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）1The teacher told the children _ quiet in the museum.A keep B kept C keeping D to keep2Smoking should be banned in public. _It is harmful to both the smokers and non-smokers.AId love to BIts my pleasureCIm with you on that DIts up to you3The drums of war are beating once
3、 again. As tensions rise between America and Iran, China appeals to both sides to _.Astand byBcome alongCstep backDstick together4一Which Tshirt do you like best?一 They are both out of fashion and expensiveANoneBNeitherCAnyDBoth5I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite _.
4、Aarbitrary Breasonable Cmechanical Dconventional6During the period of recent terrorist activities, people _ not to touch an unattended bag.Ahad always been warnedBwere always being warnedCare always warningDalways warned7I still find it hard to imagine that such a clever child _ make such a foolish
5、mistake.AshallBmustCcanDshould8_ the plant once a week if you are to get fruit in the autumn.AWatered BWatering CTo water DWater9Not until they left school_how much their teachers loved them and helped them.Athey realizedBdid they realizedCthe would realizedDhad they realized10_to work overtime that
6、 evening,I missed a wonderful film.AHaving been asked BTo askCHaving asked DTo be asked11The new hotel is reported to be built it used to be a wasteland.AwhichBwhereCin whichDwhat12The why he is absent today is he has got a bad headache.Areason; thatBreason; becauseCcause; thatDcause; because13_ you
7、r generous help, I do believe I have a better understanding of your country and culture.ABut forBOut ofCThanks toDAs to14I wouldnt have missed the train if I _ up earlier.AgotBhad gotCwill getDhave got15We have only twenty minutes left，so please get to the point and dont say anything that isnt _ to
8、our problem.Arelevant BsensitiveCfamiliar Dsimilar16She did not feel a bit nervous though it was the first time she _ in public.AspokeBhave spokenChad spokenDwere speaking17Im calling to enquire about the position _in yesterdays China Daily.AadvertisedBto be advertisedCadvertisingDhaving advertised1
9、8Comparison may make something appear more beautiful than it is when _ aloneAseenBseeingCseeDto see19Ken, _, but the music you are enjoying is too loud.Oh, Im terribly sorry. Ill turn it down on the spot.AI am really tired of this BI need your helpCId like to talk with you DI hate to say this20The p
10、ost office is closed _ Saturday afternoon.AonBinCofDat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） American families are accustomed to settling in faraway places, which has been a national phenomenon. Decades of data, including a more recent Gallup study, characterizes the US as one of th
11、e most geographically mobile countries in the world. “About one in four US adults(24 percent) has reported moving within the country in the past five years.” the reported noted. With the exception of Finns(23 percent) and Norwegians(22 percent), Americans move considerably more than their European p
12、eers.Though some may move for love or family, the major reason why Americans choose to move around is, unsurprisingly, related to work. Citing data from the Current Population Survey, a post on the blog of the New York Fed noted that between 1998 and 2013, “slightly more than half of interstate(州际的)
13、 migrants said they moved for employmentrelated reasonsa category that includes moves undertaken for new jobs, job transfers, and easier commutes(通勤).”The seeking of opportunity, particularly for an immigrant nation, is a national mythology(神话) as well as an emotional attachment to work. A new worki
14、ng paper analyzed by Ben Steverman at Bloomberg suggests that workers in the US now “put in almost 25 percent more hours than Europeans” in a given year. This figure has steadily risen since the 1970s, when the hours logged by workers in Western Europe and the US were roughly the same.There are, of
15、course, some internal factors. The US is much vaster than most European countries, plus it boasts(拥有) a common language. It is considered to be a sign of an efficient labor market that US workers can be persuaded to move to regions where there is a steady growth in jobs, such as the Sun Belt in recent years. And whi
