2021年成都七中高三英语二模试卷及答案解析

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2021年成都七中高三英语二模试卷及答案解析

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A

The last thing Caitlin Hipp would have expected as she prepared to turn 28 years old was to be living at

homewith her parents. But through working as a part-time skating instructor and restaurant server, she isn't able

to earn enough to live anywhere other than home.

To some degree, multigenerational households have always been a part of American life. However, the

number of young adults who have been moving back in with their parents — or never leaving home in the first

place — has been growing steadily.

UBS Financial Services released a report that even suggests one reason for the growing number of young

adultsstill living at home could be that their family doesn't want them to leave.

The report shows that 74 percent of millennials (千禧一代)get some kind of financial support from their

parents after college. It finds that millennials have redefined the ties that connect parents and children.

Millennials see their parents as peers,friends and instructors. Nearly three quarters talked with their parents more

than once a week during college. In return, their parents happily provide financial support well into adulthood,

helping fund everything for them.

Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for the PNC Financial Services Group in theUS, said the number of young

adults striking out on their own fell during the Great Recession. Although job growth for millennials since 2014

has improved, that doesn't necessarily mean that millennials are starting to fly the nest. He said, “They may like

living at home and being able to save money.

“ There's no doubt it has held back household formation and purchases of things people spend money on

related to household formation and perhaps related to child-raising," Hoffman explained. "But they are probably

traveling more and eating out more if they don't have a house expense or marriage. I don't know if it represents a

change in moral values. But it's much more common for adult children to live in their parents’ homes because it's

becoming part of the culture.

1. What can we learn from the UBS Financial Services' report?

A. Millennials are on good terms with their parents.

B. Millennials are financially independent after college.

C. Parents are unwilling to give their young adults allowance.

D. Parents want their kids to stay with them forever.

2. What does Hoffman think of young adults' living at home?

A. It increases the consumption of household products.

B. It may continue despite job growth.

C. It is a sign of shift in moral values.

D. It is new in American culture.

3. What is the author's purpose of writing this passage?

A. To introduce millennials' living habits.

B. To stress the importance of financial independence.

C. To explain why American young adults still live at home.

D. To inform people of a social trend in theUS.

B

When girls play with cars, they're serious. It was at primary school that Gu Huijing first became interested in

cars after watching some car-themed movies. Born in2004 inShenzhen, Guangdong province, Gu decided to major

in automobiles (汽车) when she was in junior high.

She's driven by interest, but she is also a realist. “I think the future of the automobile industry is bright

because we cannot live without food, clothes, houses and cars,” she said.

In April, she won first prize at a competition for vehicle maintenance (车辆维修) in Dongguan city, which

drew 33 teams from different cities across the province.

“I thought it couldn't be that hard to repair cars when I started to take courses, but I was totally wrong,” Gu

said. When she started learning in 2019, she was frequently confused by various problems. “And competition

within our school is intense, so I had to work extra hard,” she said.

Her teacher once tried to persuade her to give up as she was a sophomore (大二学生), and wasn't as

knowledgeable as the seniors, and no women had ever been selected for the competition before. “But I insisted

that I would carry on,” she said. Finally, her training and hard work won her the only place to stand for her school

at the competition.

A woman winning first prize in a vehicle maintenance competition became a hot topic on-line, causing heated

discussions over gender (性别) and career choices. “Women should not be influenced by old-fashioned thinking,

and should do whatever it takes to discover their interests and strengths. There are more possibilities out there,”

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