1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项1考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回2答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置3请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符4作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效5如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Was it at the beginnin
2、g _ you made the promise _ you would do all to help make it?Athat; thatBwhen; thatCthat; whenDwhen; when2_ on February 5, 2019, the Wandering Earth soon became a great hit.AReleasingBBeing releasedCReleasedDTo release3Jack, my plane arrives at 8:30 pm when, I suppose, you _ dinner.But I can wait.Awi
3、ll haveBhave hadCwill have hadDare having4When _ to feel unworthy, children often work extra hard to please their parentsAto makeBmakingCmadeDhaving made5Thats the third time youve done that!Yeah, _?Awhat of it Bwhats onCwhat about Dwhat for6John, do you know why the suspect was set free?For lack of
4、 _ evidence.Asolid BapparentCambiguous Dconcrete7_ amazed us greatly was that Linda could speak five languages.AThatBWhatCWhichDWhy8Ill have all of the readings by the end of this term if my plan goes well.AcompletingBto completeCcompletedDbeing completed9Ann said whenever her father was unhappy he
5、_ go out and buy something, usually something large and useless.AshouldBcouldCwouldDmight10 _ Its only an interview! Only an interview? Only an interview? What if I panic? What if I say a silly word by accident?AWell done! BCome on!CHow come? DNo doubt!11Dont to spring-clean the whole house just bec
6、ause my mother is coming theres no need to do that.AundertakeBattemptCbotherDhesitate12They have leading experts in this field，and thats _ theyve made important progressAwhereBwhyCwhetherDwho13Young couples will be happy to see their babies _ with good health and intelligence when they are born.Ato
7、blessBblessingCblessedDbeing blessed14Last December China _ 100 Chinese and 10 foreigners for their outstanding contributions to the countrys reform and opening-up.Adistinguished BsponsoredCacknowledged Devaluated15- Mom, I m going to the graduation dance tonight but I don t think I look attractive
8、enough. Oh, darling, don t worry. _AThey dont know what beauty is. BNobody will care about it.CYou look perfect the way you are. DImpossible is nothing,16Jenny，how did your math exam go?I thought I _，but in fact I came in the top 10% in the class.Amight have failedBcouldnt have failedCshould have fa
9、iledDmustnt have failed17 goes up must come down, and gasoline prices are coming down fast in some parts of America.AWhereBWhatCWhichDThat18Allen followed his customer across the yard and stood on the step of the house, two shopping bags.AliftedBhaving liftedCto liftDlifting19_ the students from the
10、ir endless homework the school has decided to take a series of measures.AFreedBTo freeCFreeingDHaving freed20For the Chinese dream _ at an earlier date, we must accelerate the pace of reform and opening up.Abeing realizedBto realizeCrealizingDto be realized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
11、出最佳选项。21（6分）The year 3700, Earth is far too hot for any human to call it home. On this planet at least, man is nothing more than a memory-if there is anything left to remember the wise man. But what about our wisdom-will any of it survive us?The conventional answer is no. Knowledge requires a knower
12、, and there will be no knowing minds around then. But if information survives, perhaps in books or hard drives, maybe the knowledge isnt quite dead but dormant(休眠), ready to become alive with the help of other minds that develop over time or come to visit Earth in the distant future.At first sight,
13、that seems to be reasonable: after all, we have done similar things with past knowledge. For example, we saved an ancient computer from a ship destroyed at sea off the southern coast of Greece, and succeeded in finding the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphics(象形文字). Careful work can bring previously lo
14、st wisdom back to life.However, the key point is that there is a certain cultural continuity with those ancient times that allows us to reason and make progress in the dark: we know we are dealing with the legacy(遗产)of other humans. Without that link, the survival of objects and raw data doesnt guar
15、antee the survival of knowledge. And a lack of continuity in language with any future intelligence would be a barrier. Knowledge is closely connected with language. When a language dies out, we can lose systems of reasoning that they contain. If thats lost, then it cant be recovered.All this means that
