北京市西城区高三上学期期末考试英语试题

—We have two seats free here. Which one would you like?
—       ! My mother is coming to see the film with me.

—How long do you want me to heat the oil?
—Heat it till it       to smoke.

—It’s eight o’clock already. Jack      be here by now.
—Oh, he told me that he was going to see his dentist and wouldn’t be back until ten.

—Your spoken English is so good. Have you been abroad?
—Yes. I     in London for two years.

—Have you read today’s report about your performance?
—I don’t care what     about me.

       many failures, I have the courage to meet all challenges.

Mary,          for her healthy lifestyle, was pictured on the front cover of Life Style magazine.

I don’t like her face;        , she smokes, which is something I hate.

Always remember that your own decision        is more important than anything else.

www.videojug.com, which has      food and drink channel with clear explanations, is      very popular website.

—Why do you think the film star is getting less popular?
—I guess the way she wears is      annoys her fans most.

—How can I reserve the tickets?
—      phone.

To live in honor,       he came from a poor family, was his ambition.

To live in honor,       he came from a poor family, was his ambition.

Hellen doesn’t know how much I spent in repairing the house. If she ever found out, I’m sure she         me.

One day my math teacher asked me to help him save back-up copies of his work in the computer. I then realized I was able to  36  the grades for all of his classes. I showed him how to copy files from one disk to another and he  37  me.
A few days later be asked me to help him again, because he   38  how to do it. when I began to show this to him, some students in my class   39  and began to talk among themselves   40  . Later that day, at lunch time, I was   41  by several of them.
“Hey, could you help us change our grades in math? We’ll  42  you…”
I could not believe what I was hearing．I could get paid for something very   43  ．" All right．I'll do it．" The next day my math teacher   44  me to help him out．When he was not paying attention, I began to change their grades from F's to A's．
I soon became very   45   among my friends．They began to treat me like a god with a magical  46  ．I began to change the grades of students．Word   47   quickly and I became very rich．
Everything was going fine   48   I was called into the headmaster's office．When I got there, my teacher was mad, and the headmaster had an angry   49  in his eyes．  "I have known you for three years now．I don't want to  50   what your teacher said, but I'm afraid that I must．He has too much  51   , " he said．" Do you have anything to say   52   yourself?" he asked．
"No．" I said finally．I did not realize how serious my actions had been．I had violated the     53  of my teacher, and the headmaster．And there was no way   54  ．I was forced to leave my school．
That was a good   55  for me．

A．access B．assess C．change D．mark

A．guided B．supported C．thanked D．accepted

A．doubted B．remembered C．reminded D．forgot

A．hid B．noticed C．complained D．agreed

A．disappointedly B．quietly C．freely D．angrily

A．appointed B．approved C．approached D．appreciated

A．pay B．praise C．follow D．inspire

A．familiar B．simple C．interesting D．pleasant

A．forced B．advised C．encouraged D．got

A．optimistic B．popular C．sensitive D．grateful

A．energy B．strength C．right D．power

A．escaped B．slipped C．spread D．fled

A．until B．since C．as D．after

A．sight B．look C．light D．feeling

A．believe B．ignore C．oppose D．influence

A．experience B．pressure C．confidence D．evidence

A．to B．by C．for D．of

A．intention B．honor C．promise D．trust

A．on B．in C．back D．down

A．lesson B．skill C．story D．example

Once Dr．Mellinkoff invited me to join him at the hospital to discuss interesting cases with his  students．The case at hand was a Guatemalan man, aged 34, who had a fever and many other medical ^problems．His condition was not improving, and there was not much hope he would live．
Dr．: Mellinkoff asked to see the patient．He introduced himself in Spanish and, in a very gentle voice, asked how he felt．The patient smiled and said everything was all right．Then the doctor asked if he was able to eat．The patient said that he had no desire to eat．
"Are you getting food you like?"
The patient said nothing．
"Do you get the kind of food you have at home?"
The answer was no．
The doctor put his hand on the man’s shoulder and his voice was very soft．
"If; you had food that you liked, would you eat it?"
"Yes, yes," the patient said．
The change in the patient’s appearance couldn’t have been more obvious．Nothing was said, but it was easy to tell that a message had been sent and! had also been received．
Later, the doctor asked why the Guatemalan man wasn’t getting food he could eat．One of the students said, "We all know how difficult it is to get the kitchen to make special meals．"
"Suppose," the doctor replied, "you felt a certain medicine was absolutely necessary but that our hospital didn’t carry it, would you accept defeat or would you insist the hospital meet your request?"
"I would probably insist," the student said．
"Very well," the doctor said．"You might want to try the same method in the kitchen．It won’t be-easy, but I can help you．Meanwhile, let’s get some food inside this man as fast as possible, and stay with it．Or he’ll be killed by hunger．By the way, there must be someone among you who can speak Spanish．If we want to make real progress, we need to be able to talk with him．"
Three weeks later．Doctor Mellinkoff told me that the Guatemalan man had left the hospital under his own power．It takes more than medicine to help sick people; you also have to talk to them and make them comfortable．
The patient had no desire to eat because

According to the passage, we can conclude that       .

Which of the following words can be used to describe Dr. Mellinkoff?

What do you think Dr. Mellinkoff wanted to tell his students in this case?

Gifts for the hard to please

According to the passage, the Talking Travel Companion can be used to ____．

Where is the passage probably taken from?

All the listed products ____．

It tastes just like chicken
Away from home, eating is more than just a way to keep your stomach full．It is a language all its own, and no words can say, "Glad to meet you ．．．glad to be doing business with you ．．．" quite like sharing a meal offered by your host．
Clearly, mealtime is not the time for you to say, "Thanks, but no thanks．" Acceptance of the food on your plate means acceptance of host, country, and company．So, no matter how difficult it may be to swallow, swallow．Or, as one experienced traveler says, "Travel with a cast-iron stomach and eat everything everywhere．"
Often, the food offered represents proudly your host country’s eating culture．What would Ataiericans think of a French person who refused to take a bite of homemade apple pie or sirloin? Our discomfort comes not so much from the thing itself; it comes from our umamiliarity with it．After all, an oyster has remarkably the same look as a sheep’s eye; and a first look at a lobster would remind almost anybody of a creature from a science fiction movie, not something you dip in butter and eat．By the way, in Saudi Arabia sheep’s eyes are a famous dish and in parts of China it’s bear’s paw soup．
Can you refuse such food without being rude? Most experienced business travelers say no, at least not before taking at least a few bites．It helps, though, to slice any item very thin．This way, you minimize the taste and the reminder of where it came from．Or, " Swallow it quickly, " as one traveler recommends．"I still can’t tell you what sheep’s eyeballs taste like．" As for dealing with taste, the old line that "it tastes just like chicken" is often thankfully true．Even when the "it" is really rat or snake．
Another useful piece of advice is not knowing what you are eating．What’s for dinner? Don’t ask． Avoid glancing into the kitchen or looking at English-language menus．Your host will be pleased that you are eating the food he offers, and who knows? Maybe it really is chicken in that soup．
The purpose of the article is to ____．

According to the writer, people hesitate at strange food mainly due to ____．

From the article we can infer that ____．

One may say "It tastes just like chicken．" when ____．

Employment practices often reflect the needs of employers several decades ago．Times have changed．And so too has the Canadian workforce．Yet many employment practices have not kept pace with this change．For example, some work environments and washrooms designed for able-bodied workers seldom accommodate people who use a wheelchair．
Modernizing these practices is what employment equality is about．For example, making sure work benches and washrooms are adapted for disabled people entering the workplace paves the way for workers who become disabled on the job．By doing so, any given group of people? formerly discriminated against-now has access to better employment opportunities．
The objective, of course, is to make the workplace reflect Canadian society．However, this does not necessarily mean setting and enforcing quotas(实行配额）. Rather, it means identifying the barriers to employment and designing measures, with achievable goals and clear timetables, to remove them．
For example, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees-Canada’s largest union, it would be unrealistic in the short term to insist that because half of the working age population is women, that half of the employees of an engineering firm should be women．At this moment, there would not be enough qualified female engineers．
A reasonable numerical goal would be based on the number of women who actually are engineers （8% ） and those who are studying to become engineers （25% ）．A short term goal of 13% would be appropriate without running the risk of hiring unqualified people．
Equally important is to ensure people who have been disadvantaged the chance to become qualified for new opportunities．If aboriginal people （土著居民） , for example, can’t qualify for certain jobs because they haven’t had access to appropriate educational opportunities, then an employment equality program would have to address that problem with training programs.
Employment laws in this country cannot be considered displeasing if they guarantee all Canadians fair and equal access to the workforce.
The passage is mainly about how to ____.

The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 3 refers to ____.

The example of women shows that ____.

The underlined word "address" in Paragraph 6 probably means _

What is a dream?
For centuries, people have wondered about the strange places that they seem to visit in their sleep.    However, they have been valued as necessary to a person's health and happiness.
Historically people thought dreams contained messages from God. It was only in the twentieth century that people started to study dreams scientifically believing that they tell about a person's character.   He believed that dreams allow a person to express fantasies or fears, which would be socially unacceptable in real life.
The second theory to become popular was Carl Jung's compensation theory. Jung, a former student of Freud, said that the purpose of a dream is not to hide something, but rather to communicate it to the dreamer.   Thus, people who think too highly of themselves may  dream about falling; those who think too little of themselves dream of being heroes.
Using more recent research, William Domhoff from the University of California found that  dreaming is a mental skill that needs time to develop in humans. ,   Until they reach age  five, they can not express very well what their dreams are about. Once people become adults,  there is little or no change in their dreams. The dreams of men and women differ. For instance,
The characters that appear in the dreams of men are often  other men, and often involve physical aggression.
The meaning of dreams continues to be difficult to understand.    If you dream that a loved one is going to die, do not panic. The dream may have meaning, but it does not mean that your loved one is going to die.

E．Children do not dream as much as adults.
F．They think their mind is trying to tell them something.
G．First, there was Sigmund Freud’s theory.

情景作文
假设你是李华。你们班上个月参加了学校的艺术节活动。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，介绍你们班从准备到活动结束的全过程，给校刊英语园地写一篇以“Our Art Festival”为题的英文稿件。

注意：
1．文章的开头已为你写好。
2．词数不少于60。
提示词：道具 property
Last month our class took part in the Art Festival of the school.

开放作文
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.
提示词：水龙头 tap