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2025-2026学年上海市虹口区高三（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.delicate

B.notable

C.orbits

D.outshines

E.phase

F.row

G.seasonal

H.shifts

I.sight

J.successively

K.sustainably

ARareSeasonofSupermoons

Thisfall，somethingspecialwillappearinthenightsky：everyfullmoonwilllookslightlybiggerandbrighterthanusual.Thisisbecausethelastthreemonthsof2025willbringarareseriesofsupermoonsina（1）______.Asupermoonhappenswhenthemoonsfull（2）______occursatthepointinitspathclosesttoEarth.

OnOctober6，November5，andDecember4，skywatcherswillseetheharvest，beaver，andcoldmoonsallriseassupermoons.Thisthree-monthstretchisunusualandoffersabeautiful（3）______foranyonewholovesobservingthenightsky.

WhatMakesaMoonSuper？

Themoondoesnotfollowaperfectcircularroute.Instead，it（4）______Earthinanoval（椭圆的）path.Asaresult，therearetimeseachmonthwhenthemoonisslightlyclosertoEarth，calledperigee，andtimeswhenitisfartheraway，calledapogee.Atperigee，themoonisabout356，000kilometersfromEarth，whileatapogeeitcanbemorethan406，000kilometersaway.

Whenafullmoonhappensatperigee，weseeasupermoon.Itthrowsabrilliancethat（5）______anaveragefullmoonandfillstheskywithquietwonder.Infact，asupermooncanlookupto14percentbiggerand30percentbrighterthanthesmallestfullmoonoftheyear.Tothenakedeye，thechangemaybe（6）______，butphotographsshowaclearandimpressivedifference.

WhyThereWillBeThreeinSuccession

Contrarytowhattheirnamemightsuggest，supermoonsoccurwith（7）______frequency，oftenappearingmultipletimeswithinasingleyear.However，havingthreeback-to-backonesisuncommon.Thishappensbecausethetimingofthemoonsperigeeslowly（8）______comparedwithitsfullmoon，completingacycleabouteveryfourteenmonths.In2025，thattimingwilllineupperfectlytoproducethreesupermoons（9）______.The