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_is known to us is tha
2、t tobacco contains nicotine and other harmful products，so you should give up smoking.AAsBItCWhatDWhich2Kevin, time for the next destination!No hurry! Another 15 minutes and we _ all the exhibition rooms of the museum.Aam exploring Bhave exploredCwill explore Dwill have explored3Dont worry. The hard
3、work that you do now _ later in life.Awill be repaidBwas being repaidChas been repaidDwas repaid4-Are you ready for the history test tomorrow?-No,I wish I_the clock back.Ahad turnedBcould turnCwill turnDwould have turned5This kind of gel pen which _ smoothly is quite popular with students.Ais writte
4、n Bis writing Cwrote Dwrites6Do you know that _ chairman of the meeting has announced that Mr Hodge has beenmade _ manager of this factory?Athe, theB/, theCthe, /Da, a7Not until they left school_how much their teachers loved them and helped them.Athey realizedBdid they realizedCthe would realizedDha
5、d they realized8Opening the door, MrsSummers found family of cats shut in the bathroomAa; 不填Ba; theCthe; 不填Dthe; the9What about inviting Tracy to host the party?Good idea! She is very quick in mind. Oh, _, here she comes.Adont pull my legBa little bird told meCspeak of the devilDits a piece of cake1
6、0Video games can be a poor influence if _ in the wrong hands.Ato leaveBleavingCleaveDleft11_ how to get along with others is very important in success.AKnow BKnown CHaving known DKnowing12 I am worn out. Me too, all work and no play. So its time to _.Aburn the midnight oil Bpush the limitsCgo with t
7、he flow Dcall it a day13Upon entering a “new era”, what we now face is the _ between unbalanced and inadequate development and the peoples ever-growing needs for a better life.Aadministration Bviolation Ccontradiction Dpresentation14 Joe, what about going to Belgium for our coming holiday? Sorry, ho
8、ney, I _ on the newly discovered dinosaur site in ArgentinaThere are remains of what is thought to be the largest creature ever to walk the earth.Awas workingBworkCwill be workingDworked15Most Schools have banned junk food and brought out new menus. “Thats cool!”said Andreas Petrou, 11th grader.A/;
9、anB/;theCthe; aDthe; /16-I dont understand why Catherine stopped short _ she ought to have continued.-Its obvious that she lacked self-confidence.Awhen BwhileCif Das17In many countries in the world, breakfast is a snack _ a meal, but the traditional English breakfast is a full meal.Aless thanBmore t
10、hanCother thanDrather than18He has no idea what the book is aboutHe have read it very carefullyAneedntBshouldntCcantDmustnt19What a pity! _joined in the party, I would have met my old friendAlf I have BHad I CI had DHave I20Thinking that her daughter was doing her homework ,the mother left the room,
11、 _.Aquickly and gentleBquick and gentleCquickly and gentlyDquick and gently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 sunflowers turn and swing every day. New findings add to evidence that the plants are animal-like.Harmer, a professor in the University of California at Davis Depar
12、tment of Plant Biology, carried out a series of experiments on sunflowers in the field, in pots outdoors and in indoor growth chambers.By staking plants so that they could not move, Harmer showed that he could destroy their ability to track the sun. He also noticed that sunflowers prevented from mov
13、ing were not as tough and leafy as those that were free to move. When plants were moved indoor with a settled overhead light, they continued to swing back and forth for a few days.The indoor plants did start tracking the “sun” again when the apparent source of lighting was moved across the room. The
14、 plants could reliably track the movement and return at night when the artificial day was close to a 24-hour cycle, but not when it was closer to 30 hours.When sunflowers track the sun, the cast sides of their stems grew more rapidly than the west sides. Ai night, the west sides grew faster as the stem swung the other way. The team identified a number of genes that were expressed at higher levels on the sunward side of the plant during the day, or on the other side at night. A plant growth-regulating hormone, called auxin, appears to be a key driver.The “dance
