山西大学附中2014---2015 学年第一学期高二（ 12 月）月考英语试题考试时间： 80 分钟满分： 100 分注意：本考试严禁使用手机，电子词典或其它电子存储设备，违者按作弊．．处理。第Ⅰ卷（选择题共 50 分）第一节：阅读理解（共10 小题；每小题2 分，满分 20 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Fourteen-year-old Richie Hawley had spent five years studying violin at the Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles when he took part in a violin contest. Ninety- two young people were invited to the contest and Hawley came out first. The contest could have been the perfect setup for fear, worrying about mistakes, and trying to impress the judges. But Hawley said he did pretty well at staying calm. “ I couldn't be thinking about how many mistakes I'd make — it would distract me from playing.” he says. “ I don't even remember trying to impress people whi le I played. It's almost as if they weren't there. I just wanted to make music.”Hawley is a winner. But he didn't become a winner by concentrating on winning. He did it by concentrating on playing well. “ The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part ，” said the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin. “ The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”A characteristic of high performers is their intense, pleasurable concentration on work, rather than on their competitors or future glory or money, says Dr. Charles Garfield, who has studied 1,500 achievers in business, science, sports, arts, and professions. “ They are interested in winning, but they're most interested in self-development, testin...
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