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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.
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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
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37. If 38.theoldest 39.tobecome 40.Who
虹口（A）
Oneofmymostsurprisingfindingsasastudentis 25 parentsdonotalwaysacceptyouradulthood.Iwasalwaystoldthatonceyougettocollege,yourparentsrealizethatyouhavebeenliving 26 yourownandcanmakeyourowndecisions.Thisideawasrejected 27 IcamehomeforThanksgiving.Atfirst,everythin
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