河北省邢台市2024届高三上学期第二次月考
英 语
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What do we now from the conversation about the woman? A.She will stop learning swimming. B.She may go on with her swimming class.
C.She had once some difficulty with her swimming class. 2.What is the probable relationship between the two speaers? A.Husband and wife.
B.Patient and nurse.
C.Driver and passenger.
3.What are the speaers taling about? A.Seeing a movie.
B.Reading a boo.
C.Buying a boo.
4.What will the man do net? A.Help the woman scan the picture.
B.Buy the woman a computer.
C.Tell the woman a secret.
5.Which has the woman decided to buy? A.The city postcard.
B.The forest postcard.
C.The lae postcard.
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.Why does the man thin it is bad to tae a tai at first? A.Because these suitcases are not heavy. B.Because there are just a few suitcases.
C.Because the traffic is heavy.
7.How soon do the speaers have to get there? A.In five minutes.
B.In fifteen minutes.
C.In fifty minutes.
8.How will the speaers probably go there at last? A.By bus.
B.On foot.
C.By tai.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9.Why did the man loo pale? A.He didn't sleep well last night.
B.He didn't have dinner last night. C.He has been seriously ill.
10.What does the man thin has caused his sicness? A.Too much alcohol.
B.Unhealthy food.
C.Lac of sleep.
11.Where did Jerry have his dinner last wee? A.In the man's home on Fifth Street. B.In an old restaurant on Fortieth Street. C.In a new restaurant on Fourth Street. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12.When did the speaers meet each other last time? A.More than 6 months ago. 13.Who is Michael? A.The woman's husband.
B.The man's manager.
C.The woman's child.
B.More than 10 months ago.
C.More than 24 months ago.
14.What is the problem with the woman's job? A.A strict five-day wee at wor.
B.Woring too long.
C.Living far from wor.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15.What's the man’s major subject this term? Aparative Cultures.
B.World Economy.
C.Styles of Management.
16.Why does the man plan to study Business net year? A.To prepare for term paper.
B.To share sources with others.
C.To start his own company.
17.When will they meet according to the conversation? A.Net weeend.
B.Net Friday.
C.Net Wednesday.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18.For what purpose were dogs trained in the old days? A.To protect people from robbery. food.
19.What is the main reason for the city people to eep dogs at present? A.For hunting.
B.For companionship.
C.For protection.
B.To play with their owners.
C.To protect people and hunt for
20.Who will treat a dog as his best friend according to the speaer? A.A child.
B.A young couple.
C.An old couple
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
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Best Toys for ids
From wooden blocs to electronic games,the best toys for ids mae their young users thin and dream while building useful sills.Of course,they're also tons of fun!
●Educational Toys
Many of the best toys for ids combine learning and fun.The GeoSafari Taling Globe provides interactive geography games in a fun electronic format.It was named to Dr.Toy's Best Classic Toys List in 2017.Professor Noggin's History of the United States is a fun and informative card game that made FamilyFun's Toy of the Year list.
●Pretend Play
ids love to pretend,and the best toys for ids can spar their imaginations and lead to hours of fun.The Real Projects Worshop was a grand prie winner in the 2017 FamilyFun Toy of the Year awards.With this pretend worshop ids can play with realistic tools while building projects out of foam \itchen won \
●Stuffed（填充的）Animals
Every id needs a cuddly（可抱的）friend.ids may as for stuffed animals based on popular television and movie characters,but teddy bears,stuffed dogs,and other plush figures that haven't appeared on-screen will
have long-lasting appeal.For a unique twist on stuffed animals,the Lil’ Luvables Fluffy Factory lets ids stuff their own teddy bears.It was a Toy of the Year grand prie winner at FamilyFun.
●Games Games
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eercise.Hullabaloo,from the maers of Cranium,won \Game\honors in the 2017 Toy Industry Association Toy of the Year Awards.The game gets ids moving and laughing as they follow instructions from the game's audio console.
21.How can ids benefit from the educational toys? A.They can improve their personalities. C.They can be active in doing homewor.
B.They can enjoy geography games. D.They can gain nowledge while playing.
22.How many inds of toys won the grand prie in FamilyFun Toy of the Year awards? A.Only one.
B.Two.
C.Three.
D.Four.
23.Which toys can develop ids' team spirit? A.Educational toys.
B.Pretend play.
C.Stuffed animals.
D.Games.
24.How can ids play with the toys made by the Lil’ Luvables Fluffy Factory? A.They can stuff the toys by themselves. C.They can treat the toys as bears.
B.They can play board games with the toys. B
I had started a small company several years ago.I wored hard to mae it successful.It was a sign-maing business.It was a small company,and it was private.
Still,I wored hard building up my business.I did not wor only a few hours each day—no baner’s hours for me.Instead I spent many hours each day,seven days a wee,trying to grow the company.I never cut corners or tried to save on epenses.I made many cold calls.I called on possible buyers form a list of people I had never seen.Such calls were often hard sells.
Sometimes I sold my signs at a loss.I did not mae money on my product.When this happened,there were cut bacs.I had to use fewer supplies and reduce the number of worers.But after several years,the company broe even. Profits were equal to epenses.And soon after,I began to gain ground.My signs were selling very quicly.They were selling lie hotcaes.
D.They can interact with the toys.
I was happy.The company was moving forward and maing real progress.It was in the blac,not in the red.The company was maing money,not losing it.
My friend new about my business.He is a leader in the sign-maing industry—a real big gun,if your now what I mean.He offered to buy my company.
He offered me a ball par estimate of the amount he would pay to buy my company.But I new his uneducated guess was low.My company was worth much more.That is,he ased his accountant to tae a close loo at the finances of my company and decide how much it was worth.Then my friend increased his offer.
My friend's official offer was finally given to me in blac and white.It was written on paper and more than I ever dreamed.I was finally able to get a brea I made a huge profit on my company,and my friend also got a bang for the buc.He got a successful business for the money he spent. 25.What's the author's attitude towards his business? A.He wored lie a baner.
B.He showed no interest in it.
D.He didn't epect to mae money from it.
C.He devoted almost all his time to it.
26.Which of the following matches the author's business?
A.Maing neither a loss nor a profit→maing money→running at a loss. B.Maing money→running at a loss→maing neither a loss nor a profit. C.Maing neither a loss nor a profit→running at a loss→maing money. D.Running at a loss→maing neither a loss nor a profit→maing money. 27.What did the author thin of his friend?
A.A successful businessman. C.A selfish guy.
C
In the late 1990s,Google was just a start-up company operating out of a garage in Palo Alto,California. Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin started the company while studying at Stanford University.Google's founders and its employees,then,understood some of the challenges that entrepreneurs（创业者）around the world may face.An entrepreneur is a person who starts a business.They must be willing to ris financial loss in order to mae money.
Mary Grove is the director of a program called Google for Entrepreneurs.She said Google wants to
B.A proud fellow. D.A stubborn man
河北省邢台市2024届高三上学期第二次月考 英语
