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）1Could I speak to_ is in charge of International Sales please?AwhoBwhatCwhoeverDwhatever2We are living in an age most of
2、 things are done on cell phones.AwhichBthatCwhoseDwhen3More and more people prefer to live in the countryside, _ appeal for them lies in the quiet and slow-paced life.AwhoBWhichCwhoseDwhat4Jack, my plane arrives at 8:30 pm when, I suppose, you _ dinner.But I can wait.Awill haveBhave hadCwill have ha
3、dDare having5By the side of the teaching building of our school _, which was completed in 2009. Athere standing the library Bdoes the library stand Cthe library stands Dstands the library6Simply raise your hand，and a taxi appears _Aat no time Bat one timeCin no time Dfor the time being7How I wish I
4、_ my mouth before I shouted at my mum!AshutBhave shutChad shutDwould shut8We have more than 80 flats in this building, each _ solar heatersAis equipped withBequipped withCis equipped byDequipped by9Taking online reading into consideration, we can challenge the assumption _ reading for pleasure conti
5、nues to decrease.AwhetherBthatCwhereDwhen10A new _ bus service to Tianjin Airport started to operate two months ago.AcommonBusualCregularDordinary11Richard saved up his money _ he might go abroad for his summer holiday.Ain case Bnow thatCas if Dso that12 May I go out to play basketball, Mum?_ Do wha
6、t you like.AGo ahead!BYouve got it.CIts your turn.DNot at all!13Helen said that she would bring me Justin Biebers latest CD the next day, but she .AwouldntBdidntChadn tDhasnt14_ to the party, Nancy was very upset.AHaving not been invitedBNot having invitedCHaving not invitedDNot having been invited1
7、5By the time we _ from our school, we have been close friends for more than ten years.AgraduatedBwill graduateCare graduatingDgraduate16If _ in the elevator, please press the emergency button immediately.A trapped B trappingC having trapped D to be trapped17We packed all the hooks in wooden boxes so
8、 that they damaged.Adont get Bwont getCdidnt get Dwouldnt get18Daddy, would you please buy me an iPhoneX?If you can pass this midterm examination, you _ have one as a reward.AmustBneedCwouldDshall19_what they say about me, Im going to continue my work.AIn terms ofBRegardless ofCInstead ofDIn favor o
9、f20We had better put off interviewing the athlete, for he is busy preparing for an international contest _ in Shanghai next month.AheldBto holdCbeing heldDto be held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） It can be a real struggle trying to learn a new language. I had always enjoyed
10、learning languages in school, but only recently did I start learning German. I found that I could understand and learn individual words easiIy, but when it came to literature, I really struggled. That was when my tutor at university suggested reading some childrens books printed in the target langua
11、ge.At first, I felt a bit silly going on a hunt for a book designed for someone half my age, lout then I realised that everyone has to start somewhere. As children, we are given these basic texts to familiarise our brains with certain vocabulary and writing structures, and from there, we can learn a
12、nd develop. I started with books which are taught to us as children in the UK.1 managed to find Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.The beauty of reading books that were introduced to you as a child is that you are already familiar with the plot. As a result,
13、you can work out some of the definitions of words with your prior knowledge of the story. At first, I used to read with the book in one hand and a dictionary in the other, but this method did not work well for me. The method I would recommend is to read a chapter of your chosen childrens book and at
14、 the end of that chapter, highlight the words you do not know and then look up the definitions. If you can wait a bit before you use a dictionary, you may be surprised what you can get merely from the context of the sentence in the story. Additionally, a lot of childrens books have pictures which ma
15、y give you a clue as to what or to whom the passage is referring.1、Why was the author advised to read childrens books?ABecause she was weak in reading great works.BBecause she was slow to learn language.CBecause she liked childrens literature.DBecause she couldnt remember any words.2、What can kids get
