上海市杨浦区2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编：首字母填空

上海市杨浦区 2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编 首字母填空 2023年上海市杨浦区中考二模英语试题 七、阅读填空（本大题共1小题, 共14. 0分） LOCAL Hilary Lister, 33, can't move her limbs （arms and legs） or her head—she is completely paralysed. However, she has just sailed [1]alone across the English Channel!How did she do it? Sam Wollaston, a journalist finds out. Hilary Lister, a"lonely"sailor "Where do you want to go? "laughs Hilary Lister. We are on a boat going out of Portsmouth Harbour, and Hilary is sailing it. Suddenly, she's happy and free. Sailing does that to her. "It's given my life meaning a（1） ______ , " she says. Hilary is paralysed because of an unusual disease, but she hasn't always been like this. When she was a child she was always a（2） ______ , and she played various sports. But when she was 11, she began to experience pain in her legs. By the time she was 15, she was no longer able to walk. About six years ago the disease s（3） ______ to her arms and hands and she can't use them any more. She thought her life was over. Then, two years ago, a friend took her sailing for the first time. She loved it!But she didn't want to be a p（4） ______ only. She wanted to sail a boat herself. So she took up sailing as a way to become more confident. 'I had this mad idea to sail across the English Channel, 'she said. Hilary didn't know anything about boats or sailing. But she started to design her own boat. Then she found a boat and some people to help her. The controls of her boat come from her wheelchair[2]and she can drive the boat with her m（5） ______ . By blowing into one tube, the boat goes right, and by sucking on another, it goes left. After some lessons, Hilary became quite skilled at sailing. Last month Hilary achieved her d（6） ______ . She left Dover alone in her boat. It was sunny but quite windy. Six hours later she arrived in Calais, France. She was exhausted[3], but very happy. It was the longest journey made by a completely paralysed person. And she has become the first disabled person to sail acros