1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项1考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。2试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。3考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1-How did she lose so much weight as expected？-_ eating less，she jogged for several miles every day.AIn addition toBIn spite ofCInstead ofDThanks
2、to2The security judge was very _ when she explained that the driving licence was necessary for her work .AreasonableBnaturalCridiculousDavailable3Next Monday is my birthday.Is that so? _AI cant believe my ears. BIm so glad to hear that.CWhat presents do you want? DMany happy returns of the day!4I ha
3、ve no doubt that he will make it, but I wonder_ he is really ready enough.AwhatBwhyCwhetherDThat5This book is said to be a special one, as it _ many events not found in other history books.AwritesBprintsCcoversDreads6Our teacher entered the classroom, _.Aa book in hand Bbook in hand Cbook in his han
4、d Da book in hands7A large number of excellent films _ all over the world over the past decades.Ahave producedBhave been producedCwere producedDproduced8I am so thrilled to have my underwater photos _ in the National Geographic and on the cover!Ato be featuredBfeaturedCbeing featuredDto feature9Ther
5、e a slight decrease in his weight but he eats too much.AwasBcould have beenChad beenDcould be10 Are you still thinking about the email Tony sent you yesterday？ Oh，to tell the truth,thats makes me feel excited.AWhat Bhow Cthat Dwhy11The part in the film the man broke down the door made some of the au
6、dience give a cry.AwhichBwhoCwhereDwhom12I keep the picture where I can see it every day, reminds me of the days in my hometown.AthatBwhichCwhoDwhen13This is a very interesting book. Ill buy it，_.Ahow much may it costBno matter how it may costChowever much it may costDwhatever may it cost14Yet _ in
7、the process of development did they stop to consider the impact of their “progress” on nature.Ain no time Bat no pointCas likely as not Dmore often than not15 David is a green hand at such things. But I believe he is quite _ to the task.Arelevant BaccessibleCequal Dunique16-Mum, I dont think I am qu
8、alified enough to do this.-Honey, be confident! You should know it is _ a man thinks of himself _ really determines his fate.Athat; that Bhow; that Cwhat; that Dhow; that 17John, _ money was now no problem, started a new company with his friends.Afor whoseBof whoseCof whomDfor whom18I live in a town
9、 _ runs a small and winding river. Athrough which Bwhich Cin which Dwhere19Johnson hasnt felt any effect the new dieting recipe has him since he tried to lose weight three months ago.AforBtoConDwith20-Hello, Kate. How is your weekend at home?-Awful! You know it is the first time I _ alone at home, b
10、ored to death.Ahas leftBhad leftChad been leftDhave been left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）The people of Chicago, Illinois, US, can thank three canals every time they drink a glass of clean water today. The building of the Illinois-Michigan Canal, the Chicago Sanitary and Sh
11、ip Canal and the Cal-Sag Canal all helped the Chicago River start flowing in a different direction in 1892.Since their construction over a century ago, these waterways have connected Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river network and ensured a regular flow of fresh water of Chicago.However, some un
12、usual and unfortunate side effects have also been created because of their construction. Asian carp(鲤鱼), also known as silver or flying carp, are threatened in their native habitat in the Chinese Heilongjiang, Yangtze, and Pearl River basins. But they have become increasingly successful at filling t
13、he Mississippi river network since first being introduced into Arkansas catfish farms in the 1970s to control algae(水藻). By swimming into the canals and spreading further across the country, there are now major fears that this introduced species may be able to access Lake Michigan and the wider Grea
14、t Lakes - which store an incredible 21 percent of the entire worlds fresh water.“The actual influence of Asian carp on the Great Lakes has yet to be explained clearly, and we think this uncertainty is part of the reason why they are such an obvious issue,” says Dr Cory Suski, Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Sciences at the University of Illinois. He points out that adult Asian carp are too large to be hunted by anything locally, that they have a prolific(多产的) reproduction rate, and they can steal food from the other native species in the rivers. “C
