1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1I thought it hard to complete the project then, but I _ my mind.Awill change Bwould changedChave changed Dhad changed2
2、For the Chinese dream _ at an earlier date, we must accelerate the pace of reform and opening up.Abeing realizedBto realizeCrealizingDto be realized3I am at a loss why Mike is always _ every time I meet him. Believe it or not, we used to be best friends.Agiving me the cold shoulder Bmaking my dayCfo
3、llowing suit Dbeating around the bush4You can ask anyone for help. here is willing to lend you a hand.AOneBNo oneCEveryoneDSomeone *5If I _it with my own eyes ,I wouldnt have believed it.Adidnt seeBwerent seeingCwouldnt seeDhadnt seen6That preserved historic village connected to downtown by a highwa
4、y is _ many office workers spend their weekends.AwhatBhowCwhereDwhy7With the number of homecoming overseas students _ up in recent years, the attraction of foreign degree holders has gradually faded.AshotBbeing shotCshootingDto shoot8Although values may be _, its helpful to share them with your part
5、ner for additional support.Aterminal BpersonalCcrucial Dpractical9- How often do you work out? - _, but usually once a week.AHave no idea. BIt depends.CAs usual.DGenerally speaking.10The researchers who study jokes want to find out _ people from different nations and cultures find funny.AwhyBthatCwh
6、atDwhether11-Mr. Johnson has been chosen as the manager of the sales department.-_ he was so excited this morning.ANo chanceBNo wayCNot possibleDNo wonder12 “Drive-ins” have large parking lots _ customers are served in their cars by waitresses.AwhoBwhenCwhichDwhere13Up till now, there has been no sc
7、ientific evidence about _ caused the death of dinosaurs.Awhat is it thatBwhat it was thatCit was whatDwhat is it14She is fed up with sharing a house with others; , she is looking for her own flat.AmoreoverBotherwiseChoweverDtherefore15Thanks for your useful advice; otherwise I _ such rapid progress.
8、Adidnt makeBcouldnt have madeChadnt madeDshouldnt have made16That Was the first time she alone at home during the weekends，bored to death Ahas left Bhas been left Chad left Dhad been left17Working hard is not a _ of great success, but it is among the essential requirements.AsignBsignalCguaranteeDmar
9、k18- They say Philips brother is a billionaire. - _? He wouldnt accept any help from his brother, even if it were offered.AWhat if BWhat for CSo what DForget it19They have leading experts in this field, and thats _ theyve made important progress.A where B why C whether D who20Ouch, mum! A fish bone
10、has stuck in my teeth!_, Lucy. I am coming.A Take your time B Help yourselfC Dont bother D Take it easy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）Silence is unnatural to manHe begins life with a cry and ends it in stillnessIn between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and h
11、e fears silence more than anything elseEven his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silenceIf he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox （
12、喋喋不休的人）He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure （蜡塑人像） The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the bu
13、zzing soundThere are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito （蚊子）But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet personMost buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is
14、 pleasant even to the mindHe would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing -with his neighbors Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish 1:0 talkVery few human beings join in
15、 a conversation in the hope of learning anything newSome of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other peoples ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new, plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotelAt the end of an even
