3 英语-江阴市五校2013-2014学年高一下学期期中联考英语试题.docVIP

高一下学期期中联考英语试题 本卷时间120分钟，满分10分注意：答案全部写在答卷上 二、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A group of class friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon 36 into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the 37 and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of 38 — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some 39 looking, some expensive, some delicate — telling them to 40 themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in 41 , the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, 42 behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is 43 for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the 44 of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself 45 no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. 46 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went 47 the best cups. And then you began 48 each other’s cups. Now consider this: Life is the 49 ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define nor 50 the quality of life we 51 . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 52 to enjoy the coffee God has 53 for us. God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!” The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just 54 the best of everything. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the 55 to God. 36. A. devoted B. exchanged C. thought D. turned 37. A. sitting-room B. living-room C. bedroom D. kitchen 38. A. cups B. pans C. bowls D. apro