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）1This is a very interesting book. Ill buy it, _.Ahowever much it may costBno matter how it may costChow much may it costDhowever many it may cost2
2、Even though the way Lin Daiyu expresses her feelings may be _ to a modern audience, it is rooted in her character and makes who she is.Aallergic BforeignCsensitive Dfundamental3He was greatly shocked at Donald Trumps taking office. Never did he expect that the voters _ be so unreasonable.Ashould Bco
3、uldCwould Dmight4A myth is an account of the deeds of a god or supernatural beings, usually expressed in terms of _ thought.AprimaryBcapitalCinitialDprimitive5Sir, Im late because my car broke down on the way._. Ive had enough of your excuses.ACut it outBSuit yourselfCYou cant be seriousDIt makes se
4、nse6These diagrams are especially helpful when we have a concrete problem _ at hand.Abe solved Bto solve Csolved Dbeing solved7For all the failure of his business, he remains optimistic and _ untroubled by his problems.AhopefullyBseeminglyCrarelyDfrequently8The collection, sorting and of historical
5、materials and cultural relics of the May Fourth Movement should be strengthened, President Xi said.AconsiderationBconservationCconstitutionDconstruction9 Joe, what about going to Belgium for our coming holiday? Sorry, honey, I _ on the newly discovered dinosaur site in ArgentinaThere are remains of
6、what is thought to be the largest creature ever to walk the earth.Awas workingBworkCwill be workingDworked10The art historians tried to figure out how the temple _ when built around 15 BCAmight lookBmight have lookedCmust lookDmust have looked11Please _ your ashes before it fails on the carpet.Acut
7、offBknock offCget offDdrop off12Dont give up half way, and you will find the scenery is more beautiful when you reach the destination than when you _.Astart offBhave started offCstarted offDwill start off13He has written two articles for the journal，one to be published in this issue，the other to_ in
8、 the next.Aturn outBcome outCbring out.Dleave out14All the dishes in this menu， _ otherwise stated， will serve two to three people.AasBifCthoughDunless15We all sighed with _ relief when _ plane finally landed safely.Aa; /B/; theCa; aDa; the16Contrary to popular belief, taking a walk immediately afte
9、r meals doesnt _ do good to our health.AnecessarilyBspeciallyCdirectlyDconstantly17. Some people say more but do less _ others do the opposite.AonceBwhenCwhileDas18I would persuade her to make room for you _it be necessary.AcouldBmightCshouldDwould19-It was Sunday today, and I _ up very early. -So y
10、ou really had a good rest.Adidnt need to getBneednt have gotCneednt to getDdont need get20Its too complex, I think_. So wed better make it easier for students to get involvedAThats ridiculousBThats the pointCThats settledDThats all right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） If you
11、live in Washington, DC, or Redwood, Calif., you may have glimpsed a small, boxy robot rolling along a local sidewalk, minding its own business, but attracting the attention of many a curious onlooker. The autonomous machines were part of a pilot program last year by Starship Technologies focused on
12、delivering meals from local restaurants in dozens of cities around the world.“Today, more than ever, people lead a busy and diverse life,” Lex Bayer, Starships CEO, said in a statement online. “The hassle of needing to rearrange your life for a delivery will become a thing of the past. You dont have
13、 to switch your working from home day, reschedule meetings, visit a locker, drive to a post office or contact a deliveryman all because of a missed delivery.”The package delivery service is not available to everyone just yet. The company said its rolling out the service in Milton Keynes, England. Th
14、e wheeled robots have a top speed of 4 mph and can detect obstacles from as far as 30 feet away. “The robot can operate through just about anything,” Nick Handrick, head of operations for Starships DCoffice, told The Washington Posts Maura Judkis last year. “If you had something in the waya stickits
15、 able to climb the edges of a road.”By giving customers control of when deliveries occur, Starship Technologies is offering its service as a way to battle package theft. In its announcement, the company cited statistics from a Wakefield Research Poll for Comcast last year that found that 3 in 10 Americans who