北京市东城区（南片）2013-2014学年下学期高一年级期末考试英语试卷

本试卷共100分，考试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷 选择题(共五道大题，71分)

一、听力理解。(共12小题；每小题1分，共12分)

听下面6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。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第1段材料，回答第1小题。

1. What is the man unsatisfied with?

A. The age of the house.

B. The price of the house.

C. The surroundings of the house.

听第2段材料，回答第2小题。

2. How does the woman feel now?

A. Excited. B. Shocked. C. Depressed.

听第3段材料，回答第3小题。

3. What was the weather like yesterday afternoon?

听第4段材料，回答第4至6小题。

4. What can we learn about the man?

A. He is good at cooking.

B. He works in a restaurant.

C. He is taking a cooking course.

5. Who usually cooked at the man’s home?

A. His mother. B. His father. C. The man.

6. What has the woman got tired of?

A. Cooking at home.

B. Eating restaurant food.

C. Being so busy with work.

听第5段材料，回答第7至9小题。

7. Who mainly live in California according to the man?

A. Whites. B. Blacks. C. Latinos.

8. What was the man’s life probably like in America?

A. Peaceful. B. Lonely. C. Busy.

9. What do we know about the man?

A. He can’t speak Spanish.

B. He stayed in America for work.

C. He is seeking for his American dream.

听第6段材料，回答第10至12小题。

10. How do fishermen deal with sharks when they catch them?

A. They catch them and sell their meat.

B. They kill them and cut off their fins (鱼鳍).

C. They keep their fins but throw away the bodies.

11. What is the key to solving the problem?

A. Owners of restaurants don’t sell shark fin soup.

B. Fishermen don’t catch sharks for fins.

C. People don’t order shark fin soup.

12. What is the speaker most probably?

A. A fisherman. B. A scientist. C. A program host.

二、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。

13. People in this great city are proud of ___________ they have achieved in the past ten years.

A. what B. which C. that D. how

14. More visitors ___________ to Beijing since the repair project was completed.

A. were brought B. are brought

C. will be brought D. have been brought

15. —Is Pro. Smith giving the speech today?

—It ___________ be him. He is abroad right now.

A. won’t B. needn’t C. can’t D. mustn’t

16. The clever boy made a hole in the wall, ___________ he could see what was going on inside the building.

A. through which B. at which C. on which D. in which

17. Parents are taught to understand ___________ important education is to their children’s future.

A. that B. such C. so D. how

18. I had neither a raincoat nor an umbrella. That’s why I ___________ wait until the rain stopped.

A. might B. had to C. should D. ought to

19. What she couldn’t understand was ___________ fewer and fewer students showed interest in her lessons.

A. why B. what C. because D. that

20. —Have you got the solution to the problem yet?

—No, it ___________. Hopefully we’ll get a result tomorrow.

A. was discussed B. has been discussed

C. had been discussed D. is being discussed

21. I was really anxious about you. You ___________ have left home without a word.

A. mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. couldn’t D. needn’t

22. The earth became so violent that it was not clear ___________ the shape would last or not.

A. if B. how C. whether D. why

三、完形填空。（共15小题；每小题1分，共15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。

Accept Your Problems

Everybody thinks his or her problem is big and unique in the world. Many of us keep on thinking, worrying, and hurting ourselves 23 some problems arise in our life because we try to simply escape away from the pain.

There was once a(n) 24 who took on a project for solving problems 25 the human kind. It was a very 26 angel and wanted to score 100 percent, so it 27 all the people who were thinking a lot about their 28 and gave them a piece of paper. The angel 29 the people to write their problems down but not to write down their names.

30 wrote their problems in detail and folded the paper in half. Then they were told to put their paper in a common box placed before the angel.

“Now,” the angel said, “those who want to 31 your problems, please come forward. Pick one and your problem will be exchanged with the one on your chosen paper.”

There were all sorts of people there: poor, rich, smart, disabled. Every kind of person you can imagine. They all started picking and 32 the other person’s problem. To the angel’s and everyone’s 33 , their remarks and reactions were the same.

“Let me remain with my 34 problem. I can manage it. Oh God, I didn’t know this type of problem was also here in the world,” they exclaimed. They all now knew the extremity of the problems faced by others.

The 35 is simple. Just don’t worry about the problems. Problems are like wounds. They have their time and then they disappear. The more we think about them, the longer they remain.

36 leave your worries 37 and live happily forever.

23. A. when B. before C. till D. since

24. A. businessman B. angel C. minister D. barber

25. A. beside B. around C. by D. of

26. A. sensitive B. intelligent C. merciful D. genuine

27. A. admired B. benefited C. invited D. impressed

28. A. tricks B. faults C. problems D. questions

29. A. instructed B. challenged C. begged D. ordered

30. A. Anybody B. Somebody C. Nobody D. Everybody

31. A. solve B. seek C. exchange D. gain

32. A. reading B. selecting C. confirming D. spotting

33. A. disappointment B. anger C. happiness D. surprise

34. A. following B. unexpected C. existing D. limited

35. A. response B. conclusion C. phrase D. tradition

36. A. But B. For C. While D. So

37. A. behind B. off C. out D. on

四、阅读理解。（共12小题；每小题2分，共24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。

A

When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed (割草) yards during the summer to earn pocket change. Dad was our salesman. He traded our service to neighbors at a price they could not refuse. My brother and I got $10 per yard. I later found out our friends were charging $ 20 or more for the same amount of work.

One afternoon we were cutting our neighbor’s yard. She always waited until the grass was knee-high to call us over. What made matters worse was that we had an old lawn mower that kept shutting off as we worked through her lawn. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was tired and sweaty. I pictured the tall glass of icy drink I would have to cool down soon.

I was just about to cut off the lawn mower when I saw Dad pointing to one lone piece. I thought about the poor change I was getting paid for cutting grass so high that it almost broke the mower. I ignored him and kept walking. Dad called me out, “You missed a piece.”

I frowned (皱眉), hoping he would let me slide and go home. He kept pointing. So angry, I went back to cut that piece of grass. I said to myself, “That one piece isn’t hurting anyone. Why won’t he just let it go?”

But when I became an adult, I understood his message: When you are running a business, the work you do says a great deal about you. If you want to be seen as a businessman with honesty, you must deliver a quality product. That single piece of grass meant the job was not done.

Other neighbors took notice of the good work we did and we soon got more business. We started out with one client, but by the end of the summer we had five.

The lesson my dad taught me stayed with me: If you say you are going to perform a job at a certain time, keep your word. Give your customers the kind of service you would like to receive. It shows how sincere you are and how much pride you take in your work.

38. Why did Dad charge much less for mowing the yards?

A. He was not a good businessman.

B. He didn’t care about money too much.

C. He thought his children’s service is bad.

D. He wanted to compete with other mowers.

39. When Dad asked the writer to go back, the writer felt ___________.

A. doubtful B. terrified C. annoyed D. hurt

40. What did Dad teach the writer?

A. To do your work as professional as possible.

B. To develop a sense of money at an early age.

C. To get more business at a competitive price.

D. To ask for a higher price for your service.

41. The best title for the passage may be ___________.

A. The Memory of My Childhood

B. The Yard of Our Neighbor

C. The Lesson from My Dad

D. The Grass Cutting days

B

British 19th century novelist Jane Austen will become the face of the new 10 pound note, the Bank of England said on Wednesday.

Jane Austen is a famous woman writer who wrote such works as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma. She will replace naturalist Charles Darwin on Britain’s most popular banknote.

In April, Britain’s central bank announced the former Prime Minister Winston Churchill would appear on the reverse side of the five pound note, replacing the social reformer Elizabeth Fry. This action led to people’s outcry. They said that it meant women were not as equal as men on the country’s banknotes.

Mark Carney, the first foreigner to head the bank in its 319-year history, praised Austen as “one of the greatest writers in English literature (文学)”

“We believe that our notes should celebrate the full diversity of great British historical figures and their co