惠州市2019届高三第二次调研考试

第二节 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的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。

Gratitude is not only an art performed in daily life, but also part of our traditional virtue. Has your mother or friend told you that you’re an ungrateful person? Do you feel unable to appreciate the world or people around you? Are you obsessed with things you don’t have instead of being thankful for what you do have? 36 then you will definitely need to work on being a more grateful person.

Showing gratitude has been put forward in the last few decades. 37 But there are still some tips that help make it possible for you to practice gratitude.

Refusing to play the victim is the first step you’re supposed to take. 38 If you want to be grateful, stop complaining the world, your teachers, your friends and your family about not putting themselves in your shoes, and focus on how much they’ve helped and cared about you.

Volunteering in your community is another effective way to show how grateful you are for what the world has given you. Whether you’re helping clean up a local park, working in a soup kitchen, or teaching children or adults in your community to learn to read, your perspective towards life will change positively. 39

40 You shouldn’t always be good only to your close friends or family members. You can help a neighbor look for a lost dog. You can also help an old lady carry her grocery. You don’t have to search for these opportunities purposely. Sometimes they will present themselves. So when they come, act with generosity. You’ll be more grateful for your role played in the world.

A. However hard you try to avoid these questions

B. If you find yourself involved in one of these circumstances

C. Gradually, you’ll be more grateful for the chances to repay the society

D. Doing a random act of kindness is also a great way of practicing gratitude.

E. While such encouragement is morally meaningful，it seems to be a little abstract.

F. Ungrateful persons are always blaming the world for the problems and owing all the faults to others

G. When you reflect on your thoughts, feelings, emotions and actions, you are actually reflecting on your values.

第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15分）

One habit of those people who are smarter than everyone else is to stay up late. In movies, the creative genius always works late into the midnight hours by candlelight—and perhaps this style 61 (root) in fact.

A study 62 experts from the London School of Economics and Science found that people who tend to go to bed later have 63 (high) IQs. 64 study authors believe the root of why this is lies in our evolution—because nighttime was a more dangerous place, and our ancestors who were to stay up instead of going to sleep 65 (need) to be more intelligent. Also, 66 (stay) awake into the night was a new idea 67 was attractive to curious minds.

Today, our varying living rhythms may still reflect this. “Perhaps some smart people stay up later because their internal clocks are 68 (simple) different,” Dr. Wai says. “Or, perhaps they stay up later because they tend to be alone, and like being up late at night without distractions to think and solve their 69 (problem).” But if you are a night owl, still remember 70 ( get) your seven to nine hours of sleep.