北京市西城区2020届高三上学期期末考试英语试题

北京市西城区2019 — 2020学年度第一学期期末试卷 高三英语 2020. 1 本试卷共10页， 共120分。 考试时长100 分钟。 考生务必将答案答在答题卡上， 在试卷上作答无效。 第一部分：知识运用(共两节，45分) 第一节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分) 阅读下列短文， 根据短文内容填空。 在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词， 在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 A Most of us claim we don't have time for exercise. However, many experts say that exercise plays an important role in making our body healthy. Being 1 ( physical) active offers many advantages. As a physical reward, exercise can reduce weight and the risk of heart disease. Exercise also 2 ( bring) good effects mentally. It can make us feel refreshed and happy, helping us increase our life quality. Actually, exercise can be done in simple 3 ( way). For example, we can take the stairs rather than the lift. Overall, it's hard to find time to exercise in our busy lives, but every little bit helps. B It's a popular belief that fish can't remember anything 4 longer than seven seconds. It may seem sad to think that they don't remember what they've eaten or where they've been. But a recent study 5 ( find) that a kind of fish called African cichlids can remember events from as long as 12 days ago. Researchers trained the fish to go to a certain area of their tank 6 ( get) food. They then waited for 12 days before 7 ( put) them back in the tank again. With the help of computer software, they found the fish still went to the same place where they first got food. C In April 2017 , two giant pandas from China arrived at a zoo in the Netherlands. There, they 8 ( welcome) to the Chinese-style compound where they were to live. On May 30, after the preparations were complete, the day finally came 9 the pandas met their fans for the first time. People were excited because 10 zoo is the only place in the country where it is possible to see pandas. In fact, the last time there were pandas in the Netherlands was in 1987. 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。 Pam