1、2023年高考英语模拟试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3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交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1The majority of new businesses fail because, _ they have a product or service that fills a gap in the market, they usuall
2、y lack the skills in sales, marketing, and administration.Anow that Beven ifCas long as Das though2 Would you mind my coming over and having a look at your rehearse (排练)? My little sons curious about the performance. _ . Just come round. AYes, I do BNever mind CNot at all DYes, please3To apply for a
3、 short-term study visa in the UK, I have to be able to speak some English, but I want to go there just to learn English.Oh, its really_.Aa confidential sourceBa catch-22 situationCa Pandoras boxDa Herculean task4The fellow we spoke _ no comment at first.Ato makeBto madeCmadeDto making5-Can those_ at
4、 the back of the classroom hear me?-No problem.AseatBsitCseatedDsat6I need help now! I have to fix a leaking pipe in my bathroom but Im not sure _to begin.Awhat BwhichCwhere Dwhen7Uncle Wang is in hospital.Oh, really? I _. I _ go and visit her.Adidnt know; am going to Bhadnt known; wouldChavent know
5、n; will Ddidnt know; will8Ive got something weighing on my mind. Could you give me some advice?_. Tell me all about it and Ill do what I can.ADont mention itBNo wonderCMy pleasureDNo problem9No matter how carefully you plan your finances, no one can _ when the unexpected will happen.AproveBimplyCdem
6、andDpredict10If you want to see a doctor，you fix a date with him ahead of time.That is a common _ in the USAAview BexerciseCpractice Dreality11As its economy is maturing，Chinas _a greater role in critical issues like climate and development.Adefining Bassuming Cguaranteeing Dassuring12The movie Till
7、 Death Do Us Part 最爱will be on at 8 pmWhat about picking you up at 7pm?All rightI will have come back from work by then, and I you at homeAwill be waiting forBwill wait forChave been waiting forDam waiting for13Take the medicine right away! _ it yesterday, you would be quite all right now.AHad you t
8、akenBWould you takeCShould you takeDWere you to take14Two professors at Harvard University published a study of 3,300 new graduates, looking at _ their names had any bearing on their academic performance.AthatBhowCwhyDwhether15The boy was waving his stick in the street and it _ missed the child stan
9、ding nearby.AcloselyBnarrowlyCnearlyDhardly16You _ read a book in the sunitll do harm to your eyesAcouldntBwouldntCneedntDmustnt17-I prefer shutting myself in and listening to music all day on Sundays. -Thats _ I dont agree. You should have a more active life.AhowBwhenCwhereDwhat18It seems late to s
10、ay anything. We probably _ it if we had made an offer sooner.Awould have gotBwould getChad gotDgot19The difference in thickness and weight from the earlier version makes the iPad2 more comfortable_.AheldBholdingCbe heldDto hold20The flat is good value for money because not only did they sell it to m
11、e at a cheap price, but they threw in some old furniture _.Aat their commandBfor good measureCbeyond my reachDbeneath their dignity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）It took me a moment to realize what had happened. Three days had passed and Rita seemed to get weaker and weaker.
12、The rain had stopped. However, the sky was still cloudy, and it was so dark that I couldnt see the buildings even across the road. I took a pressure reading from the weather station: 947mb, which let me know exactly where I wasin the eye of the storm.There were rains and winds still, but not oppress
13、ive (难以忍受的)anymore. There was still no power, hot water or food. Besides, I didnt sleep well for all these days, but I felt more relaxed since the weather report said Rita was leaving. Whats more, I was luckier than those people who had lost their homes or even worse, lost their lives because of Rit
14、a.As I travelled further to the west, going after the storm, the damage along the way became less severe. I arrived in Houston after a tricky journey with my fuel supplies almost all gone. However, I came across another storm chaser (追逐者) who had 45 gallons of petrol. He helped me and we shared our
15、working experience these days. With a complete stroke of luck I found a run-down hotel that allowed me to have a room overnight before the midnight. Although there was no running water, no power and no air conditioning, I curled up into a corner and fell asleep quickly.I woke up the next morning, an
16、d what a change! The sky was blue and cars were moving around. Sirens could be heard as convoys (护航队) of emergency managements started to head west towards where I had come from. The storm had stopped and I could go home. I gave all my remaining supplies to other people at the hotel and headed towar
17、ds the airport. Houston Airport was not damaged, so I took my flight and drank my first hot drink in four days.All in all, when I came back home, I was proud that I finally made it again to follow and record the storm and I really learned a lot these days. Although its dangerous, I love my job as no
18、t many people would go into the eye of an intense storm.1、We can know from the passage that “Rita” is _.Aa petBa stormCa friend of the authorDa citizen in Houston2、What can we infer from the passage?AThe author was a storm chaser.BThe storm lasted for at least a week.CThe author didnt like Houston a
19、t all.DHouston was very badly damaged by the storm.3、How did the author probably feel after the storm?AAnxious.BDisappointed.CSatisfied.DScared.4、What is the passage mainly about?AWays to survive in a storm.BThe weather changes in Houston.CThe authors experience in the storm.DDamages caused by the s
20、torm in Houston.22（8分） Twenty-one years ago, my husband gave me Sam, an eight-week-old schnauzer（雪纳瑞犬）, to help ease the loss of our daughter. Sam and I developed a very special bond over the next years.At one point, my husband and I decided to move to a new home in New Jersey. Our neighbor, whose c
21、at had recently had kittens, asked if we would like one. We were a little apprehensive about Sams jealousy and how he would handle his turf（地盘）being invaded, but we decided to risk it.We picked a little, gray, playful ball of Fur. She raced around chasing imaginary mice and squirrels and jumped from
22、 table to chair in the blink of an eye, so we named her Lightning.At first, Sam and Lightning were very cautious with each other and kept their distance. But slowly, Lightning started following Sam up the stairs, down the stairs, into the kitchen. Later, when they slept, it was always together; when
23、 they ate, it was always next to each other. When I took either one out, the other was always waiting by the door when we returned. That was the way it was for years.Then, without any warning, Sam was diagnosed as having a weak heart. I had no other choice but to have him put down. The pain was noth
24、ing compared with what I experienced when I had to walk into our house alone. This time, there was no Sam for Lightning to greet and no way to explain why she would never see her friend again.In the following days, Lightning seemed heart-broken. I could see the disappointment in her eyes whenever an
25、yone opened the front door, or the hope whenever she heard a dog bark.One day as I walked into our living room, I happened to see Lightning was lying next to the sculptured replica（复制品）of Sam that we had bought a few years ago, one arm wrapped around the statues neck, contentedly sleeping with her b
26、est friend.1、What does the underlined word “apprehensive” in paragraph 2 mean?AShocked.BCurious.CWorried.DEager.2、How did Sam get along with Lightning at first?ALightning followed Sam everywhere it went.BThey fought with each other fiercely.CThey kept a certain distance from each other.DSam was unfr
27、iendly to Lightning.3、What can we infer from the text?ALightning knew Sam had died.BSam means a lot to Lightning.CWe took Lightning home to accompany Sam.DSam came back to stay with Lightning again.4、What can be the best title of the text?AThe Friendship between Sam and LightningBThe Coming of Sam a
28、nd LightningCThe Death of Sam to LightningDThe Importance of Sam to Us23（8分） A Russian spacecraft traveling to the International Space Station Thursday had to make an emergency landing when a rocket engine failed to fire. It was the latest in a recent series of failures for the Russian space program
29、, which is also used by the U.S. to carry its astronauts to the station.United States astronaut Nick Hague and Russian astronaut Alexei Ovchinin landed safely about 20 kilometers from Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. The city is about 450 kilometers from the Russias Baikonur space center, which Russia ope
30、rates through an agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan.Both the U.S. space agency NASA and Russias Roscosmos reported that the two were quickly recovered from the landing area by rescue crews. A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said, “Thank God the crew is alive” after they had lan
31、ded safely.About two minutes after launching, the three-stage Soyuz booster rocket suffered an unspecified failure of its second stage. Russias TASS news agency said the capsule carrying the two men separated from the troubled rocket safely. This caused the capsule to drop very sharply into the Eart
32、hs atmosphere. Parachutes（降落伞）helped slow the returning capsule. Search and rescue teams were sent to recover the crew.Russias RIA news agency reported that Russia has immediately put off all manned space launches after the failure. Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said he had ordered a state commissio
33、n to carry out an investigation into what went wrong. He said Russia will share all relevant information with the U.S.The TASS news agency said that the ISS crew has enough supplies and that the failed launch will not affect operations.The U.S. and other nations have depended on Russia to carry astr
34、onauts to the ISS since the retirement of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. In coming years, American aerospace companies SpaceX, with its Dragon 2, and Boeing, with its Starliner, are expected to return to space.1、What can be the best title of the text?AThe Rescue of Two AstronautsBThe Launch of R
35、ussian SpacecraftCCooperation between Russia and AmericaDEmergency Landing in Failed Space Launch2、What caused the failure of the launch?AThe problem of the engine.BThe terrible weather.CThe drop of the capsule.DThe wrong operation.3、What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?ASpaceX is sure to
36、go back to space soon.BAmerica carried astronauts to the ISS by itself before 2011.CNow only Russia can carry astronauts to space.Dthe ISS crew lives a very good life in the space station.4、What can we learn about the launch?AThe capsule landed safely in Dzhezkazgan, Russia.BRussia had never failed
37、in the space launch before this failure.CThe failed launch will have a serious effect on the operations.DAt first the capsule dropped very rapidly into the Earths atmosphere.24（8分） In the short time Steve and Zach had been inside their tent packing their tools, wind-blown flame had skipped from the
38、top of one tree to another. The long dry summer had turned the forest into a tinderbox.“Lets go! We can make it back to the river we crossed today!” Steve kept Brady on the lead and their heads down against the fire-wind. But Brady barked a sharp warning. Ahead of them lay a thick curtain of smoke a
39、cross the track. They would never make it through that. The dog was pulling at his lead trying to draw them away from the smoke, and yet Steve was uneasy. It seemed to him that they were moving away from the river.Suddenly, Zach cried. “Zach!” Steve shouted. “Are you OK? Where are you?” Then Brady p
40、ulled Steve down a sharp slope(坡). At its base, Zach was rubbing his ankle.As Steve helped his friend to his feet, Brady lifted his head and snuffed(嗅) the smoke-laden wind. Next moment, the dog bounded away and disappeared. The boys shouted for him, but he didnt come back. Steve couldnt blame Brady
41、 for panicking. He himself wanted to run even though he didnt have a clue which way.Steve and Zach hadnt gone far when there was a familiar bark, and Brady came bounding, stopped directly in front of Steve and hit him with his head, pushing him back toward the slope theyd just climbed. But Steve did
42、nt get it. Then Brady grabbed the boys jeans and started pulling. The message was clear, but Steve hesitated. Of course he remembered Brady saving his uncles life when the dog was much younger. Was he still sharp enough to get them through this?Nearby, a pine went up in a whoosh of smoke. Brady pull
43、ed again, urgently. “OK, big guy,” Steve gritted(咬紧牙关). Brady led them back down the slope and into the trees. Not far from them fire was touching underbrush. Several times the big dog stopped. Often he changed directions. Steve was so tired that he just wanted to rest, but Brady wouldnt have it. Th
44、e dog bullied both boys to go on. How long theyd walked Steve had no idea. He was almost numb when he heard itthe wonderful sound of rushing water!1、What happened to Steve and Zach at first?AThey got injured.BThey lost their dog.CThey were trapped.DThey became separated.2、Brady ran away to _.Aseek h
45、elpBfind a way outCrescue ZachDescape for life3、How did Steve feel after Brady pulled his jeans?AUneasy.BImpatient.CNumb.DUncertain.4、The passage basically describes _.Aan adventureBan explorationCan escape gameDa training program25（10分）It used to be a matter of fact when Peter Pan a character from
46、James Matthew Barries 1911 book said: “All children, except one, grow up.”But this “fact” doesnt seem to apply to todays world anymore.According to the NPD Group, a US market research company, sales of toys to adults in the UK increased by more than 20 percent in 2016, three times the pace of the ch
47、ildrens toy market itself. These toys ranged from puzzles and Lego building sets to vehicle models and action figures. And more than half of the sales came from millennials people born between the 1980s and 2000s.“Adults of the 21st century are channeling their inner child, one toy at a time,” commented website Koreaboo. This is also why these adults are s
