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A.Theyliveaveryhappylifeaftert

hewar.

B.Theyoftentoldtheirstoriestoothers.

C.Theywerehighlyrespectedbypeople.

D.Theyarebecomingfewerandfewer

innumbers.

答案解析：

答案为D。

本题为细节推理题。

由第二段最后一句话“TheU.S.DepartmentofVeteransAffairsestimatesthat1,847veteransdieeachday.”可知，每天有1847位老兵死去，也就意味着老兵的数目越来越少，故D选项正确。

2.Howdidtheveteransfeelwhentheywereinterviewed?

A.Happy.B.Sad.C.Surprised.D.Disappointed.

答案为C。

本题为细节题。

由第二段首句“Mostofthemareshocked

thatanyonewouldbeinterestedintheirsmallstory,”可知，老兵对于有人对他们的故事感兴趣感到非常吃惊，故答案为C。

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it”（Paragraph1）referto?

A.Veteranswantedtotalk.B.JeffBeerswasreadytolisten.

C.Theveteranshadmanystories.D.Thereweremanyphonemessages.

答案为A。

本题为词义推断题。

由第一段前面的内容“The400phonemessagessaiditall.Veteranswantedtotalk,andJeffBeers,amilitaryhistorybuffandthesonofaretiredNavyman,wasreadytolisten.”可知，“it”指代的是紧跟着它后面的内容“Veteranswantedtotalk”，故答案为A。

4.WhatkindofstoriesisJeffBeersmostinterestedin?

A.HistoricalrecordsofWorldWarII.

B.Storieswrittenbynewspaperreporters.

C.Storiesmosttalkedaboutbypublic.

D.Personalexperiencesofpeopleduringdifferentwars.

由倒数第二段“OneofthemostmovingcamefromaWorldWarIIPOW（prisonerofwar）:

‘Hehadtomarch500milesthroughtheBlackForestinwinter.Theyatebarksoupandsleptatlocalfarm.’”可知，JeffBeers最感兴趣的是战争期间人们的个人经历，故答案为D。

【浙江省金华十校2020高考英语模拟试题】

ForyearsIfoughtwiththebird'

snestthatsatontopofmyhead-myMedusa（神话中的蛇发女妖）hair．NomatterwhatIdidandhowhardItried,innowaycouldImakemyunruly（乱蓬蓬）hairtomysatisfaction．

GrowingupinaRussian-JewishhomewithparentswhothoughtNorthAmericanstylingproductsweresomethingillegalsuchasdrugs,Iwasneverallowedtoputthemin:

myhair．¨

Whybuyhairgel?

Yourhairissobeautifulnaturally,"

mymotherwouldsay．Theteensatschooldidnotagree．Fromboys'

notwantingtokissmewhenweplayedspinthebottleinGrade7tobeingcalledthemop,Isufferedfrommyhair．

WhenIgottouniversity,Ibelievedmyhairwasawallthatstoodbetweenmeandeverything-findingapart-timejob,gettingaboyfriend,etc．

IfonlyIcouldfindawaytomanagethecurlsandputitbehindbars,Itoldmyself,Iwouldfeelsecureandsexy．Itriedeverything:

rollers,hairspray,gelsand,atonepoint,aniron．Then,inmysecondyear,amiraclehappened．IwasaskedtobeahairmodelforJapanesehairstraightening,aprocessbywhichthemolecules（分子）ofmycurlswouldbebrokenandresetinabone-straightposition．Iwastheperfectcandidate,thehairdressertoldme．Althoughtheysaidhowhairrelaxingcoulddamagethe:

scalp（头皮）,forthenextfiveyearsIdidn'

tfindthemtobetrue．Allofthehairdresser'

spromiseswerefulfilled:

Withmyhairstraightandsmooth,Iwasnolongerthe¨

mop"

．

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house'

atage26andrentedanapartment,theupkeepofmynewimagebecametoocostly．

Icouldn'

thidefrommyinnerMedusaanylonger．Itwastimetohugherandletherfly．Seekingachoice,IturnedtotheInternet,Google．Afterhoursofsearching,Ihitupona“curlyhaired"

salon,aplacedesignedforgirlslikeme．Idoubtedtheseso-called“CurlAmbassadors"

coulddoanything

withoutusingmachineofsomesort,andthoughIboughttheservicecalledthe“Curly-Doo,"

IsuspectedI'

dhavethesameunrulymopattheendoftheappointment．

IdraggedmyfeetsohardgettingtherethatIarrived45minuteslate．Isecretlyhopedtheywouldturnmeaway．Instead,mystylistsimplysaid:

‘‘Youareverylate．Letmeseeyourhair"

At．thatmoment,myworldandbeliefsaboutmyselfwereturnedupsidedownalongwithmyhair．Asmyheadwasinabasinfulloffreezing-coldwater,thencoveredwithajelly-likejam,IwonderedwhatIhadgotmyselfinto．

¨

Doyoureallythinkthiswillwork?

"

Iaskedthestylist,Jones．“Mycurlsareadisaster．"

“Nocurlyhairishopeless,"

shereplied．“Theyjusthaven'

tfoundawaytoworkwithit,that'

sall．"

Afterthehourwasover,Joneshadcompletedherwork．Shehadstyledmyhairusingonlyherhands,waterandamixtureoforganicjam．Icouldn'

tbelievewhatIwasseeinginthemirror:

anaturallycurly,Medusa-freeme．Youcouldarguethathairisjusthair．Yet,itisjustsuchphysicalfeaturesthathavesuchalargeinfluenceonhowweviewourselves．

AccordingtoJones,75percentofthepopulationhaveawaveorcurlintheirhairanddon'

tknowwhattodowithit．Mencuttheirsshort．Womenflat-irontheirstodeath．WhenIreadthroughabeautymagazineortakethesubwaytowork,itmakesmesadtoseesomanypeoplerepressingtheirnaturalbeauty．

Sincethen,myworldhaschanged．Ihavealwaysbeenoutgoing,butthesedaysIseemtobemoreoutspokenandconfidentthanever．Ontopofthat,friendsandco-workerstellmeIamlookingbetterthanever,buttheydon'

tknowthesourceofthechange．

Idon'

tneedtotellthem*MyMedusahairspeaksforherself．

55．Whatcanwelearnaboutthewriter'

shairinthefirstplace?

A．Herparentsconsidereditwasbird'

snest．

B．TeensatschoollaughedatitasMedusahair．

C．Shehateditbecauseitcouldn'

tbestraightened．

D．NorthAmericanstylingproductsharmedherhair．

56．Japanesehairstraighteningcausedaproblemforthewriterthat．

A．herwishtofeelsecureandsexydidn'

tcometrue

B．herhairwasseriouslydamagedafterthestraightening

C．thecosttokeepherhairstraightwastoohighforher

D．shewascalled¨

themop"

withherhairstraightandsmooth

57．Thewriterwaswhenshewenttothe“curlyhaired"

salon．

A．hesitatedB．excitedC．disappointedD．determined

58．Whatwasthereactionofthestylistinthesalonwhenshesawthewriter?

A．Shewasveryangrybecausethewriterwaslate．

B．Shethoughttotallythewriter'

shairwasadisaster．

C．Shewascalmandsureofherwork．

D．Shethoughttherewasnowaytofixthewriter'

shair．

59．Thewriter'

sworldhaschangedbecauseshe．

A．hasremovedherinnerMedusa

B．hasremovedhercurlsonherhead

C．hasfoundawaytostraightenherhairinthestylishsalon

D．hasfoundtheadmirationforherfromherfriendsandco-workers

60．Thebesttitleofthepassagecanbe．

A．ASuccessfulStylist

C．RoadtoBeauty

B．MyMedusaHair

D．AccepttheWayWeAre

【参考答案】55、C56—60、CACAB

【浙江省2020高考英语模拟冲刺卷】

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，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。

Changeiseverythinginthecaseofmobilephones.Recentresearchindicatesthatthemobilephoneischangingnotonlyourculture,butourverybodiesaswell.

First,let’stalkaboutculture.Thedifferencebetweenthemobilephoneanditsparent,thefixed-linephone,isthatamobilenumbercorrespondstoaperson,whilealandlinegoestoaplace.Ifyoucallmymobile,yougetme.Ifyoucallmyfixed-linephone,yougetwhoeveranswersit.

Thishasseveralimplications（含义）.Themostcommonone,however,andperhapsthethingthathaschangedourcultureforever,isthe“meeting”influence.Peoplenolongerneedtomakefirmplansaboutwhenandwheretomeet.Twentyyearsago,aFridaynightwouldneedtobearrangedinadvance.Youneededenoughtimetoalloweveryonetogetfromtheirplaceofworktothefirstmeetingplace.Now,however,anightoutcanbearrangedontherun.Itisnolonger“seeyouthereat8”,but“textmearound8andwe’llseewhereweallare.”

Textingchangespeopleaswell.Intheirpaper,“InsightsintotheSocialandPsychologicalEffectsofSMS（ShortMessageService）TextMessaging"

twoBritishresearchersdistinguishedbetweentwotypesofmobilephoneusers:

the“talkers”andthe“texters”－thosewhoprefervoicetotextmessagesandthosewhoprefertexttovoice.

Theyfoundthatthemobilephone’sindividualityandprivacygavetexterstheabilitytoexpressawholenewouterpersonality.Texterswerelikelytoreportthattheirfamilywouldbesurprisediftheyweretoreadtheirtexts.Thissuggeststhattextingallowedtexterstopresentaself-i