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）1Is it common practice that salesmen receive a _ of 10 percent on all sales made?Adeposit BreceiptCpension Dcommission2I dont mind her criticizing
2、 me,but_is how she does it that I object to.AitBthatCthisDwhich3The real winners in sport are those who know how to persevere and to behave with _whether they win or lose a game.Acertainty BcautionCdignity Dindependence4What a pity! You missed my birthday party.Terribly sorry!_my uncle not visited m
3、e unexpectedly.AShouldBWouldCHadDDid5The 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.Aadaptable BadjustableCadoptable Daffordable6We all know that good results _ for you when you start doing thi
4、ngs you love.Aare waiting Bhave waitedChave been waiting Dwill be waiting7Running is often tiring and a lot of hard work, but nothing _ the feeling you get after finishing a long workout around the track.AbreaksBblocksCbondsDbeats8The government spokesman has to _ his words before responding to repo
5、rters.ApassBweighCcoverDexpress9“ _ I went through ups and downs in life，” Gordon said, “I never found the importance of being selfdisciplined as well as the significance of life.”AIf BSinceCUntil DUnless10Face the problem bravely and you _ a new way to success.Afind Bfound Cwill find Dhave found11S
6、he then took the little key, and opened it, trembling, but could not at first see anything _, because the windows were shut.Aplainly Bclosely Cfirmly Dfrequently12I dont care for baseball.How can you say you dont like something youve never even tried it!AtillBafterCunlessDwhen13To tell the truth, I
7、would rather I _ the pain instead of you. You dont know how worried I was.AtookBhad takenChave takenDshould have taken14But for your instruction, I _ such great progress in so short a time. Thanks a lot.Awouldnt makeBhadnt madeCwont makeDwouldnt have made15We will remain _to the path of peaceful dev
8、elopment and shoulder more international responsibilities.AcommittingBcommittedCto be committedDto have committed16Kunming is called “Spring City”, but it _ snow in winter.AshallBcanCmustDmight17 What about the protection of these new machines? Lets keep the surface _ dust by putting a cover over th
9、em.Afar from Bapart fromCfree from Daway from18I need to advertise for a roommate for next term._？ Mary is interested.AWhy botherBWhy notCSo whatDWhat for19Its true that the old road is less direct and a bit longer. We wont take the new one, _, because we dont feel as safe on it.AsomehowBthoughCther
10、eforeDotherwise20Oh! The flower cant be saved. If the flower had been watered，it now.Awouldnt be dyingBis deadChad been deadDwill not die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）It is quite apparent that competition surrounds every aspect of human life whether in the United States or t
11、he Amazon rainforest. Without it we would not have grown into primates (灵长类动物) . Or we would probably still be struggling to sharpen a bronze tool while crawling around on four legs in search of meat. Without competition, Columbus wouldnt have discovered America and Edison would never have invented
12、the light bulb.Friendship, like all relationships between two people, involves competition. It isnt competition in a traditional sense because there are no goals to be scored and no prize. Perhaps the ecological definition - the simultaneous (同时) demand by two or more organisms for limited environme
13、ntal resources, such as nutrinents, living space, or light - better explains it.As in nature, high school life is governed by a set of laws, similar to a shortened version of Darwins theory of evolution, overpopulation, and competition. There is an abundance of high school students and to distinguis
14、h them, ranking and categorizing (分类) take place. In high school, friendships learn to coexist with competition even though at times the relationship is rough. In fact, in some circumstance, competition is too much of a burden for a friendship to bear, causing it to fall apart. College admission is
15、the final high school objective. Four years of hard work is to achieve good grades, and a students fate is determined not only by these achievements, but by the records of thousands of other seniors trying to achieve a similar recognition.Nevertheless, by necessity, competition between students exists in all aspect
