1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项1考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。2试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。3考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1The explosion in the chemical plant _ avoided had the county authorities, aiming too much at short-term interests, performed their duties from th
2、e beginning.Ashould beBmight beCmust have beenDcould have been2Many writers are drawn to building a world, _ readers are somewhat familiar with but also feel distant from our normal lives.AitBoneCthatDthe one3The influence of this book might not have been reaching so far, _for Mr. William, who dared
3、 to publish it.A. if had it not beenB is it not beingC had it not been D. its only having been4The zookeeper was really annoyed with me.How could he have been if you _ stones at the animals?Adidnt throwBdont throwChadnt thrownDhavent thrown5Do you like the mobile game Traveling Frog?Yes, the posts a
4、bout the virtual green frog _ over 4 million times.Ahave readBhave been readCwould be readDare reading6As _ healthier lifestyle is being promoted, the bicycle has also become a tool that keeps people on _ go.Athe; aBa; aCa; theDa; /7This was returned because the person _ this letter was addressed ha
5、d died three years ago.Ato whomBto whichCwhichDwhom8The expert points out the phenomenon that cream goes bad faster than butter_ its structure rather than its chemical composition.Alives up toBgets down toCcomes down toDstands up to9 You should have helped your mom wash the dishesI meant But she is
6、always telling me to studyAto doBtoCdoing soDdoing10 Can I pay the bill by check? Sorry, sir. According to the rules of our hotel, the payment _ be made in cash.Ashall BneedCwill Dcan11There are various things on sale, so you can choose _ interests you.AwhoeverBno matter whoCwhateverDno matter what1
7、2I wish you wouldnt be so_； you make faces at everything I say.Aweird Bpolite Creluctant Dserious13As you go through this book, you _ that each of the millions of people who lived through World War II had a different experience.Awill findBfoundChad foundDhave found14He is eager to try something he h
8、as never tried before.Oh, I see. Thats _ hes different from others.Awhen Bwhere Chow Dwhat15These remarkable findings suggest the elephants have _ a memory capacity to make distinctions between human voices.Abuilt upBpacked upCbrought upDtook up16Not until he went abroad to further his study_ the im
9、portance of English.Ahas he found B he has found Cdid he find D he had found17The coat I bought yesterday is not expensive at all. As a matter of fact, I would gladly have paid _ for it.Aas much twiceBmuch as twiceCas twice muchDtwice as much18David didnt attend his daughters graduation ceremony, bu
10、t he does wish he there.Ashould beBwould beChad beenDwere19I 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 talking20Some people use hand-written letters _ typing because theyre more personal and represent
11、your sincerity.Ain preference to Bin process of Cin reference with Din search of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）Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making it possible for companies to monitor workers behavior in great detail and in real time. Start to slack off (懈怠), and AI could
12、talk to your boss.One company offering such services is London-based start-up Status Today. Its AI platform relies on a regular supply of employee data, including everything from the files you access to when you use a key card. From this, it builds a picture of how employees normally function and si
13、gnals any unusual performance. The idea is to spot when someone might become a security risk by doing something different from their usual behavioral patterns. “All of this gives us fingerprint of a user, so if we think the fingerprint doesnt match, we raise a warning”, says Mircea Dumitrescu, the c
14、ompanys chief technology officer.The system also aims to catch employee actions that could accidentally cause a security breach (漏洞), like opening malware (恶意软件).“Were not monitoring if your computer has a virus.” says Dumitrescu. “Were monitoring human behaviors.”But catching the security breach me
15、ans monitoring everyone, and the AI can also be used to track employee productivity. “It seems like they are just using the reputation of AI to give an air of lawfulness to old-fashioned workplace surveillance (监视),” says Javier Ruiz Diaz of digital campaigning organization the Open Rights Group. “Y