2017届广东省紫金县高考英语一轮复习语法填空类阅读训练：2（含解析）_高考复习指南

2017届广东省紫金县高考英语一轮复习语法填空类阅读训练：2（含解析）

　　13. care

　　14. have been

　　15. government

　　16. voluntarily

　　【词语注释】

　　default 违约 deadbeat 赖账者

　　implementation 工具

　　deadlock 僵持

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　　NEW YORK — One of America’s iconic attractions, The Statue of Liberty, was seen but not touched on Tuesday after a U.S. government shutdown forced the ___1___ ( close) of some of the nation's great tourist attractions. Tourists ___2___ gathered at the southern tip of Manhattan expected to board a boat on Tuesday and climb the Statue of Liberty. But Lady Liberty, with her lamp of freedom___3___ (hold) high, was closed because the U.S. government had shut down. They could still see it, but only ___4___ the boat that normally disgorges tourists at New York's iconic spots: Liberty Island and Ellis Island ___5____. In better times, millions visit these sights every year. Will Koehn from Missouri seemed ___6___ (surprise) that he couldn't get there. “We came here today to see the Statue of Liberty, came to the ticket booth and weren’t ___7___ to go on to the Island and ___8___(disappointment) somewhat," said Koehn. To some foreign tourists, the government shutdown was more than ___9___ a disappointment. “I think the image may be tarnished a bit, ___10___ as a tourist, as a foreigner coming to the United States to see this country and to experience the American ___ 11____, the American lifestyle, and I didn’t get that and I kind of expected that and having paid for that ____12____(know) that America is a developed country, not a developing country," said Payal Patel from Great Britain. “It’s really hard to believe ___13___a Congress can hold its people to ransom and I kind of have the impression ___14___ they want to antagonize the people of America and make them angry," said Tina Marie from Australia. "A whole lot of people aren’t ___15___ (pay) today. What’s that all about?" Nevertheless, tourists tried to get as close as they could, on the day America put a ___16___