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）1The hall of the school can one thousand people.AsitBseatCbe satDbe seated2To be an expert, a beginner needs to go throu
2、gh a series of _ stages.Aintermediate BliberalCoverall Ddemanding3Sally likes going to school _ she has got many good friends there.AorBbecauseCunlessDso4 What happened to the young trees we planted last week? The trees _ well, but I didnt water them.Amight growBwould have grownCneednt have grownDwo
3、uld grow5Dad is used to smoking and drinking. Theres no chance _ Im able to talk him into .Awhether ; giving it up Bof whether; giving them upCthat; getting rid of them Dwhich; stopping it6As a(n) _ and effective method, expressway noise barrier is a primary measure used to reduce traffic noise.Acor
4、rectionalBflexibleCeconomicalDinvestigative7_ 62% of all luxury consumer sales in Europe in 2015, shoppers from the Chinese mainland spent $7.2 billion overseas during the Spring Festival.AAccounting forBAdding toCConsisting ofDMaking up8The books on the desk, covers are shiny, are prizes for us.Awh
5、ichBwhatCwhoseDthat98 students and 2 teachers at Santa Fe High School by a 17-year-student armed with a shotgun and a pistol. This is one of the many gun-related tragedies that have happened in the last 2 years.Akilled Bwere killedChave killed Dhave been killed10- Are you happy with this laboratory?
6、 - Not a little. We cant have _.Aa worse oneBa nicer oneCa worst oneDa nicest one11I would not be seeing the film Green Book now _ me up in time.Awere Kathy not to pickBhad Kathy not pickedCif Kathy hasnt pickedDif Kathy did not pick12We packed all the books in the wooden boxes_ they wouldnt get dam
7、aged.Aas long as Bas ifCin case Dso that13The world is not always _we wish it to be.AthatBwhichCwhatDwhere14We _ be careful with the words we say when we are angry.AmayBcanCmightDshould15The laptops made by our company sell best, but nobody could have guessed the place in the market that they _ 20 y
8、ears ago.Ahad hadBhadCwere havingDwere to have16No one believes his reasons for being late that he was caught in a traffic jam, _ made him embarrassed.AitBwhichCthatDwhy17-They are quiet, arent they?-yes. They are accustomed _at meals.Ato talkingBto not talkingCto not talkDto talk18I feel I am as we
9、ll-behaved and as careful as my deskmate, but _ I always fall behind?Ahow aboutBhow comeCwhat ifDwhat for19If you ever arent sure whether you have bought the very best smartphone, just _ “good enough.”Amake for Bsettle forCanswer for Daccount for20There are many famous cultural relics in our country
10、, many _ thousands of years ago.Adating back toBdate back toCdated back toDwere dated back to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 scientist who developed a way to calculate how much water is used in the production of anything from a cup of coffee to a hamburger was awarded the 20
11、08 Stockholm.Water Prize.Professor John Anthony Allan of the University of London in Britain won the award for introducing the idea of “virtual water（虚拟水）”,a calculation method that has changed the nature of trade policy and research.Allan has written seven books and published more than 100 papers.T
12、he Stockholm International Water Institute said this idea is now embedded（埋藏）in the production of foods and industrial products.The institute said Allans work had made a big effect on global trade policy and research, especially in water-scarce（缺水的）regions.“The improved understanding of trade and wa
13、ter management issues on local,regional and global scales are of the highest value for the successful and sustainable（可持续的）use of water resources,”it said.“People do not only use water when they drink it or take a shower,”the institute said.“Behind the morning cup of coffee,there are 140 liters of w
14、ater that was used to grow,produce,package and ship the beans.”That is about as much water as a person in England uses on average for all daily drinking and household needs.For a single hamburger,about 2,400 liters of water are needed.In the USA,the average person uses nearly 7,000 liters of virtual
15、 water every day.It said that was more than three times the average use of a Chinese person.1、Allan was awarded the prize because_.Ahe wrote seven books on trade policyBhe published more than 100 papers on water managementClie found a new kind of water in water-scarce areasDhe came up with the idea of virtual water2、Which of the
