贵州安顺市平坝第一高级中学2015届高三英语下学期第一次周考试题.doc

平坝第一高级中学2015届高三年级周考 英语试卷 本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，满分120分，考试时间100分钟 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A。B。C和D）中，选出最佳选项 A Do you find yourself pulling away from others, especially if youve experienced a crisis or deep disappointment? Maybe the most difficult thing we can do is to be with people when we don抰 feel like being around anybody. A man who lost his wife to cancer found himself wanting to be alone . In time he dropped out of his community and cut all of the activities he and his wife had shared for many years. He increasingly kept to himself. He refused invitations from friends. His spare time was now spent watching TV. One friend came by to visit and invite him for supper the next evening. The two old friends sat in comfortable chairs by a warm fireplace. The visitor offered the dinner invitation and encouraged him to share his pain with others.The man said that he thought he was better off without being around other people. After all, others only seemed to remind him of all he had lost. 揂nd besides,?he said. 搃t’s just too difficult to get out anymore.?They sat in silence fro a while, watching the wood burn in the fireplace. Then the visitor did an unusual thing. He took tongs by the fireplace, reached into the fire, pulled out a flaming ember and laid it down byu itself on the earth . 揟hat’s you,?he said. The men sat in silence watching the red-hot ember. It slowly lost its light. Neither man looked away as the once-hot coal gradually changed into a black thing. After some moments, the man turned to his friend and said, 揑 get the message,yu my friend. I抣l be over tomorrow evening.? We cannot survive in any healthy way by ourselves. The leaf needs the branch. The branch needs the trunk. The trunk needs the roots. And the roots need the rest of the tree. We are connected. And in that connection life and vitality are found. what was the man ‘s