1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，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）1-Can you come on Monday of Tuesday？-Im afraid_ day is possible.AeitherBneitherCsomeDany2_ children believe they can su
2、cceed, they will never become totally independent.AIf BSince CUnless DThough3Take the note as a reminder _ you forgot to buy some sweets for the kids while shopping there.AhowBthatCin caseDeven if4Thanks to Mr. Smith, the father and the son eventually _after ten years cold relationship between them.
3、Atook upBmade upClooked upDturned up5As is often the case, there are always some obstacles in the way，something _ before we realize the real goal of education.Ato be got throughBgot throughCgetting throughDhaving been got through6The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally
4、.Apulled outBpulled throughCpulled upDpulled over7Throughout history, China never colonized any nation. _ this peaceful tradition, it is committed to building a community with a shared future for mankind.AIn line with BIn regard toCIn harmony with DIn addition to8Jane established a program, _ young
5、people to take part in activities _ promote greater concern for the environmentAto encourage; whereBhaving encouraged; whereCencouraging; thatDencouraged; which9I really dont know _ she gets by on such a modest salary.Awhat BwhyChow Dthat10Time is pressingYou cannot start your task _ soonAtooBveryCs
6、oDas11We can communicate_people in every part of the world _the Internet.Awith；withBwith；throughCthrough；throughDthrough；with12Please call my secretary to arrange a meeting this afternoon，or_ it is convenient to you.AwhereverBhoweverCwhicheverDwhenever13We all agree that it is good to help those in
7、need, but when _ comes to giving away our money, things become strange.AthatBthisCitDone14Its certainly hard work.But, a man who wishes to have a career has to make a great many sacrifices.Aon the contraryBin additionCon the other handDin that case15_ progress it is, you cant stop moving forward.AWh
8、atever great BHowever greatCNo matter how great DHow great a16You look sleepy today._ not to miss the flight, I didnt dare to close my eyes the whole night.ARemindedBBeing remindedCRemindingDHaving reminded17In the past few years, weve seen works by Chinese sci-fi writers winning international _.Aco
9、nclusionBstandardCpotentialDrecognition18If you see things in a negative light, you will find faults everywhere and problems where there are really _Anone BsomeCmany Dnothing19As you go through this book, you _ that each of the millions of people who lived through World War II had a different experi
10、ence.Awill findBfoundChad foundDhave found20Though the story of Li Yunlong in the TV drama “Bright Sword” is a fiction, much of _happened is historically true.AthatBwhatCwhichDit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） Musicians are said to have better language skills and scientific s
11、tudies have backed that up. But its not clear why that might be the case.Now, a study of 74 Chinese kindergarteners suggests six months of piano lessons can heighten the brains response to changes in pitch (声调). And kids who got piano lessons were also better at telling apart two similar-sounding Ma
12、ndarin (普通话) words, which contained different consonants (辅音), than were students who got extra reading training or who went through regular kindergarten.Mandarin is a tonal language the famous example is the word ma which can mean mother or horse depending on its pitch. So might musical training tr
13、anslate better to Mandarin than it would to English?Yeah, its possible that this influenced the results, said Robert Desimone, a neuroscientist (神经科学家) at the McGovern Institute at MIT. But he says other studies do back up the fact that music lessons benefit language learners, even in countries with
14、out tonal languages. “And what our study added on top of that was some idea of the neural basis for those benefits.”And if you dont own a piano, dont despair. The reading group actually did just as well on many measures as the piano group. “Readings pretty good actually. We dont mean to disvalue rea
15、ding instruction.”More important, he says, was to show piano wasnt actually worse than reading for these kills. thus perhaps encouraging cash-strapped schools to bring their music programs alive.1、Which of the following is true according to the article?AIts obvious why musicians have better language skill