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、考场号和座位号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码粘贴在答题卡右上角条形码粘贴处。2作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试题卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4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
2、交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1With people paying attention to fitness, self-service mini-gyms, each covering about 5 square meters, _ in Chinas major cities these years.Ahave sprung upBsprang upChad sprung upDspring up2I was intended to to the concert with you this weekend, but I cant now._.ABadBTha
3、ts rightCNot at allDYoure welcome3Nowadays, more and more young ladies, figures most are fine enough, are going on a diet.AwhoBwhoseCof whoseDof whom4They had just taken their seats, then _ Athe chairman came Bthe chairman comesCcame the chairmanDcomes the chairman5_ has greater potential than flamm
4、able ice being mined from underneath the South China Sea when it comes to a global energy revolution.AnothingBneitherCno oneDnone6Water Knows Answers by a Japanese author, _ into 16 languages, has become a best- seller all over the world.Ahaving translatedBto be translatedCbeing translatedDtranslate
5、d7There are lots of examples of English idioms _ animals are used.AwhichBwhenCwhoseDwhere8“It might have saved me a lot of money”, Mr. Chen sighed, “_ timely from the stock market this July”.Adid I withdrawBshould I withdrawChave I withdrawnDhad I withdrawn9- To be a promising student is not an easy
6、 job. It takes time.- I cant agree more. _. There is no short cut.AAll roads lead to RomeBSlow but sure wins the raceCPractice makes perfectDRome was not built in a day10How about his design?Well, to tell the truth, it is _ but satisfactory. So youll have to try your best to better it.AsomethingBany
7、thingCeverythingDnothing11In Sydney, theres only _ average of 23 days a year when _ sun doesnt shine.Athe, theBan, /Can, theDthe, /12_ some teenagers dont realize is _ difficult life can be after they get addicted to drugs.AThat; howBWhich; what aCWhat; whatDWhat; how13I have been decorating the apa
8、rtment recently, so can you lend me some money?Sorry, all my money has gone to the stock market. _.AId rather not.BI am in the black.CI wouldnt bet on it.DI am a little shy.14If I can help , I dont like working late into the night.AsoBthatCthemDit15How did it come about _ a quiet person should appea
9、r so wild today?AwhetherBthatCifDwhat16Taught in a more professional way, you _ the swimming skill much better.Amight masterBwould have masteredCcan have masteredDcould master17_ competence in acquiring English today comes from the ability to express oneself rather than in simply passing exams.ADueB
10、RawCCoreDKeen18The Games are known as the friendly games because of their _ on kindness and mutual respect.AlacksBfocusesCchallengesDresearches19Its always difficult _ in a foreign country, especially when you dont speak the language.Abeing Bto beChaving been Dto have been20As is known, it was Hu Ji
11、ntao, _ president of our nation, who gave _ lecture at the ceremony of National DayAthe; aBthe ; /Ca; theD/; a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）Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner, Lester Young, Ho
12、liday had a great influence on jazz and pop singing. Her voiced style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of controlling tempo (节奏). Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and direct approach to singing.She co-wrote a few songs, and several of them have becom
13、e jazz standards, notably God Bless the Child, Dont Explain, and Lady Sings the Blues. She also became famous for singing jazz standards written by others, including Easy Living and Strange Fruit.Her early career is hard to track down with accuracy. But she later gained work singing in local jazz cl
14、ubs before being spotted by a talent scout (星探), John Hammond in 1933.Her voice and recordings were loved for the depth of emotion and intensity she could bring to classic standards. Her range of voice was not the greatest, but her extraordinary low rough voice was soon to become very famous and inf
15、luential.She was an important icon (偶像) of the jazz era and influential in the development of jazz singing. In the late 1930s, she began singing a civil rights song called Strange Fruit, a song which told the tale of a lynching (用私刑处死) of a black man in the Deep South. It was very controversial for that period