广东省惠州市2014届高三上学期第二次调研英语试题.pdfVIP

广东省惠州市 2014 届高三上学期第二次调研英语试 题 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分 135 分，考试用时 120 分钟。 注意事项 : 1.答卷前，考生务必坩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. 非选择题必须叫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。 Lifeis short. Are you doing what you love? Are you living your passion ? If not, why? I am guessingmost people will answer that questionwith I have a loan, a lover and three kids to support. In thereal world people have responsibilities. They have to makesacrifices ( 牺牲 ). You arent supposed to be happy with yourjob but you do it because you have to. With all due respect, they are wrong. You can take care of yourresponsibilities and be happy with your job. We spend over 1/3 ofour day, at least five days a week performing or jobs. This is alot of time to bewasted/wasting on something we dontenjoy, isnt it? Why not spend that time doing something youtrulyare passionate about for 50 hours a week instead ofsomething that lacks meaning? I think there is one main reason peopledontfollow their passion: Fear. Fear of how others will react,fear of failure, and fear that they cant do it themselves. I thinkthe first part is for people to realize that they can conquer ( 战胜 )their fear. You will fail at times and others willthink you are crazy at times, but if you believe that you willsucceed then you finally will. I understand that it is not easy. I am in the middle ofgoing through it rig