What is life's greatest gift? 1. Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal. What is so great about choice? It transform us from dumb animals into artist. Each of us becomes another Michelangelo. Choice becomes nothing other than the tool we use to sculpt(雕刻) our life. The tool doesn’t come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility. 2. The reward is happiness.
Life is not still. It is a flow. 3. We constantly need to monitor where we are on our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what corrective measures can I take? What action will I take now to readjust(再调整) myself to my goals? Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life.
4. And your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example. you decide which stores to shop at and which gas station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our life are far mote important than deciding where to shop. The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions, the greater the probability that we will experience happiness and fulfillment.
All chess lovers realize that it isn’t necessary to win to enjoy the game. The pleasure is in the playing. Life is like a chess game. 5.
A．It is free will or choice.
B．You have to make choices every day.
C．Make the best moves you can under the circumstances.
D．But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return.
E. Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.
F. Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are, the harder they get.
G. Choose to carry out responsibilities not because you have to, but because you want to.
科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年安徽省高三最后一卷英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
—Why is Thomas so lonely every day?
—Because he has no communication with others.
A. politicallyB. properly
C. punctuallyD. practically
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年宁夏银川市高三下第四次模拟英语试卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
Travel agency: Good morning. Can I help you?
Daisy: I’m sorry to say that I am 1. (disappoint) about my trip to Norwich. It is the 2. (bad) experience of my life!
Travel agency: What is the problem?
Daisy: Well, first of all, 3. (go) when I got on the bus. I turned 4. the guides for help, but they were impatient. I hate to say this, 5. they behaved impolitely towards us customers. Could you do something about this?
Travel agency: Hmm, I apologize. Did you find 6. wallet?
Daisy: No. And that’s not all. The bus was one hour late. Worse 7. , it picked up passengers 8.
the way to our destination. You really have to do something about it.
Travel agency: I’m so sorry, but sometimes the bus can 9. (delay) by some problems. We can’t always be sure that the bus will set out on time.
Daisy: Why didn’t you tell me the truth? 10. I booked the ticket, you promised to drive non-stop from Aye to Norwich.
Travel agency: I am terribly sorry to hear that. I will look into it immediately and give you a satisfactory reply.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年宁夏高三下学期第二次模拟英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。
修改：在错词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Jack,
I am pleasing to hear from you and know that you had a greatly time working part-time in a fast-food restaurant. Now I would like to share your working experience with you during the past summer.
In the beginning of the summer vacation, I was hired as shopping guide in a big supermarket. I stood for ten hours a day and smiled to everyone I have met . Sometimes I was laughed at, and most of the time, I was praised for my wonderful works by many people. Half a month passed quickly after I knew it, and I learned how to deal with different people.
Above all, I have learned that smile is the key to solve any problem.
Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Ming
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年宁夏高三下学期第二次模拟英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Owning a smart phone may not be as smart as you think. They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are… but they also turn you into a workaholic, it seems.
A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.
The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. More than 90 percent of office workers have an email-enabled phone, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they take work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am, with more than a third checking their first email in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 pm and midnight.
Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smart phones invaluable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smart phones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity.”
1.What can we conclude from the text?
A. All that glitters is not gold.
B. Every coin has two sides.
C. It never rains but pours.
D. It’s no good crying over spilt milk.
2.The underlined word “accessing” in the third paragraph can be replaced by .
A. calling B. reaching
C. getting D. using
3.Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. The average UK working day is between nine and twelve hours.
B. Nine-tenths spend over three hours checking work emails.
C. One fourth check their first mails between 11 pm and midnight.
D. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 8 am.
4.What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Workaholics like smart phones.
B. Smart phones bring about extra work.
C. Smart phones make our live easier.
D. Employers don’t like smart phones.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年宁夏高三上学期第二次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
最近，你们学校每天晚上组织学生收看《新闻联播》。对此，有人表示反对，认为学习任务繁重，耽误学习；也有人表示赞同，认为能使自己身心放松，而且了解国内外大事。请你写一篇100词左右的短文，发表一下自己的观点。开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Recently our school has set aside some time for students to watch The Daily News Broadcasting.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年宁夏高三上学期第二次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”, which was to make us more
the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members, , chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound—blocking earplugs(耳塞) or blindfolds(眼罩).
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a experience. I had never considered before how it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not . Then I wondered where to put my . It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest(脚凳) into . I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary .
I tried to find a position and thought it might be restful, kind of nice, to be around for a while. Looking around, I I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon . It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the , both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.
1.A. curious aboutB. interested inC. aware ofD. careful with
2.cureB. preventC. adoptD. analyze
3.insteadB. strangelyC. as usualD. like me
4.A. learningB. workingC. satisfyingD. relaxing
5.A. convenientB. awkward C. boringD. exciting
6.A. heightB. force C. skillD. weight
7.A. lockedB. repairedC. poweredD. grasped
8.A. handsB. feetC. keysD. handles
9.A. placeB. actionC. playD. effect
10.A. operationB. communicationC. transportationD. production
11.A. explorationB. educationC. experimentD. entertainment
12.A. flexibleB. safeC. starting D. comfortable
13.A. yetB. just C. stillD. even
14.A. shown B. pushedC. driven D. guided
15.A. realizedB. suggestedC. agreedD. admitted
16.A. liftedB. turnedC. pressedD. seized
17.A. pathB. positionC. directionD. way
18.A. easyB. heavy C. majorD. extra
19.A. forgottenB. repeatedC. conductedD. finished
20.A. weaknessesB. challengesC. anxietiesD. illnesses
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年天津市红桥区高三第一次模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
One morning in 2007．Parthasarathy---we usually called him Partha．---came to meet me．He was disabled and was not an engineer but had majored in a computer course in college．I told Partha，“I’d like to employ people like you．”In fact，it turned out to be the right decision to employ him．Partha had an amazing enthusiasm and his disability did not stop him from improving himself．I was not doing any charity by employing him because my company benefited more from Partha．I have realized that physically challenged people are more faithful than others but unfortunately we usually pay scant attention to them．
At that time our office was on the first floor and Partha had difnculty dealing with the stairs．Seeing him struggle．I decided to make the entire office disabled-friendly．Our ground floor is now intended for the disabled people, and we have special toilets for them．We have also built houses for them near the office so that they can avoid long travelling hours．
After meeting Partha，I decided to hire more disabled people．We waited six months to get another disabled person who then became our receptionist．
I don’t regard employing disabled people as charity．I consider it my responsibility．The country has spent much money educating me and I feel it is time for me to do something as a reward．
It is great to work with them．Seeing them work, get married, settle in life and have children is a wonderful experience．
We have 550 employees now, and 20 percent of them are disabled．We go to Engineering Colleges looking for disabled people but onty to find one or two in each college．Parents don’t send them out．The biggest challenge for the physically disabled is the attitude of their parents，but we hire them even if they are not engineers．
1.What kind of person was Partha?(No more than 10 words)
2.What does the underlined word “scant” in the 1st paragraph mean?
(No more than 2 words)
3.Why is the ground floor intended for the disabled people?(No more than l2 words)
4.How many disabled workers are there in the writer’s company now?
(No more than 2 words)
5.Do you agree to the writer’s plan to employ more disabled people? And why?
(No more than 30 words)
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年天津市高三5月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
They did everything in their power to save the building dating back to the Qing Dynasty, but their efforts were _______.
A. in turn B. in timeC. in vainD. in need
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