2020年上海高考英语一模---松江区

__38__ and difficult to tear. The notebooks cost $10 to $25. Karst’s products are mainly sold through the company’s website, but are also stocked in 100 stores, __39__ throughout Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. “Over 70% of the customers are US - based,” he said. The hope to have the notebooks in 1,000 stores by the end of the year. Garcia said they are now thinking about __40__ investors for the first time in order to scale up their operations. They declined to reveal how much the company makes or their annual revenue.

Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

When happens when the right to know comes up against the right not to know? The case -- of genetic testing has brought this question to light. Two __41__ legal cases - one in Britain, the other in Germany - stand to alter the way medicine is practiced.

Both cases involve Huntington’s disease (HD), whose __42__ include loss of co-ordination（协调）, mood changes and cognitive（认知的）decline. It develops between the ages of 30 and 50, and is eventually fatal. Every child of an __43__ parent has a 50% chance of inheriting it.

In the British case, __44__ for trial at the High Court in London in November, a woman known as ABC - to protect the __45__ of her daughter, who is a minor - is charging a London hospital, St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, for not __46__ her father’s diagnosis of HD with her. ABC was pregnant at the time of his diagnosis, in 2009. She argues that had she been aware of it, she would have stopped the pregnancy. As it was, she found out only after giving birth to her daughter. She later tested __47__ for HD.

The German case is in some ways the mirror image of the British one. Unlike in Britain, in Germany the right not to know genetic information is protected in law. __48__, 2011 a doctor informed a woman that her divorced husband - the doctor’s patient - had tested positive for HD. This meant their two children were __49__ the disease. She accused the doctor, who had acted with his patient’s permission. Both children being minors at the time, they could not legally be tested for the disease, which, as the woman’s lawyers pointed out, is currently __50__. They argued that she was therefore helpless to act on the information, and __51__ suffered a reactive depression that prevented her from working.

Both cases test a legal grey area. If the right to know is __52__ recognized in Britain later this year, that my remove some uncertainties, but it will also create new ones. To what lengths should doctors go to track down and inform family members, __53__?

It is the law’s job to __54__ these rights for the modern age. When the law falls behind technology, somebody often pays the price, and currently that somebody is __55__. As these two cases demonstrate, they find themselves in a difficult situation - charged if they do, accused it they don’t.

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41. A. remarkable B. distinct C. contrasting D. dominant 42. A. consequences B. symptoms C. indications D. diagnoses 43. A. influenced B. affected C. inherited D. annoyed 44. A. scheduled B. determined C. approved D. implemented 45. A. possession B. status C. health D. identity 46. A. revealing B. sharing C. reminding D. concealing 47. A. convinced B. suspicious C. infected D. positive 48. A. Nevertheless B. Thus C. Additionally D. Fundamentally 49. A. in advance of B. in the course of C. at the close of D. at the risk of

50. A. inevitable B. inextinguishable C. incurable D. intolerable 51. A. as a result B. after all C. above all D. in return 52. A. financially B. academically C. legally D. culturally 53. A. on occasion B. by comparison C. in effect D. for example 54. A. reserve B. balance C. defend D. draft 55. A. lawmakers B. victims C. patients D. doctors Section B

Directions: Read the following three passage. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

A

For Western designers, China and its rich culture have long been an inspiration for Western creative.

“It’s no secret that China has always been a source of inspiration for designers,” says Amanda Hill, chief creative officer at A-E Networks, a global media company and home to some of the biggest fashion shows.

Earlier this year, the China Through A Looking Glass exhibition in New York exhibited 140 pieces of China - inspired fashionable clothing alongside Chinese works or art, with the aim of exploring the influence of Chinese aesthetics（美学）on Western fashion and how China has fueled the fashionable imagination for centuries. The exhibition had record attendance, showing that there is huge interest in Chinese influences.

“China is impossible to overlook,” says Hill, “Chinese models are the faces of beauty and fashion campaigns that sell dreams to women all over the world, which means Chinese women are not just consumers of fashion - they are central to its movement.” Of course, not only are today’s top Western designers being influenced by China, but some of the best designers of contemporary fashion are themselves Chinese. “Vera Wang, Alexander Wang, Jason We are taking on Galliano,

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Albaz, Marc Jacobs - and beating them hands down in design and sales,” adds Hill.

For Hill, it is impossible not to talk about China as the leading player when discussing fashion. “The most famous designers are Chinese, so are the models, and so are the consumers,” she says, “China is no longer just another market; in many senses it has become the market. If you talk about fashion today, you are talking about China - its influences, its directions, its breathtaking clothes, and how young designers and models are finally acknowledging that in many ways.”

56. What can we learn about the exhibition in New York? A. It promoted the sales of artworks. B. It attracted a large number of visitors. C. It showed ancient Chinese clothes. D. It aimed to introduce Chinese models. 57. What does Hill say about Chinese women? A. They do business all over the world. B. They admire super models.

C. They start many fashion campaigns. D. They are setting the fashion.

58. The underlined phrase “taking on”in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to______. A. competing against B. learning from C. working with D. looking down on 59. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the text? A. Chinese Art Exhibition Held in New York B. Young Models Selling Dreams to the World

C. Chinese Culture Fueling International Fashion Trends D. Differences Between Eastern and Western Aesthetics

B

Comments on the March Issue of Reader 's Digest 40 Smart Ways to Save at the Supermarket Bill's Last, Best Gift Tracy Grant's article resonated (引起共鸣) Your caution not to fall for the sales deeply with me. Twelve years ago, my husband, reminded me of the days when I was a stock Don, was found to have terminal brain cancer. As his boy at my neighbourhood grocery in the caregiver, l, too, learned to appreciate the people and 1950s. One time, we got a delivery of things around me and not to sweat the small stuff, off-brand vegetables. I priced them at ten cents and in the long run, became a much better person. a can. I don't think we sold more than sis cans Don also gave me his last, best gift of love and --- until I put up a sign that said \peace. 第7页

for $1.\ by noon on Saturday they were gone. EDWARD DECKERD, Perryville, Missouri

ANITA LAWRENCE, Diego, California

Trapped Inside a Glacier

Dishes Professional Chefs Cook in the Microwave

Microwaving live lobsters is cruel. Because

Reading about John All's experience on lobsters feel pain, Switzerland has recently outlawed MountHimlung was very inspiring to me. A the practice of boiling them alive. A similar law was man with 15 broken bones and bleeding passed in Italy, where it is now illegal to put lobsters internally being able to climb up a 70-foot wall on ice before cooking them. I hope you provide an of ice and survive for 18 hours at 20,000 feet is update to your story promoting humane ( 人道的) something that I would have thought to be practices instead of very cruel and violent ones. impossible. I am 16 years old and a lifelong reader. Out of all the great content in Reader s

Digest, stories like his are the ones I enjoy the JANETTOOLE, most.

SAM KIEFFER, Richardson, Texas

60. What happened to Anita Lawrence after her husband's diagnosis? A. She felt very painful. B. She gained some life lessons.

C. She paid more attention to her own health. D. She showed deep sympathy for her husband.

61. According to Sain Kieffer's letter, what can we learn about John All? A. He is an expert in mountaineering.

B. He wrote the article entitled Trapped Inside a Glacier. C. Few people could survive in the same situation as he did.

D. His story is the best one that Sam Kieffer has ever read in Reader s Digest.

62. In her letter. Janet Toole quoted two examples of Switzerland and Italy in order to ________. A. advise chefs to stop cooking live lobsters B. show how cruel it is to cook lobsters live C. raise chefs’ awareness of protect animals

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