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）1What a shame! We misunderstood each other for such a long time.Yes, I wish I _ with you earlier.AcommunicateBhad commun
2、icatedCcommunicatedDwould communicate2-Mr. Johnson has been chosen as the manager of the sales department.-_ he was so excited this morning.ANo chanceBNo wayCNot possibleDNo wonder3Many thought that after starring in the immensely popular drama, Nirvana in Fire, Hu Ge would _ and actively seek new r
3、oles.Amake a mountain out of a molehillBhave too many irons in the fireCstrike while the iron is hotDDput the cart before the horse4This house is almost _ to the one where I lived as a child.AidenticalBmanualCchillyDenthusiastic5_ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Mus
4、eum.AAnythingBNothingCEverythingDSomething6_she is not so healthy _she used to be? AWhy is it that; what BWhy it is that; that CWhy is it that; as DWhy it is that; who7Did you take sides when Mom and Dad were arguing again?No. Ive learned that its best _ until it blows over.Ato call it a day Bto pul
5、l their legsCto sit on the fence Dto wash my hands off8_ the danger of drunk driving, many drivers promised never to drive after drinking.ARealizingBTo have realizedCRealizedDHaving realized9_ a high percentage of Australians may be people who watch sports rather than do them, as far as most of its
6、population is concerned, it is indeed a great sporting nation.AWhileBasCIfDWhether10Daniels family _ their holiday in Huangshan this time next week.Aare enjoyingBare to enjoyCwill enjoyDwill be enjoying11-Tom, your foreign teacher speaks Chinese fluently!-Oh, she has lived in China for six years; ot
7、herwise she such good Chinese.Adidnt speakBwould not have spokenCwould not speakDhadnt spoken12The new product is beyond all praise and has quickly taken over the market _ its superior quality.Ain terms ofBon account ofCon behalf ofDon top of13Ms Alice is considered a lady by us, for she often helps
8、 the poor she met with.AselfishBhopefulCmeanDgenerous14Do you know how I can _ him?On his mobile phoneAlearnBreachCseekDtouch15The reason why he adapted to the new situations quickly is that he had a _ attitude.Achangeable Bstable Cmovable Dflexible16When in trouble，remember to stay calm，and everyth
9、ing will wellAturn backBturn upCturn downDturn out17It was the belief _ he could find his “root” in Africa _ made Alex decide to go to Gambia.Athat; whereBwhere; thatCthat; thatDhow; which18He _ a chance to try it again just now.A gave B will give C is given D was given19_ on February 5, 2019, the W
10、andering Earth soon became a great hit.AReleasingBBeing releasedCReleasedDTo release20As one of the most popular artists in the US, not only_ with her hit songs, but has inspired women with her devotion to charity. Ahas Beyonce influenced pop culture Binfluenced pop culture has BeyonceCBeyonce has i
11、nfluenced pop cultureDinfluenced pop culture Beyonce has 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 real case of fish out of water. Blennies (鲇鱼) in the South Pacific Ocean are gradually relocating to land to escape their predators (捕食者), in an example of evolution in action.Fish
12、first began crawling onto dry land about 400 million years ago, kicking off an evolutionary chain of events that led to humans. But their reasons for exiting the sea have been uncertain.To look for clues, Terry Ord at the University of New South Wales in Australia has been studying several species o
13、f blennies at Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands.At low tide, blennies are commonly found swimming in rock pools around the edges of the island. But when high tide moves in, they climb up to dry land and move around the rocks until the tide retreats.The researchers found that this is most li
14、kely to avoid predators that swim in with the rising tide mainly bigger fish like lionfish.To test what would happen if blennies did not have an escape plan, they made blenny models and sank them in the sea. The mimics ended up with wounds, bite marks and chunks-missing.Of course, there are still dangers for blennies on land, like the occasional bird attack, but the predation risk on land is a third that of underwater.Whats more, moving onto land has additional benefits for blennies. Holes in the rocks provide sheltered nests for laying eggs, and they can maintain their diet of ba
