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1、12013-2014 学年度第一学期金山中学高三期中考试试卷学年度第一学期金山中学高三期中考试试卷 英英 语语I语言知识及应用（共两节，满分语言知识及应用（共两节，满分 45 分）分） 第一节 完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 115 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中， 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。 One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. Its like
2、 looking at the tiled (铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 1 . Once I heard a bald man said, “Whenever I enter a room, all I see is hair.” Once youve 2 what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will 3 make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, re
3、place it with a different 4 , or forget about it and 5 the tiles in your life that are not missing. We all know people who have had a relatively 6 life, yet are essentially unhappy, while people who have suffered a great deal generally remain happy. The first 7 is gratitude. All happy people are gra
4、teful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to 8 , but its truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy. The second secret is awareness. We should 9 that happiness is a byproduct (副产品) of something else. The most obvious 10 are those p
5、ursuits ( 追求) that give our lives purpose-anything from studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are 11 to experience. Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our 12 has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We nee
6、d a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy is, it should 13 this truth: if you choose to find the 14 in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As for happiness itself, this 15 depends on your decision to make. 1. A.
7、differentB. short C. missing D. broken 2A. imaginedB. predicted C. assumed D. determined 3A. really B. naturally C. hopefully D. completely 4A. ceiling B. brick C. tile D. house 5A. go on B. focus on C. put on D. rely on 6A. easy B. difficult C. ordinary D. peaceful 7A. factor B. secret C. rule D. k
8、ey 8A. upset B. quarrel C. depress D. complain 9A. realizeB. decide C. prove D. suppose 10 A. answers B. results C. sources D. goals 11 A. curious B. satisfied C. tentative D. likely 12 A. valueB. existence C. survival D. destination 13 A. include B. tell C. absorb D. mean 14 A. worstB. positive C.
9、disgusting D. negative 15 A. absolutelyB. totally C. largely D. exactly 第二节 语法填空(共 l0 小题；每小题 l.5 分，满分 l5 分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当2的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，井将答案填写在答题卡标号为 16-25 的相应位置上。 After graduation from college, I started to sell. Soon I discovered that the worried expression I 16 (wear)si
10、nce childhood meant sure failure. I knew it wasnt going to be easy to change that expression on my face left by so many years of 17 （hard）.It called for a complete change in my view on life. Here is the method I tried. Each morning during a fifteen-minute bath, I determined to cultivate a big, happy
11、 smile. I found out, however, that it couldnt be a 18 (force) smile developed just for the purpose of putting dollars in my pocket. It had to be 19 honest-to-goodness smile from down deep inside， an outward expression of happiness from within! Lets see 20 starting off with a good fifteenminute train
12、ing of the smile muscles helped me during the day. 21 entering an office I would think of many things I had to be thankful for, work up a big smile and then enter. Seldom did it fail 22 (get) the same smile 23 return from the person I met. I also found that it pleased people when I passed them on th
13、e street to give them a cheerful smile. Give every living soul you meet the best smile you have ever smiled in your life, 24 see how much better you feel and look. Its one of the best ways I know to stop worrying, and start living. When I began doing this, I found 25 more welcome everywhere. II 阅读（共
14、两节，满分阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）分）第一节阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A, B, C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Dear Michelle,Why cant my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.He consumes every wak
15、ing minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!A worried mother Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl,Hmmmmm. Whats the matter with kids today? Rememb
