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）1The traffic is heavy these days. I arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place?AcanBmustCneedDmight2Jenny, how was
2、 your trip to Beijing?Oh, I missed it. I wish I _ my vacation there.Aam spending Bwill spend Chave spent Dhad spent3The online shopkeeper has made an apology for his rude behavior.OK. If youre still not satisfied, you can _ compensation.AclaimBaffordCsacrificeDdismiss4. Jenny was sad over the loss o
3、f the photos she shot in Canada, _ this was a memory she especially treasured.AifBwhenCasDwhere5Quantities of soil _ in the area, resulting in the increasing number of natural disasters.Ais washed away Bhave washed awayChave washed away Dhave been washed away6_ such a problem before, we handled the
4、situation very well this time.ADeal withBDealing withCTo deal withDHaving dealt with7The popularity of government posts has dropped in recent years, though the civil service jobs are still favored by the Chinese as they offer a _ stable career.ArelativelyBregularlyCroughlyDrigidly8Generally speaking
5、, _according to the directions, the medicine has no side effect. Awhen taken Bwhen taking Cwhen to take Dwhen to be taken9Anyway, were here now, so lets _ some serious work.Acome up withBget down toCdo away withDlive up to10What is your main reason for choosing one restaurant another?Aover BofCfrom
6、Dfor11They will run an after-class club _ kids can have fun and learnhow to protect themselves.AthatBwhenCwhereDwhat12In this movie going season, women are driving ticket sales to a degree ,if ever, seen before.AreallyBfrequentlyCrarelyDnever13If you, the special one in the world, want to show your
7、_ personality, this T-shirt is exactly what you are looking for.AcalmBuniqueCstraightDconstant14 I am worn out. Me too, all work and no play. So its time to _.Aburn the midnight oil Bpush the limitsCgo with the flow Dcall it a day15It was when she first arrived in China _ she developed a passion for
8、 paper-cutting.AwhereBthatChowDwhy16 Thank you very much for giving me a hand when I was in trouble. Dont mention it. I only did what anyone else _ in my place.Amust doBcould have doneCwould doDcan have done17Hardly ever _ so many choices for young people entering the workforce as there are today.At
9、here areBthere have beenChave there beenDare there18I think you could complain, _, of course, you are happy with the way thing s are.AunlessBthatCwhichDwhere19-Can you help me with my English homework? Youre a genius.-_, but Ill try to help you. Whats your problem?AFar from itBSounds goodCBy all mea
10、nsDIts out of question20- I prefer a computer made in your company, but I may need some more information about the product.- _.AThank youBIts a pleasureCYou are welcomeDAt your service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）Our neighbor said the storm lasted four minutes. The town hou
11、ses are destroyed or damaged. Amazingly, none of us were severely injured.On the day the tornado hit, there was no indication that severe weather was on its way. The first alert my husband, Jimmy, 67, and I, 65, got came around 9 p.m., from some rolling text on the TV Jimmy was watching. He ran upst
12、airs to find me in our third-floor bedroom, and we changed the channel to our local Pensacola, Florida, station.No sooner had we found coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. The bones of the house shook, and the power went out. We had three flights of steps to get to the relatively safe c
13、loset down on the first floor.As we reached the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. Suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch whipped through the doorframe. It flew over our heads, missing us by inches. Had we been one step up, it would have stuck through us.Finally, Jimmy pushed me down to
14、 the closet floor, but he couldnt get inside himself because of the wind. I grasped Jimmys arm as the tornado sucked the door open and tried to bring Jimmy with it. My knees and scalp(头皮) were full of glass, but in that moment, I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out the ba
15、ck of the house and into the bay.All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet like people in tornadoes do in the movies. I thought he was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his feet. In those first quiet moments, I couldnt believe it was over.1、How was the old couple aware of the tornado?AThey learn