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12．Where does Daniel come from?
2024-2025 学年第二学期高一年级期中考试
A．America. B．Mexico. C．Malaysia.
英语试题
13．What is the woman doing?
A．Finishing a report. B．Introducing a holiday. C．Reading a report.
14．With whom does Daniel spend his favourite holiday?
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A．His workmates. B．His close friends. C．His family
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听下面一段较长对话，回答 15-17 小题。
15．Where are the speakers?
A．In Rome. B．In America. C．In England.
16．Why does the woman feel envious?
1．What does the man want the woman to do?
A．There is more sunshine in Rome. B．It rains less often in England. C．Americans know how to
A．Visit Nelson tomorrow. B．Have a party at her house. C．Keep the party secret.
enjoy
2．What does Jenny think of the party?
themselves.
A．Noisy. B．Wonderful. C．Boring.
17．What do many tourists go to Rome for according to the man?
3．Who will the man buy a gift for?
A．The beautiful scenery. B．The delicious food. C．The tasteful wine.
A．His child. B．His parent. C．His brother.
听下面一段较长对话，回答 18-20 小题。
4．What time will the man’s party probably start?
18．Where will the speakers spend their vacation?
A．At 7: 30 p.m. B．At 8: 00 p.m. C．At 11: 00 p.m.
A．At a beach. B．On an island. C．In a mountain.
5．What are the speakers mainly talking about?
19．What will the woman make a booking for?
A．A festival. B．A gift. C．A friend.
A．The hotel. B．The flight. C．The restaurants.
20．What does the woman suggest doing before leaving?
A．Buying some clothes. B．Booking the activities. C．Watching the weather
conditions. 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。
听下面一段独白，回答 6-8 小题。
6．What was Samuel Parnell’s job?
A．A carpenter. B．A lawyer. C．A doctor.
Children's Games in ancient China
7．What did Samuel Parnell encourage other workers to do?
During ancient times, children didn't have much to have fun. But they came up with interesting games to play in
A．Demand to found a workers’ group.
their childhood.
B．Reduce the working time to 8 hours.
Kicking stone balls
C．Require to take holidays every year.
8．When was Labor Day first celebrated as a public holiday?
often played in winter to keep
A．In 1899. B．In 1900. C．In 1890. warm.
听下面一段较长对话，回答 9-11 小题。 Playing hide-and-seek
9．When will the speakers go shopping?
A．On Sunday. B．On Saturday. C．On Friday.
10．Who does the woman need to buy a present for? Flying kites
A．Jimmy. B．The man. C．Her mother.
11．What is the relationship between the speakers?
A．Father and daughter. B．Brother and sister. C．Classmates. special kind of the Beijing kite.
听下面一段较长对话，回答 12-14 小题。 Watching shadow playsDuring the Qing Dynasty, kicking a stone ball around was a popular game in the northern part of China, and it was
Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the country. There are two ways to play: cover a
child's eyes and other kids run around to tease(戏弄)him, or others hide and one child must try to find them.
Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood not paper. Three famous kites are the
Beijing
kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. Each has its own feature. For example, the bird-shaped kite with long wings is a
The closest thing to watching a film during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. The artists control
答案第 1 页，共 2 页puppets(木偶) behind the screen and tell stories along with the music. I have to say it is rather uncommon for males of my age to be classical music enthusiasts. I was not born into a
21. According to the passage, the game of kicking a stone ball was__________. musical family and neither of my parents learned classical music. There wasn’t much music in my home either. So, how
A. played in summer B. like flying kites did it all start?
C. invented in Beijing D. popular in North China The story dates back to the times when I was in kindergarten, which has classical music CDs to offer parents.
22. How do children usually play hide-and-seek? Thinking that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to get me some music to listen to, my parents ordered them without any ambition
A. One plays and others watch B. Others laugh and one must cry of developing an interest in classical music or whatsoever. Without knowing who Bach, Vivaldi and Chopin were or what
C. Others hide and one tries to find D. One runs and others try to catch to expect, I just played the CDs one after one and grew increasingly fond of them.
23. What were the earliest kites made of? What took place meanwhile was my piano studies, which again exposed me to classical music. But I have to admit
A. wood B. silk C. paper D. cloth the beginner pieces sounded rather uninspired and dull to me. Thanks to YouTube, I was able to explore more than what
B my first piano teacher offered — from piano to orchestral music, from Bach to Scriabin. Very often, I didn’t practise the
Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine's Day. One legend (传奇) dates as far back as pieces my teacher assigned, but the pieces I truly loved! It’s also through the Internet that I discovered one of my piano
the days of the Roman Empire. According to the story, Claudius, the Emperor of Rome, wanted to increase the size of his idols later, Grigory Sokolov. Later on, I became interested in not only the music itself, but also composers and music
army. He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to join. Therefore he made a rule that no history.
young man could marry until he had served a certain number of years in the army. I still remember in a 28-day outdoor program in Australia organized by my high school, we weren’t allowed to use
A priest (牧师) named Valentine broke the rule and secretly married a great many young people. Finally, Claudius our mobile phones and there wasn’t any piano either. What I could only do was to repeatedly recall Chopin’s Preludes (前
found out Valentine and put the priest in prison, where he remained until his death on February 14. 奏曲) Op. 28 when walking up the hills. I felt peaceful as usual, but even happier with growing enthusiasm for music.
After his death, Valentine was made a saint (圣人), and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine's Day. It To me, classical music explores the deepest emotions of humanity but can be so humorous as well. The magic of it
became the custom for lovers to send each other message on this day. Now Saint Valentine's Day is a time for people to lies in its ability to cast light on aspects of human conditions and, at the same time, to go beyond the reality.
send one another greeting of many kinds.
February 14, Valentine's Day, is a sweethearts' day, on which people in love with each other express their tender 28．What do we know about the author’s parents?
(温柔的) emotions. A．They knew nothing about music. B．They had to purchase music CDs.
People sometimes put their love message in a heart-shaped box of chocolates, or a bunch of flowers tied with red C．They never pushed him to love music. D．They rarely valued his creating
talent.
ribbons (带子). Words of letters may be written on the flower covered card, or something else. Whatever the form may be,
29．What can be inferred from the author’s piano studies?
the message is almost the same: "Will you be my Valentine?"
A．Online resources benefited him a lot. B．Music history seemed more inviting.
C．He recognized the teacher’s advice. D．The piano classes made him sleepy.
24．Valentine was put in prison because ________. 30．Why does the author mention the 28-day outdoor program?
A．he secretly got married B．he didn't serve in the army A．To stress his eagerness to sing. B．To show his passion for music.
C．he married many young people secretly. D．he broke the laws C．To complain about its strict rules. D．To prove music’s role in calming.
25．According to the rule, ________. 31．What does the author think of classical music?
A．no young men could get married unless they were old enough A．It focuses on poetic lyrics. B．It escapes from the reality.
B．young men could marry if they served in the army for several years C．It gives insights into life. D．It is a peace-seeking art.
C．no one could get married without the emperor's permission D
D．young men could marry only in the army Spending a fair chunk on going to see your favourite big artist is not new — but it certainly feels like concert
26．This passage mainly tells us about ________. prices have entered a new level.
A．how Valentine died B．the Emperor of Rome While you could have got Beyonce or Taylor Swift tickets in the UK for £50 if you took a “nosebleed” seat, these
C．how Valentine's Day is celebrated D．the origin of Valentine's Day had limited availability and quickly sold out. General admission standing tickets for Swift’s Eras tour started at £110.40
27．What won't people do on Valentine's Day? with front-row tickets priced at £172.25. It didn’t stop there — by the time many fans got to the front of the online ticket
A．They will send each other chocolates. B．They will send each other flowers. queue, the only tickets left cost upwards of £300.
C．They will invite friends to their homes to have a party. D．They will send each other cards. Matt Hanner, booking agent and operations director at Runway, said prices at the top level had risen considerably
C — but the increase was partly being driven by demand. “We’re seeing a lot more stadium shows, greenfield, outdoor
答案第 1 页，共 2 页f estival-type shows,” he said. “There are more large-scale shows and tours now than ever, and there is a massive appetite garden there. It was beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful garden I had ever seen. __39__
a mong music lovers for bigger spectacles.” Fancy shows mean higher costs — with staffing, the price of the venue, Many people told me that there was nothing much to see in the park. Now I'd like to tell them that if they had
transport, artists’ needs, insurance and loads more to factor in.
followed the right way, they would have felt differently. But when I told them about what I had seen in the park, they just
Meanwhile, frequent Swift collaborator (合作者) Jack Antonoff has said dynamic pricing by ticket sale sites such
smiled at me without saying a word. I knew they didn't believe me. They couldn't even remember that path because it was
a s Ticketmaster was also an issue when it came to the cost. On its website, Ticketmaster describes its Platinum tickets as so small.
t hose that have their price adjusted according to supply and demand. It says the goal of the dynamic pricing system is to __40__Don't be afraid to choose a different path. You may get a big surprise!
give fans fair and safe access to the tickets, while enabling artists and other people involved in staging live events to price A. It looked like it had not been cleaned for months.
tickets closer to their true market value. B. After a while a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path.
Some artists have been critical of the high ticket prices being demanded by others. Singer-songwriter Paul Heaton C. There is nothing that I want to see.
was praised for capping ticket prices for his tour at £30 to tackle music industry greed. D. I told them what happened.
E. "Which way should I go?" I asked myself. I looked at one way, then the other.
32．What can be inferred about the cheap tickets for famous artists’ concerts? F. There were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was the nicest part of the park.
A．They are mainly offered to members of fan clubs. G. My trip to the park that day made me understand something about life.
B．They are readily available for fans who plan ahead.
C．They are scarce and often sell out in a short time.
D．They are inaccessible because of dynamic pricing policies.
33．What is the relationship between larger shows and ticket prices?
A．Larger shows prioritize affordability over performance quality. How do you pass your time during your subway commute (通勤)? Spending your time on your phone? Listening to
B．Ticket prices for larger shows remain stable despite growing demand. music? Or just 41 the floor? Sabrina Bahsoon, a 22-year-old girl who lives in London, turns the subway into
C．The higher costs of larger shows contribute to increased ticket prices. her stage.
D．Larger shows reduce ticket prices by spreading the cost across more attendees. Her self-shot videos of 42 dance routines (一套动作) filmed on London’s subways have been quickly
34．How does dynamic pricing influence ticketing? spreading on TikTok, making her an overnight hit. Her influence has raised a trend, 43 others to be confident
A．It limits fans’ access to lower-priced tickets. and do what they want to 44 what other people think of them.
B．It reduces competition among ticketing platforms. 45 in Malaysia, “a hot country and a relaxing place”, as she told the journalist, Bahsoon developed a
C．It ensures artists earn more profit from shows. confident 46 there. After moving to London for her college education, she has since then lived far from her
D．It adjusts ticket prices based on real-time market demand. friends in the city. Every time she wants to 47 her friends, she has to spend a lot of time on the 48 .
35．How did Paul Heaton handle the issue of rising ticket prices? While listening to some music, she felt like filming a short TikTok video on the subway on one typical commuting
A．By offering a discount for early buyers. B．By setting a price limit for his concert tickets. night. With no 49 willing to help her, she finished the short film dancing to a joyful song, alone but
C．By avoiding large-scale venues for his shows. D．By publicly criticizing Ticketmaster’s practices. confidently.
Inspired and encouraged by Bahsoon, many viewers soon left 50 comments to praise her for her
51 and confidence. Some also shared their own “Tube Girl” films on social media. This concept has gradually
become a “movement” about embracing confidence.
There was a park near my home. But I didn't go there very often. Many people said there was nothing special. One 52 , there has also been criticism. Some described her behavior as “ 53 ”. But these “haters”
afternoon I went into the park and found it was really small. I walked quickly because there wasn't much to see. I walked do not bother Bahsoon at all. Rather, she thinks it is quite normal for girls to enjoy themselves and 54 their
values. “Sometimes people will try to humble (使卑微) you so you can never 55 ,” Bahsoon told
the for some time and found myself standing in front of two paths. __36__I found that the two paths were different from each
other. journalist.
41．A．searching for B．staring at C．cleaning up D．making
out The left one was wide and clean. There were lots of flowers on both sides of the path. Though the flowers weren't
42．A．energetic B．strange C．awkward D．
limited very beautiful, they made me feel good. I decided to take this path. But wait! I looked at the right one. The path didn't
43．A．forcing B．ordering C．inspiring D．
allowing look nice. __37__Grass grew everywhere. For a long time I couldn't make up my mind.
44．A．according to B．except for C．along with D．regardless
of __38__It wasn't nice, but I didn't want to give up. At last, I came to the end of the path. Ah! There was a small答案第 1 页，共 2 页45．A．Founded B．Raised C．Recognized D．Attended _________________________________________________________________________________________________
46．A．voice B．style C．character D．habit _________________________________________________________________________________________________
47．A．meet B．please C．disturb D．assist _________________________________________________________________________________________________
48．A．bus B．video C．phone D．trip _________________________________________________________________________________________________
49．A．conductor B．passenger C．driver D．guard _________________________________________________________________________________________________
50．A．general B．fair C．friendly D．major
51．A．performance B．determination C．improvement D．bravery
52．A．Thus B．However C．Moreover D．Otherwise 67．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。
53．A．satisfying B．challenging C．alarming D．embarrassing Once there lived a girl named Melanie. The little girl was living with a dream. She wanted to be a ballet dancer.
54．A．follow B．add C．change D．judge Her body was very flexible and she had a strong will power. Melanie’s parents never knew of the great dancing skills
55．A．argue B．win C．object D．quit their daughter had until one day, they saw the little girl dancing with the beautiful steps of a ballerina.
“Isn’t it strange? Melanie is dancing so well without any formal training!” the mother
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said.
“We must give her ballet lessons to help her improve her skills,” her father said.
The following day, Melanie’s parents took her to a local dance training school. The teacher asked Melanie to dance.
The little girl was happy and showed some of her favorite dance steps. However, the teacher didn’t seem interested in her
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。 performance.
Today’s festivals have 56 wide range of origins, 57 (include) the seasons of the year, famous “That’s OK. You can leave now!”the teacher said.
figures, important events, and religions. All festivals have the spirit of sharing joy, gratitude, love, or peace in common. Melanie was shocked to hear this. So were her parents. They couldn’t believe their ears.
The harvest festival is one of the 58 (much)popular festivals and is celebrated 59 (joyful) in “The girl is common. She does not have the possibility to become a ballerina, ”the dance teacher said. “Don’t let
many cultures. In China, families gather 60 (admire) the shining moon and enjoy delicious moon cake during her waste her time dreaming of becoming a dancer.”
the Mid-Autumn Festival. Customs play a significant role in festivals, but they can change over time. For example, some Disappointed, Melanie and her parents returned home. Tears rolled down Melanie’s face. Her dreams were broken
Chinese cities no longer allow firecrackers during the Spring Festival, as they can increase air 61 (pollute). within a matter of minutes. Without confidence, Melanie never attempted to dance again. She completed her studies and
However, these days, festivals 62 (become) more and more commercial, with people 63 (spend) went on to become a teacher in school.Life was good and she kept herself busy with family and work. However,
more money on gifts, which results in different opinions. whenever she happened to pass the school’s ballet room, memories of childhood dreams danced before her eyes.
Festivals are an important part of society. They reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths, and attitudes 64 注意： 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。
life. They are occasions 65 allow us to relax and enjoy life. One day, the ballet teacher in her school was late.
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66．近期你校将举办主题为“The Impact of ______on Me”的英语演讲比赛。假设你是李华，请你写一篇发言稿参赛， _________________________________________________________________________________________________
内容包括： _________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. 分享对你生活具有积极影响的一种事物（比如音乐、阅读、运动或旅游）； “What a performance, Melanie! You are a true ballerina!” said the ballet teacher entering the classroom.
2. 介绍与它相关的个人经历； _________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. 谈谈它对你的影响。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
注意： _________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. 词数 80 左右（首句已给出，不计入总词数）。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The Impact of ______ on Me
Good morning! My name is Li Hua.
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