1、2023届高三年级第一次模拟考试英语第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19. 15. B.9.18. C. 9. 15.答案是C。1. When does the bookstore close?A. At six. B. At seven. C. At eight.2. What are the two speakers talking about?A. Bu
2、bble Bees. B. Their favorite restaurant. C. Tonight , s dinner.3. Where is the man * s company?A. In Manchester. B. In London. C. In Birmingham.4. Who is probably in charge of the meeting?A. David. B. Mr, White. C. The woman.5. Why cant the two speakers go into the main hall?A. Il has not been decor
3、ated.B. The paintings are being prepared.C. The flooring was damaged.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6.Why does the man speaker want to return the books?A.He can use Henrys.B.He is busy
4、 with his lecture.C.He has finished his school paper.7. What may be the relationship between the speakers?A. Mother and son, B. Sister and brother. C. Boss and secretary.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What may be the fault of the woman?A. She left the door open.B. She left the window open.C. She slept inside the
5、 house all day.9. What is the name of the cat?A. George. B. Jane. C. Coco.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man make the call?A.To get opportunities to travel.B.To refuse the job.C.To know more about the job.11 What should a marketing assistant do at the very beginning?A.Attend meetings.B. Do market
6、 research and write reports.C.Travel to different cities to collect information.12.What do we know about the man?A.He will be employed by the company.B.He is expecting an answer from the company.C.He knows a marketing assistant is wanted after the call. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What does the man want to
7、do?A.Help the woman with her work.B.Get help from the woman.C.Have a talk with the woman.14. What is the woman busy working on?A. Her history paper. B. Her housework. C. Her test paper,15. What did the professor tell the woman to do?A. To write another paper.B. To add more pages to her paper.C. To s
8、how her paper to others today.16. How does the woman feel now probably?A. Excited. B. Worried. C. Surprised.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where did Steve start flying?A. In America. B. In Australia. C. In Chile.18. What was the reason for Steve delaying his leaving?A. There was a problem with the wind.B. Hi
9、s burner control stopped working.C. There was a small fire in the balloon.19. When did Steve swim across the English Channel?A. In 1985. B. In 1992. C. In 2001.20. What is Steve like?A. Gentle. B. Generous. C. Adventurous.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题
10、卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Storytellers Secret by Carmine Gallo4.5 out of 5 stars 474 ratingsHow did a Venice Beach T-shirt vendor become televisions most successful producer? How did an entrepreneur who started in a garage create the most iconic product launches in business history, and how did a shy man overcom
11、e a paralyzing fear of public speaking to captivate sold-out crowds at Yankee Stadium?They told brilliant stories.The Psychology of Persuasion by Peter Daniel Andrei5.0 out of 5 stars 865 ratingsWhy do some people effortlessly make people convinced while others cant? Why do some people easily speak
12、with confidence, fluency, influence, and impact, while others struggle to speak well? Why do some presentations build support, generate consensus, and motivate positive action, while others dont? Decades of leading scientific studies present an answer.The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E.
13、 B.White4.7 out of 5 stars 9,707 ratingsThis is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. A new foreword by Roger Angell reminds readers that the advice of Strunk & White is as valuable today as when it was first offered. The book has grown to become the American Engl
14、ish writing style guide often required in U.S. high school and university composition classes.Eliminate Negative Thinking by Derick Howell4.4 out of 5 stars 990 ratingsDo you find it hard to fall asleep because your brain wont stop worrying? Do you feel stuck in an endless loop of uncontrollable neg
15、ative thoughts? Youre not alone. Around 18% of the population suffer from anxiety. This book offers actionable strategies that will help you eliminate the deep-seated causes of your anxiety and manage your day-to-day worries.1. What is Peter Daniel Andreis book based on?A. Scientific research.B. Exp
16、erts suggestions.C. Celebrities speeches.D. Personal experience.2. What does Derick Howell mainly offer in his book?A. Some brilliant stores.B. Some typical examples.C. Some advanced theories.D. Some practical techniques.3. Which would be the best choice to help improve our writing skills?AThe Story
17、tellers Secret.B. The Psychology of Persuasion.C. The Elements of Style.D. Eliminate Negative Thinking.BIn early August, Hilary Krieger, now 44, was sitting in her parents Boston home when her friend accidentally squirted (喷射) himself with an orange slice. She said, “Oh, the orange just orbisculated
18、.” And he said, “It did what?” The two made a five-dollar bet, and Hilary gladly grabbed the family dictionary but found the word “orbisculate” was not in it! Hilary burst into her dads study and told him the shocking news. Looking awkward, her father admitted that he had made up the word “orbiscula
19、te” as the action that happens “when you dig your spoon into a grapefruit and it squirts juice directly into your eye”.At first, Hilary was mad. But she quickly came to see her dads made-up word as a gift. It speaks to his creativity and the idea that, even when something is painful and annoying, li
20、ke getting grapefruit juice in your eye, you can laugh and have fun with it.Hilarys father Neil Krieger died in April 2020, at age 78. Since the Kriegers couldnt have a proper funeral, Hilary who now lives in New York, spent a lot of time on the phone talking with friends and family, and the “orbisc
21、ulate” story kept coming up.“I began to think orbisculate is such a great word; it should be in the dictionary!” says Hilary. She called her younger brother Jonathan, who lives in Boston and runs an online company. Their goal is to put the word to use publicly enough that it has a chance of becoming
22、 acceptable. Encouraging people to use “orbisculate” in a wide variety of contexts will leave a compelling (令人信服的) trail of evidence for lexicographers (词典编纂者) to follow.It has been more than two years since Neils death and his children are still struggling from the loss. But their campaign to get t
23、heir fathers word into the dictionary has helped them win back a little of the joy that has been missing from their lives. “I could picture him being really excited,” Jonathan says. “And not until that day did I know my father had created many words that we wouldnt see in the dictionary.”4. What mad
24、e Hilary find “orbisculate” doesnt exist?A. A piece of shocking news.B. The latest dictionary.C. Her fathers strange reaction.D. An accident between her friend and her.5. Which of the following can best describe Hilarys father?A. Strict and stubborn.BOptimistic and creative.C. Flexible and reliable.
25、D. Determined and hardworking.6. When did Hilary decide to get the word “orbisculate” into the dictionary?A. After her fathers death.B. When her father told her the truth.C. After her brothers request.D. After she put the word to use publicly.7. What will probably be talked about in the following pa
26、rt?A. Hilary encourages people to make up more new words.B. The introduction to other words created by Hilarys father.C. The reply that the official gave Hilary and her brother.D. Hilary and her brother will continue to fight for their demand.CGender(性别)equality at work benefits everyone and the way
27、 to get there faster is to empower men as allies(同盟) in the fight.The difference between womens and mens earnings is on average 18 cents per dollar earned, and even more than that for women of color. After years in which women have formed about half of the college-educated work force, this significa
28、nt unchanging pay gap and the lack of representation of women in the upper ranks of senior management are troubling. In fact, only a surprisingly tiny 7.8 percent of CEOs at S&P 500 companies were female at the close of 2020. Why is it taking so long to break the well-known glass ceiling once and fo
29、r all?At an individual level, men who are unwilling to work closely with women can of course have a damaging effect on the careers of their female colleagues. But men who are indifferent about gender equality and also without necessarily meaning to prevent womens advancement.However, men have never
30、been entirely absent from the struggle to expand economic access and professional opportunity for women. In 1984 the Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives and another two officials-all men-spoke out in favor of naming a woman to the Democratic Partys presidential candidate, and eventually, t
31、hey made Geraldine Ferraro the vice president, the first woman ever to run on a major party ticket. Ferraros access to an important leadership role was the product not only of decades of activism and protest by women but also of powerful mens endorsement of those demands, a practice that continues t
32、o be important today. In 2020, Democratic presidential candidate Joseph Biden made a promise to select a woman as his vice-presidential nominee(候选人) and ultimately shared electoral victory with running mate Kamala Harris, the first woman and first person of color to be elected vice president.Mens vo
33、ices are important. When men speak up against gender discrimination, they not only become obvious as allies who can be counted on to support industry or company rules to advance equality, but they also improve awareness and acceptance of gender inequality as a shared problem, not a special interest.
34、8. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?A. The reason why gender equality is hard to achieve.B. The reason why men are powerful at work.C. The result that gender inequality brings to men.D. The result that womens advancement causes to companies.9. Which of the following best explains “endorsement
35、” underlined in paragraph 4?A. Responsibility.B. Support.C. Ignorance.D. Misunderstanding.10. Which can be the best title for the text?A. Support of Men Is on the Sidelines.B. Gender Equality Is Womens Business.C. Gender Inequality Is a Common Problem.D. The Secret to Achieving Gender Equality at Wo
36、rk: Men11. In which section of a newspaper may you find this text?A. Education.B. Society.C. Health.D. Entertainment.DDuring a ransomware (勒索软件) attack, attackers enter a targets computer system and encrypt (加密) its data. They then demand a payment before they will free the system. Ransomware is a c
37、ollective problem, and solving it will require joint action from companies, the U.S. government and international partners.In 2020 the Federal Bureau of Investigation received more than 2,400 reports of ransomware attacks, which cost victims at least $29 million. The numbers underestimate the total
38、impact of ransomware because not all organizations are willing to report it when they fall victim to this kind of crime. Even these limited statistics, however, show the increasing fearlessness of ransomware attackers: the number of attacks in 2020 increased by 20 percent compared with that of the p
39、revious year, and the amount of money paid out more than tripled.As long as victims keep paying, attackers will keep profiting from this type of attack. But cybersecurity experts are divided on whether the government should prohibit the paying of ransoms. Such a ban would discourage attackers, but i
40、t would also place some organizations in a moral dilemma. For, say, a hospital, unlocking the computer systems as quickly as possible could be a matter of life and death for patients, and the fastest option may be to pay up.Other solutions are more straightforward and involve pushing organizations t
41、o protect themselves better. Cybersecurity defenses make it harder for attackers to access systems. Segmenting (分割) ones network means that breaking through to one part of the system does not make all data immediately available. And regular backups allow a company to function even if its original da
42、ta are encrypted.All these measures, however, require resources that not all organizations have access to. Meanwhile, ransomware people are adopting increasingly advanced techniques. Some work for weeks to gain entry to a companys network and then enter their system, finding the most vital data to h
43、old hostage (人质). Some groups deliberately compromise an organizations data backups.Others sell instructions and software to help other attackers launch their own attacks. As a result, security personnel must engage in a constant game of cat and mouse.12. What do the numbers listed in paragraph 2 ma
44、inly tell us?A. The amount of money that companies paid.B. The serious situations about the ransomware attack.C. The companies that have been attacked by ransomware.DThe profit that attackers got from ransomware.13. What is the attitude of cybersecurity experts to prohibiting the paying of ransoms?A
45、. Favorable.B. Uncaring.C. Mixed.D. Opposed.14. What can we know from paragraph 4?A. How attackers enter a targets computer system.BWhy we should pay more attention to cybersecurity.C. Which kind of computer system is easy to attack.D. What we can do to deal with ransomware attacks.15. What does the
46、 last sentence in the text imply?A. There is still a long way to go about cybersecurity.B. There will be a quick solution to ransomware attacks.C. Ransomware makes our computer systems advanced.D. Cybersecurity will become the most worrying problem of the US.第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入
47、空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。Need to take a screenshot (截屏) on your Windows PC?_16_ , there are several quick and easy ways to take screenshots in Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows 8. This article will teach you how to use keyboard shortcuts and the built-in Snipping Tool app to screen capture
48、 (捕获) any area of your Windows desktop.1. _17_. Before you can take a screenshot, make sure that the screen which you want to screenshot is up with no distractions (e.g. open windows or programs).2. Find the “Print Screen” key on your keyboard. The Print Screen key is most often found in the upper-right side of the main keyboard, and it usually has “SysReq” (“System Requirements”) written below it. _18_.3. Press the Win key and the Print Screen key at the same ti
