1、海淀区高三年级第一学期期末练习英语2013.1本试卷共12页，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按照题号顺序在各题目的答题 区域内作答，未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1.5分，共7. 5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
2、三个选项中选出最 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。1. Whats the mans favorite music?A. Rock music.B. Country music.C. Classical music.2. What does the woman suggest?A. Buying a house.B. Selling a house.C. Renting a house.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. Going on a diet.B. Going jogging
3、.C. Losing weight.4. Who is coming to the party tonight?A. Harry.B. Ben.C. Cathy.5. What is the woman doing?A.Blaming the man.B.Apologizing to the man.C.Quarrelling with the man.第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个 选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每 小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或
4、独白你将听两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A big earthquake.B. A terrible hurricane.C. A sudden power failure.7. Where does the man come from?A. Houston.B. New York.C. California.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What does the mans wife want a television for?A. Watching news.B. Listeni
5、ng to music.C. Enjoying movies.9. How much is the bigger televison this Friday?A. $256.B. $368.C. $416.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the girl call the man?A.To tell him her flight number.B.To ask him to meet her at the airport.C.To inform the host family of her arrival.11. Which of the following pic
6、tures shows Alice Smith? .12. Who will meet the girl?A. Mr. Scott.B. The Blacks.C. The Blacks and Mr. Scott.听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。13. What is the speaker talking about?A. A workbook.B. An experiment.C. An activity.14. What are the listeners supposed to do first?A.Start the experiment themselves.B.Choose
7、experiments and activities.C.Read Chapter One of the workbook.15. How should the listeners finish their activities?A. In their own way.B. By following instructions. C. With the teachers help.第三节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7. 5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。叙袅对话你将听两遍。Police Re
8、cord FormNameLucy 16_Date of Birth17_ 15, 1980Phone No.18_Offences19_ ； driving without a licensePunishmentA 20_ for driving without a license第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题 卡上将该项涂黑。35. A broad smile spread _Jacks face when he eventually gained a sch
9、olarship.A. acrossB. throughC. atD. in36. Such a fierce dog _that we had to wait outside before we could get into his yard.A. has he hadB. did he haveC. he hadD. he has had37. really makes Gangnam Style”，popular is not the lyrics, but the part of “ HorseRiding DanceA. WhereB. WhatC. ThatD. Which38.
10、Temperatures _quite dramatically at night in mountains, so put on some warm clothes before going out.A. are droppedB. dropC. are being dropped D. have dropped39. Jack, did you see my son Harry just now?No，Mrs. White. I _computer games.A. have playedB. am playingC. had playedD. was playing40. John ha
11、s always wanted an iPad and he has just saved enough money to buy _.A. oneB. itC. thisD. that41. When the police arrived at the accident spot, they saw many victims _from great pain.A. to sufferB. sufferedC. sufferingD. having suffered42. While a great CV _get you in the door, a great interview gets
12、 you the job.A. shallB. mustC. wouldD. can43. When will the visas be ready, sir?_everything goes well, you should get them in 14 workdays.A. AlthoughB. As far asC. UnlessD. As long as44. Up to now, our society _with limited living space and a shortage of natural resources.A. has been challengedB. is
13、 being challengedC. is challengingD. has challenged45. Theories about the end of the world on December 21，2012, _ on the Mayan calendar , created chaos all over the world.A. basingB. basedC. having basedD. to base46. I have received an offer from an American university, but I am still hesitating _ I
14、 should accept it.A. howB. whyC. whetherD. that47. The pigeon has been _ symbol of _ peace for thousands of years in manycountries.A. the； aB. a； theC. a； /D. the； /48. When I first got to Harvard, my awkward English brought me great trouble.Oh, dear, it _a struggle for you to keep up with other stu
15、dents.A. might beB. can beC. could have been D. must have been49. If John hadnt lost his job last month, he _abroad for a business conference next week.A. would goB. will goC. will have gone D. would have gone第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30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， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。“A” for Atti
16、tudeEnglish was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my 36 _ allowed me to give spelling tests to the class. I had wonderful 37 _ of my junior year. Mrs. Alexander 38 _ me to sit at her desk and take over the class whe
17、n she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was 39 _ , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected college-level work. Every student received a “C” or “D” grade the first quarter. 40 _ English was still my subject.I graduated from high school, 41 _early and had children. Conf
18、ident about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I 42 _ long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an A student, I remained an A” student. I 43 _ up to my own expectations.Yesterday,
19、 I 44 _my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards 45 _back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisors office，explaining that I had always excelled at English, and 46 _ that I did not deserve a “D” from that 47 _ teacher of my senior year. The adviso
20、r was sympathetic but unable to change a (an) 48 _Reading 49 _my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to shred them or hide them. I was not an A” student in high school English ！ Somehow, I had 50 _ myself of this，when the grades clearly reflected an 51 student with an occasional “
21、 A ” or B” but mostly “C” s.Had I lived up to those grades and 52 _ myself according to those letters，I would have never confidently sought my writing 53 _ . Had I believed in my early grades instead of myself ，I would have allowed my fear of 54 _ to defeat my enthusiasm and damage my creativity. 55
22、 _，I viewed my younger self as an “A” English student, except for that undeserved “D”.36.A.monitorB.headmasterC.classmateD.teacher37.A.impressionsB.thoughtsC.inspirationsD.memories38.A.approvedB.,appointedC.expectedD.urged39.A.flexible Z,xx,k B.,creativeC.disappointingD.controversial40.A.SoB.ButC.An
23、dD.Or41.A.marriedB.workedC.succeededD.progressed42.A.wroteB.editedC.readD.copied43.A.addedB.livedC.grewD.went44.A.countedB.rememberedC.approachedD.discovered45.A.broughtB.turnedC.held D.kept46.A.reportingB.guaranteeingC.complainingD.recommending47.A.impoliteB.impatientC.inexperiencedD.independent48.
24、A.gradeB.figureC.paperD.entry49.A.outB.throughC.fromD.into50.A.warnedB.remindedC.informedD.convinced51.A.averageB.enthusiastic0.outstandingD.awkward52.A.consideredB.definedC.reflectedD.described53.A.goalB.dreamC.careerD.enterprise54.A.changeB.riskC.stressD.failure55.A.OtherwiseB.BesidesC.InsteadD.St
25、ill第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30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。ASomething roared like thunder. The earth shook a little and we heard the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire. Father!，Hassan cried. We sprung to our feet and raced out of the living room.”Father！ Whats that sound?”Hassan s
26、creamed, his hands outstretched toward Ali. Ali wrapped his arms around us. A white light flashed and lit the sky in silver. It flashed again and was followed by rapid sharp sounds of gunfire.”Theyre hunting ducks, ” Ali said in a hoarse voice. “They hunt ducks at night, you know. Dont be afraid.”A
27、siren(汽笛）went off in the distance. Somewhere glass broke and someone shouted. I heard people on the street, awakened from sleep. Hassan was crying. Ali pulled him close and held him with tenderness.We stayed huddled (蜷缩）that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had
28、lasted less than an hour, but they had frightened us badly, because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. They were foreign sounds to us then. The generations of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of the bombs and gunfire were not yet born. Huddled together in
29、the dining room and waiting for the sun to rise，none of us had any idea that a way of life had ended. The end came when Russian tanks were rolling into the very same streets where Hassan and I played，bringing the death of the Afghanistan I knew and marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodle
30、tting.Just before the sunrise，Babas car pulled into the driveway. His door slammed shut and his running footsteps pounded the stairs. Then he appeared in the doorway and I saw something on his face. Something I didnt recognize right away because Id never seen it before： fear. “Amir! Hassan ！ “ He cr
31、ied as he ran to us, opening his arms wide. ”They blocked all the roads and the telephone didnt work. I was so worried ！ ”We let him wrap us in his arms and, for a brief moment, I was glad about whatever had happened that night.56. Who is the author of this passage?A. Hassan.B. Ali.C. Baba.D. Amir.5
32、7. By saying ” Theyre hunting ducks，Ali _.A. told the children the truthB. tried to calm the childrenC. played a joke on the childrenD. cheered the children up58. We can infer from the passage that _.A. there were thunderstorms that nightB. Afghan children were used to the warC. that night was the e
33、nd of peoples peaceful lifeD. people on the street shouted and broke the windows59. From the last sentence of the passage, we know _.A. the author was glad to see his father come home safeB. there was a chance that a world in peace was to comeC. what happened that night seemed nothing to the authorD
34、. Babas arms gave the author temporary comfort and joyBIs Your Diet Destroying the Environment?A vegetarian diet is often praised for its health benefits. Studies have shown that vegetarians usually have lower levels of heart disease and a lower risk of diabetes than people who eat meat. What most p
35、eople are less aware of, however, are the effects that a vegetarian diet can have on the environment.Researchers from the Union of Concerned Scientists in the US recently studied how consumer behavior affects the environment. The study showed that meat consumption is one of the main ways that humans
36、 can damage the environment, second only to the use of motor vehicle.Then, how can eating meat have a negative effect on the environment? For a start, all farm animals such as cows，pigs，and sheep give off methane (沼气）gas by expelling (排出）wind from their bodies. One cow can produce up to 60 liters of
37、 methane each day. Methane gas is the second most common greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide. Many environmental experts now believe that it is more responsible for global warming than carbon dioxide. It is estimated that 25% of all methanereleased into the atmosphere comes from farm animals.Another
38、 way that meat production affects the environment is through the use of water and land. 2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef, whereas 20 gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of wheat. One acre of farmland used for crop production can produce 40，000 pounds of pot
39、atoes, 30,000 pounds of carrots, or 50,000 pounds of tomatoes.Many people now see the benefits of switching to a vegetarian diet，not just for health reasons， but also because it plays a vital role in protecting the environment. However, some nutritionists advise against switching to a totally strict
40、 vegetarian, or vegan diet. They believe a vegan diet, which excludes all products from animal sources, such as cheese, eggs, and milk, can be short of many necessary vitamins and minerals our bodies need.Today，many people know its important to take better care of their bodies and to use the earths
41、resources more efficiently. As this understanding spreads, more people may realize that to help the environment and for the human race to survive, more of us will need to become vegetarians.60. The underlined word it， in Para. 3 refers to _.A. methane gasB. carbon dioxide C. expelling wind D. greenh
42、ouse gas61. Many figures are used in Para. 4 to show _.A. growing tomatoes has the highest productionB. crop production is better than meat productionC. meat production consumes too much water and landD. farm animals are the main producer of the methane gas62. What message does the passage want to c
43、onvey?A. Our diet is destroying the surroundings.B. Raising farm animals affects the environment.C. A vegetarian diet helps to protect the environment.D. More and more people are becoming strict vegetarians.CFor millions of Facebook users, choosing which photo to use for an online profile is an impo
44、rtant decision. According to a study by researchers at the UT Dallas Center, the photos we select may reflect individual preferences, but they also appear to reflect more deeply rooted, unconscious cultural differences. Previous research has shown that culture can affect not only language and custom
45、, but also how we experience the world and process information. Western cultures，for example，condition people to think of themselves as highly independent entities (实 体)，whereas East Asian cultures stress collectivism and interdependence.Dr. Denise Park, co-director of the Center at UT Dallas, and f
46、ormer graduate student Dr. ChihMao Huang of the University of Illinois, were curious about whether these patterns of cultural influence extend to cyberspace. In a paper published in the International Journal of Psychology, they examined the profile photographs of more than 500 active Facebook users from the United States andEast Asia. Overall, t
