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）1Martin Luther King, Jr. put it that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means _we arrive at that go
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3、 didnt mean you.Ahurting Bto hurt Churt Dhaving hurt5I am wondering how it _ that you did so much work within such a short time.Aheld upBcame aboutCgave awayDcalled for6A lot of food as well as some tents _to Yushu since the earthquake occurred.Ahas been transportedBhave been transportedCis being tr
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9、g with difficulties in the experiment. I can hardly go on.Where there are difficulties, there are ways to get over them. _ASuit yourself.BGood for youCPull yourself together!DWhats the deal?18The creation can keep people away from their smart phones in a way similar to _ ecigarettes have allowed peo
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11、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） Hotshot jet pilots are no match for cliff swallows. The birds rocket over bridges and skim over lakes, rushing forward at accelerations that would knock an Air Force. By tracking these contests with high-speed cameras, a new study gives the first, in
12、-depth peek into avian aerodynamics (鸟类空气力学) in the wild. “The findings may even provide insight into how to design better micro air vehicles-tiny drones. This technology will be brilliantly useful,” says biomechanics expert Jim Usherwood of the United Kingdoms Royal Veterinary College in Hatfield.
13、“High-resolution field studies like this have never been done before for birds.”For cliff swallows, the trouble starts when they return from wintering in South America to their summer homes in North America. After arrival, they seek out their old mud nestsusually located under concrete bridges and f
14、reeways-and start rebuilding their homes. But rather than hunt down a fresh supply of mud, some swallows prefer stealing supplies from their more hardworking neighbors. Others take things further and will even lay an egg or two in their neighbors nest before taking off.Battles in the air follow if the invaders are caught in the act, and a new study takes advantage of these fights to learn how birds perform high-speed maneuvers (演习). The team placed three cameras along a North Carolina lake crossed by a highway bridge that houses several cliff swallow nests and waited for the battles to commen