广东外语外贸大学实验中学2022-2023学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

广东外语外贸大学实验中学2022学年第二学期期中考试试题 高一级英语（试卷） 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，满分130分，考试用时120分钟。 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔填写学校、班级、姓名、 试室号、座位号及准考证，并用2B铅笔填涂准考证号。 2.全部答案必须在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。 3.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如 需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案。答案不能答在试卷上。 4.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指 定区域内的相应位置上：如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动 的答案也不能超出指定的区域：不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无 效。 5.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束将答题卡交回。 第一部分阅读理解（共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，从每题给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。 The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music.My parents,although sympathetic,and sharing my love of music,disapproved of it as a profession.This was understandable in view of the family background.My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years.Though much beloved and respected in the community,he earned barely enough to provide for his large family.As a consequence of this example in the family,the very mention of music as a profession carried with it a picture of a risky existence with uncertain financial rewards.My parents insisted on college instead of a music school,and to college I went-quite happily,as I remember,for although I loved my violin and spent most of my spare time practicing,I had many other interests. Before my graduation from college,the family met with severe financial reverses and I felt it my duty to leave college and take a job.Thus was I launched upon a business career-which I always think of as the wasted years.Now I do not for a moment mean to disparage (business.My whole point is that it was not for me.I went into it for money, and aside from the satisfaction of being able to help the family,money is all I got out of it.It was not enough.I felt that life was passing me by. I continued to make money,and finally,bit by bit,accumulated enough to enable me to go abroad to study music.I resigned from my position and,feeling like a man released from jail,sailed for Europe.I stayed four years,worked harder than I had ever dreamed of