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）1When it comes to in public, no one can match him.AspeakBspeakingCbeing spokenDbe spoken2The traffic is heavy these days
2、. I arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place?AcanBmustCneedDmight3While watching television, _.Athe doorbell rangBwe heard the doorbell ringCthere was someone knocking at the doorDthe doorbell was ringing4Since the match is over, we can _by travelling and stop thinking about basketball.Adive
3、in Bswitch offCpull out Dsplit up5After having some alcohol, drivers tend to speed when passing streets with less people.Apull upBput upCrise upDpick up6But for your help, I _ the work on time. I really do not know how I can thank you enough.Awouldnt finishBhadnt finishedCwouldnt have finishedDwont
4、have finished7How long do you think it will be_the Stock Market returns to normal?At least one year, I guess.AwhenBbeforeCuntilDthat8I _ about w hat youve said and Ive decided to take your advice.AthoughtBhave been thinkingCwas thinkingDhad thought9Are you doing your homework？No, Im writing a short
5、playIt _ at the Christmas partyAwill be put onBwill put onCputs onDis put on10It is clearly stated that these regulations _ everyone in the community, without exception.Aappeal toBadapt toCapply toDattach to11The possibility that Frank was lying _ through my mind.AswallowedBmaskedCflashed12The probl
6、em lies in_ were now giving him a fish, not teaching him how to fish.AwhatBthatCwhichDif13-Mom, I have passed the admission examinations! - _! AGood for you BGood luck CCheer up DGo ahead14She is a strong-willed woman and not once _ in to any difficulty in her life.Ashe has givenBdid she giveCshe ga
7、veDhas she given15Look! Mary is crazily looking for something again! _ , she cant find her keys.ATypicallyBOccasionallyCAccordinglyDParticularly16_ on February 5, 2019, the Wandering Earth soon became a great hit.AReleasingBBeing releasedCReleasedDTo release17I was on a business trip then, otherwise
8、 I _ to the hospital for tests.AwentBhad goneCwould have goneDwould go18I _ able to catch the first flight home, but my watch betrayed me.AwereBhad beenCwould beDwould have been19_ some leaders and scientists have praised Chinas achievement in space technology, others regard Chinas progress as a thr
9、eat.AUnlessBOnceCEven thoughDNow that20When tension _ in a relationship between two people, a frequent way of dealing with this is to send messages through a third person.AarousesBarisesCrisesDraises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）Born in 1995 or later, a lot of Gen Z-ers are
10、entering into adulthood and will soon join the workforce. Having grown up with the Internet, they are said to be “tech-savvy” and mad about social media.They live in a more tolerant ear when gay marriage is being legalized in more and more societies. But theyve also witnessed the rise of global terr
11、orism.Most people will agree that the single biggest difference between Gen Z and other generations is how connected they are. This is a group of people who were hooked up to social media as soon as they were born. Social media have changed the way Gen Z-ers interact with each other and how they get
12、 and process information. “We are the first true digital natives,” Hannah Payne, an 18-year-old UCLA student and lifestyle blogger, was quoted by The New York Times as saying. “I can almost at the same instant create a document, edit it, post a photo on Instagram and talk on the phone, all fro the u
13、ser-friendly interface of my iPhone.”“Gen Z takes in information instantaneously,” she added, “and loses interest just as fast.”Gen Z-ers may have a shorter attention span than a goldfish, but they are conscientious(认真尽责的)and civic-minded(有公德心的). They are entered their adulthood, accompanied by the
14、economic downturn and global terrorism and they have their eyes open from the very beginning.The Guardian also notes that young people in the UK are becoming more active in politics. According to a British Election Study that is cited by the newspaper, an estimated 58 percent of 18-to-24-year-old vo
15、ted in the 2015 general election in the UK, a significant jump from the 38 percent turnout among the same age group in 2005.Voting is just one way of making ones voice heard. The European Commission has found that “young people regard voting as one option among many, and they show their political engagement in many different, issue-specific ways that c