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1、2022-2023学年高二英语上学期期初考试试题 (II)注意事项：1. 答第卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 选出每小题答案后，用2B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。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。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
2、小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Why is the man going to Florida?A. To buy a cat. B. To take yoga classes.C. To attend a business meeting.2. How does the man probably feel now?A. Excited. B. Depressed. C. Surprised.3. What do the speakers probably do?A. They are performers.B. They are teachers. C. They are mov
3、ie producers.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A jacket. B. A tie. C. An interview.5. Where are the speakers?A. In a restaurant. B. In a bank. C. In a supermarket.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2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给
4、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. What was the man looking for?A. A colored pencil. B. A book. C. Some paintings.7. Where did the woman find it?A. On the table. B. Under the sofa. C. In a corner.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why does Anne make fun of Christina?A. Christina is a bad student.B. Christinas E
5、nglish isnt very good.C. Christinas clothing is funny.9. What do we know about Christina?A. She will move to Spain soon.B. She is learning Spanish.C. She is adapting to a new environment.10. What is the principles main goal during the conversation? A. He wants Anne to feel accepted.B. He wants Anne
6、to improve her English.C. He wants Anne to respect peoples differences.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Who is on a banana diet?A. The mans sister. B. The mans neighbor. C. The mans cousin. 12. How does the man know the egg diet is harmful?A. He read it somewhere.B. He saw it on TV. C. He was told by the woman.
7、13. What does the woman think of the steak diet?A. Its bad for the teeth.B. Its good for the heart. C. It costs too much money.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. How does the man sound?A. Worried. B. Angry. C. Excited.15. Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Father and daughter.B. Teacher and student. C
8、. Boss and employee.16. What is the punishment for Susan?A. She will be locked in her room.B. She will have to do more housework.C. She wont be allowed to use her electronics.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is true about Margies hit single Hold My Heart?A. It has sold five billion copies.B. Margie wrote
9、it at the age of six.C. It was released this month.18. What kind of music did young Margie like?A. Rock. B. Country. C. Jazz.19. What was Margies high school life like?A. She focused on her music.B. She had an active social life.C. She did poorly in her schoolwork.20. What does the speaker think of
10、Margie?A. She has a bright future. B. Shed work harder.C. She is too young to be famous.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节 （共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Cost of Higher EducationIndividuals (个人) should pay for their higher education.In general, a university education is
11、of huge and direct benefit to the individual. Whether they are majoring in geography, geometry or any other subject, graduates earn more than non-graduates. Meanwhile, social mobility is ever more dependent on having a degree. However, only some people have it. So the individual, not the taxpayers s
12、hould pay for it. There are pressing calls on the resources (资源) of the government. Using taxpayers money to help small number of people to earn high ines in the future is not one of them.Full government funding (资助) is not very good for universities. Adam Smith worked in a Scottish university whose
13、 teachers lived off student fees. He knew and looked down upon 18th-century Oxford, the grand university having much glory, where the academics lived fortably off the ine received from the government. Guaranteed salaries, Smith argued, were the enemy of hard work and when the academics were lazy and
14、 inpetent, the students grew similarly lazy in a gradual way.If students have to pay for their education, I guess they not only work harder, but also demand more from their teachers and have a better grasp of the subjects. And their teachers have to keep them satisfied. If that means taking teaching
15、 seriously, and giving less time to their own research interests, that is surely something to celebrate.Many people believe that higher education should be free because it is good for the economy (经济). Many graduates clearly do contribute to national wealth, but so do all the businesses that invest (投资) and create jobs. If you believe that the government should be generous enough to pay for higher education because graduates are economically productive, you should also believe that the government should pay part of
