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）1Contrary to popular belief, the ants, hardworking _ they are, have their time for play.AbecauseBwhileCasDwhere2Im sorr
2、y you have been waiting so long, but it will still be some time _ you can get your passport.AsinceBtillCafterDbefore3Mary became _ homesick and critical of the United States, so she fled from her home in West Bloomfield to her hometown in Austria.Acompletely BsincerelyCapproximately Dincreasingly4Oh
3、！I can feel something _ up my leg！It must be an insectAto climbBclimbingCclimbDclimbed5- They say Philips brother is a billionaire. - _? He wouldnt accept any help from his brother, even if it were offered.AWhat if BWhat for CSo what DForget it6Frankly speaking, I am not sure whether I _ this in the
4、 old days with that kind of equipment, which looks quite odd and ridiculous.Ashould have doneBneed have doneCwould have doneDmust have done7Yumin, the late famous physicist, often encouraged his students to _ what they believed in, even when facing strong opposition.Acome up withBtake charge ofCput
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6、ng streets with less people.Apull upBput upCrise upDpick up11Why does he wear a raincoat on sunny days?Nor do I understand. He is _.Aa wet blanketBa lazy boneCa black sheepDan odd fish12 _ his overseas study, he was eventually employed by his dream company.AHaving completedBCompletingCCompletedDTo c
7、omplete13The medicine should usually be kept out of the _ of children at home.AdistanceBreachClimitDarrival14I really dont know how to express my thanks to Mr. Li, my high school English teacher, without whose help I_ to college that year.Awerent to goBhadnt been able to goCcouldnt goDcouldnt have g
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9、t for tomorrows test. Sorry.AMustBShallCCanDMay18- Catherine, I have cleaned the room for you.-Thanks. You _ it. I could manage it myself.Aneednt doBshouldnt have doneCmustnt doDneednt have done19 if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand?AWould you be surprisedBWere you surpris
10、edCHad you been surprisedDWould you have been surprised20- I have been working for more than 30 years! Im going to retire next month.- Really? You dont look a day 40!Aover BbyCwith Dfor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）A few weeks ago, Yuan Chaojun quit his well-paid job with a
11、trading company in Shanghai and started teaching people how to “escape from rooms”.Room escape is a real-life adventure game, during which “imprisoned” players are required to escape from “dungeons”, “prisons” and mysterious cells by solving puzzles and connecting clues in a fixed period of time. St
12、ress relief is one of the major reasons why these games are so popular. Mixed with excitement, challenges and fear of the unknown, the game allows people to play different roles and experience another life for a short time.Room escape has become popular in China, attracting people from all walks of
13、life. The games often require group thinking, making it a good alternative for company team-building activities.Ye Kai works for a film production company. He and colleagues recently took on a room escape game called “Assassin”, and only made it out “with the help of everyone”.“The game gave me a st
14、rong sense of involvement and teamwork,” Ye said. “I will definitely come back and try other themes.”In Shanghai alone, more than 200 locations offer these adventures. Across the country thousands of such escape rooms with various themes have sprung up.But escape games are not without their critics.
15、 According to a report, a venue (场馆) opened in a basement in a residential area in Shanghais Jingan district recently, attracting a large number of devotees (热爱者) to the area. As the door to the community is now constantly open, some residents have been left annoyed. “How can our safety be guaranteed if they allow
