2018年北京市西城区高三英语期末试卷
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） 1. How will they go to the city center?
A. By taxi.
B. By subway.
C. By bus.
2. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A.Eat outside.
B.Buy a sandwich.
C.Listen to music.
3. How did the man feel after seeing the movie?
A.Excited.
B.Sad.
C.Frightened.
4. What is the woman going to do?
A.Read the notice.
B.Donate money.
C.Go back home.
5. Why is the woman worried?
A. Her mother doesn?t know Jack. C.The message is sent to the wrong person.
B.Something private is in the message.
第二节（共10 小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. Why did Jessica come to Andy?s home?
A. To attend a party. B. To clean the house. C. To invite him to the suburbs.
7. What will Andy do?
A. Order pizza.
B. Wash the dishes. C. Collect the bottles.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. What?s the purpose of the call?
A. To get a license. B. To ask about a job. C. To buy some medicine.
9. What makes up the majority of the business?
A. Orders for medicines. B. Instructions for walk-in customers. C. Medical equipment for fishing boats.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What is challenging about Jane?s paper?
A. The range of topics is too broad.
B. The paper has to be long. C. Jane doesn?t like history.
C. China?s ancient civilization.
11. What does Jane finally decide to write about? A. Asian Culture. B. Historical sites in Xi?an. 12. Where will the material of the paper come from? A. Some books. B. The library. C. A professor. 听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。 13. When is the smaller staff meeting held? A. On Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Friday. 14. What is the speaker doing?
A. Showing someone around the company. B. Introducing the new manager. C. Looking for the best route. 15. Who is probably the listener? A. A visitor to the company.B. A person who is retiring. C. A new employee. 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至第20五道小题，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。这段对话你将听两遍。
Name Tel. No. Date Type of room Price Special request Hotel Booking Form Megan ______ (16) ______ (17) From ______ (18) 24th to 27th ______ (19) room ￡56 a night Take-away______ (20) 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） 21. —Have you found a job yet?
—No. I?ve got two job offers, but I feel I would accept ______. A. either B. none C. both D. neither
22.Under the Landscaping Plan, 44 percent of Beijing?s land area______ by forests in 2020. A. will cover B. has been covered C. is covering D. will be covered 23. The experience ______ from failure is of great value to us. A. gaining B. gained C. to gain D. gain
24. Artificial intelligence has been a new battlefield ______ security is very important. A. that B. which C. where D. whose 25.Shelly ______ carefully for her final examination and so she easily passed it. A. prepared B. has prepared C. was preparing D. prepares
26. You cannot control what happens to you in your life, but you can always control ______ you respond. A. what B. how C. why D. when 27. ______ a better score on you essay, check for small errors before you hand it in. A. To get B. Got C. Getting D. Get 28. —How was the concert last night? —It was good, but the people behind me ______ the whole time. A. are talking B. were talking C. had talked D. have talked 29. The earthquake hit Central Mexico on Tuesday evening, ______ 31 people. A. injuring B. injured C. having injured D. to injure
30. If you want to work with the laptop computer outside, bring the charger ______ the battery runs out. A. in case B. as if C. even though D. as long as 31. ______ for its natural beauty, Guilin is regarded as a fairyland of colors. A. Admiring B. Admire C. To admire D. Admired
32. Thanks to the growth of online shopping, people ______ buy groceries from the comfort of their own home. A. should B. must C. can D. need
33. The selfie stick is a handheld pole ______ allows users to take a photo of themselves from greater than arm?s length. A. who B. which C. what D. when 34. —I?m preparing dinner. Are you allergic to anything? —No. But I ______ red meat. A. didn?t eat B. wasn?t eating C. don?t eat D. haven?t eaten 35. She ______ all the data, if she had bought a new hard disk. A. hadn?t lost B. haven?t lost C. wouldn?t lose D. wouldn?t have lost
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。
Just Twenty Hours
It was freshman year of college. In world history class, my professor just dropped a bombshell. 30% of our final______ (36) would be based on an assignment that was going to take at least twenty hours to complete. The ______ (37)? Community service. The professor also said that what could happen in those twenty hours might surprise us. Some students in my class ______ (38). I wasn't particularly annoyed by the assignment, ______ (39) I was trying to figure out how I would find the time. I was going to school only part-time because I was working full-time to pay for college. I ______ (40) shrugged(耸肩)my shoulders and thought “I?m just going to have to make it work.” After doing some research, I found an after-school tutoring program for kids in a former elementary school. I finished my ______ (41), and a week later got a phone call saying that I had been ______ (42) with a fourth-grade boy named Steven. He was small ______ (43) his age, wore glasses and was a Harry Potter fan. He was a little ______ (44) for the first weeks, but it was obvious he was a bright boy. He didn?t need a ______ (45) as much as he needed a friend; it seemed that his classmates mostly ignored him. We ______ (46) twice a week for two hours, so it only took me five weeks to complete the ______ (47) hours for my class. When I started, I only ______ (48) to complete the required hours for my assignment. But when the hours were done, I realized how small a ______ (49) it had been for me to tutor Steven. I still had enough time to do my schoolwork and my full-time job. But most importantly, I liked Steven. And I could tell he had already grown ______ (50) to me. As the end of the school year approached, Steven started to get a little ______ (51). I asked him why. He said, \just a kid I spent time with to complete a class requirement. He ______ (52) me of my own little bother, whom I didn't see enough. It was time to ______ (53) that. I started going on weekly ______ (54) with my brother, watching movies or having dinners... And sure enough, in less than a year we became much more than just brothers. We are best friends now. My professor was______ (55): a lot can happen in just twenty hours. 36. A. work B. decision C. grade D. essay 37. A. assignment B. appointment C. program D. professor 38. A. complained B. laughed C. cried D. cheered 39. A. so B. and C. or D. but 40. A. gradually B. suddenly C. eventually D. immediately 41. A. homework B. paperwork C. project D. class 42. A. involved B. compared C. left D. paired 43. A. of B. for C. under D. over 44. A. quiet B. generous C. active D. curious 45. A. partner B. brother C. tutor D. classmate 46. A. talked B. met C. greeted D. phoned 47. A. private B. enjoyable C. magic D. necessary 48. A. declared B. intended C. agreed D. hated 49. A. sacrifice B. punishment C. reward D. contribution 50. A. attached B. committed C. related D. addicted 51. A. excited B. depressed C. surprised D. scared 52. A. warned B. informed C. reminded D. convinced 53. A. take B. start C. do D. change 54. A. hikes B. walks C. dates D. trips 55. A. helpful B. fair C. sincere D. right
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
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56. If customers use PayQwiq in UK Tesco stores, they can ______. A. pay for their weekly shop without limit B. get Clubcard points automatically C. budget their everyday spending D. win 500 extra points at a time
57. From the passage we can learn that ______. A. users must sign up by 3 September 2018 B. users needn't add their payment card information C. PayQwiq can guarantee both convenience and safety D. PayQwiq can be downloaded only from the App Store
58. What is the purpose of this passage? A. To popularize the use of PayQwiq. B. To stress the importance of PayQwiq. C. To describe the function of PayQwiq. D. To introduce the benefits of PayQwiq.
B
Traveling on an airplane can be a very tiring task evenin thebest of circumstances, which is why when Sophie Murphy boarded a recent flight from Sydney to Melbourne and noticed an “awful tension” in the cabin, she first thought it was caused by typical bad-tempered passengers. But as the flight neared its end, it became obvious that something was very