江西省宜春市宜丰县宜丰中学2023-2024学年高三上学期开学英语试题

2024届江西省宜丰中学高三（上）开学考英语试卷

 

第一部分听力（共两节, 满分30分）

第一节（共5小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后, 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. When does the rainy season start?

A. In November. B. In February. C. In January.

2. How does the woman’s food taste?

A. Salty. B. Hot. C. Sweet.

3. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. School friends.

4. Which room has the man finished decorating?

A. The living room. B. The kitchen. C. The bathroom.

5. What does the woman probably do?

A. She’s an athlete. B. She’s a coach. C. She’s a doctor.

第二节（共15小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中

选出最佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟; 听完后, 各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。

6. Where does Rita suggest going first?

A. A cinema. B. A restaurant. C. A café.

7. What does Rita think of the plan?

A. Exciting. B. Disappointing. C. Time-wasting.

听第7段材料, 回答第8至9题。

8. What does Annie want Clark to do?

A. Feed her dog. B. Clean her house. C. Water her plants.

9. When will Annie return home?

A. On Friday. B. On Thursday. C. On Monday.

听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。    

10. What did the man do last night?

A. He did some exercise.  B. He called the woman.     C. He went to the races.

11. What will the woman probably do this weekend?

A. Ride a horse. B. Work on a farm. C. Attend a wedding.

12. What are the speakers mainly taking about?

A. A TV program. B. A sports meeting. C. A trip abroad.

听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。    

13. What were the kids doing in the pool?

A. Having a diving class.   B. Performing first aid.   C. Practising a board game.

14. Why did the woman jump in the pool?

A. To show her skill. B. To save a girl. C. To go for a swim.

15. Who called for an ambulance?

A. The instructor. B. The woman. C. A student.

16. What do we know about the girl?

A. She lost her memory forever.       B. She quarreled with her parents.

C. She forgot what had happened.

听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。

17. Why will the store be closed on Friday and Saturday?

A. To offer its staff time off.          B. To prepare for a big sale. 

C. To upgrade the decoration.

18. How much can be saved on a piece of children’s clothing?

A. $10. B. $15. C. $50.

19. What does the speaker say about the sale?

A. It ends today. B. It lasts one week. C. It will start next week.

20. Who are the listeners?

A. Employees. B. Customers. C. Suppliers.

第二部分阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。

A

Women are equally responsible for the growth of a free, modern society. Here’s a look at some outstanding women who made great contributions to world history.

Maria Sibylla Merian

Today, children can explain how a caterpillar (毛毛虫) turns into a butterfly (蝴蝶). But there was a time when no one knew this --not even scientists. Thanks to Maria Sibylla Merian, we know the truth about these beautiful winged insects. Merian was fascinated by insects, and she began collecting, studying, and drawing them when she was as young as 13. It was through her study of caterpillars that she discovered the truth about their life cycles.

Beryl Markham

Beryl Markham was quite incredible in not just aviation (航空) but several other industries, including horse racing. In 1936, at age 33, Markham became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic alone from the east to the west, nonstop. The pilot played a role in the classic best-selling novel and film, Out of Africa, and had many biographies penned about her talents and life.

Madam C.  J. Walker

Madam C J. Walker developed a condition that caused her to lose her hair, and with it, an interest in hair care. She began working for black hair care entrepreneur (企业家) Annie Turnbo Malone. Eventually, Walker began making and marketing her own hair care products designed for African-American women. Her company developed into the successful Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. She is widely recognized as America’s first black female self-made millionaire.

Hedy Lamarr

You might know Hedy Lamarr from the silver screen; she starred in many films. But her

film career is far from her only achievement; she was also a brilliant inventor. In 1942, she received a patent for an invention that could change radio signal frequencies. It paved the way for much of the wireless technology we use today.

21. Who had a lot of enthusiasm for the study of insects?

A. Hedy Lamarr B. Beryl Markham

C. Madam C. J. Walker D. Maria Sibylla Merian

22. What made Madam C. J. Walker begin to focus on the hair care?

A. Her losing her hair. B. A type of hair care product.

C. Annie Turnbo Malone’s success. D. Her wish to help African Americans.

23. What is special about Hedy Lamar?

A. She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic alone.

B. She was both a film star and an inventor.

C. She was a successful businesswoman.

D. She was a best-selling writer.

B

In my opinion, my mother has the ability to do anything, especially chores such as ironing and cooking. However, teaching her how to use the Internet is as frustrating as untangling (解开) wires.

Once, my mother came to me to ask for help on how to find a recipe for all-beef Lasagna. I gave her very simple verbal instructions—go to the home page of a particular search engine and type in “recipe for all-beef Lasagna.” Fifteen minutes later, she came to me, telling me that she was unable to find the Internet icon. I went over to the computer and pointed out the icon to her.

Another fifteen minutes went by when I felt a tap on my shoulder. This time, my mother said that she was unable to search for the particular recipe. Gritting (咬) my teeth, I walked to her room again. I saw that she had typed “all beef La saga” instead. With frustrated strokes, I keyed in the correct spelling.

Yet another fifteen minutes went by again when my mother gingerly tapped my shoulder. I stormed next door without bothering to hide my frustration. The main page of the website had not shifted one bit. I then realized that she did not know how to scroll(滚动屏幕) down the page. What had initially seemed like an easy task was turning out to be an intense one.

To avoid being disturbed again, I decided to find the recipe for her. Without a word, I rapidly downloaded a few recipes, printed them out and passed them to my mother. However, seeing her embarrassment, I began to regret my impatience.

At that moment, memories flashed through my mind. When I was young, my mother endured my endless questions, enlightening me with much patience. Now that I am older, the roles slowly reverse. As my mother may increasingly need my help, shouldn’t I rethink how to respond to her needs?

24. Why does the author gave her mother very simple instructions at first?

A. Because she was an impatient person.

B. Because she didn’t want to be disturbed.

C. Because she wanted to make them easy to follow.

D. Because she thought it was an easy task to do.

25. How did the author’s mother feel when she got the recipes?

A. Delighted. B. Embarrassed. C. Frustrated. D. Impatient.

26. Which of the following is probably the end of the story?

A. The author becomes more willing to help her mother.

B. The author’s mother becomes more patient to her.

C. The author’s mother doesn’t turn to her for help any more.

D. The author learns more recipes with her mother.

27. What can be a suitable title for this text?

A. It’s never too old to learn. B. Action speaks louder than words.

C. Patience is the mother of success. D. Understanding means standing in other’s shoes.

C

“It is necessary for us to go to places that still look like the ocean as it was 500 years ago,” says Enric Sala, former professor at Scripps Institute of Oceanography. However, in most parts of the world, marine conservation is stymied by opposition from fishing, oil, and mining-interests. A mere 7 percent of the world’s ocean has protection—mostly weak rules, and only 2.5 percent is highly protected. Outside of these zones, the ocean’s story is a continuing failure.

A few remaining parts of the ocean are the last wild places of the sea—the marine equivalent of the remotest old-growth forest in the Amazon—still unaffected by overfishing, pollution and climate change. Enric is working with the National Geographic Society and together launched the Pristine Seas project in 2008. Over the past 14 years, Pristine Seas has helped create 28 marine reserves, making up two-thirds of the world’s fully protected marine areas—covering more than two million square miles in all.

Now Sala and his team have set an even more ambitious goal: to see more than a third of the world’s ocean conserved for the purpose not just of sustaining biodiversity but also of replenishing(补充)fish stocks and storing carbon.

Pristine Seas worked with native Palauans(帕劳人)to give an ancient conservation tradition a modern change. For centuries, Palauans have used what they all “buls”, a Palauan word which means closure, to preserve and rebuild their reef fish stocks. Over the years they have created 35 reserves to protect marine life around their islands, some of which ban fishing permanently.

Sala and his team calculate that a 14-fold expansion of the fully protected part of the ocean, from 2.5 percent to 35 percent, would provide 64 percent of the biodiversity benefits while increasing the global fish catch by almost 10 million metric tons. Even that may sound impossible, but the alternative is awful. For now, we still get to choose.

28. What does the underlined word “stymied” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Frustrated. B. Supported.

C. Accelerated. D. Overestimated.

29. What situation does global ocean protection face?

A. Protecting the ocean influences mining most.

B. Ocean protection has achieved great progress.

C. Few oceans have been properly protected so far.

D. Current rules have been enough for ocean protection.