1、2023年高考英语模拟试卷考生须知：1全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。2请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。3保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1_ you sing and dance at this late hour of the night?Sorry, I will stop right now.AMayBShallCWillDMust2Not until he
2、went abroad to further his study_ the importance of English.Ahas he found B he has found Cdid he find D he had found3Not until I went up further _ that under the tree _, obviously sound asleep.Athat I saw; did a boy lieBI saw; lay a boyCdid I see; did a boy lieDdid I see; lay a boy4Their products en
3、joy 30 percent _ of the market in this country because both the quality and their service are fine.Afeatures Bshares Cinterests Dsales5Some pre-school children go to a day care center, _ they learn simple games and songs.AthenBthereCwhileDwhere6- How about _ plan to open a branch?- I should say it w
4、as _ failure.Aa; aBa; /Cthe; /Dthe; a7When he goes out, he often wears sunglasses _nobody can recognize himAso thatBnow thatCin caseDas though8In some countries, people eat with chopsticks, while in _, knives and forks.AanotherBotherCothersDthe other9To combat global warming, many people are _ the u
5、se of alternative energy sources.Aapplying toBjumping atCdipping intoDpushing for10If the traffic so heavy, I could have been back by 6 oclock.Ahadnt beenBwasntCcouldnt beDhasnt been11Would you please wait for a moment while I telephone the reception desk to check?_.AI wouldnt mind thatBSound like f
6、unCI mean itDYou wish12. Jenny was sad over the loss of the photos she shot in Canada, _ this was a memory she especially treasured.AifBwhenCasDwhere13A grand banquet was held by Elizabeth II _ President Xis current state visit to the UK.Ain terms of Bin honor ofCin favor of Din memory of14She _ to
7、someone on the phone, so I just nodded to her and went away.AtalkedBhas talkedChad talkedDwas talking15The government is to _ the technologies to the full in the structural transformation of the economy.Aadapt BexposeCexploit Dattach16-Can you tell us your _ for happiness and a long life？-Living eve
8、ry day to the fullest，definitely.ArecipeBeffortCcontentDdemand17Look! Mary is crazily looking for something again! _ , she cant find her keys.ATypicallyBOccasionallyCAccordinglyDParticularly18The real reason why prices _ , and still are, too high is complex, and no short discussion can satisfactoril
9、y explain this problem.AwereBwill beChave beenDhad been19The battery in my cell phone is running low.I that last night before we went to bed.Awas noticingBhave noticedCwould noticeDhad noticed20_ the lawyers, volunteers from the Libyan Red Cross Society also joined the efforts in helping the Chinese
10、 go home safely.AExcept forBIn spite ofCApart fromDInstead of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） A bargain is something offered at a low and advantageous price. A more recent definition is: a bargain is a dirty trick to force money out of the pockets of silly and innocent people.
11、The cost of producing a newfor exampletoothpaste would make 80 p the proper price for it, so we will market it at 1. 20. It is not a bad toothpaste, and as people like to try new things it will sell well to start with; but the attraction of novelty soon fades, so sales will fall. When that happens w
12、e will reduce the price to l. 15. And we will turn it into a bargain by printing 5 p OFF all over it.Sometimes it is not 5 p OFF but l p OFF. What breathtaking rudeness to advertise l p OFF your soap or washing powder or whatever! Even the poorest old-age pensioner ought to regard this as an insult（
13、侮辱）, but he doesnt. A bargain must not be missed. People say one has to have washing powder（or whatever）and one might as well buy it a penny cheaper.The real danger starts when unnecessary things become “bargains”. Many people just cannot resist bargains. Provided they think they are getting a barga
14、in they will buy clothes they will never wear or furniture they have no space for. Once I heard of a man who bought an electric saw as a bargain and cut off two of his fingers the next day. But he had no regrets: the saw had been truly cheap.Quite a few people actually believe that they make money o
15、n such bargains. A lady once told me: “Ive had a lucky day today. I bought a dress for 120, reduced from 400; and I bought a beautiful Persian carpet for 600, reduced from 900.” It will never occur to her that she has actually wasted 720. She feels as though she had made 580. She also feels, I am su
16、re, that if she had more time for shopping, she could make a living out of it.Some people buy in large quantities because it is cheaper. Once a couple bought enough sugar for their lifetime and the lifetime of their children and grandchildren. They thought it a bargain not to be missed. When the sug
17、ar arrived they didnt know where to store it until they realized that their toilet was a very spacious one. So that was where they piled up their sugar. Not only did their guests feel rather strange whenever they were offered sugar to put into their coffee, but the toilet became extremely sticky.To
18、offer bargains is a commercial trick to make the poor poorer. When greedy fools fall for this trick, it serves them right.1、Which word best describes the language style of the passage?APolite.BFoolish.CHumorous.DSerious.2、What does the underlined word “novelty” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?AGood qua
19、lity.BLow price.CNewness.DCuriosity.3、How does the author feel about l p OFF a product?AIts a gift for poor people.BIts an offense to shoppers.CIts a bargain worth trying.DIts a real reduction in price.4、Which statement will the author probably agree with?ABargains are things people dont really need
20、.BBargains are often real cheap products.CBargains help people make a living.DBargains play tricks on people.22（8分）An old man in a faded yellow shirt sat in a windowless room on a raised concrete form. The only source of heat came from somewhere beneath the plastic mattress and the rough blanket the
21、 blank-faced police woman had handed him after taking his thumb prints. He heard voices and metallic clang as the cell door swung open.At the front desk a tired looking policeman handed the old man back his belongings, his worn-out cap and the Seiko watch that had stopped working the day his beloved
22、 Evelyn left. The policeman dramatically held the blue plastic bag at an arms length to the old man who took it and made sure its contents were undamaged: the goat meat, palm oil, leaves and spices. He ignored the confused expression on the officers face and signed the document declaring he had been
23、 returned the possessions they had taken off him the night before.No one spoke to him as he walked slowly towards the exit.“Mr. Easy-nwa?” He stopped and prayed to the God who now took care of Evelyn to please take him far away from this unhappy place of expressionless faces, clipped accents and peo
24、ple who did not even attempt to pronounce his name right.“Ezenwa,” He said and looked at a woman with tangerine lips, her name tag said Jessica Harlow, Social Services. “A bit far from home，she said as she drove fast and with confidence the way Evelyn used to. He wondered if she meant the 50 miles f
25、rom Liverpool or the 50,000 miles from Enugu，a city in Nigeria. He did not bother replying as this woman had plenty to say about the weather, bad drivers, her daughters school play.At last she drew up outside the block of flats where he lived.“Got here in the end”，said she seriously, “Really Mr. Eas
26、y-nwa, if you keep getting lost, we will have to consider moving you into a home”.“No need, I was not lost，he answered. He carefully rolled up the sleeves of the oversize bomber jacket he wore and turned on the tap to wash his hands, relieved the pipes were not frozen. In a clean pan he placed the c
27、hopped pieces of goat meat. The herbs and spices that had taken him three months to track down, the uziza seeds had taken him into the heart of Granby Market in Liverpool, his uchanwu leaves down a shady back alley in Manchester, and yesterday, among other food items, the finest goat meat from a Sie
28、rra Leonean Butcher in Birmingham. That had taken some time, so much he missed the last train and when the police found him shivering outside the locked up station, so cold he couldnt answer loudly enough the pink-faced big copper who yelled in his face, “Whats your name sir?” spraying his face with
29、 spittle (吐沫）as he did so, leaving them with no choice but to search an exhausted, frozen old black man and finding him in possession of mysterious condiments (调味品）including a bag of dried bitter-leaf which could of course be mistaken for anything that resulted in him getting read his rights and cha
30、rged with .possession?He lifted the lid of the bubbling soup, the room was filled with the rich and spicy scent of his culinary (烹饪的）effort. He served two bowls, taking the chipped one and placing the other opposite where Evelyn would have sat. He would tell her about his adventure, it was their ann
31、iversary and this was the perfect pepper soup to celebrate.Ken Onyia, UK (Nigeria) Commonwealth Sport Short Story Prize1、Why was Mr. Ezenwa taken to the prison for a night?AHe was too weak to move.BHe couldnt find his way back home.CHe then had nowhere else to go.DHe was suspected of possessing drug
32、s.2、When Mr. Ezenwa was to leave the prison, Ahis thumb print was taken immediatelyBthe policeman was confused about what he hadCa social worker was assigned to drive him back homeDthe policeman was so kind as not to damage his belongings3、What did Mr. Ezenwa do for his wedding anniversary?AHe colle
33、cted all sorts of valuables as presents.BHe cooked native food as a surprise for his wife.CHe prepared a special Nigerian pepper soup carefully.DHe travelled a lot, attempting to get his wife back.4、What words can be used to describe Mr. Ezenwa?AHopeless and pessimistic.BMysterious and troublesome.C
34、Affectionate and persistent.DEnergetic and sympathetic.5、What theme does the author want to express through the story?ARacial prejudice.BHard life of the elderly.CStruggle for freedom.DPreservation of tradition.23（8分）You may think that the story of Pygmalion (卖花女, 1913)-in which people are judged by
35、 the way they talk - is something that only existed in the days of British high society. But thanks to etiquette (礼仪) expert and author William Hanson, we realize that little has changed during the past 100 years.In a BBC radio program, Hanson released a list of common words used in British English
36、that could reveal whether a person is “common” or “fashionable”.And yet here comes the interesting part: While some of us might go through life using fancy words, dressing in ways that make us appear more well-off than we really are, there are wealthy people in the world who try to hide their riches
37、 because they want to be seen as “normal” instead of “showy”.Beatrice, for example, is a New Yorker who inherited (继承) millions of dollars. She told The New York Times that she has a habit of removing the price tags from her clothes so her house staff dont see them and feel uncomfortable.“We dont wa
38、nt that Wow.” said Scott, also a New Yorker, who had just inherited over $50 million. “Were just not the type of people who wear it on our sleeve.”1、What does William Hanson find?APeople failed to judge others manner.BPeople meet impolite persons frequently.CPeople tend to use more polite words.DPeo
39、ple judge others by their way of talking.2、What do rich people prefer to do?ATo earn more money.BTo hide their riches.CTo think highly of their wealth.DTo judge others by their wealth.3、Why did Beatrice remove the price tags on her clothes?ATo show off her fashion sense.BTo avoid making people aroun
40、d her uncomfortable.4、What does the underlined word “it” in the last sentence mean?AThe Times magazine. BThe brand label.CThe inheritance contract. DThe price tag.24（8分） Here are some professions Americans consider to be the most honest. Maybe the rest of us can learn from what these people do to es
41、tablish good relationships with others.MEDICAL DOCTORSJack Jacob, Age: 44, Fountain Valley, CaliforniaI try to introduce myself in a pleasant way. I sit down. I dont stand. I make good eye contact with the patient and his or her family. Communication skills are key, as well as showing understanding
42、and availability. For a physician, the most rewarding thing is when someone who has seen your work chooses you.ENGINEERSChrissy Keane, Age: 41, Crofton, MarylandI dont know that being an engineer means you are automatically trustworthy. However, I do think that most engineers like to follow rules an
43、d be organized. They tell you what they think, whether you want to hear it or not. Those are important elements in building trust.POLICE OFFICERSG.M.Cox, Age: 64, Fort Worth, TexasAs a police officer, I have the best interests of the people I serve in my heart and in my actions and Im going to treat
44、 everyone the same way. I always want to go up to people and speak to them with respect. Dont talk down to them. You have to establish and maintain that trust. Be equal!1、What does Jack Jacob think important to do his job?ABeing communicative.BExperience.CSelf-introduction.DBeing open-minded.2、How d
45、oes G.M.Cox treat people in his job?AActivelyBEquallyCCautiouslyDStrictly3、What do the three people mentioned in the passage have in common?AThey follow rules.BThey are warm-hearted.CThey deserve trust.DThey are good organizers.25（10分）Let me introduce myself: I am the last man in America who has tim
46、e. If you should run into me on the street, I will have time to chat with you. If you invite me for tea, I will seize the opportunity and enjoy a cup. But it seems nobody else has time like me.When did people become so busy? Sometimes I think it happened when shopping, instead of being a necessity o
47、r occasional pleasure, became a form of entertainment. At other times I blame it on the computer, with honorary mention given to “smart” phones, for creating appetites (欲望) that can never be satisfied, no matter how long we stare at the movable feast on the screen, no matter how fast we type with our fingers.It wasnt always like this.Sundays used to be days of
