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2025-2026学年上海市奉贤区高三（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.options；B.resolved；C.pride；D.cautious；E.sustained；F.assigned；G；stretch；H.functioning；I.unseasonably；J.aggressive；K.anchoring

SilentonLakeSuperior：McSorleysLastJourney

Bythedayhedied，ErnestMcSorleyhadbuiltareputationasthecaptainwhocouldweatheranystorm.HewasoneofthebestsailorsontheGreatLakes，wherehehadbeen（1）______topilottheEdmundFitzgerald，theflagshipofColumbiaTransportationDivision.McSorleytook（2）______inhisefficiency，andhealwaysdeliveredhisgoodsontime，navigatingskilfullythroughdangerouswaters.Thecompanyvaluedhis（3）______approachofalwayspushingforward.

OnNovember9，1975，theFitzgeralusetsailfromSuperior，Wisconsin，carryingaround26，000tonsofironore.Thetemperaturewas（4）______warm，anearlysignthatsomethingwaswrong.Angrywinterweatherwasalreadyonitsway.At7p.m.，theNationalWeatherServiceissuedastormwarningforLakeSuperior，predictingwavesuptotenfeettall.McSorleyhadtwo（5）______：HecouldsailstraightacrossthelaketoWhitefishBay，afamiliar30-hourjourney，ortaketheso-callednorthernroute，a44-hourpassagethathuggedtheCanadianshore，whichwouldprotecttheshiprightupuntilthefinal（6）______ofthevoyage.

McSorleyhadinitially（7）______tosailtheshorterpassage.Butasconditionsworsened，hechangedhismind.Thecaptainknownforhisaggressionandefficiencymadeanuncharacteristically（8）______decision，choosingthelongernorthernroute.

Around3p.m.onNovember10，CaptainBernieCooperoftheArthurM.Anderson，ashiptravelingnearby，noticedsomethingalarmingonhisradarscreen.Minuteslater，theFitzgeraldradioedtheAndersonreportingtrouble：Ihave（9）______sometopsidedamage，McSorleysaidImcheckingdown.WillyoustaybymeuntilIgettoWhitefish？Soonafter，McSorleylearnedthatbothoftheFitzgeraldsradarshadstopped.（10）_____