1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项1考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。2试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。3考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1The International Monetary Fund has received both criticism and for its efforts to promote financial stability, prevent crises, facilitate trade,
2、 and reduce poverty.AworshipBcreditCargumentDprivilege2You can choose not to forgive. _ you can also choose to let it go.AAbsolutelyBConsequentlyCSubsequentlyDAlternatively3 Is it enough to finish the form for a passport, Madam? Your passport application form should be _ by two recent photos.Aupdate
3、dBaccompaniedCestablishedDidentified4What a pity! _joined in the party, I would have met my old friendAlf I have BHad I CI had DHave I5The little boy stared at the strange man questioningly, not _ whether to believe what he had said.Ato knowBknowingCknownDhaving known6The lecture about 3D technology
4、 was very interesting.Its a pity. How I wish I _ time to attend it.AhadBhaveChad hadDhave had7The professor _about how to protect the endangered animal in the conference at this time tomorrow.Atalked Btalks Chas been talking Dwill be talking8The accident which left 15 people on board dead _ if both
5、the angry female passenger and the bus driver had kept calm.Ashould have avoidedBshould be avoidedCcould have avoidedDcould have been avoided9Im sorry for breaking the cup.Oh, _. Ive got plenty.Ahelp yourselfBforget itCmy pleasureDpardon me10The recently released film Kong：Skull Island successfully
6、_ the audience to the adventure with Dolby 3-D technology.Atransports BadjustsCtransforms Drelates11I believed him to be honest but his actions showed that he had _.Athe top dog Bthe feet of clayChis cup of tea Dthe apple of his eye12He always keeps an eye on shortcomings of his brothers _ refusing
7、to admit his own mistakes.Abut BwhileCalthough Dthough13As a child, I was _to keep quiet when my parents were discussing something, while parents nowadays often ask for their childrens opinions.AdemandedBhopedCforbiddenDrequired14It gives us great delight _ Chinese science fictions are becoming incr
8、easingly popular.AhowBwhatCthatDwhy15The 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 much16_will I give up. I believe I can manage it.AAt once BAt no time CRight now DThe instant17The prob
9、lem with the current system allows anyone to commit a similar crime without . It needs to be fixed.Abeing punished BpunishedCto punish Dpunishing18For a third-culture kid,it is often easier to a new foreign country than to their home country.Amoving Bto move Cmove Dmoved19We came to the station _ al
10、l the way, only _ the train had just left.Arunning, toldBto run, tellingCto run, to be toldDrunning, to be told20-Can you help me with my English homework? Youre a genius.-_, but Ill try to help you. Whats your problem?AFar from itBSounds goodCBy all meansDIts out of question第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从
11、每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21（6分） Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be dirtier than their gasoline-powered cousins.People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions vehicles”, but people inCalifornia seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from.
12、 Power plants mostly use fireto make it. Aside from the new folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get ourelectricity from generators (发电机). Generators are fueled by somethingusually coal, oil,but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms andgeotherm
13、al (地热)plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars. Its justbecause the coal is burned somewhere else, it looks clean. It is not. Its as if the CaliforniaGreens are covering their eyes“ If I cant s
14、ee it, its not happening.” Gasoline is anincredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But whenyou take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice partof that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heatat the generator, through the transmissionlines, etc.A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallonof gas wont get you as far so electric cars burn more fuel than gasoline-poweredones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes or geothermal, or hydro or wind or solar, thena
