江西省九江市修水一中高二英语期中试题

A. Fragrant Hill

B. Pei’s glass pyramid at the Louvre

C. The East Wing of the National Gallery of Art

D. Kennedy library

60. We can infer that about _________of Ieoh Ming Pei’s projects have won major awards.

A. 50 B. 15 C. 25 D. 35

B

One day in my class，Maria shared her feelings about money，“Money worries me. I think I want to live without money because I hate it. I HATE MONEY.” We were all touched by Maria's words as they

reminded us of the spiritual burdens that money managing can bring to us. After class I offered to help Maria deal with her financial problems. She hesitated to accept my offer，and I could see from the expression on her face that she was afraid of what it might involve. I quickly promised her that I wouldn't make her do more than she was able to. I told her frankly that I didn't enjoy managing my money any more than she did hers and wouldn't burden her with guilt，judgments，or impossible tasks. All I would ask her to do was to let me help her look at her fears and try to make some sense of them.

Maria still resisted my offer，and I can remember the excuses she gave me as they were the repeated complaints I had heard from so many people. “I'll never understand money，”she said. “My facts are meaningless.” “I don't deserve to have money.” “I never have enough.” “I have too little to manage.” “My financial position isn't worth looking at.” and the most devastating one of all，“I just can't do it.”

Going home that day，I couldn't get Maria out of my mind：her attitude conveyed the same negativity and fear that I believed annoyed many people. I was sure it was this attitude that prevented people from managing their money effectively. My counseling(咨询)has taught me that these anxieties are inseparably connected to our self ¬doubts and fear for survival. Many of us are terrified of handling our money because we don't believe we can do it well，and to do it wrong would put our very existence at risk.

On a deeper level we know that money is not the source of life，but sense of worth drives us to act as if it were. It locks us up in self ¬doubts and prevents us from tapping into the true source of our management power，our spirit.

61.The underlined word “devastating” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

A.convincing B.interesting C.shocking D.valuable

62.Maria's words moved the author and others because they were ________.

A.in the same financial trouble B.in the same financial condition

C.of the same family background D.of the same feeling over the issue

63.As for money managing，the author intended to tell Maria how to ________.

A.overcome her fears B.make wise decisions

C.avoid making mistakes D.learn the necessary skills

64.Maria wouldn't take the author's offer of help for fear of________.

A.being forced to share her money with others B.having to do something beyond her reach

C.being found guilty of making impossible errors

D.showing her judgment about money

65.According to the author，people's anxieties about managing money result from their understanding of

money as the only source of ________.

A.life B.values C.spirit D.power

C

Don’t go to Kauai. Go to any of the other Hawaiian Islands—Maui, Lanai, the Big Island—but leave Kauai for us. The weather on Kauai is so unpredictable that sometimes it rains all day—in fact, it’s the second –wettest spot on the earth. Yes, there are giant double rainbows all the time, and the sunlight through the clouds is magical. But if you are not interested in these, go somewhere else. You just can’t control the nature on Kauai, and who wants to surrender to the nature when you could be at a fine hotel, lying in a comfortable chair next to a swimming pool, with food served upon request?

So what if Kauai produces surf champions the way Texas produces cowboys? Most of its 300 white-sand beaches are unmarked. Unless you connect with the local people, the hidden spots are hard to find. While Hanalei is the most beautiful town you’ve ever dreamed of, you can forget about discos and clubs. Worse, it doesn’t have one single four-star restaurant. What it does have is the original drive- through places where you pass by a rambutan tree (红毛丹树)，and pick a piece of fruit.

Shopping in Kauai? Forget it—unless you are interested in shell necklaces and beautifully carved wood bowls. Kauai is not about pampering. It’s about going natural and finding the nature within you. It’s a do-it-yourself place that offers walking along the coast, driving and swimming in the Pacific Ocean, and lying on the beach.

Don’t go to Kauai unless you have a lot of time, because there’s only one road, which can be slightly dull. It winds through the beautiful scenery of waterfalls, rivers flowing into the ocean, and taro(芋头)fields. You have no choice but to look at everything, because the speed limit is 35 m.p.h.

If you’re not interested in color, don’t bother with Kauai, because that’s what you get—red roads, blue oceans, and a hundred different shades of green. It’s like diving on land. Many people on Kauai believe that this is Lemuria—a lost island in the Atlantic. Can you imagine? Those Hawaiians, surfers, New Agers, and people who love nature and beauty and want a different quality of life—what do they know, anyway? Forget about it—you’re not going to like it. Go somewhere else. Leave Kauai for us.

66. After reading the text, we come to know that it is .

A. a piece of shocking news B. an exciting story

C. an angry complaint about a tourist attraction D. a moving advertisement

67. It can be learned from the text that .

A. Kauai is an island near the Hawaiian Islands B. Kauai is another name of the Hawaiian Islands

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