湖南省宁远县第二、三中学2023-2024学年高二上学期9月联考英语试题

2023 年9月宁远二中、三中高二年级联考

英语

考试时间：120 分钟 总分：150 分

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. Where are the speakers?

A. In a hotel. B. In a dorm. C. On a train.

2. What has the woman been doing during her holiday?

A. Traveling. B. Exercising. C. Working.

3. What does the woman want to do?

A. Reschedule the meeting. B. Cancel the meeting. C. Skip the meeting.

4. How is the woman going to school?

A. By car. B. On foot. C. By bike.

5. What does the woman mean?
   1. She won’t see the opera.
   2. She failed to get the tickets.
   3. She enjoyed an opera last Saturday.

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，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。

6. How long has the woman worked for the company?

A. About one year. B. About half a year. C. About three months.

7. What does the woman think is the most rewarding thing?
   1. Having her own time.
   2. Learning about another culture.
   3. Finding ways to solve difficult problems.

听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至第 10 三个小题。

8. What seems to be the woman’s problem?

A. Her car broke down. B. She didn’t feel well. C. Her wallet was missing.

9. Where is the woman going now?

A. Her home. B. The garage. C. The hospital.

10. How much money does the woman want to borrow?

A. $10. B. $15. C. $25.

听下面一段对话，回答第 11 至第 13 三个小题。

11. Why doesn’t the woman like to study in the library?

A. It’s too quiet. B. It’s rather crowded. C. It’s a bit far away.

12. Why does the woman come here?

1. To read magazines. B. To meet with the man C. To get books about French.

13. What will the speakers do next?

A. Get help from the librarian. B. Write a monthly report. C. Hand in a paper.

听下面一段对话，回答第 14 至第 17 四个小题。

14. What day is it today?

A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Saturday.

15. What does the man think of history museums?

A. Boring. B. Interesting. C. Relaxing.

16. Where will the speakers go?

A. The art museum. B. The science museum. C. The children’s museum.

17. How will the speakers go to the museum?

A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By car.

听下面一段独白，回答第 18 至第 20 三个小题。

18. What clothes are only six dollars?

A. Sweaters. B. T-shirts. C. Winter coats.

19. How many pairs of socks can one get with $2?

A. Two. B. Six. C. Eight.

20. What can we learn about the sale?

A. It will give out 20 gifts. B. It will last until Sunday. C. It began a month ago.

 

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。

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People all over the world love listening to music and most have their favourite songs which they listen to again and again. But how did it all start? When could people first choose the music they wanted to listen to?

The 1900s：The player pianos

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, pianos became very popular and rich families bought “player pianos”. A player piano played music that was programmed on paper rolls with holes in them and you could also play it like a “normal” piano. In the mid 1920s player pianos began to disappear mainly because the radio got more popular.

The 1910s：The first phonographs(留声机)

As early as 1877, there were phonographs to play music on and by the 1910s, many families had one. The music was on “records” made of aluminum foil(铝箔). People could listen to them only a few times before the foil broke. Later the music was on wax cylinders(蜡筒). These could hold longer recordings (two to four minutes), and people could play them more often.

The 1920s：Gramophones and record players

Gramophones were similar to the phonographs, but they used flat vinyl (乙烯基) disks and not cylinders to hold the music. The disks went round, and first a steel needle, then later a small diamond, “took” the music off the record. Some of the disks could play for more than 20 minutes per side. Today some music lovers who are crazy about disks still use vinyl records.

The 1960s－1970s：Cassettes and the Walkman

In the 1960s, the first cassette recorders became popular. A big step towards modern technology was the invention of the first portable(便携式的) cassette player, the “Walkman”, by the Japanese company, Sony in 1979. For the first time，people could listen to their favourite music while they were travelling, doing sports, or going for walks.

21. What happened to the player piano in the mid 1920s?

A．Only the rich could afford it.

2. It began to be used as a “normal” piano.
3. It was gradually replaced by the radio.
4.    It was improved and played music automatically. 22．What do we know about phonographs and gramophones?