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）1_Wuhu with Shanghai, to be frank, and youll find its more convenient to live in the
2、former.ATo compareBComparingCCompareDCompared2Jenny nearly missed the flight _doing too much shopping.Aas a result ofBon top ofCin front ofDin need of3Do you know our town at all?Surely, this is the third time I _ here.Acame Bcome Chave come Dam coming4The businessman studied the market in his homet
3、own to find the_ for investment.ApotentialBreservationCcriterionDallowance5The infrastructure project has consumed so much money that we cant find any financial support and have to _.Apull outBpull throughCcatch upDcatch on6 Nancy, what classes are you taking this term? _ I want to take two English
4、courses, or maybe Spanish. AWhats up? BIts none of your business. CIve no idea. DIm not sure yet.7The project is far behind schedule. Its impossible for you to _ it in a week.Acatch uponBlive up toCadd up toDhold on to8Shall we put off the experiment till next week?_, I dont think our teacher will b
5、e happy with it.ANever mindBSure, go aheadCYes, better notDId rather not9My wife sometimes _ something she has long been looking for. Thats why she enjoys window shopping.Alooks upBlooks forCpicks upDpicks out10Let Harry play with your toys as well, Clare you must learn to _.AsupportBcareCspareDshar
6、e11 more about the place where you live,and you will shoulder more responsibility to protect itALearning BTo learn CLearn DLearned12He asked _ for the computer.Adid I pay how muchBI paid how muchChow much did I payDhow much I paid13Pandas are _ to the mountains of central China and only about 1,000
7、remain in the wild.A. nativeBsensitiveCrelateDfamiliar14You will have to stay at home all day _ you finish all your homework. Aif Bunless Cwhether Dbecause15The Tang Dynasty is generally regarded as a golden chapter by people worldwide, _ the Chinese civilization influenced many neighboring countrie
8、s.AwhereBwhenCwhichDwho16- Ill pay a visit to Hong Kong. Would you mind keeping an eye on my house?- Not at all. _.AId rather notBId be happyCIve no timeDId like to17According to the companys rule, ones payment is _ the work done, not to the time spent doing it.Ain proportion toBin addition toCin co
9、ntrast toDin regard to18In Beijing, more than 21,100 people _ to donate their bodies by the end of 2017, as the city promoted a body donation campaign from 1999.Ahave applied Bhad appliedCwould have applied Dapplied19Friendship can never be a trade; _, it needs the most thorough and unprofitable con
10、cept.Ain additionBby contrastCin returnDby chance20To be an expert, a beginner needs to go through a series of _ stages.Aintermediate BliberalCoverall Ddemanding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） Everyone knows about straight-A students. We see them frequently in TV situation co
11、medies and in movies like Revenge of the Nerds. They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book. They are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports.How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres?Roman is
12、 on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School. She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics society. For two years she has maintained As in every subject. Melendres，a freshman at the University of New Mexico，was student body president at V
13、alley High School in Albuquerque. He played soccer and basketball well，exhibited at the science fair，and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television station. Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony，he achieved straight As in. his regular classes，plus bonus points for As in two colle
14、ge-level courses.How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it？Brains arent the only answer. Top grades dont always go to the brightest students，declares Herbert Walberg，a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago，who has conducted major studies on super-achieving students. Knowing how to make the most of your innate（天生的）abilities counts for more. Much more.”In fact，Walberg says，students with high IQ sometimes dont do as well as classmates with lower 1Q. For them，learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down.Hard work