2023学年河北省遵化市乡村中学高三下学期第六次检测英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 注意事项： 1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号和座位号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码粘贴在答题卡右上角"条形码粘贴处"。 2．作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试题卷上。 3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。 4．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） 1．Last week, only two people came to look at the house, ________ wanted to buy it. A．none of them B．both of them C．none of whom D．neither of whom 2．Beijing’s new international airport into operation in 2019 will serve 72 million passengers annually. A．being put B．to be put C．put D．to put 3．________about the man wearing sunglasses during night that he was determined to follow him. A．So curious the detective was B．So curious was the detective C．How curious was the detective D．How curious the detective was 4．Agatha didn’t tell me ______ she would pick up her son from school. A．which B．when C．where D．what 5．Our English teacher is considerate，helpful，and warm-hearted，but sometimes she________________ be angry at our silly mistakes. A．should B．must C．can D．shall 6．There is a wide ________of reference books to be found, so ________you look for some material needed, you can turn to me. A．kind; the last time B．sort; every time C．variety; next time D．type; the moment 7．--- The manager of the factory wants to improve production a great deal, but he doesn’t spend much on technology. ---I am afraid he won’t realize his dream. You know ________. A．you can’t eat your cake and have it B．empty vessels make the greatest sound C．enough is as good as a feast D．two heads are better than one 8．There is no reason to be disappointed. ________, this could be rather amusing. A．Above all B．As a result C．Apart from that D．As a matter of fact 9．I like such houses with beautiful gardens in front, but I don’t have enough money to buy . A．it B．one C．that D．this 10．— Which classical Chinese poem do you like best? —Don’t laugh if we lay drunken on the battleground; how many soldiers ever came back______. A．old and young B．up and down C．safe and sound D．right and wrong 11．—Why not talk with your parents about your willingness to attend 2017 Peking University Summer Camp? —I tried____ to get them to listen to me. A．in time B．in vain C．in need D．in case 12．The man ________ the fake news that 18 firefighters lost their lives in the explosion was arrested. A．having circulating B．to circulate C．circulating D．to have circulated 13．It’s natural that I didn’t recognize her immediately I saw her. _______, it’s almost 5 years since we met last. A．After all B．In addition C．What’s more D．In particular 14．—Could you give me a reminder at 9 tomorrow morning? —I'm sorry,but I a meeting then. A．attend B．will attend C．will be attending D．am attending 15．Not until I went up further ________ that under the tree ________, obviously sound asleep. A．that I saw; did a boy lie B．I saw; lay a boy C．did I see; did a boy lie D．did I see; lay a boy 16．More than a quarter of the energy in the United States goes to moving people and goods from one place to another. A．using B．used C．to use D．use 17．I called her nearly ten minutes this morning, but I couldn’t ________. A．get through B．go through. C．live through D．look through 18．High­speed trains which travel through my hometown ________ up to 250 km per hour make it a small world. A．with B．against C．at D．over 19．－The zookeeper was really annoyed with me. －How could he have been if you ____ stones at the animals? A．didn’t throw B．don’t throw C．hadn’t thrown D．haven’t thrown 20．Her doctor indicated that even adding a(n) _____ amount of daily exercise would dramatically improve her health. A．modest B．equal C．considerable D．exact 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） Are we alone in the universe? A team of scientists announced on January 6, 2015 that they had identified eight planets beyond our solar system, three or four of which orbit in their stars’ “Goldilocks Zone” — the region where temperatures are not too hot or too cold for water, which is a necessary ingredient for life as we know it, to exist liquid form. This may be good news for people hoping that Earth is not the only inhabited world in the universe. The scientists, led by Dr. Guilermo Torres of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, made the discoveries using data collected by the planet-seeking Kepler telescope. NASA launched Kepler in 2009. Since then, the telescope has identified more than 1,000 planets outside of our solar system. Torres and his team analyzed the data about the eight newly discovered world to determine which ones are most likely to be similar to our Earth. Among the new discoveries, the scientists say the planets called Kepler438b and 442b are the closest to Earth. Kepler 438b is just about 10% larger than our planet, and gets 40