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、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。2答题时请按要求用笔。3请按照题号顺序在答题卡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、试卷上答题无效。4作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。5保持卡面清洁，不要折暴、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）1Thanks to her determination and perseverance on the piano lesson, she has a _ grasp
2、of the subject.AcomprehensiveBconfidentialCconservativeDcompulsory2 David is a green hand at such things. But I believe he is quite _ to the task.Arelevant BaccessibleCequal Dunique3_, I have never seen anyone whos as capable as John.AAs long as I have traveled BMuch as I have traveledCNow that I ha
3、ve traveled so much DAs I have traveled so much4Thats the third time youve done that!Yeah, _?Awhat of it Bwhats onCwhat about Dwhat for5He finished writing his first novel last year, and we all think that is _ his career really took off.AwhereBwhenChowDwhy6My mother is always warning me when I go ou
4、t, “Dont get off the bus _ it is stopping.”Auntil BwhileCbefore Dafter7Why are some brands more popular than others _ the products are of similar quality?Aas thoughBeven ifCso thatDin case8 I hear Iron Man III is on recently. Lets set off for the cinema to appreciate it now. _ Its about 10 PM. Im so
5、 tired that I must go to bed.ALets find some of the action. BHow do you find it?CIts entirely up to you. DYou cant be serious.9 How did you find your trip to Water Park in the summer of 2016?I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was _ than I expected.Aeven much interestingBfar more interestingCso far interest
6、ingDfar from interesting10-My room gets very cold at night. -_.ASo is mineBSo mine isCSo does mineDSo mine does118 students and 2 teachers at Santa Fe High School by a 17-year-student armed with a shotgun and a pistol. This is one of the many gun-related tragedies that have happened in the last 2 ye
7、ars.Akilled Bwere killedChave killed Dhave been killed12The fellow we spoke _ no comment at first.Ato makeBto madeCmadeDto making13At the news of the earthquake, the soldiers did what they could the victims.AhelpBto helpCto helpingDhelping14The two birds _ each other in shape and color. In other wor
8、ds, they _ each other in shape and color.Adiffer, are different fromBdiffer from, are different toCresemble, are similar toDresemble, are similar with15-Are you satisfied with his school report?-Not at all. It couldnt have been _.Aworse Bso badCbetter Dthe worst16The company needs to _ its outdated
9、image to promote its newly-released product.Alay outBcall upCshake offDgive away17The government officials met the workers and engineers working on the stadium, most_ were migrant workersAof whichBof whoCof whomDof them18If you want to go further in the new sport, the best way is to _ and practise m
10、ore frequently.Adive in Bdrop outCcatch on Dspring up19Yesterday I took my car to the garage to have them _ the air-conditioner.Ato checkBcheckingCcheckedDcheck20-I feel caught between experience and jobs after graduation.-Its really_without experience you cant get a job and without a job you cant g
11、et experience.Aa catch-22 Ba Herculean taskCa sacred cow Da Mickey Mouse course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）Columbus Day has been on American calendars since 1937, when President Franklin DRoosevelt declared October 12 a federal holiday to honor the Italian explorer who “di
12、scovered” the Americas in 1942. However, the holiday has always been controversial. Many people believe that Christopher Columbus should not be given credit for “discovering” the continent, since native Americans had already been living there for generations.Besides, the explorers mission was not a
13、scientific “voyage of discovery”, but one intended to conquer the new land. Critics maintain that the Spanish army Columbus brought on his second voyage, caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of indigenous(土著的) people. Those that survived the massacre became slaves, working in mines. Many, ther
14、efore, believe that the explorers arrival should not be celebrated.In 1977, a delegation of Native nations at the International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americas, proposed renaming the holiday to “Indigenous Peoples Day”. The proposal passed with a majority.However, convincing the rest of the country to do the same was not that easy. It took 15 years before the city of Berkeley in California adopted the name in 1992 and then 22 more years before Minneapolis, MN and Seattle, WA did the same in 2014. The following year, eight more cit
