广东省清远市2015年高三上学期期末考试英语试题.doc

广东省清远市2015届高三上学期期末考试 英语试题 本试卷满分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1～15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; it’s 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 , 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 me, “You don’t 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 away, 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 figured 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 change my 14 for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single negative