1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项1考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。2试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。3考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1His dream was _ a photo studio that could transport people back to the past.Aopening BopenedCto open Dopen2This is the first time I _ my picture
2、with my own hands.It is time that you _ a picture for me.Ahave taken; tookBtook; should takeCtook; will takeDwill take; have taken3- Mum, look at my shoes. I need a new pair.- .I bought them for you only a week ago!AYou bet BYou said itCYou dont say DYou name it4When all is said and done, there does
3、nt seem to be _ a mystery to explain.Akind ofBclose toCfar fromDmuch of5By the time we _ from our school, we have been close friends for more than ten years.AgraduatedBwill graduateCare graduatingDgraduate6They were standing so far away that I couldnt_ their faces clearly.Amake outBmake forCmake off
4、Dmake up7-Tom has failed again in the math exam. I am really let down. -_ He has already done his best.ADont push him. BNo kidding. CHe should be to blame. DNo wonder.8Even a small personal computer store vast amounts of information.AmightBcanCought toDhas to9When I said someone broke the school reg
5、ulations, I _ you. Why did you get that angry?Adont refer toBhavent referred toCwasnt referring toDhadnt referred to10Everything is amazing. Thank you all. We without your help.Acant make itBmustnt have madeCwont makeDcouldn t have made it11People from all walks of life are eager for success, _ lack
6、 of confidence, however, is a great barrier.AwhereBwhichCto whichDbeyond which12People who drink and drive are _ danger both to themselves and to others. They are in _ danger of losing their lives.Athe; theBa; aCa; /D/; /13Cathy is not coming to your birthday party tonight.But she _!Apromised Bpromi
7、sesCwill promise Dhad promised14The economy in big cities has continued to rise thanks to the local governments to increase _.Athat BthemCit Dthose15 we go there by train or by ship makes no differenceThe time and the fees are the sameAWhichBHowCWhetherDWhy16Meizhou Island is such a beautiful place
8、of interest_ everyone likes to visit.AasBthatCwhichDwhere17I quickly lowered myself, ducking my head to avoid looking directly into his eyes so that he wouldnt feel _.AchallengedBchallengingCto be challengedDhaving challenged18 Hello, Paul, do you like to join us in playing football? We need one mor
9、e person to _ a team. Yes, Id like to.Apick upBpick outCmake upDmake out19When _ questions in class, one should answer them as clearly as possible.AaskingBto askCto be askedDasked20Although the test _ look like a simple one, great care is needed.AmayBmustCshouldDneed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、
10、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 stars “Goldilocks Zone” the region where temperatures are not too hot or too cold for water, wh
11、ich 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. Guilermo Torres of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, made the discoveries using dat
12、a 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 si
13、milar 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% more of its energy from its star than Earth receives from the Sun. Temperatures there would be about 14
14、0 degrees. Kepler 442b is about 33% larger than Earth, but receives 30% less energy from its star. That would make it a potentially chillier world than our own. Torres says it is possible for life to exist and survive in either of those temperatures, but for that to happen, these planets would need to have another key ingredient for life: a heat-trapping atmosphere like Earths.While these findings add to the possibility that life exists beyond Earth, Torres cautions against drawing conclusions, “We are not claiming they are inhabited,” he says. In fact, these planets are so far
