2022-2023学年高三英语上学期第二次月考试题 (II)

1、2022-2023学年高三英语上学期第二次月考试题 (II)本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分, 共150分。考试时间120分钟。第I卷第一部分 听力（略）第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节 （共15小题，每小题3分，满分45分）ATears 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. Every day I sat with her, but to me, cat looked like cta and red

2、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.“Thats great !”she said,“ but first you have to learn to read.” Later, I was diagnosed with dyslexia (失读症). So Mom 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 lat

3、er 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 studen

4、t 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 author feel so ashamed at school?A.His teacher ignored him in class.B.His teacher didnt grade his essay.C.He failed to finish his essay in time.D.His classmates looked down upon him.22.Which of the following best describes the authors feeling to his mother?A.Grateful.B.Guilty.C.Doubtful.D.Regretful.23.Which of the following can ma

5、tch the text?A.No pains, no gains.B.Never too old to learn.C.Every man has his value.D.Two heads are better than one. B When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she fought to find a place to sleep on the street. But she beat these terrible setbacks to win a highly petitive scholarship and gain entry into Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray St

6、ory”. Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up with two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just l5 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died. She decided to do something

7、 about it. Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, and by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night. She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that e easily to others, such as a safe living

8、 environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time. ” Liz wants moviegoers to e away with the idea that changing your life

9、is “as simple as making a decision”.24.In which order did the following things happen to Liz?a. Her mother died of AIDS.b. She got admitted into Harvard.c. She worked at a petrol station.d. The movie about her life was put on.e. She had trouble finding a place to sleep.A.c, a, e, b, dB.a, b, c, e, dC.c, d, b, a, eD.b, e, a, d, c25.What actually made her go towards her goal?A.Envy and encouragement.B.Willpower and determination.C.Decisions and understanding.D.Love and respect for her parents.26.What does Liz mean by saying “What drove me to live on.I had only experienced a small part of the society”?A.She had little experience of social life.B.She could hardly understand the society.C.She would do something for her own life.D.She needed to travel more around the world.27.What does the p

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