2021年广东省江门市新会区梁启超中学高考英语模拟试卷

第二部分阅读理解

• 1．Wanted：A Personal Assistant I'm a very busy woman，looking for an assistant to help me with certain important tasks.This is not your average assistant job.What I'm looking for is someone to take care of some of my more personal business so that I may focus on my true passion：grocery shopping.Please apply if and only if you are willing and able to accomplish the following tasks：
     Work I would love to have a nine-to-five job.However，I find sitting in an office all day unbearable.An ideal assistant would secure a high-paying office job and excel in that setting，even going so far as to eagerly accept every invitation to after-work drinks.
     Go on family vacations I love my family，especially when I don't have to spend time with them.Thus，I will require my employee to attend all family vacations in my place.Since I'll miss out on spending time with my nephews，a good assistant will live-stream （直播） them for me the entire time while discreetly muting the live-stream whenever they start fighting.
     Exercise I am determined to get in better shape but find working out strenuous and tiring.The right candidate will exercise for a minimum of an hour every day and allow me to reap the benefits of his or her vigorous activity.
     Eat Just kidding-I love eating!
     Date I'm looking for love but find dating tedious and intimidating.Ideally，my employee will get a drink with a potential mate so he or she can do the tiresome work of getting to know someone and deciding whether I'll like him.If the romantic candidate advances past a third date，I'd be willing to step in and proceed with the relationship from there，excluding birthdays，holidays，and other high-pressure situations.
     Have a baby I'm eager to have a child，but being pregnant and giving birth seems hard.Likewise，raising a child seems daunting.I'd prefer to spend an hour or two with my child each day while someone else tackles the incredible responsibility of childrearing.Once my child turns 18，I will happily assume all parenting duties，excluding any financial obligations.
  
  （1）What is the author truly interested in？

  
  A．Spending vacations.
  B．Going shopping.
  C．Dating someone.
  D．Raising children.
  （2）The personal assistant needs to do the following things for the author EXCEPT

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  A．working out.
  B．going to work.
  C．accompanying families.
  D．eating delicious food.
  （3）What do you think is the purpose of the passage？

  
  A．To warn.
  B．To inform.
  C．To amuse.
  D．To advertise.
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• 2．For most of her life，Suanne Laqueur's passion for storytelling was shown on the dance floor．Although Laqueur began writing at a young age，dancing always took center stage．She majored in dance and theater at Alfred University and taught at her mother's dance studio in Croton-on-Hudson，New York，for years．But when her mother was ready to retire and an opportunity opened for Laqueur to take over the studio，she realized she had no interest in taking on the business side of her art： "Owning a studio is a lot of work-financially，logistically．I love the teaching，the choreographing（编舞），the staging，but I didn't want to own it．"
     Yet Laqueur's disinterest in running the studio changed when she became a self-published author．In the fall of 2013，she decided to pursue Self-publishing as a way of sharing her first completed novel with friends and family．During the process，she realized that following her true passion-telling stories through writingmade the business of the art worthwhile，and owning that business meant she could direct her writing career however she chose．
     Starting with her second self-published novel，she began investing more time in marketing and building her audience．Her investment paid off．Since 2014，Laqueur，now 49，has self-published six novels，which collectively have hundreds of ratings and reviews on Goodreads．Her 2016 novel An Exaltation of Larks stole the show at the 25th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards，topping more than 2，300 entries to win the grand prize．
     "You have to write the most truthful story to you，and I think self-publishing allows that freedom， "she says． "If you work with traditional publishing，it's more about what's marketable．There are trade-offs，which everyone will tell you，but by self-publishing I have control of the book，I have control of the story，and I'm cool with that．"
  
  （1）From Paragraph 2，we can learn that Laqueur

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  A．wanted to own a publishing house
  B．didn't like teaching dancing in fact
  C．was a part-time writer when she was young
  D．was interested in running her mother's studio
  （2）What made Laqueur change her attitude to business？

  
  A．Her mother's persuasion．
  B．Self-publishing her novels．
  C．The desire to make money．
  D．Her own passion toward art．
  （3）Which of the following can best replace the phrase "stole the show" in Paragraph 4？

  
  A．became a failure．
  B．was shown to people．
  C．got all the attention．
  D．was accidentally stolen．
  （4）What can be inferred from what Laqueur's said？

  
  A．She enjoys the way of self-publishing．
  B．She will never use traditional publishing．
  C．Traditional publishing only focuses on the market．
  D．Self-publishing will replace traditional publishing．
  组卷：6引用：2难度：0.5

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• 3．When you were at school，the last thing you probably wanted to do was spend your weekends going to work．There was homework to do，sport to play and fun to have．But our parents probably persuaded us to find a job to earn some money and get some life experience．When I was a teenager I had a paper round：delivering newspapers to people's homes．I then progressed to a Saturday job in a supermarket：stacking shelves and working at the checkout．
     Today in the UK you are allowed to work from the age of 13，and many children do take up part-time jobs．It's one of those things that are seen almost as a rite of passage（成人仪式）．It's a taste of independence and sometimes a useful thing to put on your CV（简历）．Teenagers agree that it teaches valuable lessons about working with adults and also about managing their money．
     Some research has shown that not taking up a Saturday or holiday job could be deleterious to a person later on．A 2015 study by the UK Commission on Employment and Skills found that not participating in part-time work at school age had been blamed by employer's organizations for young adults being ill-prepared for full-time employment，but despite this，recent statistics have shown that the number of schoolchildren in the UK with a part-time job has fallen by a fifth in the past five years．
      So，does this mean that British teenagers are now afraid of hard work？Probably not．Some experts feel that young people feel going out to work will affect their performance at school，and they are under more pressure now to study hard and get good exam results-and a good job in the long term．However，Geoff Barton，general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders，told BBC News that "Properly regulated （控制的）part-time work is a good way of helping young people learn skills that they will need in their working lives．" In reality，it's all about getting the right balance between doing part-time work and having enough time to study and rest．
  
  （1）How did the author feel about doing part-time jobs on weekends when he was a teenager？

  
  A．Unwilling．
  B．Interested．
  C．Delighted．
  D．Angry．
  （2）Which of the following may NOT be the benefit of school children's doing part-time jobs？

  
  A．Learning to be independent．
  B．Gaining some life experience．
  C．Being prepared for future jobs．
  D．Spending what they earn as they like．
  （3）What does the underlined word "deleterious" in Paragraph 3 probably mean？

  
  A．Valuable．
  B．Harmful．
  C．Necessary．
  D．Impossible．
  （4）What can we learn from Paragraph 4？

  
  A．Students should spend all their time on studies．
  B．Students should have as many part-time jobs as possible．
  C．Doing part-time jobs must affect students，school results．
  D．It's important for students to balance part-time jobs and studies．
  组卷：6引用：2难度：0.7

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第四部分 写作

• 8．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有 10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
  增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．
  删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉．
  修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
  注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
  2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
      Have you ever had headache during a test？Have you ever been too concerned about something that you even can't sleep at night？If so，then you know that stress is．Too much stress can result in angry，depression and other related problems，which we need to take them seriously．
      However，not all stress was harmful to you．Some kinds of stress can help you getting things done better，like when you are running towards the finishing line or when you are asking to deliver a speech to your class．Stress sometimes can push you to make full preparations for a test．
      The best approach of reducing stress is to have a balanced life．If you get enough sleep，eat proper，take more exercise and have enough fun time，you might feel less stressed．
  组卷：8引用：3难度：0.5

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书面表达

• 9．假定你是李华，作为交换生在一所英国学校交流学习。现在你即将回国，要作为学生代表在欢送会上发言，请按下列要点写一篇发言稿
  （1）表示感谢
  （2）学习的收获和感受
  （3）表达祝愿
  注意：（1）词数100词
  （2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
  组卷：2引用：1难度：0.5

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