湖南省郴州市宜章县第一中学2024-2025学年高二下学期开学英语试题

宜章一中2023级高二下期第一次阶段性测试英语学科试卷 命题人：黄芳 审题人：邝尚滋 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75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。 例.How much is the shirt? Af19.15 B.E9.18. C.9.15. 答案是C. 1.What is Kate doing? A.Boarding a flight. B.Arranging a trip C.Seeing a friend off. 2.What are the speakers talking about? A.A pop star. B.An old song. C.A radio program. 3.What will the speakers do today? A.Go to an art show.B.Meet the man's aunt C.Eat out with Mark 4.What does the man want to do? A.Cancel an order. B.Ask for a receipt. C.Reschedule a delivery. 5.When will the next train to Bedford leave? A.At9:45. B.At10:15. C.At1100. 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，你将有时闻阅读 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。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7恩。 6.What will the weather be like today? A.Stormy. B.Sunny C.Foggy 7.What is the man going to do? A.Plant a tree. B.Move his car. C.Check the map. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8.Why is Kathy in California now? A.She is on vacation there B.She has just moved there. C.She is doing business there. 9.What is the relationship between Tom and Fiona? A.Husband and wife. B.Brother and sister. C.Father and daughter. 10.What does Kathy thank Dave for? A.Finding her a new job. B.Sending her a present. C.Calling on her mother. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11.How did Jack go to school when he was a child? A.By bike. B.On foot. C.By bus. 12.What is Jack's attitude toward parents driving their kids to school? A.Disapproving.B.Encouraging. C.Understanding. 13.What is the problem with some parents according to the woman? A.Overprotecting their children. B.Pushing their children too hard. C.Having no time for their children 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14.Why did Marie post her kitchen gardening online at first? A.To keep records of her progress. B.To sell home-grown vegetables. C.To motivate her fellow gardeners. 15.Why does Marie recommend beginners to grow strawberries? A.They need no special care. B.They can be used in cooking C.They bear a lot of fruit soon. 16.What is difficult for Marie to grow? A.Herbs. B.Carrots. C.Pears. 17.What is Marie's advice to those interested in kitchen gardening? A.Aim high.B.Keep focused.C.Stay optimistic. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 18.What is"Life of Johnson"? A.A magazine column.B.ATV series. C.A historical novel. 19.What is Johnson famous for? A.His acting talent.B.His humorous writing. C.His long sports career. 20.When did Johnson join Sports Times? A.n1981. B.ln1983. C.1n1985. 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375分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A,B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在 答题卡上将该项涂黑。 2 A Aodca isa sound file similar to a radio hroadcast,which can he downloaded and steed to on your phone or Pad.If yoo want to get entertained or leam something new.here ire some most exciting podcast series. Sixth Sense Pam Sica's friends said she should put her dog to sleep.After all,the 15-year-old golden retriever was aging and-to make matters worse-was now acting strangely.A long story about a family's love for their dog and how he paid them back in the most shocking way. Think Fast,Talk Smart We all have the ability to express ourseives more clearly,especially al work.Sanford Graduate School of Business lecturer Matt Abrahams discusses real-world challenges and offers tips such as writing better emails and preparing for meetings and presentations. A Song of Ice and Fire For those who like long listens,George R.R.Martins series claims the Iron Throne () The first story.the 33-hour-long Game of Thrones,won a Guinness World Record for the"most character voices in an audio-book"with 224 characters alone. Unreal:A Critical History of Reality TV Since it exploded in the early 2000s with shows like Big Brother and Survivor.reality TV has both fascinated and amazed viewers.The BBC's Sirin Kale and Pandora Sykes explore themes such as the Kardashians'creation of celebrity().and why Selling Sunset and Real Housewives are so successful. 21.Which podcast helps improve communicative skills? A.Sixth Sense. B.Think Fast.Talk Smurt. C.A Song of lce and Fire. D.Unreal:A Critical History of Reality TV 22.How many podeasts are suitable for listeners who are fond of long stories? A.One.B.Two.C.Three. D.Four. 23.What is the podcast Unreal:A Critical History of Realiry TV about? A.Providing survival skills in the wild. B.Criticizing the shows given by BBC. C.Discovering the truth behind the scenes. D.Teaching how to be trained as a celebrity. 2 Chinese poet,critic.and translator Yu Guangzhong died at the age of 89 in Taiwan.Mr.Yu was a young college student in the Chinese mainland when his family moved to Taiwan in 1949. Mr.Yu was prolifie(多产的)），publishing more than50 books of poetr,prose(散文). criticism and translations over seven decades.He traveled frequently.Besides Hong Kong.he wrote and taught in Europe,the United States and,after the travel ban was lifted in 1987.the Chinese mainland. "The Chinese mainland is like my mother,Taiwan is a wife,Hong Kong is a lover.and Europe is a mistress,"he wrote in a 1998 essay titled From Mother to an Affair. In Yu Guangzhong's poem Nostalgia(《乡愁》)，he describes his memory for his late mother as a grave,which separates them into two different worlds:Nostalgia was a low grave/Me on the outside/Mother on the inside. However,the fact that Nostalgia became so famous also disturbed Yu because among the over .000 poems that he had written.Nostalgia seemed to be the only one that the public ever talked about and appreciated."d like to think of Nostalgia as my business card.but unfortunately it got too big that it kept people from seeing the real me."Yu once said. To him.writing was an inseparable part of life that shouldn't be afTected by age or anything else.He spent his whole life working.even in his 80s.Whenever people asked him whether he still kept the habit of writing up,he would always answer,"Why don't you ask me if I'm still breathing?" 24.What can we infer from paragraph 2? A.Mr.Yu liked travelling in Hong Kong most. B.Mr.Yu once settled in America. C.Foreign affairs often bothered Mr.Yu. D.At one point residents of Taiwan were forbidden to go to the Chinese mainland. 25.Both the essay From Mother to an Afair and the poem Nostalgia show that A.Yu lived a happy life B.Yu missed the Chinese mainland C.Yu had complex feelings about Taiwan D.Yu often wondered what would happen to his life 26.What can we know from paragraph 5? A.Yu felt proud of himself. B.Nostalgia left Yu in trouble. C.Nostalgia was the best among Yu's poems D.Many Chinese people know the poem Nostalgia. 27.The last paragraph mainly tells us that A.Mr.Yu never stopped writing B.Mr.Yu often argued with others C.Mr.Yu's works will be kept alive D.Mr.Yu were misunderstood by many people 4 Tired of standing in line?Wait a bit longer,and you may never have to again.Everyone from Amazon to Silicon Valley start-ups is trying to eliminate lines in retail (stores. Amazon has opened 24 of its Amazon Go stores,which use cameras and artificial intelligence to see what you've taken off shelves and charge you as you walk out.Some start-ups are closely copying Amazon's approach to using Al-powered cameras fixed in ceilings. But others are trying an entirely different way to skip the checkout:smart shopping carts.These companies have added cameras and sensors (to the carts,and are using AI to tell what you've placed in them.A built-in scale weighs items,in case you have to pay by the pound for an item.Customers pay by using a credit card,or through an online payment system.When customers exit the store.a green light on the shopping eart indicates that their orders are complete,and they're charged. The start-ups behind the smart shopping carts,including Caper and Veeve,sey it's much easier to add technology to the shopping cart than to an entire store.Amazon Go stores rely on hundreds of cameras in the ceiling.The shelves also include sensors to tell when an item is removed.Ahmed Beshry,cofounder of Caper,believes the technology to run Amazon Go is too expensive to use in a large grocery store.Neither Caper nor Veeve has said how much their smart shopping carts will cost,making it difficult to compare the different formats.Shariq Siddiqui,CEO of Veeve,said he's finding increased interest from retailers given Amazon's steady expansion of Amazon Go since the first Amazon Go store opened in Seattle in 2018. "We're always happy when Amazon is doing something."Siddiqui said."They force retailers to get out of their old-school thinking." Each timebusiness ues artificial intelligence and cmeras,it raises questions about customer privacy and the impact on jobs.Beshry notes that the cameras in his smart shopping cart point down into the cartso only customershands and part of their arms will be captured (拍摄)by cameras. 28.Which of the following best explains"iminate"derlined in paragraph 1? A.Cross. B.Remove. C.Extend. D.Break. 29.What do we know about the smart shopping carts? A.They are linked to the cameras fixed in the ceilings. B.They can tell customers where to find what they want. C.They flash the green light when the order is cancelled. D.They are abie to recognize purchases placed in them. 30.What does Beshry think of the technology applied in Amzon Go stores? A.It is likely to help retailers to think differenty. B.It has attracted many more retailers than before. C.It is far more expensive than their smart shopping carts. D.It may increuse the cost of running a large grocery store greatly 31.What is the best title for the text? A.The New Technology Promotes Retail Sales B.Al-powered Cameras Are Used in Retail Stores C.Smart Shopping Carts Let You Skip the Line D.Artificial Intelligence Affects the Future Job Market 0 People rarely use just one sense to understand the world,but robots usually only rely on vision and,increasingly,touch.Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)researchers find that robots could improve markedly by adding another sense:hearing. "A lot of work showed sound could be useful,but it wasn't clear when it came to robotics,"said Lerel Pinto,who recently earned his Ph.D.in robotics at CMU.He and his colleagues found the performance rating was quite high,with robots that used sound successfully classifying objects 76 percent of the time. To perform their study,the researchers created a large data set,recording-at the same timevideo and audio of 60 common objects,such as toy blocks,hand tools,and tennis ballsas they slid or rolled around a tray and crashed into its sides.The team recorded these interactions using Tilt-Bot attached to the arm of a Sawyer robot.They could place an object in Tilt-Bot and let Sawyer move Tilt-Bot in random directions as cameras and microphones recorded each action. Though the size of this data set is the largest,other researchers have also studied how intelligent agents can collect information from sound.Oliver Kroemer,assistant professor of robotics,once led research into using sound to judge the number of materials,for example rice,by shaking a container,or calculating the flow of those materials from a spoon.The usefulness of sound for robots is therefore not surprising. Robots can predict the sound of unseen objects with the input of existing sound programs.This study will be useful for the advancement of robotics.The next step will be making the robots work on vision and hearing at the same time.For example,if the robot sees a cup and hears it,then it ought to be able to lift and move the cup without spilling )what is inside.If scientists work on such special subjects,robots could soon become similar to humans. 32.What is CMU's study on? A.How useful sound is to robots. B.How robots understand the world. C.How many senses robots could have.D.How sound determines robotic action. 33.What is Tilt-Bot according to the text? A.Acamera. B.Amicrophone. C.A tray. D.A block. 34.Why is Oliver Kroemer mentioned? A.To refer to his research data. B.To explain his great achievement. C.To prove CMU's finding is no surprise.D.To stress uniqueness of CMU's research. 35.What will the researchers continue to research? A.Robots'vision-sound-action. B.Similarities between robots and man. C.Applications of sound in other fields. D.Improvement of robots'control over objects. 第二节（共5小题：每小题25分，满分12.5分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多 尔选项。 Are you frequeny depressed by the feeling that life is leaving you behind particularly when you look over social media sites and are faced with all the exciting things your friends are po236 FOMO.or Fear of Missing Out.refers to the perception that other people's lives are superior to our own.It appears as a deep sense of envy,and constant exposure to it can have a weakening effect on our self-esteem(自尊，. While feelings of envy and lack of confidence seem to be human nature,social media seems to have added fuel to the fire.37Social media.with its built-in appeal.allows us to share only the best presentations of our life.while leaving out the more boring aspects. Although this could be characterized as dishonest,it is the atmosphere social media seems to demand.Sohow do we avoid being trapped into our own insecurities by social media? Consider your own social media posts.38 Well.so have others.And what they've left hidden is the fact that boredom,loneliness and unpleasant chores are an unavoidable part ol everyone's lifc.and you're not the only one feeling left out. 39You may not be a regular at fancy parties or a climber of dizzying peaks.but you have your health,a place to live and real friends who appreciate your presencc in their lives Lean to shake it off.We are all flooded daily with photos of other people's perfections,but really.what does it matter? 40And even if you are more easily affected than others by social media envy.all you need to do is to look around you and acknowledge that you are doing pretty well after all. A.If so,you are not alone. B.Value your friends in real life. C.Learn to appreciate the positives. D.Why does it have such stimulating effect? E.They are probably no more real than the funniest reality TV show. F.The feeling that we are left out has long-term damaging psychological consequences. G.Have you ever chosen photos that lead others to the most optimistic conclusions about your life? 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节完形填空（共5小题：每小题1分，满分5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)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。 There have been quite a few angel sightings on social media lately.That's because Erica Group.an artist in DeLand,Florida decided-in a moment of inspirationto etch()a giant pair of 41 onto the side of a local 42 For severai years.Erica has been 43 at a small dress shop in downtown DeLand.The 44 store is located next to an alley (that serves as a background for photos Erica and her colleagues take of their new clothes. Onc aftemoon,Erica was struck by a(n)45 to fill the alley's wall with a pair of feathered wings.She got 46from the owner of The West Volusia Beacon newspaper to47 her piece of artwork on the paper's building and posted the picture of the finished 48 on social media. 49it just started spreading.People kept coming into the store.asking Erica and her colleagues where the wings were and taking their own pictures.The owner of the building quickly 50 the tendency (and asked Erica to make the wings 51 replacing chalk with paint.Since then,more than 1,400 people have had their pictures taken with the wings. usually 52 them on Twitter,Instagram and Meta. "It's become a cool treasure-hunt in town,"Erica says."Wings are 53 in this alley Often.a number of people come to ask about their 54." The artist wants the wings to be55 however people wish.Despite the various explanations.they certainly eem to be inspiring people and bringing bit of joy to Erica's hometown. 41.A.gloves B.pants C.wings D.feathers 42.A.business B.custom C.library D.school 43.A.exploring B.resting C.shopping D.working 44.A.special B.tiny C.cool D.popular 45.A.comment B.order C.fact D.idea 46.A.permission B.attention C.advice D.praise 47.A.stick B.describe C.chalk D.color 48.A.article B.product C.photograph D.program 49.A.However B.Besides C.Otherwise D.Soon 50.A.made up for B.caught on to C.broke away from D.ran out of 51.A.interesting B.famous C.lasting D.natural 52.A.sharing B.introducing C.advertising D.editing 53.A.hidden B.covered C.lost D.ignored 54.A.history B.meaning C.influence D.location 55.A.replaced B.understood C.created D.drawn ...upnone 第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）》 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或所给单词的正确形式。将答案填写在 答题卡的相应位置。 Recognized for her extraordinary talent,Wu Suzhen has fascinated audiences worldwide. As an award-winning56(perform)of Yu Opera,Wu Suzhen,who specializes in the role of qingvi-graceful female characters,57(star)in the classic production Yuzhou Feng where she portrays a woman pretending to be mad to avoid becoming a mistress. Wu Suzhen,58 inheritor of the Chen School,won the Plum Performance Award in 2019,China's top honor for traditional theater.She will bring her Suzhen Theater from Kaifeng. Henan province 59 this year's Avignon Festival in France,marking the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic ties and the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism Wu's shows aim 60(introduce)Yu Opera to interational audiences,highlighting its charm and 61(express)movements.Previous performances in France received warm applause,which,despite cultural and language barriers.62(significant)boosted the group's confidence. Suzhen Theater plans to transport all original stage items to ensure authenticity.Wu will also share her knowledge through lectures,63(demonstrate)Yuju Opera's makeup. costumes,and performance techniques.This interactive approach,64 helps foreign audiences appreciate the beauty and complexities of traditional Chinese opera,fosters cura exchange and understanding. Wu hopes these efforts will spark greater interest in traditional Chinese opera and encourage 65(far)exploration. 第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节应用文写作（满分15分） 假定你是李华，春节临近，你市博物馆将举行一场以“中国春节”为主题的中国剪纸 (paper-cutting)艺术展，请你写一封邮件道请外教Henry一起参观，内容包括： 1.展览时间、地点： 2.展览内容。 注意： 1.写作词数应为80左右 2请按以下格式作答。 Dear Henry, Yours. Li Hua 第二节读后续写（满分25分） 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文， It was Tamika's turn to tell her class where she went this summer.She stood up proudly. "This summer I went to Bradley,"Tamika announced."They have a big market there.My mom bought a painting and I got second-hand inline skates.We had a great time there." "That's not a trip,"Jeremy whispered loudly to his partner."It's only half an hour from here.My dad and I often go to Bradley to buy tools for his repair shop." "Jeremy,no interrupting,"said Miss Snowdent,their teacher."And Bradley has a fine market.I'm glad that Tamika can tell us about it.Go ahead,Tamika."Miss Snowden smiled warmly at her,encouraging her to continue. But Tamika didn't feel proud of her family's trip to Bradley any more and she just felt embarrassed.Tamika dropped her head and said in a low voice that she was finished,and then hurried back to her desk.She hoped that the other kids didn't notice her face tuming red. Tamika listened as Peter talked about his cruise to Jamaical.She heard about Mary's trip across the Atlantic to Ireland.She heard about John's horseback ride through the Grand Canyon. It seemed as if everyone but her had taken a big trip over the summer."I never get to go anywhere."Tamika thought to herself.A sense of sadness clouded her the whole day. After school things got worse.One of the wheels on Tamika's skates came loose.Now she couldn't even skate.Sitting on the sidewalk,Tamika tried to fix her wheel but did not know how.Then Miss Snowden happened to pass by.She walked up with a smile on her face,asking. "You look unhappy,Tamika.Why are you sitting here?"Tamika lowered her head,tears building up inside her eyes."Want to talk about it?"Miss Snowden asked kindly.Tamika nodded,trying to avoid Miss Snowden's eyes!Bending down,Miss Snowden said in a whisper: You know,Tamika,actually we don't always have to travel far to learn anything."Tamika looked up with watering eyes and wondered what Miss Snowden meant. 注意： 1.续写词数应为150左右： 2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 Right at this moment,Jeremy was walking by and saw them "Yes.I can fix it,"Jeremy said with confidence. 10