1、2023年高考英语模拟试卷注意事项: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）1Tourists are required to _ local customs and mind their manners when travelling abroad
2、.AspotBconfirmCobserveDspread2What 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 that3_ his conclusion on the evidence he collected on the scene, he proved that the murderer was guilty.ABasedBBasingCTo baseDBeing b
3、ased4Various efforts _ in the past decades to protect the environment.Ahad made Bhave madeCwere made Dhave been made5I had hoped to take a holiday this year but I wasnt able to _.Aget awayBdrop inCcheck outDhold on6New policies, _ to insure that compulsory education is truly free, _ by the local gov
4、ernment across China since the start of school on September 1.Aintending; have been made knownBintended; have been made knownCintending; are made knownDintended; had made known7A new _ bus service to Tianjin Airport started to operate two months ago.AcommonBusualCregularDordinary8The English in this
5、 story has been simplified to make it easier _.Ato be understoodBunderstoodCunderstandingDto understand9Everyone had a form in his hand, but no one knew which office_Ato send it toBto sent itCto be sent toDto have it sent10 What about the protection of these new machines? Lets keep the surface _ dus
6、t by putting a cover over them.Afar from Bapart fromCfree from Daway from1140 grams of meat per day is _ people should consume in order to stay fit.Athat BwhyChow Dwhat12Tom is so creative a person that he always has lots of _ ideas in his mind, and sometimes we dont even know what he is thinking ab
7、out.Amean BnovelCslim Dinstant13Taking drugs has become part of every sport _ athletes seek to achieve beyond their natural limits.AwhichBthatCwhoDwhere14Excuse me, sir, didnt you see the red light?Sorry, my mind _ somewhere else.Ahas been wanderingBwas wanderedCwas wanderingDhas been wandered15One
8、of the few things you _ say about English people with certainty is that they talk a lot about the weather.AneedBmustCcanDshould16We were scared to death when the fire_. Fortunately, it was put out before it caused much damage.Abroke outBcame outCgave outDturned out17 How do you find your new classma
9、te? Oh, she is really _ of a musician, who can not only sing very beautifully, but also compose skillfully.AsomethingBsomebodyCeverythingDeverybody18-Whats wrong with your cell phone? I cant get through.- Oh, my line was cut off because I _ my bill.Ahavent paidBhadnt paidCwasnt payingDdont pay19 Im
10、terribly sorry. Im late because . Thats OK. You are here and thats what _.AdoesBworksCfunctionsDcounts20In order to satisfy the needs of the market, the electric company has _ its focus to tablet computers and smart mobile phones.AswitchedBshapedCdirectedDdiscovered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
11、、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21（6分） Businesses are witnessing a difficult time, which has in turn produced influence on consumers, desire to go green. However, shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns.Two thirds of customers say that environmental considerations inform their purchases to the sam
12、e degree as they did a year ago, while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the environmental effect on what they buy.This may help to influence how shops store goods on their shelves. And the companies should still make efforts to become more environmentally friendly. Two
13、out of three people think it is important to buy from environmentally responsible companies, with about one in seven saying that they had even decided to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a companys environmental reputation was not good enough.Harry Morrison, chief executive (主管) of the Carbo
14、n Trust, sympathizes: “I understand this situation where survival is very important now. But from environmental considerations, the clock is tickingwe dont have much time. In addition, cutting carbon has an immediate effect as costs drop and a medium-term benefit for the brand.”Larger companies have
15、 an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint, as new rules next year will require businesses to buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissions (排放). Those that have taken early action will have a head start. More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which compani
16、es are environmentally responsible. This suggests that firms that are able to relay clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing. “When companies are grante
17、d (授予) the standard, they can use a logo (标识) in all their marketing which makes it clear that they are working towards cutting emissions,” Mr. Morrison said.1、Whats the main idea of the passage?ABusinesses are finding ways to send their message to the shoppers.BCompanies will soon get information a
18、bout cutting carbon emissions.CFirms are making efforts to encourage customers to keep goods at home.DFirms are urged to cut carbon emissions by shoppers, environmental awareness.2、The underlined word “inform” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.AaffectBchangeCdisturbDreject3、According to Harry Morris
19、on, businesses .Awill benefit from cutting carbon emissionsBshould buy carbon allowances for shoppersCare required to make up for their carbon emissionsDhave encouraged shoppers to take their custom elsewhere4、We can learn from the passage that businesses will .Ahave a strong desire to reduce costsB
20、use the same logo in their marketingCgain advantages by taking early actionDattract more shoppers by storing goods22（8分）American Rosalie Stoke is one of the millions of college students with a bright future ahead of her. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She studies chemical engineering at the Vi
21、rginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, also known as Virginia Tech. But the 22 year-olds path to college was very different from the majority of Americans like her.In the United States，it is common for young people to complete four years of high school at age 17 or 18. After they finish
22、high school in the spring, those who decide to attend college usually do so two-to three-months later. However, Stoke learned about a different way of doing things from an older student. That student said that before going to college, she worked for a year helping with childcare for a family in Germ
23、any. This idea appealed to Stoke very much.Stoke is in her third year of studies at Virginia Tech. She took a gap year in 2013. “It just sounded like a really great idea to have a year off to figure out more of what I wanted to do in college and after,” she said. So, after finishing high school in 2
24、013, Stoke decided she also wanted to take a gap year before starting college.In fall 2013, Stoke connected with a family in Barcelona, Spain. They agreed to let her live with them and paid her a small amount to help care for their children for seven months. Stoke studied Spanish during her free tim
25、e in Barcelona. She then used money as well as money from her parents to travel for two months.Stoke said that she felt different when she returned to the United States to begin her studies at Virginia Tech in 2014. She said she felt at ease and that she knew more about herself as a person. Also, wh
26、en talking with friends who went straight to college from high school, she found many had a difficult time in their first year of college.1、Where is Stoke unique compared with most high school students?AShe put money before education.BShe had a bright future ahead of her.CShe valued practice more th
27、an theory.DShe didnt enter college directly after high school.2、How did Stoke determine her style of college education?AShe did it quite by accident.BShe wanted to put off her college graduation.CShe was not satisfied with the traditional way.DShe needed to make enough money for college.3、What did S
28、toke and the older student have in common?AThey both studied Spanish in their free time.BThey both worked for a Germany family.CThey both looked after kids for others.DThey both studied at Virginia Tech.4、What was Stokes attitude towards her experience before college?ACautious. BConfident.CAmbiguous
29、. DRegretful.23（8分）Alex Elman runs a big business something difficult to imagine after she lost her sight in her twenties. But Elman says that losing her sight helped her focus on finding success.Elmans father planted a hillside vineyard in western Massachusetts in 1981. Its where Elman fled during
30、the darkest period of her life. When she was 27 years old, she went blind due to complications from juvenile diabetes (糖尿病) 17 years ago. She recalled, “I hid in my home. I hid in the place. For me, that was the safest place in the world.”Elman is now the founder of Alex Elman Wines, a growing portf
31、olio (系列产品) of organic wines from all around the world: Chianti from Italy, Torrontes from Argentina. Elman doesnt work alone. Her assistant, a guide dog named Hanley, is something of a wine snob, and quite a beggar. Hanley travels to all of the wineries that Elman does, from South America to Europe
32、.At first, Elman resisted the idea of a guide-dog. Now its hard to imagine her life, or her business, without him. She said. “When someone tells me something is organic and I dont really believe it because I taste something funny on it, Ill put it in front of his face and if he likes the wine, hell
33、go to sniff it. If its not right, hell turn his head away. He gets in the dirt with me. He scratches around. He makes sure that we see earthworms and butterflies. Thats how we know that the soil is actually organic, and that there are no chemicals.”Elman told CBS News she believes the loss of her vi
34、sion was a gift. She said, “It allowed me to pay attention to what I thought was important and also to be able to teach people that the broken hang nail is not a big deal, you know what I mean? Dont sweat the small stuff. Dont sweat the big stuff either.”1、Elman hid herself in her fathers vineyard p
35、robably because she _.Asuffered from juvenile diabetesBwas extremely painful for her blindnessCwould like to help her father with the workDexpected to recover her sight sooner or later2、The underlined phrase “the broken hang nail” (in Paragraph 5) probably refers to _.Aa nail which is of no useBa di
36、sadvantage you have in your lifeCa person who is hard to deal withDa task that is not easy to accomplish3、This passage is mainly to tell us that _.AAlex Elman leads a miserable lifeBHanley brings Alex Elman much funCAlex Elman gets along well with her petDa blind woman tastes success in wine busines
37、s24（8分） The first organized system for sending messages began in Egypt around 1500 BCThis system developed because the pharaohs frequently needed to send messages up and down the Nile River in order to keep their empire running smoothly. Later, the Persians developed a more efficient system for send
38、ing messages using men and horses. Messages carriers rode along the road system stretching from one end of the Persian Empire to the other. Along these roads, fresh men and horses waited at special stations to take and pass along any messages that needed to be sent. The stations where riders passed
39、messages back and forth were built 23 kilometers apart, so the men and horses were able to travel quickly between them. The Romans later took up his idea and improved it by using a more advanced and extensive road system.In China, however, Kublai Khan had built up his own system for delivering messa
40、ges. This system worked in the same basic way as the Roman system. The difference was that Kublai Khan kept 300,000 horses along the roads of this delivery lines. There were over 10,000 stations where a message would be passed from one rider to another with a fresh horse. In this way, Kublai Khan co
41、uld receive messages from anywhere in the country in only a few days.It was not until the 1500s that a well-organized postal system appeared again in Europe. One family, the von Taxis family, gained the right to deliver mail for the Holy Roman Empire and parts of Spain. This family continued to carr
42、y mail, both government and private, throughout Europe for almost 300 years.In 1653, a Frenchman, Renouard de Velayer, established a system for delivering post in Paris. Postal charges at that time were paid by the recipient , but de Velayers system was unique by allowing the sender to pre-pay the c
43、harges, in a similar way to the modern stamp. Unfortunately, de Velayers system came to an end when jealous competitors put live mice in his letter boxes, ruining his business. Eventually, government-controlled postal systems took over from private postal businesses, and by the 1700s government owne
44、rship of most postal systems in Europe was an accepted fact of life.The thing that all these early systems had in common was that they were quite expensive for public use, and were intended for use by the government and the wealthy. However, in 1840, a British schoolteacher named Roland Hill suggest
45、ed introducing postage stamps, and a postal rate based on weight. This resulted in lowering postal rates, encouraging more people to use the system to stay in touch with each other, His idea helped the British postal system begin to earn profits as early as 1850. Soon after that many other countries
46、 took up Mr. Hills idea. And letter writing became accessible to anyone who could write. Today, the Roland Hill awards are given each year to encourage and reward fresh ideas which help promote philately (stamp collecting).1、What is the main topic of the passage?AHow international letters travel.BA
47、surprising method for delivering mail.CThe history of postal systems.DChanges in the methods of communication.2、Which of the following statements about Renouard de Velayer is true?AHis was a government-controlled system.BHis competitors destroyed his business.CHis system lasted for hundreds of years.DIn his system, the person who received the letter paid the postage fees.3、Which of the systems mentioned in the p
