湖南省多校2024届高三下学期4月大联考英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

2024届高三4月大联考英语（试题卷）注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试题卷上无效。3. 本试题卷共11页，67小题，满分150分，考试用时120分钟。如缺页，考生须及时报告监考老师，否则后果自负。4. 考试结束后，将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。祝你考试顺利！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。例：How much is the shirt?A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15.答案是C。1. When will the woman meet the staff manager?A. At 9:30. B. At 11:00. C. At 12:40.2. Where are the speakers?A. At home. B. At the park. C. At an art exhibition hall.3. How much will the woman pay in total?A. $75. B. $150. C. $200.4. How does the man feel now?A. Refreshed. B. Excited. C. Regretful.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Bathing a dog. B. Cleaning the room. C. Planning family activities.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。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。6. Why does the woman ask the man to move?A. The table needs to be cleaned.B. The man isnt buying anything.C. The table is reserved for someone else.7. How does the man feel in the end?A. Angry. B. Relieved. C. Understanding.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why is the man at the supermarket today?A. To do some shopping. B. To carry out a survey. C. To meet the owner.9. What change did the owner make to the supermarket last year?A. The location. B. The name. C. The manager.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the main topic of the conversation?A. A gift. B. A party. C. A dessert.11. Which room will the speakers meet in?A. The kitchen. B. The dining room. C. The bedroom.12. What will the speakers probably do next?A. Share some cake. B. Go to their friends house. C. Play a hiding game outside.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where does the woman work?A. At an airport. B. In a hotel. C. In a travel agency.14. What month is it now?A. February. B. March. C. April.15. What does the woman tell the man?A. There are few flights to choose.B. She cant arrange accommodation for him.C. Holidays in the Australian Outback are less popular.16. When will the man and his wife leave for Alice Springs?A. On the 10th. B. On the 16th. C. On the 18th.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the purpose of the talk?A. To advertise the shop.B. To tell the listeners to be kind.C. To call on the listeners to donate to the girl.18. Why do people use the shop?A. It is convenient. B. It is cheap. C. It has different products.19. What did the speaker get from the girl?A. Seven coins. B. A little toy horse. C. A plastic hand chain.20. How did the speaker feel in the end?A. Guilty. B. Delighted. C. Disappointed.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。ABOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFESusie Dent is Britains most-loved word expert. She has two new books: Interesting Stories About Curious Words (John Murray) and Roots of Happiness (Puffin), both available now.Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain FournierThis was the first book that really stopped me in my tracks. I lapped up its romantic but melancholy (忧郁的) story of the dreamy world between childhood and adolescence. Ive never found as acute a description of longing as I did here, and for many things: for the mysterious castle, for love, and for freedom. It is an mysterious and dreamy book. What adds to the magic is that this was the only story that Fournier wrotehe died on the front line in the early months of the First World War.The Oxford English DictionaryIf I could take just one book to a desert island it would (of course) be the complete Oxford English Dictionary all 20 volumes. It may sound predictable, but the OED is anything but. In its pages youll find comedy, passion, tragedy, and thousands of hidden stories. Even the simplest of words have had quite a journey “nice”, for example, has gone from meaning “stupid” to “pleasant”. Add to that a host of words that have unaccountably disappeared whento my mindwe could really do with them, and you have entertainment forever. And which of us hasnt met an “ultracrepidarian”: one who loves to talk about something they know nothing about?Maus and Maus II by Art SpiegelmanThe graphic novels Maus and Maus by the American cartoonist Art Spiegelman are not easy reads, but theyre important ones. Theyre really a tale within a tale, in which the narrator (叙述者) interviews his father about his experiences of the Holocaust and his liberation from a concentration camp. Here the Nazis are drawn as cats, and Jews are mice. Overarching it all is an unforgettable tale of a sons relationship with his broken father. Given that German has always been my first love, it felt necessary to read these books. Spiegelman takes the unspeakable and gives it an immediacy Ill never forget.1. What is the probable purpose of this text?A. To recommend and classify.B. To encourage and enrich.C. To introduce and inform.D. To memorize and alarm.2. How does The Oxford English Dictionary change Susies life?A. It inspires her to write stories.B. It helps her describe something particular.C. It fuels her passion for referring to a dictionary.D. It entertains her with the development of language.3. What is Maus and Maus most probably about?A. German geography.B. Unexplained tales.C. Adapted life story.D. Parent-child relationship.BAkira Toriyama, one of Japans leading comics authors, whose manga (漫画) “Dragon Ball” achieved worldwide success with its mix of comedic characters and rousing martial arts battles, died on March 1. He was 68.Mr. Toriyamas body of work is recognizable far beyond Japans borders, having influenced generations of manga artists and cartoonists. His best-known work, “Dragon Ball”, follows a young boy named Son Goku who starts a journey to collect the seven magical balls that summon (召唤) a wish-granting dragon. Since its creation in the 1980s, it has spanned 42 volumes, sold millions of copies worldwide and become one of the most famous manga, inspiring television, film and video game adaptations.Throughout his career, Mr. Toriyama said in a 2013 interview with the Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun, he did not care if his work did anything besides entertaining its readers. He was, he suggested, unlike “other manga artists concerned about conveying moral messages”.When “Dragon Ball” was first published in 1984, it was an immediate hit, becoming one of the best-selling manga series of all time. It sold more than 260million copies worldwide, according to Toei Animation, the studio that produced the anime adaptation. “Dragon Ball” was serialized in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shonen Jump until 1995. In the year after the series ended, the magazine lost about one million of its six million readers, according to “A History of Modern Manga”.A productive manga artist, Mr. Toriyama did not necessarily have an appetite for this genre as a reader. “I have always had a hard time reading manga, including my own work,” he said in a 2018 interview with Kiyosu City Public Library. He led a private life and gave few interviews. In a 2013 interview with the Japanese singer and actress Shoko Nakagawa, he said that he did not even share all his work with his family. “To tell you the truth, no one in my family has ever seen Dragon Ball,” he said, laughing. “I am also a hikikomori,” he added, using the Japanese word for a recluse (隐居者). But his stories continued to reach fans around the world years after their creation.4. Where can you find this article most probably?A A news report.B. An autobiography.C. A manga introduction.D. A funeral speech.5. According to Mr. Toriyama, how is his manga different from the others?A. It is classical.B. It is engaging.C. It is advanced.D. It is educational.6. What influence did “Dragon Ball” have on Weekly Shonen Jump?A. A thickened size of each issue.B. A leading magazine worldwide.C. A period of increase in readership.D. A record holder in manga history.7. What can best describe Mr. Toriyamas personality according to the text?A Unworldly and genuine.B. Imaginative and flexible.C. Innocent and well-informed.D. Knowledgeable and courageous.CThere are a lot of good and logical reasons not to say what you think, especially when others disagree. Offending people isnt nice, and it can lead to social consequences. Nodding along might seem practical or charitable, despite the fact that you are screaming disagreement on the inside. However, the true act of charity is to say what you really think. Your committing to complete honesty can be an act of love.One of my friends takes honesty to the extreme. He calls talks with others that get to the complete truth of things, even difficult admissions in views, “love conversations”. Once two people have such a conversation, his theory goes, they can understand each other and act accordingly. As a philosophical matter, my friends belief of “love conversations” is Kantian. The German philosopher Kant argued that lying to others prevents them from making choices based on the truth, which is contradictory with friendship and love.In the 1990s, Brad Blanton argued when the truth is hard to accept, telling it can have costs, including social disapproval and broken relationships. But it is worth the consequences because it can reduce stress, deepen connections with others, and reduce emotional reactivity.Both sides cant be right here. Either Kant, Blanton, and my friend are embracing a faulty theory, or our society is missing a big opportunity for moral growth. You might say that little white lies are a society lubricant (润滑剂). They can even seem virtuous. After telling a white lie, I sometimes pat myself on the back, turning my evil into a virtue inside my own head. Some lies might make life easier, but they dont necessarily make life happier. I wouldnt want my wife to tell me what she thinks I want to hear, as if we were strangers avoiding conflict, and finding out that she had done so would make me feel distrusted and therefore hurt our relationship. I dont want a stranger to tell me she likes my writing if she doesnt, because unreal compliments make me suspicious.8. What can we learn from “my friend” in Paragraph 2?A. He admits others views with great honest.B. He practices Kants philosophical theories.C. He loves to discuss philosophy with others.D. He prevents himself from difficult choices.9. Brad Blanton found telling the truth _.A. stressful and emotionalB. unacceptable and harmfulC. thoughtless but courageousD. challenging but deserving10. Why is his wife mentioned in the last paragraph?A. To distinguish his wife from a stranger.B. To show his wifes honesty and virtue.C. To argue for the importance of frankness.D. To stress avoiding suspicion in marriage.11. Which statement does the author probably agree with?A. Telling the truth can be an act of love.B. The route to happier life lies in lies.C. Little white lies are actually virtuous.D. Our society is being corrupted by lies.DP. H. Hanes, founder of HanesBrands, came up with retail price in the 1920s. That allowed him to use ads in publications across America to discourage distributors from unfairly raising the price of his knitted underwear. Even today many American shopkeepers stick to manufacturers recommended prices, as much as they would love to raise them to offset the inflationary (通货膨胀) pressures on their other costs. A growing number, though, resort to more complicated pricing techniques.Getting retail price right can be tricky. Set prices too high and you risk losing customers; set them too low and you leave money on the table. Retailers have historically used rules of thumb, such as adding a fixed margin (差额) on top of costs or matching what competitors charge. As energy, labour and other inputs go through the roof, they can no longer afford to treat pricing as an afterthought. To gain an edge, shopkeepers have been turning to price-optimisation systems.At their core are mathematical models that use deal data to estimate price flexibilityhow much demand increases as the price falls and vice versafor thousands of products. Price-sensitive items can then be discounted and price-insensitive ones marked up. Merchants can fine-tune the algorithms (算法) to prevent undesirable outcomes.These systems are becoming cleverer thanks to advances in artificial intelligence(AI). The latest crop of AI-powered ones can spot patterns and relationships between multiple items. Makers of pricing software are incorporating new data sources into their models, from customers tweets to online product reviews, says Doug Fuehne of Pricefx, one such firm. In February Starbucks, a chain of coffee shops, boasted about its use of analytics and AI to model pricing “on an ongoing basis”. US Foods, a food distributor, praised its pricing systems ability to use “over a dozen different inputs” to boost sales and profits.What pricing systems do not do is lead unavoidably to higher prices. Matt Pavich of Revionics, another pricing-software firm, calls this misconception “one of the biggest misunderstanding” about products like his. Sysco, a big food distributor which rolled out new pricing software last year, is a case in point. The firm says the system allows it to lower prices on “key value items”as price-sensitive bestsellers are known in the tradeand raise them on other products. It can thus increase profits by expanding sales while maintaining margins.12. What does the expression “leave money on the table” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Do not match the competitors prices.B. Do not maintain a reasonable sales and profits.C. Do not address the pressure on extra expenses.D. Do not reach an agreement in price negotiation.13. How do the price-optimisation systems work?A. Setting fixed prices for all products.B. Adjusting prices based on demands.C. Constructing discount models by AI.D. Capitalizing on customers social media data.14. What does Matt Pavich think of the price-optimisation system?A. It hits the sweet point.B. It cuts a long story short.C. It runs counter to its