2026届上海市奉贤区高三一模英语卷.docVIP

2026届上海市奉贤区高三一模英语卷

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

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Despitethethousandsofmilesseparatingthemandthebigdifferencesintheirpeoples,tworulersin17th-centuryEuropeandChinawereneverthelessthedrivingforcebehindagrandculturalexchange.

ThetwomenweretheKangxiEmperorofChina’sQingDynastyandKingLouisXIVofFrance.Asymbolicimagefromtheperiodcapturedtheexchange:Europeanambassadors(使臣),1(dress)intherobesofQingofficials,stoodbesideanarmillarysphereinthecourtoftheKangxiEmperor.Theastronomy,mathematics,physics,andchemistrytheybrought2(fascinate)theyoungemperor,whowasparticularlyinterestedintheheavenlybodies.

Throughtheirinstruction,Kangxigainedarichknowledge.OnonevisittosouthernChina,heusedaspiritlevel(水平仪)tomeasurethewater,andfoundamistakein3hisministerswerecontrollingthewaterintheHongzelake.

Itisnaturalformanyofus4(marvel)attheChineseemperor’sgoodknowledgeofWesterntechnologies.ButKangxi’sinterestsextended5thehardsciences:Hetriedtoorganizeinformationabouttheseforeignlandsandspread6amongthepublic.

Heaskedhisthirdprince,Yinzhi,toestablishamuseumofmathematics7talentedscholarswouldengageinresearchandobservationofmathematicallawsandtheuniverse.Incourtspeeches,KangxiwouldholdforthonthenaturalsciencesfromEurope,8(lecture)youngprincesaboutastronomy,calendarsystemsandarithmetic.Outstandingstudents9(send)totheinstitutionofastronomyorotherkeydepartments.

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