湖南省常德市2024-2025学年高二上学期第三次阶段性考试英语试题(无答案)

高二年级第三次阶段性考试
英语试卷
时间：120分钟 分值150分 命题人：
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. What will possibly happen to Lydia
A. She might have a birthday party.
B. She might receive a gift.
C. She might dream of running shoes.
2. What does the man feel like doing
A. Taking a bus. B. Getting a camera. C. Having their photo taken.
3. What is the man’s annoyance
A. Kate ignores him by design in the office.
B. Kate’s friends call Kate when she is at home.
C. Kate does private things while working.
4. What is the woman going to do next
A. To reserve something. B. To wait for her friends. C. To order some wine.
5. Where are probably the two speakers
A. In the office. B. On the plane. C. In the subway.
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 is the man going to do this summer
A. Teach a course. B. Do chores at a hotel. C. Mend his house.
7. How will the man use the money
A. To buy books. B. To hire a gardener. C. To pay for a boat trip.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Colleagues. B. Schoolmates. C. Roommates.
9. What does Frank plan to do right after graduation
A. Start his own business. B. Travel around the world. C. Work as a programmer.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why does the woman make the call
A. To reserve a hotel room. B. To make changes to a reservation. C. To enquire about the room service.
11. When will the woman arrive at the hotel
A. On September 16. B. On September 15 C. On September 23
12. How much will the woman pay for her room per night
A. $179 B. $199 C. $219
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the woman’s plan for Saturday
A. Going boating. B. Going camping. C. Going shopping
14. Where will the woman stay in Keswick
A. In her aunt’s home. B. In a five star hotel C. In a country inn.
15. What will Gordon do over the weekend
A. Visit his friends. B. Join the woman C. Watch DVDs
16. What does the woman think of Gordon s coming weekend
A. Boring. B. Relaxed. C. Busy.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Who is Wang Ming
A. An employer. B. A student. C. An engineer.
18. What does the speaker say about the college job market this year
A. It’s unpredictable. B. It’s not optimistic. C. It’s quite stable
19. What percentage of student job seekers have found a job by now
A. 20% B. 22% C. 50%
20. Why are engineering graduates more likely to accept a job
A. They usually get satisfactory payment.
B. They need more work experience and skills.
C. Their professional option is extremely restricted.
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并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
Some beaches are perfect for relaxing, while others offer activities like hiking and water sports. Visit these beautiful beaches for an unforgettable vacation.
Cannon Beach
If your perfect beach vacation spot features postcard-worthy scenery and peace, look no further than Cannon Beach. In this Pacific Northwest town, you can even build a fire on the beach to relax beside while watching the sun set. When you need a break from the beach, grab a bike and head downtown to explore its art galleries, shops and restaurants
Horseshoe Bay Beach
For a one-of-a-kind beach experience, head to Horseshoe Bay Beach on Bermuda’s South Shore. Known for its pink sand, this beach is a popular destination for families looking to play in the calm blue-green waters and build blush-colored sandcastles. Adventure seekers can also take part in the self-guided island bicycle tour or engage in exciting water sports.
Mohegan Bluffs
This beach is famous for its natural beauty. Upon arrival, pause to admire your surroundings and learn about its ties to the native people, their ancient traditions, and connection to the land, adding depth to your beach experience. Then, take the 141 steps down to the sand to sunbathe. After that, climb back up to visit the Southeast Light for an up-close view of its 18th-century lighthouse.
South Beach
This tropical district on Florida’s Atlantic Coast is world-renowned for its powdery white sand. Although technically part of the Miami Beach area, South Beach stands out due to its Art Deco architecture seen in everything from the beachfront lifeguard towers to the high-rise buildings along the famed Ocean Drive
21. What similarity do Cannon Beach and Horseshoe Bay Beach share
A. The chance to cycle around. B. Their lively artistic scene.
C. The unique water sports. D. Their distinctive sand color.
22. Who is most likely attracted to Mohegan Bluffs
A. Those seeking water sports. B. Fans of modern lighthouses.
C. Those interested in local culture. D. Enthusiasts of mountain climbing.
23. What sets South Beach apart from the rest of the Miami Beach area
A. Its beach sand. B. Its architectural style.
C. Its ocean drive. D. Its high-rise buildings.
B
J. K. Rowling frequently shows there is magic every day. Her Harry Potter series has helped people through times of stress and depression and she is always there to deliver wise words of encouragement.
She is one celebrity who is very active on Twitter. So when a single dad named Matt Burke sent her a message thanking her for the series, she noticed. Her series had helped strengthen his relationship with his 9-year-old daughter Bailey.
He included a link to his article titled Being a Broke Parent. He explained how he hadn’t found a level of financial stability that allowed him to pay bills on time and take his daughter on more activities and events. The family also doesn’t have the Internet or TV, which means there’s no “digital babysitter” and he has to rely on his own creative ways to bond with his daughter. Since he received the series, the main thing that has occupied them these days is reading books together.
Burke admits that he thought he was “too cool” for the books when they first came out and he was in his twenties, but he’s loving reading them now. “We switch off chapter by chapter reading them out loud,” Burke explains. “This not only allows her to get more used to reading aloud in front of someone, but it gets me directly involved in something she loves, and it gives me the chance to be very dramatic when I read my chapters and bring myself into the characters in the book, which has proven to be a ton of fun.”
After hearing Burke’s story, Rowling said how honored she was when Harry Potter was a part of his family’s life and offered Burke more books. Besides, people are also offering to send Burke more books as gifts. For Burke, this experience, far more than gifts, will be what he treasures.
24. Why did Burke thank J. K. Rowling according to the text
A. She guided him on how to write a good story.
B. She encouraged him when he was in trouble.
C. Her books helped him through times of confusion.
D. Her books helped him improve his bond with his daughter.
25. What is implied in Burke’s words in paragraph 4
A. He has found it interesting to read the series.
B. He was too old to understand the series better.
C. He has chosen a better way of reading the series.
D. He hopes to play a role in the drama in the future.
26. Which word can best describe Burke’s experience according to the text
A. Useless. B. Normal. C. Valuable. D. Boring.
27. What is the main idea of this text
A. J. K. Rowling chooses to help improve kids’ health.
B. J. K. Rowling gives a magical gift to a single father.
C. J. K. Rowling has a deep influence on others’ growth.
D. Burke comes to know J. K. Rowling through her series.
C
For many people, working from home, or ‘WFH’, has also come to mean ‘WFB’-working from bed. Getting dressed and going to an office has been replaced by splashing water on your face and switching on a computer as you settle back under your blanket. People may have a desk or a kitchen table to place their computer on-they just choose not to.
But the reality is that turning your bed into your office can set off a large number of health problems, both psychological and physical. And even if you don’t notice them now, adverse effects-possibly permanent-could appear later on in life. Young people are particularly likely to fall victim to these bad habits, because they may not feel the consequences right away, which could include simple headaches, and could also extend to permanent stiffness in your back, and severe pain in the bones.
When you work from bed for a year, it doesn’t just potentially ruin your body. It’s possibly bad for your productivity and sleep habits, too. Rachel Salas, a sleep expert at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, explained that “the more you watch TV in bed, play video games in bed and not sleep in bed, your brain starts learning,’ oh, OK, we can do any one of these activities in bed’. It starts building connections.”
So, when you spread out on your bed your laptop. phone and all the screens your job requires every day, your brain and body eventually stop associating bed with rest. “You’re really training your brain to be alert, and telling it this is where your ideas come and this is where the work is done,” adds Salas. “When you’re trying to go to sleep, your brain is like— ‘wait a minute, what are we doing This is work time’.” Doing this for a year, or any extended period of time, could lead to circadian rhythm disorder (昼夜节律紊乱). And disturbed nights, body pain or both mean that you’re less likely to be productive, creative or focused, making it likely your work could suffer.
28. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “adverse” in paragraph 2
A. Beneficial. B. Harmful. C. Temporary. D. Ever-lasting.
29. What do we know about the health problems caused by working from bed
A. Young people are less likely to suffer from them.
B. They can be permanent and can be easily noticed.
C. Young people might notice them later on in their life.
D. They only appear when you work from bed for a year.
30. What does Rachel Salas say about working from bed
A. It trains your brain to be more alert and creative.
B. It makes you sleepy and easily distracted from work.
C. It’s better than watching TV or playing games in bed.
D. It makes your brain connect bed with work rather than rest.
31. What is this passage mainly about
A. Beds are not the perfect working sites.
B. Your productivity suffers from working from home.
C. Working from bed could ruin both your health and work.
D. Turning your bed into your office has become a new trend.
D
History is written, read, told—but rarely ever is it smelled.
Historians and scientists across Europe have now gotten together with perfumers (调香师) and museums for a unique project: to reveal what Europe smelled like between the 16th and early 20th centuries. A European street today may smell like coffee, fresh-baked bread and cigarettes. But what did it smell like hundreds of years ago As part of this three-year-long project called “Odeuropa,” the researchers want to find all the old scents (气味) of Europe—and even recreate some of this ancient smellscape: from the dry tobacco scents to the smelly canals.
To do this, they will first build artificial intelligence (AI) that will be trained to go through historical texts, written in seven different languages, for any descriptions of scents. The AI will also be trained to detect images of objects in the texts that might be scented. The team will then use this information to create an online encyclopedia (百科全书) of smells from Europe’s past.
The encyclopedia will include the meaning of certain scents and will trace the stories behind scents, places and related practices, according to project leader Angela Lee. “This database will become a library for the smell heritage of Europe, enabling future generations to access and learn about the scented past.” The encyclopedia will also include descriptions of people for whom smell was important.
The researchers will then work with chemists and perfume makers to recreate past smells and figure out how to display the smells in museums and other historical sites. With current technology, almost every scent can be produced. “The more difficult part of the project will be to find descriptions of scents, because people haven’t always talked or written about them,” Lee said.
Scent plays a central role in our everyday life, even acting as a powerful time machine into our own past with its ability to activate long-forgotten memories. But it’s also a key tool in telling the stories of others. “Scent gives us access to the past in a much more direct and emotional way than language and images,” Lee said.
32. Why did the researchers start the “Odeuropa” project
A. To rebuild a historical European street. B. To make perfumes of traditional scents.
C. To analyse the typical smells of Europe. D. To reproduce the scented past of Europe.
33. What will the AI do in the project
A. Collect smell-related data. B. Write interesting stories behind smells.
C. Detect objects by smell. D. Describe smells in different languages.
34. Which of the following is the biggest challenge the project faces
A. Scents of the past are hard to keep. B. Records of scents are rarely found.
C. Technology to reproduce scents is poor. D. Display of smells in museums costs a lot.
35. What is the last paragraph mainly about
A. The application of past scents. B. The effect of scents on memory.
C. The role of scent in story-telling. D. The value of understanding scent.
第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，共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。
“Old wives’ tales” are beliefs passed down from one generation to another. For example, most of us remember our parents’ telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. 36 Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time.
Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration. Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. 37 It can kill the type of virus that causes colds.
38 For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. 39 Do sweets cause tooth problems Well, yes and no. Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars
Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales. 40 We should respect this body of knowledge even as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false.
A. Garlic is good for you, too.
B. Is there any truth in these teachings
C. Who can decide whether they are right or wrong
D. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so.
E. Unfortunately, not all of Mom’s advice passed the test of medical studies.
F. After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated from thousands of years of experience in family health care.
G. They are just the guesses and imaginations of people in the past when people’s scientific knowledge was quite limited
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。
Almost every kid has eaten a Hershey chocolate bar. But do you know the founder of the chocolate empire, Milton Hershey
In 1872, at age 14, Milton took a 41 at Royer’s Ice Cream Parlor in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. At 19, he started his first company in Philadelphia, selling taffy. He loved to 42 with candy recipes and soon came up with a soft, chewy caramel (焦糖) that proved to be a big 43 . Things went well for the company for a while, but Milton gradually found it hard to deal with 44 competition. In the year he turned 24, his company collapsed.
45 . Hershey tried again in Denver, Chicago, and New York. However, his businesses in these cities all 46 bankruptcy (破产). If 47 is the best teacher, young Milton Hershey could argue that he had earned a 48 .
Some people in the same situation might have 49 . Not Milton Hershey. He went back to Lancaster and 50 a new enterprise-the Lancaster Caramel Company. This time, Milton got it right. Having learned much from his earlier mistakes, Milton and his new company 51 quickly. At the 1893 Columbian Exposition, he discovered chocolate- making equipment, 52 him to purchase a full set and shift focus to chocolate. In 1894, he opened his first chocolate factory in Derry Church, which was 53 and has been known as Hershey ever since.
He was to 54 what Henry Ford was to automobiles and Steve Jobs was to computers. He 55 a luxury for the few into a treat for the masses.
41. A. chance B. job C. break D. look
42. A. experiment B. compare C. stick D. part
43. A. accident B. mistake C. hit D. reward
44. A. fair B. academic C. exciting D. growing
45. A. Astonished B. Alarmed C. Unaffected D. Uninterested
46. A. gave rise to B. recovered from C. dealt with D. ended up in
47. A. failure B. life C. time D. reflection
48. A. reputation B. living C. fortune D. degree
49. A. quit B. recovered C. won D. insisted
50. A. expanded B. bought C. launched D. found
51. A. advanced B. crashed C. separated D. globalized
52. A. qualifying B. signaling C. inspiring D. appointing
53. A. defined B. described C. rebuilt D. renamed
54. A. enterprises B. chocolates C. facilities D. recipes
55. A. transformed B. divided C. integrated D. introduced
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。
Potala Palace, apart from being the artistic concentration of ancient Tibetan architecture, is also an art treasure of Tibet.
As the symbol of Tibet. Potala Palace has many things worth 56 (see), the architecture of the entire construction, the splendid well-preserved artworks, and various kinds of religious treasures etc. By sightseeing all those 57 (highlight), you can trace back to the old days of Tibet and experience the glory of Tibet’s history. The main buildings of Potala Palace, 58 (locate) on the Red Hill by the side of the Lhasa River, is not only a splendid palace but also a treasure house 59 you can see precious arts and learn Tibetan culture and history. The walls were piled by granite (花岗岩) with 60 thickness of 25 meters. Because of its brilliant arts and history, travelers see it 61 the No. 1 must-see attraction in Tibet. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Potala Palace is the 62 (high) palace in altitude in the world.
Potala Palace’s history can be traced back to about 1,300 years ago and it 63 (be) through several large reconstructions ever since. It was 64 (original) built in the 7th century when the Tubo Kingdom ruled Tibet 65 (house) the King Srongtsen Gampo and his two wives- Princess Wencheng of the Tang Empire and Princess Bhrikuti of Nepal
第四部分 写作（共两节；满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华。几个月前，你由于英语学习进步缓慢而感到沮丧，外教Mr. Smith给予了帮助。请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 表示感谢；
2. 回顾Mr. Smith对你的帮助；
3. 再次表示感谢。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80个左右。
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Mr. Smith,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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。
Finding a Friend
Two years ago, a dog ran into my yard. When he started to wag his tail and bark, I thought he was nice. But when my hand got close to his forehead, he lashed out and bit me. The next day when I woke up I was lying in the hospital bed with stitches on my right arm from my wrist to my elbow. Even though the dog had to go to the pound, the fear and the scares he gave never left.
You can imagine with my fear of something like this I was an easy target for bullies. I didn’t want to become friends with anyone at my school.
I knew the day would come when the teasing would become too much and I wouldn’t be able to take it any longer. On a Friday it happened and I ended up running to my house instead of taking the bus home. I went straight into the woods. I listened to the hush of the trees and admired the beauty of the falling leaves, letting all the frustration go.
Suddenly I heard whimpering (呜咽). I saw the last thing I wanted to see, a dog. From instinct I stood up, legs tense, but the dog didn’t move. Even with my fear of dogs, a part of me wanted to go and comfort the wounded dog. Eventually my heart overpowered my conscience. Carefully I reached out my right hand. My scar started to tingle, remembering the last time I was this close to a dog. Then, before I was ready the dog stretched out his neck, pushing his head into my hand. At that point I knew we needed each other.
The dog happily followed me home. Even after a few days with Scruffy (which is what I chose to name him), the statement “Dogs are man’s best friend” was proven true.
One day, I was taking him for a walk when I noticed a sign on a telephone pole. The sign read:
Lost Dog
Medium height, brown eyes, male, scruffy light brown hair. Answers to the name Copper. If seen, please call me at 544-0222, or bring him to my house at 18 Sugar Hill Road, Easton, NH.
Thank you,
Annie Samson
Next to the writing there was a picture of Copper.
Paragraph 1
Undoubtedly, that was a picture of the dog sitting right beside me. ___________________________________
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Paragraph 2
The next day I brought Copper to Easton to find his owner. ________________________________________
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