1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项：1 答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在考生信息条形码粘贴区。2选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用05毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。4保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1（2018海淀二模）Excuse me, sir. Can you spare me a dollar _ I can buy this book?
2、Sure, no problem.Afor BsoCbut Dor2_ up early in the morning to have a walk, I am sure, you are likely to feel active all dayAGetBHaving gotCGettingDTo get3I am wondering _ makes you study so hard?To go to my dream university.Awhat is it thatBthat is whatCwhat is thatDwhat it is that4The why he is ab
3、sent today is he has got a bad headache.Areason; thatBreason; becauseCcause; thatDcause; because5What was it that caused the party to be put off?_ the invitations.ABecause Tom delayed sendingBTom delayed to sendCThat Tom delayed sendingDTom delayed sending6She was so angry and spoke so fast that non
4、e of us understood _ he said meantAthatBwhatCthat thatDwhat what7Whats up? You look down. I have piles of papers _, but I type so slowly.Ato be typed Btyped Cto type Dbeing typed8The stadium _ stands a theatre will be reconstructed.Abeside whichBfor whichCwhenDwhich9Amazingly, Ive managed to start m
5、y own shop online!_ I told you it was easy.AThere you are!BBelieve it or not.CHow come?DYou got me there!10If you think that the illness might be serious, you should not _ going to the doctor.Aput offBset aboutChold backDgive away11I spend two weeks in Beijing last year.Then you must have visited th
6、e Great Wall during your stay, _ you?AmustntBdidntChaventDhadnt12I _ my cellphone last night. Now the battery is running out.Acould have chargedBmight chargeCshould have chargedDwould charge13This restaurant has become popular for its wide _ of foods that suit all tastes and pockets.AproductionBoffe
7、rCrangeDdivision14Linda _ to her mother for so long that she figures out almost every gesture of her mothers.AattendedBhad attendedCwould attendDhas attended15When you are dressed in the latest style, dancing to the most fashionable music after watching the latest film, you feel great,_?Aarent you B
8、dont you Cdo you Dare you16Russias cutting off the gas supply raised a major concern to the European Union, a number of member states are increasingly dependent on one single supplier.AwhoseBthatCwhereDwhich17There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, _ a sudden loud noise.A
9、being thereBshould there beCthere wasDthere having been18Im sorry for breaking the cup.Oh, _. Ive got plenty.Ahelp yourselfBforget itCmy pleasureDpardon me1940 grams of meat per day is _ people should consume in order to stay fit.Athat BwhyChow Dwhat20-Mr. Johnson has been chosen as the manager of t
10、he sales department.-_ he was so excited this morning.ANo chanceBNo wayCNot possibleDNo wonder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）In a study published in the U. S. journal Science, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS) and the University of Florida id
11、entified the chemical combinations and genetic recipe for better tomato flavor(味道).“In recent years, consumers often complain that the modern tomato is less flavorful than it once was” said co-principal researcher Sanwen Huang. “Our results provide a practical road map for breeding tomato varieties
12、with better flavor.”For the study, a 170-person consumer group was created to evaluate 160 tomatoes representing 101 varieties, based on qualities such as “overall liking” and “flavor degree”. The results pointed to dozens of chemical compounds of interest, and further research using a statistical m
13、odel discovered 33 flavor compounds connected with consumer liking, such as glucose(葡萄糖). The reason why modern tomatoes dont taste good anymore is that a total of 13 of these flavor-associated compounds “were significantly reduced in modern varieties,” their paper wrote. Moreover, the researchers f
14、ound that smaller fruit tended to have greater sugar content, suggesting that “selection for more sizable tomatoes has cost sweetness and flavor”.Based on this knowledge, Huang and Professor Harry Klee of the University of Florida studied the whole genomes of 398 varieties of tomato, identifying about 250 positions of genes on a chromosome(染色体), which controlled tomato flavor.“Were just fixing what has been damaged over the last half century to push them back to where they were a century ago,” said Klee in a statement. “We can make the supermarket tomato taste noticeably better.” Klee sa
