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）1-Hello, Kate. How is your weekend at home?-Awful! You know it is the first time I _ alone at home, bored to death.Ahas leftBhad leftChad been lef
2、tDhave been left2For some time the discussion went with no one saying word. Alice finally broke. Silence.Aa; theBthe;aCa; 不填Dthe; 不填3If Kate had known what was _ for her, she would not have married Tom.Ain responseBin returnCin reactionDin store4Going to watch the Womens Volleyball Match on Wednesda
3、y?_! Will you go with me?AYou betBYou got meCYou thereDYou know better5Watching basketball games on TV at home is one thing, going to watch them _ live is quite another.AperformBperformingCto performDbeing performed6_ children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent.AIf
4、BSince CUnless DThough7In many countries in the world, breakfast is a snack _ a meal, but the traditional English breakfast is a full meal.Aless thanBmore thanCother thanDrather than8He was forced to spend another night at the airport _ for his plane.Awaiting Bbeing waited Cwaited Dto be waited9Why
5、cant you give me another chance?_, but I dont think you are good at management.ANo offence BNo worries CNo need DNo wonder10What did she want to know, Tom?She wondered we could complete the experimentAwhen was it that Bit was when thatCit was when Dwhen it was that11So far, only one man has _ a theo
6、ry that seems to fit all the facts.Acome up withBput up withClined up withDcaught up with12He was offered a position at the local church school, _ he went to the Cambridge.Aafter whenBsince whichCafter whichDsince when13The British government published an official policy document _ its plans to brin
7、g the UK out of the European Union.Aletting out Bputting outCsetting out Dworking out14Once published, the novel was a(n) success and was soon translated into nine foreign languages.Aoccasional BinstantCconstant Dindividual15Peter survived in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He _ escap
8、ed drowning.AnearlyBslightlyCnarrowlyDhardly16The Internet is so much a part of our culture that it affects our lives by acting as a _ for face-to-face contacts.Apreference BmotivationCsubstitute Dguideline17I ve heard that preparations_for the coming festival. Lets give them a hand.Aare being madeB
9、have been madeCare makingDhave made18 How would you like your tea? _.AVeryquickly BAsitcomes,please CVerymuch DIdontliketea19Scientists have introduced a new model of 3D printer, _ differs from the existing ones in certain aspects.AasBwhichCwhoDthat20Many thought that after starring in the immensely
10、 popular drama, Nirvana in Fire, Hu Ge would _ and actively seek new roles.Amake a mountain out of a molehillBhave too many irons in the fireCstrike while the iron is hotDDput the cart before the horse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） Allan Guei, 18, was a star basketball playe
11、r at Compton High School in the Los Angeles area before he graduated last month. His good grades made him eligible for an unusual competition: A free-throw contest in the Compton High gymnasium. The top prize: 40,000 in scholarship money.Guei, whose parents immigrated to the United States from the I
12、vory Coast, knew how much that financial aid could mean for his family. He was also feeling a fair share of pressure as students and teachers crushed into the gym to watch Guei and seven other randomly compete against each other.Guei won the free-throw contest by one basket and netted the 40,000. Bu
13、t its what he did next thats truly astonishing.In the weeks following the March free-throw competition, Guei learned that hed scored a full-ride basketball scholarship to California State University-Northridge. NCAA(全国大学生体育协会)rules allowed Guei to accept the athletic scholarship and also keep most o
14、f the 40,000 he had won.But Guei couldnt stop thinking about the seven talented runners-up from the free-throw contest. They, too, had dreams and very real needs. So, he asked Principal Jesse Jones to make a surprise announcement at Compton Highs graduation ceremony: Geui wanted to donate the 40,000
15、 to the other seven students.“Ive already been blessed so much and I know were living with a bad economy, so I know this money can really help my classmates,” Guei said in a statement. “It was the right decision.”Guei elaborated on his decision to give the money away in an interview with ESPN(体育电视网): “I wa
