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）1By the side of the teaching building of our school _, which was completed in 2009. Athere standing the library Bdoes th
2、e library stand Cthe library stands Dstands the library2Parents often tell their children that they _ take candy from strangers.AneedntBwouldntCshouldntDdarent3I wanted to major in English at first, but later I _ my mind and now I am a writer.Achanged Bhave changedCwould change Dwill change4But for
3、your help, I _ the work on time. I really do not know how I can thank you enough.Awouldnt finishBhadnt finishedCwouldnt have finishedDwont have finished5It really annoys me when a persons cell phone goes off during a movie？Yeah， me too It really _Acosts me an arm and a legBgets on my nervesCbeats my
4、 brains outDpulls my legs6By doing so, you can _ more information and details about the topic, and better understand it.Akeep up withBdo away withChave access toDget down to7Dont give up half way, and you will find the scenery is more beautiful when you reach the destination than when you _.Astart o
5、ffBhave started offCstarted offDwill start off8It is obvious to the students _they should get well prepared for their future.AasBthatCwhichDwhether9The online word “selfie” is gaining _ and more and more people tend to use it nowadays.Aaccess BadmissionCcontrol Dcurrency10The Lifelong Learning Progr
6、amme _ to enable people to take part in learning experiences has taken off across Europe.Ahaving been designedBbeing designedCdesignedDdesigning11To apply for a short-term study visa in the UK, I have to be able to speak some English, but I want to go there just to learn English.Oh, its really_.Aa c
7、onfidential sourceBa catch-22 situationCa Pandoras boxDa Herculean task12For the Chinese dream _ at an earlier date, we must accelerate the pace of reform and opening up.Abeing realizedBto realizeCrealizingDto be realized13The maple trees turn a brilliant red in autumn, adding another to the colors
8、in the harvest season.AthemeBversionCcategoryDdimension14I usually do the washing up and leave the cooking to my wife，_shes a better cook than meAunlessBasCeven thoughDin case15Did Max go to the concert with his family yesterday?The report scheduled to be handed in tomorrow, he _ it.Acouldnt have at
9、tendedBneednt have attendedCwouldnt attendDshouldnt attend16I think her opinion _, because she is an experienced teacher.Anumber BcalculatesCfigures Dcounts17_ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.AAnythingBNothingCEverythingDSomething18Considered to be a less dan
10、gerous to tobacco, e-cigs are taking over the West as more and more people switch over when trying to kick the habit.AadjustmentBalternativeCadvertisementDamusement19Im going to order chicken and saladWhat about you? .Ill have the same.AIm afraid notBIts up to youCThat sounds good to meDThat depends
11、20_ you hear from me to the contrary, expect me on Friday at about 6 pm.AUnlessBUntilCWhileDAlthough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）A bite from a tsetse fly (采采蝇) is an extremely unpleasant experience. It is not like a mosquito, which can put its thin mouthpart directly into y
12、our blood, often without you noticing. In contrast, the tsetse flys mouth has tiny saws on it that saw into your skin on its way to suck out your blood.To make matters worse, several species of tsetse fly can transmit diseases. One of the most dangerous is a parasite that causes sleeping sickness, o
13、r human African trypanosomiasisto give it its official name. Without treatment, an infection is usually fatal.Like so many tropical diseases, sleeping sickness has often been neglected by medical researchers. However, researchers have long endeavored to understand how it avoids our bodies defence me
14、chanisms. Some of their insights could now help us eliminate sleeping sickness altogether.There are two closely-related single-celled parasites that cause this deathly sleep: Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense. The latter is far more common: it is responsible for up to 95% of cases, mostly in western Africa. It takes several years to kill a person, while T. brucei rhodesiense can cause death within months. There are still other forms that infect livestock.After the initial bite, sleeping sickness symptoms often start with a fever, headaches and aching muscles. As the illness
