2024屆高考英語廣東版英語測試報高三上學期綜合版訓(xùn)練：第3期 B2（外研版）
Reading Comprehension
A
Do you know what to do when the lens（鏡頭） points to you? It’s not all about flashing a smile and hoping for the best. And there’s no one who knows that better than celebrities（名人）. They’ve learned a thing or two about looking good in pictures, and now they?re sharing their lessons with you.
Rebecca Romijn: “Sometimes you have to fake confidence, posture, or a smile—fake it until you make it!”
Brad Goreski: “Posing is an actual art form. You can give a really great dress to a girl, and if she doesn’t know how to pose in it, the dress falls dead. If the dress has an open neckline and a plunging back then you give them the surprise over-the-shoulder. For me personally, I try to give smiles and no smiles.”
Shay Mitchell: 揥ork it! Have funu. Don’t be nervous. If you’re laughing and you have a genuine smile, there’s no bad photo you can take. My favorite pose is the arm out on the hip. Have your face a little bit tilted(傾斜的)—I don’t like to face straight on. Cheer up, and you’re good to go.”
Maria Menounos: “When you stand next to someone, stand straight, and lift your head.”
Miranda Cosgrove: “Wear something you feel really comfortable in.”
Debra Messing: “Shoulders back. That’s huge! It just completely makes everything look taller and better.”
Karina Smirnoff: “Three things: Clean your face so you’re not as shiny. Use more hairspray because if the carpet is outside, it seems to always blow the wrong way. And, last but not least, wear less makeup rather than more. Because when you go into pictures with more makeup, it just looks like a mess.”
1. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Interviews with some celebrities.
B. How to make yourself look good in pictures.
C. The best ways to become celebrities.
D. Celebrities’ tips on how to make up.
2. What is Maria Menounos’ opinion?
A. Standing straight and raising your head.
B. Wearing a really great dress with an open neckline.
C. Facing straight on and cheering up.
D. Cleaning your face and wearing more makeup.
3. How many famous people does the passage mention? A. Five.
B. Six.
C. Seven.
D. Eight.
4. Who offers the most tips in the passage?
A. Brad Goreski.
B. Rebecca Romijn.
C. Shay Mitchell.
D. Karina Smirnoff.B
B
You know all about the dangers of exhaustion. You even know that working too many hours affects your productivity, and yet there’s always one more task that needs finishing, one more email to write, or one more impatient customer or boss who doesn’t want to wait till Monday. Here are some tips that may help you deal with pressure at work when you feel exhausted.
Don’t save sleeping time.
Not only does a good night’s sleep improve your mood and cognitive (認知的) ability, but it helps you grow brain cells. Sleep deprivation (匱乏) is associated with a lot of mental and physical illness, and will actually make you age more quickly. Whatever else you have to forego to give way to work and meet the demands of your crazy job, make sure getting a good night’s sleep every night is one of your priorities (優(yōu)先考慮的事).
Get plenty of exercise.
Exercise is a known mood elevator and stress killer, as well as something that your body needs to remain healthy. There’s evidence that a daily two-mile walk can help your cognitive function. So fit some exercise in your schedule every day or follow Steve Jobs’ example and conduct meetings while walking.
Take brief breaks during the day.
Even a few minutes between meetings and phone calls will make a big difference. And also, go outside during these breaks. Sunlight and fresh air can do a lot of good.
Put a vacation on your calendar.
Having a vacation on your calendar will give you something to look forward to. And as the date approaches, do not reschedule whatever happens. Taking a vacation will give your mind a rest. You might be surprised at how reinvigorated (振作的) and inspired you’ll be getting back to work.
Schedule evening and weekend activities.
This will give your week some variety—it won’t all be about your job. It will be better if your off-hours activities involve other people you care about, such as your spouse, partner, kids, or friends.
1. The author writes the passage to ____.
A. show the danger of stress and overwork
B. tell us some skills of improving work efficiency
C. persuade people not to work overtime
D. tell us how to get through high-stress times at work
2. The underlined word “forego” in Paragraph 2 means ____.
A. carry out
B. focus on
C. give up
D. get over
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Exercise can decrease our stress and improve our mood.
B. We’d better have evening and weekend activities alone.
C. The more breaks we have, the more productive we will be.
D. Taking a vacation is the best way to reduce our stress.
4. In which part of the newspapers can we most probably find the passage?
A. Feelings and Emotions. B. Work and Life.
C. Sports and Travel.
D. Health and Care.
C
Black Friday is just a week away, an annual tradition in which holiday shoppers rush to the supermarkets and malls. Most shoppers go to stores to buy things at a discount. For some, however, shopping is less of a pastime (消遣) and more of an addiction. These people have compulsive(強迫性的) shopping disorder, a condition filled with debt and regret.
While it’s true that many lack money and credit management skills, what these shoppers are often looking for is a “buy high,” an emotional rush to put themselves in a better mood, found San Francisco State University researchers in 2024. These types of shoppers often hold materialistic values. When under stress, materialistic shoppers are more likely to shop compulsively.
Rather than providing any social or emotional outlet（發(fā)泄出口）, the extreme stress-induced（緊張誘發(fā)的） purchases only increase anxiety and lower well-being, and materialistic shoppers already tend to have lower self-respect than others to begin with.
In fact, it’s exactly at low moments that materialistic shoppers are most likely to shop for expensive items, and they’re more likely to make those purchases on credit. This of course can create a vicious cycle, in which a materialistic shopper with low self-respect buys expensive items he or she cannot afford in an effort to improve sense of self. The financial burden can cause stress and destroy relationships over the issue of money, further affecting the mood of the shopper and leading to more spending to try to regain a sense of self-worth.
Symptoms of shopping addiction include constant thoughts about shopping, buying to improve the mood and inability to change behavior.
Researchers have found two key personality characteristics that increase risk of compulsive shopping behavior, extroversion and neuroticism（外向型和神經(jīng)質(zhì)型）. Extroverts tend to view shopping as a social affair and see purchases through the lens of social status. Neurotics shop to relieve anxiety or depression.
There are treatment options for those with compulsive shopping disorder, which may include medication. Other recommendations include shopping with a friend, getting rid of credit cards and above all, developing meaningful hobbies.
1. What do you learn about people with compulsive shopping disorder?
A. They usually go to stores to buy special offers.
B. They only see shopping as an enjoyable thing.
C. They go shopping to make themselves feel better.
D. They are not good at managing money and usually in debt.
2. According to the passage, the extreme stress-induced purchases ____.
A. help people release emotions
B. are not beneficial to people
C. help people regain their confidence
D. improve people’s money management skills
3. The underlined word “vicious” in Para. 4 has the closet meaning to ____.
A. bad
B. natural
C. regular
D. lasting
4. Which is the most important treatment option for those with compulsive shopping disorder?
A. Taking chemical medicine.
B. Shopping with a friend.
C. Developing meaningful hobbies.
D. Getting rid of credit cards.
Cloze Test
A
I sat on the sofa on Saturday afternoon with an ear toward the door, waiting for our dog Archie to come in. He loved our yard. The
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we’d put in the yard was the best thing to keep him from going out. It was not necessary to
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Archie to keep him away from the mountain road we lived on. It was
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for animals to appear on the road because of fast traffic.
Archie had many dogs he
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with at the park where he was always excited.
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, at home he wasn’t so happy. We joked that he was
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a lap dog (哈巴狗). He was very
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and would curl up on the floor like a fur ball right beside me while I was sitting, and kept my
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warm.
I turned my head to the window facing the road when I heard a woman call out. 揝omeone抯
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is in the middle of the road.?Thee w woman called from her car. She didn’t honk (按喇叭) so as not to
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the dog. I supposed she is a real animal
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.
Wait! Archie? I ran out of the house.
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enough, there he was, sitting on the yellow line, keeping his brown head hung low as if he knew that he had made a
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. “Archie, boy, what are you doing out here? How did you get out?” I
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him up in my arms and he didn’t bark.
揑 love animals,?the woman said. 揑
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go extra slow in this neighborhood, careful to
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deer and foxes, even those little squirrels ( th松鼠). I love them all.” “I am so
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that it was you driving by. To think what could have
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if it had been anyone else,” I said.
When we got home, Archie led me to the
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in the fence, from which he went out and waited patiently while I
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it to prevent him from running out again.
1. A. door
B. cage
C. fence
D. toy
2. A. worry about
B. shout at
C. pick up
D. chain up
3. A. funny
B. difficult
C. unsafe
D. free
4. A. played
B. lived
C. met
D. dealt
5. A. However
B. Therefore
C. Besides
D. Luckily
6. A. merely
B. really
C. hardly
D. partly
7. A. weak
B. shy
C. careful
D. quiet
8. A. legs
B. hands
C. feet
D. arms
9. A. bag
B. wallet
C. child
D. dog
10. A. hit
B. attract
C. scare
D. bother
11. A. protector
B. owner
C. researcher
D. killer
12. A. Soon
B. Sure
C. Good
D. Absurd
13. A. difference
B. plan
C. wish
D. mistake
14. A. carried
B. catched
C. called
D. brought
15. A. seldom
B. always
C. never
D. occasionally
16. A. break away from
B. watch out for
C. wait for
D. look after
17. A. proud
B. confident
C. certain
D. thankful
18. A. occurred
B. formed
C. changed
D. developed
19. A. sign
B. mark
C. hole
D. crack
20. A. removed
B. repaired
C. washed
D. painted
B
My life was running smoothly last year when the universe delivered wake-up calls one after another. First, I
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my job when the magazine I edited went bankrupt (破產(chǎn)的). A month later, my
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landed in the intensive care unit (重癥監(jiān)護室). It felt as though life were
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my layers.
Not knowing what to do, I didn’t go back to my
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but drove to my parents’ house. Their vulnerability (脆弱) terrified me. I
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my father at the hospital every day, trying to
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tears as I stood awkwardly by his bed. At home, I kept myself
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, cooking, washing the dishes, and cleaning the house. One afternoon, I held my mother’s hand as she wept. Suddenly, I felt
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to have the time to be with my parents, to
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them, which I wouldn’t have been able to do
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I hadn’t lost my job.
I felt
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for this gift of time when my father returned home, for the
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things: watching TV with him, chatting with him and listening to his breathing while he slept and for my mother’s
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.
Looking back, I would never have chosen the
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of my father’s illness and losing the work I loved. But my parents’ vulnerability — and my own —
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me less these days. Gratitude (感恩) opened the gates of love — right in the midst(中間) of
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and uncertainty.
Since then, I’ve started making a
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effort to practice gratitude in some small way every day. When I do, I feel much more connected with the flow of life, instead of feeling
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in my own struggles and fears.
For me, gratitude can be a powerful
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, just as some psychologists have found that practicing gratitude can actually
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our physical and mental health.
1. A. enjoyed
B. lost
C. hated
D. accepted
2. A. mother
B. brother
C. father
D. sister
