（英语试卷）广东省佛山市S6高质量发展联盟2024-2025学年高二下学期期中联考试题（解析版）.docx

广东省佛山市S6高质量发展联盟2024-2025学年高二 下学期期中联考英语试题 第一部分 听力（ 略 ） 第二部分：阅读（共三节，满分 40 分） 第一节 阅读理解（共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 20 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。 A A new trend has appeared in China with many young people abandoning brand ( 品牌 ) names to create temporary handbags out of things like reusable grocery bags and other materials. One example is the Shenzhen bag, which includes canvas ( 帆布 ) bags, paper bags, milk tea packages that people carry around in Guangdong Province. Makeshift handbags like the “Shenzhen bag” are also common among young people in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou. People find the bags practical, wearable and fashionable, and they can be carried on the shoulder or the back. This emerging trend indicates a new attitude to consumption as young people in China begin to seek a simple and shared life, with consumers no longer blindly pursuing brand names as a status ( 身份 ) symbol, but advocating a simple and low-carbon lifestyle. In addition to the handbags, and regardless of their monthly incomes, many young people are living more casually, in line with a “good enough mentality”. Loose T-shirts, Crocs, and canvas bags are basically standard style. “Consumers today are becoming more mature and rational . They are seeking smarter consumption through careful consideration and estimation to find the cheapest, most practical, cost-effective way of shopping,” says Wang Ning, a sociology professor at Nanjing’s Southeast University. Economists believe that China’s Generation Z no longer blindly pursues brands and high-end goods or buys things for brand name and status. Instead, they pay more attention to their actual needs, quality, and experience of buying, and prefer sharing and second-hand purchases. They also advocate environmental protection and sustainable consumption. Price-aware Chinese consumers