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）1Its _ me why Alice gave up her job and got married.AunderBaboveCoverDbeyond2It is beyond awkward when everyone ar
2、ound you _ laughing at a joke that you do not find funny, especially if its a joke told in a foreign language.Arun intoBbursts outCyells outDfalls into3 for years of hard training, she would not be standing on the stage, receiving huge cheers and applause.AIt were notBIt had not beenCWere it notDHad
3、 it not been.4 more about the place where you live,and you will shoulder more responsibility to protect itALearning BTo learn CLearn DLearned5- Have you heard that they are working around the clock to compete for the prize?- Dont worry. We are ready to the challenge.Abuild upBtake upCstick toDlead t
4、o6I was on a business trip then, otherwise I _ to the hospital for tests.AwentBhad goneCwould have goneDwould go7Peter survived in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He _ escaped drowning.AnearlyBslightlyCnarrowlyDhardly8They carry out _ checks on milk products to make sure that they are
5、 of high quality.Acommon BnaturalCordinary Dregular9There a slight decrease in his weight but he eats too much.AwasBcould have beenChad beenDcould be10If you see things in a negative light, you will find faults everywhere and problems where there are really _Anone BsomeCmany Dnothing11I wonder why t
6、he thinnest plastics bags, though _ , are still in use here.Well, its no easy job to solve this problem effectively.AbanningBbannedCto banDhaving banned12The main issue at the APEC meeting was a climate-change plan _ by Australias Howard and backed by Bush.Aput outBput offCput awayDput forward13- Do
7、 you think I should join the singing group, Mary?- _ If I were in your shoes, I certainly would.ANone of your business BIt depends.CWhy not? DI dont think so.14It was the belief _ he could find his “root” in Africa _ made Alex decide to go to Gambia.Athat; whereBwhere; thatCthat; thatDhow; which15Th
8、e Party could have stated _ their policy was on this matter, but the voters only received a very dusty answer.AwhyBwhenCwhetherDwhat16Sometimes we have to face embarrassing moments _ we can only keep silent.AwhoBwhichCwhenDwhy17_ anyone phone during the board meeting, please tell them I am busy.ASho
9、uldBWillCMayDCan18The teacher often gives his students a brief pause in class _ they can take in what he has taught.AwhyBwhenCwhoDwhich19Criticized as online games are, they never fail to _ a large number of teenagersAappeal toBobject toCrefer toDturn to20Ann said whenever her father was unhappy he
10、_ go out and buy something, usually something large and useless.AshouldBcouldCwouldDmight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）Since 2013, Torobo, a robotic arm designed to test the limits of artificial intelligence. has had one ambitionto be admitted to the University of Tokyo. How
11、ever, it has repeatedly failed. This year was no exception.In early November Torobo took an exam to prepare for an all-important standardized test. While Torobos total score of 525 out of 950 was 14 points higher than in 2015，its standard score of 57.1% was slightly lower, because human students did
12、 better in the 2016 test.Though the score，which is higher than the national average, is enough to get the robot admitted to many other famous Japanese universities, it falls short of the minimum required for the University of Tokyo.A closer analysis of the results showed that Torobos newly programme
13、d ability to solve complex physics problems helped increase its year-over-year physics score from 46. 5% to 59%. The robot also dug deep into its database of information from textbooks and websites to obtain an impressive 66.3% in world history. The average 60% scores acquired in the two math sectio
14、ns, were not too shabby either.But，while Torobo is able to handle knowledge-based questions and ones involving complex mathematical calculations, it has a hard time thinking independently. As a result, the robot is unable to fully understand multiple sentences and phrases to arrive at the logical co
15、nclusions required in the English language tests. This weakness was reflected in the weak oral and writing scores, which came in at 36.2% and 50.5% , respectively.Fortunately, after four tiring years, the robots creators have decided to free Torobo from its annual test-taking suffering, the research team will instead focus on improving the