广东省汕头市20xx-20xx学年高二下学期期中考试英语

广东省汕头市20xx-20xx学年高二下学期期中考试英语内容摘要：

aid. ―I just don39。 t want to do it anymore.‖ ―I know you miss home. But you39。 ve signed a contract that says you will represent your country to the best of your ability. You39。 ve got a responsibility to your teammates. And now you just want to walk away? I will not let you be dishonorable. If you don39。 t like gymnastics, then at the very least, you will finish the season.‖ The next afternoon as I dragged myself into Chow39。 s gym, I thought of the efforts Mom had made in order to pay for my training. I thought of my two sisters: Arielle, who gave up ballroom dancing, and Joyelle, who stopped ice skating so that our single mom could afford to keep me in gymnastics. For now, here39。 s what you need to know: exactly 210 days before I ever attempted my first vault (跳跃 ) in the London Summer Olympics, my leap of faith came this close to ending in a crash of disaster. 49. The author wanted to give up gymnastics because _____. A. she thought she loved music more B. she was overe with homesickness C. an Olympic gold was beyond her reach D. the training for the Olympics was too hard 50. How did the author39。 s mother feel on hearing her words? A. Heartbroken. B. Sympathetic. C. Helpless. D. Calm. 51. We can infer from the passage that the author _____. A. was born into an athletic family B. realized her Olympic dream C. changed her mind in the end D. had a bad childhood 52. What would be the best title for the passage? A. A dream e true B. My leap of faith C. My mother D. A quitter C Do you want to love what you do for a living? Follow your passion. This piece of advice provides the foundation for modern thinking on career satisfaction. But this can be a problem. I39。 ve spent the past several years researching and writing about the different strategies we use to seek happiness in our work. It became clear early in the process that the suggestion to ―follow your passion‖ was flawed, for it lacks scientific evidence. However, it doesn39。 t mean you should abandon the goal of feeling passionate about your work. The reality emphasizes that things are quite plicated. Passion is earned. Different people are looking for different things in their work, but generally, people with satisfying careers enjoy some bination of the following features: autonomy, respect, petence, creativity, and a sense of impact. In other words, if you want to feel passionate about your livelihood, don39。 t seek the perfect job, but seek to get more of these features in the job you already have. Passion is elusive (难捉摸的 ).Many people develop the rare and valuable skills leading to passion, but still end up unhappy in their work. The problem is that the features leading you to love your work are more likely to be useful to you than your anization. As you bee increasingly ‗‗valuable‖， for example, your boss might push you toward traditional promotions that e with more pay and more responsibility, as this is what is most useful to your pany. However, you might find more passion by applying your value to gain autonomy in your schedule or project selection. Passion is dangerous. I39。 ve watched too many of my peers fall into anxiety and chronic job hopping due to the ‗‗follow your passion‖ advice. The issue is expectations. If you believe we all have a preexisting passion, and that matching it to a job will lead to instant workplace happiness, reality will always pale in parison. Work is hard. Not every day is fun. If you39。 re seeking a dream job, you39。 ll end up frustrated, again and again. Don39。 t set out to discover passion. Instead, set out to develop it. This path might be longer and more plicated than what most cheerful career guides might advocate， but it39。 s a path much more likely to lead you somewhere worth going. 53. People satisfied with their careers are _______. A. autonomous and passionate B. creative and petent C. respectable and sensitive D. creative and passionate 54. What is the author39。 s advice on achieving career satisfaction? A. Developing passion for what one is doing. B. Matching the preexisting passion to one39。 s work. C. Figuring out early what one will do in the future. D. Discovering skills that lead to interesting careers. 55. The underlined sentence in Para. 5 probably means that _______. A. it is not easy to match our passion with our jobs B. we shouldn39。 t think everyone has a preexisting passion C. high expectations of passion in jobs bring disappointment D. workplace happiness does not require a preexisting passion 56. What39。 s the author39。 s attitude towards the advice of ―following your passion‖? A. Unclear B. Supportive C. Cautious D. Disapproving. D Robots have proved to be valuable tools for soldiers, surgeons and homeowners hoping to keep the carpet clean. But in each case, they are designed and built specifically for the job. Now there is a movement under way to build multipurpose machinesrobots that can move about in changing environments such as offices or living rooms and work with their hands. Allpurpose robots are not, of course, a new idea. ―It‘s been five or 10 years from happening for about 50 years,‖ says Eric Berger, co – di。