2023学年河北省邯郸市永年区第二中学高三第六次模拟考试英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 注意事项 1．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．His dream was ________ a photo studio that could transport people back to the past. A．opening B．opened C．to open D．open 2．—This is the first time I ________ my picture with my own hands. —It is time that you ________ a picture for me. A．have taken; took B．took; should take C．took; will take D．will take; have taken 3．—- Mum, look at my shoes. I need a new pair. —- .I bought them for you only a week ago! A．You bet B．You said it C．You don't say D．You name it 4．When all is said and done, there doesn’t seem to be ________ a mystery to explain. A．kind of B．close to C．far from D．much of 5．By the time we ________ from our school, we have been close friends for more than ten years. A．graduated B．will graduate C．are graduating D．graduate 6．They were standing so far away that I couldn’t_____ their faces clearly. A．make out B．make for C．make off D．make up 7．---Tom has failed again in the math exam. I am really let down. ---______ He has already done his best. A．Don’t push him. B．No kidding. C．He should be to blame. D．No wonder. 8．Even a small personal computer store vast amounts of information. A．might B．can C．ought to D．has to 9．When I said someone broke the school regulations, I ______ you. Why did you get that angry? A．don’t refer to B．haven’t referred to C．wasn’t referring to D．hadn’t referred to 10．Everything is amazing. Thank you all. We without your help. A．can’t make it B．mustn’t have made C．won’t make D．couldn’ t have made it 11．People from all walks of life are eager for success, _______ lack of confidence, however, is a great barrier. A．where B．which C．to which D．beyond which 12．People who drink and drive are ________ danger both to themselves and to others. They are in ________ danger of losing their lives. A．the; the B．a; a C．a; / D．/; / 13．––Cathy is not coming to your birthday party tonight. ––But she ______! A．promised B．promises C．will promise D．had promised 14．The economy in big cities has continued to rise thanks to the local governments to increase ______. A．that B．them C．it D．those 15． we go there by train or by ship makes no difference．The time and the fees are the same． A．Which B．How C．Whether D．Why 16．Meizhou Island is such a beautiful place of interest______ everyone likes to visit. A．as B．that C．which D．where 17．I quickly lowered myself, ducking my head to avoid looking directly into his eyes so that he wouldn't feel ________. A．challenged B．challenging C．to be challenged D．having challenged 18．— Hello, Paul, do you like to join us in playing football? We need one more person to ____ a team. — Yes, I’d like to. A．pick up B．pick out C．make up D．make out 19．When ________ questions in class, one should answer them as clearly as possible. A．asking B．to ask C．to be asked D．asked 20．Although the test ________ look like a simple one, great care is needed. A．may B．must C．should D．need 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% more of its energy from its star than Earth receives from the Sun. Temperatures there would be about 140 degrees. Kepler 442b is about 33% larger than Earth, but receives 30% less energy from its star. That would make it a potentially chillier world than our own. Torres says it is possible for life to exist and survive in either of those temperatures, but for that to happen, these planets would need to have another key ingredient for life: a heat-trapping atmosphere like Earth’s. While these findings add to the possibility that life exists beyond Earth, Torres cautions against drawing conclusions, “We are not claiming they are inhabited,” he says. In fact, these planets are so far