最新时事语法填空：海地地震
当地时间8月14日上午，海地西部尼普斯省发生里氏7.2级地震。海地政府14日下午宣布，地震造成的死亡人数已升至304人，另有至少1800人受伤，伤亡人数或继续上升。另外，地震还造成多个城镇成为废墟。

A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday, ___1___(kill) at least 304 people and injuring at least 1,800 others as buildings tumbled into rubble. Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he was rushing aid to areas ___2___ towns were destroyed and hospitals overwhelmed with incoming ___3___(patient).
The epicenter of the quake was about 125 kilometers west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, and widespread damage ___4___(report) in the poorest nations as a tropical storm also bore down.
Haiti’s civil protection agency said on Twitter that the death toll stood at 304, most in the country’s south. Rescue workers and bystanders were able to pull many people to ___5___(safe) from the rubble. The agency said ___6___(injure) people were still being delivered to hospitals.
Henry declared a one-month state of emergency for the whole country and said he would not ask for international help ___7___ the extent of the damages was known. He said some towns were almost ___8___(complete) destroyed and the government had people in the ___9___(coast) town of Les Cayes to help plan and coordinate(协调) the response.
He said the International Red Cross and hospitals in unaffected areas were helping to care for ___10___ injured, and appealed to Haitians for unity.

 答案与解析
1.killing考查非谓语。现在分词作结果状语。
2.where 考查定语从句。因先行词是areas ，指地点，且所填词不在从句作主语或宾语，所以用where引导定语从句，并在从句中作状语。
3.patients 考查名词复数。医院挤满了病人，所以有很多病人，用复数。
4.was reported 考查被动语态。因损害是“被报告”的，用被动语态。
5.safety 考查词类转换。形容词safe转换为名词safety(安全地带)，作介词to的宾语。句意：救援人员和旁观者能够将许多人从瓦砾中拉到安全的地方。
6.injured 考查非谓语。injured people 受伤的人们。受就是“被”的意思，用过去分词作定语，表被动。
7.until 考查连词。not...until... 直到……才……。句意：亨利宣布全国进入为期一个月的紧急状态，并表示在得知损失程度之前，他不会寻求国际援助。
8.completely 考查词类转换。completely destroyed 彻底摧毁。副词修饰动词，作状语。
9.coastal 考查词类转换。 coastal town 沿海小镇。形容词修饰名词，作定语。
10.the 考查冠词。the injured 伤者。“the+形容词或过去分词”，表示一类人或事物。