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 pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain_as the plane was making a landing.AseatBseatingCseatedDto be seating2A quick review of success
2、es and failures at the end of year will help _ you year ahead.AsharpenBswitchCstretchDshape3Did Linda see the traffic accident?No, no sooner _ than it happened.Ahad she goneBshe had goneChas she goneDshe has gone4Mark _ have hurried. After driving at top speed, he arrived half an hour early.AneedntB
3、wouldntCmustntDcouldnt5-I saw no more than one motorcar in the shop. Will you go and buy ?-No, Id rather find in other shops.Ait; oneBone; itCit; the oneDthe one; it6 How did you find Professor Smiths speech last night ? To be frank, his speech didnt _ to me .AappealBbelongCreferDoccur7You _ have bo
4、oked the tickets in advance; there were plenty left.AneedntBcantCshouldntDmustnt8What do you do, Rita？Im a clerk in a foreign company nowBut I _ English in a high school for 10 yearsAteachBhave taughtCtaughtDam teaching9The people in the village are so _ that they are willing to help every visitor.A
5、optimisticBenergeticCenthusiasticDambitious10 Where is Gary? He is at the library studying for his German test on Wednesday. In fact, he _ for the test every day over the past week.Ahas reviewed Bwas reviewingChas been reviewing Dhad been reviewing11For thousands of years,poetry the favorite type of
6、 literature for many in China.Ais Bhas been Cwas Dwill be12Frank studied _English language in London for four years, so he gets _ good knowledge of London.Aa; theB/ ; /C/ ; aDthe; a13The Lifelong Learning Programme _ to enable people to take part in learning experiences has taken off across Europe.A
7、having been designedBbeing designedCdesignedDdesigning14- Ill send you the signed contract personally this time tomorrow.- Sorry, I _ a meeting then.Aam attendingBattendedChave attendedDwill be attending15- You look happy today. Is there anything good?- Im very delighted _ as one of the exchange stu
8、dents.Ato choose Bto have been chosen Cchoosing Dhaving been chosen 16The weather turned out to be fine. I _ the trouble to carry the umbrella with me.Ashould have takenBmust have takenCcouldnt have takenDneednt have taken17The coat I bought yesterday is not expensive at all. As a matter of fact, I
9、would gladly have paid _ for it.Aas much twiceBmuch as twiceCas twice muchDtwice as much18We live in this society now _ literally someone is always helping.AwhenBwhereCthatDwhat19_is known to us is that tobacco contains nicotine and other harmful products，so you should give up smoking.AAsBItCWhatDWh
10、ich20_ property, were among the richest people in this cityAIn search ofBIn spite ofCIn place ofDIn terms of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）If youve ever had to chop an onion，you probably know that its one of the most annoying cooking experiencesIt just fills your eyes with te
11、arsScientists and farmers have been working on a solution to this problem for decades，and theyve apparently come up with a tearless onionCalled the“Sunion”，this new vegetable is the result of a natural cross-breeding program thats been going on farms in Nevada and Washington since the 1980sIts suppo
12、sedly a sweet，mild-tasting onion that doesnt leave that strong，pungent aftertaste，but what really sets it apart from most other onion varieties is that it doesnt cause teary eyes when its choppedWhen you cut into a normal onion，it releases a compound called lachrymatory-factor synthase，andwhen that
13、hits your eyes，your body produces tearsNow，the interesting thing about regular onions is that the amounts of lachrymatory-factor synthase increase the longer the vegetables are stored，so the older they，the more you cryIn Sunions，on the other hand，the levels of that annoying compound drop the more ti
14、me goes by，until it no longer has any effect on your eyes when you cut itThats what Sunion growers are claiming anyway，but reports from those lucky enough to have tried them seem to confirm these claimsThe Huffington Post had three of its reporters chop some Sunions，and apparently，none of them shed a single tearAccording to the Washington Post，they dont have the pungency of regular onions and are so sweet that you can eat them“like popcorn”So the good news is that tearless onions are now a real thingThe bad news is that they are currently only grown in Washington
