2024-2024学年高一年级第一学期期中考试
英语试题
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
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3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the man think of Linda’s husband? A. Clever.
B. Unfriendly.
C. Quiet.
2. What will the weather be like on Friday? A. Rainy.
B. Windy.
C. Sunny.
3. What are the speakers talking about? A. A hotel.
B. An airport.
C. A hospital.
4. What does the man suggest doing? A. Going fishing. 5. What is in the man’s bag? A. Some CDs.
B. Some bottles.
C. Some books.
B. Staying at home.
C. Buying some books.
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、7题。
不积跬步无以至千里，不积小流无以成江海。
6. What does the woman usually do on Saturdays?
A. She goes swimming. B. She plays basketball. C. She goes shopping. 7. When does the woman usually go to the cinema with friends? A. On Friday nights.B. On Saturday nights. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。
8. What was the relationship between the woman and Jim in the past?
A. Relatives.
B. Classmates.
C. Colleagues. C. On Sunday nights.
9. What is the woman?
A. A film actress. B. An art director. C. A magazine editor.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. Where does the woman live now?
A. In Canada.
B. In America.
C. In Japan.
11. What language is the woman good at?
A. Italian.
B. French.
C. Spanish.
12. What does the woman teach in a school?
A. Medicine.
B. English.
C. Maths.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a park. B. At a hotel C. In the street.
14. What is the weather like today?
A. Sunny.
B. Rainy.
C. Cloudy.
15. How will the man probably go to Wrigley Field?
A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By subway.
16. What time is it probably now? A. 3:00 p.m.
B. 4:00 p.m.
C. 5:00 p.m.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. Where does the speaker have breakfast if the weather is fine?
A. In the garden B. In the kitchen. C. In the living room.
18. When does the speaker usually go to work?
A. At 2:00 p.m. B. At 6:00 p.m. C. At 6:30 p.m.
不积跬步无以至千里，不积小流无以成江海。
19. How does the speaker usually go home from the restaurant?
A. By bus.
B. By taxi.
C. By train.
20. What do we know about the speaker?
A. She is a violinist. B. She often eats alone after work. C. She often reads the newspaper at night.
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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Losing weight comes with a lot of health benefits — including making your brain sharper.
Yes, it turns out that overweight may damage cognitive (认知的) functions such as memory and attention. There have been few studies of overweight and cognitive functioning, possibly because it is generally believed that it is not a primary risk cause for poor cognitive performance. Losing weight, therefore, may help improve these mental functions, according to a new research led by John Gunstad, assistant professor of psychology (心理学) at Kent State University.
Growing evidence suggests that being fat is linked to cognitive deficits (缺陷). So Gunstad and his team guessed that losing weight might improve mental function. For their study, they measured memory and attention in a group of 150 overweight participants, some of whom had some kind of operation for weight loss and some did not. All of the volunteers completed mental skills tests to assess their abilities of memory and attention at the beginning of the study, and again 12 weeks later. To begin with, about 24% of the patients showed damaged learning and 23％showed signs of poor memory when tested. At the end of the study, those who had lost weight after operation improved their scores into the average or above average range for cognitive functions. Scores for the volunteers who didn’t lose weight dropped even further.
The study helped Gunstad to find out whether losing weight had any effect on mental function. Now that he’s seen the positive effect that weight loss can have on memory and attention, he says he will next study those who choose to lose weight by the traditional way — eating
不积跬步无以至千里，不积小流无以成江海。
安徽省肥东县高级中学2024-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案
