[北京]2012-2013学年北京市东城区（南片）高一上学期期末考试英语试卷

Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. The plane __________.

I am going to meet Tom __________ they say is a good boy.

Jim passed the driving test, __________ surprised everybody in the office.

Do you know the factory, __________ products are of high quality?

The doctor __________ she sent her friend is very well known.

Catherine Ⅱ had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St. Petersburg __________ she spent her summers.

An exhibition of paintings __________ at the museum next week.

A new cinema __________ here. They hope to finish it next month.

—When will you come to see me, Dad?
—I will go to see you when you __________ the training course.

Mr. White __________ at 8:30 for the meeting, but he didn’t show up.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，根据空白处的首字母填一个词，使文章逻辑通顺，意义连贯，语法准确。
The Great President
As the f     of the republic, the president had many good q   . Before coming to p   , he was a g     lawyer. He was willing to selflessly help everyone who turned to him. He accepted no fee to offer legal g     and opinions to those who were out of work or uneducated. Later, believing all mankind to be e    , he d     himself to stopping the unfair anti-black laws.  He set up the Black Youth League and was voted to be the leader. However, though he kept peaceful principles without v   or terror, his mean enemies still blew up his house and a    his relatives, and he himself couldn’t escape being s     to 30 years in prison.

Four years ago, I felt lucky after escaping one of those terrible 2-mile runs. I hated running; it was just something that   1   came easily to me. At that time, if you had told me that I would one day run a marathon, I’ d have told you honestly that I had a better   2  of winning the lottery（彩票）.
The turning   3   came when I met Mrs. Green. She was fifty years old, going through chemotherapy（化学疗法）for her cancer, and still managed to run 30 miles a week. I thought that if Mrs. Green could run 6 miles at a time, I could run at least two. In February, in cold weather, I started a 2-mile   4   around my neighborhood. Two months later, I   5   the running for the first time. I felt very tired, but I felt happy.
Over the next several years, I continued to push each run for a few   6   minutes, slowly building my endurance（耐力）. I didn’t need to  7   against other runners, for my most important competitor was myself.
After continuing to   8   myself, I knew it was time to step my training up. I   9  I would train for the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon.
The race day   10   came, and I was filled with excitement and worry. It was final time to see what I was made of. The   11   ended up surprisingly. I did   12  through the last few miles, but after my running, there was no doubt in my mind that I’d finished. As I   13   the finish line, I experienced the strongest sense of   14   and happiness I had ever had in my life. I am now a marathoner.
As John Bingham once said, “The miracle（奇迹）isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the   15  to start.”

A．never B．always C．usually D．often

A．belief B．suggestion C．chance D．hope

A．situation B．stage C．case D．point

A．race B．walk C．hike D．ride

A．closed B．changed C．finished D．considered

A．perfect B．extra C．actual D．basic

A．compete B．go C．speak D．argue

A．treat B．interest C．challenge D．enjoy

A．forced B．decided C．doubted D．seemed

A．certainly B．immediately C．frequently D．finally

A．experience B．moment C．walk D．reward

A．look B．live C．travel D．struggle

A．toured B．moved C．crossed D．stopped

A．touch B．pride C．humor D．belonging

A．courage B．ability C．choice D．thought

In high school, George Lucas didn’t do much work because he spent all his time dreaming about racing cars.
Just a few days before graduation, George was driving home from the library in his Fiat; he prepared for a left turn by looking in the minor. But as he started the turn, he heard the sound of another car, a blowing horn（喇叭）, and the speeding Chevy hit the driver side of his car. The little Fiat turned over four or five times before it was stopped by a big tree. Luckily, George did not die in the accident, but his recovery was slow and he needed months of physical treatment. He would never be able to race ears now.
The accident really changed George’s life. He decided there must be some reason he survived, and made up his mind to get his act together and make something out of his life. He decided to go to university and developed an interest in reading and writing. He got on quite well in his studies. He didn’t quite forget about racing cars. At that time instead of driving race cars, he began filming them.
You may have seen one or all of George Lucas’s most famous films from the Star Wars series or the Indiana Jones trilogy. Not only has George produced movies, but also he has helped invent and develop new technologies to modernize the movie industry.
Today, Lucas, who earns as much as ＄3.0 billion, is one of the American film industry’s most successful directors and producers.
What was George Lueas’s life like in high school?

We can learn from this passage that __________.

The greatness of George Lucas mainly lies in his __________.

Knott’s Berry Farm is the nation’s oldest, and first, theme park and draws around five million visitors each year. Knott’s Berry Farm hardly had a very good start. Arriving in Southern California in the 1920s, the Knott Family farmed about 20 acres of land and finally started a restaurant called Mrs. Knott’ s Chicken Dinner Restaurant. Mrs. Knott’s food became well known and her husband Walter built a Ghost Town as a way of entertaining waiting customers. Today Knott’s Berry Farm has 165 rides, shows, attractions and restaurants. For more than 80 years, Knott’s Berry Farm has been entertaining families and visitors from around the world.
There are six different themed areas with rides and attractions in Knott’s Berry Farm. Fiesta Village throws attention to California’s Spanish heritage（遗产）. Indian Trails is similar to Fiesta Village but with an accent on Native American legends, crafts, music and dancing. The heart and soul of Knott’s, Ghost Town is an 1880s California Boom Town with cowboys, gunfights, and a real steam train. The Boardwalk makes people think of Southern California beach. Wild Water Wilderness is an 1800s-style park with water rapids and a magical journey into Native North America. For Peanuts fans, Camp Snoopy is a six-acre children’s wonderland with 30 rides and attractions. Knott’s Berry Farm is in Buena Vista, Orange County, California. It is about half an hour from downtown Los Angeles and 10 minutes from Disneyland. Knott’s Berry Farm is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the week. The park is open on Saturdays from 10 a. m. to 10 p.m. and from 10 a. m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays. During the summer months, the park is open later. The theme park is closed on Christmas Day.
The first paragraph is mainly about Knott’s Berry Farm’s __________.

Besides Indian Trails, you can also experience Native American culture in __________.

What do we know about Knott’s Berry Farm from the passage?

Animals Can Sense Natural Disasters
Among the dead in South Asia’ s tsunami（海啸）were many tourists at Sri Lanka’ s national wildlife park at Yala. But very few of the park’s animals — elephants, buffaloes, monkeys and wild cats — appear to have died. There are theories that animals can sense natural disasters and run away to safety.
First, it’s possible that the animals may have heard the quake before the tsunami hit. The underwater burst produced sound waves known as infrasound（次声）. Humans can’t hear infrasound, but many animals including dogs, elephants, tigers and pigeons can.
A second early warning sign the animals might have sensed is ground vibration（震动）. The great quake would have produced vibrational waves known as Rayleigh waves. These vibrations move through the ground like waves moving on the surface of the ocean but faster. They travel at ten times the speed of sound. The Rayleigh waves would have reached Sri Lanka hours before the water hit. Mammals, birds, insects and spiders can sense Rayleigh waves. So the animals at Yala might have felt the Rayleigh waves and then run to higher ground.
But what about humans? While we can’t hear infrasound, we can feel it, although we don’t necessarily know we’re feeling it. We also experience Rayleigh waves by special sensors in our joints（关节）, which exist just for that purpose. Sadly, it seems we don’t pay attention to the information when we get it. Maybe we screen it out because there’s so much going on before our eyes and in our ears.
Why did few animals at Yala die when the tsunamis that caused a huge number of human deaths hit?

Which of the statements about “Rayleigh waves” is true?

According to the passage, which of the statement is true?

A staycation is a vacation when you do not travel at all. Some people use a staycation to just stay at home, and others prefer to experience the attractions around them without traveling very far.
There are many choices for staycations. Any town or city has plenty of choices for things to do if you know where to look. If the weather is nice, you can visit the local gardens or forests for a hike. You can look online for several historic places and create your own history tours. Of course, you can also visit other attractions in the areas like museums, restaurants, bars, parks, beaches, and so on. Often, if you drive just a few hours, you can find a city that you can walk around and see. Then by driving home you can save the cost of a hotel and a plane ride.
Others take the term “staycation” word for word and do not leave their houses at all. Some choices for this can include taking time off to cook a great meal and enjoy it together or spending all day at a pool.
Just as a coin has two sides, staycation has its advantages as well as disadvantages.
Since you are not traveling or staying in a hotel, a staycation can be unbelievably costeffective（低成本的）. You don’t have to pay for a hotel, so that cost has been completely eliminated. You are also saving by not driving very far and by not taking an airplane anywhere. Travel costs have become really high, and the farther you go, the higher they are. By staying close to home, you cut that cost by quite a bit. You are also pushing money back into your local economy（经济）by spending your money at local businesses rather than in cities that are far away from home.  Finally, any stress that you feel with travel, whether that is from driving long distances or looking for an airport, will completely disappear.
For what purpose is the text written?

What is one of the advantages of a staycation?

What does the underlined word “eliminated” in Paragraph 5 probably means?

What will probably be discussed in the following paragraph?

根据短文内容，从短文后的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。
The Internet has opened up a whole new online world for us to meet, chat and go where we have never been before.
But just as in face to face communication, there are some rules of behavior that should be followed when you are online.    Imagine how you’d feel if you were in the other person’s shoes.
For anything you’ re about to send: ask yourself, “Would I say this to the person’s face?” if the answer is no, rewrite and reread.    
If someone in the chat room is rude to you, your instinct（本能）is to fire back in the same manner. But try not to do so.     If it was caused by a disagreement with another member, try to fix the situation by politely discussing it. Remember to respect the beliefs and opinions of others in the chat room.
   Offer advice when asked by newcomers, as they may not be sure what to do or how to communicate. When someone makes a mistake, whether it’s a stupid question or an unnecessarily long answer, be kind about it. If it’s a small mistake, you may not need to say anything. Even if you feel strongly about it, think twice before saying anything.  Having good manners yourself doesn’t give you permission to correct everyone else.    At the same time, if you find you are wrong, be sure to correct yourself and apologize to those that you have offended.
It is not polite to ask others personal questions such as their age, sex and marital status（婚姻状况）. Unless you know the person very well, and you are both comfortable with sharing personal information, don’t ask such questions.

E. You should either ignore the person, or use your chat software to block their messages.
F. When you send short messages to a person online, you must say something beautiful to hear.
G. Repeat the process till you feel sure that you’ d feel comfortable saying the words to the person’ s face.

假设你是学校“English Club”的成员。近期俱乐部成员和英语教师要一起召开英语学习经验交流座谈会。请你根据下表所提示的信息，用英语写一篇发言稿，简单介绍自己学习英语的经验，并对学校今后的英语教学提出建议。

注意：
1. 要包括所有要点，可适当发挥，但不要简单翻译。
2. 词数不少于60词。开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。
3. 文中不得提及考生姓名及所在学校。
Dear teachers and sehoolmates,
It’s a great pleasure for me to be here today and share my experience of learning English with you.
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Thank you for listening.