惠州市2015届高三第二次调研考试 英 语 试 题 2014.10 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)Some people think if you are happy, you are blind to reality. But when we research it, happiness actually _1_every single business and educational outcome for the brain. How did we _2_ this? Why do we have these social misunderstandings about happiness? Because we assumed you were _3_.When we study people, scientists are often interested in what the average is.Many people think happiness is genetic. Thats only half the story, because the average person does not fight their _4_. When we stop studying the average and begin _5_ positive outliers(离群值) - people who are above average for a positive aspect like optimism or intelligence - a _6_ different picture appears. Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and _7_. _8_, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you process the world. If you scan for the _9_ first, your brain really has no resources left over to see the things you are grateful for or the meaning embedded（嵌入） in your work. But if you scan the world for the positive, you start to acquire an _10_advantage. I wrote the cover story for the Harvard Business Review magazine on Happiness Leads to Profits. Based on my article called Positive Intelligence and my research in The Happiness Advantage, I _11_ our researched conclusion: the single greatest advantage in the modern economy is a _12_ and busy workforce.A decade of research in the business world _13_ that happiness raises nearly every business and educational _14_: increasing sales by 37%， productivity by 31%， and _15_ on tasks by 19%， as well as a number of health and quality-of-life improvements.1A. risesB. arisesC. raisesD. realizes2A. thinkB. missC. knowD. understand3A. usualB. singleC. uniqueD. average4A. bodiesB. facesC. genesD. fates5A. researchingB. discoveringC. findingD. observing6A. mildlyB. hardlyC. crazilyD. wildly7A. interestB. successC. safetyD. failure8A. ScientificallyB. FortunatelyC. GraduallyD. Strangely9A. activeB. passiveC. negativeD. positive10A. interestingB. embarrassingC. annoyingD. amazing11A. talkedB. summarizedC. thoughtD. underlined12A. sillyB. funnyC. commonD. happy13A. meansB. provesC. wishesD. hopes14A. outcomeB. answerC. causeD. reality15A. behaviorB. mistakeC. accuracyD. possession 阅读 (共两节, 满分50分)阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)A Why dont so many Americans accept the theory of evolution? A 2001 Gallup Pollfound that 45 percent of Americans agree with the statement “God created the human being pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years orso ”, while 37 percent preferred a mixed belief that “Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process”, and only 12percent accepted the standard scientific theory that “Human being have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process”.There are at least four reasons to make people resistant to accepting evolution.1.The warfare model of science and religion. The belief that there is a war between science and religion where one is right and the other is wrong, and that one must choose one over the other.2.The belief that evolution is a threat to specific religious tenets(信条). Many people attempt to use science to prove certain religious tenets, but when they do not appear to fit, the science is rejected.3.Misunderstanding of evolutionary theory. A significant problem is that most people know so little about the theory. In the 2001 Gallup Poll, for example, a quarter of the people surveyed said they didnt know enough to say whether they accepted evolution or not, and only 34 percent considered themselves to be “very informed ” about the theory.4.The fear that evolution degrades our humanity. Darwin revealed us to be “mere animals”,subject to the same natural laws and historical forces as all other animals.Believers should embrace science, especially evolutionary theory, for what it has done to uncover the magnificence of the divinity(神学) in a depth never dreamed by our ancient ancestors. We have learned a lot in 4,000 years, and that knowledge should never be denied. Instead, science should be welcomed by all who cherish human understanding and wisdom.26. According to the Poll, most people in America believe_.A. human beings have developed from less advanced forms of lifeB. God contributed to the present form of human beingsC. God created human beings in the present formD. God guided the process o