2023学年河南省灵宝市第三高级中学高三一诊考试英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 考生请注意： 1．答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。 2．第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。 3．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．A lot of food as well as some tents _________to Yushu since the earthquake occurred. A．has been transported B．have been transported C．is being transported D．are transported 2．If he had been working hard, he ______ in the office now. However, he didn’t. A．would be working B．were to be working C．was working D．should work 3．The warmth of ____ coat will mostly be determined by ____ soft of cloth used. A．the; a B．a; the C．/; the D．a; a 4．Although the test ________ look like a simple one, great care is needed. A．may B．must C．should D．need 5．It is widely acknowledged that students should be ____________ in terms of overall quality. A．supported B．matched C．evaluated D．controlled 6．—Is Peter coming? —No, he____ his mind after a phone call at the last minute. A．changes B．changed C．was changing D．had changed 7．—I keep on meeting with difficulties in the experiment. I can hardly go on. —Where there are difficulties, there are ways to get over them. ________ A．Suit yourself. B．Good for you C．Pull yourself together! D．What’s the deal? 8．—Mum, I broke Dad’s sunglasses this morning. —You need to make an apology for your fault, ________ you will regret. A．and B．or C．but D．for 9．____ which university to attend, the girl asked her teacher for advice. A．Not knowing B．Knowing not C．Not known D．Known not 10．Believe it or not, it is ________________ that causes your illness. A．because of your being overweight B．because you are overweight C．you are so overweight D．your being overweight 11．Take the note as a reminder ______ you forgot to buy some sweets for the kids while shopping there. A．how B．that C．in case D．even if 12．Why are some brands more popular than others ______ the products are of similar quality? A．as though B．even if C．so that D．in case 13．The art historians tried to figure out how the temple __________ when built around 15 B．C． A．might look B．might have looked C．must look D．must have looked 14．_______ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum. A．Anything B．Nothing C．Everything D．Something 15．The police are investigating the company, three of ________ managers have already been arrested. A．whose B．that C．which D．where 16．In recent years, Chinese arts have won the of a lot of people outside China. A．reputation B．enjoyment C．appreciation D．entertainment 17．—I will be a vice president in a year or two. —You can’t be serious!_______. A．I can’t make it B．I can’t help it C．I won’t tell a soul D．I wouldn’t bet on it 18．________ two hours daily has made considerable difference to my physical condition. A．To walk B．Walking C．Walked D．Having walked 19．The students have decided on a final date by which everyone ________ reading the books assigned by their professor. A．finishes B．finished C．have finished D．will have finished 20．The new local law in Nanjing says parents not physically harm young children or expose them to long­term hunger as a punishment. A．can B．shall C．will 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）Not long ago, people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life. Scientists note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment. They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes. A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregivers. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other human beings. One study shows that babies can learn before they are born. The researchers placed a tape recorder on the stomach of a pregnant woman. Then, they played a recording of a short story. On the day the baby was born, the researchers attempted to find if he knew the sounds of the story repeated while in his mother. They did this by placing a device in the mouth of the newborn baby. The baby would hear the story if he moved his mouth one way. If the baby moved his mouth the other way, he would hear a different story. The researchers say the baby clearly liked the story he heard before he was born. They say the baby would move his mouth so he could hear the story again and again. Another study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children. Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years. The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers. The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children’s activities and did not interfere(干预) unnecessarily. They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old. Also, the researchers obser