1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项1考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。2试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。3考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1In Sydney, theres only _ average of 23 days a year when _ sun doesnt shine.Athe, theBan, /Can, theDthe, /2The reign of the next Japanese emperor
2、will be known as “Reiwa” (令和) era, in _ name the character for “harmony” is included.AwhichBwhatCwhoseDas3 How do you find your new classmate? Oh, she is really _ of a musician, who can not only sing very beautifully, but also compose skillfully.AsomethingBsomebodyCeverythingDeverybody4The room is s
3、o clean. He _ have cleaned it yesterday evening.AwillBneedCcanDmust5_ you consider that the airline handled 80 million passengers last year, the accident figures are really very small.AUnless BWhenCBefore DThough6Kevin, time for the next destination!No hurry! Another 15 minutes and we _ all the exhi
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7、ink. There certainly will be chances for you.AHurry upBLook upCCheer upDMake up15If you were to have a few minutes free, I_ the opportunity to ask you one more question.Awould appreciateBwould have appreciatedCwere to appreciateDhad appreciated16The researchers who study jokes want to find out _ peo
8、ple from different nations and cultures find funny.AwhyBthatCwhatDwhether17When _ questions in class, one should answer them as clearly as possible.AaskingBto askCto be askedDasked18Did you watch the basketball match yesterday?Yes，I did.You know，my brother _ in the match.Ais playing Bwas playingChas
9、 played Dhad played19-I prefer shutting myself in and listening to music all day on Sundays. -Thats _ I dont agree. You should have a more active life.AhowBwhenCwhereDwhat20-Who do you think is able to finish the job in two days?-Its hard to say. This would appear to be _ for the relatively efficien
10、t.Aa sacred cow Ba Herculean task Ca Pandoras box Da childs play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）In Florida,one McDonalds customer stared a pay-it-forward chain that inspired other 249 customers to be generous and do the same.ABC News reports the spirit of giving is in the air
11、as 250 drive-thru（免下车服务）customer at a local McDonalds paid for the meals of the people next to the them.Lakeland customer Torie Keene was paying for her food on Wednesday morning when she decided to pay for the meal of the car next to her.Keene then purposely told McDonalds cashier Marisabel Figuero
12、a to greet the other customer“Merry Christmas”and not “Happy Holidays.” The next customer was moved when Figueroa said her food was already paid by the previous car.Thats when she thought that she would love to do the same and the domino effect followed.Figueroa,who worked from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.on Wed
13、nesday,said that the chain reaction almost lased for her entire shift.“I just kept giving everyone the same message,and they were all so stunned and so happy”,she continued,“One lady even paid for the meals of the next three cars behind her.”While people were amazed by how generous they could get,Fi
14、gueroa said she had “never experienced something like that before” in her 12 years of working for McDonalds.“I just kept giving everyone the same message,and they were all so stunned and so happy”,she continued,“One lady even paid for the meals of the next three cars behind her.”While people were am
15、azed by how generous they could get,Figueroa said she had “never experienced something like that before” in her 12 years of working for McDonalds.“I feel very blessed to have been a part of all that”,the cashier said.Keene contacted Figueroa on Facebook when the pay-it-forward chain came out in the l
