1、北京海淀区20112012学年度高三年级第一学期期末练习英 语 试 题本试卷共150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项:1考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。2答题前考生务必将答题卡上的姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写。3答题卡上选择题必须用2B铅笔作答，将选中项涂满涂黑，黑度以盖住框内字母为准，修改时用橡皮擦除干净。非选择题必须用黑色字迹的签字笔接照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，末在对应的答题区域内作答或超出答题区域作答的均不得分。第一部分:听力理解 （共三节，30分）第一节 （共5小题;每小题15分，共75分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个
2、选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。1Who does the man remember?AKate BMary CSusan2How does the man want his eggs?AOver-easy BSunny side-up COver-hard3What is the man having trouble with?AHis printer BHis computer CHis cellphone4What is the woman probably doing?AAsking for help BChec
3、king information CGiving a suggestion5What makes the man annoyed?AThe weatherBThe museums CThe restaurants第二节 （共15小题；每题15分，满分225分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6What event will be arranged?AA holid
4、ay BA reception CA conference7What sort of things does the man want?AA light lunch BA conference room CA travel schedule听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8What does the woman do?AA professor BA bookseller CA librarian9What is the womans suggestion?ATo buy reference booksBTo search for materials onlineCTo read twenty r
5、eference books听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10Why does the man come to the shop again?ATo repair his MP4 BTo buy new headphonesCTo get a new MP411What has made the man really unhappy?AThe sound BThe scratch CThe headphones12What does the woman do in the end?ASell another model to the manBGive the man his money b
6、ackCHave the mans MP4 exchanged听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。13Why do the children hide from masked fire fighters?AThey are frightened by the fireBThey are frightened by the masksCThey are frightened by smoke and noise14Where does Velez give talks to children?AIn a burnt building BIn a school CIn his community15
7、Who rescued the three-year-old boy?APete Gentry BJulie Paris CEric Velez第三节（共5小题；每小题15分，共75分）听下面一段对话，完成第16至20题，每小题仅填写一个词。听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后，你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21How is your new job?Not so good at the
8、momentI _ it very muchAwont enjoy Bam not enjoying Cdidnt enjoy Dwasnt enjoying22Christmas is _ federal holiday in the Statesall government employees get _day offAthe; the Ba; / Ca; the D/; the23Studying abroad costs so much money that it is _ the reach of those with average incomeAbeyond Bover Cwit
9、hin Dbelow24Why are those people gathering in the middle of the street?I dont knowThere _ be an accidentAmust Bwould Ccan Dmight25Parachute kids are children sent to a new country to live alone or with a caregiver, _their parents remain in their home countryAfor Botherwise Cwhile Dwhen26Chinadailyco
10、mcn is the largest English portal site in China, _ news, business information and learning materialsAto provide Bproviding Cprovided Dprovide27Youve got your flat furnished, havent you?YesI _ some used furniture at the Sunday Market and it was a real bargainAwill buy Bhave bought Chad bought Dbought
11、28Im starting my Spring Festival vacation on Boracay Island, _ I can enjoy fresh and clean air from the sea and the amazing powder sandAthat Bwhich Cwhere Dwhen29Did you get to work on time?SureThe city center wasnt as crowded this morning as it usually _Awas Bis Chas been Dhad been30According to a
12、recent survey, homework is _ students most often blame for their lack of sleepAwhat Bthat Cwhich Dwhy31Napoleon is famously said _, When China wakes, it will shake the worldAto declare Bdeclaring Cto have declared Dhaving declared32_ children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally
13、confidentAIf BSince COnce DUnless33I had a busy and tiring weekend because _ the house for the Christmas cost me a whole dayAdecorating Bto decorate Cdecorated Ddecorate34She got stuck in a terrible traffic jam on the highway to Shanghai, or she _ dinner with her family nowAwill be having Bwould be
14、having Cis having Dwas having35In the weeks before the Academy Awards ceremony, movie reviewers make predictions about which movies and actors _Ahave awarded Bwill award Care awarded Dwill be awarded第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。More Than I Had Dreamed Of
15、From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students UnionI always 36 my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of usSo I dreamed of being a leaderYears flew by, and soon I was able to participate in the elections, 37 I would winBut the reality struck that I hadnt
16、had a chanceI wasnt prettyGirls across the school hardly knew meI just did not have what it 38 to win a school electionI was 39 As I cried in my room that evening, I 40 took a deep breath and decided I wouldnt stop dreamingI decided that I would 41 for elections again in my final year at schooland I
17、 would winI recognized that my 42 had a lot of things in their favorWhat were the 43 that would work in my favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpfulAnd my biggest 44 was the faith I hadI would not allow my 45 appearance to hold me back from putting my best foot forwardThat evening, I
18、46 my election plans a whole year in advanceI realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to 47 themI loved making friends and I liked being helpful, 48 I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantageIn order to learn how to presen
19、t a great election 49 , I also attended a course on effective public speakingThe day after the election, when the principal announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students 50 That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was 51 theirsSuddenly, I realized that I h
20、ad 52 much more than I had dreamed ofI had made many new friends and had helped people 53 the wayI had won the 54 and love of my school-mates and they knew me as somebody who would stand by themI was able to put a smile on their faces and 55 their day36AadmiredBrememberedCpraisedDbelieved37AprayingB
21、planningCcalculatingDjudging38AassessedBprovidedCmeantDtook39AconcernedBdepressedCsurprisedDconfused40AgraduallyBimmediatelyCsuddenlyDimpatiently41ApayBstandCspeakDwait42AcompetitorsBcompanionsCenemiesDschoolmates43AcasesBmethodsCexamplesDpoints44AproblemBstrengthCworryDdream45AyoungBpersonalCspecia
22、lDplain46AbeganBdiscussedCannouncedDcancelled47ArecommendBaccompanyCrepresentDsupport48AbutBandCsoDor49AcampaignBspeechCceremonyDpromise50AnoddedBgatheredCcheeredDcried51AonlyBstillCalmostDalso52AaccomplishedBaccumulatedCdevotedDdeveloped53AbyBtoCinDalong54AappointmentBacceptanceCelectionDreputation
23、55AenrichBblessCbrightenDexpand第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe First Rule of Finance is to live within your means by spending no more than 80% of your take-home payIf you take home $ 100 per week, spend no more than $80But ever look at wha
24、t people spend their money on? I have relatives and friends deeply in debt, spending $ 12 for every $ 10 they earn instead of the $ 8 you know they should be spendingWhen I see them, theyre proud of their new whateverWhat do you think of my new truck? asked one from the drivers seatDo you like my ne
25、w shoes? asked another on high heelsCheck out my new big screen said a third while holding the remote in his living roomWeve all heard people fishing for compliments on their new toysEvery one of them was proud of what theyd financedThey seem to have bought it for the purpose of being proud, of show
26、ing off, of keeping up with the JonesesLook at my new ?is everybodys favorite phrase, even when the object in question isnt theirs at all and wont be new when theyve finally paid for it, if they ever doTheyre proud of being stupidThey think its cool to drive the financed car, wear the financed shoes
27、, and watch the financed TV, but to smart people, whose opinions are the only ones we should respect, these people look dumb as rocksThe Joneses, nine times out of 10, are financially stupidThats why they have all that stuff on borrowed moneyWhy try to copy them? Worse, why try to impress them? Copy
28、 and impress smart people, the ones who own their stuffIf you want to impress smart people, debt is the last way to go about itTrying to impress a money-smart person by going into debt is like trying to impress Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps by drowning in a poolMichael Phelps is impressed
29、 by good swimming and a money-smart person by good money management56According to the author, the new toys in Paragraph 2 are examples of_Asymbol of wealth Bunnecessary purchasesCimpressive stuff Dthings available57The underlined words smart people in Paragraph 4 refer to people _Ahaving high IQs Be
30、arning enough moneyCcreating new ideas Dmanaging money well58The author is trying to _Aadvise people to be money-smart Bpersuade people to keep off fashionsCblame people for copying others Dcriticize people for over consumptionBSarah came running inLook what I found Over the top of the paper I was r
31、eading came a crispy long object that caused me to jumpIt was a snake skin that had been shed by one of our many garden snakesIsnt it beautiful? said my wide-eyed seven-year-oldI stared at the organic wrapper and thought to myself that it really wasnt that beautiful, but I have learned never to appe
32、ar uninterested with childrenThey see only good quality and excellence in the world until educated otherwiseWhy does it do this? Sarah askedSnakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves, I explainedWhy do they need to renew themselves? Sarah askedI suddenly remembered an article on th
33、is page many years ago where the writer was expressing her concept of renewalShe used layers of paper over a wall to describe how we hide our original selves, and said that by peeling away those layers one by one, we see the original beneathWe often need to shed our skins and those coatings that we
34、cover ourselves with, I said to my now absorbed daughter We outgrow some things and find other ones unwanted or unnecessaryTills snake no longer needs this skinIt is probably too crinkly （起皱的） for him, and he probably doesnt think he looks as smart in it as he once didSarah was getting the pointAs w
35、e talked, I knew that she began to understand, although slightly, that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, our rooms, schoolwork and creativity, and see what we need to keep and what we need to cast offI was careful to point out that this is a natural conseque
36、nce of their growth I see, Dad, said Sarah and jumped off my lap and ran offI hoped she would remember thisThat often, in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of community and culture with which we cover ourselves year after year, we need to start examining these layersWe need to gent
37、ly peel some away, as we recognize them to be worthless or unnecessary; or at best, store the ones thrown away as mementoes （念想） of our promotion to a better vitality or spirit59At the first sight of the snake skin, the author was _Ascared Bpuzzled Cuninterested Dexcited60Sarah learned from her fath
38、er that renewal is _Ato recover the layers insideBto review what has been doneCa natural part of getting matureDthe process of finding the unwanted61It can be inferred from the passage that the author _Adislikes the snake skin at allBshows concern for nature and cultureCcan grasp the chance to educa
39、te childrenDoften encourages his daughter to raise questions62The author mainly tells the reader that _Asnakes cast off the layers to look smarterBwe should renew ourselves to get improvedCsnakes shed their skins to renew themselvesDwe should explore our original nature underneathCPersonality types
40、are linked with structural differences in the brain, which could explain why one child grows up to be impulsive （冲动的） and outgoing while another becomes diligent and introspectiveStructural differences between the brains of 85 people have been measured and linked with the four main categories of per
41、sonality types, which were classified as novelty seeking , characterized by impulsive actions; harm avoidance, marked by pessimism and shyness; reward dependence, with an addictive personality; and persistence, who are people tending to be diligent, hard-working and perfectionistsThe researchers sai
42、d the brain differences are structural and can be measured in the size of specific regions of the brain that appear to be linked with each of the four personality typesFor instance, people defined as novelty-seeking personalities had a structurally bigger area in the brain while people with harm-avo
43、idance personalities had significantly smaller volumes of tissue in brain regionsThe fact that characteristics are reflected in specific structural differences is useful to know, for instance, when it comes to understanding a childs behavior and choosing the right approach so that somebody who is, for example, particularly timid, might be helped through education and developmentThere is no point shouting at a child who is very shy and telling them off, because it does not come naturally to them to put themselves forwardBut actually knowing there is a biological basis for this helps educ
