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-Turn off the TV, Jack. Your homework now?-Mum, just ten more minutes, please.AShould you be doingBCouldnt you be d
2、oingCShouldnt you be doingDWill you be doing2I got more _ about him from reading his books than from talking to him.AinsightsBmemoriesCresourcesDexperiences3You all like your English teacher?Yeah, she devotes herself_ to teaching and it earns her a good reputationAoriginallyBextremelyCobviouslyDenti
3、rely4-What difference will it make _we shall go to the concert on Tuesday or Saturday?They offer a discount on weekdays.Athat BwhenCif Dwhy5_the safety of gas, the government has checked the citys gas supply system thoroughly.ATo ensure BEnsuringCHaving ensured DTo have ensured6- Its raining hard an
4、d we cant go picnicking today.-If only the weather _ fine!AisBwereChad beenDwould be7You are supposed to leave your child _ his homework alone.AdoBto doCbeing doneDdone8Agatha didnt tell me _ she would pick up her son from school.Awhich BwhenCwhere Dwhat9We were sad to learn that several students we
5、re by a car yesterday.Ahit outBknocked overCrun acrossDpicked up10- I have heard Mr. Morgan will be here at 4:00 pm. next Thursday.- No, he _ at that time.Awas boardingBwould be boardingCwill be boardingDis boarding11By the time I saw the angry expression on his face, I _ exactly what I was having t
6、o face.Aknew Bhad known Cwould know Dhave known12Jenny nearly missed the flight _doing too much shopping.Aas a result ofBon top ofCin front ofDin need of13He _ in a university for five years, but now he runs a company of his own.Ahas taughtBhad taughtCtaughtDhas been teaching14In Beijing, more than
7、21,100 people _ to donate their bodies by the end of 2017, as the city promoted a body donation campaign from 1999.Ahave applied Bhad appliedCwould have applied Dapplied15Sometimes it seems to bother the teacher _ all the students are being too quiet.AhowBwhatCthatDwhere16While working in Kunming, h
8、e checked the weather each morning for months _he realized it would be the same every day.Awhen BafterCbefore Dsince17Please wear your best clothes on Monday, as your class photos _ then.Awill take Bwill be taken Chave taken Dhave been taken18- Ill pay a visit to Hong Kong. Would you mind keeping an
9、 eye on my house?- Not at all. _.AId rather notBId be happyCIve no timeDId like to19_ many Chinese holidays are directed towards services remembering ancestors, the Ching Ming Festival is beyond doubt the largest.AUnlessBSinceCOnceDWhile20Im very grateful to my high school teachers，without _help I w
10、ouldnt be so excellent.AtheirBwhomCwhoseDwhich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） One day in 1995, a large, heavy middle-aged man robbed two Pittsburgh banks in broad daylight. He didnt wear a mask and he smiled at surveillance cameras before walking out of each bank. Later that
11、night, police arrested a surprised McArthur Wheeler. When they showed him the surveillance tapes, Wheeler stared in disbelief. “But I wore the juice，” he said. Apparently, Wheeler thought that rubbing lemon juice on his skin would make him invisible to videotape cameras. After all, lemon juice is us
12、ed as invisible ink, so, as long as he didnt come near a heat source, he should have been completely invisible.The case caught the eye of the psychologist David Dunning at Cornell University, who enlisted his graduate student, Justin Kruger, to see what was going on. They reasoned that, while almost
13、 everyone holds favourable views of their abilities in various social and intellectual fields, some people mistakenly assess their abilities as being much higher than they actually are. This “illusion of confidence” is now called the “Dunning-Kruger effect”，and describes the cognitive bias to inflat
14、e self-assessment.To investigate this phenomenon in the lab, Dunning and Kruger designed some clever experiments. In one study, they asked undergraduate students a series of questions about grammar, logic and jokes, and then asked each student to estimate his or her score overall, as well as their r
15、elative rankings compared to the other students. Interestingly, students who scored the lowest in these cognitive tasks always overestimated how well they didby a lot. Students who scored in the bottom estimated that they had performed better than two-thirds of the other students!Sure, its typical f
16、or people to overestimate their abilities. The problem is that when people are incompetent, not only do they reach wrong conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but also they are robbed of the ability to realize their mistakes. In a semester-long study of college students, good students could bett
17、er predict their performance on future exams if given feedback about their scores and rankings. However, the poorest performers showed no recognition, despite clear and repeated feedback that they were doing badly. Instead of being confused or thoughtful about their incorrect ways, incompetent peopl
18、e insist that their ways are correct. As Charles Darwin wrote in The Descent of Man(1871): “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”Interestingly, really smart people also fail to accurately self-assess their abilities. As much as D- and F-grade students overestimate their a
19、bilities, A-grade students underestimate theirs. The difference is that competent people can and do adjust their self-assessment if given appropriate feedback, while incompetent individuals cannot.1、Which of the following statements about the Dunning-Kruger effect is TRUE?AThe effect is true for eve
20、ryone in daily life.BIt suggests that most people lack cognitive abilities.CSome people are overconfident about their abilities.DThe conclusion is drawn based on a series of bank robberies.2、What do the college students behaviors mentioned in the experiments prove?AFeedback plays a significant role
21、in estimating ones ability.BIncompetent people have a rather fixed attitude towards their choice.CGood students always predict their future performance accurately.DPeople cant rely on their previous behavior to make adjustments.3、The underlined word “begets” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “_”.Agi
22、ves rise toBtakes advantage ofCmakes up forDbreaks away from4、What can we infer from the passage?AReal knowledge is knowing the extent of ones ignorance.BIt is impossible for people to evaluate their real competence.CIllusion of confidence is the major source of peoples failure.DThose with great abi
23、lities often have a low opinion of themselves.22（8分）One of Australias “Big Things”，The Giant Koala, is situated midway between the Victorian towns of Stawell and Horsham at a small town called Dadswells Bridge. Dadswells Bridge is regarded as the gateway to the Grampians Ranges. The Giant Koala is t
24、he “Guardian of the Grampians”.Stop in for breakfast, lunch or dinner or just drop in for some takeaway food, a hot drink or a nice cold ice cream. Try our range of old style boiled lollies or make a selection from our lolly shop with a large range of chocolates & lollies. You can even have your nex
25、t function/party at the Giant Koala in the newly landscaped courtyard fed with our famous camp oven roasted meats.Make use of our BBQ, and bring your own meat and have a picnic out in our courtyard or among the animals in the zoo. The Giant Koala has a large range of gifts and souvenirs for all ages
26、 so that you can take a soft toy koala away with you as a reminder of your visit.The new owners of The Giant Koala, Rob & Julie-Anne, have recently added a zoo which is home to two very affectionate koalas and other native Australian animals and some farm animals.You can have your photo taken with o
27、ur Koalas for a small fee. We have just completed a childrens “Petting Zoo” where they can pat animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs, baby turkeys, chickens.The Giant Koala made an appearance on the Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson movie Charlie and Boots and was featured in the Telstra Bigpond advertis
28、ements this year.A series of eight “Big Things” in Australia has just been released on Redhead Matches and The Giant Koala was selected to be part of this series and you can find them in Supermarkets now.1、What is the best title of the passage?AHave Lunch at The Giant KoalaBAustralias “Big Things”CW
29、elcome to The Giant Koala: an Unforgettable ExperienceDBest Gifts You Can Buy at The Giant Koala: Soft Toy Koala2、It can be inferred from the passage that The Giant Koala is _.Aa small town Ba sighting seeing placeCa famous camp Da very large creature3、The passage is most likely to be taken from _.A
30、a tourist website Ba food columnCan English textbook Da research study4、The underlined word “fed” can be replaced by “_”.Aeaten BencouragedCregarded Dsupplied23（8分）When John Muir was 11 years old, his family moved from Scotland to the United States and settled in Wisconsin. John was good with tools
31、and soon became an inventor. He first invented a model of a sawmill. Later, he invented an alarm clock that would cause the sleeping person to be tipped out of bed when the timer sounded.Muir left home at an early age. He took a 1,000-mile walk south to the Gulf of Mexico in 1867 and 1868. Then he s
32、ailed for San Francisco. The city was too noisy and crowded for Muir, so he headed inland for the Sierra Nevadas.When Muir discovered the Yosemite Valley in the Sierra Nevadas, it was as if he had come home. He loved the mountains, the wildlife, and the trees. He climbed the mountains and even climb
33、ed trees during thunderstorms in order to get closer to the wind. He put forth the theory in the late 1860s that the Yosemite Valley had been formed through the action of glaciers (冰川). People ridiculed him. Not until 1930 was Muirs theory proven correct.Muir began to write articles about the Yosemi
34、te Valley to tell readers about its beauty. His writing also warned people that Yosemite was in danger from timber mining and sheep ranching interests. In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt became president of the United States. He was interested in conservation. Muir took the president through Yosemite, and
35、Roosevelt helped get laws passed to create Yosemite National Park in 1906.Although Muir won many conservation battles, he lost a major one. He fought to save the Hetch Hetchy Valley, which people wanted to dam in order to provide water for San Francisco. In late 1913, a bill was signed to dam the va
36、lley. Muir died in 1914. Some people say losing the fight to protect the valley killed Muir.1、When did Muir invent a unique form of alarm clock?AWhile the family still lived in Scotland.BAfter he sailed to San Francisco.CAfter he traveled in Yosemite.DWhile the Muir family lived in Wisconsin.2、What
37、did John Muir do soon after he arrived in San Francisco?AHe wrote short stories for the local newspaper.BHe put forth a theory about how Yosemite was formed.CHe headed inland for the Sierra Nevadas.DHe began to write articles about the Sierra Nevadas.3、When did John Muir meet Theodore Roosevelt?ABet
38、ween 1901 and 1906.BBetween 1906 and 1914.CBetween 1868 and 1901.DBetween 1906 and 1907.4、John Muir is most probably remembered as .Aa famous politician in the United StatesBa naturalist to help preserve large nature areasCa loser in the fight to protect the Hetch Hetchy ValleyDan inventor of a mode
39、l of sawmill and an alarm clock24（8分） When she won the first ever season of American Idol 11 years ago, critics believed she had little chance of staying on top. Too “girl next door”, they said. Not stylish enough. Not thin enough, either.But Kelly Clarkson, 31, has proven them all wrong with her st
40、ring of worldwide hits, from Because of You to the recent Catch My Breath.Being the first Idol winner in the US was not easy. In the past decade since that victory, Clakson has had to deal with the medias scrutiny of her weight and personal style. “Everyones like, Youre a pop star. You should be sma
41、ller.” Clarkson told People Magazine. “But Im the pop star. Ill make the rules.”Since middle school, Clarkson has been aware of the power of her voice. She first joined the school choir (合唱队) at age 13 when a teacher heard her singing in the hallway and demanded that she join. “Singing gave me confi
42、dence,” Clarkson told the Orange County Register, a newspaper in California. “Friends at school were nervous because they didnt know what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives, but I had a peaceful feeling inside, because I knew. ”Despite her enormous publicity, Clarkson has remained true t
43、o her down-to-earth personality. “The reason some winners fade away is that theyre trying to model themselves on somebody else. If we already have the original, why would we need a copy? You need to be offering something new, something thats uniquely you, ”she told the Daily Mail. Around her rib cag
44、e (胸腔) is her new tattoo (纹身), indicating how strong she has become from all that shes been through. It reads: “What doesnt kill you.”1、How did critics think of Kelly?AUnique.BPlain.CBeautiful-looking.DExtraordinary.2、How did Kelley prove critics wrong?ABy losing weight.BBy winning some medals.CBy g
45、iving some worldwide concerts.DBy publishing some very famous songs.3、What does the under lined word in paragraph 3 mean?ATough inspection.BExtreme curiosity.CComplete exposure.DAccurate calculation4、How did Kelly differ from her friends at school?ABeing very confident.BHaving a definite life goal.C
46、Having tattoo around her cage.DHaving down-to-earth personality.25（10分） A Portland, Oregon man, Colin OBrady, has become the first person to travel across Antarctica by himself with receiving any assistance.OBrady completed the 1,500 - kilometer trip on Wednesday. He crossed the continent in 54 days
47、. Friends, family and other people followed his progress through messages and pictures he left on social media. The 33 - year old OBrady documented the trip on the social networking service Instagram.He wrote Wednesday that he traveled the last 19 kilometers in one big, final push to the finish line. The distance took over one day to complete. OBrady wrote,
