1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷请考生注意：1请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用05毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。2答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项，按规定答题。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Mr. Zhang gave all textbooks to all the pupils, except _ who had already taken them.Athese BonesCthose Dthe others2When on holidays, the railways pu
2、t on trains to make peoples travel more convenient.AregularBspecialCparticularDunusual3 on one foot with your eyes closeDand you will soon lose your balance.AStanding BStoodCTo stand DStand4. The study of natural history is not something to be left to biologists. In fact, their capacity _ the time t
3、hey can spend away from their offices is very limited.Ain terms ofBin search ofCin view ofDin spite of5Self- confidence is a kind of quality and that is it takes to do everything well.AwhyBthatCwhatDwhich6If they throw stones at you，dont throw back.Use them to build your own foundation _.Asomehow Ba
4、nywayCinstead Dnevertheless7Jack decided to choose a different _ and teach history through storytelling.Aanalysis Bangle Cattitude Dapproach8he law is equally applied to everyone. No one _ be above it.AshallBmustCmayDneed9Lets go and have dinner this evening._. Have you come out first in the exam?AT
5、hanks a lot. BWhy not?CWhat for? DYes, Id like to.10Jenny, how was your trip to Beijing?Oh, I missed it. I wish I _ my vacation there.Aam spending Bwill spend Chave spent Dhad spent11New ideas sometimes have to wait for years before _.Abeing fully accepting Bfully accepting Chaving fully accepted Df
6、ully accepted12I am putting on weight again! Maybe I should start doing yoga.You _ that the whole morning!Aare saying Bhave said Chave been saying Dwere saying13Thank God! This school term is coming to an end!Yeah, after all that hard work, we all a holiday.ApreserveBobserveCreserveDdeserve14More th
7、an a quarter of the energy in the United States goes to moving people and goods from one place to another.AusingBusedCto useDuse15A grand banquet was held by Elizabeth II _ President Xis current state visit to the UK.Ain terms of Bin honor ofCin favor of Din memory of16This is a very interesting boo
8、k. Ill buy it，_.Ahow much may it costBno matter how it may costChowever much it may costDwhatever may it cost17The online word “selfie” is gaining _ and more and more people tend to use it nowadays.Aaccess BadmissionCcontrol Dcurrency18The infrastructure of a country is _ makes everything run well,
9、including things like transport, irrigation, electricity and schools.Awhich BthatCwhere Dwhat19_in painting, John didnt notice evening approaching.ATo absorbBTo be absorbedCAbsorbedDAbsorbing20语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。1. anything AmanyBmagazineCmanageDmatch2. achie
10、vedApracticedBmarkedCoperatedDdamaged3. dealtA. deal BgreatCmeantDleader4. seize Aeither B. receive C. eight D. height5. youth Athus Bbreakthrough Cgather Dalthough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） Nisha Pradhan is worried. The recent college graduate just turns 21 and plans to
11、 live on her own. But shes afraid she wont be able to stay safe. Thats because she isnt able to smell.Back home, her family do her smelling for her. Shes moved in with them for now, but shes looking for a place of her own. “Now that Im searching for ways or place to live as an independent person, I
12、find that the sense of smell is important to how we live our lives,” Pradhan says.She says when she was a child she liked to eat and ate a lot. But there came a point where she lost interest in food.“One of the first things that people notice whenever they have a smell problem is that food doesnt ta
13、ste right any more,” says Beverly Cowart, a researcher. Thats because eating and smell go hand in hand. How food tastes often rely on what we smell. “When you lose your sense of smell, your whole sense of food flavors changed and reduced,” Cowart says, “You can still taste the basic tastes. What you
14、re missing are the small distinctions.”“When I go out to eat I have often found that food is very tasteless to me. I never feel full,” she says. “I think a lot of us today like to pretend to be food lovers and we all like to talk about Oh, I think this could use a little bit more flavor, or I think this has a hint of meat, I cant really participate in those conversations,” she says.Pradam thinks her smell loss also may have affected her memory. Pradhan may be on to something, according to biologist Paul Moor
