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　　广东省清远市2015届高三上学期期末考试英语试题
　　本试卷共8页，三大题，满分135分，考试用时120分钟。
　　注意事项：
　　1．答卷前，考生务必用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．非选择题必须用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目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。
　　An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; it’s a necessity. The way you look at life will determine how you   1  , how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people.   2  , pessimism creates a sad and hopeless place where no one wants to live.   3   thoughts, attitudes, and expectations feed on themselves.
　　Years ago, I   4   into a service station to get some gas. It was a   5   day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “You don’t look well.” This took me completely by   6  . A little less confidently, I told him that I had never felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared
　　7  .
　　By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little   8  . About a block away, I pulled over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Did I look that   9  ? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little   10  . Had I picp some rare disease?
　　The next time I went into that gas station, feeling   11   again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright but disgusting yellow, and the light reflecting off the walls made everyone inside   12   as though they had hepatitis(肝炎)! I wondered how many other folks had reacted the way I did. I had let one short   13   with a total stranger change my   14   for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single negative observation had a(n)   15   effect on the way I felt and acted.
　　1. A. learn B. exercise C. behave D. feel
　　2. A. Certainly B. Additionally C. Contrarily D. Actually
　　3. A. Negative B. Impractical C. Sensitive D. Indifferent
　　4. A. drove B. walked C. rushed D. ran
　　5. A. common B. beautiful C. busy D. dull
　　6. A. accident B. mistarprise D. chance
　　7. A. rough B. pale C. hurt D. yellow
　　8. A. tired B. uneasy C. bored D. angry
　　9. A. well B. ugly C. strange D. bad
　　10. A. upset B. sad C. sorry D. sick
　　11. A. ill B. fine C. regret D. lost
　　12. A. behave B. believe C. look D. pretend
　　13. A. conversation B. visit C. bargain D. stay
　　14. A. work B. confidence C. health D. attitude
　　15. A. reasonable B. serious C. temporary D. slight
　　第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
　　阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。
　　II．阅读（共两节，满分50分）
　　第一节：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　Speed-reading is an indispensable skill in the Internet age. We skim over articles, e-mails and tweets to try to grasp key words and the essential meaning of a certain text. Bombarded with information from our electronic devices, it would be impossible to cope（应付）if we read word by word, line by line.
　　But a new trend calls on people to unplug and enjoy reading slowly, listing benefits beyond intellectual stimulation.
　　A recent story from The Wall Street Journal reported on a boob in Wellington, New Zealand, where members meet in a cafe and turn off their smart phones. They sink into cozy chairs and read in silence for an hour.
　　Unlike traditional boobs, the point of the Slow Reading Club isn’t exchanging ideas about a certain boot to get away from electronic devices and read in a quiet, relaxed environment. According to the Journal, the Wellington boob is just one example of a movement initiated (发起) by book lovers who miss the old-fashioned way of reading before the Internet and smart phones.
　　Slow readers, such as The Atlantic’s Maura Kelly, say a regular reading habit sharpens the mind, improves concentration, reduces stress levels and deepens the ability to empathize.
　　Some of these benefits have been bacp by science. For example, a study of 300 elderly people published by the journal Neurology last year showed that regular engagement in intellectually strenuous activities like reading slowed the rate of memory loss later in life.
　　Slow reading means a return to an uninterrupted patt