四川省宜宾市叙州区第一中学2019届高三二诊模拟考试 英语

21. What ind of life does Eleanor lead?

A. boring and lonely. C. eciting and comple.

B. funny and touching. D. ordinary and happy.

22. Why did Rebecca Stott write In the Days of Rain?

A. To introduce beliefs of the Eclusive Brethren. B. To help her father fulfill his last wish.

B. To share the life of fundamentalist Christians. D. To pass on her family traditions.

23. For a young adventurous soul, which boo seems more appealing?

A. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine C. Inside the Wave

B

I’m always thining that I’m a tough guy but I have learned something about myself since I moved from Long Island to Florida three years ago. Even though I own a home in Port St. Lucie just minutes from the ocean, an uncontrollable urge wells up to return to Long Island even as others mae their way south. I guess I am a snowbird stuc in reverse. Instead of enjoying Florida’s mild winters, I willingly endure the severe weather on Long Island, the place I called home for 65 years.

I’m lie a migratory bird（候鸟）that has lost its sense of timing and direction, my wings flapping against season.

So what maes me fly against the tide of snowbirds? The answer has a lot to do with my reluctance to give up the things that define who I am. Once I hear that the temperature on Long Island has dipped into the range of 40 to 50 degrees, I begin to long for the sight and cracling sound of a wood fire. I also long for the bright display of colors-first in the fall trees, and then in the lights around homes and at Rocefeller Center. Floridians decorate, too, but can’t create the special feel of a New England winter.

I suppose the biggest reason why I return is to celebrate the holidays with people I haven’t seen in months. What could be better than sitting with family and friends for a

B. In the Days of Rain D. The Eplorer

Thansgiving turey dinner, or watching neighbors’ children ecitedly open gifts on Christmas? Even the first snowfall seems special. I especially enjoy seeing a bright red bird settling on a snow-covered branch. (My wife and I spend winters at a retirement community in Ridge, and I’m grateful that I don’t have to shovel.)

While these simple pleasures are not unique to Long Island, they are some of the reasons why I come bac. Who says you can’t go home?

24. What’s the difference between Florida and Long Island? A. The snowbirds in Florida are rarer. C. Weather in Florida is severer. ocean.

25. What does the underlined word “reluctance” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Motivation. C. Coincidence.

B. Epectation. D. Unwillingness.

B. Winters in Florida are milder. D. Florida is nearer to the

26. Which of the following words can best describe the author? A. Imaginative and outspoen. C. Hard-woring and serious.

B. Homesic and easy-going. D. Anious and painful.

27. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the tet? A. To describe his dream to be a free bird. B. To epress his feeling of missing his hometown. C. To praise the beauty and warmth of his hometown. D. To eplain the reasons for moving from his hometown.

C

Over 130 schoolmates from the Society for Science & the Public’s high school science competitions gathered for a panel (座谈小组) discussion. Hosted by Society President Maya Ajmera, the panel consisted of science professionals and Society schoolmates.

Ajmera started the event by asing the successful women panelists about young scientists faced when entering the professional world.

Hacman, a health policy reporter for the Wall Street Journal, admitted that in following

a career in science, some scientists dislie the long , seemingly dull lab hours when they could follow a job with more “shine”.

About what was hoped for in their career, Angel, who founded Science from Scientists, encouraged the audience to as themselves, “What influence did I have? What did I leave behind?” She hoped her company, whose tas was to help children in grades 4 — 8 develop a love for math and science, will live beyond her. “Even if you help one person,” she reflected, “you have already made a difference”.

As for their support systems, they agreed on the value and support of the family in their professional developmen1. Hacman shared her bacground as a firs1genera1ion Iranian American and how her parents who new little about science had fled the Iranian Revolution. While woring with mother to complete her STS project, Hacman was surprised and grateful because while her mother did not understand the research, her willingness to learn and help made all the difference.

The panelists’ stories and advice surely inspired the younger generations to follow a career in STEM. Ajmera was glad to see the diversity among the panelists and the audience, encouraging everyone to continue breaing barriers. Though a career path in the STEM is not always easy, it can be rewarding, especially when you have a great team behind you. 28. What challenge do young scientists have? A. Their wor is tiring and boring. stressful.

C. Their wor is mainly done in labs. ignored.

29. What does Angel suggest to the audience? A. Struggling to succeed.

B. Leaving positive influence.

D. Offering more help to the

D. Their advantages are often

B. Their tas is hard and

C. Determining to be scientists. poor.

30. Why does Hacman mention her bacground?

A. To as people to love their family. B. To show why she too up science.

C. To call on people to value science. D. To show the importance of family support.

31. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us? A. The greatness to be scientists. B. The effects the panel discussion has. C. The need to brea barriers in science.

D. The diversity among the panelists and the audience.

D

Across Britain, burnt toast will be served to mothers in bed this morning as older sons and daughters rush to deliver their supermaret bunches of flowers. But, according to a new study, we should be placing a higher value on motherhood all year.

Mothers have long nown that their home worload was just as heavy as paid wor. Now, the new study has shown that if they were paid for their parental labours, they would earn as much as $ 172,000 a year.

The study looed at the range of jobs mothers do, as well as the hours they are woring, to determine the figure. This would mae their yearly income $ 30,000 more than the Prime Minister earns.

By analysing the numbers, it found the average mother wors 119 hours a wee, 40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate and 79 hours as overtime. After questioning 1,000 mothers with children under 18, it found that, on most days, mums started their routine wor at 7am and finished at around 11pm.

To calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labour, it suggested some of the roles that mums could tae on, including houseeeper, part-time lawyer, personal trainer and entertainer. Being a part-time lawyer, at ￡ 48.98 an hour, would prove to be the most profitable of the “mum jobs”, with psychologist (心理学家) a close second.

It also ased mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 percent maing emotional demand as the hardest thing about motherhood.

Over a third of mums felt they needed more training and around half said they missed