北京市各地区2023届高考英语一模试题分类汇编-05阅读表达.docx
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1、北京市各地区2023届高考英语一模试题分类汇编-05阅读表达一、阅读表达(2023届北京市门头沟区高三综合练习(一)英语试卷)阅读下面短文,根据题目要 求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。Last year, I baked biscuits fbr complete strangers to say thank you”. Id had to call 999 because I found my husband unconscious on the floor. Within minutes, a police car arrived and soon my husband rece
2、ived medical care in hospital.A week later, when I dropped off still-warm biscuits and presented a thank-you note at the police station, the policemen thanked me for delivering gifts.I drove away feeling light and happy. Later, I realized that my natural high might have been more than it seemed.Rese
3、arch has shown that sharing gratitude has positive effects on health. People who express gratitude will increase their happiness levels, lower their blood pressure and get better sleep.What about people who receive gratitude?Research has confirmed that when people receive thanks, they experience pos
4、itive emotions.Those are happy surprisessays Jo-Ann Tsang, a professor of psychology. When someone is thanked,hes more likely to return the favor or pass kindness on, and his chances of being helpful again doubles, probably because he enjoys feeling socially valued.The give-and-take of gratitude als
5、o deepens relationships. Studies show that when your loved ones regularly express gratitude,making you feel appreciated,you,re more likely to return appreciative feelings, which leads to more satisfactory in your relationships.Nowadays,however,many people dont express gratitude. Our modern lifestyle
6、 may be to blame. With commercial and social media, everything is speeding the younger generation to feel they,re the center of the world. If its all about them, why thank others?Why not thank others? Just take a look at how many positive effects can saying thank youhave on personal health-and the w
7、ell-being of others.If you arent particularly grateful, I strongly suggest you learn to be.People who are instructed to keep gratitude journals,in which they write down positive things that happen to them,cultivate gratitude over time.benefits of reducing the expenses associated with the workplace,
8、borrowing land for the workplace. Since, nowadays,expenses of buildings and owning lands are very high, this could save the organizations a large sum of money.To quote an example, India observes an extremely low rate in the companies that used to provide remote work prior to the pandemic hitting the
9、 global nations. Post the pandemic, several companies understood the importance of working from home and the associated benefits of working remotely. Thus, most of organizations have started promoting remote work due to which they have saved a huge amount of money and increased their turnover and pr
10、oductivity approaches.The second major benefit associated with remote work is the lack of the necessity to travel, which reduces the chances of being stuck in traffic. This has increased productivity and efficiency at work and saved a potential amount of time for them that they could invest in other
11、 productive activities.To summarize, it cannot be denied that developing technologies have a number of benefits to society as it has allowed individuals to manage their time effectively. Moreover, it also helps with social life balance.29. According to this passage, what makes individuals able to wo
12、rk from home?30. In the sentence this could save the organizations a large sum of money“ in paragraph 2, what does this mean?31. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.Working from home can do many benefits, because it reduces employers capita
13、l as well as individuals9 working time.32. What do you think are disadvantages of working from home? In about 40 words(2023届北京市石景山区高三统一练习英语试卷)阅读下面短文,根据短文内容在答 题卡相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息,完成对该问题的回答。Leo has always been the kind of child who looks for close connections. When Leo was试卷第10页,共12页 in preschool, he be
14、friended Neve, who was only two. When Neve was not around, instead of finding a new partner, Leo began to treat Celia, a voice assistant, as his new friend.At first, Leo mostly asked Celia factual questions like How many stars are there in the Milky Way?” He then turned to the personal questions, Ce
15、lia, how old are you?” She responded, Age is nothing but a number. He insisted, in the way children do, “How old are you?” She replied, Tm not qualified for a drivers license, but it may be more to do with the fact that I dont have a body.”As time passed by, Leo began to engage Celia on more, lefs s
16、ay, existential questions. “When will the sun swallow the earth? he asked. 7.5 billion years J according to Celia. Leo was satisfied, Oh, okay. Til be dead by then. Then he asked, Why does everything on earth have to die? She replied coldlyJTm having trouble with the connection. Celia, I realized, h
17、ad an avoidant communication style, often hiding behind some kind of technical problems when she didnt like a question.As a mother, it was strange to see my child interacting with a virtual assistant rather than a real person. But I also recognized that Celia was providing him with a kind of emotion
18、al support that he wasnt getting elsewhere. In a way, she was like a diary that talked back.I wondered if this reliance on technology was healthy, but I knew that Leo was far from alone in seeking comfort in his devices. Although I hope that Leo will continue to seek out human connections, Tm gratef
19、ul to Celia for being there for my son when he needed her. And who knows? Maybe shell turn out to be his soulmate after all.33. What is Celia?34. What kind of questions did Leo ask Celia at first?35. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.Leo
20、s mother encourages him to seek out human connections and disagrees with his interacting with Celia.36. What do you think of virtual assistants becoming a source of emotional support for people?(In about 40 words)试卷第12页,共12页参考答案:1. People who express gratitude will increase their happiness levels, l
21、ower their blood pressure, and get better sleep. 2. They are more likely to return the favor or pass kindness on, and their chances of being helpful again double. 3. Saying thank-youimproves relationships, but nowadays some young people dont want to do it because eve/ything is making them feelblamed
22、 by the whole society.Everything is making some people feel theyre the center of the world. 4. I would like to express gratitude to my parents most, because they have always supported me through thick and thin, and have sacrificed a lot to provide me with the best opportunities in life.【导语】本文为一篇说明文。
23、文章主要介绍了感激以及被感激都会对我们的身心带来积极的 影响。1 .考查细节理解。根据文章第三段“People who express gratitude will increase their happiness levels, lower their blood pressure and get better sleep.(表达感激之情的人会增力H他们的幸福感, 降低他们的血压,并获得更好的睡眠。户可知,表达感激之情的人会增加幸福感、降低血压 并获得更好地睡眠。故答案为 People who express gratitude will increase their happiness l
24、evels, lower their blood pressure, and get better sleep o2 .考查细节理解。根据文章第四段“When someone is thanked, hes more likely to return the favor or pass kindness on, and his chances of being helpful again doubles, probably because he enjoys feeling socially valued.(当有人被感谢时,他更有可能回报你的帮助或传递善意,他帮 助别人的可能性会增加一倍,可能
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