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1、2018年广东省东莞市高考英语二模试卷第二部分 阅读理解（共两节）第一节（满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑21Basketball Statistician Help WantedThe Athletic Department is looking for students to help assist staff during the Fall 2016， Winter 201617 and Spring 2017 semesters Students in this position will be keeping li
2、ve statistics during basketball games Students must meet all of the following requirements： Good computer skills Available evenings and weekends Knowing basketball rules and statisticsStudents interested in working for the Athletic Department should contact the Athletic Coordinator at their respecti
3、ve（各自的） campuses TP/SS Athletic Coordinator， Michael Simone， 2405671308 Rockville Athletic Coordinator， Jorge Zuniga， 2405677589 Springfield Athletic Coordinator， Gary Miller， 2405672273 Germantown Athletic Coordinator， GauriChavan， 240567691521When will the job start？ A In May 2016 B In May 2017C I
4、n September 2016 D In September 201722Who is more likely to get the job？ A Sam， English major， member of the college basketball teamB Judy， IT staff with night classes， childrens basketball team coachC Ted， computer major， basketball fan， free on evenings and weekendsD Molly， parttime programmer， hi
5、gh school basketball player， new mother23Whom should you contact if you want to apply for the job in Rockville？ A Michael B Jorge C Gauri D Gary24Children grow quickly， especially their feet， but many families cannot buy new shoes each time a child needs them As a result， about 300 million children
6、around the world go barefoot Those children risk picking up diseases and parasites from the soilAn American man may have a solution for those barefoot kids a shoe that grows with the child Kenton Lee is the creator of The Shoe That Grows He explains how the shoe works and how it is able to last so l
7、ongIt grows in three places： the front； it can also grow on the side with Velcro； and on the back with our buckle It can last up to five years The bottom is compressed rubber like tire rubber The top is just highquality leather The shoe comes in two sizes： small that fits children aged 4to 9and larg
8、e for children aged 9to 14Lee says he got the idea for the shoe while working as a volunteer in an orphanage in Kenya and there was a little girl in a white dress walking next to me And I just remember looking down and seeing how small her shoes were They were so small that she had to cut open the f
9、ront of her shoes to let her toes stick out And I just remember thinking， wouldnt it be nice if there were a pair of shoes that could grow with her feet？However， Lee says it was not easy to turn his idea into a reality I kept writing down I should do this because of this or because of that Finally，
10、in 2009 Lee founded a nonprofit organization called Because International In the office of Because International， Lee keeps a pair of his own shoes to help him remember his promise I told myself I would not get new shoes until the idea was done So， those are the shoes that I wore for a little over f
11、ive years24Which of the following is the characteristic of the newly invented shoes？ A They are more expensiveB They are not so comfortableC They can grow with a childD They come in different sizes25Who is this kind of newly invented shoes intended for？ A All the teenagersB Children aged 4to 14C Mid
12、dleaged women in AfricaD Senior citizens with low income26What does Para 4mainly talk about？ A How the shoes workB How Lee got his inspirationC How to make the new shoesD Where to order this kind of shoes27Why does Kenton Lee keep a pair of his own shoes in the office？ A To remind him of his promise
13、B To copy the design of themC To get a change convenientlyD To use them as an example28I read somewhere that we spend a full third of our lives waiting But where are we doing all of this waiting， and what does it mean to an impatient society like ours？ To understand the issue， lets take a look at th
14、ree types of waitsThe very purest form of waiting is the WatchedPot Wait It is without doubt the most annoying of all Take filling up the kitchen sink（洗碗池） as an example There is absolutely nothing you can do while this is going on but keep both eyes fixed on the sink until its full During these wai
15、ts， the brain slips away from the body and wanders about until the water runs over the edge of the counter and onto your socks This kind of wait makes the waiter helpless and mindlessA cousin to the WatchedPot Wait is the Forced Wait This one requires a bit of discipline Properly preparing packaged noodle soup required a Forced Wait Directions are very specific Bring three cups of water to boil， add mix， simmer three minutes， remove from heat， let stand five minutesI have my
