2017年广州二模英语试卷

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Many

people

would

love

to

leave

their

jobs

behind

and

have

a

life- changing

adventure

overseas. They imagine lying under palm trees as the sun goes down. However, life overseas is not

always easy, and many are not prepared for the shock of living in an alien culture.

The honeymoon period

At first, for

those who actually decide to

move abroad, life

is an exciting adventure. They

enjoy exploring their new surroundings, and life seems like an extended holiday. They don’t mind

trying the local cuisine and discovering the local culture. They can even afford to practice their

foreign- language skills without fear of making mistakes.

Trouble in paradise

In

many

cases,

when

people

consider

moving

to

another

country,

they

often

fail

to

realize

how different life will be. As time goes by, they become frustrated when language and cultural

misunderstandings become a daily headache. In 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 background.

The road to recovery

Gradually, most visitors realize they must accept the differences and not fight against them.

This 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 account. This new-found confidence

enables them to see a side of life which very few tourists get to witness.

Adjusting to life abroad can often be a real problem. The secret to overcoming it is to stop

trying to change your host country: you will not succeed. If not, you risk losing your dream and

having to return to the old life you wanted to leave behind.

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21. Why do people moving abroad feel excited at first?

A. They find foreign living much easier.

B. They have the necessary language skills.

C. They love the adventure and exploration.

D. They enjoy meeting people from different cultures.

22. According to the author, what is the main problem many people moving abroad face?

A. Homesickness.

B. Culture shock.

C. Health problems.

D. Lack of employment.

23. What would the author suggest people moving abroad do?

A. Study the local language.

B. Go on holidays frequently.

C. Learn how to open a bank account.

D. Seek out people from their home country.

B

Australia loves interesting money. In 1988, it was the first country to replace paper money

with

special

plastic

banknotes.

Now

it’s

introduced

a

new

five

-dollar

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 one. It has the same pink colour and

main pictures on the front and back. But look closer, and you will notice a clear window running

down the middle, surrounded by images of the yellow Prickly Moses, a type of Australian plant.

Tilt(

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 away. Turn the bill from side to side, and you will notice the

picture of a small build

ing at the bottom of the note spins, and the image of “5” changes position.

While these moveable features are impressive and entertaining, that was not the reason Australian

government

officials

spent

ten

years

developing

them.

Their

primary

purpose

was

to

make

it

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impossible for criminals to produce their own fake notes.

The new five-dollar note also has something to help blind people easily identify the money. It

has s raised bump alongside the top and bottom, enabling blind people to quickly determine its

value.

The credit for persuading the Australian government to add this all-important bump goes to

15-year-old

Connor

McLeod.

The

blind

Sydney

teenager

came

up

with

the

idea

in

2014

after

being

unable

to

tell

how

much

money

he

had

received

for

Christmas.

Connor

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 difference between notes that he only carried coins to pay for

food at the school cafeteria. To convince the government officials of his idea, Connor started a

website that got huge public attention.

The government will add this feature to the new $$10 bill which comes out in late 2017, as

well as the updated $$20, $$50, and $$100 bills that are still being designed.

24. Which picture does NOT move when the banknote is tilted ?

A. The bird.

B. The number.

C.

The plants.

D. The building.

25. What was the main reason the Australian government created the new banknote?

A. To make the note more difficult to copy.

B. To show the country’s advanced technology.

C. To help blind people more easily use money.

D. To make the not’s appearance more attractive.

26. What can we guess about Australian coins?

A. They are different in size or shape.

B. They are required in school cafeterias.

C. They are more frequently used than notes.

D. They are more convenient for young people.

27. What did Connor do to persuade the government?

A. He wrote a letter to the leaders.

B. He organized an online meeting.

C. He sought support on the Internet.

D. He requested a special Christmas gift.

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C

At

this

year’s

Technology

Forum,

speakers

include

world

-famous

people,

such

as

Steve

Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, and lesser-known individuals with great ideas to change

the world. One of the latter is Jonny Cohen, a high school senior, green businessman and creator

of GreenShields.

Since Cohen was a child, he has been innovating and inventing. When he was 12 and took

science classes at Northwestern University, he saw 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

produced.

He

set

about

making

a

wind

tunnel

in

his

parents’

garage

and

placed

small metal plates or shields on toy school buses to test them. The result: his shields redirected the

airflow over and around the bus, decreased wing drag, and produced better fuel economy and less

pollution.

Cohen

went

through

various

experiments

to

improve

his

GreenShields

invention.

With

the

help

of

MIT

and

Cook-Illinois

Bus

Company,

which

donated

a

full-

sized

bus

for

Cohen’s

experiments,

he

now

has

a

shield

model

that

is

inexpensive

and

easy

to

attach,

enabling

widespread adoption.

How much of an impact can these shields have on climate change? Fuel consumption for the

average

US

school

bus

is

seven

miles

per

gallon.

GreenShields

increases

fuel

efficiency

by

10-20%, saving about $$600 per bus per year, and costs only $$30 to attach. Cohen and his partners

are now trying to persuade the government to put GreenShields on all school buses.

With almost half-a- million school buses in America using nearly $$2.5 billion of fuel per year,

a consumption reduction of 10-20% would make a big difference in pollution. Not to mention the

roughly $$285 million in annual savings on fuel.

28. What can we learn about Jonny Cohen from the text?

A. He has produced GreenShields independently.

B. He has been employed to improve school buses.

C. He is a world-famous businessman and inventor.

D. He has a talent for finding and solving problems.

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does GreenShields make a bus more fuel efficient?

A. By reducing the amount of wind drag.

B. By improving the quality of fuel used.

C. By providing a wind tunnel for the bus.

D. By changing the shape of the bus engine.

30. Where did Cohen begin testing his shields?

A. At Northwestern University.

B. In his parents’ garage.

C. At a local bus company.

D. In an MIT lab.

31. What’s the intended benefit of Cohen’s invention?

A. To provide school buses with cheaper fuel.

B. To reduce the cost of producing school buses.

C. To increase the profits of the school bus industry.

D. To make school buses more environmentally- friendly.

D

We all know the feeling: looking at the computer screen, pretending to be interested in our

homework, even though we really feel bored. But such feelings may soon be at an end, says Dr.

Harry Witchel, head of the Essex Medical School. He believes that computers of the future will

notice when people feel bored and even take action to stop it.

Before you get concerned, the machine won’t be reading your mind. It will be observing the

many

movements

you

make

while

using

a

comp

uter.

It’s

not

interested

in

the

big

movements

needed

to

use

the

machine

一

like

moving

a

mouse

or

touching

a

screen

—

but

small,

barely

noticeable movements like closing your eyes

，

moving in your seat or rubbing your face. Witchel

calls these “boredom movem

ents

are reading or watching. The higher the interest level, the less movement!

To test his theory, Witchel invited 27 people to perform various computer-based tasks. The

activities

ranged

from

playing

online

games

(an

interesting

task)

to

reading

documents

like

government laws that most people would find boring.

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A special video camera followed the participants’ movements as they completed each task.

Just as the researcher expected, the “boredom

movements

，

when the subjects were very interested in what they were reading or seeing.

Fortunately,

Dr

Witchel

isn’t

planning

to

use

his

results

to

create

machines

that

report

students who are not paying attention at sc

hool. Instead, he wants “movement sensing” technology

to

be

built

into

future

computers

in

order

to

improve

students'

computer-based

learning

experience.

The scientist says that by measuring the students' interest level as they work, educators will

be able to adjust their materials in real-time to keep students focused. Witchel also believes that

the technology can provide filmmakers with honest audience opinions and in the future, help to

develop more intelligent robots.

32. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Homework. B. A computer. C. Boredom. D. The future.

33. Why did Dr Witchel carry out his research?

A. To discover how bored people move.

B. To find out what makes people bored.

C. To see if interested people are more active.

D. To test the link between boredom and movement.

34. Which movement would Witchel's technology most likely pay attention to?

A. Turning off the machine.

B. Typing words on a keyboard.

C. Surfing quickly between webpages.

D. Moving one’s head from side to

side.

35. How will the new technology help education, according to Witchel?

A. By reducing teachers' workload.

B. By maintaining students' learning interest.

C. By reporting students' misbehavior in class.

D. By making learning more like a computer game.

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选项。

Philadelphia is a city known for many things. It 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 city. That’s

more murals than any other city on Earth. _____37________

More

than

20

years

ago,

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,

benefits.

The

young

people

learned

to

cooperate

and

get

along

with

many

different

kinds of people during the painting. They 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 Philadelphia.

Take

a

walk

around

some

of

the

poorest

neighborhoods

in

Philadelphia

and

you

will

find

beautiful works of art on the side and fronts of buildings. Of course the murals are not just in poor

neighborhoods, but richer ones as well. Special buses take tourists to different parts of the city to

see the various murals, which show the diverse ethnic groups that call Philadelphia home.

_____40_______

It

is

also

a

model

for

other

cities

throughout

America

seeking

to

help

troubled youth.

A. How did this come to be?

B. What happened to the murals on Earth?

C. They also learned to take pride in their community.

D. But one fact about Philadelphia is not so well-known.

E. From this some project, something magical happened.

F. The program encouraged troubled youth to paint together with their teachers.

G. As a result of its success, the murals program has now become the nation’s largest public art

program.

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英语知识运用（共两节，满 分

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