学年届上海高三英语二模阅读汇编.docx

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学年届上海高三英语二模阅读汇编

2013-2014学年（2014届）上海高三英语二模阅读汇编

闵行（A）

Walkingdownapath,Isawasmallpoolofwateraheadonthepath.Iangledmydirectiontogoarounditonthepartofthepath（25）______wasn’tcoveredbywaterormud.AsIreachedthepool,Iwassuddenlyattacked!

YetIdidnothingfortheattack.Itwassounexpected.IwassurprisedaswellasunhurtthoughI（26）______（strike）fourorfivetimes.Ibackedupafootandmyattackerstopped（27）______（attack）me.Ifounditamusing.AndIwaslaughing.Afterall,Iwasbeingattackedbyabutterfly!

Havingstoppedlaughing,Isteppedback（28）______（look）thesituationover.Myattackermovedbacktolandontheground.That’swhenIdiscoveredwhymyattackerwaschargingmeonlymoments（29）______（early）.Hehadamateandshewasdying. 

Sittingclosebesideher,heopenedandclosedhiswingsasiftofanher.Icouldonlyadmiretheloveandcourageofthatbutterflyinhisconcernforhismate,eventhoughshewasclearlydyingandIwassolarge.Hedidsojusttogiveherthoseextrafewpreciousmomentsoflife,（30）____________Iwascarelessenoughtosteponher.Hiscourageinattackingsomethingthousandsoftimeslargerandheavierthanhimselfjustforhismate’ssafetyseemedadmirable.Icouldn’tdoanythingotherthan（31）______（reward）himbywalkingonthemoredifficultsideofthepool.Hehadtrulyearnedthosemomentstobewithher,undisturbed.

Sincethen,I’vealwaystriedtorememberthecourageofthatbutterfly（32）______Iseehugebarriersfacingme.  

（B）

You’veprobablyseenathleteswhotaketheirownsuccessestooseriously.Theycelebrateagoalwithaverylongvictorydanceorcontinuallytalkbigabouttheirabilities.Thisistheexact opposite of（33）______sportsmanshipisallabout.

Everyonefeelsgreatwhentheywin,butitcanbejustas hard tobeagood sport（有运动家品格的人）whenyouhavewonagameaswhenyouhavelostone.Sportsmanshiptakes courage —whenyouworkreallyhardatasport,it’snoteasy（34）______（admit）youmadeabadplayorsomeonehasmoreskillsthanyou.Incompetition—asinlife—youmaynot always winbutyoucanlearn（35）______fromlosing,too.

It’sprettytoughtolose,soitisdefinitelyannoyingifsomeonecontinues makingfunof youoryourteam（36）______thecompetitionisover.Sometimesit’shardtoswallowyourprideandwalkon.Butthere’salwaysthenextmatch.

Whenyoudo lose—anditwillhappen—losewith class（风度）.（37）______（be）proudofhowyouperformed,oratleastrealizingthingsyouneedtoimprovefornexttime,isthekey.Whenitcomestolosing,sportsmanshipmeans congratulating thewinnerswillingly.Also,itmeansacceptingthegameresultwithoutcomplaintandwithoutexcuses,（38）____________yousometimesmightdoubtthereferees（裁判员）madesomequestionablecalls.

Whenyouwin,thegoodwayistobea polite andgenerouswinner.Sportsmanshipmeansadmittingvictories（39）______puttingyouropponentstoshameandletting victories speakforthemselves,thatis,beingquietlyproudofsuccess.Despitethefact（40）______youhaveamassivewin,sportsmanshipmeansstillfindingwaystopraiseyouropponents.

崇明（A）

SenatorJeffFlake,anadventurouspolitician,wentonafour-dayRobinsonCrusoestyleholidaywithhistwosons,（25）_____ofwhomareteenagers,toaremote,uninhabitedislandintheNorthPacificOcean.Theytraveled5,200milesfromPhoenix,ArizonatotheislandofBiggarenn.Theydidn’tcarryanyfoodorwater.

TheislandispartoftheMarshallIslands.Itofferednobasicfacilities,（26）_____theFlakeshadtocatchandcooktheirownfoodandpurifytheirwater.Theirdiet（27）_____（make）upof coconuts（椰子）,fishandotherseafood.Theycapturedthefishandotherseacreaturesthemselvesandcookedthefoodoveranopenfire（28）_____（start）witha magnifyingglass（放大镜）.

TheFlakesbroughtalonga lobster（龙虾）trapinhopesofhavingsomedelicioustreats,butitwaslostwithinthefirstfewhoursafter（29）_____（attack）byashark.Theyalsocarriedtwopumpstoremovesaltfromoceanwater.Ittookthemhourseachnight（30）_____（pump）forjustasmallamountoffreshwater.

Oneofthemostmemorablemomentsofthetrip,thefathersaid,was（31）_____heandhis15-year-oldsonwerechasedbysharksaftercatchingafishintheocean.

Still,itwasquite（32）_____enjoyableholidayforthepolitician.“Foradaditwasawonderfulthing.Novideogamesaround,notelevision,notexting,”Flakerecalled.

（B）

Counttothreeand rip（撕）itoffasfastasyoucan—thisishowmostpeopleremovea band-aid（创可贴）.（33）_______________fastyoudoit,it’sstillgoingtobepainful.That’sforsure.Orisit?

AgroupofAmericanscientistsfromBostonhavejustdevelopedaband-aidthatcanbetakenoffwithoutcausingpain,reportsthejournalProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.

Traditionalband-aidsaresupposedtobreakapart（34）_____theskinmeetstheglue,whichiswhatmakestakingthemoffsopainful.Butthenewband-aidhasanextralayerthatsits（35）_____theglueandthebacking.Whenyoutearofftheband-aid,youremovethebackingandmiddlelayers,（36）_____（leave）thegluebehind.Theglue（37）_____thenbesimplyrubbedoffwithone’sfingersorlefttofalloffnaturally.Importantly,thisprocessispain-free.

Thisisnotthefirsttimescientists（38）_____（try）tosolvethisproblem.Butmethodstheytriedinthepastledtoband-aidsthatwere（39）_____（sticky）andthereforedidn’tstayonforlong.

TheBostonstudywasfirstaimedathelpingbabies（40）_____skinistoodelicateforstandardband-aids.Butadultswithsensitiveskinmightalsoenjoythebenefits.

奉贤（A）

Formostpeople,meatisanecessarypartofanymeal.Butjustaskyourself,wouldyoustilleatitifyouknewthatithadcomefromaclonedchickenorpig?

TheEuropeanFoodSafetyAuthorityhas,sofar,foundnoindication（25）______foodproducts,suchasmilkandmeat,fromclonedanimals,arelesssafethanonesfromnormalanimals.However,therearestilleconomicand ethical （伦理的）concernsrelatedto（26）______（eat）clonedanimals.

That’s（27）______theEuropeanUnionhaslaunchedaproposaltobanthesaleandimportoffoodfromclonedanimals.

Firstofall,cloningisextremelycostly.Moreimportantly,cloninghasalowsuccessrate.Itmeansthatmanyclonedanimalswon’tsurviveintoadulthood,andsome（28）______diebeforetheyareevenborn.Thiscausesunnecessarysufferingamonganimalsandisopposedbyanimalrightssupporters.

Whileitwouldmakeitillegaltosellandimportclonedanimals,theproposalsaysthat（29）______saleandimportoffoodfromthe offspring （后代）ofcloneswouldbeallowedsincetheyarenotconsideredtobethedirectproductsofcloning.Buttheyarerequiredtobeclearlylabeled（30）____________customerscanchoosewhethertheywantthemornot.

Theproposal（31）______（put）totheEuropeanParliamentandmemberstates,anditisnotexpectedtocomeintoforceuntil2016.

（B）

Californiahaslongattractedvisitorsseekingfortune,fameorboth.Waybackin1849,hundredsofthousandsstarteddigging（32）______goldinthegreatGoldRushofCalifornia,ahistoricaleventthat（33）______（capture）theAmericanimagination.

Nowadays,thestateisthemost diverse（多元化的）intheentiremainlandUS–bothintermsoftheracesofitspeopleandthelanguagesthat（34）______speak.Thus,Californiaisatrueexampleofthe“meltingpot”,sooften（35）______（associate）withtheUS.

Butwhyisit（36）______allthesedifferenttypesofpeoplechoosetoliveandworkinCalifornia?

You’veprobablyheardofSiliconValley.LocatedoutsideofSanFranciscoinnorthernCalifornia,itishometomanyoftheworld’smostsuccessfultechnologycompanies.（37）______youeversendtextsonaniPhone,e-mailwithYahoo,searchonGoogleoreditpictureswithPhotoshop,thenyouhaveSiliconValleytothank.

Butit’snotjustelectronicinnovationthatinspirespeopletomovetoCalifornia.Anothermajordrawis oneof （38）______（old） Americandreams— thechance（39）______（become）amovieorTVstar.People（40）______visitCaliforniagetaspecialrushfromgoingtoMountLeeinSantaMonicaandseeingthefamousHollywoodsign,alastingsymboloftheAmericanfilmandtelevisionindustries.

闵行17.secondhand           18.  50          19.signature      20.mystery

21.accountant         22.rockclimbing  23.professionalandsupportive       24.runninganotherclass

25.that/which               26.hadbeenstruck（stricken）     27.attacking   28.tolook

29.earlier                30.incase             31.reward            32.whenever

33.what                 34.toadmit               35.something              36.after       

37.Being          38.eventhough      39.without               40.That

崇明25.both               26.so/and             27.wasmade        28.started                   29.beingattacked        

30.topump          31.when               32.an                   33.nomatterhow        34.where

35.between          36.leaving            37.can                 38.havetried              

39.lesssticky

40.Whose

奉贤（A） 25.that26.eating27.why28.may29.the  30.sothat31.willbeput 

（B） 32.for     33. captured      34.they        35.associated      36.that     

37. If      38.theoldest     39.tobecome    40.Who

虹口（A）

Oneofmymostsurprisingfindingsasastudentis   25   parentsdonotalwaysacceptyouradulthood.Iwasalwaystoldthatonceyougettocollege,yourparentsrealizethatyouhavebeenliving   26   yourownandcanmakeyourowndecisions.Thisideawasrejected   27   IcamehomeforThanksgiving.Atfirst,everythin