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1、-广东省广州市2017年高考英语二模试卷(解析版) (1)-第 33 页广东省广州市2017年高考英语二模试卷（解析版）第二部分 阅读理解21（6分）Many people would love to leave their jobs behind and have a lifechanging adventure overseasThey imagine lying under palm trees as the sun goes downHowever，life overseas is not always easy，and many are not prepared for the sh

2、ock of living in an alien cultureThe honeymoon periodAt first，for those who actually decide to move abroad，life is an exciting adventureThey enjoy exploring their new surroundings，and life seems like an extended holidayThey dont mind trying the local cuisine and discovering the local cultureThey can

3、 even afford to practice their foreignlanguage skills without fear of making mistakesTrouble in paradiseIn many cases，when people consider moving to another country，they often fail to realize how different life will beAs time goes by，they become frustrated when language and cultural misunderstanding

4、s become a daily headacheIn this stage，the visitors begin to withdraw from life in the host country and avoid spending time with local people in favor of mixing with others from their own cultural backgroundThe road to recoveryGradually，most visitors realize they must accept the differences and not

5、fight against themThis change encourages them to improve their language skills and slowly they manage to do the things they could easily do at home，such as opening a bank accountThis newfound confidence enables them to see a side of life which very few tourists get to witnessAdjusting to life abroad

6、 can often be a real problemThe secret to overcoming it is to stop trying to change your host country：you will not succeedIf not，you risk losing your dream and having to return to the old life you wanted to leave behind21Why do people moving abroad feel excited at first？AThey find foreign living muc

7、h easierBThey have the necessary language skillsCThey love the adventure and explorationDThey enjoy meeting people from different cultures22According to the author，what is the main problem many people moving abroad face？AHomesicknessBCulture shockCHealth problemsDLack of employment23What would the a

8、uthor suggest people moving abroad do？AStudy the local languageBGo on holidays frequentlyCLearn how to open a bank accountDSeek out people from their home country24（8分）Australia loves interesting moneyIn 1988，it was the first country to replace paper money with special plastic banknotesNow its intro

9、duced a new fivedollar bill so technologically advanced that many experts are calling it the money of the future!At first glance，the new note looks much like the old oneIt has the same pink colour and main pictures on the front and backBut look closer，and you will notice a clear window running down

10、the middle，surrounded by images of the yellow Prickly Moses，a type of Australian plantTilt（使倾斜） the note a little and you will see the Eastern Spinebill，an Australian bird，beating its wings as if trying to fly awayTurn the bill from side to side，and you will notice the picture of a small building at

11、 the bottom of the note spins，and the image of5changes positionWhile these moveable features are impressive and entertaining，that was not the reason Australian government officials spent ten years developing themTheir primary purpose was to make it impossible for criminals to produce their own fake

12、notesThe new fivedollar note also has something to help blind people easily identify the moneyIt has s raised bump alongside the top and bottom，enabling blind people to quickly determine its valueThe credit for persuading the Australian government to add this allimportant bump goes to 15yearold Conn

13、or McLeodThe blind Sydney teenager came up with the idea in 2014 after being unable to tell how much money he had received for ChristmasConnor says he was so embarrassed at not being able to see the difference between notes that he only carried coins to pay for food at not being able to see the diff

14、erence between notes that he only carried coins to pay for food at the school cafeteriaTo convince the government officials of his idea，Connor started a website that got huge public attentionThe government will add this feature to the new 10 bill which comes out in late 2017，as well as the updated 2

15、0，50，and 100bills that are still being designed24Which picture does NOT move when the banknote is tilted？AThe birdBThe numberCThe plantsDThe building25What was the main reason the Australian government created the new banknote？ATo make the note more difficult to copyBTo show the countrys advanced te

16、chnologyCTo help blind people more easily use moneyDTo make the nots appearance more attractive26What can we guess about Australian coins？AThey are different in size or shapeBThey are required in school cafeteriasCThey are more frequently used than notesDThey are more convenient for young people27Wh

17、at did Connor do to persuade the government？AHe wrote a letter to the leadersBHe organized an online meetingCHe sought support on the InternetDHe requested a special Christmas gift28（8分）At this years Technology Forum，speakers include worldfamous people，such as Steve Wozniak，cofounder of Apple Comput

18、er，and lesserknown individuals with great ideas to change the worldOne of the latter is Jonny Cohen，a high school senior，green businessman and creator of GreenShieldsSince Cohen was a child，he has been innovating and inventingWhen he was 12 and took science classes at Northwestern University，he saw

19、a school bus and had an idea：what if the shape of school bus was improved to make it more fuel efficient？This would greatly reduce the amount of pollution it producedHe set about making a wind tunnel in his parentsgarage and placed small metal plates or shields on toy school buses to test themThe re

20、sult：his shields redirected the airflow over and around the bus，decreased wing drag，and produced better fuel economy and less pollutionCohen went through various experiments to improve his GreenShields inventionWith the help of MIT and CookIllinois Bus Company，which donated a fullsized bus for Cohen

21、s experiments，he now has a shield model that is inexpensive and easy to attach，enabling widespread adoptionHow much of an impact can these shields have on climate change？Fuel consumption for the average US school bus is seven miles per gallonGreenShields increases fuel efficiency by 1020%，saving abo

22、ut 600 per bus per year，and costs only 30 to attachCohen and his partners are now trying to persuade the government to put GreenShields on all school busesWith almost halfamillion school buses in America using nearly 2.5 billion of fuel per year，a consumption reduction of 1020% would make a big diff

23、erence in pollutionNot to mention the roughly 285 million in annual savings on fuel28What can we learn about Jonny Cohen from the text？AHe has produced GreenShields independentlyBHe has been employed to improve school busesCHe is a worldfamous businessman and inventorDHe has a talent for finding and

24、 solving problems29How does GreenShields make a bus more fuel efficient？ABy reducing the amount of wind dragBBy improving the quality of fuel usedCBy providing a wind tunnel for the busDBy changing the shape of the bus engine30Where did Cohen begin testing his shields？AAt Northwestern UniversityBIn

25、his parentsgarageCAt a local bus companyDIn an MIT lab31Whats the intended benefit of Cohens invention？ATo provide school buses with cheaper fuelBTo reduce the cost of producing school busesCTo increase the profits of the school bus industryDTo make school buses more environmentallyfriendly32（8分）We

26、all know the feeling：looking at the computer screen，pretending to be interested in our homework，even though we really feel boredBut such feelings may soon be at an end，says DrHarry Witchel，head of the Essex Medical SchoolHe believes that computers of the future will notice when people feel bored and

27、 even take action to stop itBefore you get concerned，the machine wont be reading your mindIt will be observing the many movements you make while using a computerIts not interested in the big movements needed to use the machine 一 like moving a mouse or touching a screenbut small，barely noticeable mov

28、ements like closing your eyes，moving in your seat or rubbing your faceWitchel calls theseboredom movementsand says they show how interested the person is in what they are reading or watchingThe higher the interest level，the less movement!To test his theory，Witchel invited 27 people to perform variou

29、s computerbased tasksThe activities ranged from playing online games （an interesting task） to reading documents like government laws that most people would find boringA special video camera followed the participantsmovements as they completed each taskJust as the researcher expected，theboredom movem

30、entsgreatly decreased，by as much as 42%，when the subjects were very interested in what they were reading or seeingFortunately，Dr Witchel isnt planning to use his results to create machines that report students who are not paying attention at schoolInstead，he wantsmovement sensingtechnology to be bui

31、lt into future computers in order to improve studentscomputerbased learning experienceThe scientist says that by measuring the studentsinterest level as they work，educators will be able to adjust their materials in realtime to keep students focusedWitchel also believes that the technology can provid

32、e filmmakers with honest audience opinions and in the future，help to develop more intelligent robots32What does the underlined worditin Paragraph 1 refer to？AHomeworkBA computerCBoredomDThe future33Why did Dr Witchel carry out his research？ATo discover how bored people moveBTo find out what makes pe

33、ople boredCTo see if interested people are more activeDTo test the link between boredom and movement34Which movement would Witchels technology most likely pay attention to？ATurning off the machineBTyping words on a keyboardCSurfing quickly between webpagesDMoving ones head from side to side35How wil

34、l the new technology help education，according to Witchel？ABy reducing teachersworkloadBBy maintaining studentslearning interestCBy reporting studentsmisbehavior in classDBy making learning more like a computer game第二节（满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项选项中有两项为多余选项36（10分）Philadelphia is a city known f

35、or many thingsIt is where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776，and it was also the first capital of the United States（36） It is home to nearly 3.000 mural（壁画） painted on the side of homes and buildings around the cityThats more murals than any other city on Earth（37）More than 20years a

36、go，a New Jersey artist named Jane Golden started a program pairing troubled youth with artists to paint murals on a few buildings around the city（38） The teenagers involved helped to create magnificent pieces of art，and there were other，even more important，benefitsThe young people learned to coopera

37、te and get along with many different kinds of people during the paintingThey learned to be responsible，because they needed to follow a schedule to make sure the murals were completed（39） It is hard for anyone to see the spectacular designs and not feel proud to be a part of PhiladelphiaTake a walk a

38、round some of the poorest neighborhoods in Philadelphia and you will find beautiful works of art on the side and fronts of buildingsOf course the murals are not just in poor neighborhoods，but richer ones as wellSpecial buses take tourists to different parts of the city to see the various murals，whic

39、h show the diverse ethnic groups that call Philadelphia home（40） It is also a model for other cities throughout America seeking to help troubled youthAHow did this come to be？BWhat happened to the murals on Earth？CThey also learned to take pride in their communityDBut one fact about Philadelphia is

40、not so wellknownEFrom this some project，something magical happenedFThe program encouraged troubled youth to paint together with their teachersGAs a result of its success，the murals program has now become the nations largest public art program第三部分 英语知识运用 第一节 完形填空41（30分）When you give thanks for help，e

41、veryone benefitsAnd the （41） will last longer than youd expect：researchers have found that writing thankyou notes raises peoples （42） levels for up to six monthsIf you express gratitude in a diary，it makes you happier，but if you （43） it with the person who helped you，it has the （44） to bring you two

42、 closer together，says researcher Jeff TsangLawyer John Kralik experienced this personallyHed been feeling depressed and （45）about his life：Hed been divorced and wasnt （46） with his childrenHe felt tired from the（47）hours he devoted to workAt a/an （48） low point，he remembered his grandfather telling

43、him about the importance of （49）He decided to write 365thankyou notes over 365days，hoping for a/an （50） changeImmediately，he noticed his （51） begin to improveThe first effects are that you realise that your life is much better than you thought and you become more positive，Kralik says of his（52）acts

44、of expressing thanks（53） by Kraliks experience，I decided to try the （54） myselfI chose someone from my past whom Id （55） thanked before：my wonderful highschool English teacherI wasnt sure if Id be able to （56） him，but eventually I found where he livedIn my letter，I thanked him for the （57） and suppo

45、rt that hed given me years earlierI may never hear from him （58），but that isnt the （59）The letter helped me （60） my life，and Ive been happy now for months41AtimeBthoughtsCeffectsDrelationship42AeducationBhappinessCincomeDhealth43AshareBcompleteCcompareDleave44AmethodBdesireCenergyDpotential45Adiscou

46、ragedBdishonestCimpatientDsurprised46AboredBstrictCcloseDhonest47AlimitedBvaluableCdelightfulDlong48AimportantlyBparticularlyCphysicallyDexactly49AforgivenessBachievementCgratefulnessDpatience50ApositiveBunexpectedCpossibleDinstant51AwealthBattitudeCpositionDcompetence52AgenerousBstrangeCbraveDsimple53AStruckBInspiredCShockedDInvited54AideaBbeliefCletterDtest55AnearlyBfrequentlyCalreadyDnever56ArememberBrecogniseClocateDreward57AdegreeBmoneyCgiftDguidance58Ain advanceBin publicCin returnDin person59AcaseBpointCfactDsolution60Aapp