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、准考证号填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在考生信息条形码粘贴区。2选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用05毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3请按照题号顺序在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、试题卷上答题无效。4保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，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）1Because of the heavy snow, we had to delay the visit until this weekend to
2、 the artgallery _ in the center of our city these days.Abeing heldBholdingCto be heldDheld2Competed in 1891, in _ was known as The Gilded Age, the fivestory mansion is now owned by a famous actor who decides to stage a special production of Shakespeares Hamlet.AthatBwhatCwhichDit3Everybody was touch
3、ed _ words after they heard her moving story.AwithoutBbeyondCagainstDdespite4It was only after a family related conversation _ I found out she was actually my distant cousin.AwhenBthatCwhichDwho5Are you ready to leave?Almost, Ill be ready to go just as soon as I _ putting the clean dishes away.Aget
4、throughBgive upCcarry outDset about6_ he was 12, Einstein had learned advanced mathematics by himself.AThe first time BAt the timeCBy the time DDuring the time7Roger trained hard for the tournament for months, but unfortunately he had to _ due to a knee injury.Apull out Bwork outCtry out Dgive out8I
5、ts true that the old road is less direct and a bit longer. We wont take the new one, _, because we dont feel as safe on it.AsomehowBthoughCthereforeDotherwise9_, the dancers practise hard to make their dreams come true. AInstead of being disabled BBeing disabled CDisabled as they are DIn case of bei
6、ng disabled10“It might have saved me a lot of money”, Mr. Chen sighed, “_ timely from the stock market this July”.Adid I withdrawBshould I withdrawChave I withdrawnDhad I withdrawn11Speaking a foreign language allows you to _ time in a negotiation, for you can act like you have not understood to com
7、e up with your answer.AsaveBaffordCbuyDspend12.I didnt _ having to do the cooking myself, or I would have learnt one or two dishes from my mom.AexpectBanticipateCforecastDpreview13-Tom has failed again in the math exam. I am really let down. -_ He has already done his best.ADont push him. BNo kiddin
8、g. CHe should be to blame. DNo wonder.14- What about the two of us going downtown?- _ . I hate spending time hanging around.AThat suits me fineBWhy notCIt depends on the weatherDWell, thats the last thing I will do15More than a quarter of the energy in the United States goes to moving people and goo
9、ds from one place to another.AusingBusedCto useDuse16Im interested in a blue dress. Do you have any _?AconvenientBavailableCpossibleDpersonal17David didnt attend his daughters graduation ceremony, but he does wish he there.Ashould beBwould beChad beenDwere18They were standing so far away that I coul
10、dnt_ their faces clearly.Amake outBmake forCmake offDmake up19We all Chinese people are called on to learn from Lei Feng, _ we think set a good example to all of us.AwhoseBwhoCthatDwhom20Owing to The Chinese Poetry Competition, publications on classical Chinese literature are _ a significant share o
11、f storage space at the bookstore.Ataking up Bdividing up Cbreaking up Dputting up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） Studying the DNA of 300 mice has flagged up genes which have been linked to hereditary (遗传的) sight loss for the first time. Researchers say because mices genes are
12、 so similar to humans, their findings could lead to the treatment of more genetic diseases.Scientists at the University of California, Davis studied information from a data bank of mices genetic material. They found 347 genes linked to eye problems, with just 86 of them having been studied in the pa
13、st.Only around 50 to 75 percent of hereditary eye diseases in human can be explained with present science. The researchers believe these hundreds of new genes found in mice could be a key to explaining-and therefore being able to treat the other 25-50 percent.“This is extremely valuable for people w
14、ith hereditary eye disease,” said researcher Professor Ala Moshiri. “All researchers are going to start using these data. In the past, we knew the problem was there but we didnt know where to look. Now eye centers can call back patients and screen them for these new genes. We expected that more and more of these genetic diseases will be treatable.” Also, the fact is that more than 60 percent of eye problems at birth are ones resulting from the babys parents!Thanks to data from the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC), which is trying to work out what every single gene in