1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷请考生注意：1请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用05毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。2答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项，按规定答题。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1The young man has _ experience. He probably cant do that job.AfewBlittleCsomeDany2She then took the little key, and opened it, trembling, but could
2、not at first see anything _, because the windows were shut.Aplainly Bclosely Cfirmly Dfrequently3 Class Two, our class became the Basketball Champion of our school.ABeatingBto beatCBeaten byDHaving beaten4The young man, _ in heavy traffic on the way, got home an hour later than usual.AcatchingBcaugh
3、t.Chaving caughtDto be caught5A study suggests reducing energy demand in the future may _ urban areas.Thats true. Cities need more energy than small towns or other rural areas.Acatch on Bact onChang on Dcenter on6Taking targeted measures to help people lift themselves out of poverty, _has been predi
4、cted, is fruitful.Awhat BwhichCas Dthat7In the forest, sound is the best means of communication over distance _ in comparison with light, it wont be blocked by trees when travelling.Awhile BbecauseCwhen Dthough8Have you got these jeans in _ larger size? This pair is a bit too small around _ waist.Aa
5、; theB/; theCthe; /Da; a9My teacher asked me to copy _ article _ second timeAan; the Ban; a Cthe; a Dthe; the10-Do you think Peter is a good partner?- Not really! There are some things that are not easy to _ , and his laziness is one.Aput aside Bput up withCthink of Dget along with11The house _ I li
6、ve in is very small.A that B whom C when D what12The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally .Apulled outBpulled throughCpulled upDpulled over13Its so humid these days!Dont worry! The rain _ to stop from tomorrow.Awill expect BexpectsCwill be expected Dis expected14It was t
7、he natural disaster, rather than human errors, that _ for the death of so many innocent people.Aare blamedBwas to blameCwas blamedDwere to blame15Im tired out. I cant run any further, Tom. _! Mike. Im sure you can do it.ACome onBNo hurryCNo problemDWell done16The science competition is a good opport
8、unity to show students _ creativity can add new value to their school life.AwhereBwhetherChowDwhen17What a pity! _joined in the party, I would have met my old friendAlf I have BHad I CI had DHave I18What did she want to know, Tom?She wondered we could complete the experimentAwhen was it thatBit was
9、when thatCit was whenDwhen it was that19The government is to _ the technologies to the full in the structural transformation of the economy.Aadapt BexposeCexploit Dattach20Police have found _ appears to be the lost ancient statue.AwhichBwhereChowDwhat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。
10、21（6分） Acting is the least mysterious of all crafts, Marion Brando once said. But for scientists, working out what is going on in an actors head has always been something of a puzzle.Now, researchers have said actors show different patterns of brain activity depending on whether they are in characte
11、r or not.Dr Steven Brown, from McMaster University in Canada, said, It looks like when you are acting, you are suppressing (压制) yourself; almost like the character is possessing you.Brown and colleagues report how 15 actors, mainly theatre students, were trained to take on a Shakespeare role either
12、Romeo or Juliet in a theatre workshop. They were then invited into the laboratory, where their brains were scanned in a series of experiments.Once inside the MRI scanner, the actors were asked to answer a number of questions, such as: would they go to the party? And would they tell their parents tha
13、t they had fallen in love?Each actor was asked to respond to different questions, based on two different premises (前提). In one, they were asked for their own perspective, while in the other, they were asked to respond as though they were either Romeo or Juliet.The results revealed that the brain act
14、ivity differed depending on the situation being tested. The team found that when the actors were in character, they use some third-person knowledge or inferences about their character.The team said they also found additional reduction in activity in two regions of the prefrontal cortex (前额皮质) linked to the sense of self, compared with when the actors were responding as themselves.However, Philip Davis, a professor at the University of Liverpool, was unimpressed by the research, saying acting is about far more than pretending to be someone it i