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绝密★考试结束前

2024年高考最后一卷（上海卷）

英语

（考试时间：90分钟试卷满分：115分）

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GrammarandVocabulary（每题1分；共20分）

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Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

TheLightsofAurora

Onthenightof2September1859,thedarkskyoverEuropeandNorthAmericawassuddenlyfulloflight!Thelightdidnocomefromthesunorthemoonandithadastrangecolour.Thelightmovedacrossthesky,1(come)andgoing,likecloudsinastrongwindintheUnitedStates,amaninBostonwasusingthetelegraphtospeaktoamaninPortand160kmaway.Theybothturnedofftheelectricityforthetelegraph,but2couldstillspeaktoeachotherforthenexttwohours.Theelectricitywascomingfromthelightinthesky.Howwasthispossible?Andwhatwasthelightinthesky?

Thelightiscalledtheaurora.Usually,youcanseeitonlyattheverynorthoftheearth,3itiscalledauroraborealisorNorthermLights,orattheverysouth,whereitistheauroraaustralisorSouthernLights.Butin1859,somethinghappenedinthesun—averylargestorm—anditmovedtheauroraacrossthemiddleoftheearth.Wedonotthinkthathiseverhappenedbefore1859,andweknowthatit4(nothappen)sincethen.

Whydoestheaurorahappen?Andwhycanweonlyseeitatthetoporbottomoftheearth?Theauroraismadebysomething5(call)the‘solarwind’(windfromthesun).Wecannotseethiswind,ortouchit.Itisawindofparticlesthattravelawayfromthesunatt