广东省佛山市2024-2025学年高一上学期1月期末考试英语试题

2024~2025学年上学期佛山市普通高中教学质量检测

高一英语

注意事项：

1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。

2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分20分)

第一节 听力理解 (共6小题；每小题2分，满分12分)

材料及问题播放两遍。每段后有三个小题，各段播放前有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题的问题，在5 秒钟内从题中所给的 A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第一段材料，回答第1—3题。材料和问题读两遍。

1. Question 1:(录音)

A. Attend a science class.     B. Present a science project.     C. Join a math competition.

2. Question 2:(录音)

A. Nervous.     B. Excited.     C. Proud.

3. Question 3:(录音)

A In the classroom.     B. In the library.     C. At the swimming pool.

听第二段材料，回答第4—6题。材料和问题读两遍。

4 Question 4:(录音)

A. Neighbors.     B. Workmates.     C. Classmates.

5. Question 5:(录音)

A. To get close to nature.     B. To live with his sons.     C. To find a better school.

6. Question 6:(录音)

A. This evening.     B. Tomorrow morning.     C. At lunchtime.

第二节 回答问题（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）

听下面一段材料，然后回答问题。材料和问题读两遍。

7. Question 7:(录音)

Answer: ____________________________________

8. Question 8:(录音)

Answer: ____________________________________

9. Question 9:(录音)

Answer: ____________________________________

10. Question 10:(录音)

Answer: ____________________________________

第二部分 阅读 （共三节，满分40分）

第一节 阅读理解 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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。

A

Zheng Qinwen, the brightest of China’s growing tennis lights, first picked up a racket (球拍) at the age of seven. Almost immediately, she was among the best children her age in her hometown. She loved the sport, and after two months she and her father traveled to Wuhan to show off her game to a more experienced coach. Since she had done well, she would stay to train.

However, the memories of those days remain painful. Whenever her parents came to visit, she would beg them not to go. “I cried a lot,” Zheng said during a recent interview. The hardship is paying off on the court, though.

After three years in Wuhan, she caught the attention of an agency (经纪公司) and earned the opportunity to train among the sport’s top rising stars. Her mother decided to move with her and has mostly been with her ever since.

Zheng turned professional at 15, and began a mostly continuous rise until the French Open last year. She appeared on the edge of a breakthrough, winning the opening set of her match against a top player before suffering from a physical challenge. Then, twice in the U. S. Open, she lost the chance to win. She knew why. Her mind began to shift to the final result instead of focusing on the game she was about to play. Sometimes it takes losing a match to bring her back to the present.

After the Wimbledon Championships this year, where she lost in the first round, she took a break to see her family. She had not seen them in a year and a half. Her life has had a lot of that.

For her next game, she is on her own. She is expecting the chance to make decisions for herself. For so long,

people have been making big decisions for her. Now she is ready to try that for herself.

1. What best describes Zheng’s experience in Wuhan?

A. Boring and stressful. B. Joyful and memorable.

C. Tough but rewarding. D. Disappointing but life-changing.

2. What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A. Zheng’s expectation and stress. B. Zheng’s failure and mental growth.

C. Zheng’s efforts and achievements. D. Zheng’s breakthrough and health problem.

3. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 5 refer to?

A. Taking short breaks. B. Losing tennis matches.

C. Being away from her family. D. Making decisions for herself.

B

A recent survey found a quarter of people aged 18 to 34 never answer the phone and nearly 70% prefer a text to a phone call.

For older generations, talking on the phone is normal. However, phone calls on the mobile would have cost a fortune in the past. And so, a generation of texters were born around 2000: mobile phone calls were for emergencies.

Without the habit of speaking on the phone, young people now feel awkward when taking phone calls and some even fear the worst when their phone starts ringing. More than half of the people in the survey admit that they think an unexpected call means bad news. As our lives and working schedules get busier, people have less time to call friends simply to catch up. Phone calls, then, are kept only for import ant news in their lives.

This tendency is also seen in the workplace. Henry Nelson, a 31-year-old content creator, says it’s the tension connected with real-time conversations, possible awkwardness, and the pressure to respond immediately that makes him hate talking on the phone. Dunja Relic, a 27-year-old lawyer, says answering a call requires you to stop what you’re doing, and this sets you back on your tasks.

However, Ciara Brodie, a 25-year-old supermarket area manager, is against the flow. “I love it when my seniors at work call me. It’s more thoughtful than a text because it requires a certain amount of effort, so I really know that my boss appreciates my opinion,” she says.

Some people may say this new communication tendency is further proof (证据) of young people being overly sensitive, but it’s actually far from that. Twenty-five years ago, people were opposed to shifting from fax (传真机) to email, but the change has made communication far more efficient. Perhaps now it’s time to accept the power of