北京市朝阳区2018届高三上学期期中考试英语试题
北京市朝阳区2017-2018学年度第一学期高三年级期中统一考试
英 语 试 卷 2017.11
（考试时间100分钟 满分120分)
本试卷共10页。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
单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分, 共15分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
例：It’s so nice to hear from her again. _____, we last met more than thirty years ago.
A. What’s more B. That’s to say C. In other words D. Believe i
t or not
答案是D。
- My grandfather is over eighty, ______ he still plays golf.
A. for B. but C. so D. or
- —Peter, when shall we talk about our project, Wednesday or Thursday?
—_______. I’ll be away in Paris the whole week.
A. None B. Either C. Both D. Neither
- People with disabilities are now doing many things ______ the quality of their lives.
A. to improve B. improve C. improved D. to have improved
- He has no idea what the book is about. He ______ have read it very carefully.
A. needn’t B. shouldn’t C. can’t D. wouldn’t
- You’d better leave your credit cards at home ______ you know you’ll need them.
A.once B. unless C. although D. since
- ––Will you accept their offer?
––I ______ about it, but I haven’t decided yet.
A.will think B. had thought C. was thinking D. am thinking
- They stayed up all night chatting, ______ explains why they are sleepy this morning.
A. when B. who C. which D. where
- ______ in several countries, the young man seems to have the experience we’re looking for.
A. Having worked B. Working C. Worked D. Having been worked
- He isn’t a child any longer, so my suggestion is ______ we should tell him the truth.
A. what B. that C. whether D. which
- We hadn’t seen each other in thirty years, but I ______ her right away.
A. recognized B. recognize C. had recognized D. have recognized
11. You can trust him. He is a man ______throughout the business field for his honesty.
A. having known B. to be known C. knowing D. known
12. ______ impressed the tourists most was the peaceful atmosphere and the friendly people there.
A. When B. That C. What D. Where
13. If we _____ another road, we wouldn’t have been stuck in the traffic jam for so long.
A. have taken B. had taken C. took D. take
14. The notice says that customers ______ not to take anything into the changing room.
A. are requested B. request C. will request D. are being requested
15. —It’s certainly our fault.
—Yes, I think we’d better discuss ______ the apology is to be made.
A. that B. why C. what D. how
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。
As Dream Comes True
I came from a poor family and was disabled. My dream was becoming a typist. I knew the
employment field was a highly 16 place. It gave not only competition to a disabled
job-seeker but also the unfriendly treatment from the physically healthy. They showed no 17
for the disabled and saw them as the back row of society.
However, I 18 to sit in the back row. I filled in the information in the application form
and wrote down 19 as my training course. When I 20 over the form to the
interviewer, she looked at my body and then left to discuss with other members of the sta
ff. When
she returned, she advised me to 21 my choice. “Why don’t you take up dressmaking
22 you can earn while at home?” She said. “Offices prefer to 23 smartly dressed,
pretty girls with beautiful hands,” she added.
I knew I didn’t have those 24 . But I was determined to stay with my choice. “I will
be a really good typist,” I told her. She 25 me into the class to give me one month as a
trial period to find out whether I could really 26 the course well. I tried my best to master
the machine. Later I was allowed to 27 with the course after the trial period.
On the fourth month, I became one of the five students who were 28
to do some
typing jobs in the office. While I was taking every 29 to be neat and fast, my other
companions spent their time talking and reading. I 30 half of the work given to all of us.
More work came to me after this 31 . I was finally taken on as one of the typists after
graduation. Having achieved my dream, I set out to achieve others. I worked and studied at the
same time, which was no easy task. But the sacrifice proved 32 .
Overcoming challenges gives me self-confidence. The challenges help strengthen my courage
and build up my 33 attitude toward life. I think dreamers should keep 34 for their
dreams until they get what they want in life. When they are 35 comfortably, they can sit
back and tell the world, “I did it alone.”
16. A. amusing B. developed C. popular D. competitive
17. A. power B. desire C. respect D. doubt
18. A. refused B. decided C. hesitated D. learned
19. A. dressmaking B. typing C. editing D. engineering
20. A. rolled B. looked C. knocked D. handed
21. A. make B. change C. obtain D. present
22. A. so B. but C. or D. until
23. A. attract B. train C. hire D. follow
24. A. talents B. backgrounds C. patterns D. qualifications
25. A. elected B. admitted C. persuaded D. drove