2025-2026学年上海市黄浦区高三（上）期末英语试卷（一模）(含详细答案解析) (1).docx

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2025-2026学年上海市黄浦区高三（上）期末英语试卷（一模）

一、选词填空-短文：本大题共1小题，共10分。

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A.combining；B.defenseless；C.diversified；D.efficiency；E.mixed；F.origins；

G.possibilities；H.previously；I.promising；J.reasonably；K.transformed

WhatsaPotato？ANine-Million-Year-OldTomato.

Asafoodstuff，thepotatocanbebaked，boiled，friedandmore.Asacrop，itisamongtheworldsmostimportant，withmorethan350milliontonsproducedannually.Its(1)—itrequireslesslandthanrice—anditsabilitytogrowinavarietyofenvironmentshasmadeitessentialtoglobalfoodsecurity.Forallthat，theplants(2)haveremainedunclear.

AccordingtoastudypublishedonJuly24ah，2025，potatoesmayhavearisenninemillionyearsagothroughthe(3)ofgenetic（基因的）materialfromEtuberosum，agroupofpotato-likeplantsfromSouthAmerica，andwildtomatoplants.Accordingtothestudy，thishybridizationeventledtothebirthofthepotatoplantsuniquefeature，thetuber，anundergroundstructurewhich，ashumanseventuallydiscovered，iseatable.

Butwhydopotatoeslooklikeoneplantbutsharerelationshipwithanother？Theresearchersfoundthatthemodernpotatohada（n）(4)ancestry，whicharosefromahybridtomatoandEtuberosumfamilieseightmilliontoninemillionyearsagoandledtothestartoftubers.Thishybridizationmayhave(5)potatospeciesandenabledthemtoexpandtheirrangeacrosscoldregions.

Itwasaverywell-donestudy，indicatingthatthegenesresponsiblefortuberformationwereacombinationofthegeneticmaterialfromeachevolutionaryparent.PingxianZhangfromtheChineseAcademyforAgriculturalSciencesexpressedexcitementatthe(6)forfuturestudies.Onlyahandfulofpotatospeciesareplanted，andimprovingonthemhasposedchallenges：Asacrop，theyaretypicallyspreadthroughcloning，whichlimitstheirgeneticvarietyandmakesthemmore(7)todiseases.Engineeringpotatoeswithgeneticmaterialfromtomatoescouldbea（n）(8)wayfor