2020-2021学年重庆市南开中学校高三英语二模试题及答案解析

2020-2021学年重庆市南开中学校高三英语二模试题及答案解析

第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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

A

The last thing Caitlin Hipp would have expected as she prepared to turn 28 years old was to be living at

homewith her parents. But through working as a part-time skating instructor and restaurant server, she isn't able

to earn enough to live anywhere other than home.

To some degree, multigenerational households have always been a part of American life. However, the

number of young adults who have been moving back in with their parents — or never leaving home in the first

place — has been growing steadily.

UBS Financial Services released a report that even suggests one reason for the growing number of young

adultsstill living at home could be that their family doesn't want them to leave.

The report shows that 74 percent of millennials (千禧一代)get some kind of financial support from their

parents after college. It finds that millennials have redefined the ties that connect parents and children.

Millennials see their parents as peers,friends and instructors. Nearly three quarters talked with their parents more

than once a week during college. In return, their parents happily provide financial support well into adulthood,

helping fund everything for them.

Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for the PNC Financial Services Group in theUS, said the number of young

adults striking out on their own fell during the Great Recession. Although job growth for millennials since 2014

has improved, that doesn't necessarily mean that millennials are starting to fly the nest. He said, “They may like

living at home and being able to save money.

“ There's no doubt it has held back household formation and purchases of things people spend money on

related to household formation and perhaps related to child-raising," Hoffman explained. "But they are probably

traveling more and eating out more if they don't have a house expense or marriage. I don't know if it represents a

change in moral values. But it's much more common for adult children to live in their parents’ homes because it's

becoming part of the culture.

1. What can we learn from the UBS Financial Services' report?

A. Millennials are on good terms with their parents.

B. Millennials are financially independent after college. C. Parents are unwilling to give their young adults allowance.

D. Parents want their kids to stay with them forever.

2. What does Hoffman think of young adults' living at home?

A. It increases the consumption of household products.

B. It may continue despite job growth.

C. It is a sign of shift in moral values.

D. It is new in American culture.

3. What is the author's purpose of writing this passage?

A. To introduce millennials' living habits.

B. To stress the importance of financial independence.

C. To explain why American young adults still live at home.

D. To inform people of a social trend in theUS.

B

Many cars in advertisements and on exhibition in the United States are red, blue or green, but almost 75

percent of new cars sold in the United States are black, white, silver orgray.

Les Jackson is a reporter who writes about cars. He says the color1 s of cars Americans choose do not show

dirt. He says that means the owners wash their cars less in order to save money. And he notes some areas that are

suffering from water shortages do not permit people to wash their cars often.

Dan Benton works for a company called Axalta, which makes supplies for international car makers. He says

white cars are often sold more expensive than cars of other color1 s. And he notes that white cars “absorb(吸收)less energy” than cars of other color1 s. This means temperatures inside them are lower in warmer areas.

Benton also says research at Monash University in Australia suggests that there is a lower risk of crashes during

the day for white cars compared with darker ones.

Car buyers in other countries also like white. Jane Harrington works for PPG Industries, a company that makes

paint for cars. She said in China, buyers say white makes a small car look bigger.

About 11 percent of cars sold in North America are red and 8 percent are blue. Green has become less

popular. Benton notes that in the mid-1990s green was the most popular color1 in North America. Today, green is

hard to find.

Sometime in the future, people may not have to choose the color1 of their cars —— technology may let

owners change their cars’ paint color1 anytime.