2025届高三英语二轮复习：外刊阅读改编语法填空第7期（含解析）.docxVIP

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外刊阅读原创改编语法填空第7期

智力流失：你的阅读能力比得上十岁小孩吗？

Doyouoftenfeelthattheworldisgettinglessintelligent?Data(1)______(release)onDecember10thbytheOECD,aclubmainlyconsistingofrichcountries,indicatesthatitmightnotbejustyourimagination.Roughlyeverytenyears,thisorganizationasksadultsindozensofplacestotaketestson(2)______(numerate)andliteracy.Thequestionsitsetsarenotabstractbrainteasersorsimplespellingtests.Instead,they(3)______(aim)toimitatetheproblemsthatpeopleaged16-65faceindailylife.

Thelatesttestswerecarriedoutin31wealthycountries,andtheresultsarequite(4)______(unnerve).Itshowsthatonefifthofadultsperformnobetterinmathsandreadingthanwhatcouldbeexpectedofaprimary-schoolchild.Thetrendisevenmorediscouraging.Inmaths,averagescoreshaveriseninafewplacesoverthepasttenyears,(5)______inmanyotherstheyhavefallen.Inliteracy,morecountrieshavewitnessedadeclineinscores(6)______anincrease,despiteadultshavinghighereducationalqualificationsthanbefore.

Demographicchangecanexplainpartofit.Newimmigrantsusuallystrugglewithanewlanguage,andthenative-bornhaveageingbrains.Butevenaftertakingthisinto(7)______(consider),thetrendsremainnegative,especiallyinliteracy.SomepeopleguessthatNetflix,videogamesandsocialmediaare(8)______(sap)peoplesacuity.Itsalsopossiblethateducationandtrainingsystemshavenotworkedwell.Allinall,itsaproblemthat(9)______(need)ourattentionandeffortstoimprovethesituation.Letshopethatwecanfindgoodwaystoturnthesituation(10)______inthefuture.

答案：

released（考查非谓语动词，“Data”与“release”是被动关系，用过去分词作后置定语）

numeracy（考查词性转换，此处需要名词与“literacy”并列）

aim（考查动词时态，根据上下文语境用一般现在时，主语是“they”，用原形）

unnerving（考查词性转换，“be+形容词”结构，此处用形容词作表语）

but（考查连词，根据前后句意表示转折关系，用“but”）

than（考查比较级，“more...than...”是固定搭配，表示“比……更多”）

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