广东省高三英语期中试题练习

阅读—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

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A

There are two types of people in the world.Although they have equal degrees of health and wealth and the other comforts of life, one becomes happy, the other becomes miserable.This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, and events, and the resulting effects upon their minds.

People who are to be happy fix their attention on the conveniences of things, the pleasant parts of conversation, the well-prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather.They enjoy all the cheerful things.Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the contrary things.Therefore, they are continually discontented.By their remarks, they sour the pleasures of society, offend many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere.If this turn of mind were founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be more to be pitied.The tendency to criticize and be disgusted is perhaps taken up originally by imitation.It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors.The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it are convinced of its bad effects on their interests and tastes.I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.

Although in fact it is chiefly an act of imagination, it has serious consequence in life, since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck.Those people offend many others: nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect.This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments.If they aim at obtaining some advantage in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success.Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes.If they bring on themselves public disapproval, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their misconduct.These people should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others.If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them.Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.

41.People who are unhappy .

A.always consider things differently from others.

B.usually are affected by the results of certain things

C.usually misunderstand what others think or say

D.always discover the unpleasant side of certain things

42.The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most nearly means:___________.

A.have a good taste with social life B.make others unhappy

C.tend to scold others openly D.enjoy the pleasure of life

43.We can conclude from the passage that_______.

A.we should pity all such unhappy people.

B.such unhappy people are dangerous to social life

C.people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness.

D.unhappy people can not understand happy persons.

44.If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should________.

A.prevent any communication with them

B.show no respect and politeness to them

C.persuade them to recognize the bad effects

D.quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes

45.In this passage, the writer mainly________.

A.describes two types of people

B.laughs at the unhappy people

C.suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habits of unhappiness.

D.tells people how to be happy in life.

B

The Peales were a famous family of American artists.Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution.He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington.His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.

Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia.The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings.Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike.The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.

Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists.Paphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese.His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington.Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.

James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像).His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.

46.What is the main topic of the passage?

A.The life of Charles Willson Peale. B.Portraits in the 18th century.

C.The Peale Museum. D.A family of artists.

47.The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________.

A.Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike

B.Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work

C.Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale

D.the painting of the two brothers was very large

48.The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”.

A.showed B.dug up C.invented D.looked over

49.Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?

A.Titian Peale. B.Rubens Peale.

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