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）1_ a record-breaking seven Golden Globes, the musical La La Land surprisingly does not appeal to Chinese viewers.AWinning BWonCHaving won DTo win2I g
2、uess _ impresses me most about his painting is the colors he uses.AwhoBwhichCthatDwhat3The prediction from Maya worries residents _ December 21, 2012 would be the end of the world.AifBthatCwhetherDwhich4 How did you find your trip to Water Park in the summer of 2016?I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was _
3、 than I expected.Aeven much interestingBfar more interestingCso far interestingDfar from interesting5The church which is easily _ from my home is being rebuilt.Aaccessible BavailableCacceptable Dresponsible6As you go through this book, you _ that each of the millions of people who lived through Worl
4、d War II had a different experience.Awill findBfoundChad foundDhave found7I still find it hard to imagine that such a clever child _ make such a foolish mistake.AshallBmustCcanDshould8The statement of One Foundation helps you _ where your money is goingAkeep track ofBput up withCcome up withDfit in
5、with9Faced with the dilemma, the company committee _ a public statement, appointing the capable man to be its new global chief financial officer.Apulled out Bput outCreached out Ddrew out10This research has attracted wide _ coverage and has featured on BBC televisions Tomorrows World.AmessageBinform
6、ationCmediaDdata11Communication can help you gain more respect from your parents, and you may be able to reach _ that make everyone happy.AcompromisesBcontributionsCcongratulationsDcompetitions12Why does she always drive to work _ she could easily take the train?AunlessBuntilCbeforeDwhen13_ clear go
7、als, we become strangely loyal to performing daily doings until we become slaves of them.AOn top of BIn the silence ofCOn account of DIn the absence of14Lichun is a Chinese word for one of the 24 solar terms, means the beginning of spring.AwhoBthatCwhoseDwhich15Is Peter coming?No, he_ his mind after
8、 a phone call at the last minute.AchangesBchangedCwas changingDhad changed16It is usually thought a little child says is truth. AWhat that Bthat what Cwhich Dthat 17They arrived at the border between Kenya and Tanzania at 2 pm, _ lies a national nature reserve.A what B which C where D when18After _
9、had happened he could not continue to work there.AwhichBhowCwhatDhaving19My mother opened the drawer to _ the knives and spoons.Aput awayBput upCput onDput together20_? You look really down.Im tired of my job. There are endless problems to deal with.AWhy botherBSo whatCWhats upDWhy not第二部分 阅读理解（满分40
10、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 biologist once criticized for stealing eggs from the nests of the rarest bird in the world has been awarded the “Nobel Prize” of conservation after his methods saved nine species from extinction.Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize - the hi
11、ghest accolade in the field of animal conservation - for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel from becoming the next Great Auk.When the 61-year-old first travelled to the east African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mauritius ke
12、strel. At the time there were just four left in the wild, making it the rarest bird on Earth. However, he stayed, using the techniques of captive breeding (人工繁殖), which involved snatching eggs from the birds nests and hatching（孵化）them under incubators, prompting the mothers to lay another set of egg
13、s in the wild.A decade later, the number of Mauritius kestrels had soared to over 300 and today there are around 400 in the wild. The biologist has also been necessary in efforts to bring other rare species back from the edge of extinction, including the pink pigeon, echo parakeet and Rodrigues warb
14、ler.Prof Jones was awarded the $250,000 (172,000) prize at a ceremony in London.“As a young man in my 20s, I certainly didnt enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I received,” reflecting on the start of his career, he said the Maurutius kestrel project had been seen as a “dead loss” at t
15、he time. In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild.Prof Jones has devoted his whole life to his work, only becoming a father for the first time eight years ago, at 53. He said receiving the prize was par
