[套卷]辽宁省大连市2014-2015学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题.doc

辽宁省大连市2014-2015学年高一上学期期末考试 英语试题 注意事项： 请在答题纸上作答，在试卷上作答无效。 2. 本试卷分第一卷和第二卷，共120分，考试时间100分钟。 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 How often do you let other people like a bad driver, a rude waiter, or an angry boss, change your mood (情绪 Sixteen years ago I learned a lesson. I got in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane (车道when all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver used his brakes (车闸, the tires made a loud noise, and at the very last moment our car stopped just 3cm from the back of the other car. I couldn’t believe it. But then I couldn’t believe what happened next. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, turned his head around and he started shouting at us. I couldn’t believe it! My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. So, I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy could have killed us!” And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call, “The Law of the Garbage Truck”. He said, “Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of anger and disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they look for a place to dump (倾it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you. So I started thinking how often I let Garbage Trucks run right over me and how often I take their garbage and spread it to other people. I began to see Garbage Trucks. I see the load people are carrying. I see them coming to dump it. And like my taxi driver, I don’t take it personally. I just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. 1. What happened to the author on his way to Grand Central Station? A. He was caught in a traffic jam. B. He had a fight with his taxi driver. C. His taxi suddenly got a flat tire. D. His taxi almost ran into another car. 2. When the author saw his taxi driver smile and wave at the driver of the black car, he ______. A. got very angry B. was d