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）1Word came that 30 firefighters gave their lives to our country _ national property security.Ain exchange forBin respons
2、e toCin terms ofDin contrast with2Mary nearly missed the flight doing too much shopping.Ain need ofBon top ofCin front ofDas a result of3Is Peter coming?No, he_ his mind after a phone call at the last minute.AchangesBchangedCwas changingDhad changed4 Congratulations on your promotion. Go out for din
3、ner, OK? Good! _, just you and me.AFollow me BMy treatCMy pleasure DAllow me5This restaurant has become popular for its wide _ of foods that suit all tastes and pockets.AproductionBofferCrangeDdivision6There are lots of examples of English idioms _ animals are used.AwhichBwhenCwhoseDwhere7If you go
4、to buy the top best-selling CD, please get _ for me.AoneBitCthisDthat8“It might have saved me a lot of money”, Mr. Chen sighed, “_ timely from the stock market this July”.Adid I withdrawBshould I withdrawChave I withdrawnDhad I withdrawn9Which do you prefer, tea or coffee? _. I really dont mind.ABot
5、hBNoneCNeitherDEither10The room _ 10 metres across is large enough for a single man to live inAmeasuringBmeasuresCto be measuredDmeasured11 What great changes have taken place in our city in the last few years! Indeed, many high buildings have _all over the city.Awound upBsprung upCheld upDmade up12
6、_ a book in front of your face, youll feel the air moving against your face.AWaved BWaveCTo wave DWaving13More than one doctor _ involved in the rescue that took place after the earthquakeA was B is C were D are14Those have six or more close friends are described as very happy.AwhoseBwhoCwhichDwhen1
7、5Julia has got a pretty _ dealshe was laid off just for being late once!Arough BtoughCillegal Dmean16I wonder _ the equipment will be available in ten days.AthatBwhenCwhetherDwhere17I would not be seeing the film Green Book now _ me up in time.Awere Kathy not to pickBhad Kathy not pickedCif Kathy ha
8、snt pickedDif Kathy did not pick18Have you heard from Jane recently?No，but I _ her over Christmas.Asaw Bwill be seeingChave seen Dhave been seeing19For all the failure of his business, he remains optimistic and _ untroubled by his problems.AhopefullyBseeminglyCrarelyDfrequently20The new supermarket
9、announced that the first to purchase goods on the opening day_ get a big prize.AmustBwillCshallDneed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）Robert Todd Duncan was born in 1903 in the southern city of Danville, Kentucky. His mother was his first music teacher. As a young man, he contin
10、ued his music study in Indianapolis, Indiana.In 1930, he completed musical education at Columbia University in New York City. Then he moved to Washington. For fifteen years, he taught music at Howard University in Washington. At that time, not many black musicians were known for writing or performin
11、g classical music. Teaching at Howard gave Duncan the chance to share his knowledge of classical European music with a mainly black student population. He taught special ways to present the music. These special ways became known as the Duncan Technique.Besides teaching, Duncan sang in several operas
12、 with performers who were all black. But it seemed that he always would be known mainly as a concert artist. However, his life took a different turn in the middle of 1930s. At that time, the famous American music writer George Gershwin was looking for someone to play a leading part in his new work P
13、orgy and Bess. A music critic (评论家) of The New York Times newspaper suggested Todd Duncan. Duncan had almost decided not to try for the part as he knew it would not be easy to get it. But he changed his mind. He sang a piece from an Italian opera to Gershwin. He had sung only for a few minutes when
14、Gershwin offered him the part. He became famous because of the part in Porgy and Bess.Todd Duncan gained fame as an opera singer and concert artist. But his greatest love in music was teaching. When he stopped teaching at Howard, he continued giving singing lessons in his Washington home until the w
15、eek before his death.1、What is this passage mainly about?AWhat Robert Todd Duncan loved most.BHow Robert Todd Duncan became famous.CRobert Todd Duncan and his musical productions.DA brief introduction to Robert Todd Duncan.2、What happened to Duncan in the middle of 1930s?AHe gave up teaching at Howard Univers
