2023高考英语模拟试卷
注意事项
1．考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。
2．试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。
3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。
第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．The farmer ud wood to build a hou ________ to store grain.
A. that B. in which C. which D. what
2．Though the story of Li Yunlong in the TV drama “Bright Sword” is a fiction, much of __________happened is historically true.
A．that B．what C．which D．it
3．She is stubborn in resisting his enquiries about the Moonstone _____ the degree that she makes it em as if she does not want the mystery ______.
A．on; to solve B．with; solving
C．for; being solved D．to; to be solved
4．Last week, only two people came to look at the hou, ________ wanted to buy it.
A．none of them B．both of them C．none of whom D．neither of whom
5．---How’s your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful?
---It ________ be, but it is now heavily polluted.
A．will B．would C．should D．must
6．—Tony _______ what I did annoying though he didn’t say anything.
—So you think you will have to make an apology?
A．could find B．should have found
C．might find D．must have found
7．This kind of gel pen which ______ smoothly is quite popular with students.
A．is written B．is writing C．wrote D．writes
8．—I am wondering ________ makes you study so hard?
—To go to my dream university.
A．what is it that B．that is what
C．what is that D．what it is that
9． carefully for long time,the opening ceremony won a great success.
A．Having prepared B．To be prepared C．Being prepared D．Having been prepared
10．--Whenever you want a good meal, come to my restaurant and eat for free.
--Believe me. That is an ________ I will not refu.
A．approach B．offer
C．idea D．instruction
11．In Australia, many road signs are now both in English and Chine, ______ it easier for Chine tourists to travel.
A．making B．made C．make D．makes
12．His brother aims to be __________ of his parents by the time he is twenty.
A．innocent B．beneficial C．invisible D．independent
13．Jack decided to choo a different ________ and teach history through storytelling.
A．analysis B．angle C．attitude D．approach
14．The Japane people keep up cheerful spirits ________ the world that they can get over the crisis caud by the terrible tsunami（海啸）.
A．being convinced B．convinced C．to convince D．having convinced
15．This January will be very precious for us by which time we ________ reviewing Senior Book I.
A．will finish B．will have finished
C．have finished D．will be finished
16．I know he feels upt about his failure, and I can _____ that.
A．relate to B．live with
C．answer for D．pull through
17．Hard work，along with dedicated revolutionary spirit is the fundamental guarantee of success，which is ________ we should learn from the pioneers participating in the Long March.
A．that B．what
C．where D．how
18．The writer was so ________ in her work that she didn’t notice him enter the room.
A．abandoned B．focud C．absorbed D．centered
19．We were sad to learn that veral students were by a car yesterday.
A．hit out B．knocked over
C．run across D．picked up
20．It is reported that the ______ in Libya is hotting up.
A．strength B．violence C．power D．activity
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 Portland, Oregon man, Colin O’Brady, has become the first person to travel across Antarctica by himlf with receiving any assistance.
O’Brady completed the 1,500 - kilometer trip on Wednesday. He crosd the continent in 54 days. Friends, family and other people followed his progress through messages and pictures he left on social media. The 33 - year – old O’Brady documented the trip on the social networking rvice Instagram.
He wrote Wednesday that he traveled the last 129 kilometers in one big, final push to the finish line. The distance took over one day to complete. O’Brady wrote, “While the last 32 hours were some of the most challenging hours of my life, they h
ave quite honestly been some of the best moments I have ever experienced.”
The day before, he wrote that he was “in the zone” and thought he could make it to the end without stopping. “I’m listening to my body and taking care of the details to keep mylf safe,” he wrote “I called home and talked to my mom, sister and wife — I promid them I will stop when I need to.”
