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）1During the 2008 financial crisis，the French president Nicolas Sarkozy agreed to provide millions of emergency fund aid to help unemploymentAreleaseBresembleCrelieveDrecommend2School children must be taught how to deal with dangerous _.Astates BconditionsCsituations Dpos
3、itions3-Are you ready for the history test tomorrow?-No,I wish I_the clock back.Ahad turnedBcould turnCwill turnDwould have turned4Its always a good idea to have a second key somewhere_ you lose the first one.Ain caseBnow thatCeven thoughDas long as5Have you heard of yesterdays gas explosion?Yes. On
4、ly two of the 35 miners at the scene _ to have made it out safely.Ahave thought Bare thoughtChad thought Dwere thought6_, I have never seen anyone whos as capable as John.AAs long as I have traveled BMuch as I have traveledCNow that I have traveled so much DAs I have traveled so much7-What happened
5、to the young trees we planted last week？-The trees_ well，but I didnt water them.Amight growBneednt have grownCwould growDwould have grown8_! Somebody has broken the vase!Dont look at me.ACome onBHi,thereCThank goodnessDDear me9Thanks to the efforts in environmental protection, the wetland has been _
6、 to its original appearance.Arestored BdeliveredCtransferred Ddrafted10Days later, my brother called to say he was all right, but _say where he was.AmustntBshouldntCwouldntDmightnt11My daughter, _ all kinds of meat, would not like to eat any vegetable, which worries me a lot.Adevoted toBaddicted toC
7、accustomed toDexposed to12- The manager of the factory wants to improve production a great deal, but he doesnt spend much on technology.-I am afraid he wont realize his dream. You know _.Ayou cant eat your cake and have itBempty vessels make the greatest soundCenough is as good as a feastDtwo heads
8、are better than one13I _ my cellphone last night. Now the battery is running out.Acould have chargedBmight chargeCshould have chargedDwould charge14What does Nickys job involve as a public relations director?_ quite a lot of time with other people.ASpending BHaving spentCTo spend DTo have spent15It
9、is almost five years since Jimmy taught high school students and he _ as an interpreter in a foreign enterprise.Aserved Bhad servedCis serving Dwould serve16Ill have all of the readings by the end of this term if my plan goes well.AcompletingBto completeCcompletedDbeing completed17What did the docto
10、r say about your injury?She said I should avoid doing too much exercise _ it feels better.Auntil BsinceCif Dwhile18Physically challenged as Jack was, he did not _ himself to his fate.Aresist Breserve Cresign Drescue19The film Mei Lanfang, Li Ming plays the starring role,has again drawn the worlds at
11、tention to our traditional Chinese art.AwhatBthatCwhichDwhere20Two professors at Harvard University published a study of 3,300 new graduates, looking at _ their names had any bearing on their academic performance.AthatBhowCwhyDwhether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） Why do we
12、laugh and get amusement from so many different things, from puns (双关语) to pratfalls? Why are some things funny to some people and not to others? How is that while a successful joke can cause pleasure, a sick one can cause serious harm?Over the centuries, various scholars have attempted to produce a
13、universally agreed-upon theory of humor. Plato and Aristotle introduced the superiority(优越感) theory, the idea that people laugh at the misfortune of others. Their theory seems to explain teasing, but it doesnt work well for knock-knock jokes. Sigmund Freud argued for his relief theory, the concept t
14、hat humor is a way for people to release psychological tension and reveal their inner fears and desires. His theory works well for dirty jokes, less well for most puns.The majority of humor expels today agree with the incongruity theory, the idea that humor arises when theres a gap between what people expect to happen and what actually happens. Incongruity has a lot going for it jokes with unexpected funny lines, for example, fit well. But scientists have found that in comedy, unexpectedness is overvalued.With the goal of developing a new, more satisfactory explanation, I produced “the gentl
