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）1Although passing the driving test _ be difficult now, its worth the efforts.AneedBshallCcanDshould2Some drunken drivers
2、 think that they may be lucky to_a fine, which may cost their own lives.Aget throughBget along withCget down toDget away with3Sir, Im late because my car broke down on the way._. Ive had enough of your excuses.ACut it outBSuit yourselfCYou cant be seriousDIt makes sense4Most of the money for the rec
3、onstruction of the quake-stricken town has been allocated by the government, the rest _ from the coming charity concerts.Ato be collectedBhaving been collectedCbeing collectedDto have been collected5Did you have difficulty finding Annhouse?Not really.She_us clear directions and we were able to find
4、it.easily?Awas to giveBhad givenCwas givingDwould give6I need to be more mature and ready to _ my mistakes.Ahold on toBcut offCmake up forDtake up7We have already discussed this plan _, so next we should spare no effort to carry it out.Aat lengthBat randomCat easeDat best8Children under fifteen are
5、not permitted to see such kind of film _ is bad fortheir mental development.AasBwhatCwhichDthat9_ you have seen he is poor, you should understand why he has to take up two part-time jobs.AAs long asBUnlessCNow thatDWhile10It is reported that the _ in Libya is hotting up.AstrengthBviolenceCpowerDacti
6、vity11I was caught in a traffic jam for over an hour, otherwise, I _ you waiting for such a long time.Ahad not keptBwill not keepCwould not have keptDhave not kept12Instead of making choices for their children, liberal parents usually say, “Go where you _ .”AwillBshouldCcanDmust13He messed the proje
7、ct up, but he behaved as if nothing _.Ahad happenedBhappenedCwould happenDwould have happened14- -_that he manage to get the information?-Oh，a friend of his helped him.AWhere was itBWhat was itCHow was itDWhy was it15 Catherine, will you visit us this weekend?I planned to, but something unexpected .
8、Ahas come upBwas coming upChad come upDwould come up16Lets go to the cinema this Sunday morning.Id love to，but I _ as a volunteer in my community then.Awill workBhave workedCwill be workingDwas working17Peter has previous experience, _ I think hes the right person for the job.Aor BbutCfor Dso18The g
9、overnment should develop system to predict when wildfires occur andgive warnings in time.ApreviousBreliableCreasonableDresponsible19The laptops made by our company sell best, but nobody could have guessed the place in the market that they _ 20 years ago.Ahad hadBhadCwere havingDwere to have20_ how t
10、o get along with others is very important in success.AKnow BKnown CHaving known DKnowing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） Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to learn that newspapers there have such a large circulation (发行). The “Daily Mirror “ and the “Daily express” b
11、oth sell about four million copies everyday. British families generally buy a newspaper every morning and two or three on Sundays.Besides the national papers, there is, however, another branch of the British press which sells almost as many copies. Local newspapers have a weekly circulation of 13 mi
12、llion. Almost every town and county area has one. Nearly all of them hold their own financially (财政) and many of them are very profitable (赚钱的).These papers are written almost entirely for readers interested in local eventsbirths, weddings, deaths, council (地方会议) meetings and sports. Editors prefer
13、to rely on people who know the district well. A great deal of local news is regularly supplied by clubs and churches in the neighborhood and it does not get out to date as quickly as national news.The editors must never forget that the success of any newspaper depends on advertising (广告). He is usua
14、lly anxious to keep the good will of local businessmen for this reason. But if the newspaper is well written and the news items have been carefully chosen to draw local readers, the business men are grateful for the opportunity (机会) to keep their products in the public eyes.1、Visitors to Britain are
15、 surprised to learn that _.Athere are so many local newspapers thereBlocal papers should have a circulation of four millionCthe “Daily Mirror “ and “Daily Express” sell as many as 4 million copies every dayDBritish newspapers are so widely read2、Local newspapers have _.Aa circulation as large as that of national newspapersB