专题02 阅读填空（第1期）浙江高考英语模拟试题分项汇编（教师版）.docxVIP

专题02阅读填空（第1期）

2024届浙江高考英语模拟试题分项汇编

七选五【浙江省普通高中2023年8月尖子生深研模拟】

AcrossAsiamanypeoplehavejustwitnessedthenaturalwonderthatisatotalsolareclipse.16

Thisweek’stotaleclipsecouldbeseenineasternIndiabeforeslowlymovingacrossBurma,Bangladesh,Bhutan,China,Japan,andthePacificOcean.Yesterday,whenitreachedeasternChina,peopleflocked(聚集)intothestreetstowitnesstheastronomicalwonder.

Asdaylightdisappearedandtheskyquicklydarkened.17CitiessuchasShanghaiwereplungedinto(陷入)darknessduringwhatisthoughttobethelongesttotaleclipseofthe21stcentury.Itlasted6minutesand39seconds.

Totalsolareclipsesofsuchalongdurationareveryrareevents.18ShaoZhenyi,anastronomerattheShanghaiAstronomicalObservatoryinChinaexplained:“We’llhavetowaitafewhundredyearsforanotheropportunitytoobserveasolareclipsethatlaststhislong?soit’saveryspecialopportunity.‘‘

Butwhilemillionscelebratethisphenomenon,itshouldberememberedthattotaleclipseshavenotalwaysbeensuchtreasuredevents.Manyculturestraditionallybelievedthatatotaleclipsewasabadomen(凶兆)orasupernaturalevent.19Othersbelievedthattheeclipsesignifiedoncomingdisasters.Nowadaysitappearsthatthesefearsandsuperstitions(迷信)arelongforgotten.AsdaylightonceagainfloodedAsiancitiessuchasShanghai,whoopsandcheerscouldbeheardamongthegatheredcrowds.

Reflectingonwhathadjusthappened,oneShanghairesidentdescribedtheeclipseas“eerie”(怪诞的，奇异的),whileanothersaid“It’slikemagic,thedayturnsintonightinsuchashortperiodoftime.IhavenoideawhereIamrightnow.20.“

A．Itfeelslikeadifferentworld.

B．Theyhappenbutonceinalifetime.

C．Thosewatchingwereleftfarfromdisappointed.

D．SomebelievedthatevilgodswereeatingtheSun.

E．Peoplewerefrightenedbythesuddendarkness.

F．Somepeoplethoughtitwasanaturalwonder