郑州市2024年高中毕业年级第一次质量预测
英语试题卷（答案在最后）
本试卷分四部分，考试时间120分钟，满分150分(听力成绩算作参考分)。考生应首先阅读答题卡上的文字信息，然后在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上作答无效。
第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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.How much time is left before handing in the paper?
A.15minutes.
B.30minutes.
C.45minutes.
2.What is the woman doing?
A.Studying road signs.
B.Having a driving test.
C.Asking for directions.
3.Where does the conversation probably take place?
A.At a hotel.
B.In a restaurant.
C.At a department.
4.What is the woman looking for?
A.A watch.
B.A young lady.
C.A young man.
5.What kind of magazine is the man interested in?
A.Sports magazines.
B.Fashion magazines.
C.Science magazines.
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。
6.Who is the biggest gift from?
A.David.
B.Jack.
C.Sienna.
7.What does Sienna give the woman?
A.A scarf.
B.A coat.
C.A music box.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8.What is Ted's cousin?
A.A journalist.
B.A teacher.
C.A sailor.
9.How does Ted find teaching?
A.Exciting.
B.Boring.
C.Challenging.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A.Classmates.
B.Colleagues.
C.Neighbors.
11.Why did Mary go to Xiamen?
A.To escape Wuhan's heat.
B.To help her uncle with his business.
C.To help her uncle with his new apartment.
12.What does Mary think of seafood?
A.Just so-so.
B.Delicious.
C.Terrible.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13.Why does Linda want to talk with John?
A.To borrow a book from him.
B.T o invite him to a reading club.
C.To ask for advice on her report.
14.When does the group usually meet?
A.Friday.
B.Saturday.
C.Sunday.
15.How is The Kite Runner in Linda's opinion?
A.It's simple.
B.It's difficult.
C.It's nice.
16.What will John do in the following two weeks?
A.Write a book review.
B.Read the book mentioned.
C.Discuss the book with Linda.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.Who are the listeners?
A.Students.
B.Visitors.
C.New employees.
18.What can NatWest account provide?
A.A free driving lesson.
B.Free mobile phone insurance.
C.Discounts on train fares in Britain.
19.What do the three banks have in common?
A.They provide free life insurance.
B.They have many branches in Britain.
C.They don't charge interests if customers are overdrawn.
20.Which bank has the lowest interest rate?
A.Barclays.
B.HSB
C.  C.NatWest.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Influential Art
Sheila Metzner:From Life
Jan.20,2024-Feb.25,2024
This exhibition celebrates the artistic skill of the internationally respected American photographer Sheila Metzner.Her unique style integrates aspects of Pictorialism andModernism to create an aesthetic(美感),which not only stands out in the history of photography but also becomes very closely associated with the best of1980's fashion,beauty and decorative arts trends.
William Blake:Visionary
Jan.17,2024-Feb.24,2024
A remarkable printmaker,painter,and poet,William Blake(1757-1827)developed a very wildly unconvent
ional world view.By combining his poetry and images on the page through unique drawing techniques,Blake created some of British art's most striking and lasting imagery.This major international loan exhibition explores the artist-poet's imaginative world through his most celebrated works.
Alfredo Boulton:Looking at Venezuela
(1928-1978)
Daily,through Jan.16,2024
Alfredo Boulton was one of the most important intellectuals of the20th century inLatin America and an influential photographer of the modern period.Through his large collection of works,Boulton generated a new cultural definition of Venezuela.This exhibition explores Boulton's wonderful photography,his relationships with modern artists and his influence on the formalization of art history in his country.
Eugèn e Atget:Highlights from the Mary
&Dan Solomon Collection
Daily,through Jan.25,2024
Around the turn of the20th century,photographer Eugène Atget broke new artistic ground.Walking at dawn with his heavy camera,he photographed the soul of Paris and its surrounding areas by focusing on its old alleyways,shop fronts,architectural details,staircases and street sellers.This focused exhibition features highlights from the artist's work,which continues to influence quite a few photographers today.
21.What did Sheila Metzner and Alfredo Boulton have in common?
A.They shaped artistic expression.
B.T hey explored cultural diversity.
C.They photographed American life.
D.They focused on modern photography.
22.What is Eugène Atget's photography mainly about?
A.French fashions.
B.Natural landscapes.
C.Architectural designs.
sort out the facts
D.Urban street scenes.
23.Which exhibition is suitable for whoever studies words and images?
A.William Blake:Visionary.
B.S heila M etzner:F rom L ife.
C.A lfredo B oulton:L ooking at Venezuela(1928–1978).
D.E ugène A tget:H ighlights from the Mary&Dan Solomon Collection.
B
My son just turned14and does not have a smartphone.When he graduated fromGrade8,he was the only kid in his class without one.He asks for a phone now that he's going to high school.I say no,he asks why,I explain, and he pushes back.
“You can choose to do things differently when you're a parent,”I told him.But sometimes,I wonder if I'm
being too stubborn or unfair.
The more I research,the more confident I feel in my decision.Many studies link the current men tal health crisis among adolescents to fundamental changes in how they socialize,namely,the shift from in-person to online interaction.
But other mothers challenge my view.“He must feel so left out!”Then there are the parents who tell me sadly that they wish they had delayed their teenager's phone ownership longer than they did.They urge me to hold out.
If teenagers between the ages of13and18are truly spending an average of8hours39minutes per day on their devices,as stated in a survey conducted byCommon Sense Media,then what are they not doing?Kids absorbed in their devices are missing out on real life,and that strikes me as really sad.
I want my son to have a childhood he feels satisfied with and proud of.I want it to be full of adventures, imaginative play and physical challenges which he must sort out himself without asking me for help.The easiest and simplest way to achieve these goals is to delay giving him a smartphone.
Some think my son is missing out or falling behind,but he is not.He does well in school and extra-curric
ular activities,hangs out with his friends in person,and moves independently around our small town.He promises he'll give his own14-yearold a phone someday,and I tell him that's fine.But recently,he admitted that he missed the beautiful scenery on a drive to a nearby mountain because he had been so absorbed in his friend's iPad.If that is his version of admitting I'm right,I'll take it.
24.What does the underlined phrase“pushes back”in Paragraph1probably mean?
A.Agrees.
B.Delays.
C.Opposes.
D.Persuades.
25.What is the author primarily concerned about regarding giving her son a phone?
A.Her son's online safety.
B.Her son's men tal growth.
C.Her son's reduced physical activities.
D.Her son's poor academic performance.
26.What quality does the author want her son to develop in his childhood?
A.Team spirit.
B.Leadership.
C.Independence.
D.Critical thinking.
27.What can be learned about the author's son?
A.He is falling behind academically.
B.He is easily influenced by his friends.
C.He has given up his desire for a smartphone.
D.He has realized the problems of much screen time.
C
All the Beauty in the World,Patrick Bringley's memoir(回忆录)about his10years working as a guard at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art(Met),brings new meaning to the term“art appreciation”.During8-12 hour shifts spent among the galleries,he takes advantage of the gift of time to study the masterpieces he's been hired to protect-and to think about the role of art throughout history.
Bringley is not the only Met staffer to write about the institution.But Bringley's“guard's-eye view”is unique, and he presents his personal story with sincerity.After his brother Tom's death from cancer in2008,Bringley gave up his job as a journalist for a job in which“I was happy to be going nowhere”.He explains,“Ihad lost someone.I did not wish to move on from that.In a sense,I didn't wish to move at all.”Bringley doesn't say when he decided to channel his experience of finding peace into art,but this story about jumping off the career ladder in order to find the space for quiet reflection is surprisingly suite d to our times.
All the Beauty in the World offers well-chosen facts about the museum to supportBringley's personal tale.As interesting as these facts are,it's Bringley's reflections on dozens of individual paintings,photogr
aphs,sculptures and ancient artifacts that turn this book into a tribute(致敬)to the power of art.Discussing Alfred Stieglitz's photographs of his wife,he writes,“I think that sometimes we need permission to stop and adore things,and a work of art gives us that.”In a Vermeer port rait of a dozing maidservant,he is moved to see that the artist caught “that feeling we sometimes have that a private setting possesses a holiness(神圣)of its own.It was my constant feeling in Tom's hospital room”.
As rich in moving insights as the Met is in treasures,All the Beauty in the World reminds us of the importance of learning not about art,but from it.This is art appreciation at a high level.
28.What makes All the Beauty in the World different from other books by Met staffers?
A.Its author's personal sad story.
B.Its author's unique point of view.
C.Its well-chosen facts about the museum.
D.Its detailed introduction to the artworks.
29.Why did Bringley decide to become a guard at the Met?
A.To remember his dead brother.
B.To enrich his journalism career.
C.To find some peace and quiet in art.
D.To study the artworks more closely.
30.How does Bringley tell the museum stories in his memoir?
A.By relating museum facts to his personal life.
B.By interviewing retired museum staff members.
C.By presenting the background of each masterpiece.
D.By engaging visitors in the discussion of the artworks.
31.What does the author think of the book as a whole?
A.It reveals the inner world of the author.
B.It offers new insights into art appreciation.

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