2017年-2019年上海市重点高中英语完形填空汇编(高考英语模拟含答案)

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In interviews, famous people often say that the key to becoming both happy and successful is to “do what you love.” But _____41_____ a skill, even one that you deeply love, calls for plenty of drills. Any challenging activity—from computer programming to playing a musical instrument to athletics—requires _____42_____ practice. A perfect golf swing or faultless butterfly stroke (蝶泳) takes countless hours of practice and repetitions to perfect.

Anyone who wants to have a good command a skill must go through the _____43_____ of practice, critical feedback, polish, and increasing improvement again, again, and again. Some people seem able to concentrate on practicing an activity like this for years and take _____44_____ in their gradual improvement. Yet others find this kind of focused, time-intensive work to be _____45_____ or boring. Why?

The _____46_____ may depend on the ability to enter into a state of “flow,” the feeling of being completely involved in what you are doing. Flow states can happen in the course of any activity, and they are most common when a task has definite goals and where the individual is able to _____47_____ their performance to clear and immediate feedback.

Csikszentmihalyi suggested that those who most _____48_____ entered into flow states had an “autotelic personality”—a tendency to seek out challenges and get into a state of flow. While those without such a personality see difficulties, autotelic individuals see opportunities to build skills and they have low levels of self-centeredness. Such people, with their ability to focus on tasks rather than rewards have a great _____49_____ over others in developing their innate(天生的) abilities. But how can we get into a flow state for an activity so that we enjoy both the process of improving skills and the _____50_____ of being a master?

_____51_____ for those of us who don’t necessarily possess an autotelic personality, there is evidence that flow states can be _____52_____ by environmental factors. For instance, in Montessori schools, students do not study by following direct instruction. _____53_____, they are encouraged to develop and pursue personal interests. Competition is _____54_____ and grading is not emphasized. Students are grouped together according to shared interests, rather than separated by ability.

While there isn’t yet a pill that can turn dull practice into an exciting activity for anyone, it is comforti ng that we seem to be able to advance into flow states. By giving ourselves unstructured, open-ended time, minimum distractions, and a task set at a moderate level of _____55_____, we may be able to love what we’re doing while we put in the hard work practicing the things we love doing.

41. A. functioning B. stimulating C. enriching D. mastering

42. A. fixed B. concentrated C. paralleled D. instructed

43. A. transformation B. substitute C. cycle D. condition

44. A. pleasure B. pride C. an interest D. part

45. A. frustrating B. rewarding C. ignorant C. poisonous

46. A. objection B. standard C. principle D. distinction

47. A. adjust B. devote C. apply D. expose

48. A. deliberately B. readily C. hesitantly D. flexibly

49. A. feature B. control C. advantage D. sympathy

50. A. reward B. jealousy C. security D. contribution

51. A. Unexpectedly B. Fortunately C. Typically D. Obviously

52. A. influenced B. extended C. cultivated D. bridged

53. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. Instead

54. A. advocated B. suspended C. discouraged D. observed

55. A. priority B. difficulty C. curiosity D. identity

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2017-2018七宝中学高三上期中试卷

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