江苏省常熟中学2018届高三10月阶段性抽测(一)英语试题

江苏省常熟中学2018届高三10月阶段性抽测（一）英语试
题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、单项选择
1．All of us have the desire to visit the three main temples in Athens, especially ________ contains a gold and ivory statue of Athena.
A．one B．one that
C．the one D．the one that
2．—Can you explain China’s football team failed again in the attempt for the World Cup?
—I am sorry, but this is the last time. We will behave ourselves.
A．why is it that B．why it is that
C．how it is that D．how is it that
3．—Johns on is feeling a bit ________ after last night’s get-together.
—Well, he must have drunk himself stupid during it and he should have a rest.
A．distant B．fragile
C．empty D．weird
4．—Sam, can you tell me what IRL means?
—It means “in real life”, ________ talki ng with someone on the Internet or over the phone. A．in response to B．in relation to
C．in proportion to D．as opposed to
5．—Tu Youyou won the 2016 State Preeminent Science and Technology Award for her work against parasitic diseases.
—She deserves it. The consequences ________ improved human health and reduced suffering are immeasurable.
A．in honor of B．in terms of
C．in defense of D．in hopes of
6．There are now signs, following the decline in house prices in many small and medium-sized cities, ________ house prices in major cities may also be set for a slide.
A．that B．where
C．which D．what
7．—Macron, handsome and talented, is the youngest person ever to be elected as President of France. Don’t you think he is a real role model for us young man?
—Yeah, maybe. But rumor has it that he went ________ after he married Brigitte Trogneux, 24 years his senior.
A．carrot and stick B．ups and downs
C．from rags to riches D．out of the blue
8．The British increased control over their American colonies, soldiers ________ there to ensure that the Americans would obey them.
A．stationed B．to be stationed
C．being stationed D．were stationed
9．It was human errors, rather than the natural disaster, ________ for the death of so many innocent people in the landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen.
A．which is blamed B．that is to blame
C．which are blamed D．that are to blame
10．Li Mingyang, who ________ as the main center on the Chinese Women’s Basketball Team for two years, is now a member of a Japanese basketball club, which is considered shameful by many Chinese.
A．has served B．had served
C．served D．was serving
11．There are certain historic occasions ________ are likely to remind people of what happened in the past and set people reflecting on them.
A．when B．that
C．where D．what
12．Everyone in the tourist industry has made the point that Government assistances is helpful, what they actually need most is for the visitors themselves to return.
A．as B．when
C．while D．since
13．I ________ that the experience I was heading for was anything but boring, had I read the brochure carefully.
A．realized B．had realized
C．would realize D．would have realized
14．—I lost five pounds just after a month on this new diet. It’s definitely worth a try.
—Right, ________. I badly need to get in shape for my school reunion.
A．it beats me B．I don’t buy it
C．just can’t help it D．you’ve sold it to me
二、完形填空
I promise you, there will never be a perfect time to do anything in your life. 15 will ever feel 100% certain or make perfect sense to you and everyone else. There will 16 be a perfect time to fall in love, or to travel the world. You will never have enough training, enough preparation, or enough money. And 17 this, even when you feel ready to take a brave step into the 18 , others will likely try to 19 you out of it. Because they won’t feel ready themselves, and your ambition and bravery will 20 their levels of comfort. But you don’t 21 them an explanation, or any other personal 22 you don’t want to make. This is rather difficult to 23 at first.
Waiting to feel 100% ready or sure is the 24 way in which we cheat ourselves out of wonderful life experiences. I challenge you to 25 free yourself from this
self-limiting state of mind. Book that plane ticket, even if you feel lots of 26 . Sign up for that educational course, even if you have no idea 27 it will go. Trust me when I tell you it will all come together for the 28 .
When you meet your dreams with 29 , when you meet them with mental and physical devotion, you 30 your trust in the act of LIVING. You make your dreams a 31 instead of line items on a list. And that’s good because your dreams are 32 to be experiences. You have to 33 them out in the real world to know if they’re possible and worthwhile adventures in the long run.
As you 34 on this new journey of living, remember that some people around you will naturally be taken ab ack. But as long as you aren’t hurting them, you don’t owe them anything that takes away your power to move forward with your life. 15．A．Something B．Nothing C．Anything D．Everything 16．A．never B．always C．occasionally D．forever 17．A．despite B．for C．from D．after 18．A．impossible B．unknown C．beautiful D．true 19．A．help B．cheat C．talk D．get 20．A．improve B．remove C．increase D．challenge 21．A．offer B．give C．allow D．owe
22．A．excuse B．decision C．sacrifice D．profits 23．A．refuse B．grasp C．admit D．confirm 24．A．hardest B．bitterest C．easiest D．dullest 25．A．automatic B．casually C．vainly D．consciously 26．A．uncertainty B．comfort C．anxiety D．hopelessness 27．A．how B．when C．why D．whether 28．A．worse B．better C．closer D．deeper 29．A．difficulty B．doubt C．intention D．success 30．A．carry B．remove C．experience D．invest 31．A．reality B．priority C．burden D．relief 32．A．meant B．listed C．realized D．entitled 33．A．check B．bring C．work D．test 34．A．wander B．rest C．progress D．hesitate
三、阅读选择
As we grow old, we realize that we have so little time to read and there are so many great books that we’ve yet to get around to. Yet re-readers are everywhere around us. For certain fans, re-reading The Lord of the Rings is a conventional practice annually. One friend told me that Jane Austen’s Emma can still surprise him, despite his having read it over 50 times.
New sudden clear understandings can be gained from the process of re-reading. Journalist Rebacca Mead, a long-time Englishwoman in New York, first came across George Eliot’s Middlemarch at 17. Since then, has read it again every five years. With each re-reading, it has opened up further; in each chapter of her life, it has resonated (引起共鸣) differently. Mead evidenced the large number of ways in which really good books not only stand the test of repeat reads, but also offer fresh gifts each time we crack their spines. These kinds of books grow with us.
Scientists have also recognized the mental health benefits of re-reading. Research conducted with readers in the US found that on our first reading, we are concerned with the “what” and the “why”. Second time round, we’re able to better appreciate the emotions that the plot continues to express. As researcher Cristel Russell of the American University explained, returning to a book “brings new or renewed appreciation of both the great book and its readers.”
It’s true that we often find former selves on the pages of old books (if we’re fond of
making notes on the pages). These texts can carry us back to a lime and place, and remind us of the kind of p erson that we were then. We’re changed not only by lived experience but also by reading experience—by the books that we’ve discovered since last reading the one in our hand.
More than the movie director or the musician, the writer calls upon our imaginations, using words to lead us to picture this declaration of love or that unfaithfulness in life. A book is a joint project between writers and readers, and we must pour so much of ourselves into reading that our own life story can become connected with the story in the book.
Perhaps what’s really strange is that we don’t re-read more often. After all, we watch our favorite films again and we wouldn’t think of listening to an album only once. We treasure messy old paintings as objects, yet of all art forms, literature alone is a largely one-time delight.
A book, of course, takes up more time, but as Mead confirms, the rewards make it adequately worthwhile.
35．The two are mentioned in Paragraph 1 mainly to ________.
A．attract the attention of re-readers
B．introduce the topic of the passage
C．provide some background information
D．show the similarity between re-readers
36．The underlined expression “crack their spines” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________. A．re-read them B．recite them
C．recall them D．retell them
37．It can be learned from the passage that ________.
A．reading benefits people both mentally and physically
B．readers mainly focus on feelings on their first reading
C．writers inspire the same imaginations as film directors do
D．we know ourselves better through re-reading experience
38．The purpose of the passage is to ________.
A．call on different understandings of old books
B．focus on the mental health benefits of reading
C．bring awareness to the significance of re-reading
D．introduce the effective ways of re-reading old books
Neuroscientists have explained the risky, aggressive or just plain confusing behavior
of teenagers as the product of a brain that is somehow compromised. Groundbreaking research in the past 10 years, however, shows that this view is wrong. The teen brain is not defective (有缺陷的). It is not a half-baked adult brain, either. It has been forged by evolution differently from that of a child or an adult.
Foremost among the teen brain’s features is its ability to change in response to the environment by modifying the communication networks that connect brain regions. It allows teenagers to make enormous strides in thinking and socialization. But the change also makes them sensitive to dangerous behavior and serious mental disorders.
The most recent studies indicate that the riskiest behavior arises from a mismatch between the maturation of networks in the limbic system (边缘系统), which drives emotions and intensifies at puberty (青春期), and the maturation of networks in the prefrontal cortex (前额皮质), which occurs later and promotes sound judgment and the control of impulses. Indeed, we now know that one’s prefrontal cortex continues to change prominently until his 20s. And yet puberty seems to be starting earlier, extending the “mismatch years”.
The plasticity of networks linking brain regions —and not the growth of those regions, as previously thought— is key to eventually behaving like an adult. Understanding that, and knowing that a widening gap between the development of emotional and judgment networks is happening in young people today, can help parents, teachers, counselors and teenagers themselves. People will better see that behavior such as risk-taking, sensation-seeking, and turning away from parents and toward peers are not signs of cognitive or emotional problems. They are a natural result of brain development, a normal part of adolescents learning how to negotiate a complex world.
The same understanding can also help adults decide when to intervene. A 15-year-old girl’s departure from her parents’ tastes in clothing, music or politics may be a source of anxiety for Mom and Dad but does not indicate mental illness. A 16-year-old boy’s tendency to skateboard without a helmet or to accept risky challenges from friends is not unimportant but is more likely a sign of short-range thinking and peer pressure than a desire to hurt himself. Other exploratory and aggressive actions might be red flags, however. Knowing more about the unique teen brain will help all of us learn how to separate unusual behavior that is
age-appropriate from that which might indicate illness. Such awareness could help society reduce the rates of teen addiction, motor vehicle accidents and depression.
39．How is Paragraph 1 mainly develop?
A．By drawing a comparison.
B．By confirming a prediction.
C．By making an assumption.
D．By correction a misunderstanding.
40．What can we know about the changeability of teen’s brains?
A．It is predictable and avoidable.
B．It is a double-edged sword.
C．It is related to their brain development in the childhood.
D．It results from serious functional disorders.
41．The limbic system and the prefrontal cortex are mentioned in paragraph 3 to ________. A．show how the mismatch between their maturation of networks happens
B．explain the relationship between early puberty and them
C．explain what leads to teens’ riskiest behavior
D．show the differences between them
42．What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A．The important role of adults in teenagers’ development.
B．Long-term prospects for the r esearch of teenagers’ brains.
C．Possible cognitive and emotional problems of teenagers.
D．The significance of the new discovery.
America’s education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequality from one generation to the next.
That’s why school reform is so critical. This is an issue of equality, opportunity and national conscience. It’s not just about education, but about poverty and justice.
It’s true that the main reason inner-city schools do poorly isn’t teachers’ unions, but poverty. Southern states without strong teachers’ unions have schools at least as awful as those in union states. Some Chicago teachers seem to think that they shouldn’t be held accountable until poverty is solved. There’re steps we can take that would make some difference, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying some of them—yet the union is resisting.
I’d be sympathetic if the union focused solely on higher compensation. Teachers need to be much better paid to attract the best college graduat es to the nation’s worst schools. But, instead, the Chicago union seems to be using its political capital primarily to protect weak
performers.
There’s solid evidence that there are huge differences in the effectiveness of teachers. The gold standard study by Harvard and Columbia University scholars found that even in
high-poverty schools, teachers consistently had a huge positive or negative impact.
Get a bottom 1% teacher, and the effect is the same as if a child misses 40% of the school year. Get a teach er from the top 20%, and it’s as if a child has gone to school for an extra month or two.
The study found that strong teachers in the fourth through eighth grades raised the skills of their students in ways that would last for decades. Just having a strong teacher for one elementary year left pupils a bit less likely to become mothers as teenagers, a bit more likely to go to college and earning more money at age 28.
How does one figure out who is a weak teacher? Yes, that’s a challenge. But researchers are improving systems to measure a teacher’s performance throughout the year, and, with three years of data, it’s usually possible to tell which teachers are failing.
Unfortunately, the union in Chicago is insisting that teachers who are laid off—often for being ineffective-should get priority in new hiring. That’s an insult to students.
Teaching is so important that it should be like other professions, with high pay and good working conditions but few job protections for bottom performers. This isn’t a battle between garment workers and greedy bosses. The central figures in the Chicago schools strike are neither strikers nor managers but 350,000 children. Protecting the union demand sacrifices those students, in effect turning a blind eye to the injustice in the education system. 43．What do we learn about America’s education system?
A．It provides a ladder of opportunity for the wealthy.
B．It contributes little to the elimination of inequality.
C．It has remained basically unchanged for generations.
D．It has brought up generations of responsible citizens.
44．What is chiefly responsible for the undesirable performance of inner-city schools? A．Unqualified teachers.
B．Lack of financial resources.
C．Unfavorable learning environment.
D．Subconscious racial discrimination.
45．What does the author think the union should do to win popular support?
A．Assist the city government in reforming schools.
B．Give constructive advice to inner-city schools.
C．Demand higher pay for teachers.
D．Help teachers improve teaching.
46．What is the finding of the gold standard study by Harvard and Columbia University scholars?
A．Many inner-city school teachers are not equal to their jobs.
B．A large proportion of inner-city children often miss classes.
C．Many students are dissatisfied with their teachers.
D．Students’ performance has a lot to do with teachers.
47．Why does the author say the Chicago unions’ demand is an insult to students?
A．It protects incompetent teachers at the expense of students.
B．It underestimates students’ ability to tel l good teachers from poor ones.
C．It makes students feel that they are discriminated against in many ways.
D．It totally ignores students; initiative in the learning process.
四、任务型阅读
A new study by Lynne Vincent and Maryam Kouchaki demonstrates that believing that you are a creative person can create feelings of entitlement (权利) when you think that creativity is rare and valuable. That feeling of entitlement can be costly for you and your organization as it can cause you to be dishonest.
Many organizations now are recognizing the importance of creativity and are attempting to encourage their employees to be creative. However, there is a cost to that creativity when creativity is seen as a rare and unique attribute (属性). The findings in this study are based on several laboratory experiments, in addition to a study of employees and supervisor pairs.
While creativity is in most cases valued, such as other positive attributes, including practicality or intelligence, it may be over-valued compared to those other positive attributes because creativity is by definition (本质上) rare. That sense of rarity then creates a sense of entitlement. People see their creative efforts as special and valuable and feel that they are worthy of extra rewards for their creative efforts. That entitlement can cause them to steal in order to get the rewards.
However, it is naive to assume that employees in companies that have developed a strong
identity as creative, such as Apple, Google, and IDEO, would be necessarily more dishonest due to their creativity.
“The key to the relationship between creativity and dishonesty is the sense of rarity,” said Vincent. “When individuals identified themselves as creative and believed that creativity was rare, entitlement appeared. However, if individuals believed that creativity was common, that sense of entitlement was reduced.”
When people in the laboratory experiments believed that their creativity was rare compared to common, they were more likely to lie for money. However, when people believed that being practical was rare compared to common, the increased sense of psychological entitlement and dishonesty did not occur. The effect was seen in organizations too.
Although creativity is important in the business world, the dark side of creativity has only partly studied. However, as creativity is becoming more important for organizations, it is important for organizations to understand how to encourage creativity. Encouraging creativity in organizations is not as simple as telling employees to be creative. Defining what it means to be creative and what creativity means in that context is important. When people define creativity in terms of being rare and valuable, seeing yourself as a creative person can cause entitlement and dishonesty. However, if organizations define creativity as a common and everyday behavior or an attribute that many people can have, organizations may be able to encourage employee creativity without encouraging employee dishonesty.
五、单词拼写
58．Union leaders and company bosses will meet tomorrow in an attempt to reach a
s__________.
59．For the Indonesians, red r__________ the color of sugar and white looks like rice. 60．Academic success is determined by many other criteria apart from written exams and other forms of a__________.
61．I didn’t know anything about any of the books, so my choice was quite a__________. 62．Don’t worry. Your parents will offer you u__________ support in case you have trouble. 63．Constant f__________ wore out the heels of my shoes.
64．Various __________ (解释) for these changes in climate have been offered by scientists all over the world.
65．Teachers in this school are given complete f__________ in their choice of teaching materials.
66．Do you believe in the __________(存在) of God?
67．With a/an __________(冒险) spirit, nowadays many young people travel to places which have been seldom visited before.
六、句型转换
68．—I chose these books in no specific way without any specific purpose.
—I chose these books at ______.
69．—His actions don’t correspond with his words.
—His actions aren’t c______ with his words.
70．—When dealing with others, he is always honest and frank.
—He is ______ in his business dealings.
71．—Situated in the heart of New York City, the sidewalks here are full of life and bright lights.
— ______ the heart of New York City, the sidewalks here are full of life and bright lights.
七、读写任务
72．“Please put your phone down Daddy, we haven’t finished the story!” Hearing these heartfelt words from my four-year-old daughter was an uncomfortable wake-up call. How had I let the shiny electronic box in my hand take so much of my attention that it could even interrupt a short bedtime story with my precious children?
It’s no exaggeration to suggest that our mobile devices are in danger of taking over our entire lives. Time magazine found that 68% of users take their devices to bed with them, 20% check their phones every ten minutes and one third report feeling anxious when briefly separated from their beloved gadget. According to Osterman research, 79% of respondents take their work-related device on vacation and 33% admit to hiding from family and friends in order to check Facebook and Twitter. It’s hard to deny that these are worrying trends.
（写作内容）
1.用大约30字概括上文和图表的主要内容；
2.结合上述信息，用大约120字论述：
(1)科技的发展是否意味着人们生活更幸福。

（选择“是”或“否”并论述你的观点）
(2)你认为在生活中应当如何处理人和科技的关系。

（写作要求）
1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3.不必写标题。

（评分标准）
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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参考答案
1．D
【解析】
考查代词和定语从句。

句意：我们所有人都渴望参观雅典的三座主要神庙，尤其是那座金子和象牙做的雅典娜雕像。

根据前面的especially可知此处表示特指，the one代替the temple （那座庙宇）；the one后接关系代词that引导的定语从句，关系代词that在从句中作主语，不能省略。

故选D。

2．B
【解析】
试题分析：考查强调句的特殊疑问句结构。

根据第二句话，我们得知第一句话的句意：你能否解释中国足球队为何又没能进入世界杯？特殊疑问句中只有疑问词可以强调，其强调结构是“疑问词+is (was) it that...? "根据句意，是要“why”引导而不是“how”所以排除CD。

而且句中的强调句结构所在的句子是跟在动词“explain”后面做宾语从句，从句应用陈述语序，也就是“疑问词+ it is (was) that... 故选B。

考点：考查强调句的特殊疑问句结构。

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【名师点睛】强调句
一、强调句句型
1. 陈述句的强调句型：It is/ was + 被强调部分（通常是主语、宾语或状语）+ that/ who（当强调主语且主语指人）+ 其他部分。

2. 一般疑问句的强调句型：同上，只是把is/ was提到it前面。

e.g. Was it yesterday that he met Li Ping？
3. 特殊疑问句的强调句型：被强调部分（通常是疑问代词或疑问副词）+ is/ was + it + that/ who + 其他部分？
e.g. When and where was it that you were born？
4. 注意：构成强调句的it本身没有词义；强调句中的连接词一般只用that，who，即使在强调时间状语和地点状语时也如此，that，who不可省略；强调句中的时态只用两种，一般现在时和一般过去时。

二、not … until … 句型的强调句
1. 句型为：It is/ was not until + 被强调部分+ that + 其他部分
e.g. 普通句：He didn't go to bed until/ till his wife came back.
强调句：It was not until his wife came back that he went to bed.
3．B
【解析】
考查形容词。

句意：——昨晚联欢会之后，约翰逊感到有点虚弱。

——嗯，他一定是喝多了，应该休息。

A. distant遥远的；B. fragile虚弱的；C. empty空的；D. weird奇怪的。

根据下一句说he must have drunk himself stupid可推知，约翰逊应该是感觉不好，故选B。

4．D
【解析】
考查介词短语。

句意：——Sam，你能告诉我IRL是什么意思吗？——它的意思是“在现实生活中”，与在网上或电话里与人说话正好相反。

A. in response to对……作出反应；B. in relation to与……有关系；C. in proportion to与……成比例；D. as opposed to与……相反。

在现实生活中自然与网上或电话里相反，故选D。

5．B
【解析】
考查介词短语。

句意：——屠呦呦因对寄生虫病的研究而获2016国家最高科学技术奖。

——她应得的。

就她在改善人类健康和减少的痛苦方面的成果而言是无法估量的。

A. in honor of 为了纪念；B. in terms of就……而言；C. in defense of为……辩护；D. in hopes of希望。

B项符合语境。

6．A
【解析】
考查同位语从句。

句意：现在有迹象表明，随着许多中小城市房价下跌，各大城市的房价也可能出现下滑。

先行词是signs（迹象），house prices in major cities may also be set for a slide 用来解释说明sign的内容，故是同位语从句，从句中不缺少任何成份，所以用连接词that 引导该同位语从句，故选A。

7．C
【解析】
考查习惯用语。

句意：——Macron，英俊、才华横溢，是有史以来当选的最年轻的法国总统。

你不认为他是我们年轻人真正的榜样吗？——是的，或许吧。

但有传闻说他是在娶了年长他24岁的Brigitte Trogneux后才由贫致富的。

A. carrot and stick软硬兼施；B. ups and downs 起起伏伏；C. from rags to riches由贫致富；D. out of the blue出其不意。

C项符合语境。

8．A
【解析】
考查动词形式。

句意：英国加强了对美国殖民地的控制，驻扎在那里的士兵确保美国人服从他们。

动词station（驻扎）在此作谓语动词，说的是过去的事情，用一般过去时态，所以A 正确；B和C都是非谓语动词，而D是被动语态，都不是正确答案。

故选A。

9．D
【解析】
考查强调句式和固定短语。

句意：在深圳的一个工业园区发生山体滑坡，造成许多无辜者死亡是人为的错误，而不是自然灾害。

这是一个强调句：It is/was+强调部分+that+其它，强调human errors rather than the natural disaster，故首先要用that；谓语动词部分，首先有固定短语：be to blame（应该受责备），另外，主语是human errors rather than the natural disaster（人类的错误而不是自然灾害），因为由rather than（而不是）连接的主语与前一部分一致，所以要用are，故选D。

10．C
【解析】
考查时态。

句意：李明阳，她担任了两年的中国女子篮球队的主力中锋，现在是日本的一个篮球俱乐部的成员，这被很多人认为是可耻的。

此处是定语从句的谓语动词，讲述的是过去的客观事实，所以要用一般过去时，故选C。

11．B
【解析】
考查关系代词。

句意：有些历史性的场合很可能提醒人们过去发生的事情，并引起人们对他们的反思。

分析句子，判断空格后是定语从句，先行词是occasions（场合），指事物，从句中缺少主语，所以用关系代词that；而when和where是关系副词，what不引导定语从句，故选B。

12．C
【解析】考查引导让步状语从句的连词。

句意：从事旅游业的每个人都表示，尽管政府的援助确实有帮助，但是他们真正需要的是让游客自己回来。

这里需要选择是一个引导让步状语从句的关系连词。

选项A的as引导的让步状语从句需要倒装，这里没有倒装，故排除选项A；选项B的when表示“当……时候”和选
项D“既然”，在意义上不符，故排除B、D选项；选项C的while引导让步状语从句时，相当于though和although，表示“尽管”，故选C。

13．D
【解析】
考查虚拟语气。

句意：如果我仔细阅读了小册子，我就会意识到我的经历毫无意义。

根据后面had I read the brochure carefully可知，是对过去事情的虚拟，主句的谓语构成是：
would/could/might/should have done，从句谓语构成是had done，而本句要填的是主句部分，故选D。

14．D
【解析】
考查情境交际。

句意：——在节食一个月后，我瘦了五磅。

这绝对值得一试。

——好吧，我相信你。

为了同学聚会我需要减肥。

A. it beats me这难住我了；B. I don’t buy it我不相信；
C. just can’t he lp it我忍不住了；
D. you’ve sold it to me我相信你。

D项符合语境。

15．B
16．A
17．A
18．B
19．C
20．D
21．D
22．C
23．B
24．C
25．D
26．A
27．A
28．B
29．C
30．D
31．B
32．A
33．D
34．C
【分析】
本文主要介绍了在我们的生活中永远不会有一个完美的时间去做任何事情。

所以应该是想做就做，不要顾虑太多，当我们在一个新的生活之旅中前进时，我们才会发现它带来的惊喜。

15．B
考查代词。

根据上文说在你的生活中永远不会有一个完美的时间去做任何事情，故这一句是说“对你和其他人来说，没有什么能让你拥有100%确定的或完美的感觉。

”A. Something某事；B. Nothing没有什么事情；C. Anything任何事情；D. Everything每件事。

故选B。

16．A
考查副词。

句意：从来都没有一个可以去恋爱和去世界各地旅行的完美时候。

A. never从未；B. always总是；C. occasionally偶然；D. forever永远。

故选A。

17．A
考查介词。

句意：尽管如此，即使你准备勇敢地踏入未知世界，其他人也可能会试图说服你放弃它。

这里的尽管如此是指上文提到的没有时间去恋爱，去旅行等等。

A. despite尽管；B. for为了；C. from从……；D. after在……之后。

故选A。

18．B
考查形容词。

句意：尽管如此，即使你准备勇敢地踏入未知世界，其他人也可能会试图说服你放弃它。

A. impossible不可能的；B. unknown未知的；C. beautiful美丽的；D. true真的。

故选B。

19．C
考查动词。

句意：尽管如此，即使你准备勇敢地踏入未知世界，其他人也可能会试图说服你放弃它。

A. help帮助；B. cheat欺骗；C. talk谈话；D. get得到。

故选C.
20．D
考查动词。

句意：因为他们自己不会觉得自己准备好了，你的雄心和勇敢会挑战他们的舒适度。

也就是你的做法让他们不舒服。

A. improve提高；B. remove移除；C. increase增加；D. challenge挑战。

故选D。

21．D
考查动词。

句意：但你不欠他们一个解释，或者你也不必做出任何你不想做的个人牺牲。

A. offer提供；B. give给；C. allow允许；D. owe欠。

故选D。

22．C
考查名词。

句意：但你不欠他们一个解释，或者你也不必做出任何你不想做的个人牺牲。

A. excuse借口；B. decision决定；C. sacrifice牺牲；D. profits利润。

故选C。

23．B
考查动词。

句意：这一点很难掌握。

“这一点”是指找到合适的时机做自己的事，无需向他人解释。

A. refuse拒绝；B. grasp抓住、掌握；C. admit承认；D. confirm证实。

故选B。

24．C
考查形容词。

句意：等待自己感到100%准备好了或很肯定时再去做是一种最简单的欺骗自己去错过精彩人生经历的办法。

A. hardest最困难的；B. bitterest最苦的；C. easiest最容易的；D. dullest最迟钝的。

故选C。

25．D
考查副词。

句意：我要让你有意识地让自己摆脱这种自我限制的心态。

A. automatic自动的；B. casually随便地；C. vainly徒劳地；D. consciously有意识地。

故选D。

26．A
考查形容词。

句意：定下那张飞机票，尽管你感到了很多的不确定性。

A. uncertainty不确定；B. comfort舒适；C. anxiety焦虑；D. hopelessness无希望。

故选A。

27．A
考查疑问副词。

句意：报名参加那个教育课程，即使你不知道会怎么样发展。

A. how怎么样；B. when当……时候；C. why为什么；D. whether是否。

故选A。

28．B
考查形容词。

句意：当我告诉你一切都会好起来的时候，请相信我。

A. worse更坏的；B. better 更好的；C. closer更近的；D. deeper更深的。

故选B。

29．C
考查名词。

句意：当你有意识地去实现你的梦想时，当你以精神和肉体的投入去面对他们时，你就把你的信任投入到生活的行动中去了。

A. difficulty困难；B. doubt怀疑；C. intention目的；D. success成功。

故选C。

30．D
考查动词。

句意：当你有意识地去实现你的梦想时，当你以精神和肉体的投入去面对他们时，。