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）1Believe it or not, it is _ that causes your illness.Abecause of your being overweightBbecause you are overweightCyou are so overweightDyour being
2、 overweight2Hot the night air was,we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey.Aalthough Bwhile Cas Dhowever3Why are you so upset?I had my computer repaired yesterday, but it _ work again.AdoesntBdidntCwontDwouldnt4The foreigners here are greatly impressed by the fact that _ peopl
3、e from all walks of life are working hard for _ new Tianjin.A/; a B/; theCa; a Dthe; the5Do you feel like going to the cinema tonight?Sorry, I m so tiredI _an early nightAhaveBam havingChave hadDhad6 Whats wrong with your ipad2? The sound _is not clear. -Yes. It has been broken for some time.Acome o
4、utBcoming outCto come outDcame out7Its said that the power plant is now large as what it was.Atwice asBas twiceCtwice muchDmuch twice8I think Ana _ her packing since she started getting things ready early this morning.Afinishes Bhas finishedChad finished Dwould finish9With people paying attention to
5、 fitness, self-service mini-gyms, each covering about 5 square meters, _ in Chinas major cities these years.Ahave sprung upBsprang upChad sprung upDspring up10It was just at the time the bell rang he finished the last word in his composition.Awhen; whichBthat; whenCwhen; thatDthat; which11The reason
6、 why he adapted to the new situations quickly is that he had a _ attitude.Achangeable Bstable Cmovable Dflexible12After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane _ her job as a doctor in the countryside.Aset outBtook overCtook upDset up13Breaking up is the business of the two lovers, _ no o
7、ther person should be involved.AwhichBin thatCthatDin which14This house is almost _ to the one where I lived as a child.AidenticalBmanualCchillyDenthusiastic15Children are likely to _ some bad habits when playing the piano if they dont have proper lessons.Akeep upBcatch upCpick upDgive up16For all t
8、he failure of his business, he remains optimistic and _ untroubled by his problems.AhopefullyBseeminglyCrarelyDfrequently17Ensuring every child equal rights to education is _the key to the elimination of inequality across the world lies.AthatBwhatCwhetherDwhere18Everyone had a form in his hand, but
9、no one knew which office_Ato send it toBto sent itCto be sent toDto have it sent19Everything was placed exactly _ he wanted it for the graduation ceremony.Athe place whereBwhenCwhereDin which20Computers can do nothingBut once _what to do, they show extraordinary power to do a great dealAto programBb
10、eing programmedCprogrammedDhaving programmed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） A thrilling polar competition between two adventurers to cross Antarctica alone, unsupported and unassisted had a happy ending with both explorers achieving the unprecedented feat (功绩). American profe
11、ssional athlete Colin OBrady and British Army Captain Louis Rudd set off a mile apart at the same time on November 3, 2018, from the Atlantic coast with the aim to become the first person to ski across the remote continent alone.Louis Rudd maintained the lead at first. However, OBrady caught up with
12、 Rudd on November10 and never let the British man get close to him again. OBrady was the first to conquer the 930 mile icy land, arriving at the Ross Ice Shelf on the Pacific coast by way of the South Pole on December 26, 2018. The 33-year-old spent 54 days skiing the worlds coldest continent while
13、pulling a 300-pound sled(雪橇) with supplies.Instead of leaving the harsh environment after completing the historic adventure, the explorer set up a tent on the worlds largest ice sheet and waited patiently for Rudd to complete the great undertaking. On December 29, just three days after OBrady arrive
14、d, the British explorer finished his adventure, becoming the worlds second person to complete the solo crossing of the frozen continent.Rudd was not disappointed at being second since he never considered it to be a “race”. Besides, the 49-year-old British Army Captain had a more selfless motive for
15、attempting the feat. He was doing it in memory of his friend Henry Worsley, who had introduced him to polar exploration. The disaster happened while Worsley was trying to cross the continent alone in 2016. Rudd said, I didnt want to get drawn into a race. All that mattered to me was that I completed it, and that I skied s
