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）1-May! How is your plan? I heard you started it last Sunday.-Oh! I for it, but I havent decided where to start it.Ahave
2、preparedBhad preparedChave been preparingDwas preparing2-Has John ever broken his promise?-No. For example, he said he would show me around his school, and .Aso would he Bso did heCso he would Dso he did3Pandas are _ to the mountains of central China and only about 1,000 remain in the wild.A. native
3、BsensitiveCrelateDfamiliar4Life the like _ ocean; Only _strong-willed can reach the other shore.Aan; theBthe; aCthe ;/D/ ; a5 What does the sign over there read? “No person _ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in this area.”AwillBshallCmayDmust6Why do you turn to me for help _ you can
4、 easily work out the problem independently?Auntil BwhenCafter Dunless7Johnson hasnt felt any effect the new dieting recipe has him since he tried to lose weight three months ago.AforBtoConDwith8Everything was placed exactly _ he wanted it for the graduation ceremony.Athe place whereBwhenCwhereDin wh
5、ich9Anyone with an eye on the employment situation knew the assessment about economic recovery _ just around the corner was correct.Abeing Bto be Cwas Dhaving been10Mr. White, who _ in Shanghai for seven years, is a manager of a company in Beijing.Awas workingBworkedChad workedDhas worked11 Did you
6、catch the first bus this morning?No. It had left the stop _ I got there.A. in the timeBat the timeCby the timeDduring the time12It rained this morning, _ actually didnt bother me because I like walking in the rain.AwhatBwhenCwhereDwhich13The possibility that Frank was lying _ through my mind.Aswallo
7、wedBmaskedCflashed14According to the report, people in the _ areas are rebuilding their homes and many roads _ to the area have been repaired.Aflooded; leadBflooding; leadingCflooding; to leadDflooded; leading15Im very grateful to my high school teachers, without _ help I wouldnt be so excellent.Awh
8、omBtheirCwhichDwhose16I certainly expect to be elected best student of the year. Its really _!Aa good Samaritan Ba wet blanketCa feather in my cap Da piece of cake17Ive known Sarah for nearly ten years. She _ once my customer.AisBhas beenCwasDhad been18After he was promoted to the present position,
9、he is not so hardworking as he _.Awas used toBused to beCwas used to beingDused to19 You shouldnt have treated me that way.My heart is broken. Im sorry,Paul.I didnt mean you.Ahurting Bto hurt Churt Dhaving hurt20Kunming is called “Spring City”, but it _ snow in winter.AshallBcanCmustDmight第二部分 阅读理解（
10、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） On a recent spring morning. Susan Alexander, a retired government intelligence analyst, left her Maryland home, climbed into her Volkswagen Passat and drove about three miles to pick up two strangers. She battled rush-hour traffic on the Capital Beltway
11、and George Washington Memorial Parkway before dropping them off at Reagan National Airport. She didnt earn a cent for her trouble, and that was the point.Alexander is a member of the Silver Spring Time Bank-one of more than 100 such exchanges around the world trying to build community by exchanging
12、time credits for services instead of dollars and cents. “I have time,” she said. “I like giving the gift of time to other people. “In Alexanders case, passengers Mary and Al Liepold were grateful for the ride, but it wasnt charity. Mary,a retired writer and editor for nonprofit organizations, used t
13、ime credits she banked for editing work and baking. Senior citizens who dont drive, the Liepolds cashed in their credits to catch a flight to Montreal for a five-day vacation.Without money changing hands or shifting between virtual accounts, the airport drop-off was more like a coffee party than a t
14、axi ride. Driver and passengers chatted about projects theyve completed for the time bank, and no one raised an eyebrow when Mary said she likes “to avoid the conventional economy. “The beauty of this is that you make friends,” Mary Liepold said. “You dont just get services.”The Silver Spring Time B
15、ank formed in 2015 and has about 300 members, said co-founder Mary Murphy. Last year, she said, l,000 hours were exchanged for basic home repairs, dog walking, cooking and tailoring, among other services, without the exchange of money. “ You get to save that money that you would have spent,” she said. “You get
