personal struggles to achieve financial stability and shared the financial advice she gave her son when he entered the league with CNBC.
“I wanted him to realize he has worked hard,
” she says,
“And it is OK for him to enjoy himsel
” While she advised
because of his hard work. But it is also imperative that he prepares for his future.
him to enjoy the rewards of his labor, she also wanted to make sure that her son knew the importance of financial planning.
She told the audience that when she found herself a single parent to two children at 21, she couldn’t follow the financial principles. Rather than planning for the future, she focused only on how her money could make ends meet for that moment.
Recently, Durant has teamed up with Laurene Powell Jobs for a new philanthropic program called College Track which is aimed at helping disadvantaged kids attend college. As part of the program, Durant has committed to donating $10 million to his homet
own’s public school system.
Durant’s mom says that in addition to his financial decisions, she is proud of his philanthropic work and his desire to help the community.
“I thought giving back was always very important, and
’s one of the things that I
so we talked about that and he had seen that from us as a family and ittaught him,
” she says.
4. What is The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story mainly about? A. Durant’s career path.B. Durant’s hard childhood.
C. Durant’s mother’s devotion to the family.D. Durant’s mother’s struggling to be independent.5. What does the underlined word A. Enjoyable.C. Unusual.
6. What are the financial principles of DurantA. Enjoying now and planning for the future. B. Sharing rewards and creating a charity program. C. Spending less money and saving for the emergencies. D. Donating money to the charity and helping more schools. 7. What made Durant pay attention to the charity program?
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“imperative” in paragraph 3 mean?
B. Important. D. Hopeful. ’s mom?
A. His kind heart.
C. His mother’s teaching.【答案】4. C
5. B
6. A
7. C
B. His poor hometown. D. His difficult life experiences.
【分析】
本文是一则新闻报道，讲述的是NBA巨星Kevin Durant的母亲在行的金钱观的教育。【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句，可知部关于Durant母亲的电影。它记录了故事。故选C。【5题详解】
词义猜测题。根据划线部分后面的
“she also wanted to make sure that her son knew the
Durant在2014年MVP颁奖上的演讲衍生出了一Durant母亲无私奉献，努力抚养
Durant兄弟的感人
Durant进入联盟时对他进
importance of financial planning，可知Durant母亲想让Durant知道经济上为未来做好准备也是很重要的。故选【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段的描述，可知未来做好准备。故选【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句话，
可知Durant母亲曾教育
C。
切不可脱离语境想当然。
在句子或段落中，
Durant要回报社会，Durant
A。
Durant母亲要求
Durant既要享受现在的生活也要为
B。
之所以关心慈善事业，是因为受到他母亲的教育。故选【点睛】做词义猜测题时，要特别注意熟词生义，我们可以利用熟悉的词语，
根据语言环境所表示的关系推断生词词义。尤其要注意划线词前
后的内容。本题第2小题，根据划线部分后面的
“she also wanted to make sure that her son knew
Durant知道经济上为未来做好准
the importance of financial planning，可知Durant母亲想让备也是很重要的。故选
B。
C
It’s common knowledge that some countries have higher life expectancies than others, but the city you live in can also affect your health.
Some cities are hard on their residents. In places with poor city planning, for example Lagos,
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which was called out recently by the Economist Intelligence Unit, public spaces are few, making outdoor activities hard. Lack of infrastructure (基础建设) blocks the streets with cars and the air with pollutants, and residents work long hours for little money.
These are just some of the factors added up by Spotahome, a rental agency. They’ve ana
data from a range of sources, including the World Health Organization, TripAdvisor and the CIA World Factbook to score each city on health, gym availability and quality, life expectancy, obesity, green space and other elements to make a list to work out which are the world
The list is certainly Euro-centric and sunshine is seen as a positive factor. It does go some way towards suggesting which cities are getting it right in providing a good life for their residents. It may not be surprising to learn that most of the healthiest cities are in northern Europe, known for its people-first approach to city planning. The cities of Australia and Canada also do well. However, the first American city is only in 34th place. The UK doesn’-its only city in the t fare too well either
top 50 list is London, in 40th.
Whether you’re planning a wholesome holiday, or simply wondering what your city can do better in its quest for happy citizens, the list of the 50 healthiest cities will give you pause for thought about the future of city planning. Here are the slender, healthy-eating, clean-aired cities that are getting it right.
8. What plays the key role in building a healthy city according to the text? A. Local culture.B. City planning. C. Economic condition.
D. Geographical position.
9. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A. How the list of healthiest cities came into being. B. What Spotahome discovered in the recent study. C. The reasons why Spotahome carried out the study. D. The places where the data of the study came from. 10. What can we learn from the text? A. Cities in America lack enough sunshine. B. The UK ranked higher than America in the list. C. Australia and Canada have the best city planning. D. Some people in Lagos may live a poor life.
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s healthiest cit
’11. What may be the best title for the text? A. The best places to have a rich life B. The happiest lifestyle in the world C. The city factors affecting your health D. The nice countries to keep healthy【答案】8. B
9. A
10. D
11. C
本文是说明文。研究者们通过调查发现城市建设会影响居民的健康。通过分析健康、绿化、寿命、阳光等因素，研究者们制定出一个世界上最健康的城市的清单。【8题详解】
细节理解题。文章前两段说明了城市建设是影响居民健康的一个重要的因素。故选【9题详解】
主旨人意题。第三段主要讲的是研究者们制定出世界上最健康的城市的清单的方法。【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句中的们长时间工作却拿不到多少钱【11题详解】
主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了影响城市居民健康指数的因素，
C为最佳选项。故选
C。
“and residents work long hours for little money，“”居民
D。
故选A。B。
”，可知答案。故选
D
Britain faces social problems as lots of people are set to lose their jobs in technological revolution, Bank of England
’s chief economist warned.
Andy Haldane said the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution will make the machine replace humans to do thinking things. The dark side of the change could be a much bigger breakdown of employment than in Victorian times, with professions such as accountancy (会计) among those at risk.
A report by the accountancy firm PwC last month warned that more than 7 million jobs in Britain had been lost over the next 20 years as technological change sweeps though workplaces.
The majority of these are in jobs in the retail, transport and manufacturing industries. However, other traditional professional sectors could also be at serious risk.
Economists treat the arrival of increasingly intelligent computers and robots as the fourth
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industrial revolution. The first was the shift from agricultural to urban societies, the second saw the widespread use of electricity and steel, and the third was the digital revolution when computers, the Internet and mobile phones were developed.
Mr Haldane said the hollowing-out (空洞化) experienced in the past years could be on a greater scale in the future so it is important to learn the lessons of history and ensure that people are given training to take advantage of new opportunities.
“Jobs were effectively taken by machines of various types, there was a hollowing-out of the jobs market, which left many people for a long period out of work and struggling to make a living,Haldane added,
“That heightened social and financial tensions, and led to a rise in inequality. This is
the dark side of technological revolution.
”
“That hollowing-out is going to be potentially on a much greater scale in the future, when we have machines thinking and doing the cognitive and technical skills of humans.
”professions like accountancy could be among those hardest hit by the rise of AI. But he suggested economists could escape.
12. What is the dark side mentioned in the text?
A. The hollowing-out has become a major social problem. B. Less and less people have the desire to learn accountancy C. Intelligent computers and robots decrease good workers. D. The technological revolution causes people to lose jobs.
13. Why are economists the lucky dog in the new technological revolution? A. The study about economy is at a low level. B. Economists work on a traditional professional job. C. There is no machine that can work as an economist.
D. Economists have the chance to avoid technological revolution. 14. What should be done to deal with the serious situation? A. To call for people to devote more to studying history.
B. To teach people to grasp the chances technological revolution brings about. C. To warn people not to work on transport and manufacturing industries.
D. To ask workers to develop and think as the intelligent computers and robots do. 15. What attitude did Haldane have towards the future employment?
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Mr Haldane
河北省邯郸市2024届高三第一次模拟考试英语试卷含详解
