1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷考生须知：1全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。2请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。3保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1lt was in December, 2018 _ Chairman Xi and President Trump met in Argentina.AwhenBthatCbeforeDsince2After _ a san
2、dstorm warning on Sunday evening, meteorologists forecast that dusty weather will continue in parts of the country on Monday.A breaking offBcalling offCleaving offDputting off3- Ill send you the signed contract personally this time tomorrow.- Sorry, I _ a meeting then.Aam attendingBattendedChave att
3、endedDwill be attending4Some analysts suspected that the rebellion was _ and financed by a western country.Alaunched Bbacked Cevaluated Dcrushed5From my point of view, theres little chance that we will be successful in trying to change the present situation. _, it is important that we try our best.A
4、MeanwhileBOtherwiseCThereforeDNevertheless6I would appreciate you could come to my birthday party.AthatBthat itCifDit if7It was so noisy that we hear ourselves speak.AcouldntBshouldntCmustntDneednt8-Im sure Andrew will win the first prize in the final. -I think so. He _ for it months.Ais preparingBh
5、as been preparingCwas preparingDhad been preparing9I think Ana _ her packing since she started getting things ready early this morning.Afinishes Bhas finishedChad finished Dwould finish10This car is important to our family. We would repair it at our expense _ it break down within the first year.Acou
6、ldBwouldCmightDshould11Father made a promise_ I did well in the entrance exam, he would take me to Hong Kong in the summer vacation.Aif thatBifCthat ifDthat12Philips won 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games, _astonished the world.AthatBwhichCwhatDwho13Its really great to have a computer to sto
7、re my photos.Dont count on it too much. It _ break down and youd better make a copy of them.AmustBcanCshouldDwill14She doesnt speak our language, _ she seems to understand what we sayAforBandCyetDor15Everyone had a form in his hand, but no one knew which office_Ato send it toBto sent itCto be sent t
8、oDto have it sent16But for your instruction, I _ such great progress in so short a time. Thanks a lot.Awouldnt makeBhadnt madeCwont makeDwouldnt have made17If you want to improve your figure and health, the most effective thing to do is to show up at the gym every time you _ be there.AcanBwillCmayDs
9、hall18My wife sometimes _ something she has long been looking for. Thats why she enjoys window shopping.Alooks upBlooks forCpicks upDpicks out19You are subject to punishment if you fail to _ to the customs when carrying the prohibited articles listed above.Astate BdeclareCannounce Dcommunicate20Taki
10、ng targeted measures to help people lift themselves out of poverty, _has been predicted, is fruitful.Awhat BwhichCas Dthat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）One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for th
11、e summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange probleminability to read.In the library, I found my way into the “Childrens Room”. I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had rece
12、ntly had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my “secret sharer”, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.There on the books cover was a beagle which looked identical(相同的) to
13、my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos: the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.Under the shade of a brush, I started to read about Amos. I read v
14、ery, very slowly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind cont
15、inued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running togetherMy mothers call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and
