浙江省杭州市西湖高级中学2024学年高二英语上学期开学考试试
题
第I卷（选择题
共105分）
第一部分：听力测试（共两节，20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节：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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Where is the woman from? A. The USA.
B. Canada.
C. Japan.
2. Which dress does the man tell the woman to wear? A. The red one.
B. The blue one.
C. The grey one.
3. What do the speakers decide to do? A. Have dinner late. office.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Some songs.
B. Their hobbies.
C. A band.
B. See a movie tonight. C. Meet in the man’s
5. Why hasn’t the man taken a photo? A. The fog is thick. camera is broken.
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、7题。
B. The temple is too far.
C.
The
6. What did the man do in summer? A. He visited his brother. traveled to Italy.
7. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates. tourist.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the man want to do with the trousers at first? A. To exchange them. them.
9. When will the man go to a party? A. On Wednesday.
B. On Friday.
C. On Saturday.
B. To return them.
C. To repair
B. Teacher and student.
C.
Guide
and
B. He went swimming.
C.
He
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What will the man do on Saturday night? A. Visit his friend. B. Attend a music festival. C. Invite his friends to dinner. 11. What is the woman’s problem? A. Her car has broken down.
B. Her boss told her to work at weekends.
C. Her sister can't drive her to the music festival. 12. How will the woman go to the music festival? A. By underground.
B. By bus.
C. By taxi.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man want to get for Grace at first? A. A cat.
B. Pet food.
C. Books.
14. What does the woman think of shopping online?
A. Easy. B. Cheap. C. Interesting.
15. What do the speakers decide to buy in the end? A. Sweets.
B. Flowers.
C. A plant.
16. Where are the speakers? A. At home.
B. At a pet shop.
C. At a bookstore.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How did the speaker know about the good news? A. From Julie’s mother. TV programme.
18. What does the speaker guess Julie is celebrating for? A. A new club.
B. Her new novel.
C. Her graduation.
B. From Julie’s friends.
C. From a
19. How does the speaker feel about Julie? A. Disappointed.
B. Worried.
C. Satisfied.
20. What did Julie do as a child? A. She won a competition. gave some lectures.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节（共11小题；每小题2.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A
“How are you” is a nice question. It's a friendly way that people in the United States greet each other. But “How are you?” is also a very unusual question. It's a question that often doesn't have an answer. The person who asks “How are you?” hopes to hear the answer “Fine.”, even if the person's friend isn't fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn't really a question
B. She joined a writing club. C.
She
and “Fine.” isn't really an answer. They are simply other way of saying “Hello!” or “Hi!”.
Sometimes, people also don't say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks, “Do you agree?”, the other person might be thinking, “No, I disagree. I think you're wrong…”But it isn't very polite to disagree strongly, so the other person might say “I'm not sure…”. It's a nice way to say that you don't agree with someone.
People also don't say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person says “I've to go now.” Often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse,” Someone is at the door.” “Something is burning on the stove.” The excuses might be real, or it might not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn't hurt the other person.
When they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people often don't say exactly what they are thinking. It's an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it's also a part of the game of language.
21. When a person wants to disagree with someone, it is polite to say “ ”.
A. You're wrong. I disagree. C. I'm sure I disagree.
B. I'm not sure.
D. No, I disagree.
22. When a person says “I've to go now. Someone is at the door.”, he or she may be .
A. giving an excuse
B. hurting someone's feeling
C. talking to a person at the door D. going to another place 23. One of the rules of the game of language is probably “ ”.
A. Always say what you mean. B. Don't disagree with people. C. Never say exactly what you're thinking. best policy.
B
King's College Summer School is an annual (年度的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King's College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows：
Application(申请) date ▼Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2024. ▼Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2024. ▼Foreign students should send their Courses ▼English language Spoken English：22hours Reading and Writing：10hours ▼American History：16hours ▼American Culture：16hours D. Being polite is the
applications before July 10, 2024. Steps ▼A letter of self-introduction ▼A letter of recommendation(推荐) The letters should be written in English with all necessary Cost ▼Daily lessons：200 ▼Sports and activities：100 ▼Travel：200 ▼Hotel service：400 You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same information.
浙江省杭州市西湖高级中学2024学年高二英语上学期开学考试试题
