英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷（A卷）II.GrammarandVocabulary（20分）SectionA（10分）Directions：Afterreadingthepassagebelow，fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword，fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword；fortheotherblanks，useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.1.
China'sleadingonlineEnglishlearningbrand51Talkheld（1）________annualstrategicconferenceinBeijingonTuesday，withafocusonwidermarketaccess，moreindividuallearningmodesandAItechnologyapplications．
Thebrand，（2）________（bear）theideaofallowingmorechildrentoenjoyqualityeducation，hasannouncedstrategiccooperationwithpartnersincludingfamilyearlyeducationbrandQiaohu，AniworldTVandUSpublishinghouseTCM．
ChinesesingerandactorWangJunkai，whoboastshighpopularity（3）________youngerChinese，hasbeeninvitedtobethebrand'slatestspokesman．
HuangJiajia，founderandCEOof51Talk，saidatthepressconferencethebrand'suserscovermorethan500citiesnationwide，andthetotalamountofcoursestakenbylearnershasexceeded3millioninasinglemonth．
Huangalsobelieved51Talk（4）________（dedicate）topromoting"universaleducation"sinceitsestablishmentin2011．
"Enjoyingqualifiedforeignteachersinlanguageleaning（5）________notbetheexclusiveprivilegeofchildrenfromwealthyfamiliesandofChina'sfirst﹣tiercities．What51Talkhasbeendoingismakingeducationresourcesaccessibletomorepeople，"theCEOadded．
Tothisend，51Talkisreadytoexpanditsappealtomoresecond﹣andthird﹣tiercities，andisexpected（6）________（reach）morethan1，000citiesacrossthenationthisyear．Also，theEnglishlearningbrandispoisedtoconduct（7）________"oneplusone"strategybyarrangingforeignandChineseteachersforlearners．
"Foreignteacherswillcontinuetoshowofftheirprofessionalteachingskills（8）________Chineseteacherswillactasthebridgetoconnectforeignteachersandstudents，"Huangsaid，addingthecombinationofforeignteachersandChineseeducationcannotonlyimprovelearningandcommunicationefficiency，butalsohelpstudentstoachievebetterresults．
（9）________，51TalkwillcontinuetofollowtheBeltandRoadInitiativeandintroducemorePhilippineforeignteacherstotheteachingteam．
HuangsaidPhilippineforeignteachershaveahigh﹣levelEnglishteachingability，（10）________playsanimportantroleinimprovingChinesestudents'interestinlearningEnglish．
SectionB（10分）Directions：Fillineachblankwithaproperwordchosenfromthebox.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.2.
A．involvedB．processC．vigorouslyD．unnoticedE．continuallyF．chemicals
G．linksH．retainingI．conveyingJ．functionsK．relationship英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第1页。
Foryearspeoplehaverecognizedthepowerthatwritingsomethingdownhasbeenabletoanchor（固定）athoughtoremotioninthebrain．This（1）_______ofanchoringemotionsandmemorieswithphysicaltouchisnowwellsupportedbystudiesandfrequentlyusedbythosewhopracticeNeuro﹣linguisticProgramming（NLP）．
Evidencethatthemindandbodyconnectionexistsinbuildingand（2）_______memoriesisabundant．Morerecently，however，researchershavebeenturningtheirattentiontothe（3）_______betweenexerciseandthebrain．Theyarefindingevidencethatsupportsthebeliefthatexercisecanboostbrainpower．
Howcanthathappen？U．S．researchershavefoundthatexercisehelpsthatbraindevelopnewbraincellsinanareaofthebraincalledthedentategyrus．Thisareaisknowntobeinvolvedwithage﹣relatedmemoryloss．Thestudiesperformed（4）_______miceandlaterhumanssupportedtheevidencefoundinthosestudies：therewasincreasedbloodflowtothememorycenterofthebrainafterexercise，whichmayhelpoptimizethewaythebrain（5）_______．Basically，anythingthathelpsthebodytodecreasestresshormones，whichwillimproveattentionspanaswellasmoodandincreasethebody'smetabolism，willalsohelpthebrain．Ithelpsbymakingthebraincellshealthierandbetterabletolinktoothercells．Thisactionisvitalforlearningand（6）_______newinformation．
Thefactthatexercisemakespositivechangesinthenervoussystemandboostscognitiveabilitieshasnotgone（7）_______byschools．Manystateshavenowestablishedminimumtimesandfrequencyforphysicaleducation．Thistypeofactionissupportedbystudiesthatshowhowmuchbetterphysicallyfitthirdgradersandfifthgradersperformedonstandardizedteststhanstudentswhowerestillintheirstudiesallthetime．Theevidencethat（8）_______obesitywithlowerlevelsofacademicachievementinschoolchildrenisstartingtocatchoneverywhere．
Walking（9）_______atleastthreetimesaweekwasfoundtobenefityourbrain，foritwillceasetogrowforalackofexercise．Creativewritingbenefitsbrainalotasthistypeofactivityisnotmechanicandcausethebraintoproducenew（10）_______whichstimulatenewdendritesandneuronstogrowinthebrain．Useoneormoreofyourphysicalsenses，involveyourcompleteattentionandbreakawayfromyourroutineinasignificantwayasdullbrainisneverreadyfortheunexpected．英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第1页。
III.ReadingComprehension（45分）SectionA（15分）Directions：ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA，B，CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第2页。3.
A
collegedegreeis,
inmostcases,
thekeytomoremoneyandamorecomfortablestandardofliving．Butthatpathwaytohigherearningsismore（1）_______tosomethanothers:
Alotofleadingcollegesdonotenrollalotoflow﹣incomestudents,
andasaresult,
they'renot（2）_______verymanystudentsfromlow﹣incomehouseholdsintothemiddleandupperclasses．（3）_______,
thoughstrategiesforenrollingandpreservinglow﹣incomestudentsareusuallymentioned,
theycanbetoughto（4）_______atscale．
Dozensoftopcollegesanduniversitieshavemorestudentsfromthetop1percentoftheincomescalethanthe（5）_______60percent．Andthat'saproblemifcollegeshopetoescapethecommon（6）_______thattheyarelittlemorethanafinishingschoolfortheelite（精英）．
But
thereareinstitutions﹣alotofthem﹣thathavestrongtrackrecordsof（7）_______thesocioeconomicfortunesofstudents．Ifhighereducationissupposedtobethegreatequalizer（平衡器）,
theseinstitutions﹣fromcommunitycollegestopublicregionalfour﹣yearcolleges﹣aretheonesthataredoingthemostwork．
Collegesshouldbe（8）_______recruitingandenrollinglow﹣incomestudents﹣andthatmeansmorethantargetingadsto（9）_______studentsonsocialmedia．Itmeansacommitmenttogoingwheretheyare﹣areasthatalotofschoolsdonottypicallyrecruit﹣andpublicizetheprocessofgoingtocollege．Thentheyshouldbesupportingstudentswith（10）_______whenthestudentsgettocampus﹣whetherit'swritingcenters,
generousfinancialaidpackages,
orsimplysympatheticacademicadvisorswhoperhapscamefromlow﹣incomebackgroundsthemselves．Anditisalsopreparingstudentsforjobsaftercollegeandbuildingrelationshipswithbusinessesthat（11）_______theprocessoffindingpost﹣graduationemploymentforstudents,
especiallyforthosewhoseparentsdon'thavetheirownprofessional（12）_______．
Pace
ranksfirstamongprivatecollegesinmotivatingitsstudentsfromthelowestlevelsoftheincomescaleandintothemiddleandupperclass．Therearealotofwaysinwhichpeopleofprivilege（特权）（13）_______theircollegeyearsorhavingunpaidinternships（实习）orhavingthesocialcapitaltogetcertainjobs．Butcollegescanfillthose（14）_______,
particularlyforlow﹣incomestudents,
helpingstudentsgetjobs,
orsustainingthemwithprogramsthathelpthemlandpaidinternshipswithtopcompanies．Wecanprovidestrongnetworksthroughfacultyandstaffaswelltohelpanewgeneration,
anew,
socioeconomically（15）_______generation,
achievetheAmericandream．
（1）英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第2页。A
significant
B
necessary
C
available
D
realistic
（2）A
evaluating
urging
refusing
promoting
（3）A
However
What'smore
Bycontrast
Onthewhole
（4）A
implement
replace
overcome
track
（5）A
minimum
bottom
medium
optimum
（6）A
criticism
comment
practice
suspicion
（7）英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第3页。A
worsening
claiming
improving
denying英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第3页。
（8）A
directly
strictly
actively
cautiously
（9）A
urban
native
suburban
prospective
（10）A
resources
coaches
skills
funds
（11）A
push
ease
slow
affect
（12）A
trainings
careers
standards
networks
（13）A
benefitfrom
investin
fitinto
advancethrough
（14）A
vacancies
gaps
bottoms
blanks
（15）A
competitive
responsible
diverse
dynamic
SectionB（22分）Directions：Readthefollowingthreepassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA，B，CandD.Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第4页。4.
roundface,
bigeyes,
softfurandaquietpurr．It'snoteasytoresistthecompanyofanadorablecat．NowonderFrench﹣GermanphilosopherAlbertSchweitzeroncesaid,
"Therearetwomeansofrefugefromthemiseriesoflife:
musicandcats．"
Indeed,
it'snosecrethowmuchpeoplearoundtheworldlovecats．FromChina'sSinaWeibotoUSvideo﹣sharingsiteYouTube,
bloggersacrosstheglobelovetoshowofftheircats．
In
September,
acharitableactivitycalled"CatMonth"washeldinBeijing．Itwasmeanttoencouragemorepeopletocareforourfurryfriends,
especially________cats．
Cats
becomesuchabigpartofpopcultureinChinathatyoungpeoplehavecomeupwithcat﹣relatedslangphrases,
suchas"catslave"torefertopeoplewhoadoretheircats,
and"adailydoseofcats"torefertohavingtowatchacertainnumberofcatvideostogetthroughtheday．
PeopleinJapanarealsohugefansofcats．AsthebirthplaceofHelloKittyandthe"beckoningcat",
Japanmadea"cattrain"thatwasriddenaroundthecountryby30straycatsin2017．Passengerscouldsitandplaywiththecatsonthetrain,
offeringtheanimalsplentyofcareandwarmth．
Istanbul,
ahistoriccityinTurkey,
isalsofriendlytocats．IntherecentdocumentaryfilmKedi,
whichhitChinesecinemasinSeptember,
directorCeydaTorunshowedusthedailylivesofsevenstreetcatswithvividnarration．Catstherearenotafraidofpeople．Theygoinandoutofalmosteverywhere﹣coffeeshops,
markets,
universities,
andevengovernmentbuildings．Ifyousitonaparkbench,
acatislikelytocomeandsnugglewithyou．
Seeinghowcatshavebecomeaworldwideaddiction,
youmaywonderwhysomepeopleprefercatsoverdogs．Thismaybedowntohowtheyidentifywiththemselves﹣modernyoungpeopleseetheindependentattitudeofcatsassomethingtheyvaluemore．
"Unlikedogs,
wholookatuswiththeirlovingeyes,
catsappeartoshowofftheirindependence．Theyaskforattentioninawaythattellsusthattheydesirehumancompanionship,
buttheydon'tneedit,
"authorMarie﹣LouisevonFranzwroteinherbookTheCat:
ATaleofFeminineRedemption．
（1）What'sprobablythebesttitleofthispassage？________英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第4页。A
TimetoEndLoneliness
LovelyCats
LovingDogs，LovingCats
CatSlaves．
（2）Theword"________"inthethirdparagraphmostprobablymeans"________"．A
disabled
caring
homeless
restless．
（3）WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage？________A
Japaneseoffertheircareandlovetostraycatsandusedtohaveacattrain．
Kedi，adocumentaryfilm，tellsusdailylivesofsevenstreetcatswithattractivenarration．
ManypeoplewanttoshowofftheircatsonwebsitessuchasSinaWeibo．
Therearemanycat﹣relatedslangphrasesthatpeoplecomeupwitharoundtheworld．．
（4）Whydomanypeoplebecomeaddictedtocats？________A
Becausetheylookatuswiththeirlovingeyes．
Becausecatsareindependentandsometimeswillshowofftheircharacters．
Becausetheyaskforattentioninawaythattellsusthattheyneedhumancompanionship．
Becausepeopleprefercatstodogs．英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第5页。5.
MoviesNottoMiss
2019therewillbereturnstoclassicmoviecharactersandstories．FILEPHOTOS
2018,
towhichwe'vejustsaidgoodbye,
we'veseenblockbusterssuchasBlackPanther,
CrazyRichAsiansandAStarIsBorn．Andtherearemoreexcitingmoviesintheworksfor2019．BelowTEENShaspickedthreeforyou．Let'stakealook．
Spider﹣Man:
FarFromHome,
July5,
US
Tom
Holland,
theleadactorof2017'sSpider﹣Man:
Homecoming,
returnstoplayPeterParker,
ahighschoolstudentwhogainssuperpowersafterbeingbittenbyaspider．
When
weseehimagainintheaters,
Spider﹣Manwillhaveanewred﹣and﹣blacksuit．Themoviewilltakethefamouswall﹣crawleronaglobaladventureoutsideoftheUS．AccordingtoMarvelStudiosPresidentKevinFeige,
Spider﹣Manwilltryareturntohis"normal"self;
hewilltrytofindhisoldpowersonhisnewjourney．
HobbsandShaw,
July26,
To
mostpeopletheFastandFuriousseriesisallaboutcrazydriversracinginsportscars．Butinitsspin﹣off,
calledHobbsandShaw,
humorisaddedtotheaction﹣packedthrills．
The
newfilmwillhitUStheatersonJuly26．FamousrobustEnglishactorJasonStathamwillstaralongsideDwayneJohnson,
"TheRock",
asDeckardShawandLukeHobbsrespectively,
asintheirpreviousappearancesinFastandFuriousfilms．
thepairfoughtfacetofaceinFastandFurious8（2017）,
aconfrontationwasdubbedthe"battlemodelforwarriors"．Theactionandchemistryreallystimulatedtheiraudience．
thenewactionscenesbetweenanMI6agentHobbsandthekillerShawwillhavetobegoodtobeattheirstand﹣offinthe2017movie．
LionKing,
July19,
This
isabrand﹣newversionoftheclassicchildren'sfilm．Thestoryofwide﹣eyedyounglionSimbastillremainsinheartsofworldaudiencesevenafter25years．Inthisre﹣telling,
SimbaagainbeginsthedifficultjourneytobecometheKingofthePrideLands,
avastAfricanprairie．
favoritepartofthestoryformanyhasalwaysbeenthefriendshipbetweenSimba,
themeerkatcalledTimonandthewarthogPumbaa．ThelasttwosacrificealltheyhavetohelpSimbatohisthrone．Howwillthenewmoviere﹣imaginetheirfamousrelationship
（1）Wheremightthispassagecomefrom？________英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第5页。A
Anreportinanewspaper．
Anoticeinthewindowofacinema．
Amagazineaboutfashion．
Aadvertisementdistributedbyacinema．．
（2）Whichfilmisfilledwithadventureandhumor？________A
Spider﹣Man：FarFromHome
TheLionKing
HobbsandShaw
TheFastandFurious．
（3）Whichofthefollowingstatementistrueaccordingtothearticle？________A
InSpider﹣man：FarFromHome，TomHolland，theleaddirectorwillreturntoplayPeterParker．
InTheLionKingwide﹣eyedyounglionSimbaeventuallybecomestheKingofthePrideLands，avastAfricanprairie．
ThenewactionscenesinHobbsandShawisaconfrontationwhichisdubbedthe"battlemodelforwarriors"．
In2019，therewillbethreeclassicmoviestobereleasedintheUSinall．英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第6页。6.
radioreportcaughtmyattentiontheotherday,
asitspokestraighttomyheart:
Cadets（学员）attheUSNavalAcademyarenowrequiredtorevisitandpotentiallyrevivetheancientskillofsteeringashipbythestars．
By
thestars﹣imaginethat:
lookingupatthesky,
notdownatascreen,
somanyyearsaftertheheavens'criticalroleinguidingmarinershasfallenbythewayside,
firstdisplacedbyradiowaves,
thenbymodernGPS．Muchisgained﹣butsomethingalsolost﹣insuchprogress,
Ithink．
It
remindedmeofmyloveof18th﹣and19th﹣centuryseafaring（航海的）tales（readingthemisoneofmycopingmechanismsforlifeinthelandlockedMidwest）,
whensailorshadonlycelestial（天空的）mapsfornavigationandstillmiraculouslymanagedtosailtheplanet'svastoceansandevencircumnavigatetheglobe．
Recentcybersecurityconcernshavetriggeredrenewedinterestinbackupnavigationalstrategiessuchasstargazing,
andsimplehand﹣heldtechnologieslikethesextant,
soofteninvokedinRichardHenryDana'sTwoYearsBeforetheMast,
atalethatchroniclesamid﹣19th﹣centurymerchantship'sendlesslyharrowingvoyagefromBostontoCaliforniaandback．
I
wouldn'twishtheharshconditionsofthattriponmodernsailors,
butIamallforanythingthatgetspeoplecluedintotheircompassbearings（方位）andtraveltrajectorieswithouthigh﹣techandoftenmindlessguidance．
"Is
thatnorthorsouthofhere
"I'veaskedmotelclerksandgasstationattendantsaboutaparticularaddressI'mseekinginmyGPS﹣lesstravels．
"Well,
it'sthatway,
"comesthemostfrequentreply,
accompaniedbyapointedfinger,
andIrealizethatnorth,
south,
east,
andwestarenotfamiliarcoordinates（坐标）tomanypeopleotherwisethoroughlyattunedtothelocallayoftheirland．
befair,
Ihaven'talwaysbeenattunedtocompasspointseither．InfactitwasnotuntilIwasayoungadult,
lazingonafloatinmyparents'poolonalatesummer'svisithome,
andwatchingthesundipbelowtheroofline,
thatIfirstrealizedthatmychildhoodhomefacedduewest．IwasshockedthatI'dbeen________thissimplefact,
especiallysinceI'dbeguntobeschooledingeologyandcertainlyincompasswork．Butlikesomany,
I'dgrownupthinkingandnavigatingintermsofothercoordinates,
basedonfamiliarstreets,
rightsandlefts,
andreferencepointssuchasmyschool,
thehomesoffriends,
thenearestplayground,
andthelocalshoppingplaza．
I've
longsincebecomeaccustomedtofindingmybearingsontravelsinunfamiliarterritorybythesun'sposition．AndnowI'dlovetositinonaclassattheacademytolearntonavigatebythemoonandstars．It'saskillI'lllikelyneverneedtodrawupon．Yetjustknowinghowitwouldconnectme,
inanewandprofoundway,
tothehistoricalarcofhumanexperienceonthisplanet．
As
formodernsailors,
itmightjustbringthemsafelyhomeoneday,
ifallelsefails．
（1）Whatkindofroledo18thand19thcenturyseafaringtalesplayintheauthor'slife？________英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第6页。A
Enrichinghisdullinlandlife．
Triggeringhisconcernforcybersecurity．
Arousinghisinterestinmodernnavigationalstrategies．
Strengtheninghisresolvetoreviveanancientskill．．
（2）Theauthormentionshisexperienceofseekinganaddressinparagraph6and7toillustrate________．英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第7页。A
TheimportanceofmoderntechnologysuchasGPSintravels．
Thatit'sessentialtolearngeographyandcompassworkwellatwork．
Thatmanypeopledon'tnavigateintermsofcoordinatessuchasnorthandsouth．
Theconvenienceofnavigatingbasedonfamiliarstreets，rightsandleftsandreferencepoints．．英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第7页。
（3）Theunderlinedphrase"obliviousto"inparagraph8isclosestinmeaningto________．A
obviousto
familiarwith
unconcernedabout
unawareof．
（4）Whydoestheauthorplantolearntonavigatebythemoonandstars？________A
Becauseheexpectstoexperiencetheharshconditionsonthevoyageinthepast．
BecauseheisrequiredtorevisitthisancientskillasacadetattheU．S．NavalAcademy．
Becausetheskillcanmakehisfeelconnectedtothehistoricalheritageofhumanbeings．
Becausetheskillcanbringsailorshome，safeandsound，ifmoderntechnologyfails．
SectionC（8分）Directions：Readthefollowingpassages.Fillineachblankwithapropersentencegiveninthebox.Eachsentencecanbeusedonlyonce.Notethattherearetwomoresentencesthanyouneed.7.
A．Coralreefsarethreatenedwellbeyondcoastalareas．
B．Itwon'thappenimmediatelybutitwillbedeathby1，000blows．
C．Thereefsarelikelytobeamongthefirstecosystemstobewipedoutbytheclimatecrisis．
D．Itupgradedriskassessmentsforcoralreefsfollowingfaster﹣than﹣expectedglobalbleaching．
E．Theconsequencesincludemorethanlosingoneofthemostbeautifulandbio﹣diversehabitatsontheplanet．
F．Mostavailableevidencesuggeststhatcoraldominatedecosystemswillbenon﹣existentatthistemperatureorhigher．英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第8页。
Childrenborntodaymaybethelastgenerationtoseecoralreefsinalltheirglory．That'sawarningfromamarinebiologistwhoiscoordinatingeffortstomonitorthedeclineoftheworld'smostcolorfulecosystem．
Globalheatingandoceanacidification（酸化）havealreadytakenaheavytollontheworld'scoralreefs．Some16to33percentofallwarm﹣waterreefshavebeenseverelybleached（漂白），andtheremainingreefsarevulnerabletoevenafractionofadegreemorewarming，saidthemarinebiologist，DavidObura．HechairstheCoralSpecialistGroupintheInternationalUnionfortheConservationofNature．
"Itwillbelikelotsoflightsblinkingoff，"hetoldtheObserver．"（1）________Betweennowand2degreesCelsius，wewillseemorereefsdroppingoffthemap．"
Today'sreefshaveahistorygoingback25millionto50millionyears．TheyhavesurvivedcollisionsbetweentheEarth'stectonicplates（地壳板块），suchasthatofAfricaintoEurope，andIndiaintoAsia．Yetinfivedecades，Oburasaid，mankindhasunderminedtheglobalclimatesofundamentallythatthegloballyconnectedreefsystemcouldbelostinthenextgeneration．
ThewarningfollowsalandmarkUNclimatereport．（2）________Scientistswarnedthatifwarmingreached2℃，whichnowappearsverylikelyinthenext50years，therewouldbeamorethan99%chancethattropicalcoralreefswouldbewipedout．
（3）________TheUNreportalsowarnedofsevereknock﹣onimpactstofisheriesandmillionsofpeoplelivingincoastalcommunities，whowilllosevitalsourcesofincomeandbelessprotectedfromstorms．
Coralreefsareoftendescribedasunderseaforests，buttheyaredecliningfarmorequicklythantheAmazonrainforests．（4）________Atemperatureriseofjust1to2degreesCelsiuscancausethealgae（藻类）uponwhichcorals（珊瑚虫）dependtoleave．Thatwoulddrainthecoralreefsofcolourandmakethestructuremoreeasilybroken．Thesebleachingeventscanbetemporaryifwaterscool，butthemorefrequenttheyareandthelongertheylast，thegreatertheriskofirreparabledamage．英语-2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(A卷)含答案全文共11页，当前为第8页。
IV.SummaryWriting（10分）8.
Directions：Readthefollowingpassage．Summarizethemainideaandthemainpoint（s）ofthepassageinnomorethan60words．Useyourownwordsasfaraspossible．
Fedupwithconstantlyhavingtorechargeorreplacebatteriesinyourever﹣expandingelectronicdevices？Thesolutionmaybejustafewstepsaway．"Energyharvesting"promisestopowercountlessconsumerdevices，oftenwithnothingmorethanyourbody'smovementorheat．
Amongthemostbasicformsofthetechnologyisbodypower．Whencertainmaterialsaresqueezedorstretched，themovementoftheiratomscreatesanelectricalcharge．Automaticwatcheshaveemployedtheconceptfordecades，forexample，bywindingthemselveswhentheirusermovestheirarm．Now，theconceptisbeingconsideredforanumberofotherdevices．Inacontestseekingvisionaryideasforwearabletechnologies，Intelawarded$5，000foraconcepttochangethetemperaturedifferencebetweenaperson'sbodyandaspecialpieceofclothingthey'dwearintoelectricityformobiledevices．Usingsoundtopowerdevicesisanotherenergy﹣harvestingvariation．StanfordUniversityengineersaretestingsmartmicrochipsthatcreateelectricityfromultrasoundtopowerimplantabledevicesthatcananalyzeaperson'snervoussystemortreattheirdiseases．AtextileresearchassociationinSpainisproposingtoobtainelectricityfromradiowavesthatflowaroundeveryonetopowersensorssewnintoclothes，whichcanmonitoraperson'sheartbeatorothervitalsigns．
Obtainingstableenergyfromdevicescanbecomplex，however．Foronething，themotionthatgeneratestheelectricityhastobeconstanttobeuseful．Moreover，theamountofpowerthedevicesproducedependsonthepersonusingthem，accordingtoaColumbiaUniversitystudy．Itdeterminedthattallerpeopleonaverageprovideabout20percentmorepowerthanshorteroneswhenwalking，runningorcycling．It'salsounclearhoweagerlyconsumersmightwelcomeenergy﹣harvestingproducts．
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