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）1- Is there any chance of my being promoted?- If you want a promotion, youd
2、 better rather than get your way.Aplay the gameBcross your fingersCraise the red flagDkill the fatted calf2Flight MU257 _ . I must be off now.Have a nice trip.Ais being announced Bhas announcedCwas announcing Dhad been announced3Well go early ，we may not get a seatAOtherwiseBMeanwhileCHoweverDBeside
3、s4Dont give up half way, and you will find the scenery is more beautiful when you reach the destination than when you _.Astart offBhave started offCstarted offDwill start off5I broke my relationship with Peter because he always found _ with me.Aerror BfailureCmistake Dfault6Some tourists visiting Ti
4、an anmen Square during the holiday left a _ of litter everywhere they went.AtrailBdotCchainDtrack7The teacher spoke so fast that it was hard for the students to _ what he was saying.Atake inBtake offCtake onDtake after8Jack, my plane arrives at 8:30 pm when, I suppose, you _ dinner.But I can wait.Aw
5、ill haveBhave hadCwill have hadDare having9 “Could we put off the meeting？” she asked.“_.” He answered politely. “This is the only day everyone is available.”ANot likelyBNot exactlyCNot nearlyDNot really10In fact，most of us would the consequences of stupid decisions taken byothers.AhandleBsolveCfoll
6、owDsuffer11Why are you so late?The driver couldnt see clearly because of the fog_, the road was too icyAThereforeBOtherwiseCHoweverDBesides12Ouch, mum! A fish bone has stuck in my teeth!_, Lucy. I am coming.A Take your time B Help yourselfC Dont bother D Take it easy13Some of them, _ in rural villag
7、es, had never seen a train.Ato be born and brought upBborn and brought upChaving born and brought upDhaving been born and brought up14Even though the way Lin Daiyu expresses her feelings may be _ to a modern audience, it is rooted in her character and makes who she is.Aallergic BforeignCsensitive Df
8、undamental15We believe _ you have been devoted to _ naturally of great necessity.Athat; beingBall that; beCthat all; areDwhat; is16一When he know the result of todays job interview?一In a couple of daysAshouldBmayCshallDmust17-Mr. Johnson has been chosen as the manager of the sales department.-_ he wa
9、s so excited this morning.ANo chanceBNo wayCNot possibleDNo wonder18_regular training in nursing, she could hardly cope with the work at first.ANot received BSince receivingCHaving not received DNot having received19She is _ being pleased about it ; she is very angry.Afree fromBfree ofCout ofDfar fr
10、om20-I did really well in the examination, Li Ke. -I did _. I got full mark.Ano lessBnot lessCnot worseDno worse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）It used to be a matter of fact when Peter Pan a character from James Matthew Barries 1911 book said: “All children, except one, grow
11、up.”But this “fact” doesnt seem to apply to todays world anymore.According to the NPD Group, a US market research company, sales of toys to adults in the UK increased by more than 20 percent in 2016, three times the pace of the childrens toy market itself. These toys ranged from puzzles and Lego bui
12、lding sets to vehicle models and action figures. And more than half of the sales came from millennials people born between the 1980s and 2000s.“Adults of the 21st century are channeling their inner child, one toy at a time,” commented website Koreaboo. This is also why these adults are sometimes ref
13、erred to as “kidults”.According to Frederique Tutt, an analyst at NPD, the motivation of these grown-ups is to escape the stress of todays fast-paced world. They are driven toward the more immediate pleasures brought by toys than those brought by, say, getting a promotion, which is far less easy to
14、achieve.“It reminds me of the playful side of life,” Rob Willner, a 25-year-old PhD student in the UK, told The Telegraph when talking about his love for Lego, which he said brings him both comfort and entertainment.Despite this, some social scientists see the trend as disturbing. To Frank Furendi, a professor at the University of Kent in the UK, the fact that so many adults are pursuing “the thrills of youth” is the evidence that “adulthood has got nothing attractive about it anymore”, he told The New York Times. “Thats actually quite sad.”But scientists are probably just worr