成都一诊完形填空） 一、语法填空。用单词的适当形式完成短文。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。（共10小题，每小题1.5分，记15分）（派生/谓语/非谓语/从句/名/副/冠，难度：铂金———题源: CalMatters） As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so 1 (predict) and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual “fire days” — when conditions are ripe for fires to spark — than 50 years ago. When is California’s wildfire season With recurring droughts, it is now year-round. Nothing is as it was. Where are the worst California wildfires All over. Whatever NIMBYism (邻避主义，源自英文Not In My Back Yard） 2 gave comfort to some Californians — never having a fire in their community before — no longer applies to most areas. Los Angeles County is the latest victim. The fast-growing Palisades Fire, whipped (鞭打) by vicious (猛烈的) Santa Ana 3 (wind), ignited along the coast in Los Angeles Tuesday morning, 4 (destroy) homes and forcing evacuation of about 10,000 households. Within hours, another wildfire, the Eaton Fire, 5 (erupt) to the northeast, in Altadena, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, 6 wind gusts (阵风) were clocked at almost 100 mph. And then late Tuesday night, a third Los Angeles County fire ignited in the San Fernando Valley area of Sylmar, and by Wednesday morning, a fourth, this one in the Sepulveda Basin. Fire officials reported that more than 1,000 homes in just Pacific Palisades have been destroyed and many people were injured, including five fatalities from the Eaton Fire. Nearly the entire county is shrouded (笼罩) in smoke advisories. All of Southern California is experiencing drought conditions, with close to zero rainfall since July. Southern California’s coastal fires typically have to be driven by desert winds. But no longer. Vegetation along the usually moist (潮湿的) coast is often so parched (烤干) that it doesn’t need winds to fan wildfires. Also, in the far north, California’s so-called “asbestos forests” (石棉森林) have lost their immunity. Massive fires 7 (tear) through dense, moist rainforests where climate change chased away the region’s protective layer of fog and mist. What causes California’s wildfires Arson (纵火) and power lines are the major triggers. A 2022 audit (审计) showed that utilities (公共事业单位) aren’t doing enough to prevent fires. But lightning-sparked fires, like the one that burned Big Basin park, are a 8 (fair) recent trend. Unpredictable and hugely powerful lightning storms — tens of thousands of strikes in a span of days — bombard already dry and vulnerable land ... ...