2021广州市七区统考高二英语期末真题.docxVIP

2019-2020 年广东省广州市七区统考高二（下）期末英语试卷 第一部分阅读（共两节，共 4 小题；满分 30 分）第一节 阅读理解（共 4 小题；每小题 6 分， 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。 1．（6 分） What Makes Us Happy？ Here four young English﹣speaker from around the world tell us what makes them happy. Karl Holme， 18， Australia： Give me sunshine! One thing we Aussies say a lot is No worries. Of course，we do have our worries， but with the sun shining and the beach waiting， its hard to get too worked up. At least， thats how I feel I live in Queensland， so I spend most of the year in shorts and T﹣shits I think people who live in sunny countries will always be happier than those living in cold places. Tasha Khan， 16， UK： Its the people around you. It used to annoy me the way the living room of our house was always full of aunts and uncles drinking tea and gossiping. Growing up， I never had much privacy. Now， I think its one of the good things in my life﹣Ive got some connection with my Bangladeshi roots and I never feel lonely. Theres always someone to talk to. So family is one of the things that make life worth living ﹣the bigger the better! Neil Maclean， 19， Canada： Downtown﹣no finer place. They say Disneyland is the happiest place on earth， but its got to be Canada. Whenever they make those surveys on quality of life， theres always a Canadian city in one of the top five places. And lucky me﹣I live in t city! I like having a sports centre and a movie theatre just down the road. Maybe I wouldnt be so happy if I was stuck out in the middle of nowhere. Celeste Lomas， 15， South Africa： A giraffe wanders into your backyard. There are plenty of problems in my country， but theres one thing I really love： the amazing wildlife. I guess seeing a giraffe wander into your backyard would make anyones day. Driving to the shops we had to stop because a pride of lions was crossing the road. They were on their way to a nearby watering hole. I love that. One minute your dads talking about what brand of coffee he should buy， and then