2015广东高考英语名师模拟卷(含详细解析)概要1.doc

高三英语试题 出题人：陈勇 （考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分） 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）。 注意事项： 1．答第一卷前，考生务必将条形码粘贴在答题卡的指定位置上或自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。 2．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上，否则无效。 3．请按照题号在各题的答题区域（黑色线框）内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。 4．保持卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。 A You all know what a sandwich is. A sandwich consists of two pieces of bread with all kinds of stuff sandwiched in between. That visual should give you an idea of what the “sandwich generation” is. It refers to people who are taking care of their own families as well as their aging parents. The “sandwichers” are squeezed in between generations, just like baloney is squeezed between two pieces of bread, and are additionally squeezed for time, money and patience and sometimes hard-pressed to keep their sanity. Often they are operating on a wing and a prayer as they are stretched thin. The sandwich generation consists primarily of women in the 45-to-56-year-old age range who are multi-tasking, and sometimes not very well but they don’t have a choice, and charged with taking care of their parents as well as their own children. Often the elderly parents are in poor health and this must be dealt with. These women spend a lot of money on their kids and a lot of time taking care of their parents. A study done by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) concluded that 44 percent of 45-to-55-year-olds have one child under the age of 21 still living with them and at least one living parent. The “sandwichers” are not a new phenomenon, although there may be more people in this situation than ever before because people (their parents) are living longer. Historically, children and grandchildren have always helped care for the elderly people in their family. Often several generations lived together in the same home, although that practice is not common nowadays. Another interesting fact about those in the “sandwich generation” is that they may not have any siblings (兄弟姐妹), because families got smaller in