1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3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交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1-They are quiet, arent they?-yes. They are accustomed _at meals.Ato talkingBto not talkingCto not talkDto talk2-Excuse
2、me, could you tell me the time, please?-Sorry, I dont have a watch with me.- _AThanks a lot.BWhat a pity.CIm sorry to hear thatDThanks all the same3Acceptance is not about liking a situation. It is about acknowledging all that has been lost and _ to live with that loss.AlearningBlearnedCto learnDhav
3、ing learned4Parents need to encourage kids to develop their potential _ putting too much pressure on them.Awithout BbesidesCby Dfor5- Ill send you the signed contract personally this time tomorrow.- Sorry, I _ a meeting then.Aam attendingBattendedChave attendedDwill be attending6When the girl did _
4、the courage to tell her parents what had happened, unfortunately her own family didnt believe her.Awork outBwork upCwork atDwork on7Word came that 30 firefighters gave their lives to our country _ national property security.Ain exchange forBin response toCin terms ofDin contrast with8You speak very
5、good French!Thanks. I _ French in Sichuan University for four years.AstudiedBstudyCwas studyingDhad studied9I thought it hard to complete the project then, but I _ my mind.Awill change Bwould changedChave changed Dhad changed10What a mess! You are always so lazy!Im not to blame, mum. I am _ you have
6、 made me.AhowBwhatCthatDwho11-Sorry to have broken your glass.-_. You didnt mean to, did you?ANo problem BForget itCAll right DDont say so12The party last month really gave me a lot of fun. So can we have this month,Mr.James?AanyBoneCanotherDthe other13Much to their delight, their new project _ at t
7、he conference, the excited scholars decided to have a barbecue in honour of the fantastic moment.Ato approve Bbeing approvedChaving approved Dhaving been approved14Justin a book about his adventures in TibetI hope he can find a good publisher when it is finishedAwas writingBis currently writingChas
8、already writtenDwrote15It was a difficult job for him. He had tried everything but it made little _.AuseBgoodCdifferenceDresult16Jess was sad and her friend helped her _ the first awful weeks after her husband Bill died.Abreak throughBbreak downCget throughDget rid of17How was your job interview?Ver
9、y successful. I _ my homework about the company, you know.Ahad done Bhave doneCdid Dwas doing18How long do you think it will be_the Stock Market returns to normal?At least one year, I guess.AwhenBbeforeCuntilDthat19Playing with the foreign visitors, my cousin is beginning to several different langua
10、ges.Apick up Bpick outCturn up Dshow out20The new supermarket has announced that the first to purchase goods on the opening day _ get a big prize.AmustBcouldCwouldDshall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）I still remember my hands and my fingers still remember what used to lie in
11、store for us on our return to school from the holidays. The trees in the school yard would be in full leaf again and the old leaves would be lying around like a muddy sea of leaves.“Get that all swept up!” the headmaster would tell us. “I want the whole place cleaned up, at once!” There was enough w
12、ork there, to last over a week. Especially since the only tools with which we were provided were our hands, our fingers, our nails. “Now see that its done properly, and be quick about it,” the headmaster would say to the elder pupils, “or youll have to answer for it!”So at an order from the elder bo
13、ys we would all line up like peanuts about to cut and gather in crops. If the work was not going as quickly as the headmaster expected, the big boys, instead of giving us a helping hand, used to find it simpler to beat us with branches pulled from the trees. In order to avoid these blows, we used to
14、 bribe (贿赂) the elder boys with the juicy cakes we used to bring for our midday meal. And if we happened to have any money on us, the coins changed hands at once. If we did not do this, or if we were afraid of going home with an empty stomach or an empty purse, the blows were redoubled. They hit us
15、so violently and with such evil enjoyment even a deaf and dumb person would have realized that we were being beaten not so much to make us work harder, hut rather to beat us into a state of obedience (服从) in which we would be only too glad to give up our food and money.Occasionally one of us, worn out by su
