1、云南省曲靖市曲靖二中云师中学联考2023-2024学年高一下学期4月期中英语试题一、听力选择题1What will the speakers do together?AAttend a class.BListen to music.CHave lunch.2Where is the man probably going now?ATo a gift shop.BTo his brothers house.CTo the Childrens Center.3What happened to the man?AHe injured his hands.BHis painting looks ter
2、rible.CThere is paint on his hands.4What is the woman going to do?AShop for food.BCook dinner.CDo the dishes.5How many questions must the students answer?A5.B10.C12.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。6Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?ASchoolmates.BTeacher and student.CShop clerk and customer.7Wher
3、e will the woman go next?ATo a classroom.BTo a library.CTo a gym.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。8How long was the womans holiday in total?AOne week.BTen days.CTwo weeks.9What does the man prefer to do?AGo skiing.BStay in the city.CDrive in the mountains.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。10Where are the speakers?AIn Paris.BIn Toro
4、nto.CIn New York City.11What is John studying?ALiterature.BHistory.CArt.12What are the speakers going to buy?AWine.BBread.CCheese.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。13How will the woman go for the job interview?ABy car.BBy bus.CBy subway.14What job is the woman applying for?AA translator.BAn engineer.CA tour guide.15
5、What did the woman impress the man with last year?AHer spoken French.BHer work experience.CHer business skills.16How does the woman feel about her interview tomorrow?AExcited.BConfident.CWorried.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。17What is the speaker mainly talking about?AA school library.BAn online service.CA new org
6、anization.18What can people do through Book Crossing?ABuy books.BSell books.CShare books.19How can members get information about the physical books?ABy looking at an online list.BBy making a phone call.CBy sending an e-mail.20Which color shows the number of books put in over the last 30 days?ARed.BY
7、ellow.CBlue.二、阅读理解The summer job is common for many kids,who are encouraged by their parents to get out of their hair,go and learn valuable lessons about responsibility,the value of money and hard work.Whether you were saving for a bike,your first car,a dress or whatever,you all went in with high ex
8、pectations of independence and felt like proper adults.However,those expectations are not always met!Jimmy Fallon did us all a service by asking people to share their worst summer job experiences in one of his challenges.There are some absolute classics there! Check out a list of your favorites belo
9、w！From Lobster: I was 10 and went to my grandfathers farm. He gave me $10 and I kept an eye on the farm. I stood there in the sun until my mom came an hour later.From Anthony: I was hired at an elderly peoples home for patients with dementia (痴呆). On my first day, I accidentally pressed the door but
10、ton,and the old people escaped.We had to run through the town rounding them.FromRod:I was babysitting two kids.One ran out of the front door,and the other went out the back. When I ran around the house to find them,they ran back inside and locked me out.From Donny:I earned $30 working construction f
11、or an agency one day in college.When I finished,there was a $35 parking ticket on my car.I refer to it as the day I paid to work.21What is Lobsters summer job?AWatching the grandpas farm.BLooking after elder patients.CBabysitting two lovely kids.DDoing construction work.22Who had been locked out of
12、the door?ALobster.BAnthony.CRodger.DDonny.23What similar experience did the four people have?AThey saved money to buy their first car.BThey had their worst summer job experiences.CThey earned a large amount of money.DThey showed responsibility and dependence.Sun Yi finally received an email she had
13、long been waiting for, which contained her final wedding plan. The plan, which had been revised nearly ten times, offered the 29-year-old girl a “new Chinese-style” wedding in March. She described it as “traditional but old-fashioned” and “ritualistic (仪式的) but stylish.”In recent years, traditional
14、Chinese weddings have won popularity again among the countrys newly-married. Many of them no longer consider western-style dresses and words of “I do” as important parts of weddings. Instead, they now prefer wearing Tang Dynasty-style clothes and performing traditional rituals at weddings the same w
15、ay their ancestors did hundreds, even thousands of years ago.In traditional Chinese weddings, couples usually wear red. Red is always a symbol of fortune in Chinese culture, and the hall of the ceremony is also richly decorated in red. Couples will perform a three-step ritual, namely to heaven and e
16、arth, to their parents and to each other.In Lanzhou, several wedding planning companies are sparing no effort to promote their “Chinese-style wedding packages”, which offer a wide range of choices for wedding plans. Chinese-style weddings make up nearly 40 percent of our orders. Customers often need
17、 to make reservations six months in advance, said Zhang, a wedding planner.Wang Yiru, another wedding planner in Lanzhou, Xinxin Wedding Service Company, said the preparation for a Chinese-style wedding is usually very time-consuming and costly.“Wedding ceremonies reflect social and cultural changes
18、. With peoples living standards improved, they go for more individual choices,” said Wang Zongli, a professor at Northwest Normal University.24What do the newly-married usually do in a traditional Chinese wedding?APerform western rituals.BMemorize their ancestors.CSay “I do” to each other.DWear Chin
19、ese-style clothes.25Why is red always used in traditional Chinese weddings?ARed is a symbol of fortune.BRed is a symbol of money.CRed is a symbol of heaven.DRed is a symbol of health.26What can we infer about Chinese-style weddings?APeople can make a Chinese-style wedding reservation easily.BMore th
20、an half couples choose to hold Chinese-style wedding.CA Chinese-style wedding needs a lot of time and money to hold.DSome wedding companies think life of Chinese-style wedding.27Whats the best title of this text?ASome Skills to Hold a Great Traditional Chinese Wedding.BTraditional Chinese Weddings a
21、nd Old Western Weddings.CDream to Have a Nice Traditional Chinese Wedding.DTraditional Chinese Weddings have regained popularity.New Year is a time to celebrate for almost everyone around the world. In Britain, people go to pubs to dance the old year away and to welcome the new one at midnight.In re
22、cent years, street parties have become more popular. Hundreds or even thousands of people gather in squares, main streets or on the riverbanks to listen to bands playing and to see fireworks display.For people who stay at home, most of them watch special and live New Year shows on TV with the hosts.
23、 As the last seconds of the old year are ticked away from 10 to 1, the bells of the New Year are rung.In Scotland, on New Years Eve, people visit their neighbors, drink, dance and generally have a good time. If youre invited to a Scottish home, you should bring some important things with you: some c
24、oal, shortbread and whisky.The coal shows warmth, so youre wishing that the people you visit will have enough heat in the coming year. The shortbread represents food, so youre hoping that the people will have enough to eat in the new year. Some Scots call whisky “the water of life”, so when you hand
25、 over your bottle to your hosts, it means you want them to have enough to drink over the next 12 months.Theres one more key task you still need to perform if you can. The first person to knock on a neighbors door is supposed to be a tall and handsome man. If you are, youll bring good luck to the hou
26、sehold. What if thats not you? Well, dont ring the bell. Wait a while and the right person will turn up soon!28Which does not belong to gathering places when people throw street parties?AParks.BSquares.CMain streets.DRiverbanks.29What can we infer about the New Year in Britain according to the first
27、 three paragraphs?ABritish people hate the old year, so they dance it away quickly.BStreet concerts have become less popular on New Years Eve.CBritish people often set of fireworks to celebrate the New Year.DPeople do nothing at home but wait for the bell of the New Year.30Why do visitors take some
28、things to a Scottish home on New Years Eve?ATo offer some food and water.BTo send their lovey wishes.CTo show respect and richness.DTo help those poor families.31Who is the right person to knock at the door?AA man who listens to bands playing.BA man who is tall and handsome.CA man who performs at st
29、reet parties.DA man who carries bread and whisky.Many of us would listen to music while we are work, thinking that it will help us to concentrate on the task at hand. In fact, recent research has found that music can have beneficial effects on creativity.The idea that listening to music while workin
30、g is good for output probably has its roots in the so-called “Mozart Effect”. Put simply, the reasoning ability is increased immediately after listening to the music of Mozarts, compared to no sound at all.How sounds affect performance has been the topic of research for over 40 years. It is observed
31、 through a phenomenon called the irrelative sound effect. To study the irrelative sound effect, participants are asked to complete a simple task which requires them to recall a series of numbers or letters in an exact order. The difficult thing is doing this while ignoring the background noise.Two k
32、ey characteristics of the irrelative sound effect are required. First, subjects (受试者) are required to use their memory ability. Second, the sound must contain acoustical (听觉的) variation.The irrelative sound effect comes from attempting to process two sources of ordered information at the same time.
33、One is from the task, and the other is from the sound. Unfortunately, only former is required to perform in the recall task, and the effort to prevent processing irrelevant order information from the sound hinders the memory ability.A similar problem is also seen when reading in the presence of musi
34、c with lyrics (歌词). In this situation, the two sources of words from the task and the sound will hinder each other. The cost is poorer performance of the task in the presence of music with lyrics.What this all means is that whether having music playing in the background helps or hinders performance
35、depends on the task and the type of music and only understanding this relationship will help people maximize their productivity levels.32What is “Mozart Effect” mentioned in paragraph2?ATo explain how music can help people relax.BTo show music can improve performance.CTo advise people to listen to M
36、ozarts music.DTo stress Mozarts music gains wide uses.33What does the underlined word “hinders” in paragraph 5 mean?APromotes.BImproves.CCriticizes.DPrevents.34What is the writer trying to do in paragraph 6?ASupport an idea.BMake a contrast.CIntroduce a topic.DDescribe a fact.35In which part of a ma
37、gazine can we read this text?ASports.BTravel.CFiction.DMusic.Can you imagine a civilization without music? Impossible, I would say. In addition, history shows that every culture on this planet has used music all the way. 36 . Music is good for your heart. They say that music is good for the soul, bu
38、t what about the heart? 37 . Heart patients were observed at Massachusetts General Hospital. They were recovering from heart surgery. Some patients listened to Mozarts piano sonatas for half an hour every day. These patients were the ones who had improved heart rates and lower blood pressure compare
39、d with those who never listened to any music at all. 38 . Patients suffering from pain have found relief from listening to music. Classical music seems to be the best choice and Mozart and Bach are the most suitable. But heavy metal and other techno sounds can actually excite patients and cause irre
40、gular heartbeats, so they are not recommended. Music may be useful in controlling overweight. Studies show that simply playing soft and relaxing music while eating can have a controlling effect on how full you feel. 39 . Music may help with memory and learning. There was a lot of publicity about the
41、 “Mozart Effect” which showed that a group of college students did better at math while they were listening to some classical music. 40 .ALet us see how music affects us.BThe result is that you will eat less.CSome students find that music can aid concentration, while others need silence.DThere are l
42、ots of experiments which are more or less impressive on the benefits of music when treating illness.EHeavy metal music have no effect on easing pain.FLet us look at the actual health benefits now.GMusic can help with pain relief.三、完形填空For as long as I can remember, music has been a special part of m
43、y life. Throughout my 41 , my family constantly had music playing in our house. I 42 the music that my parents liked, from The Beatles to John Denver to the Irish music that everyone in my family loved. As I grew older, music remained something that was 43 to me. It became more and more meaningful t
44、o me as I began to 44 my own taste in music. I started finding songs that I 45 over others, and I found singers that I admired. Taylor Swift was my favorite; I loved her poetic lyrics and I looked up to her as a person. As an idealistic child who loved to daydream, I loved all of Taylor Swifts passi
45、onate 46 about love and the beauty of life. As I grew older, I began to develop a unique taste in music. I saw the world of music as a place to 47 , a place where I could discover who I was and express myself. I loved listening to different types of music and finding my own bands that I liked. My 48
46、 were like a collection to me; I could keep adding more to enjoy and to show to other people. Listening to music was a hobby for me. It allowed me to feel as if I was free to do 49 I wanted to do. I felt happiest when I was listening to music because it was, and 50 is, my favorite thing to do. I fel
47、t a sense of 51 and independence when I could choose whatever I was in the mood to hear, and I loved feeling as if I could use music to 52 myself and my personality. I was a shy and 53 child, but music gave me the ability to be someone else. When I listened to music, I could be whoever I wanted to be. Whenever I felt 54 or afraid, I listened to my favorite music and immediately felt 55 alone. Music has brought me so much joy in my life that I would not trade for anyth
