1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项1考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。2试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。3考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1We should bear in mind that social development and balance of nature should go in .AcompanyBsympathyCassociationDharmony2If it _ for her great he
2、lp then, I would not study English so well now.Ahasnt beenBwasntChadnt beenDisnt3It is going to rain today. Take an umbrella with you to _ you from the rain.AstopBpreventCkeepDprotect4 Who recommended Nancy for the post? It was James _ admiration for her was obvious.AwhoBthatCwhoseDwhom5Your car sho
3、uld be ready next TuesdayWe were _ hoping youd be able to do it by this FridayAstillBratherCalwaysDeven6The boy was waving his stick in the street and it _ missed the child standing nearby.AcloselyBnarrowlyCnearlyDhardly7Parents need to encourage kids to develop their potential _ putting too much pr
4、essure on them.Awithout BbesidesCby Dfor8When did you get to know your girlfriend?It was in 2015 _ she was working as a volunteer in Africa.AthatBwhichCwhenDthen9Without my parents encouragement and support I definitely _ where I am today.AwasntBhadnt beenCwouldnt beDwouldnt have been10- How about _
5、 plan to open a branch?- I should say it was _ failure.Aa; aBa; /Cthe; /Dthe; a11Many gases in the atmosphere actually heat energy that escapes from the Earths surface back to the earth.Afinding; reflectingBfound; reflectedCfound; to reflectDfound; reflect12In Australia, many road signs are now both
6、 in English and Chinese, _ it easier for Chinese tourists to travel.Amaking Bmade Cmake Dmakes13I am wondering _ makes you study so hard?To go to my dream university.Awhat is it thatBthat is whatCwhat is thatDwhat it is that14For a third-culture kid,it is often easier to a new foreign country than t
7、o their home country.Amoving Bto move Cmove Dmoved15Upon entering a “new era”, what we now face is the _ between unbalanced and inadequate development and the peoples ever-growing needs for a better life.Aadministration Bviolation Ccontradiction Dpresentation16His children were his pride, and being
8、a devoted father became a top _ in his life.AcapacityBanxietyCpriorityDopportunity17The teacher came into the classroom _ by his students.AfollowingBto be followingCfollowedDhaving followed.18Good morning. May I help you?No, thank you. Im just looking around._AIts up to you.BHow are you feeling toda
9、y?CThanks for coming to see me.DTake your time then.19A proposal was put forward at the meeting _ the new cement plant shouldnt be built near the school.Awhen BwhereCthat Dwhich20 _ his overseas study, he was eventually employed by his dream company.AHaving completedBCompletingCCompletedDTo complete
10、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）Here is a record of the discussion about AI (artificial intelligence) conducted by several scientists:Scientist A: I would say that we are quite a long way off developing the AI, though I do think it will happen within the next thirty or forty y
11、ears. We will probably remain in control of technology and it will help us solve many of the worlds problems. However, no one really knows what will happen if machines become more intelligent than humans. They may help us, ignore us or destroy us. I tend to believe AI will have a positive influence
12、on our future lives, but whether that is true will be partly up to us.Scientist B: I have to admit that the potential consequences of creating something that can match or go beyond human intelligence frighten me. Even now, scientists are teaching computers how to learn on their own. At some point in
13、 the near future, their intelligence may well take off and develop at an ever-increasing speed. Human beings evolve biologically very slowly and we would be quickly substituted. In the short term, there is the danger that robots will take over millions of human jobs, creating a large underclass of u
14、nemployed people. This could mean large-scale poverty and social unrest. In the long term machines might decide the world would be better without humans.Scientist C: Im a member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Forget the movie image of a terrifying Terminator stamping on human skulls and thin
15、k of whats happening right now: military machines like drones, gun turrets and sentry robots are already being used to kill with very little human input. The next step will be autonomous “murderbots” following orders but finally deciding who to kill on their own. It seems clear to me that this would be extremely
