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）1Once published, the novel was a(n) success and was soon translated into nine foreign languages.Aoccasional BinstantCconstant Dindividual2 Can you do me a favour, Mr. Smith? My car _ start. No problem. You can count on it.Awont BmustntCneednt Dshouldnt3As things didnt wo
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4、sound is the best means of communication over distance _ in comparison with light, it wont be blocked by trees when travelling.Awhile BbecauseCwhen Dthough6- Im afraid the company will not hire me. - Come on, Bill, relax! You have a lot of experience and fine references and your college work is idea
5、l background for them. _ AItll be no sweat. BAll good things come to an end. CWords pay no debts. DDont give me any jaw. 7Many universities throughout the world provide scholarships for students _ financial aid.Ain favour ofBin need ofCin face ofDin honour of8Though winters in Britain are cold and t
6、here is usually snow, there are _ places for skiing.AsomeBmanyCfewDa few9 her emotion, she buried her face in her handsAControlledBTo controlCBeing controlledDHaving controlled10Youth is a period of our life we see no limit to our hopes and wishes.AwhereBthatCwhatDwhen11Though Professor Liu _ in New
7、 York for seven years, he has never regretted moving back to Shanghai, his hometown.AlivedBhas livedChad livedDwas living12Please dont make so loud noiseThe news of the volcanic eruption in Indonesia _and I want to listenAis broadcastBis being broadcastChas been broadcastDhad been broadcast13-Can I
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10、keepingCwould keepDkept18Last summer we saw a very good film, _ was about the Anti-Japanese war.A which B when C that D where19So _ sometimes in trying to accomplish something big _ we fail to notice the little things that give life its magic.Awe get caught up; as Bdo we get caught up; thatCcaught u
11、p get we; as Dcaught up do we get; that20A fireworks display was organized _ the Queens birthday.Ato mark BmarkedChaving marked Dbeing marked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） Tourism is often about seeking deeper emotional and personal connections with the world around us. Not
12、all travel experiences, however, need to take place in the real world. With the evolution of virtual reality(VR) technology, tourism will increasingly become a combination of physical and virtual worlds. VR may even remove the need to travel entirely.But can a VR experience really equal a real world
13、 one? Many experts believe it can. Studies have shown that our brains have an inbuilt VR-like mechanism that enables us to live imagined experiences. Much of our waking life is spent thinking about either the past or the future. This is known as mind wandering. During these events we re not paying a
14、ttention to the current world around us. Instead, we re recalling memories, or creating and processing imagined futures.When engaged in mind wandering, our brains process these mental images using the same pathways used to receive inputs from the real world. So, the imagined past or future can create emotions and feelings similar to how we react to everyday life. VR can create these same feelings.While critics might argue that a virtual experience will never match reality, there are several ways VR tourism could make a positive contribu
