1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号和座位号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码粘贴在答题卡右上角条形码粘贴处。2作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试题卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并
2、交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1 How much do you charge for the iPhone? Well,it cost me $ 400,but Ill _ 20% as its no longer new.Areduce to Bdecrease toCknock off Dcut off2There are no _ proposals to reduce the road accidents. We are still seeking inspiration.Acontradictory BconcreteCconfidential Dcon
3、troversial3Many people fall into panic due to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan but experts dont expect this to be _ as proper measures have been taken.AcompulsoryBcontemporaryCtemporaryDpermanent4The online word “selfie” is gaining _ and more and more people tend to use it nowadays.Aaccess Badmis
4、sionCcontrol Dcurrency5We can never expect _ bluer sky unless we create _ less polluted world.Aa; aBa; theCthe; aDthe; the6The engineer is thought to be capable and modest, so his promotion to manager is a popular _.AachievementBappointmentCcommitmentDemployment7He isnt such a man _ he used to be.Aw
5、hoBwhomCthatDas8What do you think of teaching, Bob?I find it fun and challenging. It is a job _ you are doing something serious and interesting.AwhichBwhereCwhenDthat9When we have a chance to travel, we tend to _ as many sights into the trip as we can- seven countries in ten days, for example.Asquee
6、zeBsneezeCsubscribeDsubstitute10 a single world can change the meaning of a sentence, a single sentence can change the meaning of a paragraph.AJust asBEven thoughCUntilDUnless11Do you _ ready for the spring outing?No,I still have to buy some fruit.AeverythingBanythingCsomethingDnothing12The online s
7、hopkeeper has made an apology for his rude behavior.OK. If youre still not satisfied, you can _ compensation.AclaimBaffordCsacrificeDdismiss13Do you really plan to drop out of the football team?_ Its time for me to concentrate on my study.AIm just kidding.BDefinitely not.CI mean itDWhat a pity!14You
8、 seem to be familiar with this city.I _ here for three years. Its so great to be back.Alived Bhad livedChave lived Dlive15Leaders of many countries have been trying to what it is that makes China develop so fast in recent years.Acarry outBfigure outCwatch outDmake out16The Japanese suffering from th
9、e worst natural disasters .Aare; ever sinceBare; of all timeCis; ever sinceDis; of all time17Computer-controlled robots are taking over jobs in many industries, which used to be done _.Aartificially BmanuallyCcomprehensively Dgradually18All the photographs in this book, stated otherwise, date from t
10、he 1950s.AunlessBuntilConceDif19The famous book Frankenstein, _ by British novelist Mary Shelley, is the first work of science fiction.AwritingBhaving writtenCwrittenDwas written20Citizens are _ to exercise their rights, but under no circumstances can they violate other peoples rights.Aon trackBon s
11、cheduleCat easeDat liberty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）Endless playing of songs like All I want for Christmas in shops during the festive season doesnt just drive us mad the songs also make us more careless with our money, research has warned.While repeated performance of J
12、ingle Bells may seem like an innocent attempt to raise customers spirits during the nightmare of Christmas shopping, the songs also have a more delicate impact.“Background music, or “Muzak”, can be used by marketers to impose cultures -such as the commercialization of Christmas- onto consumers and i
13、nfluence their behaviour,” experts said.Dr. Alan Bradshaw of Royal Holloway, University of London, said, “Festive jingles are force-fed to Christmas shoppers in a bid to change their mood, influence their sense of time and what sort of products they buy. In other words, this is an attempt to control
14、 your shopping habits in a way that you might hardly be aware of.”“Often we are told that we have the freedom to choose where we want to shop, but during Christmas the use of music in this way is so common that our freedom to choose disappears.”Dr. Bradshaw and Prof Morris Holbrook of Columbia Unive
15、rsity examined the phenomenon and found that retailers often “dumb down” the music played in shops to relax customers, meaning it is easier to control their behaviour.It is thought that slowing down the rhythm of music in shops can trick customers into thinking less time has passed, and therefore spend more time examining
