1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷考生须知：1全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。2请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。3保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1If they throw stones at you，dont throw back.Use them to build your own foundation _.Asomehow BanywayCinstead Dnev
2、ertheless2Did Tom go back late last night? No. It was just nine oclock he arrived home.Awhen Bafter Cuntil Dthat3The terrible accident is under investigation.Actually, quicker action _ those workers trapped in the mine.Amight have savedBmust have savedCshould have savedDcould have saved4Bob made a p
3、romise to the manager _ the work would all be finished on time.AthatBwhatCwhichDwhether5- Is it convenient to you if I call you up at 9 oclock tomorrow morning?- Im afraid not. I _ a meeting then.Awill have attendedBwas attendingCwill be attendingDam attending6The people succeeded because they under
4、stood that you cant let your failures _ you you have to let your failures teach you.Adefine BdeclineCqualify Dsimplify7The general secretary stressed that what he had just said was only his _view, not official intentions.AprivateBseparateCpersonalDsingle8 goes up must come down, and gasoline prices
5、are coming down fast in some parts of America.AWhereBWhatCWhichDThat9Do you know why the teacher asks for me?He wants you to _ your absence last night.Aaccount forBcall forCsend forDreach for10Every school into the competition will have a chance to win $2,000 _ of computing equipment.ApriceBworthCva
6、lueDcost11Our dream is to _ a World Cup that makes you, your grandchildren and everyone in football really proud.Astage BchairCfound Dwatch12 You should have come to the party last Saturday evening. It was really fantastic. But a friend an unexpected visit to me.ApaidBhad paidCwould payDhas paid13A
7、firm from New Zealand has revealed a set of robotic legs which they claim will soon allow _ wheelchair-bound people to walk again.AextremelyBpreviouslyCactuallyDeventually14Why do you want a new job _ youve got such a good one already?AthatBwhereCwhichDwhen15Hearing the noise outside, Granny asked m
8、e .Awhat is happeningBwhat was happeningCwhat it was happeningDwhat was it happening16The document film _ next week aims at introducing local cultures to the world.AreleasedBbeing releasedCto be releasedDhaving been released17一Excuse me，sirYou cant enter 0ffice without permission一But the manager is
9、expecting meAthe；aBan；theCthe；不填D不填；不填18Whether the buildings in this area should be pulled down has remained _；people are still looking for other possible solutions.AunchallengedBrelevantCcontroversialDcontradictory19From his expression, I dont think he could have finished his homework last night,
10、_?Acouldnt heBdo ICdid heDhasnt he20 Why didnt you try to finish the composition? I tried to, but _ I could, the bell ran announcing the end of the examination.AuntilBwhenCafterDbefore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） 83-year-old Antonio Vicente has spent the last four decades
11、of his life fighting against the trend. As Brazilian landowners cut down rainforests to make room for profitable plantations(种植园) and cattle grounds, he struggled to bring the jungles of his childhood back to life.“When I was a child, the peasants cut down the trees to make grasslands and charcoal,
12、and the water dried up and did not come back,” he told the reporters, “I thought: Water is valuable, no one makes water and the population will not stop growing. What is going to happen? We are going to run out of water.”With only some donkeys and a small team of hired workers, Antonio Vicente set a
13、bout bringing back the forest to his land. What started out as a weekend hobby soon became a permanent way of life, and Antonio recalls often spending whole days and nights in his young jungle, surrounded by rats and foxes, and eating banana sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Over the last
14、40 years, he has planted an estimated 50,000 trees on his 31-hectare land, which now make up a small but unique area of rainforest, and a haven for wildlife.As the forest grew, the water returned, and Antonio says that there are now over 20 water, sources on his land that were no longer there when he bought it. Then the animals started making a home there, Today, the forest is alive with the sounds of birds and insects living there, and more species are settling in every year.“There are toucans(巨嘴鸟), all kinds of birds, squirrels, lizards, and even the boars are returning,” 83