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）1You can choose not to forgive. _ you can also choose to let it go.AAbsolutelyBConsequentlyCSubsequentlyDAlternatively2Bob was trying to _ that he
2、 knew the famous singer who would perform in our city.Alet outBlay outCfigure outDmake out3The boy is having a fever. Youd better damp a towel and lay it _ his forehead.Aacross BwithinCthrough Dbeyond4My computer is out of function again.You need to go to the customer service center and have it _.At
3、o repair BrepairCrepairing Drepaired5 Which classical Chinese poem do you like best?Dont laugh if we lay drunken on the battleground; how many soldiers ever came back_.Aold and youngBup and downCsafe and soundDright and wrong6A man can fail many times, he is a real failure when he begins to blame so
4、meone else.Abut Bor Cand Dso7Its _ me why Alice gave up her job and got married.AunderBaboveCoverDbeyond8 How do you find your trip to Sanya during the three-day New Year Holiday ?_ I cant speak too highly of it.AOh, wonderful indeed! BIts awful!CDont mention it DYou said it.9Maybe some of you are c
5、urious about what my life was like on the streets because Ive never really talked about it _.Ain placeBin turnCin forceDin depth10The days are gone physical strength was all you needed to make a livingAthatBwhenCwhereDwhich11_the fierce competition in job seeking, many university graduates have no c
6、hoice but to reduce their own demand for the salary.AFaced BFacingCTo face DHaving faced12The silence of the library is sometimes broken by a sudden cough or the sound of pages _.AturningBturnedCbeing turnedDhaving turned13Jack, my plane arrives at 8:30 pm when, I suppose, you _ dinner.But I can wai
7、t.Awill haveBhave hadCwill have hadDare having14It is almost five years since Jimmy taught high school students and he _ as an interpreter in a foreign enterprise.Aserved Bhad servedCis serving Dwould serve15This kind of gel pen which _ smoothly is quite popular with students.Ais written Bis writing
8、 Cwrote Dwrites16Toms comments on this issue are confusing because they appear to _the remarks on the same issue made earlier by him.Aviolate Binduce Cclarify Dcontradict17Membership of this club is open to those who are its aim.Ain salute to Bin honour ofCin line with Din sympathy with18We came to
9、the station _ all the way, only _ the train had just left.Arunning, toldBto run, tellingCto run, to be toldDrunning, to be told19The researchers who study jokes want to find out _ people from different nations and cultures find funny.AwhyBthatCwhatDwhether20Jane is not good at sports，but when it to
10、cooking，shes excellentAhappensBcomesCdoesDoccurs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） Theres a world of difference between a horror movie and a comedythe former scares you half to death while the latter leaves you rolling on the floor with laughter. But try watching them without th
11、e background music and you just might decide theyre not so different after all. Music and movies have been closely connected since the beginning of the film industryeven before the voices of actors were recorded. In movies, music helps to provide a sense of time and place, convey ideas about the cha
12、racters and, most importantly, draw emotions out of the audience.Studies have long shown that our heart rates and anxiety levels rise and fall depending on the speed of the music we hear. Using this knowledge, composers use sudden changes in film music speed to create fear among audiences. Slowing t
13、he speed of the music will have the opposite effect, bringing about a sense of peace or a dreamlike quality. The use of dissonant(不和谐的) tones and noises is another technique that heightens tension. Humans naturally become unnerved when we hear dissonant sounds because such noises are usually associa
14、ted with danger, like those that animals make to warn against predators(捕食者).As crucial as it is, the best film music is subtle. All that audiences are supposed to feel is a heightened sense of emotionthey shouldnt realize whats causing it. Only when the music is taken out of the film should audienc
15、es understand its effects.In keeping with this principle, some filmmakers are even using whats called “infrasound”(次声波) to arouse fear. While we may not be able to hear it because its frequency is below the range of the human ear, infrasound has been proven to cause anxiety, tremble and even sorrow. For exam
