2022-2023學(xué)年廣東省東莞市東華高級中學(xué)高三（上）模擬英語試卷

第二部分：閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié)（共15個小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

• 1．Schaumburg District 54，a school district in Schaumburg，Illino，has implemented a happiness curriculum.A key component of the curriculum is gratitude，where students develop four habits that take up just 21 minutes each day through exercises and learn to be thankful for not what they may want，but what makes them happy right now.And the four happiness habits are listed.
     Two minutes of emailing
     Write a two-minute maximum email each day praising or thanking a different person in your life.Not only do you often receive positive emails back，but this habit significantly increases your social connection，which is the greatest predictor of long-term happiness and is also as predictive of how long you will live as obesity or high blood pressure.
     Fifteen minutes of movement
     Fifteen minutes of movement each day can be the equal of taking an antidepressant，and acts as a gateway drug because people who do this start adding on entire groups of positive habits.
     Two minutes of meditation
     Two minutes of meditation—simply watching your breath go in and out—improves accuracy on tasks by 10 percent，significantly reduces stress，improves sleep and raises engagement scores.
     Two minutes of journal
     Two minutes of journal about a positive，meaningful experience each day can significantly decrease pain symptoms and stress and increase the amount of meaning you feel in your life.Simply think of one meaningful event that happened over the past 24 hours and then on a sheet of paper，write down some details you can remember，which is called "Doubler".Your brain struggles to tell the difference between visualization and actual experience ，so you are doubling a meaningful event each day.
  
  （1）What does the new curriculum focus on？

  
  A．Being grateful.
  B．Being energetic.
  C．Physical health.
  D．Interpersonal relationship.
  （2）Which habit promote you to develop good habits？

  
  A．Two minutes of journal.
  B．Two minutes of emailing.
  C．Two minutes of meditation.
  D．Fifteen minutes of movement.
  （3）What is the benefit of keeping a diary？

  
  A．Improving sleep.
  B．Boosting optimism.
  C．Gaining insight into life.
  D．Increasing social connection.
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• 2．For most people，graduation is an exciting day the celebration of years of hard work.My graduation day...was not.
     I remember that weekend two years ago.Family and friends had flown in from across the country to watch our class walk across that stage.But like everyone else in my graduating class，I had watched the economy turn from bad to worse.What I thought would take a week dragged into two.jye.ai then four，and 100 job applications later，I found myself in the exact same spot as I was before.And the due date to begin paying back my student loans was creeping ever closer.
     You know that feeling when you wake up and you are just consumed with fear？Fear about something you can't control—that sense of approaching failure that remains over you as you hope that everything that happened to you thus far was just a bad dream？That feeling became a constant in my life.And the most frustrating part was no matter how much I tried，I just couldn't seem to make any progress.
     So what did I do to maintain my sanity（理智）？I wrote.Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer — a little brighter.Something about writing gave me hope.And if you want something badly enough...sometimes a little hope is all you need!So I channeled my frustration into a children's book.And then one day，without any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world — just a lot of hard work and perseverance — I was offered a publishing contract for my first book!After that，things slowly began to fall into place.I was offered a second book deal.Then，a few months later，I got an interview with The Walt Disney Company and was hired shortly after.
     The moral of this story is...don't give up.Even if things look bleak now，don't give up.Things change If you work hard，give it time，and don't give up，things will always get better Oftentimes all we need is the courage to push beyond the river.
  
  （1）From Paragraph 2，we can learn that the author probably

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  A．was having an exciting graduation
  B．was getting into financial difficulties
  C．missed the life in the university
  D．had just applied for the student loans
  （2）How did the author change the frustrating situation？

  
  A．By sending applications.
  B．By offering contracts.
  C．By keeping writing.
  D．By publishing books.
  （3）Which of the following can replace the underlined word "bleak" in the last paragraph？

  
  A．Unattractive.
  B．Hopeless.
  C．Thrilling.
  D．Promising.
  （4）What does the author mainly want to convey in the passage？

  
  A．Success belongs to the persevering.
  B．A contented mind is a perpetual（長久的）feast.
  C．A smooth sea never makes a skillful mariner.
  D．Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5

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• 3．Awe is generally defined as the sense that you are in the presence of something larger and more consequential than yourself.According to a study called "awe walks"，people who took a fresh look at the world around them during brief，weekly walks felt more upbeat and hopeful in general than walkers who did not.Feeling a sense of awe also seems to up our overall feelings of gladness and improve health.
     Previous studies have linked increased physical activity to greater happiness and reduced risks for anxiety，depression and other mental illnesses.But no studies had looked into whether mixing awe and activity might increase the benefits of or，on the other hand，reduce them.So，for the new study，scientists concentrated on people in their 60s，70s and 80s，an age when some people can face risks for declining mental health.
     The scientists asked 52 study volunteers to add a weekly 15-minute walk to their normal schedules.All of them were physically healthy and psychologically well-adjusted，with little anxiety or depression.Then they were randomly divided into two groups.One，as a control group，was asked to start walking，preferably outside，but given few other requirements.The other group was not only asked to walk once a week，but also were instructed in how to cultivate awe as they walked. "Basically，we told them to try to go and walk somewhere new，since novelty helps to cultivate awe，" says Virginia Sturm，an associate professor who led the new study.
     Both groups were asked to take a few selfies （自拍） during their walks and upload them to a lab website and also complete a daily online assessment of their current mood.After eight weeks，the scientists compared the groups' responses and photos.Not surprisingly，the awe walkers felt happier，less upset and more socially connected than the control group members.
     The findings are subjective，though，since awe，like other emotions，is difficult to quantify，but Dr.Sturm thinks awe walks could be a simple thing for small wonders without any downside.
  
  （1）What makes the new study different from the previous ones？

  
  A．It concentrated on older people.
  B．It found the solution to mental health.
  B．It associated physical exercise with happiness.
  D．It took both activity and awe into consideration.
  （2）What can we learn from paragraph 3？

  
  A．The volunteers were suffering mental diseases.
  B．Only the control group practiced weekly walks.
  C．The study volunteers were divided by age.
  D．Novelty can produce awe feelings.
  （3）Why are the findings regarded subjective？

  
  A．The number of volunteers is small.
  B．The awe emotion is hard to measure.
  C．The daily assessments are difficult to complete.
  D．The period of the experiment isn't long enough.
  （4）What is the attitude of Dr.Sturm to "awe walks"？

  
  A．Skeptical.
  B．Supportive.
  C．Indifferent.
  D．Critical.
  組卷：6引用：4難度：0.5

  解析

第四部分寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié)（滿分15分）

• 8．假定你是李華，正在 Columbia University 求學(xué)，想利用暑假時間在肯德基（KFC） 當(dāng)一名服務(wù)生。請你給店長 Steven 寫一封申請信，內(nèi)容包括：
  1.自我介紹；
  2.申請的理由；
  3.聯(lián)系方式。
  注意：
  1.詞數(shù)100左右；
  2.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
  Dear Steven，
  _______
  Yours sincerely，
  Li Hua
  組卷：3引用：4難度：0.5

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第二節(jié)（滿分25分）閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給的段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。

• 9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
      Lungs nearly bursting，I struggled to lift my head out of the water.Inch by inch，my tired body reached for the end of the pool.
      The extent of my swimming career was purely recreational，while the competitive swimmers nearby thought noticing of the seemingly simple task of a 500-meter swim test.Pushing myself to finish what I had started，I could only think：why not take the easy way out？
      Earlier that week I had turned in my first job application at a local pool.Overqualified I was hired on the spot.However，the tasks were boring：helping confused visitors and measuring the height of children before they went down the slide，those sorts of things.I was capable of more.
      So a swim test was required，establishing the mere fact that I was not completely helpless in a pool.Midway through，the manager administering the test remarked， "This looks really easy for you.Why aren't you applying to-become a guard？"
      "The thought hadn't crossed my mind."
      "Well，life guarding demands more responsibility，strength and respect.Thus the position pays ＄2 more per hour.Your swimming skills are strong enough.All you need to do is complete a certification class."
      Inside I was unsure of myself，but his words inspired me - You never know what you are capable of until you force yourself to do it.
      Soon I passed the swim test.All left was to practice and learn first aid，CPR（心肺復(fù)蘇），and procedures for different land and water-based emergencies.
      Work started soon.A well-intentioned yet anxious feeling in me soon passed.Days，weeks，and months went by without incident；emergencies were rare.The skills and training I had so carefully studied and acquired seemed unnecessary.
      Today appeared to be another uneventful day.However，shortly after the other guards signaled to the children to exit the pool，I noticed one boy was still in the middle while the others had climbed up.
  注意：
  1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
  2.請按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
  "Something must have gone wrong with him，" I thought to myself._______
  Having the boy on the floor，I put my ear to his mouth and my fingers at his neck.______
  組卷：2引用：2難度：0.5

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