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）1Wild swans _ in the area is a good indication of a better environment.AexhibitionBescapeCabsenceDappearance2The worlds
2、leading thinkers and policymakers examine whats come apart in the past year, and what will define the year ahead,Aevaluate BinnovateCanticipate Dregulate3By the time I saw the angry expression on his face, I _ exactly what I was having to face.Aknew Bhad known Cwould know Dhave known4Each party _ re
3、spect the articles of this contract, or a double-sized financial punishment is a must.AwillBcouldCshallDshould5By the time we _ from our school, we have been close friends for more than ten years.AgraduatedBwill graduateCare graduatingDgraduate6The farmers are in bad need of rain,but a (an) large am
4、ount of rainfall will cause Floods.AEventuallyBconstantlyCgraduallyDextremely7- I have been working for more than 30 years! Im going to retire next month.- Really? You dont look a day 40!Aover BbyCwith Dfor8You cant use the computer now, _ the upgrade of the system is under way.AuntilBunlessCasDafte
5、r9Please call my secretary to arrange a meeting this afternoon，or_ it is convenient to you.AwhereverBhoweverCwhicheverDwhenever10They intended to have the school better equipped， the local government was not able to get enough money to do so.Aunless Bwhile Calthough Donce11The expert points out the
6、phenomenon that cream goes bad faster than butter_ its structure rather than its chemical composition.Alives up toBgets down toCcomes down toDstands up to12It is immediately clear _ the financial crisis will soon be over.AsinceBwhatCwhenDwhether13All we have is 24 precious hours a day and therefore
7、we shall waste _AnothingBnoneCneitherDno one14-Will you be_ this evening，Mary？-That depends. I am afraid I will be with my manager，discussing a plan.AconvenientBsuitableCavailableDefficient15Mr. Zhang gave all textbooks to all the pupils, except _ who had already taken them.Athese BonesCthose Dthe o
8、thers16_is known to us is that tobacco contains nicotine and other harmful products，so you should give up smoking.AAsBItCWhatDWhich17If we surround ourselves with people _our major purpose, we can get their support and encouragement.Ain sympathy withBin terms ofCin honour ofDin contrast with18Even a
9、 small personal computer store vast amounts of information.AmightBcanCought toDhas to19Peter survived in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He _ escaped drowning.AnearlyBslightlyCnarrowlyDhardly20Our football team had a lead in the match, but the last minute goal of the guest team .Agave
10、 it away Bput it awayCwiped it away Dcarried it away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 thought we all knew why independent school students do better than those in the state sector(公立学校). They have more money, more funding and better resources and they dont have the more challe
11、nging students we get in the state sector.That was before I became a teacher-researcher in a two-year project led by my college, aiming to find the best way to support high-ability students. With funding from the London Schools Excellence Fund, we teamed up with some of the countrys top private scho
12、ols, like Eton and St Pauls, as well as a number of state schools, to find out how to bring the knowledge-rich learning that characterizes independent schools into the state sector.Before the project, I hadnt had much contact with people who had been educated there. But the first thing I found when
13、I visited was that teachers are the same. In the independent sector, they have challenges toojust different ones.After two years, our research project has produced a huge set of findings.One of the most useful findings was the importance of independent learning habits outside the classroom. I realiz
14、ed that although I was always telling students that they needed to do four to five hours of private study a week, they didnt have a clear idea of what this could look like beyond making notes. So I set them different activities including reading articles, doing activities and completing examination
15、questions.I started to put much more emphasis on activities outside the classroom, like researching topics beyond the syllabus(教学大纲) or discussing things in the news. And I praised anyone who asked questions in class, so we created a culture where students were proud to ask a question rather than seeing it
