2017届汕头东厦中学高三下月考英语试卷.docVIP

2017届汕头东厦中学高三下月考英语试卷 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A The?quality?of?patience?goes?a?long?way?toward?your?goal?of?creating?a?more?peaceful?and?loving?self．The?more?patient?you?are,?the?more?accepting?you?will?be?of?what?is,?rather?than?insisting?that?life?be?exactly?as?you?would?like?it?to?be．Without?patience,?life?is?extremely?frustrating．You?are?easily?annoyed,?bothered,?and?irritated．Patience?adds?a?dimension?of?ease?and?acceptance?to?your?life It‘s essential for inner peace．Becoming more patient involves opening your heart to the present moment, even if you don‘t like it． If?you?are?stuck?in?a?traffic?jam,?late?for?an?appointment,?being?patient?would?mean?keeping?yourself?from?building?a?mental?snowball?before?your?thinking?should?get?out?of?control?and?gently?reminding?yourself?to?relax．It?might?also?be?a?good?time?to?breathe?as?well?as?an?opportunity?to?remind?yourself?that,?in?the?bigger?scheme?of?things,?being?late?is?―small?stuff‖．? Patience?is?a?quality?of?heart?that?can?be?greatly?enhanced?with?deliberate?practice．An?effective?way?that?I?have?found?to?deepen?my?own?patience?is?to?create?actual?practice?periods?----?periods?of?time?that?I?set?up?in?my?mind?to?practice?the?art?of?patience．Life?itself?becomes?a?classroom,?and?the?curriculum?is?patience．You?can?start?with?as?little?as?five?minutes?and?build?up?your?capacity?for?patience?over?time.What?you’ll?discover?is?truly?amazing．Your?intention?to?be?patient,?especially? if you know it‘s only for a short while, immediately strengthens your capacity for patience．Patience?is?one?of?those?special?qualities?where?success?feeds?on?itself．Once?you?reach?little?milestone----?five?minutes?of?successful?patience?---- you‘ll begin to see that you do indeed have the capacity to be patient, even for longer periods of time．Over time, you may even become a patient person．? Being?patient?will?help?you?to?keep?your?perspective.You’ll?see?even?a?difficult?situation,?say?your?present?challenge,?isn’t?life?or?