1、北京市西城区学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题北京市西城区2013-2014学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题I. 听力理解(共三节,满分22.5分)第一节(共4小题;每小题1.5分,满分6分)听下面4段对话,每段对话后有一道小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话你将听两遍。 1. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a library. B. In a bookstore. C. In a study. 2. What is the final price of each necklace? A
2、. $ 40 B. $50 C. $60 3. What is the man doing? A. Shopping at the supermarket.B. Checking in at the hotel.C. Asking the way. 4. Why couldnt the man sleep well according to the woman? A. He thought too much about his business.B. He was too concerned about his health.C. He drank too much coffee.第二节(共6
3、小题;每小题1.5分,满分9分)听下面3段对话或独白,每段对话或独白后有两道小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。听第5段材料,回答第5至6题。 5. Who is the gift for? A. The mans wife.B. The mans daughter.C. The man himself. 6. What does the man decide to buy? 听第6段材料,回答第7至8题。 7. What did the speaker do after hearing a scream? A. He ran away immedia
4、tely.B. He got closer to the scene.C. He called the police at once. 8. What happened to the woman? A. She was robbed in the street.B. She was knocked down by a man.C. She was hurt when running back home.听第7段材料,回答第9至10题。 9. Which is one of the reasons for animal diseases spreading? A. The increasing
5、number of animals.B. The movement of animals between countries. C. The wrong measures taken to treat animal diseases. 10. What happened in Vietnam last year? A. Bird Flu spread.B. Animal diseases were prevented.C. Foot-and-mouth disease killed many cattle.(听力理解第三节见第二部分)II. 单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)从每题
6、所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 11. Take your swimming suit because you _ want to go swimming in the sea. A. would B. must C. should D. might 12. You should never judge a person _ his looks. A. by B. on C. in D. with 13. Anyone _ wants to learn something can sign up for the online courses. A. which
7、B. who C. whose D. whom 14. Hearing the doctor announce their son was safe and sound, the couple sighed with _. A. satisfaction B. relief C. interest D. permission 15. He was seriously injured last week and thats _ he didnt participate in the competition. A. when B. how C. why D. what 16. I dont spe
8、ak any French. I wish I _ harder when I was at school. A. had worked B. worked C. would work D. work 17. _ in the traffic jam, she failed to catch the train, which mader her upset. A. Catching B. Having caught C. To catch D. Caught 18. I have been advised to arrange for insurance _ I need medical tr
9、eatment. A. so that B. unless C. in case D. though 19. As long as you are confident and determined, you will _ whatever difficulties you face. A. overcome B. confirm C. grasp D. acquire 20. The factory has _ workers due to the drop in sales, which will lead to an increase in unemployment. A. paid of
10、f B. laid off C. set off D. put off 21. Everyone is looking forward to seeing the plan _ in the near future. A. carrying out B. carry out C. carried out D. having carried out 22. You shouldnt have shouted at your mother. It really hurt her. Exactly. I _ crazy at the time. A. must be B. could be C. m
11、ust have been D. could have been 23. All the preparations for the task _, and were ready to start. A. complete B. have completed C. had been completed D. have been completed 24. _, women have changed history in terms of the contributions they have made. A. To some extent B. In conclusion C. In addit
12、ion D. As a whole 25. _ more customers, many companies prefer to spend a lot of money in advertising. A. Attract B. Attracting C. Attracted D. To attractIII. 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。Last year, for a nationwide teacher conference, I was asked to make a presen
13、tation about my classroom. I immediately 26 to offer to the conference photo collections and mementos (纪念物)that would prove how meaningful teachers work was in the world of classroom. So, for weeks, I looked 27 the drawers, boxes, and cupboard, hoping to find just the right prints that would tell of
14、 the spirit of my school and my community. All through September, I sought photos of lessons activties and accounts I had put away 28 in my house. I asked my colleagues to help me find images or objects that would 29 our most famous community members. By mid-October, I had made a list of them. But,
15、I had also found something 30 , something much more dear, and very rare. I found phtos of Craig, a high school senior, who gave up two weeks one summer to help little kids draw pictures at a camp. I found notes from Calvin whom I had taught for almost six years, and remembered how he always made sur
16、e every classmate felt accepted. I found a resume written by Carrie who 31 herself without the help of parents, and who took night class, and never 32 one. I found a copy of Macbeth in Portuguese, which belonged to an exchange student who read it first in her own 33 , before reading it in ours. Thus
17、 she could be sure she wasnt missing anything important in the 34 . I found all my students, the students who had made me laugh, the students who had 35 me with their courage and kindness, the students who had 36 me to question what I knew of the world outside my own world, the students who had insp
18、ired me to expect more from them and from myself. There I was, standing at my filing cupboard reviewing 37 not those I had taught, but the many I had learned. I came to teaching, 38 most teachers do, hoping to touch the hearts and minds of my students. What I never expected was how 39 they would tou
19、ch mine. Today I walk through the door of my classroom ready to teach, but also 40 to learn from the young people who are excited to teach me about them their insights and interests, problems and anxieties, hopes and expectations. 26. A. decided B. managed C. preferred D. remembered 27. A. at B. ove
20、r C. for D. through 28. A. anywhere B. everywhere C. somewhere D. nowhere 29. A. recognize B. represent C. regard D. replace 30. A. unknown B. familiar C. unexpected D. funny 31. A. abandoned B. enjoyed C. relaxed D. supported 32. A. changed B. missed C. took D. forgot 33. A. language B. way C. voic
21、e D. mind 34. A. translation B. paper C. expression D. copy 35. A. trusted B. filled C. provided D. moved 36. A. ordered B. consulted C. recommended D. challenged 37. A. documents B. lessons C. essays D. classes 38. A. as B. since C. even if D. now that 39. A. carefully B. seriously C. powerfully D.
22、 slightly 40. A. nervous B. eager C. confident D. luckyIV. 阅读理解(共11小题;每小题2分,满分22分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AFour million children are caught up in the war in Syria. Thirteen-year-old Rabia is one of them. Tall and thin, she sits shaking in a yellow T-shirt at the Al Marj settlement, close to
23、the Lebanese-Syrian border. Home for Rabia was once a two-story house near Damascus. Now it is a tent shared with her nine family members. Rabias face is covered with dirt, and she is tired and cold. She has just finished work, picking up potatoes that fell from a truck. Her typical day starts at 4
24、a.m., and she works a double shift that lasts about 16 hours, putting potatoes into bags. The only choice for her is that she can choose the first eight hours or the second eight hours. For this, she gets paid about $8 a day. Working means Rabia misses school. Back in her village, she was the best i
25、n her class and good at everything. Her favorite subjects were Arabic literature and math. But, like many children now living in the settlementsthere are no official refugee (难民)camps in Lebanon that was Rabias old life. Life before war, before her family moved five times to escape the bombs, before
26、 leaving behind her bedroom, her toys and her friends without packing a bag, before “half the people I know”were dead. The old life was full of laughter with her sister, Wala. But Wala, 14, got married two days ago to an 18-year-old Lebanese. Rabia is happy for her sister. Life in the settlement is
27、tough the children have nowhere to play, the bathing is poor and sexual abuse is out of control. You cant blame parents often confused, illiterate (不识字的)and poorwho want to marry off their daughters. They fear for their safety. Increasing numbers of Rabias girlfriends are getting married. Once in ru
28、ral Syria, a girl got married at 16. According to UNICEF, the age is now dropping to 12 or 13. It is no secret that Lebanese men want to marry Syrian refugee girls, who work hard and dont ask for anything. 41. Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from? A. A news report. B. A book revi
29、ew. C. A history book. D. A travel magazine. 42. The underlined word “shift”in Para. 3 probably refers to _. A. the extra task B. the low pay C. the potato factory. D. the working period 43. The writers purpose for writing Para. 4 is to _. A. present the dream of Rabia B. show the damage of the war
30、C. predict the future of Syrian girls D. compare the life before war and now 44. Why are so many young Syrian girls getting married? A. They have no good friends to play with. B. They want money from the husband family. C. Their parents are worried about their safety. D. Their parents are confused,i
31、lliterate and poor. B Hawkings Five Easy Steps for Making Yourself a Genius As we all know,Stephen Hawking writes the book A Brief History of Time that explains theorigin of the universe. The book spent 147 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List and hassold 10 million copies. He is,most agree,very smart. In his recently published autobiography My Brief History,Hawking offers five life lessons onh
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