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）1World Food Day is held each year to underline the progress that _ against hunger and that still needs to be made.Ais madeBwas madeChas been madeDwill be made2- I have been working for more than 30 years! Im going to retire next month.- Really? You dont look a day 40!Aov
3、er BbyCwith Dfor3Have you seen Jiang Wens movieLet the Bullets Flyrecently?Yes. I it twice last week, At home and in the theatre.Ahad enjoyedBenjoyedChave enjoyedDwas enjoying4_Wuhu with Shanghai, to be frank, and youll find its more convenient to live in the former.ATo compareBComparingCCompareDCom
4、pared5What about the services in this hotel?They are at least as good as, if not superior to, _ in yours.AitBthoseCthatDthe one6All the photographs in this book, stated otherwise, date from the 1950s.AunlessBuntilConceDif7_ for the fire at Notre Dame de Paris, a church famous for its large collectio
5、n of art treasures, I would be there for a visit this summer vacation.AHad it not beenBShould it not beCWere it not beDIf had it not been8Loneliness is a feeling _ people experience a powerful rush of emptiness and solitude.AwhichBwhereCthatDhow9It rained heavily overnight and not until this morning
6、 _.A. had it stoppedBdid it stopCstopped itDit stopped10Tom is the only one of the students who a scholarship since last year.Ahas wonBhave wonCis winningDwins11- Could we accomplish the task according to the schedule? - I doubt that. The problem remains _ we can get financial aid within this week.
7、Athat Bhow Cwhy Dwhen 12I need to be more mature and ready to _ my mistakes.Ahold on toBcut offCmake up forDtake up13He was admitted to Harvard University, _ was just what his parents expected.AwhoBwhichCwhatDwhere14When the girl did _ the courage to tell her parents what had happened, unfortunately
8、 her own family didnt believe her.Awork outBwork upCwork atDwork on15-There are probably aliens living here on earth.-_! I cant believe you said that.ACome onBForget itCGo aheadDAllow me16.Opening the book, she found in it a white, plain envelope with her name _ on it.Ato printBprintedCprintingDprin
9、t17-I cannot _ what I have done to annoy Jessica.-No worries. She is kind of sensitive.Aturn outBmake outCput outDleave out18The importance _ a national day and how it is celebrated are very different from country to country.Aconnected toBgiven toCmeaning toDattached to19- Excuse me, where can I get
10、 my car filled up?- There are gas stations at_end of the blockAbothBneitherCeitherDall20My teacher often says that success in making money is not always a good _ of success in life.Abelief Belement Ccriterion Dinstance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）As any plane passenger will
11、 confirm, a crying baby is almost impossible to ignore, no matter how hard you try. Now scientists believe they may have worked out why. A babys cry pulls at the heartstrings (扣人心弦) in a way while other cries dont, researchers found.Researchers found that a babys cry can trigger unique emotional res
12、ponses in the brain, making it impossible for us to ignore them-whether we are parents or not. Other types of cries, including calls of animals in great pain, fail to get the same response-suggesting the brain is programmed to respond specifically to a babys cry.A team of Oxford University scientist
13、s scanned the brains of 28 men and women as they listened to a variety of calls and cries. After 100 milliseconds, two parts of the brain that respond to emotion lit up. Their response to a babys cry was particularly strong. The response was seen in both men and women-even if they had no children.Re
14、searcher Dr, Christine Parsons said, “You might read that men should just notice a baby and step over it and not see it, but its not true. There is a special processing in men and women, which makes sense from an evolutionary view that both men and women would be responding to these cries,” The stud
15、y involved people who were not parents, yet they are all responding quickly to these particular cries so this might be a fundamental response present in all of us regardless of parental status.Researcher Katie Young said it may take a bit longer for someone to recognize their own childs cries because they need to do more “fi
