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1、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）Many people would love to leave their jobs behind and have a lifechanging adventure overseasThey imagine lying under palm trees as the sun goes downHowever，life overseas is not always easy，and many are not prepared for the shock of living in an alien cultureThe
2、 honeymoon periodAt first，for those who actually decide to move abroad，life is an exciting adventureThey enjoy exploring their new surroundings，and life seems like an extended holidayThey dont mind trying the local cuisine and discovering the local cultureThey can even afford to practice their forei
3、gnlanguage skills without fear of making mistakesTrouble in paradiseIn many cases，when people consider moving to another country，they often fail to realize how different life will beAs time goes by，they become frustrated when language and cultural misunderstandings become a daily headacheIn this sta
4、ge，the visitors begin to withdraw from life in the host country and avoid spending time with local people in favor of mixing with others from their own cultural backgroundThe road to recoveryGradually，most visitors realize they must accept the differences and not fight against themThis change encour
5、ages them to improve their language skills and slowly they manage to do the things they could easily do at home，such as opening a bank accountThis newfound confidence enables them to see a side of life which very few tourists get to witnessAdjusting to life abroad can often be a real problemThe secr
6、et to overcoming it is to stop trying to change your host country：you will not succeedIf not，you risk losing your dream and having to return to the old life you wanted to leave behind21Why do people moving abroad feel excited at first？AThey find foreign living much easierBThey have the necessary lan
7、guage skillsCThey love the adventure and explorationDThey enjoy meeting people from different cultures22According to the author，what is the main problem many people moving abroad face？AHomesicknessBCulture shockCHealth problemsDLack of employment23What would the author suggest people moving abroad d
8、o？AStudy the local languageBGo on holidays frequentlyCLearn how to open a bank accountDSeek out people from their home country24（8分）Australia loves interesting moneyIn 1988，it was the first country to replace paper money with special plastic banknotesNow its introduced a new fivedollar bill so techn
9、ologically advanced that many experts are calling it the money of the future!At first glance，the new note looks much like the old oneIt has the same pink colour and main pictures on the front and backBut look closer，and you will notice a clear window running down the middle，surrounded by images of t
10、he yellow Prickly Moses，a type of Australian plantTilt（使倾斜） the note a little and you will see the Eastern Spinebill，an Australian bird，beating its wings as if trying to fly awayTurn the bill from side to side，and you will notice the picture of a small building at the bottom of the note spins，and th
11、e image of5changes positionWhile these moveable features are impressive and entertaining，that was not the reason Australian government officials spent ten years developing themTheir primary purpose was to make it impossible for criminals to produce their own fake notesThe new fivedollar note also ha
12、s something to help blind people easily identify the moneyIt has s raised bump alongside the top and bottom，enabling blind people to quickly determine its valueThe credit for persuading the Australian government to add this allimportant bump goes to 15yearold Connor McLeodThe blind Sydney teenager c
13、ame up with the idea in 2014 after being unable to tell how much money he had received for ChristmasConnor says he was so embarrassed at not being able to see the difference between notes that he only carried coins to pay for food at not being able to see the difference between notes that he only ca
14、rried coins to pay for food at the school cafeteriaTo convince the government officials of his idea，Connor started a website that got huge public attentionThe government will add this feature to the new 10 bill which comes out in late 2017，as well as the updated 20，50，and 100bills that are still bei
15、ng designed24Which picture does NOT move when the banknote is tilted？AThe birdBThe numberCThe plantsDThe building25What was the main reason the Australian government created the new banknote？ATo make the note more difficult to copyBTo show the countrys advanced technologyCTo help blind people more easily use moneyDTo make the nots appearance more attractive26What can we guess about Australian coins？AThey are different in size or shapeBThey are required in school cafeteriasCThey are more frequently used than notesDThey are more convenient for young people27What did Connor do to persu
