1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，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）1I usually do the washing up and leave the cooking to my wife，_shes a better cook than meAunlessBasCeven thoughDin case
2、2When the girl did _ the courage to tell her parents what had happened, unfortunately her own family didnt believe her.Awork outBwork upCwork atDwork on3How long do you suppose it is _ he arrived there?Awhen BbeforeCafter Dsince4John lives _. He has a very small budget and little money to spend on c
3、lothes.Ain the black Bon a shoestringCover the moon Dat the drop of a hat5If it _ for her great help then, I would not study English so well now.Ahasnt beenBwasntChadnt beenDisnt6She was such a proud person that she would die she would admit she was wrong.Asince BwhenCunless Dbefore7What the country
4、 did _ the international trade regulations, for which it was widely condemned.AapprovedBviolatedCbotheredDinterrupted8_? You look really down.Im tired of my job. There are endless problems to deal with.AWhy botherBSo whatCWhats upDWhy not9 “Could we put off the meeting？” she asked.“_.” He answered p
5、olitely. “This is the only day everyone is available.”ANot likelyBNot exactlyCNot nearlyDNot really10_ a book in front of your face, youll feel the air moving against your face.AWaved BWaveCTo wave DWaving11Zhouqu, Gansu was attacked by such a terrible mud-rock flow few residents had ever experience
6、d before.AasBwhichCwhereDthat12With no one them，the two thieves stole into the house Awatch Bwatching Cwatches Dwatched13The two pens are the same, but the red one cost _ that one.Aas much twice asBtwice as much asCmuch as twice asDas twice much as14-I hear youll cancel all your plans and appointmen
7、ts. Why?-They _ my life. I just cant stop.AcontrolBcontrolledChave controlledDhave been controlling15In spring, the scene on the top of the hill is so appealing that it is _ my words.Aabove BoverCbeyond Doff16We can never expect _ bluer sky unless we create _ less polluted world.Aa; aBa; theCthe; aD
8、the; the17Creating an atmosphere _ employees feel part of a team is a big challenge.AwhereBwhoseCthatDwhich18Alices father always brings her a nice gift _ he returns home from his business trip.Aby the timeBall the timeCevery timeDin the time19Our teacher entered the classroom, _.Aa book in hand Bbo
9、ok in hand Cbook in his hand Da book in hands20The village evolved into a major e-commerce center, and _ the past, the villagers owed their success to the reform and opening-up policy.Areviewed BreviewingCto review Dbeing reviewed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）When I was a ki
10、d in the 1960s. my parents had a country store in the small town of Frankfort, Maine. No neighboring houses could be seen From our place， and new salesmen were always amazed at the amount of business we did. Dads motto was, “We sell everything.” If he didnt have something in store, he would pick it
11、up for customers on his weekly trip to Bangor.One time Dad was in Bangor getting shoes for someone at a shoe factory, He saw big boxes full of shoes and asked about them. They were the mates(一双鞋中的一只) to faulty shoes that had been thrown away. He looked through the boxes and realized that there were
12、usable brand-new shoes in there. He offered the manager five cents a shoe, Dad made the deal and got the manager to reserve any future boxes for him.Of course Mon, his business partner, was more practical, and her first reaction was, “But what are you going to do with them?” Dad bought an old school
13、 bus. He cleaned it up, removed the seats and placed big containers down both sites of the aisle(通道). When all was ready, the whole Family helped to put the shoes in place. At first， it looked like we had plenty of room on the bus, but Dad kept bringing home more boxes.There was no sign on the Shoe
14、Bus. The only advertising Dad did was to place a piece of paper beside the store exit that read “Shoes $1 a pair. When folks asked about the deal. they learned it wasnt that easy because they had to find their own pairs. The attraction was a combination of getting a good deal on a quality pair of sh
15、oes and the thrill of the hunt.To this day I still run into people who talk about the fun they had searching for pairs in Dads Shoe Bus.1、The authors parents ran their store well becauseAthey always had enough supplies in storeBthey won the great support of new salesmenCthey opened it in a very crowded neigh
