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1、东华高级中学2023届高三年级上学期模拟考试英语（答案在最后）第二局部：阅读（共两节，总分值50分）第一节（共15个小题；每题2.5分，总分值37.5分）阅读以下短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最正确选项。ASchaumburg 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 t

2、hat 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 emailingWrite a two-minute maximum email each day praising or thanking a different person in your l

3、ife. 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 movementFifteen minu

4、tes 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 meditationTwo minutes of meditation-simply watching your breath go in and out-improves accuracy on tasks by 10

5、percent, significantly reduces stress, improves sleep and raises engagement scores.Two minutes of journalTwo 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

6、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.

7、 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 meditationD. Fifteen minutes of movement.that he had n

8、o heartbeat and wasnt breathing. Every second counted! Without hesitation, I did first aid, giving him mouth-to-mouth breathing and doing CPR as trained. Other guards watching anxiously, I carried on, sweating. Suddenly, a stream of water burst out of his mouth and the boy coughed intensely. Seeing

9、the boy regain consciousness, those around broke into cheers. Exhausted, I sighed with relief. I thought had I accepted that easy position, I would have been nothing but a bystander. Tm happy I didnt take the easy way out.-11-3. What is the benefit of keeping a diary?A. Improving sleep.B. Boosting o

10、ptimism.C. Gaining insight into life.D. Increasing social connection.BFor 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 wal

11、k 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. and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same spot as 1 was before. And the due date to begin pay

12、ing 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 cant 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?

13、 That feeling became a constant in my life. And the most frustrating part was no matter how much 1 tried, 1 just couldnt 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. So

14、mething 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 childrens 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 -

15、 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. dont give up. Even if things

16、 look bleak now, dont give up. Things change If you work hard, give it time, and dont give up, things will always get better Oftentimes all we need is the courage to push beyond the river.4. From Paragraph 2, we can learn that the author probably.A. was having an exciting graduationB. was getting in

17、to financial difficultiesC. missed the life in the universityD. had just applied for the student loansHow did the author change the frustrating situation?A. By sending applications.B. By offering contracts.C. By keeping writing.D. By publishing books.5. Which of the following can replace the underli

18、ned word “bleak“ in the last paragraph?A. UnattractiveB. hopelessC. thrillingD. promisingWhat does the author mainly want to convey in the passage?A. Success belongs to the persevering.B. A contented mind is a perpetual （长久的）feast.C. A smooth sea never makes a skillful mariner.D. Misfortunes tell us

19、 what fortune is.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 genera

20、l 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 w

21、hether 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 w

22、eekly 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 requ

23、irements. 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.Bot

24、h 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

25、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.6. What makes the new study different from the previ

26、ous ones?A. It concentrated on older people.B. It found the solution to mental health.C. It associated physical exercise with happiness.D. It took both activity and awe into consideration.7. What can we learn from paragraph 3?A. The volunteers were suffering mental diseases.B. Only the control group

27、 practiced weekly walks.C. The study volunteers were divided by age.D. Novelty can produce awe feelings.8. 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 exper

28、iment isnt long enough.9. What is the attitude of Dr. Sturm to “awe walks”？A. Skeptical.B. Supportive.C. Indifferent.D. Critical.Celebrity has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consum

29、ption on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they dont sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, m

30、oving from advertising for others products to developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines arent a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today theyre started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal

31、fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.However, for every suc

32、cess story, theres a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the products origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial attention dies down,

33、 consumer interest might fade, loyalty （忠诚） returning to tried-and-true labels.Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to educe a celebritys shelf liffe, and the

34、 same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the egos potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquer

35、ed. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion - like celebrity - has always been temporary.10. Fashion magazines today.A. seldom put models on the coverB no longer put models on the coverC. need not worry abou

36、t celebrities, market potentialD. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctlyLoyalty returning to tried-and-true labels“ in Paragraph 3 echoes the idea that.A. ordinary consumers are more concerned with price rather than brand nameB celebrity branded products can be an instant successC.

37、consumers enthusiasm for celebrity branded products prove to be inconstantD. to consumers, quality matters more than the outside of products.11. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly A. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his productsB

38、 damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general publicC. cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show businessD. influence the price of a celebritys products15 . The passage is mainly about.A. celebrity and personal styleB. celebrity and market potentialC. celebrity and fashion d

39、esignD. celebrity and clothing industry第二节（共5小题；每题2.5分，总分值12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项。选项中有两项为 多余选项。How to Show EmotionIf anyone has ever told you to “open up more or “show some emotion, you may wonder what they really meant. Its easy fbr us to get caught up in our own little worlds and hide

40、 what were feeling from other people. 16 .But if you can open up more to others, youll see how rewarding it is to connect on a deeper level.17 . Relax and think through your feelings as they come to you.Whenever you feel something, take a second to sit with what youre feeling.Think about how you fee

41、l and let the emotion wash over you naturally.Name your emotions as they come to you. Giving your feeling a name makes it easier to understand. Once youre comfortable with a feeling, give the emotion a name. Are you anxious about something? If you dont feel anything particularly moving, are you bore

42、d, or content? This process will make you more self-aware. 18 .Maintain a journal for your feelings. One way to help you to open up emotionally to others is to keep a daily journal. 19 . Every day, write down a paragraph or two about your day and how it makes you feel. This will help you track your

43、feelings over time and put you more in tune with yourself.Engage in fun activities to share experiences with others. Do things you enjoy with people you love to share positive emotions.Dedicate one night a week to go out and grab dinner with your family. 20 , or go on a 20-minute walk every day.Bein

44、g emotionally available and sharing how you feel is a lot easier when you have fun with the people you care about.A. Push yourself to share every dayB. Take a minute to process emotionsC. Take a cooking class with your partnerD. Open up and get used to sharing how you feelE. It will also help you ex

45、press what youre feelingF. Treat it as a special space for you to open up and be honestG. Sometimes, we dont even realize were being guarded or hiding our feelings第三局部语言运用（共两节，总分值30分）第一节（共15个小题；每题1分，总分值15分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最正确选 项。Lewis B. Smedes once said, To forgive is to set a pr

46、isoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. For years Tom Andersons life was withered up （枯萎）by the memory of his 21 in an adventure that 22 the death of one of his classmates. He and his wife 23 after six years of marriage. Then the news about Tom changed. His wife Betty came back; he 24 a

47、fine position.One day he told me what had changed his life, I used to think nothing could 25 what I had done. The thought of my 26 would stop me in the middle of a smile. It put a 27 between my wife and me. Then I had an 28 visit from the person I dreaded （恐 惧）most to see - the mother of the college

48、 classmate who died. Unless you forgive, you cannot love/ She said, And without love, life has no 29 / She paused, and then said 30 , You are the one person who hasnt forgiven Tom Anderson/ 1 found there in her eyes 31 to be the person I might have been if her boy had lived. For the first time in my

49、 life I felt 32 to love and be loved.”Forgiveness is truly the 33 grace （慈悲）,through which we gain the freedom to learn from experience. But forgiving our shortcomings doesnt mean 34 that they exist. On thecontrary, it means facing them 3521. A. reputation22. A. accounted for23. A. registered24. A. presented25. A. rev