广东省惠州市2014届高三上学期第二次调研（英语）
Ⅰ 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
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A、B、C、D选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Life is short. Are you doing what you love? Are you living your 1 ？If not, why?
I am guessing most people will 2 that question with "I have a mortgage（抵押贷款），aspouse and three kids to support .”In the real world people have 3 .They have to make sacrifices . You aren't supposed to be happy with your job but you do it because you have to.”
With all due respect, they are wrong. You can take care of your responsibilities and be 4 with your jib . We spend over 1/3 of our day,at least five days a week performing our jibs.This is a lot of time to be 5 on something we donot enjoy ,is it not?Why not spend that time doing something you 6 are passionate about for 50 hours a week instead of something that lack 7 ?
I think there is one main 8 people don't follow their passion: fear. Fear of how others will react, fear of failure, and fear that they can't do it themselves. I think the first part is for people to realize that they can conquer their 9 You will 10 at times and others will think you are crazy at times, but if you
believe that you will succeed then you 11 will.
I 12 that it is not easy. I am in the middle of going through it right now. But understand that there are other people out there who have been through what you are going through and can help you 13. Theyhave failed, been ridiculed（嘲弄）, and come out on the other end extremely 14 . They are living proof that you can do what you14.
15。
1、A、tireness B、passion C、honesty D、ambition
2、A、solve B、ask C、answer D、think
3、A、responsibilities B、qualities C、possibities D、difficulties
4、A、bored B、 happy C、surprised D、sad
5、A、spending B、reading C、talking D、wasting
6、A、truly B、hardly C、widely D、slightly
