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）1For all the failure of his business, he remains optimistic and _ untroubled by his problems.AhopefullyBseeminglyC
2、rarelyDfrequently2 _ Its only an interview! Only an interview? Only an interview? What if I panic? What if I say a silly word by accident?AWell done! BCome on!CHow come? DNo doubt!3Many thought that after starring in the immensely popular drama, Nirvana in Fire, Hu Ge would _ and actively seek new r
3、oles.Amake a mountain out of a molehillBhave too many irons in the fireCstrike while the iron is hotDDput the cart before the horse4The health of garden plants depends on the soil _ -the proper balance of mineral pieces, organic matter, air and water.Aconstruction BconservationCcorporation Dcomposit
4、ion.5Do you know our town at all?Surely, this is the third time I _ here.Acame Bcome Chave come Dam coming6The British government published an official policy document _ its plans to bring the UK out of the European Union.Aletting out Bputting outCsetting out Dworking out7The book is now out of prin
5、t, _ it can easily be borrowed from libraries.Aand BforCso Dbut8Some people suggest changing the date for the college entrance exams into _ Saturday and Sunday of the first week of June, which I think is _ good advice.A/ ; /Bthe; theCthe; aDthe; /9The why he is absent today is he has got a bad heada
6、che.Areason; thatBreason; becauseCcause; thatDcause; because10-Hi, Johnson, any idea where Susan is?-It is class time, so she _ in the classroom now.Acan beBmust have beenCmight have beenDshould be11The boss_the employees a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has occurred yet.Apromised Bhad promise
7、d Cwould promise Dpromises12From his expression, I dont think he could have finished his homework last night, _?Acouldnt heBdo ICdid heDhasnt he13-I dont understand why Catherine stopped short _ she ought to have continued.-Its obvious that she lacked self-confidence.Awhen BwhileCif Das14This is a v
8、ery interesting book. Ill buy it，_.Ahow much may it costBno matter how it may costChowever much it may costDwhatever may it cost15These diagrams are especially helpful when we have a concrete problem _ at hand.Abe solved Bto solve Csolved Dbeing solved16If you ever arent sure whether you have bought
9、 the very best smartphone, just _ “good enough.”Amake for Bsettle forCanswer for Daccount for17I felt like giving up. I probably _， but my Dad whispered, “Come on! You can make it.”Awould have Bwould Cshould Dshould have18Reporters asked him to _hisposition on welfare reform.Aclarify Bdivide Cinstru
10、ct19Look over there! There is a long, winding path _ up to the house.AleadBleadingCledDto lead20Decades ago, scientists believed that how the brain develops when you are a kid _ determines your brain structure for the rest of your life.Asooner or laterBmore or lessCto and fromDup and down第二部分 阅读理解（满
11、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 Randy Heiss went hiking behind his Patagonia, Ariz. farm, the last thing he expected to find was a Christmas list from a little girl across the US-Mexico border. “I found this balloon on my morning walk near Patagonia on Sunday. Attached to it was a
12、piece of paper with the Christmas wishes from a little girl,” Heiss wrote on his Facebook page.When he brought the list home to his wife, who speaks fluent Spanish, they determined that the little girl had asked for Enchantimals toys, clothes, art supplies and various other gifts. Thats when Heiss s
13、et out to make the little girls Christmas dreams come true. Heiss said he had attempted to send Christmas letters to Santa Claus via balloon when he was a kid but never received a response.Heiss sent a Facebook message on Wednesday to XENY, a radio station in Nogales, to see if it could help him tra
14、ck down the girl or her family. He later received a response from the station, which had determined the author of the letter was an 8-year-old girl named Dayami, and the station wanted to set up a meeting between the two on Thursday. “It just changed my entire day,” Heiss told the Washington Post. “Instead of going back to my office in Bisbee, I went with my wife to Walmart. “The couple bought almost everything on Dayamis list. They also brought a few gifts for Dayamis little sister, Ximena. They told the children they were “ ayudantes de Santa,” or Santas helpers.Heiss,60, said
