四川省成都市2012届高三第一次诊断性检测英语试题(2)

四川省成都市2012届高三第一次诊断性检测英语试题

praise. So I turned to the monitor, gesturing for him to speak.

“We just mean, you look very strong today,” he offered earnestly.

“What?! You mean like this?” I curled(卷起) my arm like a body-builder.

“No! But it’s so cold, and you’re only wearing a short-sleeve shirt.”

Oh, I got it. My “strength” had less to do with my muscle and more to do with my apparent ignorance of the cold weather.

41. From the passage we can learn that the author is _______.

A. a Chinese student B. an American student

C. a Chinese teacher D. an American student

42. The author used the example of being refused to join in the dance routine to show that ______.

A. many people worry about his bad health

B. he is as strong as a body builder

C. actually he isn’t physically strong at all

D. being called “strong” often happens to him

43. The underlined word “ in the 4th paragraph refers to ______.

A. the girl he met on the campus

B. the teacher in charge of the dance routine

C. the girl who joined in the rehearsing

D. a stranger he met on the way to work

44. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A. The Chinese Culture or the Western Culture

B. Am I Strong or Do I Need a Sweater

C. How I Can Get Stronger in Winter

D. How We Can Tell Two Different Cultures Apart

B

Every New Year brings renewed expectation fro change, for a better life and for a better you. That’s a wonderful thing, because this fresh start gives us a chance to reinvent our lives and ourselves. Here’s how.

Let go

Many times we are held back by our previous failures, emotions and barriers. This is all old baggage. Let everything unhappy from the past go. Let go of failures. Let go of fears you’ve built up. Let go of your ideas about what your life had to be like. Let go of long-held beliefs and habits which seem to be burdens to you.

Clear away distraction(分心)

Clear away email, your favourite blogs and news websites. Clear away the Iphone or Blackberry, and clear away all the that pull at your attention. In fact, if you can, shut off the Internet for a while. You can come back to it after you take a break.

Decide what matters most today

Forget about your goals for all of this year. Instead, decide what you want to do today. What matters most to you and your life? What are you most passionate about right now? What excites you? What gives you the most fulfillment? Often the answer would be in creating something, making something new, helping others, becoming a better person, and working on a project that you will be proud of. But whatever you answer, have it clear in your mind at the beginning of the

四川省成都市2012届高三第一次诊断性检测英语试题

day.

Reinvent yourself every day

Every day, you are reborn. Reinvent yourself and your life. Do what matters most to you. It might be the same thing that mattered most yesterday, or it might not be. That isn’t important. What’s important is today—right now! Be passionate, and be happy!

You’ll have a fresh start every single day—not just on January 1 of a new year.

45. Writing this passage, the author seems to be ______.

A. strict B. peaceful C. nervous D. confident

46. The underlined word “chores” refers to ________.

A. modern technology B. unimportant things

C. online information D. fashionable devices

47. Which of the following is the writer’s suggestion according to the passage?

A. Stopping using hi-tech devices to avoid troubles in your life

B. Seizing the moment, but not make a plan for the far future.

C. Forgetting everything about and from the past.

D. Making yourself a person reborn every day.

48. The most suitable title for the passage is ______.

A. Work Effectively in a New Year

B. Reduce Stress in a New Year

C. Freshen the Start of Every New Day

D. Live a Better Life in Every New Day

C

When you hear the word “recycling”, what comes to your mind? The color green or global warming?

What if I were to tell you there is a dark side of recycling? A type of recycling that does more than good. The dark side of recycling has nothing to do with the environment but rather has a lot to do with the recycling of ideas.

Environmental unrest isn’t the only trouble we must face. Idea pollution is quickly becoming widespread across the online world.

Think about it. When was the last time you read an original blog post? I’m guessing it has been quite a while. Why do you think top bloggers(博主) of today win so much respect? Do you think they recycle their ideas? With each recycled idea the online world becomes much more polluted. Used content contributes to the ever increasing mass of digital smog(烟雾).

The first step to reduce pollution is simple: stop recycling. When you stop recycling, you will then be forced to take up the task of creating from your own ideas. When you recycle an excellent idea, it soon becomes good. When you recycle a good idea, it soon becomes just OK. The chain continues until the key part of what used to make the idea good is satutared(饱和), leaving you nothing but a pile of mess.

In order not to pollute, your ideas must go beyond “just recycled”. Your ideas must stand out from the pollution of the web. For your voice and talent to be heard and seen, you must go far beyond the standard copy of your neighbours’ ideas.

For the next week, make a promise not to recycle. Let your ideas flourish and flow. Believe in your ability to create, because the death of recycling starts with YOU.

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