1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷考生须知：1全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。2请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。3保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1There a slight decrease in his weight but he eats too much.AwasBcould have beenChad beenDcould be2They are smilin
2、g. There _ much trouble solving the problem.Acouldnt beBmustnt beCcant have beenDmustnt have been3Their youngest girl is at the stage _ she can say a single word but not a full sentenceAwhenBwhichCthatDwhere4The Browns held _ they called “family day” once each year.AthatBwhatCwhichDwhen5The kid is c
3、rying, for he _ jump over the ditch on his own. Adares not toBdare not toCdoesnt dare toDdares not6An international team of astronomers announced Wednesday that they _ the first-ever image of a black hole.Ahave capturedBwere capturingChad capturedDwould capture7Who _ the fight against the H1N1 flu _
4、 it not been for the Chinese scientists great efforts?Acould have won; hadBwould win; hadCwould have won; hasDcould win; has8Our bedrooms are all on the sixth floor, with its own bathroom.AallBeveryCeitherDeach9Im interested in a blue dress. Do you have any _?AconvenientBavailableCpossibleDpersonal1
5、0What did she want to know, Tom?She wondered we could complete the experimentAwhen was it that Bit was when thatCit was when Dwhen it was that11May I help you? You seem to be having some problems. _, thanks. I think I can manage.AAll rightBNo problemCIts all rightDTheres no way12The cost of living i
6、n big cities _ steadily for many years，and it has led some youths to drop out of the big city race.Ais climbingBis being climbedChas been climbingDhas been climbed13 There are no relative articles on the Internet.What shall we do? My God！There are always not any useful articles when you want .AoneBi
7、tCthatDany14 _ Its only an interview! Only an interview? Only an interview? What if I panic? What if I say a silly word by accident?AWell done! BCome on!CHow come? DNo doubt!15What about your self-drive trip yesterday?Tiring! The road was being widened, and we _ a rough ride.AhadBhaveCwould haveDhav
8、e had16During the negotiation to follow, it can be argued that shares of foreign companies are overvalued _ the return they offer.Ain terms of Bin memory ofCin favor of Din charge of17I will go to Beijing on business tomorrow, do you have anything _ to your son studying in Peking University?Ato be t
9、akenBto takeCtakenDbeing taken18With economy increasing steadily, people _ enjoy a life of higher quality.AshouldBcanCmayDmust19After he was promoted to the present position, he is not so hardworking as he _.Awas used toBused to beCwas used to beingDused to20I dont like fish, so I eat it unless I wa
10、s extremely hungry.AneedntBshouldntCcantDwounldnt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） The United States job market has millions of unfilled jobs. Many of those jobs require technical skills. However, employers say many of those jobs are vacant because they cannot find people with
11、the right skills. Labor experts call this paradox the skills gap. A number of efforts have been launched to better understand and solve it.Nicholas Wyman wrote a book called, “Job U: How to Find Wealth and Success by Developing the Skills Companies Actually Need.” He calls the skills gap, “a labor m
12、arket mismatch people without jobs and jobs without people.”In the United States, the cost of a traditional four-year college can be very high. U.S. colleges and universities produce many graduates every year. Yet unemployment rates among new graduates are high.Nicholas Wyman says a combination of t
13、echnical classes and on-the-job training an apprenticeship (学徒) would be a better choice for many people. He notes that, “An apprenticeship is where you learn from a specialist, you are provided guidance and you learn in an on-the-job environment. It is vital to get technical skills that are of imme
14、diate value to an employer. And it is important to get transferrable skills because technology and the nature of the workplace are changing at a faster rate than before.”There are questions about the definition, size, and nature of the skills gap in the labor force. Iowa State University researchers
15、 studied some of these questions recently. They examined employment, education and population information, and found the evidence of a skills gap is weak.Iowa States Liesl Eathington noted that many policymakers and employers say there is opportunity in “middle skills” areas, like machining. Yet she said the most recent recession (经济衰