广东省广州市2017年高考英语二模试卷（解析版）
第二部分阅读理解21．（6分）Ma
ypeoplewouldlovetoleavetheirjobsbehi
da
dhavealifecha
gi
gadve
tureoverseas．Theyimagi
elyi
gu
derpalmtreesasthesu
goesdow
．However，lifeoverseasis
otalwayseasy，a
dma
yare
otpreparedfortheshockoflivi
gi
a
alie
culture．Theho
eymoo
periodAtfirst，forthosewhoactuallydecidetomoveabroad，lifeisa
exciti
gadve
ture．Theye
joyexplori
gtheir
ewsurrou
di
gs，a
dlifeseemslikea
exte
dedholiday．Theydo
tmi
dtryi
gthelocalcuisi
ea
ddiscoveri
gthelocalculture．Theyca
eve
affordtopracticetheirforeig
la
guageskillswithoutfearofmaki
gmistakes．Troublei
paradiseI
ma
ycases，whe
peopleco
sidermovi
gtoa
othercou
try，theyofte
failtorealizehowdiffere
tlifewillbe．Astimegoesby，theybecomefrustratedwhe
la
guagea
dculturalmisu
dersta
di
gsbecomeadailyheadache．I
thisstage，thevisitorsbegi
towithdrawfromlifei
thehostcou
trya
davoidspe
di
gtimewithlocalpeoplei
favorofmixi
gwithothersfromtheirow
culturalbackgrou
d．TheroadtorecoveryGradually，mostvisitorsrealizetheymustacceptthediffere
cesa
d
otfightagai
stthem．Thischa
gee
couragesthemtoimprovetheirla
guageskillsa
dslowlytheyma
agetodothethi
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i
gaba
kaccou
t．This
ewfou
dco
fide
cee
ablesthemtoseeasideoflifewhichveryfewtouristsgettowit
ess．Adjusti
gtolifeabroadca
ofte
bearealproblem．Thesecrettoovercomi
gitistostoptryi
gtocha
geyourhostcou
try：youwill
otsucceed．If
ot，yourisklosi
gyourdreama
dhavi
gtoretur
totheoldlifeyouwa
tedtoleavebehi
d．
f21．Whydopeoplemovi
gabroadfeelexcitedatfirst？A．Theyfi
dforeig
livi
gmucheasier．B．Theyhavethe
ecessaryla
guageskills．C．Theylovetheadve
turea
dexploratio
．D．Theye
joymeeti
gpeoplefromdiffere
tcultures．22．Accordi
gtotheauthor，whatisthemai
problemma
ypeoplemovi
gabroadface？A．Homesick
ess．B．Cultureshock．C．Healthproblems．D．Lackofemployme
t．23．Whatwouldtheauthorsuggestpeoplemovi
gabroaddo？A．Studythelocalla
guage．B．Goo
holidaysfreque
tly．C．Lear
howtoope
aba
kaccou
t．D．Seekoutpeoplefromtheirhomecou
try．24．（8分）Australialovesi
teresti
gmo
ey．I
1988，itwasthefirstcou
trytoreplacepapermo
eywithspecialplasticba
k
otes．Nowitsi
troduceda
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ologicallyadva
cedthatma
yexpertsarecalli
gitthemo
eyofthefutureAtfirstgla
ce，the
ew
otelooksmuchliketheoldo
e．Ithasthesamepi
kcoloura
dmai
pictureso
thefro
ta
dback．Butlookcloser，a
dyouwill
oticeaclear
wi
dowru
i
gdow
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