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 reign of the next Japanese emperor will be known as “Reiwa” (令和) era, in _ name the character for “harmony” is incl
2、uded.AwhichBwhatCwhoseDas2I know it is really a lot to ask, but can I use your apartment during the summer? _. I happen to be out of town. It is all for your taking.ABehave yourself BBe my guestCHave fun DTake care3Jess was sad and her friend helped her _ the first awful weeks after her husband Bill
3、 died.Abreak throughBbreak downCget throughDget rid of4John had planned to make a compromise, but he changed his mind at the last minute.AanyhowBotherwiseCthereforeDsomehow5We are committed to creating a world free from the homeless and the hopeless, a world _ each and every corner is a true paradis
4、e.AthatBwhichCof whichDfrom where6-Ive heard a lot about you. You got promoted, right? _- Many thanks.AGood for you BYou asked for itCThere you are DYouve gone too far7Anyone with an eye on the employment situation knew the assessment about economic recovery _ just around the corner was correct.Abei
5、ng Bto be Cwas Dhaving been8 Dont look down upon Bob. He has his own advantages.Oh, yes others are weak, he is strong.ABeforeBWhenCWhereDThough9. Im really angry at my naughty son. He never listens to me and often is against me. _, Ellen. Things will go out.AIt doesnt matter BTake your timeCDont men
6、tion it DTake it easy10People believe that the China Dream is not very difficult _ so long as the whole nation works hard for it.ArealizingBto be realizedCrealizedDto realize11Mr. Green was very famous when he lived there. There is _ to be someone in this district who remembers him.AcontentBopposedC
7、boundDrestricted12I am sure that the girl you are going to meet is more beautiful_ than in her pictures.Ain natureBin movementCin the fleshDin the mood13The two birds _ each other in shape and color. In other words, they _ each other in shape and color.Adiffer, are different fromBdiffer from, are di
8、fferent toCresemble, are similar toDresemble, are similar with14_ the students were hearing the exciting news!AHow happilyBWhat a funCWhat pleasureDHow pleased 15Simply raise your hand，and a taxi appears _Aat no time Bat one timeCin no time Dfor the time being16Large quantities of time _ for practis
9、ing guided writings. Awas neededBare neededC needsDis needed17Experts warn that medical waste from hospitals, if _properly, may lead to spreading diseases.Anot handledBnot being handledCnot to be handledDnot having handled18Whats wrong with him? He seemed upset.He had to give up his drawing, not bec
10、ause he wanted _ that way but because he had to be.Athis BoneCit Dsuch19Many artifacts _ for the first time in the National Museum at present.Awere exhibited Bwere being exhibitedCare being exhibited Dare exhibited20_ his homework in time, he had to stay up late into the night.AFinishingBHaving fini
11、shedCTo finishDTo have finished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）There might be as many as 10 million species of complex life on this planet today a huge number. But add up all of the complex species that ever lived and some biologists think the grand total would be about five b
12、illion. The estimate leads to an astonishing conclusion: a staggering 99% of species are not around any more. They have been driven to extinction.More species are joining the ranks of the extinct every year. Many scientists believe we are living through an episode of remarkably rapid extinction, on
13、a scale that has been seen only five times in the last half a billion years.They call this current episode the sixth mass extinction a large, global decline in a wide variety of species over a relatively short period of time. And they tend to agree that humans are the main cause.Over-hunting, overfi
14、shing, and human-driven habitat loss are pushing many species to the brink. In fact, we have changed the planet so much that some geologists are now suggesting that we have entered a new phase in Earths history; an epoch they call the Anthropocene. By 2100, it is expected that humans will have caused the extinction of up to half of the worlds current species.Because we are living through this extinction, it is relatively easy for us to study the driving forces behind it. But how do we determine what caused other mass die-offs that happened long ago? To do so we have to look at what a
