1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用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，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1We can not afford limited progress. We need rapid progress, Ban said at the Third World Climate Conference in Geneva,
2、by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).AorganizedBbeing organizedCorganizingDwas organized2 Lets have a game of tennis; the loser has to treat the other to an ice-cream. _.AIm afraid so BIts a deal CYouve got a point DI suppose not3_ children believe they can succeed, they will never become
3、totally independent.AIf BSince CUnless DThough4Citizens are _ to exercise their rights, but under no circumstances can they violate other peoples rights.Aon trackBon scheduleCat easeDat liberty5Leaders of many countries have been trying to what it is that makes China develop so fast in recent years.
4、Acarry outBfigure outCwatch outDmake out6Justin a book about his adventures in TibetI hope he can find a good publisher when it is finishedAwas writingBis currently writingChas already writtenDwrote7 I am worn out. Me too, all work and no play. So its time to _.Aburn the midnight oil Bpush the limit
5、sCgo with the flow Dcall it a day8I _ able to catch the first flight home, but my watch betrayed me.AwereBhad beenCwould beDwould have been9Look! Mary is crazily looking for something again! _ , she cant find her keys.ATypicallyBOccasionallyCAccordinglyDParticularly10Children are likely to _ some ba
6、d habits when playing the piano if they dont have proper lessons.Akeep upBcatch upCpick upDgive up11With the help of high technology in the past few years, electronic business _ to bank industry and travel industry.Aapplied Bhave appliedChas been applied Dhad been applied12_ some leaders and scienti
7、sts have praised Chinas achievement in space technology, others regard Chinas progress as a threat.AUnlessBOnceCEven thoughDNow that13Well go early ，we may not get a seatAOtherwiseBMeanwhileCHoweverDBesides14If an entire country gets richer at the same time, individuals wouldnt _ feel wealthier, sin
8、ce their relative positions in society havent changed.AnecessarilyBinitiallyCtypically Dsustainably15As things didnt work out the way we _, we found ourselves trying to force them and struggling to finish them.Aplan Bare planning Chad planned Dwill be planning16How was your job interview?Very succes
9、sful. I _ my homework about the company, you know.Ahad done Bhave doneCdid Dwas doing17To get a slim figure, Fanny has tried many ways, but in vain. So now she is reduced anythingfor supper.Ato not eatingBnot to eatCnot to eatingDto not eat18Children exposed to air pollution are more to suffering fr
10、om different diseases.ApossibleBprobableClikelyDcertainly19Pandas are _ to the mountains of central China and only about 1,000 remain in the wild.A. nativeBsensitiveCrelateDfamiliar20 Why are the Woods selling their belongings? They to another city.Ahad movedBhave movedCmovedDare moving第二部分 阅读理解（满分4
11、0分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21（6分）A bite from a tsetse fly is an extremely unpleasant experience. To make matters worse, several species of tsetse fly can transmit diseases. One of the most dangerous is a parasite(寄生虫) that causes sleeping sickness.After the initial bite, sleeping sickness s
12、ymptoms often start with a fever, headaches and aching muscles. As the illness goes on, those infected become increasingly tired, which is where it gets its name.It is worth noting that sleeping sickness is no longer as deadly as it once was. In the early 20th Century several hundred thousand people
13、 were infected each year. By the 1960s the disease was considered under control and had reached very low numbers, making its spread more difficult. But in the 1970s there was another major infection, which took 20 years to control. Since then, better screening programs and earlier treatments have re
14、duced the number of cases dramatically. In 2000 this figure dropped to fewer than 3,000. The World Health Organization (WHO) hopes the disease will be completely removed by 2020. More problematically, a series of new studies have shown that the parasite is more complicated than previously believed.S
15、leeping sickness has always been consideredand analyzedas a blood disease, because the parasites can readily be discovered in the blood of its victims. However, in a recent study found that the parasite can stay in the skin and fat, as well as in the blood. There may even be a higher density（密度）of the parasite in the skin than
