北京市西城区20202021学年度第一学期期末试卷高三英语2叫本试卷共14页，共100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案写在答题 卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分：知识运用共两节，30分）第一节 芫形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15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。Past the breakers, about 50 feet from shore, two brothers were fighting for their lives. They had been swept out to sea ill a strong ciuTent. their moutlis barely able to stay above the Tliick fog made it difficult for beaclieoers to see the guys,but tlie screams were luiniistakable. And eveiy second comitecl.2. fbur suffers ill wet suits were nearby. Naiayan UeibeL SpenserStrattoiL Adrian York and Taj Oiliz-Beck, all 16. were on their surfboards riding up and down the coast oil five-foot waves when they lieaid the 3 Tliey timiecland saw two bobbing （摆动）heads and fbur flailing （扌卜扌丁）amis. Wb looked at each other and knew these guys were about to drown （淹死）Wfeibel told the reporter.PEibeL Stratton and Oitiz-Beck paddled （用桨划）toward the swinmieis wliile York headed to shore to find someone to call 911. He tlien dived back ill to 斗 liis friends.As the surfers drew close, the brothers were 、 Ortizpulled upalongside the one brother. Grabbing him under his amis, he pulled him up onto his board. Stratton andmeanwhile, were trying to help the other. He waslarge. 250 to 300 pounds, and he was panicked. uCalm down_we6 you!Weibel shouted.Ybrk arrived 7 to help get the guy on top of the second board. They then paddled several minutes tluougli a wild cunent to the medical help waiting onshore.The brothers were scared but 8“When we get a call like tliis one, its usually too 9 by the time we get there/5 says Dillon Cleavenger. the lifeguard. 4tI cant say enough about what these boys clid. They Aveie willing and prepared to 10 tlieii lives.1 A. boardB. waterC. shipD. shore2. A. LuckilyB. SurprisinglyC. SurelyD. Gradually3. A. newsB. storiesC. wordsD. cries4. A. inviteB. suideC. helpD. sreet5. A. strikingB. stmasEiiaJ jJC. strenatheiiiiiaJbD. stretching6. A. metB. sotC. knewD. followed7. A. ill fearB. ill turnC. ill timeD. ill advance& A. proudB. strongC. satisfiedD. fine9. A. lateB. busyC. farD. difficult10. A. saveB. chanaeC. riskD. share第二节语法填空(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，在给岀提示词的空白处用插号内所给词的正确形式填空。AIt was my first night out in that city and when I saw the last bus home disappearing round the comei; I knew I had a problem. It was cold ancl I conldift a fiord a taxi11 I didnt want to bothei my host family by asking them topick me up. So I set off on foot, 12 (tell) myself it would onl take me ail hour or so. Four hours later. I was still walking. I was soaked (湿透的)Through ancl my hands were frozen. When I eventually readied the house, tlie family said how 13 (worry) tlieyl been ancl asked why I hadirt phoned. By then I wished I had.The United Nations Children?s Fund, also known as UNICE耳 is a United Nations organization based ill New It offers help needed by children all over the worldUNICEF 14 (found) on 11 December, 1946 to provide food and healthcare to children in countries clamaged in World Wai* II. Since 1953, UNICEF _15 (take) up an extended mission to help cliildren ill the developingworld, including those living with disease or disabilities, and those affected by rapid modernization and environmental 16(problem). Now： UNICEF lias beenworking 17 (improve) the lives of cliildren and theii families across 190 countries and teiritories.cOnline eating shows, oi Mukbang, originated ill South Korea and have gained 18 (popular) globally Many hosts of such shows beconK popular for their ability to eat large amounts of food. But these shows have also received criticism 19 their waste of food. On Aug. 12, CCTV exposed several Chinese hosts who were pretending to eat large amounts of food while oil camera, but actually later threw it away. To discourage this practice, many video and livestreaniiiig platforms, including Douyiii, Kuaishou and Eilibili. have removed videos 20 show food waste, and have promoted messages to stop food waste and eat reasonably.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分）第一节（共14小题：每小题2分，共28分）阅读下列短文，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A What Are We Ta Iking About?Its called the Mozzy Whtch. It is n stylish ancl comfortable band that instantly biiiigs peace of min for it keeps those annoying mosquitoes away It is made of a haixlenecl ceramic 北京帀西城区2020-2021学年度第一学期期末试卷 高三英语 笫#页（共14页）materiaL so it is very tough and almost unbreakable But how tliis device protects you against annoying insects is tmly amazing.Mozzy tcli uses ultrasonic sounds to repel （驱除）mosquitoes and flies! Tliese ultrasonic :frequencies are completely harmless to hunians and pets. At first? we were skeptical about haw this device could work without the use of chemicals So. we decided to test it ancl the results were amazing Everyone on our team e