北京市西城区高三下学期抽样测试

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。
21．—What do you think of their new house?
—It’s very modern，but they have some antique________ in it．
A．furniture                           B．furnitures
C．piece of furnitures                 D piece of furniture

22． Today，_____rapid transportation and communication, the whole word seems to be smaller．
A．regardless of         B．in spite of          C．instead of        D because of

23．Naturally I will come to you for advice whenever I feel I need________.

24．It is a rule in our school that no books______out unless you have a library card.

25．—Why not open the windows to let_____cool air in?
—I'd rather you didn't_____air in our town is terribly polluted．
   A．a；The                      B／；The                 C．/；/          D．the：/

26．—Why are your hands so dirty?
—I________in the garden．

27．We tried hard，and eventually，we were able to get Mike______us his car just for a day．

28．___________a time in the 1960s when young people liked wearing army uniforms.

29．The attackers were arrested and didn’t know where they ______．

30．Mike has an active mind；he can retell a story_________anybody else in the classroom．

31．The man stopped his bicycle beside the car______it had a broken chain．

32．Hesitating what to do，________．

33．A cool rain was falling_________with snow causing heavy traffic．
A．mixed                B mixing                  C．to mix                   D．having mixed

34．Wow! Look at the man and his horse ________are running down the road.
A．which                 B．that                    C．who                       D where

35．You have broken your promise；you______painting the house long ago．

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。
I decided not to bring in home any other things with the words Made in China on a dark Monday，two days after last Christmas，though I still keep some in my house．
At work my boss，Mr. White，points out that I am  36  myself if I think I have been  37  Chinese products，in spite of the obvious facts in daily life．
“Chinese  38  are everywhere，”he says，“You can’t avoid those，no matter how hard you
try It is impossible．”
That is the  39 ，which I have been considering for months，since I have kept the American car with the Chinese  40 in it．This week I was   41  again of the difficulty of avoiding China when I bought earrings from a local artist．I was feeling pleased with myself  42  I got home and noticed the flee gift box made in China．
My boss continues，“You know what you are doing? You are   43  your dependence on China，not   44   it，”he says，“You are just cheating yourself．”
The boss，a frequent complainer，doesn’t slow down when I   45  to stop him to   46
that I am writing a   47  of stories On the Boycott for the business magazine．
“Maybe you can  48  it year without Chinese products，  49  sooner or later you will even  50  Chinese dishes，”the nice boss says，“There is no getting around it”
I   51  at him as he turns to leave，quite  52 ．
“Thanks for your support，”I say to his   53  .
The year is nearly half over．I can   54  without them．  55 ，it is a little inconvenient to live without a DVD player，a DV camera or a printer made in China．But a better question might be：How hard could it be to live without Made in China with the whole family ?
36．A．fooling                      B．persuading          C．beating           D．enjoying
37． A．keeping                   B．accepting            C．avoiding         D．refusing
38．A．advertisements               B．items                  C．materials    D．businesses
39．A．story                         B．plan                   C．suggestion       D．point
40．A．parts                         B．engines               C．wheels            D．goods
41．A．asked                           B．reminded            C．troubled          D．puzzled
42． A．as                            B．when                  C．since               D．until
43． A．delaying                  B．losing                 C．catching          D．1acking
44．A．escaping                    B．obeying              C．objecting         D．hating
45． A．mean                       B．manage               C．try                  D．intend
46．A．describe                     B．suggest               C．declare            D．state
47． A．copy                        B．book                  C．set                  D．series
48．A．do                             B．get                     C．make              D．have
49．A．but                            B．or                      C．and                 D．for
50． A．wash                       B．break                  C．serve              D．enjoy
51． A．laugh                       B．glance                C．nod                D．stare
52．A．annoyed                    B．surprised             C．delighted         D．satisfied
53． A．honour                    B．back                   C．kindness          D．face
54．A．work                         B．rescue                 C．survive           D．stay
55．A．Finally                      B．Honestly             C．Generally        D．Directly

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。
A
The sun shone in through the dining room window，lighting up the hardwood floor We had been talking there for nearly two hours．The phone of the“Nightline”rang yet again and Morrie asked his helper．Connie，to get it She had been taking down the callers’names in Morrie’s small black appointment book It was clear 1 was not the only one interested in visiting my old professor—the“Nightline”appearance had made him something of a big figure—but I was impressed with．perhaps even a bit envious of，all the friends that Morrie seemed to have
“You know．Mitch，now that I'm dying，I've become much more interesting to people．I’m
on the last great journey here——and people want me to tell them what to pack．”
The phone rang again．
“Morrie，can you talk?”Connie asked
“I’m visiting with my old friend now，”he announced．“Let them call back．”
I cannot tell you why he received me so warmly．I was hardly the promising student who had left him sixteen years earlier．Had it not been for“Nightline，”Morrie might have died without ever seeing me again．
What happened to me?
The eighties happened The nineties happened．Death and sickness and getting fat and going bald happened．I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck，and I never even realized I was doing it Yet here was Morrie talking with the wonder of our college years，as if I'd Simply been on a long vacation
“Have you found someone to share your heart with?” he asked
“Are you at peace with yourself?”
“Are you trying to be as human as you can be?”
I felt ashamed，wanting to show I had been trying hard to work out such questions．What
happened to me? I once promised myself I would never work for money，that I would join the
Peace Corps，and that 1 would live in beautiful，inspirational places．
Instead, I had been in Detroit for ten years，at the same workplace，using the same bank，visiting the same barber I was thirty-seven，more mature than in college，tied to computers and modems and cell phones．I was no longer young，nor did I walk around in gray sweatshirts with
unlit cigarettes in my mouth．I did not have long discussions over egg salad sandwiches about the meaning of life．
My days were full，yet I remained，much of the time，unsatisfied  
What happened to me?
56．When did the author graduate from Morrie’s college?
A．In the eighties．                       B．In the nineties．
C．When he was sixteen                    D．When he was twenty-one．
57．What do we know about the“Nightline”?
A．Morrie started it by himself       B．It helped Morrie earn a fame．
C．The author helped Morrie start it． D．It was only operated at night．
58．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Both the author and Morrie liked travelling.
B．Morrie liked helping people pack things for their journeys.
C．The author envied Morrie’s friends the help they got from him.
D．The author earned a lot of money at the cost of his dreams.
59．What’s the author’s feeling when he writes this passage?
A．Regretful.    B．Enthusiastic.  C．Sympathetic.   D．Humorous.

B
Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook by yourself? Have you been doing Internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can't you be bothered to do?
A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of the adults are so idle (懒散的) that they'd catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.
Just over 2000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain's largest health center. The results were extremely surprising.
About one in six people questioned said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.
More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of the 654 respondents with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.
This led the report to conclude that it's no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classified as obese (very fat) before they start school.
Dr Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said, “People need to get fitter, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of their families, friends and evidently their pets too.”
“If we don't start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most fundamental tasks.”
And Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the most idle city in the UK, with 75% questioned admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%.
The results bring serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.
60．How many people questioned don't play with their children?
A．1280.   B．More than 333.     C．654.    D．About 420.
61．The study leads us to believe that      .
A．the pets in the UK will be in trouble if their owners keep their way of life
B．Glasgow people feel ashamed because they don't get enough exercise
C．British people are the laziest around the world
D．five sixths of the British children are healthy
62．How does the author convince the readers?
A．By presenting the results of a study.                 B．By providing answers to questions.
C．By interviewing some experts.                            D．By telling a story.
63．What is the passage mainly about?
A．A study of British people's laziness.                 B．A study of British people's lifestyles.
C．The health service in the UK.                       D．The obesity problem in the UK.

C
The five clearest role-related behaviours of travellers (in order of relative importance )

Tourist	takes photos, buys souvenirs, goes to famous places, stays briefly in one place, does not understand the local people
Traveller	stays briefly in one place, experiments with local food, goes to famous places, takes photos, explores places privately
Holidaymaker	takes photos, goes to famous places, is separated from the local society, buys souvenirs, contributes to the visited economy
Jet-setter	lives a life of luxury (奢侈) , concerned with social status, seeks physical pleasures, prefers communicating with people of his/her own kind, goes to famous places
Businessperson	concerned with social status, contributes to the economy, does not take photos prefers interacting with people of his/her own                                   kind, lives a life of luxury
Conservationist	interested in the environment, does not buy souvenirs, does not exploit the local people, explores places privately, takes photos
Explorer	explores places privately, interested in the environment, takes physical risks, does not buy souvenirs, observes the visited                                   economy
Overseas student	experiments with local food, does not exploit the people, takes photos, observes the visited society, takes physical risks
International athlete	is not separated from their own society, does not exploit the local people, does not understand the local people, explores places privately, searches for the meaning of life
Overseas journalist	takes photos, observes the visited society, goes to famous places, takes physical risks, explores places privately

64．Which of the following behaviours do Tourist, Traveller and Holidaymaker share?
A．Stay briefly in one place.                                   B．Buy souvenirs.
C．Go to famous places.                                   D．Explore places privately.
65．We can learn that overseas students      .
A．are curious about the society they visit
B．like to do experiments with local food
C．take photos as their teachers have instructed
D．enjoy taking physical risks because they are brave
66．According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A．Three groups are interested in exploring places privately.
B．More than two groups live a life of luxury.
C．Six groups are fond of taking photos.
D．Two groups don't like buying souvenirs.

D
The rising costs of health care have become a problem for many countries in the world. To deal with this problem, it is recommended that a big part of the government's health budget be used for health education and disease prevention instead of treatment. Actually, many kinds of diseases are preventable in many ways and preventing a disease is usually much cheaper than treating it. For example, people could avoid catching a cold if they dressed warmly when the weather starts getting cold. But many people get sick because they fail to do so, and have to spend money seeing a doctor.
Daily habits like eating more healthy food would have kept millions of families from becoming bankrupt if the patients had taken measures for early prevention. For instance, keeping a balanced diet, such as not consuming too much animal fat and insuring a steady intake of vegetables and fruits, seems to be quite important.
One very effective and costless way of prevention is regular exercise, which is necessary for a healthy mind and body. Regular exercise, such as running, walking, and playing sports is a good way to make people feel better or reduce stress.
In addition, health education plays a key role in improving people's health. By giving people more information about health, countries could help people understand the importance of disease prevention and ways to achieve it. For example, knowing one's family medical history is an effective way to help keep healthy. Information about health problems among close relatives will make them aware of what they should do to prevent certain diseases through lifestyle changes, which will work before it is too late.
However, stressing disease prevention does not mean medical treatment is unimportant. After all, prevention and treatment are just two different means toward the same effect. In conclusion, we could save money on health care and treat patients more successfully if our country spends more money on health prevention and education.
67．What’s the best title of the passage?
A．Prevention or Education?    B．Prevention or Treatment?
C．Health or Illness?            D．Exercise or Illness?
68．Which of the following can replace the underlined word “bankrupt’’?
A．Unable to be cured        B．Unable to pay one’s debts
C．Stronger than ever before  D．More successful than ever before
69．We learn from the passage that       .
A．dressing warmly can prevent diseases
B．a balanced diet is cheaper than regular exercise
C．the more health education, the better
D．the government’s health budget should be increased
70．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

CP (Central Point)  P (Point)        Sp (Sub-point次要点)          C (Conclusion)

第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，共10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Friends play an important part in our lives，and although we may take the fact of friendship for granted, we often don’t clearly understand how we make friends. While we get on well with a number of people,   71 ．
Moreover, a great many relationships come under the general term “friendship”．In all cases，two people like one another and enjoy being together，but beyond that，the degree of closeness between them and the reasons for their interest in each other change greatly．
At the beginning, much depends on how people meet，and on good first impressions. As we
get to know people,   72  . Although these factors are not of the greatest importance，it is more
difficult to have a good relationship with people when there is a big difference in age and background．
Then,   73 ．Friends will stand closer together and will spend more time looking at each other than ordinary friends．Smiles and soft voices also express friendliness，and it is because they may give the wrong signals that shy people often have difficulty making friends. A friendly look with a wrong facial expression can turn into an unfriendly stare，and nervousness may be wrongly understood as unfriendliness．
Some relationships are a result of argument and discussion，but it is usual for close friends to have the same ideas and beliefs，the same opinion and interests. The more closely involved people become．the more they depend on each other. And   74  . Equally, friends have to learn to make allowances for each other, to put up with annoying habits，and to accept differences in opinion.
In contrast with marriage,   75  . But the support and understanding that results from shared experiences and affections does seem to create a close and lasting relationship

E．we consider things like age，race，looks，economic and social status，etc
F．we pay attention to actual behavior，facial expression，and the way a person speaks
G．there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the relationship between two people

第二卷(两部分，共35分)
第四部分：书面表达 (共两节，35分)
第一节情景作文 (20分)
三年的高中即将结束。请你以“I will remember my school life forever”为题，为英语校刊投稿。
注意：文章应包括下面四幅图的内容
词数不少于60。
文章的开头已为你写出。

After the College Entrance Examination, the three-year school life will come to an end. It’s hard to say goodbye to my school, teachers and friends, because I have an unforgettable time here.

第二节：开放作文 (15分)
   请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。
In your spoken English class，your teacher shows you the following picture．You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.
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