2022-2023学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题 (VIII)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. Which season does the woman dislike in Shanghai? A. Summer B. Autumn C. Spring.2. What is probably the relationship between the two speakers? A. Friends B. Colleagues C. Patient and doctor.3. When must the woman turn in her term paper? A. By 2：00 B. By 6：00 C. By l2：00.4. Why does the woman suggest that they sit near the back window? A. Because the table is in the middle of the room B. Because the back window is much larger C. Because the table there is bigger5. What does the woman wish to do? A. Change the trousers for larger ones B. Sell trousers for her daughter C. Make these trousers larger第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，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。听每段材料前，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。每段材料读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。6. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a post office B. At a bus station C. At an office7. What is probably the woman?A. A manager B. A photographerC. A typist8. When will the woman take her photography class? A. This afternoon B. Tomorrow morningC. Tomorrow evening听第7段材料，回答第9至11小题。9. How old are the two speakers now? A. Over 30 B. Over 40 C. Over 5010. Why is the woman running fast? A. Because she wants to keep fit B. Because she wants to win over the man C. Because she wants to lose weight11. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The two speakers are a couple B. The two speakers were athletes when young C. Running fast will help one lose weight听第8段材料，回答第12至14小题。12. What day is it today? A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday13. What does the man usually do in the morning? A. Walk in the garden nearby B. Go to his office for workC. Send his children to schoo114. What can we learn from the conversation? A. Dr. Bell is Alberts private doctor B. Alberts friend told him to go to Dr. Bells office C. Albert will see Dr. Bell on Thursday afternoon听第9段材料，回答第15至17小题。15. What time should the man arrive for a dinner party? A. A few minutes early B. On time or a few minutes earlyC. On time or a few minutes late16. What should a guest do when being late for a dinner as caught in a traffic jam? A. Apologize to the host when arriving B. Try to rush to the hosts home C. Call the host and tell what had happened17. What can we learn from the conversation? A. It is impolite for the guests to leave immediately after dinner B. The man has been invited to a dinner party next week C. The man is from an English-speaking country听第10段材料，回答第18至20小题。18. When did women start to be as active as men in sports? A. In the nineteenth centuryB. In the twentieth century C. In the eighteenth century19. What was one of the reasons for less active participation of women in sports? A. They had no time B. They had no moneyC. They had no strength20. What has made more women to participate in sports? A. The changes in the view of womenB. The changes in politics C. The changes in the view of man.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Tears ran down from my eyes as I saw the essay my high school English teacher had just handed back. A big F was written on top. I was hopeless. I was stupid ! My face burned with shame when my classmates called me stupid. “Im the only one who doesnt know my ABCs!” I sobbed to Mom. “Ill help,” she promised. Everyday I sat with her, but to me, cat looked like cta and red was reb. Frustrated, I would return to my bedroom and draw, filling the paper with houses, restaurants and offices. “When I grow up, I want my own store,” I told Mom, pointing to my drawings. “ Thatsgreat !” shesaid, “ but first you haveto learnto read.” Later, I was diagnosed with dyslexia (失读症). SoMom took me to a learning centre, where I was given reading exercises. But I still had a hard time. Finally, I graduated, but I was afraid of my reading skills. “Ill never get a job !” I cried to Mom later again. “ Dont focus on what you cant do,”she forted, “Concentrate on what you really can.” But what can I do? I wondered. Suddenly, I thought of the drawings Id made as a child and my dream of having my own store. I enjoyed sales so much that over the next few years, I tried my hand at other businesses. Today, I watch over seven branches. We have 187 employees and $15 million in sales. While Ill never be what my teachers might have wanted, I am a success-on my own terms. The other day a student sent me a card, reading:You gave me so much confidence. I hope to be like you when I am big. Tears of joy filled my eyes. This was my A, and I smiled.21. Why did the