广东省广州市2017届普通高中毕业班综合测试（二模）英语试题
（俗称广州二模）
2017年4月22日下午考试英语
2017年高考广州一模、二模的考试时间及相关事宜，广州一模将于3月16-17日进行。
二模4月22日进行。
第二部分阅读理解
21 . （6 分）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 liv ing in an alie n culture .
The hon eym oon 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 foreig n —Ian guage skills without fear of mak ing 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 whe n Ian guage and cultural misun dersta ndings
become a daily headache . In this stage , the visitors beg in to withdraw from life
in the host country and avoid spe nding time with local people in favor of mixi ng
with others from their own cultural backgro und
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 Ian guage skills and slowly they man age to do the thi ngs they could easily do at home , such as opening a bank account . This new - found con fide nce en ables 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 wan ted to leave behi nd
21 . Why do people moving abroad feel excited at first ? ___
A. They find foreign living much easier .
B. They have the necessary Ianguage skills .
C. They love the adventure and exploration
D. They enjoy meeti ng people from differe nt 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
24 . （8 分）Australia loves i nteresting money . In 1988 , it was the first country to replace paper money with special plastic banknotes . Now it's in troduced a new five - dollar bill so tech no logically adva need 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 no tice a clear window running dow n the middle , surro un ded
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 no tice the picture of a small buildi ng 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 impossible for criminals to
produce their own fake no tes
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 . en abli ng bli nd people to quickly determ ine 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 differe nee betwee n no tes that he only carried coins to pay for food at not being able to see the differe nee betwee n no tes 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 atte ntio n
The gover nment will add this feature to the new 10 bill which comes out
in late 2017 , as well as the updated 20 ,50 , a nd 100bills that are still bei ng 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 reas on the Australia n gover nment created the
new banknote ? ____
A . To make the n ote more difficult to copy .
B. To show the coun try's adva need tech no logy
C. To help blind people more easily use money
D. To make the not's appearanee 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 anonline meeting
C. He sought support on the Internet
D . He requested a special Christmas gift .
28 . （8 分）At this year's Tech no logy Forum , speakers in clude 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 Cohe n , a high school senior , gree n bus in essma n and creator of Gree nShields
Since Cohen was a child , he has been innovating and inventing . When he
was 12 and took scienee classes at Northwestern University , he saw a school bus and had an idea : what if the shape of school bus was improved to
? This would greatly reduce the make it more fuel efficie nt amount of
pollution it produced . He set about making a wind tunnel in his pare nts'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 polluti on
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 adopti on
How much of an impact can these shields have on climate change ? Fuel consumption for the average US school bus is seven miles per
gallo n . Gree nShields in creases fuel efficie ncy by 10 - 20% , sav ing about 600 per bus per year , and costs only 30 to attach . Cohen and his partners are now trying to persuade the gover nment to put Gree nShields on all school buses . With almost half - a - million school buses in America using nearly 2.5 billi on of fuel per year , a con sumptio n reduct ion of 10 - 20% would make a big difference in pollution . Not to mention the roughly 285 million in annual sav