18 届高二下学期入学测试英语试题卷 第一部分 听力（略） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将 该项涂黑。 A Two of the hardest t hings to accomplish in this world are to acquire wealth by honest effort and, having gained it, to learn how to use it properly. Recently I walked into the locker room of a rather well known golf club after finishing a round. It was in the late afternoon and most of the members had left for their homes. But a half-dozen or so men past middle age were still seated at tables talking aimlessly and drinking more than was good for them. These same men can be found there day after day, and, strangely enough, each one of these men had been a man of affairs and wealth, successful in business and respected in the community. If material prosperity were the chief necessity for happiness, then each one should have been happy. Yet, it seemed to me, something very important was missing, else（否则） there would not have been the constant effort to escape the realities of life through scotch and soda. They knew, each one of them, that their productivity had ceased( 停 止 ). When a fruit tree ceases to bear its fruit, it is dying. And it is even so with man. What is the answer to a long and happy existence in this world of ours I think I found it long ago in a passage from the book of Genesis which caught my eye while I was looking through my Bible. The words were few, but they became memorably impressed on my mind. " In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread. " To me, that has been a challenge from my earliest recollections ( memories). In fact, the battle of life, of existence, is a challenge to everyone. The immortal words of St. Paul, too, have been and always will be a great inspiration to me. At the end of the road I want to be able to feel that I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. The underline d sentence "In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread " means “ ”. Bread tastes delicious when sweat pours off your face Bread comes from the sweat on your face Failure is the mother of success D. No pains, no gains We learn from the passage that the author . was a wealthy perso n in the community B. was fond of associating with celebrities (名人) held a positive attitude towards an active life kept a secret of the reason why he was so impressed What is implied in the passage by the writer To use wealth properly, eat, drink and be merry. If you cease to struggle, you cease to live. As life is but like a dream, a man is like a fruit tree. Where there is a will, there is a way. B It's such a happy -looking library,painted yellow,painted yellow,decorated with palm-tree stickers and sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof.About the size of a microwave oven,it's pedestrian-friendly,too,waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach Country Est ... ...
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