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）1The new secretary is and therefore the manager is satisfied with her work.AeffectiveBefficientCspecificDsufficient2Vivien, you look blue. Whats wron
2、g?There are so many papers _. Im really busy recently.Afinish Bto finishCfinishing Dfinished3 How did you like Johns exhibition of paintings last weekend? To tell you the truth, his paintings didnt _ me much.A. refer toBappeal toCbelong toDoccur to4To fetch water before breakfast seemed to me a rule
3、 _.Ato never breakBnever to have brokenCnever to be brokenDnever to be breaking5_ back in his chair, the man began to tell us his adventures in the forests.A Sit B Sitting C To sit D Sat6Is Peter coming?No, he_ his mind after a phone call at the last minute.AchangesBchangedCwas changingDhad changed7
4、I _ about w hat youve said and Ive decided to take your advice.AthoughtBhave been thinkingCwas thinkingDhad thought8Im most awfully grateful to you. I cant think what I _ without you.Acould doBwould doCshould have doneDmust have done9Will you require anything else? Yes, I like a whisky.AwillBshallCs
5、houldDmight10After looking at many new cars, I found _ which I would accept just as suitable.AitBthisCthatDone11People _ with anyone who is always talking about how wonderful he is.Afall inBkeep companyCcatch upDget fed up12Good food，good sleep，no exerciseThats he gained weight Ahow Bwhen Cwhat Dwhe
6、ther13Thanks to the special chemical _ of the soil in the mountainous area, this economic plant grows well there.Acomposition BcompetenceCconstruction Dconclusion14Lets go and have dinner this evening._. Have you come out first in the exam?AThanks a lot. BWhy not?CWhat for? DYes, Id like to.15Not ev
7、en when _through the darkest valley _be afraid, for you are always close beside me. Ado I walk; will I Bdo I walk; I will CI walk ; I will DI walk; will I16Computers can do nothingBut once _what to do, they show extraordinary power to do a great dealAto programBbeing programmedCprogrammedDhaving pro
8、grammed17As I opened my eyes, in _ direction I looked, I could see smiling, peaceful, calm and content faces.AwhateverBhoweverCwhicheverDwherever18If Joes wife wont go to the party,_.Ahe will eitherBneither will heChe neither willDeither he will19The Chinese government has begun a campaign to_ the c
9、razy housing market.AcalmBdestroyCoccupyDreflect20In the early morning all of us stood at the top of the mountain _ east of the city, watching _burning sun rising.A/; aBthe; aCthe; theD/; the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） Christmas at the mountain cline would have to wait. T
10、he banks beside Mary Breckinridges Wendover, Kentucky, clinic were ruined after a heavy rain. She had to find a way to get her five patients to the hospital in Lexington.With a neighbors help, Mary and the nurses built a boat. They named it Ambulance, and on the morning of December 30,1926. Mary ano
11、ther nurse, and the patients set off down the river. After sixteen wild miles on the dangerous river, they arrived at the train station in Krypton. As she watched the train pull away with her patients safely on board. Mary smiled and waved.Mary had not planned to be a nurse. She was the daughter of
12、a wealthy Kentucky politician. As a child, Mary was influenced by her family who had always been concerned about the poorer people of the state. When she grew up, Mary was inspired to become a nurse. So in 1925 Mary hired a few British-trained nurses and, with some money from her family, started the
13、 Frontier Nursing Service in Wendover, Kentucky.Before Mary and her nurses came, the mountain people lived a hard life. Families made so little money that they could not afford doctors or medicine. Many children had diseases and nearly every person was malnourished for lack of food.Mary and the nurs
14、es built clinics and a small hospital deep in the forests of Leslie County. There were no paved roads, electricity, or telephones. Each day the nurses rode on horseback to outlying farms, often in bad wenther, to answer calls for help. They worked hard to keep an eye on their patients.To the gratefu
15、l mountain people, Mary and the nurses seemed to be everywhere. They treated everything from cut fingers to pneumonia(肺炎), gave shots, and delivered babies. The proud countrymen liked the nurses because they treated everyone with respect.The Frontier Nursing Service grew. Today their Nursing Service reaches f
