湖南長沙長郡中學20xx屆高三第四次月考(編輯修改稿)

　

【文章內容簡介】 存在問題的) victory. Firsttime success is usually a fluke (僥幸). Firsttime failure, however, is supposed to be the natural order of things. Failure is how we learn.In Africa they describe a good cook as “she who has broken many pots”. If you’ve spent enough time in the kitchen to have broken a lot of pots, probably you know a fair amount about cooking. I once had dinner with a group of cooks, and they spent time paring knife wounds and burn scars. They knew how much credibility (可信) their failures gave them.I earn my living by writing a daily newspaper column. Each week I know that one column I write is going to be the worst column. I try my best every day. I have learned to love that column. A successful column usually means that I am discussing my familiar topic, writing in a style I am used to or saying the same things as anyone else but in a better way.My younger daughter is a trapeze artist (蕩秋千演員). She spent three years practising a show, and she did it successfully for years. There was no reason for her to change it but she did anyway. She said she was no longer learning anything new and she was bored. And if she was bored, there was no point in subjecting (使……服從于) her body to all that stress. She risked failure and great public embarrassment in order to feed her soul.My granddaughter is a perfectionist. She will feel her failures, and I will want to fort her. But I will also, I hope, remind her of what she learned, and how she can do better next time. I hope I can tell her, though, that it’s not the end of the world. Indeed, with luck, it is the beginning.28. Why did the author want his granddaughter to fail?A. She would learn more from failure.B. He wanted her to be strong enough to face hardships.C. It’s impossible to do everything successfully.D. Success is boring though good.29. What’s the author’s attitude toward his daughter changing her show? A. Negative. B. Worried. C. Anxious. D. Positive.30. The author develops the article mainly by .A. following the time order B. paring different opinionsC. giving examples D. giving a cause and analyzing its effects31. The writer talked about his own experience to show that .A. we should try every possible way to avoid failureB. the thought of failure will make you work even harderC. past failures made him dare not take risks in writingD. we cannot depend on luck to live a good lifeDNothing is quite as luxurious as a steaming hot shower on a frosty winter day, but to be kind to your skin and hair, you’ll need to turn the nozzle (噴頭) down. As it turns out, hot water dries out skin and leaves hair dry and easily broken, Sejal Shah, MD (Doctor of Medicine) in New York City, told Women’s Health. And if you dye (染）your hair, the color is likely to fade faster once the water gets steamy. To make matters worse, by making your skin lose natural oils, hot showers—above 99 degrees Fahrenheit—may bring about health problems. You may not like it, but the showers temperature that offers the greatest hair and skincare benefits is, well, cold.“Cold showers strengthen the contractile fibers around pores (毛孔), muscles, and hairs which improve the firmness of skin,” says Carl Thornfeldt, MD with over 30 years of skin research experience. Though many people believe hot showers open and clear pores, it’s actually wiser to close them. “Closing pores helps keep pollution from getting into the skin, at least temporarily.”The benefits of cold showers are numerous, but surely we can’t be expected to stand under cold water shivering every day especially in winter — not to mention that too cold (below the body’s average temperature of degrees Fahrenheit) is also bad. Fortunately, Dr. Thornfeldt remends a happy medium. “The best solution is to take a warm, not too hot shower and then finish off with cold water for the last few seconds to still gain the rewards of the cold water,” he says.That doesn’t sound too unbearable. Considering the fact that our beloved, steamy showers may cause so much damage to skin and hair, it’s be