2014-2015年北京市西城区高二(下)英语期末考试

2014-2015年北京市西城区高二（下）英语期末考试（2）

一、单项选择（共10小题；共10分）

1. I can't remember exactly when I visited museum. I only remember it

was Sunday.

A. a; the B. the; a C. /; a D. a; /

2. --- Tom, why don't we help our son work on his paper?

--- We can't help him all the time. He learn to depend on himself.

A. would B. could C. should D. might

3. Lily checked the dress she again to make sure that it would stand out.

A. would design B. is designing C. has designed D. had designed

4. was determined at the meeting is that the government will develop a new educational

system.

A. What B. How C. When D. That

5. --- Is it convenient if I come to see you at 6:00 this evening?

--- I'm afraid not. I dinner then.

A. have B. have had

C. will be having D. will have had

6. He is very humorous, while his brother is rather serious. That is their difference lies.

A. why B. where C. how D. when

7. If people the environment so badly in the past, the climate would be better now.

A. don't destroy B. didn't destroy

C. haven't destroyed D. hadn't destroyed

8. Communicating can, to some extent, reduce between family members.

A. approval B. tendency C. tension D. attention

9. We hope to become more in predicting earthquakes to avoid a lot of damage.

A. accurate B. appropriate C. abrupt D. athletic

10. --- I'm sorry I stepped on your foot; it was an accident.

--- It wasn't! You did it .

A. in vain B. on purpose C. in advance D. at random

二、完形填空（共15小题；共22分）

I'd known since early childhood that I was adopted(收养). 11 I was 10, I finally asked my

adoptive parents, "Why didn't my parents 12 me?"

"Your parents were unmarried college students," Mom said, "They couldn't 13 you, so they

gave you up for adoption." She 14 looked at me and pulled me close. "John, you are here by

choice, not 15 . We walked into the adoption agency and saw you and knew you were the one

who was 16 us." My adoptive parents loved me as completely as any parents ever loved a child. Twenty years later, I married Kristi, my life's other love, and started a 17 . Afterwards, I got

a sales job at a car dealership.

I tried on and off to 18 my birth parents. By 2011 I had nearly given up on my dream of

finding my birth parents. I just got a job 19 general sales manager of a Lexus dealership. One day

in my second week there I was sitting at my desk, drinking. My personal cell phone rang. "John,"

Kristi said, "the adoption agency called about your adoption. A family is trying to reach you."

Oh... My eyes burned with 20 I'd given up the search, but my birth parents hadn't.

Three days later, on Mother's Day 2011, Jim and Kitty, my birth parents, arrived in Denver. I

went to their hotel to meet them. I moved the dozen 21 I'd bought for Kitty to one hand and

knocked. The door flew 22 Kitty reached me first. She took my face in her hands and 23 at

me, refusing to let go. "I remember those eyes," she said.

We spent the rest of the day together. We must have taken a thousand pictures.

Later, back home I thought of my adoptive 24 . My dad died a few years ago, but my mom is

still alive. I told that to her. "They're great people," I said, "but you're 25 my mom. You and dad

raised me, and you did a great job."

11. A. Since B. Though C. If D. When

12. A. get B. keep C. help D. bring

13. A. love B. stop C. understand D. support

14. A. seriously B. weakly C. politely D. happily

15. A. by touch B. by necessity C. by chance D. by force

16. A. filled with B. meant for C. designed for D. supplied with

17. A. school B. family C. trip D. store

18. A. visit B. appoint C. locate D. demand

19. A. like B. as C. except D. with

20. A. tears B. feelings C. pity D. anger

21. A. invitations B. messages C. goods D. roses

22. A. close B. noisy C. open D. loose

23. A. laughed B. shouted C. glanced D. stared

24. A. kids B. relatives C. parents D. friends

25. A. still B. then C. yet D. even

三、阅读理解（共15小题；共30分）

A

Every morning, some people may have the habit of watching the astrological(占星术的) advice

on the TV news before they go to work. When reading magazines, some people might first go to the

section on astrological predictions to determine what's in store for them in the coming day, week or

month. This interest in astrology is especially strong at the beginning of a new year. Immediately before a new year, many astrological experts are making predictions and giving advice. It seems that