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、考场号和座位号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码粘贴在答题卡右上角条形码粘贴处。2作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试题卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4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
2、交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Up till now, there has been no scientific evidence about _ caused the death of dinosaurs.Awhat is it thatBwhat it was thatCit was whatDwhat is it2Modesty is a kind of good quality, which is _it takes to be your personal best.AwhatBwhereCwhichDwhen3-Ive heard a lot about
3、 you. You got promoted, right? _- Many thanks.AGood for you BYou asked for itCThere you are DYouve gone too far4We all sighed with _ relief when _ plane finally landed safely.Aa; /B/; theCa; aDa; the5Although the test _ look like a simple one, great care is needed.AmayBmustCshouldDneed6The teacher c
4、ame into the classroom _ by his students.AfollowingBto be followingCfollowedDhaving followed.7Though our football boys are faced with four goals behind, they are still struggling hard in the field to _.Aface the musicBsave faceCcost their arm and legDland on their feet8This course is of great intere
5、st to students, _ to improve their writing skills.Ahope Bto hopeChoping Dhoped9Mr. Smith didnt understand _ made his son so upset that evening. Awhat was itBwhy it was thisChow that wasDwhat it was that10It is not only blind men who make such stupid mistakes. People who can see sometimes act_.Ajust
6、foolishly Bless foolishly Cas foolishly Dso foolishly11-Dont worry, Mum. The doctor said it was only the flu.- _! Ill tell dad theres nothing serious.ACongratulations BWhat a reliefCHow surprising DIm so sorry12House prices are usually much higher _ there are subway stations around.AwhereBunlessCwhi
7、leDthough13-Excuse me, but why am I not allowed to use the gym?-_， but your room price doesnt cover it.ANo hurry BNo wonder CNo offence DNo problem14To tell the truth, I didnt expect that there were so many people _ the idea.Asupported Bsupporting Cto support Dhaving supported15The post office is cl
8、osed _ Saturday afternoon.AonBinCofDat16Patrick waited _ all the luggage was cleared, but his never appeared.AuntilBbeforeCwhenDwhile17 You shouldnt have treated me that way.My heart is broken. Im sorry,Paul.I didnt mean you.Ahurting Bto hurt Churt Dhaving hurt18I will be surprised if you can get Ca
9、lvin, who is a close-fisted man, these donation draw tickets from you.AbuyBbuyingCbuysDto buy19The monitor said that the learning method he used improved his maths.AgreatlyBnearlyCnormallyDseriously20Parents often tell their children that they _ take candy from strangers.AneedntBwouldntCshouldntDdar
10、ent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）In the story of “The crow and the Pitcher” from Aesops Fables, a thisty crow (乌鸦)drops stones into a narrow jar to raise the low level of water inside so he can take a drink.Now scientists have evidence to back up that story. Crows actually d
11、o understand how to make water displacement (移位) work to their advantage, experiments show. The results suggest that the birds are, at least in some aspects, as smart as first-graders.Researchers, led by Sarah Jelbert at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, presented six crows with tubes fille
12、d with water. Inside the tubes, a worm or piece of meat on a piece of wood was floating, just out of reach of the crow. In front of the tubes, the researchers arranged several rubber erasers that would sink, and some plastic objects that would float. The crows found out that they could drop the eras
13、ers into the tubes in order to raise the water level and get their snack.However, the birds handled awkwardly in experiments in which they could choose to drop objects in either a wide tube or a narrow one to get a snack, the researchers said. Dropping objects into narrow tube would lift the water l
14、evel by a greater amount and put the treat within reach after just two drops; while it took around seven drops to raise the snack to the same level in the wide tube. The crows obviously didnt realize this, and most of them went for the wide tube first.Previous studies showed that chimps and human children can solve similar tasks. In a 2011 study, chimps and kids found out that they could put water into a tube to reach a peanut that was floating in a small amount of water at the bottom.1、How did the crows get the snack in Sarahs experiment?ABy breaking the tube.BBy dropping in erasers.C
