1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷考生须知：1全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。2请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。3保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Im sorry you _ so long, but it ll still be some time before Jim gets backAwaitBwaitedChad waitedDhave been waitin
2、g2Next Monday is my birthday.Is that so? _AI cant believe my ears. BIm so glad to hear that.CWhat presents do you want? DMany happy returns of the day!3The educational reform is now under way throughout the country, _ the students more opportunities to develop to their greatest potential.Ato grant B
3、having grantedCgranting Dgranted4Well go early ，we may not get a seatAOtherwiseBMeanwhileCHoweverDBesides5Playing with the foreign visitors, my cousin is beginning to several different languages.Apick up Bpick outCturn up Dshow out6Sarah _ change her mind, even though she knew the plan was hard to c
4、arry out.AmustntBwouldntCshouldntDneednt7The two birds _ each other in shape and color. In other words, they _ each other in shape and color.Adiffer, are different fromBdiffer from, are different toCresemble, are similar toDresemble, are similar with8The mother goes mad every time she washes the T-s
5、hirt_ her son wipes his dirty hands.AthatBwhereCwhichDwhen9She sat on the top of the stairs _ her head on her crossed arms and cried.AforBwhenCwithDwhile10When it comes to in public, no one can match him.AspeakBspeakingCbeing spokenDbe spoken11In a competitive marketplace, finding the key factor tha
6、t _ your business from others is highly valuable.AdefendsBdistinguishesCprohibitsDselects12The prediction from Maya worries residents _ December 21, 2012 would be the end of the world.AifBthatCwhetherDwhich13Ann said whenever her father was unhappy he _ go out and buy something, usually something la
7、rge and useless.AshouldBcouldCwouldDmight14I usually do the washing up and leave the cooking to my wife，_shes a better cook than meAunlessBasCeven thoughDin case15The news of the newly-elected presidents coming to China for a visit was _ on the radio just now.Agiven awayBgiven inCgiven offDgiven out
8、16It is sometimes said that a society can be judged _the way it cares _ its weakest members.Aon; aboutBby; forCunder; withDwith; on17Dont let yourself be _ into buying things you dont really want.AadvocatedBclarifiedCflashedDpersuaded18Given the huge gap _ economic development and cultural conscious
9、ness, young people find big cities are safer than small towns.Ain view of Bin case of Cin consequence of Din respect of19Sympathy for the rebels, the government claimed, is beginning to _because of more and more harm they did to common people.AfadeBdeclineCfailDcollapse20Mum, do you mind if I invite
10、 some friends to my birthday party?_. It will be more interesting.ABy no meansBYes, of courseCDont worryDNo doubt.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）As more people opt for the single life, adult friendships also grow more important For people in relationships, having a reliable g
11、roup is important, too-your mate will be much happier if youre spreading your anxieties beyond his or her cars and you will also feel better.In a recent study, researchers made some fascinating findings about how “who we are” informs the friendships we hold. The study was based on the most popular p
12、ersonality construct in contemporary psychology, the Big 5 personality traits (特征); extraversion, or how much you love attention and interacting with people; neuroticism, or how easily worried you are by things; agreeableness, or how warm and kind you are; conscientiousness, or how careful you are a
13、bout lifers many duties; and openness to experience, or how much youre into discovering new things, whether theyre ideas, people, or places.For their study, the research team recruited 434 students. They took a personality questionnaire in the lab, then rated how satisfied they were with their frien
14、ds and their life overall, and then researchers asked them to recommend half a dozen friends to rate their personality. Gathering these ratings together, the researchers found that openness to experience didnt have anything to do with friendship satisfaction, at least in this study. Neuroticism was
15、linked to lower satisfaction (probably because emotionally unstable people may be dramatic or hard to please, at least in my personal experience). But having high scores in the three remaining sunny traits-conscientiousness, extra version, and agreeableness-predicted higher friendship satisfaction. However, its a pretty intuitive (直觉的) result
