清华附中高三十月月考.docx

1、清华附中高三十月月考清华附中高三十月月考第三部分： 阅读理解（共两小节；40分）ALife is all about making choices. At any stage along the way, you may find yourself asking: Am I headed in the right direction What would I really enjoy doing What do I want to do nextThe six-week summer Career Discovery program at the Harvard University Grad

2、uate School of Design (GSD) welcomes peoplefrom recent high school and college graduates to seasoned professionalswho are grappling with questions like these. And not just people considering a career in design or planning, but people with a broad spectrum of interests and remarkably diverse plans an

3、d goals. What they have in common is the drive and desire to seek the answers to those questions.Participants in our program commit themselves fully to a path of intensive studio work, lectures, workshops, and field trips. Deeply immersed in a culture that is both challenging and rewarding, they exp

4、erience what education and work are like in the design and planning professions. They emergemany of them exhilaratedwith a more profound understanding of the possibilities ahead and the choices they will make.We invite you to explore the possibilities in Career Discovery: If you would like to be pla

5、ced on our mailing list to receive a copy of this information in brochure format, please complete an online request form. You may also view a PDF of the brochure here.Career Discovery is open to anyone graduating from high school in 2016 or older with an interest in design or planning. A high level

6、of academic skill is necessary to take full advantage of our rigorous program.The online application deadlines are as follows:For international applicants: on or before April 1, 2016For all other applicants: on or before April 30, 2016We encourage you to submit your application early as applications

7、 are reviewed and accepted in the order that they are received.Harvard University Graduate School of DesignCareer Discovery*Underrepresented minority college students are encouraged to apply. Need-based financial aid is available.56. Where is the passage probably fromA. A website brochure magazine p

8、oster57. To make full use of the Career Discovery Program, the applicants need to .A. have a wide range of interestsB. consider a future career in designC. have a high level of academic skillD. graduate from high school in 201658. What can be inferred from the passageA. The program offers mainly lec

9、tures and workshops.B. A Chinese applicant needs to apply before April 30, 2016.C. Scholarships are offered to outstanding international students.D. Applicants need to fill in a request form to get more details.B It took me a long time to understand the difference between a present and a gift.I grew

10、 up in a household where presents marked special occasions. There was always something for each of us at Christmas or on our birthdays. So when I married a man who did not give presents on regular basis, it was an adjustment. Gary did not wholly shun gift-giving, though. Sometimes he would return fr

11、om sea with something he found that reminded of me a meat cleaver (切肉机) on our first Christmas, a paring (削皮) knife on our fifth. But mostly, he ignored holidays, refusing to shop for a thing to present to me as a sign of his affection.I could not accept this presentless marriage with the one I had

12、grown up observing. I tried to change him by example. I knitted him sweaters, socks, hats and gloves for Christmas; made him shirts; and bought books for his birthdays. He appreciated the caring these gifts represented, but refused to follow my example. I began to tell him what I wanted, giving spec

13、ific instruction. When Gary left for the local auction one Saturday (my birthday as it happened), I asked him to find me a necklace or diamond earring, as a birthday gift. He came home with a road scraper (刮板). I was stunned that he had missed the mark by so much. He attached it to the back of the a

14、ncient tractor, and then enthusiastically showed me how to use it, not seeing that I was not grateful.But when a snowstorm hit later that year and he was at sea, I used the road scraper to plow out both our drive and our neighbors. Gary had wisely chosen not the thing that I wanted, but the thing th

15、at he knew I would need.I finally realized that he had been giving me gifts all along. The gestures, large and small, born of his caring and concern for me, for our children and for our lives together were the gifts that he gave daily. We struggle to teach others how to love us. In that struggle, we

16、 often forget how to appreciate the love they already give us as only they can give it. There are two parts to a gift the giving and the accepting.I finally began to understand the difference between a present and a gift. A present is a thing. But a gift is a broader and often deeper. It is a small

17、act of kindness, the willingness to bend to anothers needs. Love is a gift. Any expression of it, freely given, is an offering from the heart that is immeasurably better than a present.59. Why didnt Gary give the author presents as often as she expected him to A. Because his family didnt have this t

18、radition. B. Because he thought gifts ought to be useful. C. Because he was too busy to think of preparing a gift. D. Because he knew the difference a present and a gift.60. Which of the following word has the closest meaning to “shun” in Paragraph 2 A. prevent B. accept C. hide D. avoid61. Which of

19、 the following is TRUE according to the passage A. The author finally realized that love means more than giving presents. B. Gary pretended that he didnt know what his wife expected from him. C. The author never expected to receive any jewelry from her husband. D. The couple accepted each other and

20、changed their views on love.62. What is the passage mainly about A. Marriage needs compromises. B. A gift is different from a present. C. A small kindness goes a long way. D. Family traditions must be cherished. CThe $ 11 billion self help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative

21、thoughts like “ I never do anything right” into positive ones like “I can succeed.” But was positive thinking advocated by Norman Vincent Peale rightIs there power in positive thinkingResearchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to

22、think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are.The studys authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing older research showing that when people get fe

23、edback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your dim friend that he has the potential of an Einstein,youre just underlining his faults.In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essay

24、s opposing funding for the disabled. When the essayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students self-esteem. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for

25、 four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, I am lovable.Those with low self-esteem didnt feel better after the forced self-affirmation. In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control

26、 group, who werent urged to think positive thoughts.The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (静思) techniques

27、, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking.63. According to the first paragraph, the self-help industry_ Ahas been declining sharply. Bhas produced positive results. Cwas founded by Norman Vincent Peale.

28、 Dis based on the concept of positive thinking.64. What is the finding of the Canadian researchers AUnhappy people cannot think positively. BThe power of positive thinking is limited. CEncouraging positive thinking many do more harm than good. DThere can be no simple treatment for psychological prob

29、lems.65. The underlined word “dim” in the third paragraph probably means_ Anot hard-working Bnot intelligent Cnot happy D. not right66. We can learn from the last paragraph that _ AMeditation may prove to be a good form of treatment. BPeople can avoid making mistakes through meditation. CDifferent p

30、eople tend to have different ways of thinking. DThe effect of positive thinking vary from person to person.DLots of people assume that the virtual will replace the physical with something cheaper, faster and more efficient. In education, however, the virtual will create a very different type of disr

31、uption. We should not aim to replace the physical classroom. Instead we have an opportunity to blend the virtual with the physical and reimagine education entirely.Today students in most classrooms sit, listen and take notes while a professor lectures. Despite there being anywhere from 20 to 300 hum

32、an beings in the room, there is little to no human interaction（互动）. Exams often offer the first opportunity for the professor to get real information on how well the students digested the knowledge. If the test identifies gaps in students understanding of a basic concept, the class still moves on to a more advanced concept.Virtual tools are providing an opportunity to rethink this methodology. If