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、准考证号填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在考生信息条形码粘贴区。2选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用05毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3请按照题号顺序在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、试题卷上答题无效。4保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，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）1 I want to tell you is the deep love and respect I have for my parents.ATh
2、atBWhichCWhetherDWhat2Try to be independent, for your parents cant do _ for you all your life.AsomethingBnothingCeverythingDanything3Halfway through the chapter _ I didnt take anything in.Adid I realizeBhad I realizedCI realizedDI would realize4You wont find paper cutting difficult _you keep practic
3、ing it.Aeven if Bas long as Cas if Dever since5Would you like me the radio a bit?No, its all right. Im used with the radio .Ato turn down; to work; onBturning down; to working; onCturning down; to working; offDto turn down; to working; on6Which do you prefer, tea or coffee? _. I really dont mind.ABo
4、thBNoneCNeitherDEither7There are various things on sale, so you can choose _ interests you.AwhoeverBno matter whoCwhateverDno matter what8Tom finally decided to _ and give himself up to the police, which allowed him to get away with only a small fine.Akill the fatted calfBface the musicCsee the hand
5、writing on the wallDbe a black sheep9The bus would not have run into the river _ for the bad tempered lady.Aif it were notBhad it not beenCif it would not beDshould it not be10I _ about w hat youve said and Ive decided to take your advice.AthoughtBhave been thinkingCwas thinkingDhad thought11That st
6、udent admitted in the math exam, that he would never do that again in the future.Ato have cheated, promisingBcheating, promisedCto cheating, promisedDhaving cheated, promising12In the moon garden onboard the Change 4, the shoots of cotton marked the first live matter ever _ on the moon.Ahaving grown
7、 Bto be grownCbeing grown Dgrown13_ which university to attend, the girl asked her teacher for advice.ANot knowingBKnowing notCNot knownDKnown not14Have you heard from Jane recently?No，but I _ her over Christmas.Asaw Bwill be seeingChave seen Dhave been seeing15The driver could have survived but he
8、the seat belt.Ahad been wearingBhadnt wornCwasnt wearingDdidnt wear16_ a record-breaking seven Golden Globes, the musical La La Land surprisingly does not appeal to Chinese viewers.AWinning BWonCHaving won DTo win17I thought Father would be better, but _it is, he is getting worse, which makes me mor
9、e worried.AbeforeBasCbecauseDafter18If you ever arent sure whether you have bought the very best smartphone, just _ “good enough.”Amake for Bsettle forCanswer for Daccount for19Difficulties strengthen the mind, _ labour does the body.AifBasCforDso20-Are you satisfied with his school report?-Not at a
10、ll. It couldnt have been _.Aworse Bso badCbetter Dthe worst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）Life may have evolved on at least three planets within a newly discovered solar system 1 light years from Earth. Astronomers at the NASA have discovered no less than seven roughly Earth-
11、sized worlds orbiting a dwarf star in the system. Scientists had previously identified a tiny number of exoplanets, which are believed to have the qualities needed to support life. However, the new system contains an unprecedented(前所未有) number of Earth-sized, probably rocky planets, and is being ack
12、nowledged as an accelerated leap forward in the search for extraterrestrial (外星球的)life.Three of the new planets are said to be particularly promising because there might exist oceans. Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA, told a press conference in Washington: This gives us a hint that
13、finding a second Earth is not a matter of if, but when.The planets were discovered using NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope, which was able to track how fast each of the planets crossed the star Trappist-l and completed an orbit. From this the research team calculated how far the planets were from their
14、star, and therefore how likely they are to be habitable.NASAs Hubble Space Telescope is already being used to search for atmospheres around the planets. Future telescopes, including the proposed European Extremely Large Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope, may be powerful enough to discover
15、 markers of life, such as oxygen in the atmospheres of exoplanets.Astronomers believe there could be as many as 2 billion potentially habitable worlds in our galaxy, the Milky Way. Prof Zurbuchen said that now was a gold-rush phase in the search for these exoplanets.1、What makes the new discovery significant
