1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项:1答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。2答题时请按要求用笔。3请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。4作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。5保持卡面清洁，不要折暴、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1According to my mother, it is a good idea to have some chicken soup when you have a
2、cold_, scientists agree with herASooner or later BOnce in a whileCBelieve it or not DTo be exact2We all agree that it is good to help those in need, but when _ comes to giving away our money, things become strange.AthatBthisCitDone3Jenny nearly missed the flight _doing too much shopping.Aas a result
3、 ofBon top ofCin front ofDin need of4This film is very with young people, which tells a really romantic story.Afamiliar BpopularCsimilar Dparticular5The kitchen is often the busiest room in a household, so its important to make sure it well.AsmoothesBfunctionsCpaysDmeasures6I wish I _ at my sisters
4、wedding last Tuesday, but I was on a business trip in New York then.Awill beBwould beChave beenDhad been7Why are you so late?The driver couldnt see clearly because of the fog_, the road was too icyAThereforeBOtherwiseCHoweverDBesides8She is quite_to office work. You had better offer her some suggest
5、ions when necessary.AfamiliarBsimilarCfreshDsensitive9The little girl _ a foreign language fairly quickly.Apicked upBgot upCstepped upDmade up10Dont give up half way, and you will find the scenery is more beautiful when you reach the destination than when you _.Astart offBhave started offCstarted of
6、fDwill start off11They arrived at the border between Kenya and Tanzania at 2 pm, _ lies a national nature reserve.A what B which C where D when12 How did you like Johns exhibition of paintings last weekend? To tell you the truth, his paintings didnt _ me much.A. refer toBappeal toCbelong toDoccur to
7、13Because of the heavy snow, we had to delay the visit until this weekend to the artgallery _ in the center of our city these days.Abeing heldBholdingCto be heldDheld14Doris Lessing， an author who has had a fascinating life， lived in Iran _ she was five before moving to ZimbabweAunlessBsinceCuntilDa
8、fter15We the sunshine in Sanya now if it were not for the delay of our flight.Awere enjoyingBwould have enjoyedCwould be enjoyingDwill enjoy16The zookeeper was really annoyed with me.How could he have been if you _ stones at the animals?Adidnt throwBdont throwChadnt thrownDhavent thrown17Are you com
9、ing to Jeffs party?Im not sure. I _ go to the concert instead.AmustBwouldCshouldDmight18Lisa wouldnt _ the job any more. She had a big argument with her boss and resigned.Acome up withBkeep up withCmake up withDput up with19I really dont know _ she gets by on such a modest salary.Awhat BwhyChow Dtha
10、t20By the time he realizes the mistake he _，it will be too late for him to do anything about it.Ahas madeBmadeCmakesDwill make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）If you are hungry,what do you do?Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that?Just like your stomach,ev
11、en your mind is hungry.But it never lets you know,because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover,favorite star and many such absurd things.So it silently began to pay careful attention to your needs and never let itself grow.When mind loosens its freedom to grow,creativity gets a full stop
12、.This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?”,“Why cant I think?”,“Why am I always given the difficult problems?”Well this is the result of our own karma（宿命）of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.Hunger of the mind can be actually settled through extensiv
13、e reading.Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood.Just like that to develop other aspects of our life,we have to take help of reading.You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your How to
14、? questions.Once you read a book,you just dont run your eyes through the lines,but even your mind decodes（解码）it and explains it to you.The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas.The same seed if used
15、many times,can help you link and relate a lot of things,of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams! This is nothing lout creativity.The more the number of books you read,the more your mind will open up.Also this improves your speaking skills to a large extent and also makes a significant contribution to your
