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1、华南师大附中2016届高三综合测试（一）英 语本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分135分。考试用时120分钟。考试结束后，将答题卡和答卷交回。注意事项： 1、第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2、选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把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，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，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。第I卷第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从
2、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。24A College students constantly hear the praises of education. We have all become used to believing that a college education is always a guarantee of an easier life. I was nine years old when my fourth-grade teacher presented me with a task, to write down all o
3、f the things I wanted in my life. I filled my paper with things like: own a big house and have servants; be rich and have a good job. The next day my teacher handed back my paper and in red ink she wrote: “GO TO COLLEGE.” For a long time, I was convinced that once I obtained an education, BAM! Life
4、would be easier.T However, education cannot promise all wishes, dreams, and desires. Society must reject the foolish idea that a college educations main purpose is to satisfy our desires and secure success. Like most challenging things, education is a gamble in which results depend entirely on peopl
5、es ability to look past their wants to see the realism and reason behind their wants.h For instance, my first year of college, I took a sociology class. In class, we were taught that Third World countries were poor. We learned that our quality of life would be almost impossible for an average person
6、 in those countries. I began to examine my own desire to be rich. To always go after money felt selfish when knowing others had none at all. Learning about other societys financial situations forced me to look beyond what I wanted. i Through the process of education, everything once desired is teste
7、d. Wanting something no longer is enough; its more important to examine why we want it and whether we really want it. When my desire for money changed, everything changed. I stopped longing for money-driven careers and stopped valuing the people who had them. I began to examine the things I purchase
8、d and my reason for wanting them. 3 Education is a tool to be used to develop and advance our desires, so we can discover the things that are truly significant in life. Education is a source to expand our society to see beyond the superficial appeals and the “quick fixes” , leaving the belief of an
9、effortless life behind in order to desire a meaningful one.M1. The authors fourth-grade teacher probably agreed that _T A. the author was an ambitious studentU B. the author should set more realistic goalsp C. a college student would lead an easier lifed D. a college degree was the key to the author
10、s dreamsZ2. Why does the author mention her sociology class?Q A. To share her learning experiences with readersn B. To support her new understanding about educationa C. To express her sympathy for people in Third WorldP D. To stress the importance of taking a sociology courseV3. With a college educa
11、tion, the author _/ A. envied rich people B. lost interest in careerU C. desired more material things D. stopped always seeking more wealthx4. Whats the main idea of the passage?8 A. College education promises an effortless lifeZ B. College education tests and guides our life desiresA C. College edu
12、cation offers solutions to social problemsg D. College education turns young people into gamblers=B Does everyone want a challenging job? In spite of all the attention focused by the media, academicians, and social scientists on human potential and the needs of individuals, there is no evidence to s
13、upport that the vast majority of workers want challenging jobs. Some individuals prefer highly complex and challenging jobs; others develop in simple, routine work.= The individual-difference variable（变量） that seems to gain the greatest support for explaining who prefers a challenging job and who do
14、esnt is the strength of an individuals needs for personal growth and self-direction at work. Individuals with these higher-order growth needs are more responsive for challenging work. What percentage of ordinary workers actually desire higher-order need satisfactions and will respond positively to c
15、hallenging jobs? No current data is available, but a study from the 1970s estimated the figure at about 15%. Even after adjusting for changing work attitudes and the growth in white-collar jobs, it seems unlikely that the number today exceeds 40%. The strongest voice advocating challenging jobs has
16、not been workersits been professors, social science researchers, and media people. Professors, researchers, and journalists undoubtedly made their career choices, to some degree, because they wanted jobs that gave them autonomy, recognition and challenge. That, of course, is their choice. But for them, to force
