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、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，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）1_the fierce competition in job seeking, many university graduates have no choice but to reduce their own demand for th
2、e salary.AFaced BFacingCTo face DHaving faced2-Excuse me, but why am I not allowed to use the gym?-_， but your room price doesnt cover it.ANo hurry BNo wonder CNo offence DNo problem3The people succeeded because they understood that you cant let your failures _ you you have to let your failures teac
3、h you.Adefine BdeclineCqualify Dsimplify4- Ill take the blue one. This is twenty dollars.- Heres the change. .ABest wishesBMy pleasureCHave a nice dayDLets call it a day5How come? I cant find my key. I just left it _ it had been.AwhereBwhichCwhenDhow6Not until he went abroad to further his study_ th
4、e importance of English.Ahas he found B he has found Cdid he find D he had found7I have got a headache.No wonder.You_in front of that computer too long.AworkBare workingChave been workingDworked8In Australia, many road signs are now both in English and Chinese, _ it easier for Chinese tourists to tr
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7、dozen pairs _ I decided to get them.AasBwhenCafterDbefore14Most of us try to discover we think is the most moving love story in our company.AwhichBthatCwhatDwho15How about his design?Well, to tell the truth, it is _ but satisfactory. So youll have to try your best to better it.AsomethingBanythingCev
8、erythingDnothing16Painting from still images leads to a loss of sensitivity, which is _ to an artist.AabsoluteBurgentCespecialDvital17_some people criticize graffiti for being ugly and destructive, those graffiti lovers still see it as real art.AAs BWhileCOnce DUntil18Youve made great progress in yo
9、ur English study, havent you?Yes, but much .Aremains to doBis remained to doCremains to be doneDis remained to be done19It is reported the housing prices in some big cities fall in different degrees.Awhich BwhatCthat Dwhere20Eggs, meat, vegetables and other foods can easily be poisoned by microorgan
10、isms such as _.AphenomenaBdilemmaCdiplomaDbacteria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） Heres a list of books Im looking forward to this fall season. Not all of them will rise to the level of the advertisement, but its an abundant crop.Home After Dark by David Small (Liveright, Sep
11、t. 11 )In 2009, Small published a celebrated graphic memoir (回忆录) calledStitches. Now the Caldecott Medal winner is back with a graphic novel about a motherless 13-year-old boy brought up in an unhappy home in California. This is a tale told in few words and many striking images. On Sept. 11 at 3p.m
12、., Small will be at Amazonbooks at Union Market. More information at www. Waiting for Eden by Elliot Ackerman (Knopf, Sept. 25)This brief novel is related by a dead soldier who is watching over a horribly burned partner in a Texas hospital. That sounds embarrassingly emotional, but Ackerman, who ser
13、ved in a Navy in Iraq and Afghanistan, is one of the best soldier-writers of his generation. More information at www. amazon. com/military-essay.All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung (Catapult, Oct. 2)Chung, the editor of the literary magazine Catapult, was adopted as a baby by a white family in Ore
14、gon. In this memoir, she writes about her childhood, her Asian American identity and her search for the Korean parents who gave her up. More information at www. amazon. com/politics-prose.Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper, Oct. 16)Alternating between past and present, this novel tells the story of a woman investigating a late-19th-century science teacher who was caught up in the controversy over Darwinism. Like her other novels, this one promises to explore social and scientific problems. Visit www. amazon. com/tech-science