发布时间 : 星期三 文章北京市西城区2014-2015学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题_(Word版含答案)更新完毕开始阅读55e193aa58fafab068dc02c6
北京市西城区2014-2015学年上学期高二年级期末考试
英语试卷
Ⅱ. 单项填空(共10小题；每小题1分。满分10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。 11. The company has many branches the world.
A. for B. on C. across D. with 12. If you in my position, what would you suggest?
A. are B. were C. have been D. had been 13. Steve to come, but he didn't turn up.
A. promises B. has promised C. was promising D. had promised 14. a successful APEC summit depends on the support of all citizens. A. Host B. Hosting C. Hosted D. Hosts 15. It is her outgoing personality attracts me most.
A. that B. which C. how D. what 16. Most of the people to the party were close relatives and friends. A. invite B. to invite C. inviting D. invited
17. Mary stood there, silently the lovely dolls in the store window. A. stared at B. to stare at C. staring at D. stare at 18. Dave be guilty because he has enough evidence to prove that he is innocent. A. can't B. mustn't C. needn't D. wouldn't 19. I can't believe it! You don't know about this new drink? It on TV every day. A. advertises B. advertised C. is being advertised D. will be advertised
20. a room online in advance, we were shocked to be told on arrival that there was no room available ! A. Booking B. Booked C. To book D. Having booked
Ⅲ. 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，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填 入空白处的最佳选项。
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Everyone has their own set of laws for living life, but how we understand them and what we do with them make them special. I got mine all because of my little sister.
Two months before my fifth birthday, my little sister was born. I'm 21 to say that after she was born, I wished that I was the only daughter. Every minute I was 22 to do something for her: help feed her, change her diaper (尿布), rock her, or talk to her.
It wasn't until I reached age 7 that I 23 disliking my sister and decided that I should get to know her better. I would talk to her and 24 her, but it was then that I knew something was 25 . She would just sit there, never getting up to play with me. I was
26 and didn't understand, so I asked my mother why my sister 27 so differently than me.
After that conversation, I had a change of heart towards my sister. It changed the way I looked at her and how I felt about my 28 as her big sister.
My sister was born two months early with a disability. While pregnant (怀孕的), my mother was placed on blood thinner because of a blood clot (血凝块). As a result of this blood thinner, less oxygen was able to travel 29 my mother's blood to my sister's body. This caused my sister's brain to form 30 . My sister is in a wheelchair, but can communicate with me. Just like all of my other family
members, she shows me unconditional love. I have 31 my sister's physical challenges with a(n) 32 heart and mind and know that it is my duty to be my sister's 33 . Having her in my life opened my eyes to other people like her and has made me a more
34 person. It has taught me to be patient and unselfish. I have done my best every day to be the best sister I can be.
Now, my 35 in life are service to others, kindness, and not judging someone because of what they look like or can't do. 21. A. frightened 22. A. asked 23. A. forgot 24. A. give up 25. A. wrong 26. A. angry 27. A. sat
B. determined B. introduced B. imagined B. call up B. ordinary B. worried B. played B. promises B. over B. quickly
C. ashamed C. invited C. avoided C. care for C. clear C. tired C. talked
D. disappointed D. welcomed D. stopped D. wait for D. hard D. excited D. acted
28. A. advantages 29. A. through
C. responsibilities D. personalities C. beside
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D. by
30. A. completely C. directly D. abnormally
31. A. admired 32. A. open
B. accepted B. happy
C. refused C. empty C. helper
D. recognized D. cold D. volunteer D. cheating D. laws
33. A. teacher 34. A. returning 35. A. jobs
B. controller B. giving B. plans
C. demanding C. suggestions
Ⅳ. 阅读理解（共11小题；每小题2分。满分22分）
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
A Terrible Surprise at the Beach
A fun-filled day at the beach turned into horror for Alex Sun and his four-year-old son, John. The two were happily playing at Discovery Bay's main beach when Mr. Sun saw something sticking out of the sand next to John's foot. He stopped his son just as the boy was about to step on a 3.5-cm-long needle.
\ \terrible thing to imagine.\
\my child play here again. He will surely have to put on shoes in the future, and I won't take him into the water. This used to be such a beautiful place. The water was clean and blue with no pollution at all. Now there is garbage everywhere. If nothing is done, a family day at the beach could be a thing of the past.\
Stephen Chan, a member of a team that has been set up to study the pollution situation there, says, \can never be controlled completely. We already know that it is not coming from government hospitals and clinics so we are checking to see if it is coming from private doctors. One of our problems is that there are no laws to help us deal with the people responsible for this pollution.\
\of the Earth. Mr. Chan, however, thinks that stricter laws alone will not solve the problem. \
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every inch of the coastline,\matter of education. If people would accept responsibility for what they do with their garbage, we would be much closer to a solution.\
36. Which of the following pictures shows \
37. What does Mr. Sun think of the beach now?
A. Unpopular. B. Unsafe. C. Deserted. D. Crowded. 38. According to Stephen Chan, what is the best way to solve the problem at the beach? A. Improve technology to get rid of garbage. B. Hire cleaners to collect dangerous garbage.
C. Make laws that punish people polluting the environment. D. Educate people the dangers of polluting the environment.
B
Sleeping on the Job
I love sleeping. It's something I'm good at. There's nothing better than nodding off on the sofa in front of the TV and when my head hits the pillow at night, I have no problem falling into a deep sleep within minutes. There is one place where I never snooze and that's at work -- but new research suggests I should!
The idea of you and your colleagues heading off for a lie-down in the afternoon may seem odd, but some companies such as Google and The Huffington Post actually encourage it.
This isn't because their employees are insomniacs—people who struggle to get to sleep at night—but because it's thought that a power-nap (小睡) makes them more refreshed and more awake, and this in turn makes them more productive. But will this idea catch on?
An Australian health writer called Thea O'Connor is a founder of a campaign called Nap Now which is trying to make
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