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、考场号和座位号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码粘贴在答题卡右上角条形码粘贴处。2作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试题卷上。3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相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并
2、交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Last week, only two people came to look at the house, _ wanted to buy it.Anone of themBboth of themCnone of whomDneither of whom2Beijings new international airport into operation in 2019 will serve 72 million passengers annually.Abeing put Bto be putCput Dto put3_about
3、the man wearing sunglasses during night that he was determined to follow him.ASo curious the detective wasBSo curious was the detectiveCHow curious was the detectiveDHow curious the detective was4Agatha didnt tell me _ she would pick up her son from school.Awhich BwhenCwhere Dwhat5Our English teache
4、r is considerate，helpful，and warm-hearted，but sometimes she_ be angry at our silly mistakes.AshouldBmustCcanDshall6There is a wide _of reference books to be found, so _you look for some material needed, you can turn to me.Akind; the last timeBsort; every timeCvariety; next timeDtype; the moment7- Th
5、e manager of the factory wants to improve production a great deal, but he doesnt spend much on technology.-I am afraid he wont realize his dream. You know _.Ayou cant eat your cake and have itBempty vessels make the greatest soundCenough is as good as a feastDtwo heads are better than one8There is n
6、o reason to be disappointed. _, this could be rather amusing.AAbove allBAs a resultCApart from thatDAs a matter of fact9I like such houses with beautiful gardens in front, but I dont have enough money to buy .AitBoneCthatDthis10 Which classical Chinese poem do you like best?Dont laugh if we lay drun
7、ken on the battleground; how many soldiers ever came back_.Aold and youngBup and downCsafe and soundDright and wrong11Why not talk with your parents about your willingness to attend 2017 Peking University Summer Camp?I tried_ to get them to listen to me.Ain timeBin vainCin needDin case12The man _ th
8、e fake news that 18 firefighters lost their lives in the explosion was arrested.Ahaving circulatingBto circulateCcirculatingDto have circulated13Its natural that I didnt recognize her immediately I saw her. _, its almost 5 years since we met last. AAfter all BIn addition CWhats more DIn particular14
9、Could you give me a reminder at 9 tomorrow morning?Im sorry,but I a meeting then.Aattend Bwill attend Cwill be attending Dam attending15Not until I went up further _ that under the tree _, obviously sound asleep.Athat I saw; did a boy lieBI saw; lay a boyCdid I see; did a boy lieDdid I see; lay a bo
10、y16More than a quarter of the energy in the United States goes to moving people and goods from one place to another.AusingBusedCto useDuse17I called her nearly ten minutes this morning, but I couldnt _.Aget throughBgo through.Clive throughDlook through18Highspeed trains which travel through my homet
11、own _ up to 250 km per hour make it a small world.AwithBagainstCatDover19The zookeeper was really annoyed with me.How could he have been if you _ stones at the animals?Adidnt throwBdont throwChadnt thrownDhavent thrown20Her doctor indicated that even adding a(n) _ amount of daily exercise would dram
12、atically improve her health.Amodest BequalCconsiderable Dexact第二部分 阅读理解（满分40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） Are we alone in the universe? A team of scientists announced on January 6, 2015 that they had identified eight planets beyond our solar system, three or four of which orbit in their
13、stars “Goldilocks Zone” the region where temperatures are not too hot or too cold for water, which is a necessary ingredient for life as we know it, to exist liquid form. This may be good news for people hoping that Earth is not the only inhabited world in the universe.The scientists, led by Dr. Gui
14、lermo Torres of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, made the discoveries using data collected by the planet-seeking Kepler telescope.NASA launched Kepler in 2009. Since then, the telescope has identified more than 1,000 planets outside of our solar system. Torres and his team analyzed the data about the eight newly discovered world to determine which ones are most likely to be similar to our Earth.Among the new discoveries, the scientists say the planets called Kepler438b and 442b are the closest to Earth. Kepler 438b is just about 10% larger than our planet, and gets 40
