宁夏银川二中2016届统练（五）英语试题及答案(4)

   C. math, foreign language and writing        D. math, foreign language and handwriting
34. Which of the following should you avoid when improving your handwriting?
   A. Practice writing a lot.                   
B. Writing as fast as you can.
   C. Relaxing your hand when holding the pen.   
D. Changing your letters till you like how they look.
35. The text is to present the fact that __________.
   A. writing seems to be very important in the SAT
   B. those who will go to college have to take the SAT
   C. students should practice handwriting more often
   D. kids don’t know how to write in the computer age

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Of the many unpleasant emotions we can experience, fear may top the list.    36    Fear can also keep us from pursuing the things in life that really matter — like following our dreams, and developing important relationships. I have some ideas, though, of how to be free from fear.
l Experience fear.
I used to be very afraid of speaking in front of people. I would get sweaty palms and my stomach would be so tied up that I wouldn't be able to eat. However, each time I spoke, I noticed afterwards that it wasn't that bad. Things I fear are never as bad in reality as I make them out in my mind.    37  
l Create space.
The first and most important step to being fearless is to create some space between ourselves and the emotion of fear. This isn't accomplished by ignoring the fear, or trying to talk ourselves out of it.    38    In fact, a recent research shows that by simply admitting the emotion we actually begin to reverse the "fight or flight(逃避)" response in the body.
l Control the breath and feel the fear.
Once we acknowledge the presence of fear, the second step is to control the breathing so that it becomes slower and gentler. We try to make the breath just a little bit longer, and feel how fear manifests(展现) in the body.    39  
With practice, we can create enough space between us and the emotion of fear so that we're able to replace a fearful thought with a positive one.    40    For instance, before I get up to speak in front of a group of people, I imagine that the audience is positively impressed by what I say and that I manage to complete the speech successfully.
A. Space is created only when we can honestly acknowledge that fear exists.
B. We can imagine a positive outcome for whatever we're about to do.
C. Fear, if left uncontrolled, can even destroy our life.
D. So one way to get rid of fear is to simply push ourselves to do things that we fear.
E. When we can see a positive outcome in our mind, fear no longer holds us back.
F. But fear is more than just physically unpleasant.
G. As we pay attention to the physical symptoms of fear, we can see fear objectively.

第三部分: 英语知识运用( 共两节, 满分45分)
第一节：完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分)
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A senior monk and a junior monk were traveling together. One day, they came to a   41  with a strong current. As the monks were   42   to cross the river, they saw a very young and beautiful woman. She asked if they could help her  43   to the other side.
The two monks glanced at one another because they had  44   not to have physical contact with women.
Then, without a word, the older monk   45   the woman, carried her across the river,  46 her gently on the other side, and carried on his journey.
The younger monk couldn’t believe  47   had just happened. After rejoining his companion, he was   48  , and several hours passed without a word between them.
49  , the younger monk couldn’t contain himself any longer, and asked, “As monks, we are not permitted to have body contact with a woman; how could you then   50  that woman?”
The  51  monk looked at him and replied, “Brother, I set her down on the other side of the river, why are you   52  carrying her?”
This simple Zen story has a beautiful message about living in the  53  moment. How often do we carry around past   54  , holding onto dislikes when the only person we are really  55   is ourselves?
We all   56   times in life when other people say things or  57   in a way that does harm to us. We can   58  to think carefully over past actions or events, but it will finally weigh us down and use up our energy.
Instead, we can choose to let go of what doesn’t serve us anymore and   59   on the present moment. Until we can find a level of peace and  60   in the present circumstances of our lives, we will never be content, because “now” is all we will ever have.