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2025年上海市黄浦区高考英语一模试卷
一、未知Directions：Afterreadingthepassagebelow，fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword，fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword；fortheotherblanks，useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.
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TheAncientPhilosophyBehindTheSign
TheSign，a28﹣minuteepisodeofthekidsTVshowhasbeenhotlyanticipated—anditsstoryisadeepreflectiononchange.
Themuch﹣lovedAustraliancartoonaboutBluey，aseven﹣year﹣oldbluedoghasbeenaworldwidephenomenonsinceit（1）（launch）backin2018.Alongsidemoregenuinelylaugh﹣out﹣loudmomentsthaninmosthigh﹣timecomedies，itcontainsmoreseriouselementstoo，suchasbriefintroductionsofparentingsituations（2）willbepainfullyfamiliartoanyguardiansorcaregivers，aswellasinferencestofatefullifeevents（3）deathandmarriage.Itsexploringanadultworldwiththejoyous，surrealexcitementofchildhood.
（4）viewerswonthavepredictedwillbehowmuchthisepisodedrawsfromTaoistphilosophy.ItisanancientChinesebeliefsystembasedontrying（5）（exist）inharmonywiththeuniverse.WhenBlueysadlytellsherclassmatesshesmovingaway，herteacherCalypsoreadsastory（6）（call）TheFarmer.Thestoryfollowsaseriesofeventshappening，andeachtime，theneighbourstellthefarmerthatitsgoodluckorbadluck.Everytime，thefarmersimplyrepliestoeachsituation，Wellsee.Isitahappyorsadending？asksBlueyafterwards.Both，saysCalypso.Idontunderstand，saysBluey.Everythingwillworkoutthewaythat（7）issupposedto，Bluey，shereplies.
ThestoryisactuallyanoldtalethatfirstoriginatedintheHuainanzi，anancientChinesetext（8）（date）backto139BC，anditremindspeoplethatwehavenocontrolornorealwayofknowingwhethereventsthathappen