1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷请考生注意：1请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用05毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。2答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项，按规定答题。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Never before _ the famous museum was just a stones thro away from their school, so out _.Ahad they known; went all they Bthey had known; went all th
2、eyChad they known; they all went Dthey had known; they all went2The silence of the library is sometimes broken by a sudden cough or the sound of pages _.AturningBturnedCbeing turnedDhaving turned3- -_that he manage to get the information?-Oh，a friend of his helped him.AWhere was itBWhat was itCHow w
3、as itDWhy was it4It is unwise to disturb one who is devoted to his work. Just _.Aface the music Bfly off the handleCeat your words Dbite your tongue5In this article , you need to back up general statements with _ examples.AspecificBpermanentCabstractDuniversal6Id advise anyone to put aside a proport
4、ion of their earnings _.Anothing great is easyBnothing comes from nothingCa bad penny always turns upDa penny saved is a penny earned7After class, the teacher couldnt leave, by the students.AsurroundedBto surroundCwas surroundedDsurrounding8As _ healthier lifestyle is being promoted, the bicycle has
5、 also become a tool that keeps people on _ go.Athe; aBa; aCa; theDa; /9_ his homework in time, he had to stay up late into the night.AFinishingBHaving finishedCTo finishDTo have finished10We can communicate_people in every part of the world _the Internet.Awith；withBwith；throughCthrough；throughDthrou
6、gh；with11It is not only blind men who make such stupid mistakes. People who can see sometimes act_.Ajust foolishly Bless foolishly Cas foolishly Dso foolishly12Do you know our town at all?Surely, this is the third time I _ here.Acame Bcome Chave come Dam coming13Countries which continue importing hu
7、ge quantities of waste will have to_ the issue of pollution.AmaintainBsimplifyCoverlookDaddress14 What shall we do tonight then? , whatever you want.AHelp yourselfBIts a dealCNo problemDIts up to you15I wish I _ her the news and then she wouldnt be worried now.Adont tellBdidnt tellChavent toldDhadnt
8、 told16A firm from New Zealand has revealed a set of robotic legs which they claim will soon allow _ wheelchair-bound people to walk again.AextremelyBpreviouslyCactuallyDeventually17The new means of transport _ in this city, so whether it will work out remains to be seen.Ahave never tried Bhas never
9、 tried Chave never been tried Dhas never been tried18Janes pale face suggested that she _ ill and her parents suggested that she _ a medical exam.Abe; should haveBwas; haveCshould be; hadDwas; had19The worlds attention _ Chinas Belt and Road Initiative，as it has great influence on the worlds economy
10、.Ais to fix onBwas fixed onChas fixed onDis being fixed on20Will you require anything else? Yes, I like a whisky.AwillBshallCshouldDmight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） Parents tend to favour children of one sex in certain situations or so evolutionary biologists tell us. A n
11、ew study used colored backpack sales data to show that parental wealth may influence spending on sons different from daughters.In 1973 biologist Robert Trivers and computer scientist Dan Willard published a paper suggesting that parents invest(投入)more resources, such as food and effort, in male chil
12、dren when times are good, and in female children when times are bad. According to the Trivers-Willard hypothesis(假说), a son given lots of resources can become a gentleman but parents with few resources tend to invest them in daughters, who generally find it easier to be a fair maiden.Studying parent
13、al investment after birth is difficult, however. The new study looked for a standard of measurement of such investment that met several criteria: it shouldnt be affected by sex differences in the need for resources; it should measure investment rather than outcomes; and it should be objective.Study
14、author Shige Song, a sociologist at Queens College, City University of New York, examined spending on pink and blue backpacks purchased in China in 2015 from a large retailer, JDcom. He narrowed the data to about 5, 000 bags: blue backpacks bought by families known to have at least one boy and pink ones bought by families known to have at least one girl. The results showed that wealthier families spent more on blue than pink backpacks suggesting greater investment in sons. Poorer families spent more on pink packs than blue ones. The findings were published in Evolution and Human Beh
