湖南省衡阳市第八中学2024-2025学年高二下学期开学考试英语试题

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时量：120 分钟 分值：150 分
考试内容：必修一至选择性必修三
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。
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 des Clara suggest ding?
A．Paying fr part f the dinner.
B．Having dinner in the restaurant. C．Inviting Marie’s family t dinner.
2．Why des Christpher sund depressed?
A．He is dismissed unfairly.
B．He isn't admitted by a schl. C．He has difficulty getting a jb.
3．What des the man mean?
A．The wman is in gd shape.
B．Running and yga dn’t wrk.
C．The wman exercises with a trainer.
4．Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A．At hme. B．At a pet shp. C．At a restaurant.
5．What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A．A dcumentary. B．A pet. C．A bk.
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。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 至 7 题。 6．What did Melissa d last night?
A．She attended a party. B．She surfed the Internet. C．She saw a dctr.
7．Hw was the prcess f rescuing the bear?
A．Quite discuraging. B．A bit challenging. C．Very easy.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。
8．Why des Sara talk t Prfessr Andersn?
A．T learn abut grading rules.
B．T ask abut her exam results.
C．T sign up fr a literature curse.
9．What percentage is the midterm and final?
A．20%. B．40%. C．60%.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
10．What des Hardy think f shpping in VivCity?
A．It is enjyable. B．It is crwded. C．It is discuraging.
11．What did Ashley d last weekend besides shpping?
A．She watched a shw. B．She went t the dentist’s. C．She exercised in the gym.
12．When will the speakers g t VivCity?
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A．On Saturday mrning. B．On Saturday afternn. C．On Sunday mrning.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13．Why is Jannie ging t Italy?
A．T g sightseeing B．T take a business trip. C．T enjy Italian fd.
14．What is Chris ding?
A．Making a travel plan. B．Giving mney-saving tips. C．Recmmending restaurants.
15．What is special abut the restaurant Prezhf?
A．It prvides n menu. B．It has fixed custmers. C．It lies in a tiny village.
16．What is Baby Dicecca famus fr?
A．Its lngest histry. B．Its lcal ingredients. C．Its handmade cheeses.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17．Hw des Chang Shana feel abut her days in Dunhuang?
A．Happy. B．Regretful. C．Sad.
18．When did Chang Shana arrive at Dunhuang?
A．In 1931. B．In 1937. C．In 1943.
19．Hw lng did the exhibitin last?
A．Abut ne mnth. B．Arund half a year. C．Nearly 400 days.
20．Why des the speaker give the talk?
A．T intrduce an exhibitin.
B．T prmte Chinese culture.
C．T share an artist’s life experience.
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 37.5 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。
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ABOUT AMAZONAS EXPLORER
Amaznas Explrer ffers yu new fun ways t see Machu Picchu and Peru. We use adventure t run
away frm the crwds, shw yu special places and create lifelng memries.
We are a small wner-perated cmpany that lves what we d. Based in Cusc fr ver thirty years,
we ffer yu wrld-class guides, superb safety and equipment, great backup and salesmen wh really knw
what they are talking abut.
Chse frm Peru’s mst all-arund chice f fixed starts, with ten high-quality small-grup turs each
week. Or design the best custm fr each custmer with ur hnest advice, incmparable lcal knwledge
and fast respnse.
We perate the best Peru family trip and cunt the Wanderlust Wrld Guide f the Year amng ur
wrkers. We supprt Travelers Against Plastic and have planted almst half a millin native trees in the
Lares valley since 2007 as ur prmise f 1% fr the Planet. There is a reasn that we are the chice f
picky agents and travelers acrss the wrld.
SEE WHAT OUR PAST TRAVELERS HAD TO SAY
I’ve gne n tw Amaznas Explrer trips and, as far as I’m cncerned, they are the best trip
rganizers in Peru. One f the trips was the standard Inca trail hike, pulled ff perfectly; the ther was taking
inflatable kayaks (充气皮艇) t the headwaters f the Tuichi River in Madidi Natinal Park in Blivia, then
kayaking fr a week dwn t the river’s muth. I’ve knwn the wner, Paul Cripps, fr mre than twenty
years — if he hadn’ t persnally hiked it, biked it, flated it r climbed it, then it prbably simply culdn’t
have been dne!
●21. What are Amaznas Explrer’s wrkers like?
A. Mild. B. Knwledgeable. C. Humble. D. Careless.
22. All f the fllwing are true abut Amaznas Explrer EXCEPT ______.
A. It mainly aims fr envirnmental prtectin.
B. It has been headquartered in Cusc fr decades. C. It tailrs travel arrangements t persnal needs.
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D. It ffers a wide range f lcal infrmatin. ●23. What is the text?
A. A news reprt. B. A nvel. C. A bigraphy. D. An advertisement.
B
As it mves acrss central Italy, an ld train pulling carriages frm the 1930s and 1950s crsses the
frests f the Majella Natinal Park and the Abruzz highlands. The Park Railway, traveling thrugh valleys
and tunnels and ver ld bridges, ffers visitrs a view f small, rural and hidden villages in the cuntry.
It was the first f sme 1,000 kilmeters f rail line t have re-pened under a prject called “Timeless
tracks”, which aims t take visitrs t frgtten parts f Italy instead f the ppular cities. The tracks have
lived thrugh different eras. They were mistakenly cnsidered unprductive during the 1960s and 1970s but
are nw nce again f value.
Nrma Pagitti, a 28-year-ld traveler frm Flrence, said, “Peple are used t cities and places, like
Flrence, that everyne knws. But then there are ther areas that need t be discvered. This is the right
kind f turism that des nt destry the reality f places.”
Caterina Quaranta, frm suthern Italy, used the term “nstalgic” t describe riding the train. “The train
reminds me f my yuth and the things f the past, which were simpler. But nw everything is fast,
shrt-lived,” Quaranta said.
After climbing up almst 1,000 meters in altitude, the train’s first stp is in Palena, a hill-tp twn
knwn fr its beautiful views ver the natinal park. Traditinal flk music accmpanies peple getting ff
the train, with lcal fds such as lamb skewers and sft pancakes and prducts by lcal artisans awaiting
them at the statin.
“The train financially helps several small twns arund here.” said Gin Tppi, 60, as he helped his
wife with the fd stand in the small statin. His village has lng lst ppulatin due t the declining birth
rate and yunger peple leaving fr the bigger cities.
24. What is the main purpse f the “Timeless tracks” prject?
A. T prmte turism in Italy's ppular cities. B. T prve the ld railway unprductive.
C. T cnnect majr Italian cities.
D. T visit ff-the-beaten-track destinatins.
25. Hw did Nrma Pagitti think f explring lesser-knwn areas in Italy?
A. It is a waste f time cmpared t visiting ppular cities.
B. It helps preserve the authenticity f these places. C. It makes these areas t cmmercialized.
D. It is nly suitable fr elderly travelers.
26. Hw did Caterina Quaranta feel abut her experience n the Park Railway?
A. Feeling a strng dislike. B. Lnging fr the past time.
C. Causing great wrry. D. Having pleasant relaxatin.
27. Accrding t Gin Tppi, what current benefit will the railway bring t the villagers alng the way?
A. The ecnmic prmtin. B. The increasing birth rate.
C. The ppulatin mbility. D. The lifestyle f big cities.
C
Over the past few centuries, we have dug, chpped, burned, drilled, pumped, stripped, frged, flared, lit,
launched, driven, and flwn ur way t adding 2.4 trillin metric tns f carbn dixide t Earth’s
atmsphere. On a lnely, lunar-like valley 20 miles utside f Reykjavík, Iceland, Edda Aradóttir is n a
missin t put it back where it came frm.
In sending CO2 deep beneath the surface f the planet, she’s aiming t reverse ne f the mst
cnsequential acts ( 有 重 要 意 义 的 行 为 ) f human histry: the unearthing f massive amunts f
subterranean (地下) carbn as fssil fuels, the lifebld f mdern civilizatin but nw its bane as well. She
desn’t have much time. Nr d the rest f us. The extreme weather and recrd-ht temperatures frm
climate change are already here — and virtually certain t get wrse.
Scientists and entrepreneurs like Aradóttir are embarking n ( 着 手 ) ambitius — and smetimes
cntrversial — prjects t remve carbn dixide frm ambient air and lck it away. In Arizna, an
engineering prfessr shws me his “mechanical tree,” a single ne f which may smeday be able t d the
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wrk f a thusand regular trees in capturing and string CO2. In Australia, a leading ceangrapher tells me
that seaweed is salvatin, if nly we’d help it grw in giant aqua-gardens f kelp and wakame that culd
harbr billins f tns f carbn dixide. Atp a university building in Zürich, an Uruguayan inventr with a
gleam in his eye presents me with a small vial f fuel made frm nthing but sunlight and air.
What these effrts have in cmmn is that they are geared in the lng run t drag dwnward a number
that climate experts agree hlds the key t the health f the planet. That number is the atmspheric
cncentratin f carbn dixide. Tday this critical number stands at sme 420 parts per millin, rising
rughly 50 percent since 1850. Carbn-capture prpnents say that their wrk — t capture the main driver
f climate change, radically scaled up in cming decades — will help bring this number dwn.
28. What is the main idea f the first and secnd paragraph?
A. T much carbn cntributes t climate change.
B. Increasing carbn due t human activities urges actin.
C. Fr hundreds f year humans have increased t much carbn. D. Scientists shuld put carbn back t where it is frm.
29. What des the underlined phrase “ne f the mst cnsequential acts” in paragraph 2 refer t?
A. What bsts civilizatin als pens Pandra’s bx.
B. Human civilizatin leads t extremely unstable climate. C. There is less time fr us t prtect ur envirnment. D. Mdern civilizatin depends t much n fssil fuels.
30. Why des the authr mentin sme scientists and entrepreneurs in paragraph 3?
A. T shw their ambitins f reusing carbn.
B. T suggest the pssibility f cntrlling carbn. C. T ffer practical ways f emitting carbn.
D. T display a new evidence in scientific researches. 31. What is the best title fr the text?
A. Anther Pssible Weapn t Fight Climate Change B. Industrial Revlutins Spelling Disaster fr Human
C. Extreme Climate Change Waiting t Be Urgently Eased D. New Measures t Reduce Greenhuse-gas Emissins
D
A plague f rats is creating havc in Karumba, a small castal twn in Queensland, Australia, where
hrdes f rdents（啮齿动物）are chewing n electrical wires and therwise eating everything they can find — and washing up dead in massive numbers, creating a literal stink in the cmmunity.
The lng-haired rat eats shts and leaves — and then leaves fr the nrth, seeking mre fd,
researcher Emma Gray f the schl f bilgy and envirnmental science at Queensland University f
Technlgy tld NPR. Like an army, the mass f rats als has a very effective, and literal, frce multiplier.
Gray says they can “prduce 12 yung every three weeks when cnditins are gd!”
“They cme in waves,” Karumba resident Jn Jensen tld the ABC radi statin in Brisbane. “They
almst seem trained and rganized. They’re in numbers, mate, and they swim arund in the rivers like little
puppy dgs.” Everywhere they g, the rats eat — and eat. “They’re hungry, they’ve swum a lng way,
they’ve cme acrss land a lng way,” Jensen said, “and they’re eating anything and everything they can get
their hands n.”
Queensland’s tpgraphy, with a river system that twists its way t the nrthern cast, funnels the
rdents tward the shre — and dead r alive, hrdes f them arrive in Karumba, a fishing and prt
cmmunity n the Gulf f Carpentaria. Once they’ve arrived, there’s little anyne can d t curtail the
plague. Traps have been set up, he said, but in the face f such multitudes, the measure “really is a tken
gesture.”
Hwever, “as quickly as the rats irrupt r ‘bm’ in numbers, s t d they decline r ‘bust,’” Gray
said. The decline can be linked t several factrs, frm a change t dry cnditins t increases in inbreeding
and disease — and predatrs that feast n the rdent influx. Feral cats, fr instance, are eating well.
“Generally during a rat irruptin, the area als sees a significant increase in the number f predatry birds,”
Gray said. He added, “This year we have them in all their glry and can’t wait fr them t disappear.”
32. Which f the fllwing can prbably describe the rats in Karumba?
A. Untrained & disrganized. B. Scial & reprductive.
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C. Abnrmal & digestive. D. Dmestic & vereating. 33. Why des the rats’ migratin end in Karumba?
A. Because gelgical features f the river system bring rats there.
B. Because there is enugh fd in Karumba fr rats such as fishes.
C. Because the nrthern cast in Karumba prvides habitats fr rats.
D. Because the climate f the nrth is suitable fr their inbreeding.
34. What des the authr mean by “a tken gesture” in paragraph 4?
A. An impssible actin. B. A wrthwhile task.
C. An ineffective methd. D. A favrable behavir.
35. What is the main purpse f the last paragraph?
A. T describe the cnsequence f the plague.
B. T analyze the reasns why rats are increasing. C. T imply a prmising result f the plague.
D. T shw an evident upsurge in predatry birds.
第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If yu are thinking abut redecrating the hme, yu are prbably searching fr interir (内部的)
decratin ideas. Redecrating presents a great chance t reflect yur persnality by displaying yur style
and interest. It will be easy t redecrate the hme if mney is nt a restrictin. __36__ Here are sme tips
n hw t d s:
Yu can get dzens f interir decratin ideas frm cuntless magazines and TV prgrams. Sme
prgrams tend t shw less cstly interir decratin ideas. __37__ It's a gd way f cmparing different
styles. Here yu can make a distinctin between the cuntry style and the cntemprary style.
If yu are fnd f a primitive r traditinal style, warmer clrs are the best fr the rm. These clrs
g with all kinds f clth f ld style and wden furniture. __38__
If yu like a mdern style, use brighter clrs instead f white and ff-white. Hme decratin f the
style includes minimum disrder and a lt f free space and light. Leather furniture matches the rm: white
r black with cntrasting cushin (靠垫) per seating place. __39__ This design really features cntemprary
decr.
__40__ This ften ccurs anyway, especially if peple give yu furniture. If yu wish t cmbine
different pieces f furniture, yu need t bridge the gap between them. This can be dne easily with
materials like thrw pillws, wall hangings and carpets.
A. A white ne n a black sfa suits here.
B. There is nthing wrng in mixing tw styles.
C. Walls tend t have ne r tw pieces f wall art.
D. Anther effective and affrdable ptin is by surfing the Internet.
E. The cmbinatins and pssibilities in the first decratin are endless.
F. Autumn clrs g well t prduce a warm, friendly and pleasant atmsphere.
G. Nevertheless, the questin fr mst is hw t redecrate the hme within limited budget.
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第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The brand has millins f yung fans wh may nt earn a lt but are generus spenders n small tys
that ffer them emtinal and scial value. China’s Generatin Z, rughly 280 millin __41__ and brn
between 1996 and 2012, is __42__ an “emtinal cnsumptin” trend that cntrasts with a brader __43__
in the wrld’s secnd-largest ecnmy. Yung Chinese cnsumers are increasingly willing t spend mney
n items that may seem “__44__” and expensive, but bring them jy r __45__ their md, sme analysts
said.
“They have high emtinal needs as they live and wrk at a fast pace and under high pressure,” said
M Daiqing, a senir analyst at the Hangzhu-based China E-Cmmerce Research Centre. Prducts like
blind bx tys, quirky (古怪的) __46__ and decrative items have becme highly __47__ by yung peple.
Such items, ften nt necessarily __48__, serve as surces f cmfrt, __49__ r self-expressin.
Such __50__ have als cntributed t the success f Jellycat, a UK-based plush ty brand that has
becme ne f the mst ppular stuffed ty brands in China in recent years.
__51__ its high prices — several hundred yuan fr ne small item — its experience stres are always
crwded, and custmers need t make an __52__ in advance t enter. That high demand has even __53__
scalpers wh make a prfit by reselling the appintments.
In May, the China Cnsumers Assciatin als pinted ut in an annual cnsumer rights reprt that in
additin t the pursuit f cst-effectiveness, __54__ release will becme “an imprtant factr affecting the
decisin-making f the yunger generatin f cnsumers”, calling it a new __55__ htspt in the future.
41. A. few B. strng C. high D. little
42. A. pwering B. pstpning C. catering D. wavering
43. A. slwdwn B. develpment C. expansin D. cllapse
44. A. meaningful B. cstly C. useless D. available
45. A. ensure B. enhance C. engage D. encunter
46. A. techniques B. necessities C. bjects D. accessries
47. A. stirred up B. swept away C. watched ver D. sught after
48. A. impractical B. infrmative C. functinal D. cnventinal
49. A. entertainment B. freedm C. runaway D. rutine
50. A. jys B. preferences C. prducts D. desires
51. A. Regarding B. Withut C. Cnsidering D. Despite
52. A. arrangement B. appintment C. appetite D. appeal
53. A. multiplied B. rejected C. illustrated D. fascinated
54. A. bjective B. physical C. emtinal D. ecnmic
55. A. recreatin B. plicy C. enterprise D. cnsumptin
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第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
__56__ (bear) int a family f dugh sculptrs, Lang Jiaziyu began learning dugh sculpture at the age
f 3. She __57__ (be) passinate abut traditinal crafts since childhd. And nw she digitally catalgs
existing dugh sculpture wrks, prtects them thrugh __58__ (technique) means such as 3D scanning and
shares her artifacts and creative prcess nline, __59__ (spread) these intangible cultural heritages and
gaining 2 millin fans.
On Facebk, yung internet users created a grup called "Scial Distance Pwww", __60__ they
share vides n Native American cultural traditins like drumming and dancing t cnnect Indigenus
peple and spread awareness abut Native American cultures.
In the pinin f Zhu Min, assistant dean f the Schl f __61__ (jurnal) and Cmmunicatin at
Beijing Nrmal University, intangible cultural heritage has __62__ (it) fragility, but thrugh digital
technlgy, it can gain resilience.
The cmmunique f __63__ Third Plenary Sessin f the 20th Central Cmmittee f the Cmmunist
Party f China called n the Chinese peple __64__ (bst) cultural cnfidence and wrk t carry frward
traditinal Chinese culture, stay abreast __65__ the latest trends in infrmatin technlgy, cultivate a vast
pl f talent in the cultural sectr, and ignite the cultural creativity f the entire natin.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（满分 15 分）
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●第二节（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。
Majestic Rad Hill in the suburb f ur city is s steep (陡峭的) in sme places that if yu stpped
pedaling (踩踏板), yur bike wuld stp immediately and start t rll backwards. The uphill path is s lng
that it is difficult fr ne t make it t the tp.
The thirty f us came frm the same class. We had a crss-cuntry bicycle tur that day. Once we gt
t its tp, there were tw flat places: Dairy Queen fr burgers and Becker’s fr hmemade dnuts (a small
cake). Usually we had little mney t spare, but fr this challenging event, we all had saved up a little. The
deal was simple: The first ne that gt t the tp wuld get his meal paid fr by the rest f us.
Ed and I had gne ahead f the whle team. We psitined urselves at an advantageus pint t
bserve the ther riders wh fell behind t struggle n the path. We reached the shrtest, but steepest part f
the hill, called “Heartbreak Ridge”. It gt the name because many strng yung peple, wh want t make it
withut their feet leaving their pedal t that pint, nly fail with a brken heart as they gather up bikes.
As sixteen-year-ld teenagers, Ed and I were the best at climbing hills n ur bikes. I had strng legs
gd at climbing and Ed was s strng that he culd make a ftball fifty yards away with a kick. The hill
gt the steepest fr us t get t the tp. Our upper bdy had t hang ver the handle bars t keep us frm
falling backwards. Ed was in frnt f me and he eventually made it t the tp. He wiped sweat frm his
frehead and then he lked at me, cheering. “Kev, cme n!” I tried. When I was nine feet away frm Ed,
smething happened. My legs began t cramp (抽筋 ). I, standing n my bike, culdn’t pedal, r mve
frwards. I was abut t lse my balance.
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1. 续写词数应为 150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1：Just at the critical mment, Ed jumped dwn frm the tp and gave me a helping hand.
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Paragraph 2：Ed and I cheered fr them while they were struggling t ride twards the tp.
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