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）1There arent any toys in our suitcaseWhere have you put them?Oh, noThat old lady sitt
2、ing next to us _ have taken ours by mistake.AmustBcouldCshouldDwould2Linda _ to her mother for so long that she figures out almost every gesture of her mothers.AattendedBhad attendedCwould attendDhas attended3She is quite_to office work.You had better offer her some suggestions when necessaryAfamili
3、arBfreshCsimilarDsensitive4Pele had bags of natural talent, but he _ without the determination to deal with all the problems life threw in his path.Awould never succeedBnever succeededCwould never have succeededDhave never succeeded5That Was the first time she alone at home during the weekends，bored
4、 to death Ahas left Bhas been left Chad left Dhad been left6Why did you let _ kids off this time?I just want to give them _ second chanceA/; theBthe;/Cthe; theDthe; a7Are you doing your homework？No, Im writing a short playIt _ at the Christmas partyAwill be put onBwill put onCputs onDis put on8 Dont
5、 look down upon Bob. He has his own advantages.Oh, yes others are weak, he is strong.ABeforeBWhenCWhereDThough9We will remain _to the path of peaceful development and shoulder more international responsibilities.AcommittingBcommittedCto be committedDto have committed10_a reception to celebrate the 6
6、8th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China， vice premier Liu attached importance to mutually beneficial cooperation between USA and ChinaAAddressingBAddressedCBeing addressedDTo address11-How was your evening?-We went to Joes and had _. We really enjoyed ourselves.Aa white elep
7、hantBa square mealCa sacred cowDthe salt of the earth12Children who are not active or_ diet is high in fat will gain weight quickly.AwhatBwhoseCwhichDthat13Although war still exists on our planet，I do believe its possible for different ethnic groups to live together in _.Aagreement BharmonyCconnecti
8、on Dcomparison14All the students are required to check they have made some spelling errors in their compositions.Awhether Bwhat Cthat Dwhich15Hi, Tom! I got a chance to be an exchange student in Harvard University._! I had been expecting to study there.ALucky youBHave funCTake it easyDForget it16-Wh
9、enever you want a good meal, come to my restaurant and eat for free.-Believe me. That is an _ I will not refuse.AapproachBofferCideaDinstruction17Its hard for elderly people to see _ convenience a smart phone can bring to us.Awhat Bwhich Cwhose Dhow18When he was running after his brother, the boy lo
10、st his _ and had a bad fall.AbalanceBchanceCmemoryDplace19Thanks to the efforts in environmental protection, the wetland has been _ to its original appearance.Arestored BdeliveredCtransferred Ddrafted20John, do you know why the suspect was set free?For lack of _ evidence.Asolid BapparentCambiguous D
11、concrete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）Many of us have wondered what Earth is like beneath the surface. So have writers and scientists. In French novelist Jules Vernes masterpiece Journey to the Center of the Earth, explorers go down to Earths center and discover amazing wond
12、ers.But in real life, human beings havent even come close to the planets core (核心). The core is over 6,000 km down. The deepest hole ever created, according to the BBC, is the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia, which only goes 12.3 km down.So how do we know about everything down below without any sa
13、mples？One good way to start is to think about the Earths density (密度), Simon Redfern of the University of Cambridge in the UK told the BBC“The density of the material on Earths surface is much lower than the average density of the whole Earth, so that tells us theres something that has greater densi
14、ty,” Redfern said.The challenge is to find out which heavy materials the core is made of. And the main material scientists have found is iron. The idea is that when Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago, a lot of iron made its way down to the core, taking up about 80 percent of it. Today scientists are
15、 still working on finding out which other materials the core could be made up of.You might also wonder how we know the size of the core. Theres a one-word answer: seismology (地震学).When an earthquake happens, seismic stations around the world record the shockwaves it sends throughout the planet. Its like hitting
