1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项1考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回2答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置3请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符4作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效5如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1We can never expect _
2、bluer sky unless we create _ less polluted world.Aa; aBa; theCthe; aDthe; the2The food here is nice enough.My friend _me a right place.AintroducesBintroducedChad introducedDwas introducing3Your car should be ready next TuesdayWe were _ hoping youd be able to do it by this FridayAstillBratherCalwaysD
3、even4“ _ I went through ups and downs in life，” Gordon said, “I never found the importance of being selfdisciplined as well as the significance of life.”AIf BSinceCUntil DUnless5It is almost five years since Jimmy taught high school students and he _ as an interpreter in a foreign enterprise.Aserved
4、 Bhad servedCis serving Dwould serve6If we surround ourselves with people _our major purpose, we can get their support and encouragement.Ain sympathy withBin terms ofCin honour ofDin contrast with7Ann said whenever her father was unhappy he _ go out and buy something, usually something large and use
5、less.AshouldBcouldCwouldDmight8 F/ friendships fade away if there isnt _good balance between the give and the takeAThe;/B/;aCThe; aD/;the9Painting from still images leads to a loss of sensitivity, which is _ to an artist.AabsoluteBurgentCespecialDvital10It is not how much money you will give us but
6、that you are present at the ceremony _ really matters.AwhichBitCwhatDthat11He _ in a university for five years, but now he runs a company of his own.Ahas taughtBhad taughtCtaughtDhas been teaching12Hi, Tom! I got a chance to be an exchange student in Harvard University._! I had been expecting to stu
7、dy there.ALucky youBHave funCTake it easyDForget it13We all know that good results _ for you when you start doing things you love.Aare waiting Bhave waitedChave been waiting Dwill be waiting14-My son is addicted to computer games. He is hopeless，isnt he？-Yes，_he is determined to give up and start al
8、l over.AifBunlessCthoughDso15Molly finally agreed, _ reluctantly, to go and see a doctor.AafterwardsBalmostCotherwiseDsomewhat16With no one them，the two thieves stole into the house Awatch Bwatching Cwatches Dwatched17I _ for Shanghai this Saturday, so I want to know when the earliest plane _.Aleave
9、; takes off Bam leaving; takes offCleave; is taking off Dam leaving; is taking off18Jack, my plane arrives at 8:30 pm when, I suppose, you _ dinner.But I can wait.Awill haveBhave hadCwill have hadDare having19A survey suggests that the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton _ a great boo
10、st for British economy because a large number of visitors are expected to go.Awill beBhas beenCwasDbe20-Are you ready for the history test tomorrow?-No,I wish I_the clock back.Ahad turnedBcould turnCwill turnDwould have turned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）We humans spend abo
11、ut one-third of life asleep. Sleep helps us stay healthy, and it also helps our brain remember. Our brains need good sleep to remember what we do and learn during the other two thirds of our life when we are awake. Besides keeping us healthy, some new research shows that a good nights sleep helps ma
12、ke us more intelligent.Researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that sleep helps improve brain performance by shrinking synapses in the brain. A synapse is the area where cells pass messages to other cells.Cirelli is a leading scientist at the schools Center for Sleep and Conscio
13、usness. She found that sleep is when the human brain mixes information it has learned while awake into its general collection of knowledge. However, the brain forgets unimportant details. This forgetting is important. It makes space for new learning and new memories.Cirelli said that the Centers res
14、earch began with this hypothesis: We sleep so that our brain can repair and refresh itself. She said the idea seems simple and reasonable. However, testing and discovering how it works has been extremely difficult. Cirelli and Center director Giulio Tononi have been trying to prove the connection be
15、tween sleep and the brains synapses since 2003. Cirelli said the researchers knew that “stronger synapses are also bigger.” So, they began their study by “measuring the size of the synapses” in the brain.They also knew that during sleep, the brain checks on all its synapses and resets itself for the next day.
