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）1-How can I get in touch with the travel agency, Robin?-Just surf the Internet and then call one _ the telephone number
2、is provided.Awith whichBin whichCof whichDby which2I wonder _ the equipment will be available in ten days.AthatBwhenCwhetherDwhere3I had hoped to take a holiday this year but I wasnt able to _.Aget awayBdrop inCcheck outDhold on4 There are no relative articles on the Internet.What shall we do? My Go
3、d！There are always not any useful articles when you want .AoneBitCthatDany5 Hey! Everyone in the office was at the dinner party in honor of Mr. Charles except you. What happened? I _ after Mike, my colleague. He was badly ill.Ahave looked Bwas looking Cwould look Dhad looked6- Where is your new home
4、 now?- In the new developed zone. But I _ downtown for five years.AlivedBhad livedChave livedDwas living7Not far from the club was there a garden, _ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon.AwhoseBitsCwhichDthat8-When will you come home for dinner? Ill prepare it for you.
5、-Dont _ it. Ill eat out with my friends.Acare aboutBworry aboutCbother aboutDtalk about9-My computer doesnt work!-Robert is a computer expert. How I wish he_ with me.AcameBhad comeCis comingDhas come10If he _ his teachers suggestion, he would have won the English Speech Contest.Ahad followedBshould
6、followCwas to followDfollowed11_me tomorrow and Ill let you know the lab result.ACallingBCallCTo callDHaving called12With the number of homecoming overseas students _ up in recent years, the attraction of foreign degree holders has gradually faded.AshotBbeing shotCshootingDto shoot13Did you take sid
7、es when Mom and Dad were arguing again?No. Ive learned that its best _ until it blows over.Ato call it a day Bto pull their legsCto sit on the fence Dto wash my hands off14The two brothers look so much alike that it is difficult to _.Atell them fromBtell from themCtell apart themDtell them apart15It
8、 was only after a family related conversation _ I found out she was actually my distant cousin.AwhenBthatCwhichDwho16_to work overtime that evening,I missed a wonderful film.AHaving been asked BTo askCHaving asked DTo be asked17When they first came to the city, my parents often went to neighbors for
9、 a talk, just as they _ in the countryside.Awill doBhad doneChave doneDwere doing18I hope that we will be able to make it through the tough times and back to the business of working together _ our common goals.Aon behalf ofBin honor ofCon top ofDin search of19I wish I _ photography then. If so, I co
10、uld give you a hand at present.AstudiedBhad studiedChave studiedDwill study20Where can we park car?Dont worry. Theres sure to be parking lot nearby.Athe; theBthe; aC不填; aD不填; the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）Young sunflowers turn and swing every day. New findings add to evid
11、ence that the plants are animal-like.Harmer, a professor in the University of California at Davis, Department of Plant Biology, carried out a series of experiments on sunflowers in the field, in pots outdoors and in indoor growth chambers.By staking plants so that they could not move, Harmer showed
12、that he could destroy their ability to track the sun. He also noticed that sunflowers prevented from moving were not as tough and leafy as those that were free to move. When plants were moved indoor with a settled overhead light, they continued to swing back and forth for a few days.The indoor plant
13、s did start tracking the “sun” again when the apparent source of lighting was moved across the room. The plants could reliably track the movement and return at night when the artificial day was close to a 24-hour cycle, but not when it was closer to 30 hours.When sunflowers track the sun, the east s
14、ides of their stems grew more rapidly than the west sides. At night, the west sides grew faster as the stem swung the other way. The team identified a number of genes that were expressed at higher levels on the sunward side of the plant during the day or on the other side at night. A plant growth-re
15、gulating hormone (激素), called auxin, appears to be a key driver.The “dance” to the sun cycle obviously slows when the sunflower matures (成熟) and its flowers open up. At that point, the plants stop moving during the day and settle down facing the sun in the east.“Bees like warm flowers.” Harmer said, adding that the bees