1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，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）1Faced with economic slowdown, some companies are planning to use robots to _ human workers to reduce their labor costs
2、.AcompensateBsubstituteCsymbolizeDdiscriminate2- The manager of the factory wants to improve production a great deal, but he doesnt spend much on technology.-I am afraid he wont realize his dream. You know _.Ayou cant eat your cake and have itBempty vessels make the greatest soundCenough is as good
3、as a feastDtwo heads are better than one3Is it common practice that salesmen receive a _ of 10 percent on all sales made?Adeposit BreceiptCpension Dcommission4Frank studied _English language in London for four years, so he gets _ good knowledge of London.Aa; theB/ ; /C/ ; aDthe; a5The financial dama
4、ge is nothing compared to what _ if there had been children in the classroom in time of the fire.Awould happenBhappenedCwould have happenedDshould have happened6_ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.AAnythingBNothingCEverythingDSomething7The boss_the employees a
5、rise in salary for ages, but nothing has occurred yet.Apromised Bhad promised Cwould promise Dpromises8What you said doesnt _ what the police have told us, so we have to find more evidence.Aagree withBmake upCcontribute toDshow off9Mike, its really impossible for us to get to the railway station in
6、time!How I wish I could stop the train _ it.Acatch Bto catch Ccatching Dcaught10Ill have all of the readings by the end of this term if my plan goes well.AcompletingBto completeCcompletedDbeing completed11With a travelling speed of up to 350 kilometres per hour, the railway to be built between Beiji
7、ng and Shanghai _ the journey time from 12 hours to 5 hoursAcutsBwill cutCis cuttingDhas cut12Sometimes smiles around the world _ be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry.AcanBwouldCshouldDmust13When the organization _ in March, 2019, there was almost no money in the bank and more t
8、han $1 million of debt.AfoldedBboomedCregisteredDsprang14Life the like _ ocean; Only _strong-willed can reach the other shore.Aan; theBthe; aCthe ;/D/ ; a15The doctors treatment has worked marvels: the patient has completelyArepeatedBreturnedCrecoveredDreminded16The earthquake in Japan, measuring 9.
9、0 on the Richter Scale, was so violent _ cause a series of explosions of the nuclear reactors in several power stations.AtoBthatCas toDas that17The case shocked the public, a hot debate over human nature on the Intemet.AcausesBcausedCcausingDto cause18_ the students were hearing the exciting news!AH
10、ow happilyBWhat a funCWhat pleasureDHow pleased 19Bob was trying to _ that he knew the famous singer who would perform in our city.Alet outBlay outCfigure outDmake out20I thought it hard to complete the project then, but I _ my mind.Awill change Bwould changedChave changed Dhad changed第二部分 阅读理解（满分40
11、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）Few of us havent read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyones heartwe all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a
12、period of obscurity or neglect.Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop sin
13、ger, Joey Parker, appears.Joey is everything that the rest of the boys in her class are not kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joeys paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only cl
14、ue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesnt get into the top dance school. Her
15、two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful
