辽宁省锦州市锦州中学2016届高三英语10月阶段测试试题.docVIP

锦州中学2013级2015年10月份阶段测试 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分共10分，考试时间10分钟第Ⅰ卷注意事项： 1.答第一卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号码填写在答题卡上。 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，再选涂其它答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第二部分：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。 AI love to read before I go to sleep. It usually makes me feel calm. But a big part of this depends on what I read. I love to read Oor Wullie and The Broons. Very often I’m smiling before I go to sleep. I decide to write about this in a blog because I find that so many of us go to sleep with stress. Before we go to sleep, we may run over the day in our minds, and worry about tomorrow. We also may watch the news on TV, read the news on our smart phones or tablets, or even answer work emails. But the news is rarely proclaiming (宣告) to us all the good that’s happening in the world and work emails make us feel that we’re still at work. All these things may leave us a stressful sleep. Oor Wullie and The Broons are not the only things I ever read at night. I sometimes read novels but, with the odd exception, I mostly avoid anything that is too mentally taxing or stimulating late at night unless it’s something that inspires me or is clearly helpful in my life. And even if I do read something mentally stimulating, when I feel myself getting tired I lay that book down and pick up a trusty old Oor Wullie or The Broons for the last 10 or 15 minutes. Doing this makes my mind quiet and helps ensure I get a peaceful night’s sleep. Reading about Wullie or Maw and Paw Broon is like a comfort blanket for me. I’d suggest you find a light-hearted reading as a comfort blanket at bedtime, especially if you find yourself stressed or depressed a lot of the time, or if you find difficulty unwinding at the end of a day. It is the thing that can gently turn your attention towards lightness and ease. If your material makes you laugh, then you may feel even better. Several studies show that laughter boosts happy chemi