2023学年河南省洛阳市偃师高级中学高三第三次测评英语试卷（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、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3．考试结束后，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．. The study of natural history is not something to be left to biologists. In fact, their capacity _____ the time they can spend away from their offices is very limited. A．in terms of B．in search of C．in view of D．in spite of 2． volleyball is her main focus, she is also great at basketball. A．Since B．Once C．Unless D．While 3．We’d better take umbrellas—I’m sure it ________ when we arrive in London; it’s always wet there at this time of year. A．will rain B．is raining C．will be raining D．would rain 4．No driving after drinking is a rule that every driver ____________ obey in our country. A．will B．shall C．may D．can 5．-Oh, we have finished our task and can have a good rest． - ________．Our manager took another order yesterday． A．Yes, it will B．I don't take much of it C．It's possible D．It's hard to say 6．________ competence in acquiring English today comes from the ability to express oneself rather than in simply passing exams. A．Due B．Raw C．Core D．Keen 7．---Professor Li is wanted on the phone. Where is he? --- I saw him coming, but in a minute, he _____. A．will disappear B．has disappeared C．disappears D．disappeared 8．I'll have all of the readings by the end of this term if my plan goes well. A．completing B．to complete C．completed D．being completed 9．A hurricane swept through my village. Just as we were beginning to lose hope, it suddenly stopped. It is really “ ”. A．All’s well that ends well B．Lightning never strikes twice in the same place C．It never rains but if pours D．A friend in need is a friend indeed 10．Some analysts suspected that the rebellion was _______ and financed by a western country. A．launched B．backed C．evaluated D．crushed 11．I decided to do a random act of kindness last year. And ______ that the person I would end up helping most would be myself. A．I little knew B．little did I knew C．little did I know D．little I knew 12．He let me write down his instructions sure that I would know what was after he went away. A．making; doing B．making; to do C．to make; to do D．to make; to be done 13．— Looking back on _____ in years gone by and the good time that I had makes today seem rather sad. — Absolutely. So much has changed. A．how it was B．who it was C．how was it D．who was it 14．--- I have been working for more than 30 years! I’m going to retire next month. --- Really? You don’t look a day 40! A．over B．by C．with D．for 15．—Oh, Hannah just told me that she was unable to translate the report into English. —________？She once spent 10 years living in London. A．Guess what B．Why not C．So what D．How come 16．He felt ________ of cheating in the exam, deciding never to do such things again. A．shame B．ashamed C．sorry D．shameful 17．Is it he or you ________ in charge of the job and supposed to complete it punctually? A．who is B．that is C．who are D．whom are 18．— I am gaining weight. I need to see a doctor. — But I think you eat too much. ___________. A．Neglect of health is doctor’s wealth B．Laugh at your ills, and save doctors’ bills C．Diet cures more than the doctor D．An apple a day keeps the doctor away 19．All the students are required to check they have made some spelling errors in their compositions. A．whether B．what C．that D．which 20．—What did she want to know, Tom? —She wondered we could complete the experiment A．when was it that B．it was when that C．it was when D．when it was that 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） During the period from 1660 through 1800, Great Britain became the world’s leader. Language itself became submitted to rules during this period. This need to fix the English language is best illustrated (描述) in the making of The Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson. Guides to the English language had been in existence before Johnson began his project in 1746. These, however, were often little more than lists of hard words. When definitions of common words were supplied, they were often unhelpful. For example, a “horse” was defined in an early dictionary as “a beast well known”. Johnson changed all that, but the task was not an easy one. Renting a house at 17 Gough Square, Johnson began working in the worst of conditions. Supported only by his publisher, Johnson worked on the Dictionary with five assistants. Compared to the French Academy’s dictionary, which took forty workers fifty-five years to complete (1639-1694), Johnson’s dictionary was completed by very few people very quickly. Balanced on a chair with only three legs, Johnson sat against a wall in a room filled with books. Johnson would read widely from these books, mark passages illustrating the use of a particular word, and give the books to his assistant