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）1Dad is used to smoking and drinking. Theres no chance _ Im able to talk him into .Awhether ; giving it up Bof whether; giving them upCthat; getti
2、ng rid of them Dwhich; stopping it2I keep on meeting with difficulties in the experiment. I can hardly go on.Where there are difficulties, there are ways to get over them. _ASuit yourself.BGood for youCPull yourself together!DWhats the deal?3_ for the fire at Notre Dame de Paris, a church famous for
3、 its large collection of art treasures, I would be there for a visit this summer vacation.AHad it not beenBShould it not beCWere it not beDIf had it not been4Everything seemed to be going _ for the first two days after I arrived in New York.AvividlyBgenerallyCfrequentlyDsmoothly5_almost one hundred
4、jin, the stone was moved by him alone.AWeighedBWeighingCIt weighedDTo weigh6I dont like fish, so I eat it unless I was extremely hungry.AneedntBshouldntCcantDwounldnt7Any information of the oral test paper are regarded as strictly _ before it is open.AconventionalBanalyticalCcontroversialDconfidenti
5、al8The news of the newly-elected presidents coming to China for a visit was _ on the radio just now.Agiven awayBgiven inCgiven offDgiven out9The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but every meal can serve at least two people and is under 10, so not only is it _ but practical as well.Aadap
6、table BadjustableCadoptable Daffordable10We strongly advise you _ eating your meal so late. Its not healthy.AonBagainstCfromDover11Is Peter coming?No, he_ his mind after a phone call at the last minute.AchangesBchangedCwas changingDhad changed12You look frozenSit down by the fire and I you some hot
7、teaAmakeBwas makingCmadeDwill make13Although the situation was tough during the economic crisis now things are beginning to _.Alook upBkeep upCset upDbuild up14Do you know how I can _ him?On his mobile phoneAlearnBreachCseekDtouch15Though the story of Li Yunlong in the TV drama “Bright Sword” is a f
8、iction, much of _happened is historically true.AthatBwhatCwhichDit16Where on earth have they gone?I have no idea, but I wish I .AknowBknewCwould knowDwould have known17Simon will listen to music every time he comes across a maths problem.You know, music is the source of _ in life.A inspiration B ide
9、ntificationC reaction D recreation18Due to the countrys growing rate of urbanization, Chinas migrant population _ to be over 200 million by 2020.Apredicts Bis predicted Cwill have been predicted Dwill be predicted19 May I go out to play basketball, Mum?_ Do what you like.AGo ahead!BYouve got it.CIts
10、 your turn.DNot at all!20This is not an economical way to get more water; _, it is very expensive.Aworse stillBon the contraryCin shortDin addition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） The advent of warm weather here in Maine calls for a seasonal ritual that, for me, puts an end to
11、 winterfetching the wooden screen door.Note that I wrote “wooden”. The aluminum models just wont do itthey close too neatly and keep their perfect form for decades. In the 1960s, a time of imperfection, there was no perfect house, no perfect car, no perfect kids or parents. Why should a screen door
12、be an exception?I grew up with my siblings in a working-class neighborhood in New Jersey. When the warm weather arrived, my dad would pull out the wooden screen door and install it over the back door, which could then be left wide open, admitting a refreshing breeze (we had no air conditioning).My f
13、ather was a Mr. Fix-it, so keeping the screen door serviceable was one of his hobbies. Every few years he gave it a fresh coat of paint and fixed it a bit. I distinctly remember him putting the last screw in the last hinge (铰链), and swinging the door shut with a “crack!”A good, wooden screen door, u
14、nsightly as it was, had an invaluable function in the age of the stay-at-home mom: It alerted her to the coming and going of the kids. My siblings, and my friends ran in and out of the house, tearing the screen door open and letting it slap shut behind us. A hundred times a day. It was all good, and
15、 my mom never complained about the noise, because that was the purpose of a wooden screen doorto slam shut and thereby announce that her children were within earshot.Several years ago, in a fit of nostalgia (怀旧), I went shopping for a wooden screen door. I was disappointed in the choices available. They looked a bit too solid, too we
