1、最新清华附中高三十月月考清华附中高三十月月考第三部分： 阅读理解（共两小节；40分）ALife is all about making choices. At any stage along the way, you may find yourself asking: Am I headed in the right direction? What would I really enjoy doing? What do I want to do next?The six-week summer Career Discovery program at the Harvard University
2、 Graduate School of Design (GSD) welcomes peoplefrom recent high school and college graduates to seasoned professionalswho are grappling with questions like these. And not just people considering a career in design or planning, but people with a broad spectrum of interests and remarkably diverse pla
3、ns and goals. What they have in common is the drive and desire to seek the answers to those questions.Participants in our program commit themselves fully to a path of intensive studio work, lectures, workshops, and field trips. Deeply immersed in a culture that is both challenging and rewarding, the
4、y experience what education and work are like in the design and planning professions. They emergemany of them exhilaratedwith a more profound understanding of the possibilities ahead and the choices they will make.We invite you to explore the possibilities in Career Discovery: If you would like to b
5、e placed on our mailing list to receive a copy of this information in brochure format, please complete an online request form. You may also view a PDF of the brochure here.Career Discovery is open to anyone graduating from high school in 2016 or older with an interest in design or planning. A high l
6、evel of academic skill is necessary to take full advantage of our rigorous program.The online application deadlines are as follows:For international applicants: on or before April 1, 2016For all other applicants: on or before April 30, 2016We encourage you to submit your application early as applica
7、tions are reviewed and accepted in the order that they are received.Harvard University Graduate School of DesignCareer Discovery Programe-mail:discoverygsd.harvard.edu*Underrepresented minority college students are encouraged to apply. Need-based financial aid is available.56. Where is the passage p
8、robably from?A. A website B.A brochure C.A magazine D.A poster57. To make full use of the Career Discovery Program, the applicants need to .A. have a wide range of interestsB. consider a future career in designC. have a high level of academic skillD. graduate from high school in 201658. What can be
9、inferred from the passage?A. The program offers mainly lectures and workshops.B. A Chinese applicant needs to apply before April 30, 2016.C. Scholarships are offered to outstanding international students.D. Applicants need to fill in a request form to get more details.B It took me a long time to und
10、erstand the difference between a present and a gift.I grew up in a household where presents marked special occasions. There was always something for each of us at Christmas or on our birthdays. So when I married a man who did not give presents on regular basis, it was an adjustment. Gary did not who
11、lly shun gift-giving, though. Sometimes he would return from sea with something he found that reminded of me a meat cleaver (切肉机) on our first Christmas, a paring (削皮) knife on our fifth. But mostly, he ignored holidays, refusing to shop for a thing to present to me as a sign of his affection.I coul
12、d not accept this presentless marriage with the one I had grown up observing. I tried to change him by example. I knitted him sweaters, socks, hats and gloves for Christmas; made him shirts; and bought books for his birthdays. He appreciated the caring these gifts represented, but refused to follow
13、my example. I began to tell him what I wanted, giving specific instruction. When Gary left for the local auction one Saturday (my birthday as it happened), I asked him to find me a necklace or diamond earring, as a birthday gift. He came home with a road scraper (刮板). I was stunned that he had misse
14、d the mark by so much. He attached it to the back of the ancient tractor, and then enthusiastically showed me how to use it, not seeing that I was not grateful.But when a snowstorm hit later that year and he was at sea, I used the road scraper to plow out both our drive and our neighbors. Gary had w
15、isely chosen not the thing that I wanted, but the thing that he knew I would need.I finally realized that he had been giving me gifts all along. The gestures, large and small, born of his caring and concern for me, for our children and for our lives together were the gifts that he gave daily. We str
16、uggle to teach others how to love us. In that struggle, we often forget how to appreciate the love they already give us as only they can give it. There are two parts to a gift the giving and the accepting.I finally began to understand the difference between a present and a gift. A present is a thing
17、. But a gift is a broader and often deeper. It is a small act of kindness, the willingness to bend to anothers needs. Love is a gift. Any expression of it, freely given, is an offering from the heart that is immeasurably better than a present.59. Why didnt Gary give the author presents as often as s
18、he expected him to? A. Because his family didnt have this tradition. B. Because he thought gifts ought to be useful. C. Because he was too busy to think of preparing a gift. D. Because he knew the difference a present and a gift.60. Which of the following word has the closest meaning to “shun” in Pa
19、ragraph 2? A. prevent B. accept C. hide D. avoid61. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The author finally realized that love means more than giving presents. B. Gary pretended that he didnt know what his wife expected from him. C. The author never expected to receive any jew
20、elry from her husband. D. The couple accepted each other and changed their views on love.62. What is the passage mainly about? A. Marriage needs compromises. B. A gift is different from a present. C. A small kindness goes a long way. D. Family traditions must be cherished. CThe $ 11 billion self hel
21、p industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like “ I never do anything right” into positive ones like “I can succeed.” But was positive thinking advocated by Norman Vincent Peale right?Is there power in positive thinking?Researchers in Canada just published a study in the
22、journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are.The studys authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick
23、, begin by citing older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your dim friend that he has the potential of an Einstein,youre just underlining his faults.In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychol
24、ogist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled. When the essayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students self-esteem. The participan
25、ts were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, I am lovable.Those with low self-esteem didnt feel better after the forced self-affirmation. In fact, their moods
26、turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who werent urged to think positive thoughts.The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only
27、often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (静思) techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking.63. According to the first paragraph, the self-help industry_ Ahas been declining sharply. Bhas
28、produced positive results. Cwas founded by Norman Vincent Peale. Dis based on the concept of positive thinking.64. What is the finding of the Canadian researchers? AUnhappy people cannot think positively. BThe power of positive thinking is limited. CEncouraging positive thinking many do more harm th
29、an good. DThere can be no simple treatment for psychological problems.65. The underlined word “dim” in the third paragraph probably means_ Anot hard-working Bnot intelligent Cnot happy D. not right66. We can learn from the last paragraph that _ AMeditation may prove to be a good form of treatment. B
30、People can avoid making mistakes through meditation. CDifferent people tend to have different ways of thinking. DThe effect of positive thinking vary from person to person.DLots of people assume that the virtual will replace the physical with something cheaper, faster and more efficient. In educatio
31、n, however, the virtual will create a very different type of disruption. We should not aim to replace the physical classroom. Instead we have an opportunity to blend the virtual with the physical and reimagine education entirely.Today students in most classrooms sit, listen and take notes while a pr
32、ofessor lectures. Despite there being anywhere from 20 to 300 human beings in the room, there is little to no human interaction（互动）. Exams often offer the first opportunity for the professor to get real information on how well the students digested the knowledge. If the test identifies gaps in students understanding of a basic concept, the class still moves on to a more advanced concept.Virtua
