1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项:1答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。2答题时请按要求用笔。3请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。4作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。5保持卡面清洁，不要折暴、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Time is pressingYou cannot start your task _ soonAtooBveryCsoDas2Nobody knows why th
2、e boy can tell whats written on the paper in another room without looking at it. It really _ explanation.ApreventsBchallengesCinterruptsDconfuses3I will give you some articles which you can when you write the report.Arefer toBapply toClead toDtalk to4A good suitcase is essential for someone who is_a
3、s much as Jackie is.Aon the rise Bon the lineCon the spot Don the run5Father made a promise_ I did well in the entrance exam, he would take me to Hong Kong in the summer vacation.Aif thatBifCthat ifDthat6When caught _ in the exam, he begged for the teachers pardon and tried _ punishment.Acheating; e
4、scaping Bto be cheating; to escapeCcheating; to escape Dto be cheating; escaping7When I was twenty, I had to_ before graduation and work in a clothes shop to help support my family.Acome outBstay outCleave outDdrop out8_naturally by the skin when exposed to sunlight, Vitamin D is needed for healthy
5、bones, teeth and muscles.AMakingBTo makeCMadeDMake9I was ill that day, otherwise I _the sports meet.Atook part inBwould have taken part inChad taken part inDwould take part in10Creating an atmosphere _ employees feel part of a team is a big challenge.AwhereBwhoseCthatDwhich11I am afraid this pair of
6、 shoes is a little expensiveIf you really want to buy them, I will give you a _ of 10 percentAquantityBamountCdiscountDaccount12Philips won 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games, _astonished the world.AthatBwhichCwhatDwho13Dont leave matches or cigarettes on the table within _ of children.Astre
7、tchBexpandCreachDextend14I say, Harry. What did you say to the laid-off worker just now?Nothing. I to myself.Ahad only talkedBam only talkingChave just talkedDwas just talking15Although the situation was tough during the economic crisis now things are beginning to _.Alook upBkeep upCset upDbuild up1
8、6After the fire，_ would otherwise be a cultural center is now reduced to a pile of ashes.AthatBitCwhatDwhich17The lecture about 3D technology was very interesting.Its a pity. How I wish I _ time to attend it.AhadBhaveChad hadDhave had18This football player was accused of taking money for not scoring
9、 goals _.Aby chanceBon endCin turnDon purpose19I spend two weeks in Beijing last year.Then you must have visited the Great Wall during your stay, _ you?AmustntBdidntChaventDhadnt20_ you have seen he is poor, you should understand why he has to take up two part-time jobs.AAs long asBUnlessCNow thatDW
10、hile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） I have had a lifelong fascinationcall it obsession if you likewith communication， with making links to other places， other cultures， other worlds The roots of this obsession have often puzzled me I am notnever have beena gregarious person Q
11、uite the opposite， I was a solitary child and my classmates at school and university always thought of me as a loner I was never crazy about the noisy solidarity of social gatherings So why was I possessed of a desire to make contact with distant places？It can partly be explained by the start I had
12、in life I grew up on what seemed at the time like the edge of the worldin a remote part of rural Ireland， in a household with few books or magazines， and no television Foreign travel was unheard of Apart from those who emigrated to Great Britain or the United States， virtually nobody we knew had eve
13、r been abroad Nobody ever went overseas on holiday， and no foreign languages were taught in the schools I attendedwith the exception of Latin We lived in a closed society that thought of itself as selfsufficientThere was however one chink of light in the suffocating gloomthe radio， which we called t
14、he wireless It was， by modern standards， a huge apparatus powered by valveswhich is why it took some time to warm upand a magic eye tuning indicatora greenish glass circle that winked at you as the signal waxed or waned The best thing about our wireless， though， was that it had a shortwave band This
15、 was the source of endless fascination to me， because it meant that even with this primitive device one could listen to the world At first I couldnt understand how it worked Why was reception so much better at night？ Why was it so infuriatingly variable？ I asked my father， who looked evasive and just said i