1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项：1 答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在考生信息条形码粘贴区。2选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用05毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。4保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1When Thanksgiving Day is the corner, stores and supermarkets are busy with
2、 people.AaroundBonCwithDat2Considered to be a less dangerous to tobacco, e-cigs are taking over the West as more and more people switch over when trying to kick the habit.AadjustmentBalternativeCadvertisementDamusement3I could not _my tears when I saw the picture of my father working at the quake zo
3、ne.Abring In Bturn upCtake off Dhold back4They dont feel safe in our town at night because it so dangerous. Theres a robbery every week now.AbecomesBbecameChas becomeDhad become5At school, it is essential that every child _ equally regardless of family background. Atreating Btreated Cbe treated Dis
4、treated6Lifting off at sunrise, the hot air balloon goes wherever the wind blow.AmayBmustCneedDshould7Alice, why arent you at work today?I a day offAhave givenBhave been givenCgaveDwas given8Oh！I can feel something _ up my leg！It must be an insectAto climbBclimbingCclimbDclimbed9Mike, its really imp
5、ossible for us to get to the railway station in time!How I wish I could stop the train _ it.Acatch Bto catch Ccatching Dcaught10Never turn down a job because you think its too small. You dont know _ it can lead.Ahow BwhereCwhether Dwhat11Eventually, she has recognized _, whatever happens and however
6、 bad _ seems today, life still goes on and everything will be better tomorrowAthat; itBit; thatCit; whatDthat; what12The new teacher was so well-organized that she began _ we stopped yesterday so that no point was left out.AwhenBin whichChowDwhere13In the moon garden onboard the Change 4, the shoots
7、 of cotton marked the first live matter ever _ on the moon.Ahaving grown Bto be grownCbeing grown Dgrown14He is such an unselfish man. You cannot help but _ him.Arespect Bto respect Cneglect Dto neglect15He _ a chance to try it again just now.A gave B will give C is given D was given16The conference
8、 aims to develop business and let people think about _ they can have a positive influence on the planet.Awhy BthatCwhat Dhow17It seems late to say anything. We probably _ it if we had made an offer sooner.Awould have gotBwould getChad gotDgot18It is not like her to be so impolite; she you when you g
9、reeted her.Amight not have heardBshould not have heardCmustnt hearDshouldnt hear19-Each of the students working hard at their hard at their lessons the book.-So have I.AreadsBhave readChas readDread20 Can I pay the bill by check? Sorry, sir. According to the rules of our hotel, the payment _ be made
10、 in cash.Ashall BneedCwill Dcan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）Its a little hard to figure out the rules for sure but the baby African buffalo (水牛）seems to have the upper hand. The two stand a couple feet apart, staring at each other. Behind them, their mothers look on with th
11、e kind of indifference (不关心）of mothers everywhere who see their kids playing a harmless game.The alarm went off about half an hour ago, the second time tonight. Here，one bell means elephant ,two rhino(犀牛），and three and four，I really cant remember for what，because when you re awoken by bells in the m
12、iddle of the night，your first thought wont be Animal, But as soon as I realized it was the rhino alarm, I was running for the stairs.Yet Im the only one watching the animals stare-down. Either nobody else died of a heart attack when the bells went off, or I was the only one in the entire hotel who d
13、idnt turn the alarm switch to off before going to bed.The Ark, a hotel shaped like the biblical ark(圣经的方舟), lies in the highlands of Kenyas Aberdare National Park, about 100 kilometers north of Nairobi. At the Arks prow (船首) are huge windows overlooking a waterhole. Earlier tonight，Id watched a pack
14、 of wolves, buffalos and elephants. And now, at Three or so in the mornings Im down for the round of rhino bells. The first time, 2.5 hours ago, it was a single black rhino, which came down, got a drink, and left.Id have been sorry for the lost sleep. Ive already arranged with a guide to take me out at sunrise for the so-called should-never-missed bird-watching, where well get to see 30 species, but really, how many times in your life will you get to wake up and say，Wow! Rhino? Isnt that the definition of a pretty good right? Last week we went from Uganda in
