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、考场号和座位号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码粘贴在答题卡右上角条形码粘贴处。2作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试题卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4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
2、交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Locals lived in rather _ conditions until the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949.ApreciousBprimitiveCpreciseDprior2This house is almost _ to the one where I lived as a child.AidenticalBmanualCchillyDenthusiastic3I _ about w hat youve said and Ive decided
3、to take your advice.AthoughtBhave been thinkingCwas thinkingDhad thought4It was when she first arrived in China _ she developed a passion for paper-cutting.AwhereBthatChowDwhy5一Would you be so kind as to take this heavy box upstairs for me?一 AIts my pleasure BHelp yourself CSure，with pleasure DTake
4、your time 6 Tony, you seem in high spirits._ We won the match 4-1.AGuess what?BOh, come on!CSo what?DNo wonder.7Membership of this club is open to those who are its aim.Ain salute to Bin honour ofCin line with Din sympathy with8Why _ you choose to work in a remote village school when you can own a r
5、espectable job in a city?AneedBshouldCmustDwill9During the 2008 financial crisis，the French president Nicolas Sarkozy agreed to provide millions of emergency fund aid to help unemploymentAreleaseBresembleCrelieveDrecommend10-Good evening. Huangshan Hotel. -Good evening. _?ADo you still have a room f
6、or tonight BWhat would you like, pleaseCIs there anything I can do for you DWho is that speaking, please11-What do you do, Susan?-I am a clerk in a foreign company now. But I _English in a high school for 8 years.Ateach Bhad taughtChave taught Dtaught12 F/ friendships fade away if there isnt _good b
7、alance between the give and the takeAThe;/B/;aCThe; aD/;the13“ _ I went through ups and downs in life，” Gordon said, “I never found the importance of being selfdisciplined as well as the significance of life.”AIf BSinceCUntil DUnless14Emphasis on quantity of growth overlooked gaps in the quality, _
8、many aspects of the social services neglected.Ahaving leftBto be leavingCto have leftDleaving15My sister met him in the street yesterday afternoon, so he _ your lecture.Ashouldnt have attendedBcouldnt have attendedCmustnt have attendedDneednt have attended16It came as a great _ to the parents that t
9、heir son finally came back safe and sound.AreliefBsenseCrelaxionDfavor17Within even the weakest of human bodies lies a life that is precious indeed- _ needs to be respected and honored.Asomething thatBoneCone thatDsomething18When we have a chance to travel, we tend to _ as many sights into the trip
10、as we can- seven countries in ten days, for example.AsqueezeBsneezeCsubscribeDsubstitute19The auto factory _ new profit records through technical innovation 10% growth rate in the last two years and hopefully 15% this year.Aset Bhas setCis setting Dhas been setting20My toothache me. I thought it was
11、 going away, but it is getting worse now.Akills Bis killing Chas killed Dkilled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）Smokers may ignore the health warnings by telling themselves their habit makes them look cool. After all, sex symbols James Dean and Humphrey Bogart were rarely seen
12、without a cigarette. However, the latest evidence shows that smoking actually makes you less attractive to the opposite sex. Wrinkles from smoking a cigarette may be to blame for people judging non-smokers to be better-looking.This was the result of a study asking more than 500 people to pick the mo
13、st attractive of twins where one smoked and the other did not. Men found female non-smokers the most attractive in two-thirds of cases, while women chose non-smoking men as the most attractive 68 percent of the time.Professor Ian Penton-Voak, a co-author of the study from Bristol University, said, “
14、People assume that smoking causes damage to the skin and appearance, but this is a really neat way of looking at it because these twins are genetically identical, so we can control for genetic factors involved in ageing. Appearance seems to be important to people, especially young people, so we coul
15、d use these sorts of findings as a basis for future interventions to stop people smoking.”Smoking can speed up the normal ageing, even after only a decade. Nicotine causes narrowing of the blood vessels in the outermost layers of the skin, while the chemicals in tobacco smoke damage collagen and elasti