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）1This course is of great interest to students, _ to improve their writing skills.Ahope Bto hopeChoping Dhoped2. I was e
2、mbarrassed to admit that yesterday I _ a serious error.AactedBcommittedCperformedDcompleted3Do you feel like going to the cinema tonight?Sorry, I m so tiredI _an early nightAhaveBam havingChave hadDhad4Bob made a promise to the manager _ the work would all be finished on time.AthatBwhatCwhichDwhethe
3、r5prlfessor, do you have something at this moment?No,thanks.Illcall you if there is any.AtypingBtypedCto typeDto be typed6I _ tell you with certainty that he wont be able to finish it before the deadline. Awill Bmust Ccan Dmay7Whether something is alive or dead is a crucial _ and it is one that chil
4、dren have no difficulty understanding by the age of five.AdeclarationBdistinctionCdivisionDdistribution8All the dishes in this menu， _ otherwise stated， will serve two to three people.AasBifCthoughDunless9The palace is heavily guarded, because inside its walls _.Awhere sit the European leadersBthe E
5、uropean leaders there sitCsit the European leadersDthat the European leaders sit10He is very tired，so he needs some time _ duty for relaxation and rest.AthroughBonCwithDoff11The following_ chosen as the candidates of the competition.AisBareChasDhave12Irene, do you really want to go out?It may rain.
6、_, I will go out; I dont mind the rain.AAnyhowBOtherwiseCSomehowDTherefore13There is _ as a free dinner in this world. As the saying goes, “No pains, no gains.”Ano such a good thingBsuch no good thingCno such good thingDnot so a good thing14There is a real possibility that these animals could be fri
7、ghtened, _ a sudden loud noise.Abeing thereBshould there beCthere wasDthere having been15The project is far behind schedule. Its impossible for you to _ it in a week.Acatch uponBlive up toCadd up toDhold on to16A survey suggests that the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton _ a great b
8、oost for British economy because a large number of visitors are expected to go.Awill beBhas beenCwasDbe17Meizhou Island is such a beautiful place of interest_ everyone likes to visit.AasBthatCwhichDwhere18Have you heard from Jane recently?No，but I _ her over Christmas.Asaw Bwill be seeingChave seen
9、Dhave been seeing19Is Peter coming?No, he_ his mind after a phone call at the last minute.AchangesBchangedCwas changingDhad changed20- What do you think of zoology? - In my opinion, zoology is _ botany.Aa subject so interesting as Bas a interesting subject asCas interesting a subject as Dinteresting
10、 as a subject as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） People have grown taller over the last century, with South Korean women shooting up by more than 20cm on average, and Iranian men gaining 16.5cm. A global study looked at the average height of 18-year-olds in 200 countries 1914
11、and 2014. The results show that while Swedes were the tallest people in the world in 1914, Dutch men have risen from l2th place to claim top spot with an average height of 182.5cm. Larvian women, meanwhile, rose from 28th place in 1914 to become the tallest in the world a century later, with an aver
12、age height of 11.8cm. James Bentham, a co-author of the research says the global trend is likely but once you average over whole populations, genetics plays a less key role, he added.But while height has increased around the world, the trend in many countries of north and sub-Saharan Africa causes c
13、oncern, says Elio Riboli of Imperial College. While height increased in Uganda and Niger during the early 20th century, the trend has reversed in recent years, with height decreasing among 18-year-olds.One reason for these decreases in height is the economic situation in the 1980s, said Professor Al
14、exander. The nutritional and health problems that followed the policy of structural adjustment, he says, led to many children and teenagers failing to reach their full potential in terms of height.Bentham believes the global trend of increasing height has important implications. How tall we are now
15、is strongly influenced by the environment we grew up in, he said. If we give children the best possible start in life now, they will be healthier and more productive for decades to come.1、What can be learned from Paragraph I?AThe increase in womens height is much bigger than mens in the last century.BThe l
