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）1People should stop using their cars and start using public transport._. The roads are too crowded as it is.AAll rightBExactlyCGo aheadDFine2The f
2、amous player tried again and again after each failure. Thats _ he succeeded at last.Awhat BwhenCwhether Dwhy3My son turned to bookstores and libraries seeking information about the book recommended by his professor, but _ none.Awould findBhad foundCfoundDhas been finding4Are you free now? I have som
3、ething important to tell you.OK, _ you make it short. I will have to finish this report before noon.Anow that Bas soon asCevery time Das long as5一Peter, have you got your new flat furnished?Yes. I _ some used furniture and it was a real bargain.Awill buy Bhave bought Cbought Dhad bought6Cell phones
4、are now widely used in our daily lives，_ it possible for us to talk to anyone easily.Ato makeBmadeCmakeDmaking7Jason will never forget about his 18th birthday, saw his being admitted to Harvard. AwhenBwhichCthatDit 8What made them miss the deadline was not their lack of funding, but _ their lack of
5、planning.AevenBstillCratherDever9Its too complex, I think_. So wed better make it easier for students to get involvedAThats ridiculousBThats the pointCThats settledDThats all right10She is quite_to office work.You had better offer her some suggestions when necessaryAfamiliarBfreshCsimilarDsensitive1
6、1I am afraid this pair of shoes is a little expensiveIf you really want to buy them, I will give you a _ of 10 percentAquantityBamountCdiscountDaccount12Trump said he believes North Korea will _ its promise to suspend missile tests while he prepares for a summit with Kim Jong Un.Atake to Bmake upCst
7、and by Dhold out13 Mary looks hot and dry. So _ you if you had a high fever.AcouldBwouldCmayDmust14 the key to the car when my boss came towards me.Finally I could drive him home as usual.ANever had I found BSeldom did I findCHardly had I found DNo sooner did I find15- Is it convenient to you if I c
8、all you up at 9 oclock tomorrow morning?- Im afraid not. I _ a meeting then.Awill have attendedBwas attendingCwill be attendingDam attending16Take the note as a reminder _ you forgot to buy some sweets for the kids while shopping there.AhowBthatCin caseDeven if17I dont think Rosemary will be upset a
9、bout it, but Ill go to see her in case she _.AisBwill beCdoesDneed18Yesterday I took my car to the garage to have them _ the air-conditioner.Ato checkBcheckingCcheckedDcheck19You look so angry. What happened?_ Id rather not talk about it.ANothing.BAll right.CGet away!DNo way!20She sat on the top of
10、the stairs _ her head on her crossed arms and cried.AforBwhenCwithDwhile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）Matthew Layton was 20 minutes from home in Sevierville, Tennessee, on a cold November night in 2016 when he got a cell phone call from his mother. “The mountains on fire,” s
11、he screamed, “and Brians up there!”Laytons family owned a dozen rental cabins(小屋) on Shields Mountain, and Laytons friend and fellow rental-cabin owner, Brian McGee, age 56, was up there trying to put the fire out by himself. Layton, 32, hit the gas. He lived on the mountain too.Layton turned around
12、 and headed for a dirt road. He made it about halfway up the steep, winding path before his front-wheel-drive car gave up. He called McGee, who drove down in his pickup so they could fight the fire together.They headed first to Laytons rental cabins. “I wanted to make sure our guests were gone. They
13、 were,” says Layton. At that point, he had a choice: try to save his cabins or rescue people renting other cabins nearby. “On the mountain, you dont have many locals. Theyre mostly tourists who dont know their way around,” he says.Over the next two hours, the two friends drove through the smoky moun
14、tain, knocking on doors and leading panicked people to safety. “I know that mountain so well,” Layton says, “I could drive and know exactly where I am just by time traveled.” Thanks to their brave and immediate action, the two helped 14 people out of the danger.Fourteen people died that night in Sevier County. But the fire didnt take away a single life on Shields Mountain. And though his home and business were destroyed, Layton remains calm. “I wasnt worried about my loss, not when I saw those families trapped on the mountain,” he says, “I knew I was gonna help them.”1