2019-2020学年岳阳县第一中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案

2019-2020学年岳阳县第一中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案

第一部分 阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

Thank you. It’s my great honor to be given this award.

You cannot imagine that I have always been a late starter. Years ago, when I was 16, I took an important exam

— GCE(General Certificate of Education), which turned out to be a failure. My dad was reading my report card and

saw that my position in class was 29th, but the number in class was 29. It meant that I had achieved the

distinction of being bottom of my class.

I wasn’t lazy, and I was really trying. You can picture how I felt. Dad put his hand on my shoulder and said,

“You can only do the best you can, but whatever you decide to do, make sure you love it.” He was a really sweet

guy and a great man. I knew his attempt to hide his disappointment with some of his encouraging words. I was

depressed for a week, but his advice was a wake-up call.

Fortunately I love working with my hands, and I was good at two things: woodwork and art, and I really loved

to draw and paint. I was quite talented. Dad strongly encouraged me to go to art school, which in those days

wasn’t the obvious place that a father would suggest.

So I got into Hartlepool College of Art. The college was a revelation (出乎意料), the passionate teachers there,

who were extremely interested in the students, not just tolerating them but actually engaging with them. It was a

world apart from my schooling until then. It’s extraordinary what an enthusiastic teacher can do, drawing the

student out, lighting independence, and encouraging a design of your own future, rather than waiting for

something to happen. I’m honored to have become one of these passionate teachers years later.

My teachers inspired me, and thanks to my dad, here I am tonight. I think I should mention all the talents I

have worked with over time, and to my kids and my wife Giannina, thank you.

Thank you for this great award. I shall find a very special place for it.

1. How did the author feel after taking GCE?

A. Happy. B. Upset. C. Tired. D. Relieved.

2. What didHartlepoolCollege of Art impress the author most?

A. The teachers were strict with students.

B. The students set good examples for each other. C. The teachers inspired students’ passion for learning.

D. The students got prepared for their lessons independently.

3. The author gave this speech to ________.

A. share his career choice

B. explain his teaching methods

C. describe his life experience

D. show his appreciation

B

I started out in life with few advantages. I didn't graduate from high school. I worked at menial (不体面的)

jobs. I had limited education, limited skills and a limited future.

And then I began asking, "Why are some people more successful than others?" This question changed my life.

Over the years, I have read thousands of books and articles on the subjects of success and achievement(成就). It seems that the reasons have been discussed and written about for more than two thousand years, in every

possible way. One quality that most philosophers, teachers and experts agree on is the importance of

self-discipline (自律). As Al Tomsik summarized it years ago, "Success is tons of discipline."

Some years ago, I attended a conference in Washington. It was the lunch break and I was eating at a nearby

food fair. The area was crowded and I sat down at the last open table by myself, even though it was a table for four.

A few minutes later, an older gentleman and a younger woman who was his assistant came along carrying trays of

food, obviously looking for a place to sit. With plenty of room at my table, I immediately invited the older

gentleman to join me. He was hesitant (犹豫), but I insisted. Finally, thanking me as he sat down, we began to chat

over lunch.

It turned out that his name was Kop Kopmeyer. As it happened, I immediately knew who he was. He was a

legend in the field of success and achievement. Kop Kopmeyer had written four large books, each of which

contained 250 success principles that he had obtained from more than fifty years of research and study. I had read

all four books from cover to cover, more than once.

After we had chatted for a while, I asked him the question that many people in this situation would ask, "Of

all the one thousand success principles that you have discovered, which do you think is the most important?”

He smiled at me, as if he had been asked this question many times, and replied, without hesitating, "The

most important success principle of all was stated by Thomas Huxley many years ago. He said, 'Do what you