2023届广东省东莞市东华高级中学高三上学期模拟考试英语试题.docx

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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第二部分：阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15个小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。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 that take

2、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 life. Not

3、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 minutes of mo

4、vement 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 meditationsimply watching your breath go in and outimproves accuracy on tasks by 1（） percent, s

5、ignificantly 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 of one mea

6、ningful 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 diflerence between visualization and actual experience , so you are doubling a meaningful event each day.1. What does

7、 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.3. What is the benefit

8、of keeping a diary?A. Improving sleep.B. Boosting optimism.C. Gaining insight into life.D. Increasing social connection.Bday.st 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

9、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. and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same sp

10、ot 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 cant control一that sense of approaching failure that remains over you as you hope that everything th

11、at 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, 1 just couldnt seem to make any progress.So what did I do lo maintain my sanily （理智）? I wrote. Something about putting words on a page made every

12、thing seem a little clearer enough.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 wo

13、rld just a lot of hard work and perseverance 1 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

14、 this stis.isdont give up. Even if things 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, wc can learn that the author probably.A. was havin

15、g an exciting graduationB. was gelling into 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

16、 of the following can replace the underlined word “bleak“ in the last paragraph?A. UnattractiveB. hopelessC. thrillingD. promisingWhat does （he 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

17、a skillful mariner.D. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.CAwe 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 wa

18、lks 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 i

19、llnesses. 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 scien

20、tists asked 52 study volunteers to add a weekly 15-minule walk to their normal schedules. All of them were physically healthy and psychologically well-adjusted, with little anxiety or depression. Then 02/8they were randomly divided into two groups. One, as a control group, was asked to start walking

21、, 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

22、 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 surprisin

23、gly, 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.6. Wha

24、t makes the new study different from the previous ones?A. Il 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 suffe

25、ring mental diseases.B. Only the control group 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 di

26、fficult to complete.D. The period of the experiment isnt long enough.9. What is the attitude of Dr. Sturm to awe walks”?A. Skeptical.B. Supportive.C. Indifferent. D. Critical.DCelebrity has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific fi

27、lm, but now the public tends to base its consumption 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

28、their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving 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 b

29、y first-class stars whose products enjoy equal 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 th

30、e products of daily life.However, for every success 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 marke

31、ting. And once the initial attention dies down, 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 misstCD threat

32、ens to reduce a celebritys shelf lifb, and the 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

33、see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. 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 longe

34、r put models on （he coverC. need not worry about celebrities5 market potentialD. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly“Loyalty 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. celebr

35、ity branded products can be an instant successC. consumers enthusiasm fbr 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 popular

36、ity of a celebrity and the sales of his productsB. 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 productsThe passage is mainly about.A. celebrity and personal styleB. celebrity a

37、nd market potentialC. celebrity and fashion designD. celebrity and clothing industry第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分125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佳选项。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 c

38、aught up in our own little worlds and hide what were feeling from other people. 16 .But if you can open up more to others, youll sec 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

39、what youTe feeling.Think about how you feel 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. Arc you anxious about something? If you dont feci

40、anything particularly moving, arc you bored, or content? This process will make you more self-aware. 18 .Maintain a journal fbr 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 make

41、s you feel. This will help you track your feelings over time and put you more in tunc 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. 2（）

42、 , or go on a 20-minute walk every day.Being 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 shar

43、ing how you feelE. It will also help you express what youre feelingF. Treat it as a special space for you to open up and be honestG. Sometimes, vve dont even realize were being guarded or hiding our feelings 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15个小题；每小题1分，满分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佳选项。Lewis B. S

44、medes once said, “To forgive is to set a prisoner 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

45、about Tom changed. His wife Betty came back; he? 24? ?a fine position.One day he told me what had changed his life, *i used to think nothing could? 25? ?vhat I had done. The thought of my? 26 ?would stop me in the middle of a smile. It put a? 27 ?bctwccn my wife and me.?Then I had an? 28 ?visit from

46、 the person I?dreaded?（恐惧）？most to see - the mother of the college classmate who died. Unless you forgive, you cannot love.,?Shc said, 4And without love, life has no? 29 ?. She paused, and then said? ?30? ?.?tYou are the one person who hasnt forgiven Tom Anderson?! found there?in her eyes? 31 ?to be

47、 the person I might have been if her boy had lived. For the first time in my life I feit? 32 ?to love and be loved/*Forgiveness is truly ihe? 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 the contrary, i

48、t means35. A. emotionallyB. diligently C. temporarily D. realisticallyfacing them? ? 35 ?.?21. A. reputationB. possessionC. partD. identity22. A. accounted fbrB. figured outC. participated inD. depended on23. A. registeredB. separatedC. withdrewD. transformed24. A. presentedB. promotedC. earnedD. guaranteed25. A. revealB. confirmC. enhanceD.undo26. A. drawbackB. guiltC. survivalD. label27. A. wallB. reminderC. reserveD. accusation28. A. impossibleB. unexpectedC. undoubtedD. unbearable29. A. conceptB. standardC. principleD. mean