1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3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交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Running is often tiring and a lot of hard work, but nothing _ the feeling you get after finishing a long workout around
2、 the track.AbreaksBblocksCbondsDbeats2Mike, its really impossible for us to get to the railway station in time!How I wish I could stop the train _ it.Acatch Bto catch Ccatching Dcaught3Efforts will be made to_ new teaching models to exploit the students potential.Aaccelerate BinnovateCdifferentiate
3、Dcompile4With a lot of tough problems , the pilot was still calm, cool and collective under pressure.AsolveBsolvedCsolvingDto solve5-My computer doesnt work!-Robert is a computer expert. How I wish he_ with me.AcameBhad comeCis comingDhas come6I had hardly rung the bell _ the door was opened suddenl
4、y, and my son rushed out to greet me.Abefore BuntilCas Dsince7A good suitcase is essential for someone who is_as much as Jackie is.Aon the rise Bon the lineCon the spot Don the run8Hi, Tom, have you checked the account yet?Certainly, I _ it five times even though you told me to do it twice.Achecked
5、Bwill have checkedChave been checking Dhad checked9I _up my mind what I was going to say in the seminar, but it was cancelled.Ahave made Bhad madeCwas making Dwould make10New ideas sometimes have to wait for years before _.Abeing fully accepting Bfully accepting Chaving fully accepted Dfully accepte
6、d11My uncle finally bought his dream house _ overlooks a beautiful park.AwhichBwhereCwhoDwhat12More expressways in Sichuan soon to promote the local economy.Aare being builtBwill be builtChave been builtDhad been built13Do you really mean it when you say he will a good president?AjudgeBduitCturnDSer
7、ve14There is no easy way to remember prepositions, as it is one area of English_ the rules seem very irregular.AthatBwhereCwhoseDwhich15Its difficult for us to learn a lesson in life _ weve actually had that lesson.Awhile Bsince Cuntil Dwhen16 Dont put the waste on the ground, young man. Oh, Im sorr
8、y. I _ the dustbin there. Ahadnt seen Bhavent seen Cdidnt see Dwasnt seeing17Any information of the oral test paper are regarded as strictly _ before it is open.AconventionalBanalyticalCcontroversialDconfidential18The teacher often gives his students a brief pause in class _ they can take in what he
9、 has taught.AwhyBwhenCwhoDwhich19_ the concert to raise money for hunger relief and to make the public aware of the problem, Geldof invited many famous musicians to take part in it.AIntendedBIntendingCHaving intendedDTo intend20You cant imagine how excited we were _ that our schoolmates had won the
10、first place in National Robot Competition.AlearningBhaving learnedCto be learningDto learn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）Think of the empty cities in zombie(僵尸)movies. The streets, the shops and the schools still there just like they would be on a normal day, except there are
11、 no people to be seen. It is the emptiness that scares you.Now a real-life ghost city is being built in the US. But fortunately, it has nothing to do with zombies - it is going to be a place to test the technology of the futureCalled CITE - the Center for Innovation(创新), Testing and Evaluation(测评) -
12、 the city is the idea of technology company Pegasus Global Holdings. Covering an area of 15 square miles (39 square kilometers), it is the size of a small US city and sits in the middle of the New Mexico desert.But why do we need an empty city that nobody will call home?The reason is that we cant af
13、ford to test the latest technologies in the cities that we live in - they might not be ready and could cause problems and danger in our everyday lives.It will be a true laboratory without the problems and safety issues that come with people living there. Here you can break things and run into things
14、, and get used to how they work, before taking them out into the market, Pegasus managing director Robert Brumley told technology magazine Wired.In fact, without worrying about hurting people, anybody with a new idea can ask to test it in this city. Just think about the possibilities- driverless cars can move freely on the streets, homes with robots can be designed and energy sources like nuclear power can also be put to the test.As good as the idea may seem, however, there are still doubts about CITE. One of the most difficult things to do when developing these new technologi
