2025年上海市英语高考二轮热点专题复习阅读理解、六选四组合练03.docxVIP

阅读理解,六选四组合练03（上海）

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SectionA

Directions:Readthefollowingfourpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestions.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.

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Moby-Dickwas,forme,oneofthosebooksclassifiedof“thingsyoushouldhavereadalongtimeago”.AndasIamamathematician,despitemyinterestinliterature,myintellectualprioritiesdidnotincludea400novelaboutwhales.ThatallchangedonedaywhenIoverheardamathematicianfriendmentionthatMoby-Dickcontainsareferencetocycloids.

Cycloidsareamongthemostbeautifulmathematicalcurvesinexistence—theFrenchmathematicianBlaisePascalfoundthemsodistractinglyfascinatingthatheclaimedmerelythinkingaboutthemcouldrelievethepainofabadtoothache—butapplicationstowhalingarenotusuallylistedontheirresume.

Curious,IfinallyreadMoby-Dick,andwasdelightedtofindthatitisfullofmathematicalmetaphors.Irealizedfurtherit’snotjustHermanMelville;LeoTolstoywritesaboutcalculus(微积分),JamesJoyceaboutgeometry.

Regretfully,theconnectionsbetweenmathematicsandliteraturehavenotreceivedtheattentiontheydeserve.Infact,theyareoftenconsideredtobeagainsteachother.IrecallthatattheendofmyverylastEnglishclassatschool,in1991,theteachergavemealovelyhandwrittennotewithalonglistofbooksshethoughtImightlike,saying,“Sorrytoloseyoutothelab.”

Theideathatonewouldhavetochoosebetweenmathematicsandliteratureis,Ithink,somethingofatragedy—notonlybecausethetwofieldsarefundamentallylinked,butalsobecauseunderstandingtheselinkscanenhanceyourenjoymentofboth.

Theperceivedboundarybetweenmathandliteratureisactuallyaveryrecentidea.Formostofrecordedhistory,mathematicswaspa