1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，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）1Chinas Change 4 robotic probe entered lunar orbit on Wednesday, _ a major step in its mission to make a soft landing o
2、n the moons far side.AmarkingBto markChaving markedDmarked2 Peter, you seem in high spirits. _ I have been offered a part-time job in the KFC .ASo what?BNo wonder.CNo doubt.DGuess what.3-Where is my Chinese book? I remember I put it here yesterday.-You _ it in the wrong place.Amust putBshould have p
3、utCmight have putDmight put4Every classroom in this modern school is _ with a new TV set on the wall and a computer on the teachers desk.Aequipped BdecoratedCfixed Dplaced5The Chinese government has begun a campaign to_ the crazy housing market.AcalmBdestroyCoccupyDreflect6 Im terribly sorry. Im lat
4、e because . Thats OK. You are here and thats what _.AdoesBworksCfunctionsDcounts7Most students study because its unavoidable. _, there are students who actually enjoy it.AAs a resultBIn additionCIn conclusionDBy contrast8While interacting with people in India, I was _ to a way of life completely dif
5、ferent from my own.Areduced Bexposed Ccommitted Dtransferred9It was warm and nice that evening. I stayed awake until eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself.Aon average Bon purposeCon business Don time10Maria is constantly making efforts, she deserves the goal of entering the key u
6、niversity.AachievingBto achieveCbeing achievedDto be achieve11My new job _ my travelling all over the country, which means I wont be able to spend much time with my family.AtakesBpromisesCinvolvesDcauses12The majority of new businesses fail because, _ they have a product or service that fills a gap
7、in the market, they usually lack the skills in sales, marketing, and administration.Anow that Beven ifCas long as Das though13To make extra-class education run on the right track, China is tightening _ of after-school training institutions.Aapplication BregulationCadaptation Dcooperation14Although J
8、ane agrees with me on most points, there was one on which she was unwilling to _.Agive outBgive inCgive awayDgive off15It is not how much money you will give us but that you are present at the ceremony _ really matters.AwhichBitCwhatDthat16Although passing the driving test _ be difficult now, its wo
9、rth the efforts.AneedBshallCcanDshould17If youd written earlier, Id have known when you to go on holiday.AwantBhave wantedCwantedDwill want18-But for your timely warning, we into great trouble. -Well, you know were friends.Awould getBmust have gotCwould have gotDcant have got19The health of garden p
10、lants depends on the soil _ -the proper balance of mineral pieces, organic matter, air and water.Aconstruction BconservationCcorporation Dcomposition.20Agatha didnt tell me _ she would pick up her son from school.Awhich BwhenCwhere Dwhat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）Accordin
11、g a recent report in New Scientist, a breakthrough birth occurred under the radar some five months ago. With the help of John Zhang from the New Hope Fertility Center in New York City, a Jordanian couple gave birth to a child with one more than two genetic parents.So-called three-parent babies actua
12、lly have more like 2.001 parents, according to experts. And the baby boy born earlier this year isnt the first child to have a little more DNA than Mom and Dad could provide on their own. An IVF technique that relied on small transfers of donors DNA was pioneered in the United States during the 1990
13、s but was banned after fewer than 100 babies were born.This Jordanian newborn represents the first successful birth in a new wave of “three-parent” techniquesones that are more sophisticated and that will likely stick around much longer.For now, there is no country where the method used to give birt
14、h to the baby boy is really legal. Zhang performed the procedure in Mexico, where, he told New Scientists, “There are no rules.”These techniques involve the transfer of mitochondrial（线粒体的）DNA or mtDNAOften called the “power plants” of the cell, the mitochondria transform energy from food into energy
15、 that can power a cell. When someones mitochondria dont function properly, its bad news indeed for cells. Mitochondrial diseases can cause a whole host of life-threatening problems, and its estimated that as many as 4,000 children are born with such conditions in the United States each year. In this case, t
