2024普通高等学校招生-高考真题-英语-全国甲卷(二) .pdf

2022年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试

英语（甲卷）

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Sometimeintheearly1960s,asignificantthinghappenedinSydney,

Australia.Thecitydiscovereditsharbor.Then,oneafteranother,Sydney

discoveredlotsofthingsthatwerejustsortofthere—broadparks,superb

beaches,andaculturallydiversepopulation.Butitistheharborthatmakesthe

city.

AndrewReynolds,acheerfulfellowinhisearly30s,pilotsSydneyferryboats

foraliving.Ispentthewholemorningshuttlingbackandforthacrosstheharbor.

AfterourthirdrunAndrewshutdowntheengine,andwewentourseparateways

—heforalunchbreak,Itoexplorethecity.

“I’llmisstheseoldboats,”hesaidasweparted.

“Howdoyoumean?”Iasked.

“Oh,they’rereplacingthemwithcatamarans.Catamaransarefaster,but

they’renotsoelegant,andthey’renotfuntopilot.Butthat’sprogress,I

guess.”

EverywhereinSydneythesedays,changeandprogressarethewatchwords

(口号),andtraditionsareincreasinglyrare.ShirleyFitzgerald,thecity’sofficial

historian,toldmethatinitsrushtomodernityinthe1970s,Sydneysweptaside

muchofitspast,includingmanyofitsfinestbuildings.“Sydneyisconfused

aboutitself,”shesaid.“Wecan’tseemtomakeupourmindswhetherwe

wantamoderncityoratraditionalone.It’saconflictthatwearen’tgettingany

betteratresolving(解决).”

Ontheotherhand,beingyoungandoldatthesametimehasitsattractions.I

consideredthiswhenImetathoughtfulyoungbusinessmannamedAnthony.

“Manypeoplesaythatwelackcultureinthiscountry,”hetoldme.“What

peopleforgetisthattheItalians,whentheycametoAustralia,brought2000years

oftheirculture,theGreekssome3000years,andtheChinesemorestill.We’ve

gotafoundationbuiltonancientculturesbutwithad