湖北省黄冈市2024-2024学年高一下学期期末考试

　　英语试题

　　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.What season is it now?

　　A.Summer.

　　B.Winter.

　　C.Autumn.

　　2.What does the woman mean?

　　A.She doesn't have a bike.

　　B.Her mother made up the story.

　　C.She didn't tell the man the truth.

　　3.What is the woman most probably?

　　A.A clerk.

　　B.A librarian.

　　C.A waitress.

　　4.Where is the woman going for holiday this year?

　　A.Canada.

　　B.Turkey.

　　C.Italy.

　　5.What does the man mean?

　　A.He doesn't want the woman to open the window.

　　B.He has caught a cold.

　　C.It's too cold outside.

　　第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

　　听下面5段对话或对白，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至8题。

　　6.What's the weather like?

　　A.Warm and sunny.

　　B.Cold and cloudy.

　　C.Snowy.

　　7.Who will drive the man to work?

　　A.The man himself.

　　B.The woman.

　　C.Fred.

　　8.When is it now?

　　A.In the morning.

　　B.In the afternoon.

　　C.In the evening.

　　听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

　　9.When are they going to meet?

　　A.On Wednesday morning.

　　B.On Friday evening.

　　C.On Wednesday evening.

　　10.What is the probable job of the woman?

　　A.A film star.

　　B.A musician.

　　C.A football Player.

　　11.What are they going to do?

　　A.To see a film.

　　B.To have dinner together.

　　C.To enjoy a concert.

　　听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

　　12.Where does this conversation most probably take place?

　　A.At the woman's home.

　　B.At a museum of art.

　　C.At the man's home.

　　13.Where did the woman buy the prints?

　　A.In Boston.

　　B.In New York.

　　C.In a European city.

　　14.What is the woman going to do?

　　A.Make another museum tour.

　　B.Organize an exhibition of art.

　　C.Visit some European painters.

　　听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

　　15.What is the woman doing?

　　A.She is having a job interview.

　　B.She is interviewing a famous sports star.

　　C.She is making a self-introduction in public.

　　16.Why was the woman out of school for half a year during high school?

　　A.Because she was badly ill.

　　B.Because she had to act in a film.

　　C.Because her father took her to America.

　　17.What part-time job did the woman do at college?

　　A.A teacher.

　　B.A teacher.

　　C.A travel guide.

　　听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

　　18.What percent of the four-year schools began as public agricultural colleges in America?

　　A.About 1/4.

　　B.About 1/24.

　　C.About 1/6.

　　19.When was the idea of the land grant college developed?

　　A.In 1826.

　　B.More than 100 years ago.

　　C.About 200 years ago.

　　20.What do we know about the international students this year at the College of Agricultural Sciences?

　　A.There are 5 graduate students altogether.

　　B.There are 205 international students.

　　C.Most of them are from Africa,Asia and Europe.

　　第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

　　第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。

　　A

　　King's College Summer School

　　King's College Summer School is an annual（每年的）training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English.Courses are given by the teachers of King's College and other colleges in New York.Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized.This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.

　　More information is as follows:

　　Application（申请）date

　　●Students in New York should send their applications before July 18,2024.

　　●Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16,2024.

　　●Foreign students should send their applications before July 10,2024. Courses

　　●English Language

　　Spoken English: 22 hours

　　Reading and Writing: 10 hours

　　●American History: 16 hours

　　●American Culture: 16 hours

　　Steps

　　●A letter of self-introduction

　　●A letter of recommendation（推荐）

　　*The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information. Cost

　　●Daily lessons: $200

　　●Sports and activities: $100

　　●Travels: $200

　　●Hotel service: $400

　　*You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city.

　　Please write to:

　　Thompson,Sanders

　　1026 King's Street

　　New York,NY 10016,USA

　　E-mail: KC-Summer-Schoolyahoo.com

　　1. You can most probably read the text in

　　.

　　A. a newspaper

　　B. a travel guide

　　C. a textbook

　　D. a telephone book

　　2. If you are to live with your relatives in New York,you will have to pay the school

　　.

　　A. $200

　　B. $400

　　C. $500

　　D. $900

　　3. What information can you get from the passage?

　　A. This year's program will last two months.

　　B. You can write to Thompson only in English.

　　C. As a Chinese student,you can send your application on July 14,2024.

　　D. You can get in touch with the school by e-mail and by telephone.

　　【答案】1. A

　　2. C

　　3. B

　　【解析】本文主要是宣传国王学院暑期学校的一个针对高中各年级英语培训项目，具体信息通过表格的方式列出。属于广告类阅读。

　　1. 推理判断题，这是一篇广告类阅读，宣传一个英语培训项目，所以很有可能在报纸上看到，故选A。

　　2. 细节理解题，根据表格最后一栏cost项可知： Daily lessons: $200 Sports and activities: $100 Travels: $200 Hotel service: $400，由于居住在纽约亲戚家，所以旅馆费用可以不支付，共计500美元，故选C。

　　B

　　One of the greatest stories of rags to riches success is that of Andrew Carnegie,who started life in Poverty but became the richest man in the world.

　　Carnegie was born in Scotland in 1837,the son of a weaver.In 1848,the.family moved to the United States and at 13 Carnegie began work in a cotton mill,earning $1.5 per week.About three years later,he found a better job as a telegraph messenger boy.At work,his superiors were impressed by his abilities and willingness to work hard.In 1853, he gained an office job at the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.This was his first big break.He continued to impress and rose rapidly through the company,gaining more and more responsibility.At the same time,Carnegie loved reading very much and made use of every opportunity to visit the library.He rend widely on all subjects,particularly literature.

　　Carnegie now began to save a little money and,with the help of his employer,began to make some successful investments（投资).He invested in the iron industry and eventually set up in business himself,owning several iron and steel plants.This was where he made his fortune.By the 1890s,the Carnegie Steel Company was the biggest and most successful business in the world.

　　Carnegie had always believed that the pursuit（追求）of wealth was never an end in itself.In his view,successful, wealthy people should give away their wealth for the benefit of everyone in society.True to his word,in 1901,at the age of 66,he retired from business and devoted the rest of his life to charity work.

　　Carnegie's lack of formal education and his poor family background clearly didn't influence his success.His rapid rise from poverty to wealth was due to his willingness to work hard,his intelligence and good business sense, and his talent for making things happen.He died in 1919 at the age of 83.

　　4. What can be learnt from the text?

　　A. Carnegie was highly thought of by his employers.

　　B. Carnegie made his investments independently.

　　C. Carnegie believed that money was everything.

　　D. Carnegie could have been more successful if he had been formally educated.

　　5. What does "gaining more and more responsibility" in the second paragraph most probably mean?

　　A. Becoming more and more intelligent.

　　B. Being put to higher positions.

　　C. Having a better sense of confidence.

　　D. Reading more and more books.

　　6. How did Carnegie finally make a big fortune?.

　　A. His employer helped him.

　　B. He was much paid when working.

　　C. He set up his own business.

　　D. He saved money year by year.

　　7. Which of the followings will be the suitable title for the text?

　　A. Andrew Carnegie: A Wealthy Man

　　B. Steel & Iron: The Most Profitable Business

　　C. From Rags to Riches: The Story of Andrew Carnegie

　　D. Intelligence and Good Business Sense: Two Factors in Becoming Rich

　　【答案】4. A

　　5. B

　　6. C

　　7. C

　　【解析】这是一篇传记类文章，主要讲述了卡耐基从贫穷，通过自己的努力成为一个成功人士的故事。

　　4. 细节理解题，根据：“his superiors were impressed by his abilities and willingness to work hard.”可知卡耐基被他的雇主高度评价，故A正确；根据“Carnegie now began to save a little money and,with the help of his employer,began to make some successful investments（投资)”可知：卡耐基是在雇主的帮助下投资成功，故B错；根据：“In his view,successful, wealthy people should give away their wealth for the benefit of everyone in society.”可见卡耐基认为钱不是全部，富有成功的人应该为社会做贡献，故C错误；D选项无中生有，没有依据，故错误，故选A。

　　5. 细节理解题：“He continued to impress and rose rapidly through the company,gaining more and more responsibility.”句意：他继续给公司留下深刻印象并迅速成长，获得越来越多的责任，由此可见：卡耐基应该是被放到更高的位置。故选B。

　　6. 细节理解题，根据“He invested in the iron industry and eventually set up in business himself,owning several iron and steel plants.This was where he made his fortune.”句意:他投资了钢铁行业，最终自己建立了自己的企业，拥有数家钢铁和钢铁工厂。这就是他发财的地方,故选C。

　　7. 主旨大意题，综合全文主要讲述了卡耐基从贫穷一步一步努力取得成功的故事，所以C选项：From Rags to Riches: The Story of Andrew Carnegie，从贫穷到富有，安德鲁卡耐基的故事，这个标题比较合适，故选C。

　　C

　　In Chinese we say,"Your handwriting says a lot about you."But in the eyes of South African photographer John Thackwray,someone's bedroom can do just the same thing.

　　Thackwray,30,first had the idea of taking pictures of people's bedrooms six years ago,because he was curious how young people born in the 1980s and 1990s lived their lives.And he started with his friends' in Paris.

　　Soon he decided to take this project a little further.Over the past six years,Thackwray has traveled to 55 countries and taken pictures of 1,200 bedrooms—from New York,one of the world's busiest and most developed cities,to Russia,Thailand,Iran and the poor neighborhoods in Nairobi,and cast African countries.

　　From the layout of the rooms and the little items in them,you can not only see how different people's lifestyles and personalities are,but also get an insight into how unequal the world is and how traditions are replaced by new technology.

　　Now Thackwray has put all his photos into a book named My Room Project.Each photo in the book comes with the name,age and job of its owner,and they are arranged in the order of his travels.But Thackwray got a lot more from the project than the chance to publish a book.He also saw a lot of things,met a lot of people and had many great experiences.

　　"I was impressed by the spirituality in India,the friendliness of the Russian people and the craziness of the Japanese lifestyle,"Thackwray told The Huffington Post.

　　8. What does the underlined part in the first paragraph mean?

　　A. one's bedroom says much about his handwriting.

　　B. one's bedroom and handwriting are the same thing.

　　C. one's bedroom says much about his personality.

　　D. people do the same the thing in their bedrooms.

　　9. Which of the following information about John Thackwray is true?

　　A. The pictures Thackwray has taken are more from developed countries than developing countries.

　　B. The idea of taking bedroom pictures occurred to Thackwray when he was 24.

　　C. Thackwray began the project with taking the pictures of his own bedroom.

　　D. The photos in the book My Room Project are put in the order of time.

　　10. What does the word "insight" in the fourth paragraph mean?

　　A. achievement

　　B. understanding

　　C. chance

　　D. curiosity

　　11. Which of the followings will be the suitable title for the text?

　　A. Photos in bedrooms

　　B. Handwriting and photos

　　C. Impressive six years

　　D. Photos telling stories

　　【答案】8. C

　　9. B

　　10. B

　　11. D

　　【解析】本文讲述了Thackwray在24岁时有了一个给人们的卧室照相的主意，去过55个国家拍摄了1200间卧室的照片，让我们深入了解这个世界是多么的不平等，以及传统是如何被新技术所取代的。

　　8. 细节理解题：根据："Your handwriting says a lot about you."But in the eyes of South African photographer John Thackwray,someone's bedroom can do just the same thing.句意：你的字体可以说明很多关于你，一些人的卧室也可以做同样的事情，由此可知，一个人的卧室也可以反应一个人的品质，故选C。

　　9. 细节理解题，根据：“Thackwray,30,first had the idea of taking pictures of people's bedrooms six years ago,”由此可知Thackwray是在24岁的时候有了给人们的卧室照相的主意，故选B。