本篇文章整得的是2018-2019学年度高三英语第一学期期中考试试卷及答案，分3个部分，第一部分语言知识及应用，第二部分阅读理解，第三部分写作，另外在文章末尾还有参考答案，下面请看详细内容。

2018-2019学年度高三英语第一学期期中考试试卷

英 语

I．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. It’s like looking at the tiled (铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 1 .

Once I heard a bald man said, “Whenever I enter a room, all I see is hair.” Once you’ve 2 what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will 3 make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different 4 , or forget about it and 5 the tiles in your life that are not missing.

We all know people who have had a relatively 6 life, yet are essentially unhappy, while people who have suffered a great deal generally remain happy.

The first 7 is gratitude. All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to 8 , but it’s truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

The second secret is awareness. We should 9 that happiness is a byproduct (副产品) of something else. The most obvious 10 are those pursuits ( 追求) that give our lives purpose---anything from studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are 11 to experience.

Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our 12 has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We need a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy is, it should 13 this truth: if you choose to find the 14 in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As for happiness itself, this 15 depends on your decision to make.

1. A. different B. short C. missing D. broken

2 A. imagined B. predicted C. assumed D. determined

3 A. really B. naturally C. hopefully D. completely

4 A. ceiling B. brick C. tile D. house

5 A. go on B. focus on C. put on D. rely on

6 A. easy B. difficult C. ordinary D. peaceful

7 A. factor B. secret C. rule D. key

8 A. upset B. quarrel C. depress D. complain

9 A. realize B. decide C. prove D. suppose

10 A. answers B. results C. sources D. goals

11 A. curious B. satisfied C. tentative D. likely

12 A. value B. existence C. survival D. destination

13 A. include B. tell C. absorb D. mean

14 A. worst B. positive C. disgusting D. negative

15 A. absolutely B. totally C. largely D. exactly

第二节 语法填空(共l0小题；每小题l.5分，满分l5分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，井将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。

After graduation from college, I started to sell. Soon I discovered that the worried expression I 16 (wear)since childhood meant sure failure. I knew it wasn't going to be easy to change that expression on my face left by so many years of 17 （hard）.It called for a complete change in my view on life. Here is the method I tried.

Each morning during a fifteen-minute bath, I determined to cultivate a big, happy smile. I found out, however, that it couldn't be a 18 (force) smile developed just for the purpose of putting dollars in my pocket. It had to be 19 honest-to-goodness smile from down deep inside， an outward expression of happiness from within!

Let's see 20 starting off with a good fifteen-minute training of the smile muscles helped me during the day. 21 entering an office I would think of many things I had to be thankful for, work up a big smile and then enter. Seldom did it fail 22 (get) the same smile 23 return from the person I met. I also found that it pleased people when I passed them on the street to give them a cheerful smile.

Give every living soul you meet the best smile you have ever smiled in your life, 24 see how much better you feel and look. It's one of the best ways I know to stop worrying, and start living. When I began doing this, I found 25 more welcome everywhere.