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 What does the sign over there read? “No person _ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in this area.”Awill
2、BshallCmayDmust2_ many Chinese holidays are directed towards services remembering ancestors, the Ching Ming Festival is beyond doubt the largest.AUnlessBSinceCOnceDWhile3-Tom, your foreign teacher speaks Chinese fluently!-Oh, she has lived in China for six years; otherwise she such good Chinese.Adid
3、nt speakBwould not have spokenCwould not speakDhadnt spoken4Patrick waited _ all the luggage was cleared, but his never appeared.AuntilBbeforeCwhenDwhile5Encourage your children to try new things, but try not to _them too hard.AdrawBstrikeCrushDpush6It suddenly occurred to him _ he had left his keys
4、 in the officeAthatBwhatCwhereDwhich7In my opinion, parents and teachers are supposed to set an example of good behavior to children _ they are role models to them.AalthoughBeven ifCunlessDas8Whats up? You look worried.Well, I _ on the problem for 5 hours but I havent got a single clue.Ahave workedB
5、workedCwill workDhave been working9Playing with the foreign visitors, my cousin is beginning to several different languages.Apick up Bpick outCturn up Dshow out10He was admitted to Harvard University, _ was just what his parents expected.AwhoBwhichCwhatDwhere11 Whats the recent progress in Xiongan N
6、ew Area, first announced two years ago?It _ increasing attention from foreign companies given its huge development potential.Ahas been attractingBhad attractedCwould be attractingDwas attracting12Whether something is alive or dead is a crucial _ and it is one that children have no difficulty underst
7、anding by the age of five.AdeclarationBdistinctionCdivisionDdistribution13Countries which continue importing huge quantities of waste will have to_ the issue of pollution.AmaintainBsimplifyCoverlookDaddress14 Mum, would you please buy me an MP5 player? If you can help do some housework the whole vac
8、ation，you _ have one as a reward.AmustBneedCwouldDshall15I _ to help you to do homework but I couldnt spare any time. I _ a composition last night and Ill finish it tomorrow.Awanted；wroteBhad wanted；was writingChad wanted；wroteDwanted；have been writing16Yesterday I took my car to the garage to have
9、them _ the air-conditioner.Ato checkBcheckingCcheckedDcheck17The businessman studied the market in his hometown to find the_ for investment.ApotentialBreservationCcriterionDallowance18_ property, were among the richest people in this cityAIn search ofBIn spite ofCIn place ofDIn terms of19This is the
10、 first time that we _a film in the cinema together as a family .AseeBhad seenCsawDhave seen20OK， here _.Thank you for your lift. See you later.Aare we Bis itCwe are Dcomes it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）The shower,I find,is the best place to cry.The water covers the sound o
11、f my sadness,while washing away any evidence of my pain.I shower after the kids have gone to bed;its the only time I can be alone.I always did my best to protect my two children from my tears.If I needed to cry,I cried by myself.Yet,I encourage my two boys to cry.My 7-year-old prides himself on neve
12、r crying at school.Oh,but you must cry,I insist. Crying is good.It gets the sadness out.Never hold back your tears.But then I did just that.What might it do to them to see their mother upset? Then my father died,and there was no way I could schedule my grief and keep my feelings inside.I tried to ge
13、t on with things,but the sadness still came. The realization that my dad was actually gone hit me with an intensity（紧张）that was impossible to cover up.To my surprise,my boys didnt seem too alarmed.Later,they found me hiding in the bedroom one afternoon,weeping.Its OK,mommies get sad too,I told them,
14、smiling through my tears.“Dont be sad,Mommy.Granddad is coming back as a baby,”my 7-year-old said,his tiny arm stretched across my shoulders.Think about love,he went on.Think about all the people who love you.I realized that in hiding my pain,I was only denying what it means to be human,I felt as if
15、 I had led my sons to believe that negative emotions are only a concept,and not something they should possess.Its one thing to tell my children its OK to cry.Its another to show them how its done.We owe that to our children,according to social researcher and author Brene Brown.During her TED talk,Brown said,Its necessa
