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1、广东省清远市2015届高三上学期期末考试英语试题本试卷共8页，三大题，满分135分，考试用时120分钟。注意事项： 1答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的市（县）/区、学校、班级、姓名、准考证号、试室号和座位号填写在答卡的密封线内。 2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案；不能答在试题卷上。 3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在另发的答题卷各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4考生必须保持答题卡的整
2、洁。考试结束后，请将答题卷和答题卡一并交回。I语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; its a necessity. The way you look at life will determine how you 1 , how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. 2
3、, pessimism creates a sad and hopeless place where no one wants to live. 3 thoughts, attitudes, and expectations feed on themselves. Years ago, I 4 into a service station to get some gas. It was a 5 day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to
4、me, “You dont look well.” This took me completely by 6 . A little less confidently, I told him that I had never felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared 7 . By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little 8 . About a block awa
5、y, I pulled over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Did I look that 9 ? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little 10 . Had I picked up some rare disease? The next time I went into that gas station, feeling 11 again, I fi
6、gured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright but disgusting yellow, and the light reflecting off the walls made everyone inside 12 as though they had hepatitis(肝炎)! I wondered how many other folks had reacted the way I did. I had let one short 13 with a total stranger ch
7、ange my 14 for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single negative observation had a(n) 15 effect on the way I felt and acted. 1.A. learn B. exerciseC. behaveD. feel2. A. CertainlyB. AdditionallyC. ContrarilyD. Actually3. A. NegativeB. Impracti
8、calC. SensitiveD. Indifferent4. A. droveB. walkedC. rushedD. ran5. A. common B. beautifulC. busyD. dull6. A. accidentB. mistakeC. surpriseD. chance7. A. roughB. paleC. hurtD. yellow8. A. tiredB. uneasyC. boredD. angry9. A. wellB. uglyC. strangeD. bad10. A. upsetB. sadC. sorryD. sick11. A. illB. fine
9、C. regretD. lost12. A. behaveB. believeC. lookD. pretend13. A. conversationB. visitC. bargainD. stay14. A. workB. confidenceC. healthD. attitude15. A. reasonableB. seriousC. temporaryD. slight第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15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的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上
10、。 II阅读（共两节，满分50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。 ASpeed-reading is anindispensableskill in the Internet age. Weskimover articles, e-mails and tweets to try to grasp key words and the essential meaning of a certain text. Bombarded with information from our electr
11、onic devices, it would be impossible to cope（应付）if we read word by word, line by line.But a new trend calls on people to unplug and enjoy reading slowly, listing benefits beyond intellectual stimulation. A recent story from The Wall Street Journal reported on a book club in Wellington, New Zealand,
12、where members meet in a cafe and turn off their smart phones. They sink intocozychairs and read in silence for an hour. Unlike traditional book clubs, the point of the Slow Reading Club isnt exchanging ideas about a certain book, but to get away from electronic devices and read in a quiet, relaxed e
13、nvironment. According to the Journal, the Wellington book club is just one example of a movement initiated (发起) by book lovers who miss the old-fashioned way of reading before the Internet and smart phones. Slow readers, such as The Atlantics Maura Kelly, say a regular reading habit sharpens the min
14、d, improves concentration, reduces stress levels and deepens the ability toempathize. Some of these benefits have been backed up by science. For example, a study of 300 elderly people published by the journal Neurology last year showed that regular engagement in intellectuallystrenuous activities li
15、ke reading slowed the rate of memory loss later in life. Slow reading means a return to an uninterrupted pattern in a quiet environment free of distractions. “Aim for 30 minutes a day,” advises Kelly from The Atlantic. “You can squeeze in that half hour pretty easily if only during your free moments whenever you find yourself automatically firing up your laptop to check your favorite site, or scanning Twitte
