1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3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交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1The guidance teacher was their adviser, offering them suggestions and solutions when they _ difficulties.Aarose Bencoun
2、teredCemerged Devaluated2After _ a sandstorm warning on Sunday evening, meteorologists forecast that dusty weather will continue in parts of the country on Monday.A breaking offBcalling offCleaving offDputting off3Anyone with an eye on the employment situation knew the assessment about economic reco
3、very _ just around the corner was correct.Abeing Bto be Cwas Dhaving been4Everyone in the village hoped that he would _ after a few days treatment.Apick upBcome upCkeep upDmake up5What he liked to do was to take an idea and _ it by finding every possible consequence.AsqueezeBwrestleCswitchDshrink6Wh
4、at happened to the young trees we planted last week?The trees _ well, but I didnt water them.Amight growBneednt have grownCwould have grownDwould grow7Children who are not active or_ diet is high in fat will gain weight quickly.AwhatBwhoseCwhichDthat8His strong sense of humor was make everyone in th
5、e room burst out laughing.Aso as to Bsuch as toCso that Dsuch that9What has made him in such high spirits recently?_ by his teacher for succeeding passing the exam.ABeing praised BPraisedCHaving praised DTo praise10The senior teacher always goes swimming and does push-ups to stay _.Ain placeBin orde
6、rCin shapeDin fashion11A hurricane swept through my village. Just as we were beginning to lose hope, it suddenly stopped. It is really “ ”.AAlls well that ends well BLightning never strikes twice in the same placeCIt never rains but if pours DA friend in need is a friend indeed12Face the problem bra
7、vely and you _ a new way to success.Afind Bfound Cwill find Dhave found13Mr, White, do you have anything _?No, nothing. You can take a rest now.Atype Btyped Cto type Dto be typed14We did have a quarrel about money last night，but now we have already_.Ataken upBput upCmade upDbrought up15_the weather
8、,the sports meet will be held on time .AInstead ofBIn relation toCRegardless ofDIn favor of16Last year I applied to Princeton UniversityI _ they would say yesbut they did, and now here I amAnever thinkBam never thinkingChave never thoughtDnever thought17The government placed _ on the numbers of fore
9、ign cars that could be imported.AlimitationsBadministrationCrequirementsDrestrictions18How about his design?Well, to tell the truth, it is _ but satisfactory. So youll have to try your best to better it.AsomethingBanythingCeverythingDnothing19Oh, my God! Whats wrong with you?I was going the normal s
10、peed limit when a truck appeared in front of me _ and I didnt have time to stop.Abetween the linesBaround the clockCout of the blueDover the moon20I really dont know how to express my thanks to Mr. Li, my high school English teacher, without whose help I_ to college that year.Awerent to goBhadnt bee
11、n able to goCcouldnt goDcouldnt have gone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）Culture can affect not just language and customs, but also how people experience the world on surprisingly basic levels.Researchers, with the help of brain scans, have uncovered shocking differences in pe
12、rception（感知）between Westerners and Asians, what they see when they look at a city street, for example, or even how they perceive a simple line in a square, according to findings published in a leading science journal.In western countries, culture makes people think of themselves as highly independen
13、t individuals. When looking at scenes, Westerners tend to focus more on central objects than on their surroundings. East Asian cultures, however, emphasize inter-dependence. When Easterners look at a scene, they tend to focus on surroundings as well as the object.Using an experiment involving two ta
14、sks, Dr Hedden asked subjects to look at a line simply to estimate its length, a task that is played to American strengths. In another, they estimated the lines length relative to the size of a square, an easier task for the Asians.The level of brain activity, by tracking blood flow, was then measur
15、ed by Brain Scanners. The experiment found that although there was no difference in performance, and the tasks were very easy, the levels of activity in the subjects brains were different. For the Americans, areas linked to attention lit up more, when they worked on the task they tended to find more difficult
