1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷请考生注意：1请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用05毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。2答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项，按规定答题。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Someone who lacks staying power and perseverance is unlikely to _ a good researcher.Amake BturnCget Dgrow2The farmer used wood to build a house _ to
2、 store grain.A. thatB. in whichC. whichD. what3Sometimes proper answers are not far to seek _ food safety problems.AinBtoConDafter4Amazingly, Ive managed to start my own shop online!_ I told you it was easy.AThere you are!BBelieve it or not.CHow come?DYou got me there!5Computer-controlled robots are
3、 taking over jobs in many industries, which used to be done _.Aartificially BmanuallyCcomprehensively Dgradually6The emoticons _ when we want to stop a conversation, sparing us the embarrassment.Acome around Bcome in handyCcome about Dcome by7_ 62% of all luxury consumer sales in Europe in 2015, sho
4、ppers from the Chinese mainland spent $7.2 billion overseas during the Spring Festival.AAccounting forBAdding toCConsisting ofDMaking up8He was offered a position at the local church school, _ he went to the Cambridge.Aafter whenBsince whichCafter whichDsince when9Any information of the oral test pa
5、per are regarded as strictly _ before it is open.AconventionalBanalyticalCcontroversialDconfidential10Don t be joking. It s time to_your business.Aset outBtake upCgo onDget down11He was still full of optimism for the future despite many problems, and never once _ him get worried or upset.AI sawBI wo
6、uld seeCdid I seeDwould I see12_ annoys the teacher most is that all the students are too quiet in class.AWhat BThatCWhen DWho13Not until the bus disappeared in the distance _ her school bag was gone.ATina had foundBhad Tina foundCdid Tina findDTina found14If you _ to my advice carefully, you wouldn
7、t have made such a terrible mistake.AlistenedBhave listenedCwould listenDhad listened15The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the _ to achieve it.Aacquisition BcomprehensionCdetermination Dsatisfaction16As one of the most popular artists in the US, not only_ with her hit songs, but
8、has inspired women with her devotion to charity. Ahas Beyonce influenced pop culture Binfluenced pop culture has BeyonceCBeyonce has influenced pop cultureDinfluenced pop culture Beyonce has 17Many questions have been answered by John. He must have previewed the lessons last night, _ he?AneedntBhasn
9、tCdidntDmustnt18Justin a book about his adventures in TibetI hope he can find a good publisher when it is finishedAwas writingBis currently writingChas already writtenDwrote19Encourage your children to try new things, but try not to _them too hard.AdrawBstrikeCrushDpush20Modesty is a kind of good qu
10、ality, which is _it takes to be your personal best.AwhatBwhereCwhichDwhen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） Young people in the United States do not have a strong understanding of the world and their place in it.Two US-based groups, the Council on Foreign Relations and the Natio
11、nal Geographic Society, conducted an online survey last year. They wanted to know what young people in American colleges knew about geography, U. S. foreign policy, recent international events, and economics.The survey was given to over 1,200 Americans between the ages of 18 and 26, all of them pres
12、ently attending, or having previously graduated from. a 2- or 4-year college or university.The average test score, out of 75 total possible answers, was 55 percent. The study identifies a few important problems. For example, only 30 percent knew that the only part of the U. S. government that can de
13、clare war is Congress. Only 60% of those taking the survey could identify Brazil on a world map.“Part of the problem,” argue the organizers of the survey, “is the Internet.” They say it is becoming harder to find high-quality information about world events among all the fake news and trivia (琐事) whi
14、ch swamp (淹没) the web. Forty-three percent of those questioned said they read about the news on Facebook.Another problem is that most college courses do not require students to learn about international issues. If such information is not required, Richard Haass from the Council on Foreign Relations
15、said, then the United States could have leaders like Gary Johnson. He was a recent presidential candidate who did not know about the Syrian city of Aleppo when a reporter asked him about it.The survey results were not all bad. The young people also demonstrated a good understanding of climate change and renewable energy. And the majority of
