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）1Afghans used to hold big weddings, costing thousands of dollars, in a county _ the average annual income is less than $400. Awhich Bwhose Cwhere Dwh
2、at2_ the player I came across in the stadium spoke, I hadnt realized she was foreign.AUntilBUnlessCSinceDAlthough3The waitress at the restaurant was usually very considerate, but on this occasion she seemed to _ the diners.AignoreBidentifyCapplaudDsatisfy4With your brothers help, Ive made great prog
3、ress in English and I really want to do something for him _Ain turnBby turnsCin returnDin answer5 You could always put the decision off a little bit longer. _ If I leave it much longer I might miss my chance.AThats reasonable.BIsnt it a good idea?CDo you think so?DI cant agree more.6He was forced to
4、 spend another night at the airport _ for his plane.Awaiting Bbeing waited Cwaited Dto be waited7American singer Taylor Swift, 21, _ big at the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards in the US on April 3rd.AstoodBgaveCscoredDmade8A lot of suggestions were put forward at the meeting, but _ was practica
5、l.Anothing BnoneCneither Dno one9 How is the test that you took yesterday? Unfortunately, not even one of the hundred students who took the test _ passed.Ahas Bhave Care Dis10_ it is so hot, I guess we cant do anything until after dark.AIn caseBNow thatCEven ifDAs though11Most graduates in big citie
6、s are suffering form connected to soaring house prices and job hunting.AcuriosityBeagernessCthirstDanxiety12It was just at the time the bell rang he finished the last word in his composition.Awhen; whichBthat; whenCwhen; thatDthat; which13The lady standing over there may be from the USA, _ I guess h
7、as lost her way.AwhomBwhoCwhichDwhere14It was a difficult job for him. He had tried everything but it made little _.AuseBgoodCdifferenceDresult15Mary nearly missed the flight doing too much shopping.Ain need ofBon top ofCin front ofDas a result of16_almost one hundred jin, the stone was moved by him
8、 alone.AWeighedBWeighingCIt weighedDTo weigh17As you can see, the number of cars on our roads _ rising these days.Awas keepingBkeepCkeepsDwere keeping18Newly-built wooden cottages line the street，_ the old town into a dreamland.AturnedBturningCto turnDhaving turned19_the safety of gas, the governmen
9、t has checked the citys gas supply system thoroughly.ATo ensure BEnsuringCHaving ensured DTo have ensured20 , he talks a lot about his favorite singers after class.AA quiet student as he mayBQuiet student as he may beCBe a quiet student as he mayDQuiet as he may be a student第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每
10、题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21（6分）A successful businessman, addressing the commercial club of his city, told a story of an orphan (孤儿) named Jim.Jim was 12 years old, who was the laughing stock of the whole town. He never remembered having a kind word spoken to him in his whole life. One day as Jim walk
11、ed down the street, he saw some flowers slip from a little ladys arms just in front of him. Jim gathered up the flowers and replaced them in her arms. “Thank you, dear; you are a nice little boy.” she said kindly, and went on her way after giving him a bright smile.Jim was amazed. These were the fir
12、st kind words he had ever heard in his whole twelve years of existence. He stood and stared after her until she was out of sight, then he made straight for a stream. He sat down on the bank of the stream and did some thinking. “Thank you, dear; you are a nice little boy,” he thought. Finally the boy
13、 pulled from his pockets a piece of broken mirror and looked at himself. He saw nothing but dirt. He went down to the water and washed his face carefully, almost painfully. Then he looked again. He scarcely recognized himself. He stood straight and looked up instead of down for the first time since
14、he could remember.A feeding of self-respect awoke within his being. At that moment the course of his life was changed; a determination to be worthy of the kind words spoken to him by the little lady, and to pass them on, took possession of his soul. After telling this story of Jim, the speaker pause
15、d and then he shocked the audience by saying, “Gentlemen, I was that boy. That gentle woman implanted in my life the first seed of kindness. As a tribute to her memory I have told you this story.”1、What does the author mean by “the laughing stock” in paragraph 2?AJim liked playing jokes on others.BJim was always laughed a
