1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项1考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回2答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置3请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符4作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效5如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1-I dont understand why
2、 Catherine stopped short _ she ought to have continued.-Its obvious that she lacked self-confidence.Awhen BwhileCif Das2The teacher spoke so fast that it was hard for the students to _ what he was saying.Atake inBtake offCtake onDtake after3Whenever you _ a present, you should think about it from th
3、e receivers point of view.AboughtBhave boughtCwill buyDbuy4 The movie Lalaland is awesome. Its really a pity that you didnt make it. Sorry, I _. I was too busy then.Adidnt BdidCwouldnt Dwould5_ caught in the rain unexpectedly, we still enjoyed the journey very much.AWhenBAsCUnlessDAlthough6Only when
4、 _hard _ make your dream come true.Ado you work; you canByou work; you canCdo you work; can youDyou work; can you7Is Peter coming?No, he_ his mind after a phone call at the last minute.AchangesBchangedCwas changingDhad changed8The infrastructure project has consumed so much money that we cant find a
5、ny financial support and have to _.Apull outBpull throughCcatch upDcatch on9If we forgave criminals, we might become a society of endless excuses _ no one accepts responsibility for anythingAwhichBwhereCwhenDas10One of our rules is that every student _ wear school uniform while at school.AmightBcoul
6、dCshallDwill11Computer-controlled robots are taking over jobs in many industries, which used to be done _.Aartificially BmanuallyCcomprehensively Dgradually12_regular training in nursing, she could hardly cope with the work at first.ANot received BSince receivingCHaving not received DNot having rece
7、ived13The picture looks good _ the white wall.AwithBtoCagainstDbeyond14The reign of the next Japanese emperor will be known as “Reiwa” (令和) era, in _ name the character for “harmony” is included.AwhichBwhatCwhoseDas15_ up early in the morning to have a walk, I am sure, you are likely to feel active
8、all dayAGetBHaving gotCGettingDTo get16The coat I bought yesterday is not expensive at all. As a matter of fact, I would gladly have paid _ for it.Aas much twiceBmuch as twiceCas twice muchDtwice as much17Great pity! His illness is _ the treatment available so far.AwithinBaboveCaboutDbeyond18I think
9、 that this is the best mobile phone available in the world. No other one can _it.AcompareBmatchCproduceDwin19At the news of the earthquake, the soldiers did what they could the victims.AhelpBto helpCto helpingDhelping20Mr. Green was very famous when he lived there. There is _ to be someone in this d
10、istrict who remembers him.AcontentBopposedCboundDrestricted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 it were up to me, Id write this piece next week or even later. Let the dust settle a bit. But I have my fathers insistent voice in my head: the story is now, so you write it now. No
11、one wants to read last weeks news.My father Michael was a journalist. He started at age 16 on his local paper, the Luton News, and after nine years there, he went on to a six-decade career that saw him write more than 40 biographies of Hollywood stars and spend a quarter-century presenting a weekly
12、radio show.From him I learned about deadlines and accuracy, and absorbed his rule about professional clothing, one he had been taught by his first boss. Even when he was working at home, my father would follow that rule: shirt and tie, every day.There were other less obvious lessons. The first is ab
13、out being manly. Driven and competitive, he wasnt present for the birth of any of his three children, but he was the very model of being loving and faithful. My father never took me to the football or taught me to change a tyre. In a pub, he might manage some drinks, but his main focus would usually
14、 be the food menu. He was a model of a different kind of maleness.But perhaps the biggest lesson I learned from him was about resilience (恢复). He got deep blows, losing both his wife and firstborn child, my sister Fiona, within two years of each other. And yet, somehow, he got back up again. He taug
15、ht himself to cook and continued to dress neatly, picking out a bright jacket that ensured he stood out in a room. He would meet editors and write stories with the same hunger he had 65 years earlier. Younger colleagues keep using the same word about him: appealing.I hope I learned his resilience, the way I learned about being a journalist. P
