them，they would make you as happy as to find plenty of ham and eggs when you’re hungry．
Literature，classic literature，is a beautiful，richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment．To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person，for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library．
Music like Mozart’s and Bach’s shouldn’t be absent．Real riches are of the spirit．And when you’ve brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk．you have increased your thrills and bettered them．And life is a matter of thrills．
Sports，without which you remain poor，mean a lot in life．No matter who you are，you would be more human，and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days，if you could，and did，play a bit．
Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life，the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding．
【小题1】 The author intends to tell us that ________． A．true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means B．big houses are people’s most valued possessions C．big houses can in a sense bring richness of life D．true happiness comes from spiritual riches
【小题2】 The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that__________.
A. however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied B. however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor C. though their house is big, they prefer a simple life D. though their house is big, it seems to be a cage
【小题3】 It can be learned from the passage that __________. A. more money brings more happiness
B. art is needed to make your house beautiful C. literature can enrich your spiritual life
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D. sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness 【小题4】 What would be the best title for the passage?
A. House of Life B. Secret of Wealth C. Rest and Refreshment D. Interest and Enthusiasm
【小题4】A主旨题：文章多次提到了房子，且这篇文章论证了精神富有与真正快乐之间的关系，所以这篇文章最好的题目是生活的房子，故选A。 考点：日常生活类阅读。
第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
There is one thing that everyone wants more than anything else.___22. They think that when they have enough money to buy such things as houses，farms，and cars，they will have the thing that everyone wants.
Other people believe that if they know enough they will find this thing． 23___. Still others think that if they have power，they will find this thing．Some people keep telling themselves：“When I'm a boss，I will no longer have to search for this thing．”
What is it that everyone wants more than anything else? What is it that all of us keep working and striving(奋斗)for each day? 24 Happiness is a strange
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thing． 25 .What will make one man happy may not make another man happy．Some men say that happiness comes from helping others；other men say that happiness comes from making life more pleasant for everyone．What do you mean when you say “ That makes me happy. ” ? 26 . Perhaps you will learn something that will bring you peace of mind，comfort，money or it may be what you search for--- happiness． A．It is happiness．
B. It does not mean the same to all men． C．They study all their life in search of it． D．Happiness means the same to everyone． E. Some people try to get it by making money．
F．When one man feels happy，another man will feel sad． G．Read what different people have said about happiness．
第二部分 英语知识运用
完形填空（共两篇， 32小题，每小题1.5分，满分 48分 ）
A
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From my second grade on，there was one event I feared every year：the piano recital(独奏会)．A recital__27__I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers．Each year I___28 ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”．And each year he’d shake his head，muttering(嘀咕) 29 about building self-confidence and working towards a 30 ．
So it was with really great 31 that I stood in church one recent Sunday，video camera in hand，and 32 my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt 33 rising to play the piano in his very first recital．
My father had longed to play music since childhood，but his family was poor and couldn’t 34 lessons．He could have gone on regretting it， 35 too many of us do．But though he was rooted in his past，he wasn’t 36 there．When he retired three years ago，he 37 his church music director to take him as a student． For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard，he 38 stared down at his fingers．Has he forgotten the 39 ? I worried，remembering those split seconds 40 ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would 41 ．But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the 42 fingers that once baited(装饵于)my fishing lines．And I 43 he had been doing what music teachers always stress： 44 the music and pretend the others aren’t there．
“I'm 45 of him for starting something new at his age，”I said to my son Jeff． “Yeah，and doing it so 46 ，”Jeff added．
With his first recital，my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago．
【小题1】 A．reflected B．explained C．meant D．proved 【小题2】 A．would B．could C．might D．should 【小题3】 A．nothing B．everything C．anything D．something 【小题4】 A．goal B．stage C．journey D．chance
【小题5】 A．trouble B．satisfaction C．strength D．disappointment 【小题6】 A．kept B．sent C．watched D．felt 【小题7】 A．through B．from C．against D．before 【小题8】 A．miss B．afford C．select D．understand
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【小题9】 A．as B．once C．if D．while 【小题10】 A．educated B．protected C．stuck D. spoiled 【小题11】 A．allowed B．invited C．inspired D．persuaded 【小题12】 A．roughly B．simply C．merrily D．curiously 【小题13】 A．words B．videos C．notes D．lessons 【小题14】 A．decades B．weeks C．hours D．moments 【小题15】【小题16】【小题17】【小题18】【小题19】【小题20】
．play B．freeze C．same B．warm C．predicted B．realized C．pass over B．turn up C．ashamed B．aware C．casually B．anxiously C
．click D．adjust ．different D．dirty ．imagined D．insisted ．concentrate on D．bring in ．tired D．proud ．nicely D．frequently
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A A A A A A
甘肃省甘谷县第一中学高三英语上学期第一次检测考试试题(含解析)
