1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷请考生注意：1请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用05毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。2答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项，按规定答题。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1 Why didnt you try to finish the composition? I tried to, but _ I could, the bell ran announcing the end of the examination.AuntilBwhenCafterDbefore
2、2Thanks to Chinese peoples hard work and wisdom, China has _ into the second largest economy.AevolvedBslippedCextendedDshaped3Excuse me, sir, didnt you see the red light?Sorry, my mind _ somewhere else.Ahas been wanderingBwas wanderedCwas wanderingDhas been wandered4Everyone in the village hoped tha
3、t he would _ after a few days treatment.Apick upBcome upCkeep upDmake up5His sister left home in 1998, and_ since.Ahad not been heard ofBhas not been heard ofChad not heard ofDhas not heard of6Youve made great progress in your English study, havent you?Yes, but much .Aremains to doBis remained to do
4、Cremains to be doneDis remained to be done7It was announced that only after the candidates papers were collected _to leave the room.Ahad they been permitted Bwould they be permittedCthat they would be permitted Dthat they had been permitted8Speaking a foreign language allows you to _ time in a negot
5、iation, for you can act like you have not understood to come up with your answer.AsaveBaffordCbuyDspend9Regarding China-US differences on human rights issues, Hong said the two sides can enhance mutual understanding through dialogue _ on equality and mutual respect.AbasedBto baseCbasingDbase10The im
6、portance _ a national day and how it is celebrated are very different from country to country.Aconnected toBgiven toCmeaning toDattached to11Have you read the book Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out by Mo Yan, _ that won him the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature?Athe oneBoneCthoseDones12_ the player I c
7、ame across in the stadium spoke, I hadnt realized she was foreign.AUntilBUnlessCSinceDAlthough13The national park has a large collection of wildlife, _ from butterflies to elephants.Ato rangeBrangeCrangingDranged14There is a popular view_in city strangers are less likely to help an elderly person.At
8、hatBwhetherCwhyDhow15If the new safety system _ to use, the accident would never have happened.Ahad been putBwere putCshould be putDwould be put16_ he was 12, Einstein had learned advanced mathematics by himself.AThe first time BAt the timeCBy the time DDuring the time17Did Linda see the traffic acc
9、ident?No, no sooner _ than it happened.Ahad she goneBshe had goneChas she goneDshe has gone18Many people complained about the stones lying on a road, but _ did anything about getting the stones out of the way.AbothBno oneCnoneDall19Up till now, there has been no scientific evidence about _ caused th
10、e death of dinosaurs.Awhat is it thatBwhat it was thatCit was whatDwhat is it20-Hello, Kate. How is your weekend at home?-Awful! You know it is the first time I _ alone at home, bored to death.Ahas leftBhad leftChad been leftDhave been left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）As se
11、lf driving cars come closer to being common on American roads, much of the rhetoric (说辞) promoting them has to do with safety. About 40,000 people die on U. S. roads every year, and driver errors are linked to more than 90 percent of crashes. But many of the biggest advocates of autonomous vehicles
12、arent car companies looking to improve the safety of their existing products. Huge backing for self - driving technologies is coming from Silicon Valley giants like Google and Apple.Those of us who have studied the relationship between technology and society tend to look more carefully at the motiva
13、tions behind any technological push. In this case, its clear that in addition to addressing safety concerns, Silicon Valley firms have a strong incentive (动机) to create a new venue for increasing the use of their digital devices. Every minute people spend on their mobile phones provides data - and o
14、ften money - to tech companies.At present, digital devices and driving are in conflict: There are serious, often fatal, consequences when drivers use smartphones to talk or to text. Regulators and safety advocates look to resolve dial conflict by banning phone use while driving - as has happened in
15、virtually every state. But the tech companies are taking a different approach. The obvious answer for Silicon Valley is creating an antomobile in which continuous cellphone use no longer poses a threat to anyone.In recent years, the amount of time adults spend on their mobile devices has grown rapidly. At the moment, its around four hours a day for the