2020年浙江省衢州市高考英语模拟试卷含答案

高考英语模拟试卷

一、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，共25.0分）

A

Whenever Prince George steps out for an engagement，like on the royal tour of Canada，or poses（摆姿势）for official photographs，there's one thing about the little royal that has long confused royal watchers：the fact that he only ever wears shorts．

According to William Hanson，an etiquette（礼仪）expert，there is a very good reason for this---and it has nothing to do with fashion，but rather royal tradition．

"It's a very English thing to dress a young boy in shorts，" William Hanson said．"Trousers are for older boys and men，whereas shorts on young boys is one of those silent British class markers that we have in England．Although times are slowly changing，a pair of trousers on a young boy is considered quite middle class---quite suburban．No self-respecting royal would want to be considered suburban．Even the Duchess of Cambridge．"

The tradition can be traced back through the royal family，with both Princes William and Harry regularly seen wearing shorts until they were considered old enough to progress to

full-length trousers．

"The usual custom is that a boy graduates to trousers around eight years old，" William added．"This is，historically，perhaps due to the practice of ‘breeching'，which dates back to the sixteenth century．A newborn boy would be dressed in a gown for their first year or two and then he was ‘breeched' and wore articles of clothing that more resembled shorts or trousers than dresses．"

Ultimately，he concluded，in the case of William and Kate，the decision to dress George in shorts is more likely down to tradition than a class issue．

"The modern habit of upper class families choosing to dress their boys in shorts will deliberately hark back to（使人想起）a bygone age，" he said．"The British upper set are always keen to hold on to tradition，and this one also silently marks them out from ‘the rest'．"

1.Why does Prince George only wear shorts？______

A. Prince George loves shorts．

B. Prince George loves sports．

C. Shorts are a sign of fashion．

D. Wearing shorts is a royal practice．

2.Which of the following words best describe Prince George's wearing shorts？______

A. Reasonable．

B. Practical．

C. Traditional．

D. Fashionable．

3.Why do William and Kate dress Prince George in shorts？______

A. They want to hold on to tradition．

B. They want to keep to royal fashion．

C. They want to train him to keep out the cold．

D. They want to ignore their social position．

B

At 23，my career got going．I was midway through a master's degree at The London School of Economics and Political Science and had been hired as a part-time reporter for a finance website．I got a great one-month review and my boss asked if I was interested in staying with the company after graduation．

However，balancing graduate studies with work was challenging．To deal with it，I checked my real self at my office door．I came in to work，greeted my colleagues and listened more than I contributed in each morning meeting．The small team I worked with often seemed busy，so rather than giving ideas that might get turned down，I stayed back．

After four months，my boss called me into his office．The meeting was going well until he told me that despite the great work I had produced，the team had held a meeting and decided，"We don't think it's the right fit．"

I must have looked confused．"You're ambitious，intelligent and will be very successful，" my boss said．"But you haven't made enough of an effort to join the team．You lost the enthusiasm you showed in your interview．That won't work long term．" I couldn't believe that performing well at my job wasn't enough to keep it．But I knew my boss was right．

"Don't leave before you leave．" Because we work so hard for success，we don't like to think that we hurt ourselves sometimes．But each of us must change when necessary．In trying to earn a full time job，I "leaned back" in order not to show too much of myself or my lack of expertise．I learned the hard way isn't the way to achieve your goals．

4.Why did the author write this article______

A. To amuse the readers．

B. To introduce her wisdom．

C. To share her work experience．

D. To land a full-time job．

5.What did the author mean by saying "I stayed back" in Paragraph 2______

A. She was no longer interested in the part-time job．

B. She was afraid to give her own ideas in her team．

C. She was active in expressing herself in her team．

D. She had no ideas to contribute in her team．

6.Why did her boss call her into his office one day four months later______

A. She didn't produce the great work．

B. She cared little about other members in her team．

C. She was concerned only about her own success．

D. She didn't show enough enthusiasm in teamwork．

7.What conclusion might the author draw from her work experience______

A. Not sharing enough during meetings could lead to being fired from your job．

B. Listening is more important than contributing in each morning meeting．

C. Getting along well with the other team members could help you keep to your job．

D. You must work so hard for your success that you don't want to hurt yourself．

C

Some people are so rude!

Who sends an e-mail or a text message that just says "Thank you"Who leaves a voice mail message rather than texts you？Who asks for a fact easily found on Google？Don't these people realize that they're wasting your time

Maybe I'm the rude one for not appreciating life's little politeness．But many social agreed standards just don't make sense to people drowning in digital communication．

In texts，you don't have to declare who you are or even say hello；E-mail，too，is slower