2024山西省运城市康杰中学高二下学期开学考试英语试题（含答案）

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康杰中学 2023—2024 年第二学期

高二年级（开学考试）英语试题

2024 年 2 月

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 would the man drink at last?

A. Orange juice. B. Grape juice. C. Apple juice.

2. When will the man get his envelope?

A. Tomorrow morning. B. Tomorrow afternoon. C. Tomorrow night.

3. What is wrong with the hat?

A. It’s too small. B. It’s the wrong color. C. It’s the wrong way round.

4. What’s the problem with the woman’s TV?

A. It’s broken. B. It doesn’t fit in her room. C. It has bad picture quality.

5. What color of light is showing?

A. Orange. B. Green. C. Red.

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 8 题。

6. What is the man doing now?

A. Reading a book. B. Locking the door. C. Turning off the heater.

7. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Classmates. B. Co-workers. C. Family members.

听第 7段材料，回答第 8至10 题。

8. Where does the man suggest the woman stay?

A. In a hotel. B. In a flat with others. C. In a house with a family.

9. Why does the man dislike sharing a flat?

A. It is too noisy to study. B. It wastes much time to cook and clean.

C. It is difficult to get along with the roommates.

10. Who can help to find a family to stay with?

A. The travel agency. B. The Student Union. C. The local government.

听第 8段材料，回答第 11 至13 题。

11. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At home. B. In a bookstore. C. At school.

12. Why is Sarah sad?

A. Her pet got lost. B. Her work is difficult. C. Her parents have problems.

13. What does Mr. Thompson suggest Sara do?

A. Get a cat. B. Read a book. C. Focus on her lessons.

听第 9段材料，回答第 14 至17 题。

14. What do the speakers have in common?

A. They are both Chinese. B. They always think differently. C. They took a trip abroad together.

15. What happened to the man’s American friend?

A. He got sick. B. He missed a trip.

C. He made mistakes in speaking Chinese.

16. How did the man’s American friend feel about his suggestion?

A. Excited. B. Unhappy. C. Grateful.

17. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Social skills. B. Emergency reactions. C. Cultural differences.

听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至20 题。

18. What’s getting less and less these days according to the talk?

A. Empty land. B. Garbage. C. Water.

19. What do people suggest to deal with garbage?

A. Burying it. B. Sending it out of our planet. C. Using it as an energy source.

20. What is the problem with burning garbage?

A. It is hardly ever done.

B. It causes air pollution.

C. It is useless for hard materials.

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。

Four Inventions That Changed the World

The course of human evolution has been filled with inventions. The following inventions changed the

world in one way or another.

Match

Many of us wonder what life was like before matches. We can thank a British pharmacist and his dirty

mixing stick. In 1820s, John Walker noticed a dried lump on the end of a stick while he was stirring a mix of

chemicals. When he tried to scrape (刮掉) it off, flames appeared. The initial matches were made of cardboard

but soon the matches came in a box equipped with a piece of sandpaper for striking.

Penicillin

Penicillin was discovered in 1928 when a young bacteriologist, Alexander Fleming, was tidying up his

lab. After having been on vacation, he returned to work to find that a dish of Staphylococcus bacteria had been

left uncovered, and he noticed that mould (霉菌) on the culture had killed many of the bacteria. His further

research found that it could kill other bacteria.

Microwave Oven

Of all the sci-fi kitchen appliances, the microwave oven really relieves the load on housewives. It was

discovered in the 1940s. When Percy Spencer, an engineer, was working on a magnetron (磁控管), he noticed

that a chocolate bar in his pocket had started to melt due to the microwaves. Spencer found that indeed, when

food was placed in the box with the microwave energy, it cooked quickly.

Plastic

The first plastic was invented in 1907 by Leo Hendrik Baekeland. His initial quest was to invent a ready

replacement for shellac ( 虫胶 )，an expensive product got from lac beetles. Baekeland combined

formaldehyde (甲醛) with a waste product of coal, and heated the mixture. Rather than a shellac-like material,

he created a substance that didn't melt under heat and stress.

21. Who invented matches?

A. John Walker. B. Alexander Fleming.

C. Percy Spencer. D. Leo Hendrik Baekeland.

22. What had Leo Hendrik Baekeland originally intended to invent?

A. A plastic-like material. B. A product from lac beetles.

C. A replacement for shellac. D. A waste product of coal.

23. What do the four inventions have in common?

A. They were the results of joint efforts. B. They were the accidental discoveries.

C. They were the fruits of years of research. D. They were unaccepted when coming out.

When Schauna Austin was 20 years old, she lost her husband in a car crash. Unable to raise a baby alone,

she made a difficult decision during pregnancy — to place her baby for adoption. She gave birth to a child she

named Riley, and held him for 72 hours straight. “It was perfect,” Austin said, holding her new baby. “I knew I

would have him for a short time, so I made every minute count. I didn’t sleep for three days until the time

came to let him go.”

Her Riley became another family’s Steven. Like most closed adoptions, a firewall went up between

Austin and Steven’s new parents — no communication whatsoever. But that only lasted about a week.

Adoptive mother Jennifer Schoebinger and her husband, Chris Schoebinger, said they had no interest in

excluding the birth mother. “You know, you can’t have too many people loving you, right? Why couldn’t he be

both of ours?” Chris Schoebinger said.

So, year after year, they sent Austin piles of pictures and bound books detailing Steven’s every major and

minor milestones. The Schoebingers said they did this so that when Austin and their son were ready, they could

pick up right where they left off. The two reunited when Steven was 7 years old. Austin taught him how to fish,

and they have kept in contact ever since. Austin felt blessed beyond words, and Steven felt he got the best of

both worlds.

Steven is now 26, married, and with a baby boy of his own. Much to the delight of Austin, he named the

child Riley. “I think the lesson we learned is that sometimes we create barriers where barriers don’t need to be.

And when we pull down those barriers, we really find love on the other side,” Chris Schorbinger said.

That love on the other side has continued to grow. The families spend Thanksgiving as one, and will of

course be getting together again in the days ahead.

24. What does the underlined sentence in the second paragraph mean?

A. The less people love you, the better. B. There are too many people who care about you.

C. Being loved by many people is desirable. D. It’s a burden to be cared about by too many people.

25. What was Austin’s attitude towards reuniting with her son?

A. Tolerant. B. Grateful. C. Uneasy. D. Angry.

26. What can we learn about the Schoebingers from the passage?

A. They did not give birth to any children.

B. They contacted Austin as soon as they took Steven in.

C. They felt blessed beyond words when Austin taught Steven how to fish.

D. They believed it better to get the biological mother involved.

27. What does the author want to convey most through the passage?

A. Biological parents are crucial to a child’s growth.

B. People create barriers where barriers don’t need to be.

C. Adoptive parents and biological parents should raise children together.

D. Love is found when we pull down unnecessary barriers.

The University of Exeter is launching a new program in September 2024 called the Master of Arts(MA) in

Magic and Occult Science. This program is all about exploring ideas in a different way, according to its leader,

Professor Emily Selove.

Selove explained on BBC Radio 4’s Today program that this degree in magic takes a fresh approach to

studying history, science, philosophy, religion, and literature. It looks at these subjects from a unique viewpoint

that hasn't received much attention from scholars before.

The university mentioned that this course will give students a chance to dig into the history and effects of

witchcraft (巫术) and magic worldwide, including their influence on society and science.Expert s in various

fields will teach the course and help students understand how magic has played a role in both Western and

Eastern cultures.

The University of Exeter already received more than a hundred inquiries for MA degree.The “innovative” MA

has been created following a “recent surge in interest in magic”, the course leader said. The interest in studying

magic is on the rise, both within and outside of academic circles. This is because people are searching for fresh

viewpoints on how we connect with other human cultures and the natural world, Selove explained.

Selove said that our ancestors had some interesting ideas that we may have ignored. These ideas have the

potential to be valuable philosophical thoughts and could provide us with a new way of understanding society.

“The MA in Magic and Occult Science would challenge the belief that the Western world is only characterized

by rationalism(理性主义) and science while the rest of the world is associated with magic and superstition( 迷

信),”she added.

Furthermore, the university mentioned that this course can prepare students for various career paths,

including teaching, consulting and tourism as well as work in heritage settings and museums, art organizations,

and the publishing industry among other options.

28. What do we know about the MA in Magic and Occult Science?

A. It provides a new way to study science and physics.

B. It gives students the opportunity to be exposed to witchcraft.

C. Its course focuses on the magical world of Eastern culture.

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