1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷考生须知：1全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。2请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。3保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Mark drives his car too fast and, whats more, very carelessly, worries his mother.A asAwhatBitCwhich2Contrary to
2、popular belief, the ants, hardworking _ they are, have their time for play.AbecauseBwhileCasDwhere3 I am so glad to find you at home. Can you do me a favor? Sure. _?AWhy notBWhats upCHow comeDHow is it going4Dad is used to smoking and drinking. Theres no chance _ Im able to talk him into .Awhether ;
3、 giving it up Bof whether; giving them upCthat; getting rid of them Dwhich; stopping it5He let me write down his instructions sure that I would know what was after he went away.Amaking; doing Bmaking; to doCto make; to do Dto make; to be done6Look! Here s a photo _ in my classroom at primary school.
4、 Can you recognize me in it?AtakenBtakingCto takeDbeing taken7For the Chinese dream _ at an earlier date, we must accelerate the pace of reform and opening up.Abeing realizedBto realizeCrealizingDto be realized8Jack and Mike were found cheating in the exam, and_by their teacher at the moment.Awere s
5、coldedBare being scoldedChave been scoldedDwere being scolded9He was greatly shocked at Donald Trumps taking office. Never did he expect that the voters _ be so unreasonable.Ashould BcouldCwould Dmight10The witness an important detail when describing the accident.Abrought outBkept offCleft outDran i
6、nto11The man was in a _ condition with severe injuries to his legs after being attacked by a shark in far north Queensland.Askeptical BcriticalCpractical Dphysical12Not even when _through the darkest valley _be afraid, for you are always close beside me. Ado I walk; will I Bdo I walk; I will CI walk
7、 ; I will DI walk; will I13Many young people just cant live without the Internet, they depend on for whatever information they need.AwhichBwhenCwhereDwhat14Did you watch the basketball match yesterday?Yes，I did.You know，my brother _ in the match.Ais playing Bwas playingChas played Dhad played15Why a
8、re you so late?The driver couldnt see clearly because of the fog_, the road was too icyAThereforeBOtherwiseCHoweverDBesides16As teachers we shouldnt accept the argument given by some people _ standardized tests restrict educators too much and take the joy out of teaching.AwhereBwhatChowDthat17This r
9、estaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere _ many others are short of.AwhereBwhenCthatDwhat18The teacher came into the classroom _ by his students.AfollowingBto be followingCfollowedDhaving followed.19At one time, she is fine, _ at another, she is abnormal.AandBorCbutDso20My mother _ angry with
10、me, but I couldnt shut my mouth before I shouted at her!AwasntBwouldnt beCwouldnt have beenDhadnt been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）Known as GC-1, the drug reportedly speeds up metabolism（新陈代谢）, or burning off, of fat cells. “GC-1 dramatically increases the metabolic rate, e
11、ssentially transforming white fat, which stores extra calories and is associated with obesity and metabolic disease, into a fat like calorie-burning brown fat,” said Kevin Phillips, a researcher in Houston.Until several years ago, scientists thought that only animals and human babies have energy-bur
12、ning, good brown fat. “It is now clear,” Phillips said, “that human adults do have brown fat, but appear to lose its calorie-burning activity over time.” White fat has a bad effect on people when the body has too much of it. Some published research shows that people who have more brown fat have a re
13、duced risk of obesity. Researchers are now working on ways to “brown” white fat, or change it into brown fat.GC-1 works, according to Phillips. He said he and other researchers have tested the drug in hundreds of mice. Obese mice, both genetically obese and those with diet-induced obesity, received
14、GC-1 treatment daily. Genetically obese mice lost weight and more than 50 percent of their fat mass in approximately two weeks, Phillips reported. He said mice with diet-induced obesity experienced similar improvements. The drug also caused adaptive thermogenes（适应性发热）in fat cells from mice. Cells gr
15、own in a dish, as well as tissue samples taken from obese mice, showed evidence of white-fat browning. “Our data prove that GC-1 is a novel fat-browning agent that may have use in the treatment of obesity and metabolic disease,”Phillips said.The drug has not yet been tested for weight loss in humans. However, Phillips said it would
