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- Can you spare me a few minutes now?- _, but Ill be free this afternoon.AIm afraid notBIm not sureCYes, with pleasureD
2、No, I wont2The main issue at the APEC meeting was a climate-change plan _ by Australias Howard and backed by Bush.Aput outBput offCput awayDput forward3Alice, why arent you at work today?I a day offAhave givenBhave been givenCgaveDwas given4Why did you come by taxi?My car broke down last week and I
3、still it repaired.Adidnt haveBhadnt hadChavent hadDwont have5I have got a headache.No wonder.You_in front of that computer too long.AworkBare workingChave been workingDworked6Jenny nearly missed the flight _doing too much shopping.Aas a result ofBon top ofCin front ofDin need of7Did you pass your dr
4、iving test?Yes, otherwise I _ to the picnic next month.Acouldnt driveBcouldnt have drivenCwont driveDwouldnt have driven8The lady standing over there may be from the USA, _ I guess has lost her way.AwhomBwhoCwhichDwhere9 Have you watched the film “Avatar”? Not yet. But I the film is worth watching.A
5、am toldBwas toldChave toldDhave been told10We have time and again _our position on Taiwan issue! Whatever happens, we wont change it!AexplainedBclarifiedCintroducedDconcluded11Whether to favor urban development or the preservation of historical sites is especially controversial in China, where there
6、 exists rich history, diversified tradition and cultural _.AsurplusBdepositsCaccountsDreceipts12Thanks for your useful advice; otherwise I _ such rapid progress.Adidnt makeBcouldnt have madeChadnt madeDshouldnt have made13Good food,good sleep,no exerciseThats he gained weight Ahow Bwhen Cwhat Dwheth
7、er14How I wish I had worked harder when I was in that company.If you had, you _ a department manager now.AareBwould beCwould have beenDwere15In the past few years, weve seen works by Chinese sci-fi writers winning international _.AconclusionBstandardCpotentialDrecognition16Im tired out. I cant run a
8、ny further, Tom. _! Mike. Im sure you can do it.ACome onBNo hurryCNo problemDWell done17Maybe some of you are curious about what my life was like on the streets because Ive never really talked about it _.Ain placeBin turnCin forceDin depth18Hes quite _, but I cant imagine him as president of such a
9、large listed company.Aenthusiastic BgenerousCcompetent Dsympathetic19-Mum, can you tell me why some parents send their children to study abroad at a very young age?-_, darling. I have never thought about it.AYou have got me there BTake your timeCYou bet DDont be silly20_ is important in study is dil
10、igence rather than intelligence.AWhichBWhatCWhoDWhen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)Punks, Ravers, Mods and Teddy Boys. No, these arent some hot new bands, but the names of a number of British youth subcultures(亚文化) from the last 70 years.Youth Club, a UK not-for-profit organi
11、zation, released a book earlier this year celebrating many different subcultures from throughout Britain s recent history.A catalyst(催化剂) for creativity on the worldwide stage, British youth culture movements from the Teddy Boys of the 1950s to the grime Scene of the 2000s continue to play a pioneer
12、ing role in music, fashion and creativity across the globe, it wrote on its website.These subcultures were traditionally a way for young people to show their personalities to others. Walking around London in the 1970s would have meant seeing dozens of young punks - people dressed in ripped denim(破洞牛
13、仔裤), leather jackets, body piercings(穿孔) and with brightly-dyed hairon the streets. And in the90s, “ravers” were young people who threw all-night parties in abandoned buildings or car parks.So, what was the reason behind these subcultures?On both sides of the Atlantic, more and more young disappoint
14、ed teenagers were looking for an escape from the boredom and constraints(约束)of society, wrote lan Youngs, BBC entertainment reporter. Unemployment, racial tensions and social upheaval (剧变)added fuel to their fires.Youth subcultures have all but disappeared in the West. Some experts believe the reason for this is the instant and low-priced availability of music and clothing in the internet age.Fashion and music, theyre much cheaper and theyre much faster today, Ruth Adams, a culture lecturer at Kings College London told The Guardian.When I was a teenager, you had to stick to one ty