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）1It is believed that many more popular terms _ on the Internet this year.Awill be createdBhave createdCare createdDare
2、creating2We had wanted to surprise Father with a birthday gift, but my sister _ by asking him what he would like.Alicked her lips Bate her wordsCspilt the beans Dpulled his leg3- Do you know what Tom does all day ?- I know he spends at least as much time watching TV as he _his lessons.Ais doingBdoes
3、Cspends to doDdoes doing4He used to study in a village school, _was rebuilt two years ago.AwhichBthatCwhereDwhose5The house caught fire last week, with little of the original building _.Aremain Bremained Cremains Dremaining6I believed him to be honest but his actions showed that he had _.Athe top do
4、g Bthe feet of clayChis cup of tea Dthe apple of his eye7I got beaten in the first round in the contest. I am feeling depressed.Cheer up! You have to _ yourself _ to have the last laugh.Aopen; up Bpick; up Cknock; up Ddo; up8_the fierce competition in job seeking, many university graduates have no c
5、hoice but to reduce their own demand for the salary.AFaced BFacingCTo face DHaving faced9If it _ earlier, the printing machine would not have broken downAhas been repairedBis repairedChad been repairedDwas repaired10I _ about what youve said and Ive decided to take your adviceAthought Bhave been thi
6、nkingCwas thinking Dwas thinking11Nicholas was very kind, merciful and generous. This is _ Father Christmas is based on.AwhereBhowCwhatDwhy12Check your paper carefully to see _ you have made any mistakes.AwhatBwhichCwhetherDthat13Days later, my brother called to say he was all right, but _say where
7、he was.AmustntBshouldntCwouldntDmightnt14By the end of last week,600 people from 50 countries to attend the meeting，with nearly half coming from the United States，Germany and Britain.Ahad registered Bhave registeredCregistered Dwere registered15 Linda hasnt shown up yet. Its strange. She _.AcouldBmi
8、ghtCmust haveDshould have16Enter our prize _and win a break in a National Trust holiday cottage of your choice anywhere in the country.AdrawBsearchCmatchDcollection17Have you seen Jiang Wens movieLet the Bullets Flyrecently?Yes. I it twice last week, At home and in the theatre.Ahad enjoyedBenjoyedCh
9、ave enjoyedDwas enjoying18He has written two articles for the journal，one to be published in this issue，the other to_ in the next.Aturn outBcome outCbring out.Dleave out19He switched off the light and was about to leave the classroom and only then_ to rain heavily.Ait began Bit beginsCdoes it begin
10、Ddid it begin20 F/ friendships fade away if there isnt _good balance between the give and the takeAThe;/B/;aCThe; aD/;the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）In his book The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, the Canadian author Malcolm Gladwell explains ho
11、w a trend can take many forms. It can be a general change in social behaviour, an idea or a fashion. However, why do some trends catch on and others not? What makes one particular brand of training shoes suddenly become the must-have product? How do people find out about trends and what makes people
12、 want to buy into them? Is it simply a question of keeping up with other people?In his new work, Gladwell explore the moment when something becomes common and how products, ideas, messages and forms of behaviour spread. He looks at the reasons why trends are similar in the way they develop to outbre
13、aks of disease, or medical epidemics （流行病）.Epidemics, like trends, start in a very small way, maybe from a single person with a virus then spread very quickly until they take over the population and appear to be everywhere. Eventually, they will slow down gradually or die out suddenly. Gladwell show
14、s how these changes happen not gradually but at one sudden moment.Gladwell identifies three types of people who are influential in the development of these kinds of social epidemics:Connectors are people in a community who have wide social circles. They know a lot of people and like to introduce people to each other. The people they know often come from a variety of social, cultural, professional and economic circles.Mavens are people with a lot of knowledge or experts in a particular field. They wish to pass on their knowledge to others. Mavens collect and gather information so are the fi
