1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项1考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。2试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。3考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1We were sad to learn that several students were by a car yesterday.Ahit outBknocked overCrun acrossDpicked up2- I have been working for more than
2、 30 years! Im going to retire next month.- Really? You dont look a day 40!Aover BbyCwith Dfor3Every great accomplishment rests on the of what came before it; when you trace it back, youll see one small step that started it all.Areputation BexpectationCrecreation Dfoundation4Would you like me the rad
3、io a bit?No, its all right. Im used with the radio .Ato turn down; to work; onBturning down; to working; onCturning down; to working; offDto turn down; to working; on5People crowd into _ cherry trees are blooming, appreciating the fresh spring sight.AwhatBwhenCwhichDwhere6The room _ 10 metres across
4、 is large enough for a single man to live inAmeasuringBmeasuresCto be measuredDmeasured7Frank studied _English language in London for four years, so he gets _ good knowledge of London.Aa; theB/ ; /C/ ; aDthe; a8Lets go and have dinner this evening._. Have you come out first in the exam?AThanks a lot
5、. BWhy not?CWhat for? DYes, Id like to.9Criticized as online games are, they never fail to _ a large number of teenagersAappeal toBobject toCrefer toDturn to10_ to manage time wisely, and you can make the most out of each day.ALearning BTo learnCLearned DLearn11From my point of view, theres little c
6、hance that we will be successful in trying to change the present situation. _, it is important that we try our best.AMeanwhileBOtherwiseCThereforeDNevertheless12There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, _ a sudden loud noise.Abeing thereBshould there beCthere wasDthere havi
7、ng been13It was when she first arrived in China _ she developed a passion for paper-cutting.AwhereBthatChowDwhy14I dropped by at 6:00pm yesterday but failed to see you at your house.I _ in a gym at that time.Awas exercising Bam exercisingChave exercised Dhad exercised15-How can I get in touch with t
8、he travel agency, Robin?-Just surf the Internet and then call one _ the telephone number is provided.Awith whichBin whichCof whichDby which16The teacher spoke so fast that it was hard for the students to _ what he was saying.Atake inBtake offCtake onDtake after17Mary liked to look back on her highsc
9、hool days， she thought were the happiest in her lifeAthatBwhatCwhichDwhen18It is a foolish act to_ notes during a test as you will be severely punished.Astick toBrefer toCkeep toDpoint to19I am searching one online shopping site after another for a computer.So _I before I decided to buy a new camera
10、.AhadBhaveCamDwould20I thought Father would be better, but _it is, he is getting worse, which makes me more worried.AbeforeBasCbecauseDafter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）Youll probably never go to Mars or sing on the stage with the Rolling Stones. But if virtual reality (VR)
11、 ever lives up to its promise, you might be able to do all these things and many more without even leaving your home. Unlike real reality, virtual reality means simulating (模仿) bits of our world. Apart from games and entertainment, its long been used for training airline pilots and surgeons and for
12、helping scientists to figure out complex problems such as the structure of protein molecules (分子). Then how does it work?Close your eyes and think of virtual reality and you probably picture something like this: a man wearing a wrap-around headset and data gloves wired into a powerful workstation or
13、 supercomputer. What distinguishes VR from an ordinary computer experience is the nature of the input and output. Where an ordinary computer uses things like a keyboard, mouse, or speech recognition for input, VR uses sensors that detect how your body is moving. And where a PC displays output on a s
14、creen, VR uses two screens (one for each eye), surround-sound speakers, and maybe some forms of touch and body feedback as well.VR has been routinely used by scientists, doctors, dentists, engineers, architects, archaeologists, and the military for about the last 30 years. Difficult and dangerous jo
15、bs are hard to train for. How can you safely practice taking a trip to space, making a parachute jump, or carrying out brain surgery? All these things are obvious candidates for virtual reality applications.Like any technology, virtual reality has both good and bad points. Critics always raise the risk that people may be addic