1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请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）1Halfway through the chapter _ I didnt take anything in.Adid I realizeBhad I realizedCI realizedDI would realize2After t
2、he argument Colin ran away and_since.AIsnt heard ofBwasnt heard ofChasnt been heard ofDhadnt been heard of3Highspeed trains which travel through my hometown _ up to 250 km per hour make it a small world.AwithBagainstCatDover4Did you take sides when Mom and Dad were arguing again?No. Ive learned that
3、 its best _ until it blows over.Ato call it a day Bto pull their legsCto sit on the fence Dto wash my hands off5I think you could complain, _, of course, you are happy with the way thing s are.AunlessBthatCwhichDwhere6After receiving the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Anne Benedict went on all t
4、he people who had helped in her career.Ato thankBthankingChaving thankedDto have thanked7Efforts will be made to_ new teaching models to exploit the students potential.Aaccelerate BinnovateCdifferentiate Dcompile8I am searching one online shopping site after another for a computer.So _I before I dec
5、ided to buy a new camera.AhadBhaveCamDwould9Mr. Green was very famous when he lived there. There is _ to be someone in this district who remembers him.AcontentBopposedCboundDrestricted10 What was wrong? Why didnt you go to the picnic as scheduled? Im sorry. I _ a seriously-injured old man to the hos
6、pital.Awould deliver BdeliveredChad delivered Dwas delivering11The couple was initially looking forward to having an overseas wedding but had to drop the idea after facing _ from parents.ArecognitionBtolerationCoppositionDproportion12What about asking these new graduates to take on the task?I m afra
7、id notWhile they are energetic and ambitious, _ of them seems to be suitable for this demanding jobAno oneBeveryoneCnoneDfew13_ in the last examination, she was more confident of another success in the coming one.ATo succeedBTo have succeededCHaving succeededDsucceeding14It was when she first arrive
8、d in China _ she developed a passion for paper-cutting.AwhereBthatChowDwhy15The style of the campus is quite different from _ of most Chinese universities where visitors were amazed by the complex architectural space and abundant building types.AthatBoneCthe oneDthose16 Can you tell me something abo
9、ut _ science. OK. _ Nobel Prize in Chemistry is usually awarded to Americans.Athe; TheB/; TheCa; /Dthe; /17Experts warn that medical waste from hospitals, if _properly, may lead to spreading diseases.Anot handledBnot being handledCnot to be handledDnot having handled18You should first explore your t
10、alents and get to know yourself so as to make a list of _ you think your real interests lie.Athat BwhatCwhere Dhow19For a third-culture kid,it is often easier to a new foreign country than to their home country.Amoving Bto move Cmove Dmoved20There are a lot of signs men are more likely to have heart
11、 attacks than women.Aindicate Bto indicate Cindicated Dindicating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 started my journey at the Cadillac House, drove out of the city and got on the 1-95 toward Washington, DC. Its about a four-hour drive.As soon as I jumped on the highway, I sped
12、up to about 70 miles per hour and entered standard cruise control. A small indicator on the instrument panel(仪表盘) showed the car was ready to engage self-driving mode. I pushed a button on the steering wheel to begin, initiating Super Cruise mode.A green light bar at the top of my steering wheel sho
13、wed that Super Cruise was on. There were no shake, no sudden speed changes or anything like that. The car remained perfectly steady. It uses a combination of cameras, radar sensors, and GPS to find the center of the lane. The car found it like a train on a track.I had to admit that I was little worr
14、ied about letting the car take over at first. I kept my hands near the wheel and my eyes locked on the road. After about ten minutes, I finally started to trust the cars judgment. It soon became clear that it could easily drive itself in light traffic, braking when necessary and keeping a steady spe
15、ed.Then we hit a bottleneck. There was a standstill traffic outside of Baltimore, and things could have easily gone wrong, but this is where Super Cruise really shined. The vehicle came to a complete stop to avoid crashing into traffic, then sped up when cars started moving again. It was impressive as well, and something t