北京市西城区高二下学期学业测试英语卷

Tom has a (n)      for language，while his sister is a born pianist

The secretary didn’t make       clear when and where the meeting would be held

Don’t be too ______ about things you’re not supposed to know.

An agreement was about to be reached       the other side ehanged their mind

Finally the thief had to       he had stolen the valuable necklace

The young lady，      seveal attempts to fix her cell phone，decided to have another try．

This new model of car is so expensive that it is      the reach of ordinary people

Some people in Beijing go to work half an hour earlier every day to avoid     in the traffic jam

People demanded that the government     to bring down the housing price

It was because of hard training     the sportsman won the gold medal in the competition．

—Why didn’t you attend his wedding ceremony?
一Well …，I       ．

In after-school activities,students are      into different groups accirdubg to their interests．

He has difficulty in remembering lines，but      he is a good actor

It was wrong of you to        from all your friends who helped you when you were in trouble．         

一Have you got any job offers?
一No．I      I’ll not give up，whatever the result is

The old couple have been married for 50 years and never      with each other

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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was at a coffee shop last night taking in a wonderful folk music performance, and was busy tapping my feet，and  32  along to the relaxing tunes!
WhenI got up to get a cup of coffee and a  33  ，I noticed a middle-aged woman nearby．She had  34  been caught in a fire of some sort． Her face had been seriously  35  ，so that the skin looked very tight．She almost had no nose．and her eyes were tiny．I took a deep
breath，and went back to my  36  ，thinking how brave she was to come out and  37 in public．I also felt  38  of myself for shuddering（战栗）and looking down while I   39  back to my seat，unable to send even a weak  40  her way
As I was sipping（啜饮）my coffee and eating my cookie，I kept thinking about  41  I should ignore this moment and just  42  my own business，or do something about my feelings．I couldn’t let it go．I went for a refill of coffee and to get another cookie，  43  this time I made my way slowly  44  the wonan，said，“Isn’t he a wonderful performer?”and gave her a largest smile I was able to give．To my  45  ，she looked right at me and gave me a huge SMILE in return!
I’m sure it took this woman a   46  time to find her smile after her terrible  47  ．I believe that my smile  48  her day，and hers also made me very happy．She seemed to have
  49  to find peace with herself，and I was  50  ，because her smile had made her beautiful
Sometimes it takes  51  to smile，considering how hard life can be．

A．speaking B．singing C．watching D．listening

A．tea B．dish C．sweet D．cookie

A．obviously B．naturally C．suddenly D．regularly

A．cut B．burned C．beaten D．wounded

A．space B．shop C．stage D．seat

A．appear B．perform C．suffer D．express

A．satisfied B．tired C．ashamed D．proud

A．looked B．headed C．carried D．pushed

A．chance B．message C．word D．smile

A．whether B．how C．when D．where

A．understand B．mind C．organize D．control

A．but B．though C．or D．so

A．out B．toward C．around D．through

A．surprise B．sorrow C．joy D．regret

A．good B．hard C．short D．long

A．accident B．dream C．slate D．journey

A．marked B．praised C．brightened D．reminded

A．forgot B．determined C．failed D．managed

A．anxious B．puzzlad C．glad D．worried

A．courage B．ability C．strength D．patience

As a school librarian，I’m often asked what books are most appropriate for teaching particularconcepts．As the mother of a toddler，I’m now teaching my son to recognize letters and learn thealphabet．Boaks are a great help in teaching a child letters．Here is this librarian and mom’s picks for the best books to help teach your child letters．




Eric Carle’s ABC
Eric Carle is one of my favorite children’s authors and this colorful book is perfect for helping teach the alphabet．The block-style letters are easier to read
and recognize for toddlers than mitten ones．Each letter is tied to an animal name，so your child will have fun looking at the animals，and 1earn the animal
names while also learning letters．
Baby Einsstein：My First Book of Letters
The Baby Einstein books always promote thinking skills and creativity in
young children．Baby Einstein；My First Book of Letters is no exception．This
book includes letters in both upper and lower case，and asks questions about nature that go with each letter for your child to answer．This colorful book is great for helping teach your child letters．
Dr．Seuss’ABC
Dr．Seuss lends his wonderful writing and illustrating（插图）talent to this
great teaching book．His classic writing and funny pictures can be found throughout this alphabet book．The letters are block style，solid-colored，and easy
to read．Your child will love learning letters from this fun book．
Kipper’s A to Z：an Alphabet Adventure
In this book，children follow the little dog Kipper as he works his way through the entire alphabet．The clean，solid font used for the letter makes them
easy to read for young eyes．Author Mike Inkpen does a great job in this book，
which tells more of a story than the other books
Teaching your child letters can be a hard task．It’s import to try to make the alphabet fun and interesting for your child．
In Paragraph I，“toddler”probably means       

If you want to make your son or daughter interested in nature you should choose      

Why did the author write the passage?

The audience starts to scream and young people all over Britain

turn on their TVs．Yes，it’s Top of the pops!
Top of the pops is an amazing 45-year-old programme．Pop stars from all over the world appear on this successful TV prograrnme．After about 2340 shows，it’s still the most popular pop
music show in Britsin．So what’s the secret?
“We get lots of babds to perform live in the studio，”says producer Chris Cowey“That just doesn’t happen on other shows”
Chris starts the preparations for the programme over a week before it goes out．His first job is to decide which bands to have on the show．When the chart of the top twenty songs is produced on Sunday，Chris can start to book the bands
Monday starts with Chris meeting his sound，lighting and camera workers．They listen to each song and plan the show．
Tuesday is paperwork day．There are bookings to make sure of，letters to answer and lots of phone calls to make．The show is on Thursday．Bands arrive at the studio from 10 o’clock in the morning and start practising．Tonight’s presenter，Jo Whiley，practises too
First the bands go to make up．Judy and Issy are the make-up artists．“We see the stars with no make-up on，looking terrible，”says Issy．Then the bands go to the costume department where Marianne dresses the stars
Back in the studio things are happening．The audience is practising their dance moves! It takes over two hours to record the whole programme，then Chris edits it all night long．The final version is exactly 29 minutes long
What make (s) Top of the Pops the most popular in Britain?

When the bands receive the invitations to the perfomlance，      

Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?

How is the music programme made at the TV station?

Which is the proper title for the passage?

     For well over a thousand years，smallpox was a disease that everyone feared．The disease killed much of the native population in South America when the Spanish arrived there in the early sixteenth century．By the end of the eighteenth century，smallpox was responsible for about one in
ten deaths around the world．Those who survived the disease were left with ugly scars on their sjun．
It had long been well known among farmers that people who worked with cows seldom caught smallpox；instead，they often caught a similar but much milder disease called cowpox (牛痘) ．A Bridsh doctor called Jenner was extremely interested in this，and so he studied cowpox He believed that，by vaccinating (给接种疫苗) people with the disease，he could protect them against the much worse disease smallpox．In 1796，he vaccinated a boy with cowpox and，two months later，with smallpox．The boy did not get smallpox．In the next two years，Jenner vaccinated several children in the same way，and none of them got the disease．
News of the success of Jenner’s work soon spread．Vaccination soon became a common method to protect people against other diseases caused by virus，such as rable (狂犬病)，and vaccines (疫苗) were sent across the world to the United States and India．
It took nearly two centuries to achieve Jenner’s dream of getting free of smallpox from the whole world．In 1967，the world Health Organization (WHO) started a great vaccination program，and the last known case of smallpox was recorded in Somalia in 1977．The story of vaccinations does not end there，however．There are many other diseases that kill more and more people every year．Besides，many new diseases are being discovered．The challenge for medical researchers will，therefore，probably continue for several more centuries
Smallpox was so serious that       by the end of l8th century

Edward Jenner discovered that vaccination with cowpox could      

Which of the following statements is not true?

The author of the passage thinks that      

阅读理解(共5小题；每小题2分．满分10分)
根据短文内容，在相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息(不多于七个单词)，完成对该问题的回答。答语要求结构正确，书写工整，字迹清楚。
The Fun They Had in School
On the page headed May l7，2517，Margie wrote in her diary，“Today Tommy found a real book!”
It was a very old book covered with dust．Margie’s grandfather once said that long ago all stories were printed on paper
“What is it about?” asked Margie
“School”
“School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school．”
Margie hated school now more than ever．The electric teacher had bee giving her drill after drill in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had finally sent for someone to fix the teacher
The man came with a whole box of tools．He turned off the elecuicity，and started to repair the teacher．There was a momtor that showed questions，and a hole where Margie had to put compositions and test papers．The electric teacher marked the paper quickly．
Margie asked Tommy，“Why would anyone write about school?”
“Because it’s the school they bad hundreds of years ago”
Margie read the book for a while，then said，“Anyway，they had a teacher？”
“Yes，but it was a man”
“A man? How could a man be a teacher?”
“Well，he just told the kids things and gave them homework”
“A man isn’t smart enough．”
“Sure he is．My father knows as much as my teacher’’
“But I wouldn’t want a strange in my house to teach me．”Margie argued
Tommy laughed．“The teacher didn’t live in the house．They had a special building and all the kids went there”
“And all the kids learnt the same thing?”
“Sure，if they were the same age”
They weren’t even half-finished when Margle’s mother called．“Margfa! School!”
Margie went into the school next to her bedroom，and the electric teacher was waiting far her them．It was the same way every day except Saturday and Sunday
The monitor lit up，and it said，“Please put yesterday’s homework in the proper hole”
Margie sighed and threw a dirty sock at the machine．She was thinking about the old days．All the kids from the whole neighborhood came to the school，Iaughing and shouting in the yard．They could even help one another with the homework
And the teachers were people!
How happy they were in the old days，Margie thought．
1．When did the story in the passage take place?
                                                                            
2．Wny did Margie hate school?
                                                                            
3．How did Margie feel when she heard that teachers of hundreds of years ago were people instead
of machines?
                                                                             
4．How did kids in Margie’s time receive education?
                                                                            
5．What does the underlined word“They”refer to in the title?
                                                                            

词语填空(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
请用括号中所给动词的适当形式完成下列句子。
1．It                   that Polish President and his wife were killed in a plane crash in Russia．(report)
2．We                  between 7 and 8 o’clock tomorrow evening．Please don’t phone me at that time．(swim)
3．By the time Jane gets home，her aunt                   for Shanghai Expo．(leave)
4．—Did you read Harry Potter at my age，Grandpa?
一I couldn’t                    that，because Harry Potter wasn’t born yet．(do)
5．If you                  that late movie last night，you wouldn’t be so sleepy now．(not watch)

阅读理解(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。
Advertising Everywhere
      1     Now that messages can go around the world at high speed，the world isbecoming smaller and products can be sold everywhere．But it is true that the problems ofinternational advertising—problems of language and culture—have become larger than ever．For example，Braniff Airlines wanted to advertise its fine seals，but when its advertisement wastranslated from English into Spanish，it told people that they could fly without wearing clothes!
To avoid problems in translation，most advertisement firms are now writing completely new ads．In writing new ads，international advertisers must choose different methods of advertising for different countries．In some countries，an advertisement usually gives a description of the product
and explains why it is better than others．      2     But in Japan，the message is based more on situations and feelings than on words．For this reason，many television advertisements broadcast in Japan show people at a party，picnic，or in some other pleasant situations．They will
not say that a product is better than others．Instead，the goal will be to create a good feeling about
the product
        3     For instance，certain countries will not allow TV advertisements on Sundays，and others will not allow them for children’s products on any day．The world advertiser who does
not understand such laws aud customs will soon have problems．
Finally，there is the choice of what to advertise．      4    So the best advertisement in the world means nothing if the product is not suitable for the market．Comparing such as McDonald’s in Hawaii，you will find Chinese food provided on the menu．If you stop at a McDonald’s in Germany，you can order a beer with your meal．
All of these products must be sold with the right kind of message      5     But no matter how difficult this job may be，it is very important for global advenrtisers to do it well．Knowing how to advertise in the world market can help companies for success．

E．International advertisers must also consider differences in laws and customs
F．It can be explained by a word，a passage，or even a picture
G．It can never be an easy job for advertisers to create message

完成句子(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分)
根据括号中所给提示翻译下列句子。
1．昨天我没想惹妈妈生气。(intend)
                                                                            
2．我们应预先定一个房间。(book)
                                                                            
3．毫无疑问，你可以从那次讲座中学到很多东西。(doubt)
                                                                            
4．除了自己．没有人会为他的错误负责。(answer for)
                                                                            
5．我现在最想做的事是去旅行。(用主语从句)
                                                                            

书面表达(满分15分)

请根据图片，以及中英文提示完成写作任务。
1．描述图中北极熊的现状；
2．简单分析原因；
3．提出两或三条日常生活中的合理化建议。
注意：1．字数：不少于100词
2．提示词语：lead a low-carbon (低碳) life
北极熊 polar bear
As we can see in the picture，