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）1The Chinese people are kind and caring. If not, I _ in China in the past 30 years.Ad
2、idnt stayBhadnt stayedCcouldnt stayDcouldnt have stayed2Faced with economic slowdown, some companies are planning to use robots to _ human workers to reduce their labor costs.AcompensateBsubstituteCsymbolizeDdiscriminate3一Would you be so kind as to take this heavy box upstairs for me?一 AIts my pleas
3、ure BHelp yourself CSure，with pleasure DTake your time 4Why do many students stick to private tutoring _ they could easily master such knowledge at school?AunlessBbeforeCafterDwhen5-Tom, your foreign teacher speaks Chinese fluently!-Oh, she has lived in China for six years; otherwise she such good C
4、hinese.Adidnt speakBwould not have spokenCwould not speakDhadnt spoken6What about inviting Tracy to host the party?Good idea! She is very quick in mind. Oh, _, here she comes.Adont pull my legBa little bird told meCspeak of the devilDits a piece of cake7I had hardly rung the bell _ the door was open
5、ed suddenly, and my son rushed out to greet me.Abefore BuntilCas Dsince8When all is said and done, there doesnt seem to be _ a mystery to explain.Akind ofBclose toCfar fromDmuch of9A hurricane swept through my village. Just as we were beginning to lose hope, it suddenly stopped. It is really “ ”.AAl
6、ls well that ends well BLightning never strikes twice in the same placeCIt never rains but if pours DA friend in need is a friend indeed10_ the opportunity to speak at the graduation ceremony made me overjoyed.AOfferingBOfferedCTo offerDBeing offered11In some countries, people eat with chopsticks, w
7、hile in _, knives and forks.AanotherBotherCothersDthe other12Many netizens are impressed with the excuse given by a teacher for quitting her job _ she owes the world a visit.AbecauseBthatCwhereDwhy13Its natural that I didnt recognize her immediately I saw her. _, its almost 5 years since we met last
8、. AAfter all BIn addition CWhats more DIn particular14-Hi, Johnson, any idea where Susan is?-It is class time, so she _ in the classroom now.Acan beBmust have beenCmight have beenDshould be15Historic sites impress writers with their amazing beauty, which are a great source of _.Ainspiration Bcomposi
9、tion Coccupation Dcombination16The draft regulation on the online protection of minors, _ for public opinions by the cyberspace authorities, has drawn wide public concern.Areleasing Bhaving releasedCto release Dreleased17The teacher came into the classroom _ by his students.AfollowingBto be followin
10、gCfollowedDhaving followed.18AlphaGos beating Go grandmaster Lee Sedol 4-1 has _ an international debate about whether robots will completely take the place of humans.Agive offBwork outCset offDput out19If you can do what youre weakest _, you can handle any challenge.Afor BatCwith Dto20If you want t
11、o lead a happy life, youd better learn to accept life _ it is.AasBthatCwhichDwhere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）Mini Book Excerpts (节选)BiographyWhen Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighb
12、oring area to protect it. The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their famous neighbor.J. D Salinger：A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（Random House,$27）Mystery“Youre a smart boy. Bennys death was no accident, and youre the only who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away
13、 with it ? ”The boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again.Athought suddenly occurred to Annika ,“Did you You recognized the man in the car , didnt you?”The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers ,“Maybe ,”he said quietly.Red Wolf by Liza Marklund（Atria Books, $25. 99）Short StoriesShe wants to say to
14、 him what she has learned , none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take.Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they dont want to be.Some mothers suffer so their daughters wont. Some mothers love so their daughters wont.You Are Free by Danzy Senna（Riverhead Books,$15）HumorDo your kids like to have fun? Come to FunTimes! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times! s “amusement cycling” i