2024年湖北省普通高中学业水平合格性考试英语试题（扫描版无答案）

机密★启封并使用完毕前 2024年湖北省普通高中学业水平合格性考试 英语 本试卷共8页46题。全卷满分100分。考试用时90分钟。 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、准考证号、座位号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并 将准考证条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂 黑、涂匀、涂实，未涂、错涂、多涂或填涂不规范均不得分。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后， 再选涂其他答案标号。 3.非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔将答案写在答题卡上对应的答题区域内，超出答题 区域书写的答案无效。在试卷、草稿纸上答题无效。 4.考试结束后，请将本试卷、答题卡和草稿纸一并上交。 第一部分：阅读理解（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三个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在 答题卡上将该项涂黑。 y How To Safely Put Out A Kitchen Fire In less than a minute,a kitchen fire can grow beyond your control.The following will help you when it happens. If you can,turn off the heat source.You must shut off a fire's source of energy as quickly as possible,as long as you can do so safely.This will depend on where the fire is and where your gas control knobs (are.If you can't safely reach the knobs,don't try. Cover with a lid (or a wet sheet.Try to carefully slide a lid or a wet sheet over the stovetop()fire,both of which will prevent the fire from oxygen and,hopefully,kill it. 英语试卷第1页（共8页） Consider escaping and calling 911.The moment you realise the fire is out of your control,it's time to run,and call 911 if you haven't already. 1.What should be done before you shut off the knobs A.Ensure your safety. B.Find your telephone. C.Reach for a wet sheet. 2.Why is a lid useful to put out a stovetop fire A.It slides smoothly. B.It blocks oxygen. C.It is big enough. 3.What is the right thing to do when the fire is out of control A.Shut the door. B.Run and call 911. C.Think for a moment. B What do pets do when their owners are not around The Secret Life of Pets seems to answer this question.It imagines what pets do when they are left alone at home.In this film,some steal food from the fridge,some play games all day and some even go out of their apartments for an adventure. Obviously,these are imagined scenes.In fact,the everyday lives of pets are actually rather boring.According to Alexandra Horowitz,director of the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College in the US,pets don't have independent lives when their owners leave. Horowitz explained that the time when their owners are away is not the time when pets come into themselves.It is when they are waiting for their owners to return so they can continue normal programming.Pets sleep for most of the time when left alone in empty apartments.Even when they are awake,they spend a lot of time just waiting around,especially if they are dogs. Cats are generally more independent than dogs.A team from the UK put GPS collars (on 50 cats in a Surrey village,keeping them under 24-hour watch. Specially-designed cameras were also attached to the cats to offer their view of ... ...