湖南省长沙市第一中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷

长沙市第一中学2024—2025学年度高二第一学期期中考试

英语

时量：120分钟满分：150分

第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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。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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. £19.15.    B. £9.18.    C. £9.15.

答案是C。

1. What will the woman take with her?

A. A sports bag.    B. A suitcase.    C. A backpack.

2. Why did the man call off his trip?

A. The weather was bad.     B. He wasn’t interested in it.     C. There was an urgent situation.

3. What will the woman do?

A. Collect some plants.     B. Go to work in the lab.     C. Deliver some materials.

4. How does the man feel about his grandmother’s moving in?

A. Appreciative.    B. Surprised.    C. Anxious.

5. Where is the woman’s book now?

A. On a bed.    B. On a desk.    C. In a chest.

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ˊ选项中选出最佳选项。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；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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What does the man care about first?

A. The necessity    B. The safety.    C. The flexibility.

7. What is the woman going to do:

A. Show the man a website.     B. Give the man a user guide.     C. Open an account for the man.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Where are the speakers?

A. In the man’s house.    B. On a plane.    C. At an airport.

9. What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Use the fast check-in service.

B. Take the blue suitcase on board.

C. Let his children go through security first.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is Simon’s main job responsibility?

A. Selling products.     B. Developing software.     C. Providing customer support.

11. What is the function of the software?

A. To analyze market trends.

B. To work out production costs.

C. To manage relations with customers.

12. How many employees work at Simon’s company?

A.3.    B.12.    C.13.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What are Nicole and Anthony?

A. Film critics.    B. News reporters.    C. Radio presenters.

14. What is the speakers’ opinion on the new James Bond actor:

A. He is a good fit but not the best.

B. He is a typical James Bond actor.

C. He made the character unbelievable.

15. Which does Nicole think was good about the movie?

A. The music.    B. The story.    C. The special effects.

16. What rating does Anthony give the movie?

A. Two stars.    B. Four stars.    C. Five stars.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is Tim mainly talking about?

A. The career of him and Sam.

B. The development of his musical talent.

C The experiences of being twin brothers.

18. When was Tim born?

A. In January.    B. In October.    C. In December.

19. What is probably the physical difference between the twins?

A. The hair.    B. The build.    C. The voice.

20. What can we learn about Tim?

A. He is less confident than Sam.

B. He is not interested in going out.

C. He is going to put out Soul Brothers.

第二部分 阅读 （共两节，满分42.5分）

第一节 （共12小题；每小题2.5分，满分30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

My wife’s birthday falls at the beginning of spring when the winter chill still hangs over the approaching warmth.

On that day, I came home from work, stopped her from entering the kitchen and asked her to dine out. “Has Lily called?” she asked. I shook my head. The atmosphere at the dinner was oppressive. My wife kept glancing at her phone, showing no signs of appetite.

 Early the next morning, my wife got up, dark rings encircling her eyes. We only have one child. When Lily still lived at home, every year when her birthday approached, we would start the grand preparations days in advance. And after she left for college, my wife would call her countless times from morning till night. How could she ignore all our love and utterly forget her mum’s birthday? On the way to work, I texted Lily, “Your mum didn’t sleep well last night.”

Another day concluding, we were about to go to bed when there was a sound of a key rattling in the lock. In came our daughter, face red with cold, birthday cake in hand. “Sorry, Mum. Happy birthday!” she said, tears welling up. Immediately, my wife pulled Lily into a hug, complaining, “You silly girl, why do you come all the way back at