1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项:1答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。2答题时请按要求用笔。3请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。4作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。5保持卡面清洁，不要折暴、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Bob made a promise to the manager _ the work would all be finished on time.AthatBwha
2、tCwhichDwhether2Jack and Mike were found cheating in the exam, and_by their teacher at the moment.Awere scoldedBare being scoldedChave been scoldedDwere being scolded3 What about the protection of these new machines? Lets keep the surface _ dust by putting a cover over them.Afar from Bapart fromCfre
3、e from Daway from4I believe it is the only solution to this problem.Thats debatable, I think. I can five other solutions as good as that.Acome up withBmake up withClive up withDkeep up with5What about watching a ballet show this evening?Thanks for inviting me, but ballet isnt really _.Athe apple of
4、my eyeBmy feet of clayCmy cup of teaDthe salt of the earth6-It took me eight years to build up my business, and it almost killed me.-Well, you know what they say. .AThere is no smoke without fire BNo pains, no gainsCAll roads lead to Rome DPractice makes perfect7Kate asked the girls to so she could
5、hear what her husband said onthe phone.Aslow downBcome downCsettle downDbreak down8_in painting, John didnt notice evening approaching.ATo absorbBTo be absorbedCAbsorbedDAbsorbing9-Do you think Peter is a good partner?- Not really! There are some things that are not easy to _ , and his laziness is o
6、ne.Aput aside Bput up withCthink of Dget along with10Nearly all educators believe that a challenging situation can often _ the best qualities of a person.Acheer upBtake overCbring outDput away11The main issue at the APEC meeting was a climate-change plan _ by Australias Howard and backed by Bush.Apu
7、t outBput offCput awayDput forward12The artist is said during the production and thus a pirated video was sold in every part of Kenya.Ato be cheatedBbeing cheatedCto have been cheatedDhaving been cheated13But for your help, I _ the work on time. I really do not know how I can thank you enough.Awould
8、nt finishBhadnt finishedCwouldnt have finishedDwont have finished14If you think that the illness might be serious, you should not _ going to the doctor.Aput offBset aboutChold backDgive away15Various efforts _ in the past decades to protect the environment.Ahad made Bhave madeCwere made Dhave been m
9、ade16_the effect of culture shock, he is trying to read a lot about it before going to France for further study.ATo reduce BReducedCReducing DHaving reduced17What a pity! You missed my birthday party.Terribly sorry!_my uncle not visited me unexpectedly.AShouldBWouldCHadDDid18Raising the incomes of t
10、he poor is likely to be ineffective in a wealthy society, _ accompanied by other measures.AonceBwhenCifDunless19Only after talking to two students that having strong motivation is one of the biggest factors in reaching goals.AI did discoverBdid I discoverCI discoveredDdiscovered20Zhouqu, Gansu was a
11、ttacked by such a terrible mud-rock flow few residents had ever experienced before.AasBwhichCwhereDthat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）I READ mostly fiction before I was introduced to CaMalcolm Gladwells work.In his TED talk called Choice, Happiness, and Spaghetti Sauce (意大利面酱
12、), he used the examples of Pepsi and spaghetti sauce to argue that giving people choices makes them happy. If I had only heard his conclusion statement and missed the evidence that he employed, I would have been wondering how he could argue such an interesting point. But he structured his argument l
13、ike a detective story, with each puzzle piece contributing to the conclusion.Fascinated, I borrowed his book Outliers: The Story of Success from the library. Each chapter had its own story and argument, and all of the arguments were about factors that contributed to an individuals success in the wor
14、ld.The depth of his research was amazing. In the first chapter, he analyzed the reasons behind the crash of Korean Air Flight 801 in 1997, which killed more than 220 people. The disaster took place partly because the co-pilot didnt point out the mistakes that the pilot was making. In South Korea, it
15、s disrespectful to disagree with higher ups even if they are doing something wrong.Perhaps most interesting of all, Gladwell explained why Asians are so good at math. He said Asians get an advantage when they learn how to count because their language has fewer syllables (音节) and makes numbers easier to remember.