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）1Two professors at Harvard University published a study of 3,300 new graduates, looking at _ their names had any bearing on their academic perform
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7、doesnt dare toDdares not13Shall we turn to the boss for a longer holiday?Hell probably say no, _ its worth asking.Aso BwhileCunless Dthough14 Hello, I _ to ask if I can book a flight ticket to Hainan tomorrow? Sorry, weve already sold out.Aphone Bwill phoneCam phoning Dhave phoned15If you have a job
8、, _ yourself to it and finally youll succeed.Ado devoteBto devoteCdevotingDdevoted16The affairs of each country should be by its own people.Aelected BsettledCdeveloped Dcontained17What did the doctor say about your injury?She said I should avoid doing too much exercise _ it feels better.Auntil Bsinc
9、eCif Dwhile18Peter survived in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He _ escaped drowning.AnearlyBslightlyCnarrowlyDhardly19The steamboat was fully furnished with life preservers. The passengers might be saved _ accidents.Ain spite ofBinstead ofCin case ofDin place of20Please dont make so
10、loud noiseThe news of the volcanic eruption in Indonesia _and I want to listenAis broadcastBis being broadcastChas been broadcastDhad been broadcast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） Dave Merry and his tools have been through a lot together. The tools helped Dave, now 80, repair
11、 his home in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he and his wife, Annette Merry, lived for 46 years and raised three children. The table saw, the jointer plane, the drill press, and the dozens of other power and hand tools had pride of place in his carefully organized workshop. “I had a whole setup, and it w
12、as beautiful,” says Dave, a retired engineer.But then Annette experienced a stroke(中风) that left her relying on a walker to get around, and the Merrys decided to move into assisted living. Daves workshop was obviously a minor consideration given Annettes condition, but the family knew that giving it
13、 up, on top of everything else, would hurt.It was the Merrys daughter who came up with a possible solution. Shed heard about some people who were setting up a tool librarya nonprofit facility that would lend out tools just as a regular library lends books. Might Dad be interested in donating his?“I
14、said yes,” Dave says.The people creating the St. Paul Tool Library were thrilled. They had expected it would take a year to collect enough tools to make their facility fully functional. Instead it took one day: the day Dave donated his.The librarys founders drove over to the Merrys house and picked
15、everything up themselves. The library is housed in the basement of the American Can Factory. Members pay an annual fee (from $20 to $120) for unlimited tool use and a varying number of visits to the workshop. And they get an extra benefit: Dave Merry. “Almost every time were open, Daves here,” says one