2023学年湖北省第五届高三下学期联合考试英语试题（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．The guidance teacher was their adviser, offering them suggestions and solutions when they ______ difficulties. A．arose B．encountered C．emerged D．evaluated 2．The ordinary people all look at the intelligent man with admiration because under no circumstances ________ to cope with emergencies. A．he will fail B．is he failing C．he is failing D．will he fail 3．He would be in better health now _______ with too much work when young. A．had he not burdened himself B．if he was not burdened C．were he not burdened D．had he not been burdened himself 4．Due to the reform and opening­up, our living conditions, undoubtedly, have improved ________ over the past decades. A．considerately B．approximately C．appropriately D．considerably 5．The dining room is clean and tidy, with a table already ______for a big meal． A. being laid B．laying C．to lay D．laid 6．________ is willing to volunteer in the 2023 Beijing Winter Olympics is welcome to join us. A．Whatever B．Whoever C．Whenever D．Wherever 7．It was announced that only when the fire was under control __________to return to their homes. A．the residents would be permitted B．had the residents been permitted C．would the residents be permitted D．the residents had been permitted 8．Any information of the oral test paper are regarded as strictly ______ before it is open. A．conventional B．analytical C．controversial D．confidential 9．The world’s attention ________ China’s Belt and Road Initiative，as it has great influence on the world’s economy. A．is to fix on B．was fixed on C．has fixed on D．is being fixed on 10．—Thank you very much for everything ．You've been so helpful . —_ _．Just let me know if there is anything else I can do for you． A．With pleasure B．The pleasure is mine． C．Please don't say so D．No, thanks 11．You can’t imagine how excited we were ________ that our schoolmates had won the first place in National Robot Competition. A．learning B．having learned C．to be learning D．to learn 12．--- Where is your new home now? --- In the new developed zone. But I ______ downtown for five years. A．lived B．had lived C．have lived D．was living 13．The boy the first prize, but he was so careless as to make a foolish mistake. A．must have gained B．need have gained C．could have gained D．shall have gained 14．-- Alison, I'm sorry. I can't come to the wedding with you tomorrow morning. -- ________? -- My grandma was severely ill, so I have to stay in the hospital to look after her. A．How is it B．How come C．So what D．What's the problem 15．Various efforts ________ in the past decades to protect the environment. A．had made B．have made C．were made D．have been made 16． more about the place where you live,and you will shoulder more responsibility to protect it A．Learning B．To learn C．Learn D．Learned 17．—It’s so humid these days! —Don’t worry! The rain ________ to stop from tomorrow. A．will expect B．expects C．will be expected D．is expected 18．______ the students were hearing the exciting news! A．How happily B．What a fun C．What pleasure D．How pleased 19．You have a big mouth,Tom. You have told everybody the secret. A．shouldn’t B．mustn’t C．can’t D．mightn’t 20．The Lifelong Learning Programme ________ to enable people to take part in learning experiences has taken off across Europe. A．having been designed B．being designed C．designed D．designing 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） This Monday, the nation will start to celebrate Presidents’ Day, just seven days before George Washington’s birthday. Everyone agrees that day is a holiday, but is it just to celebrate George Washington’s Birthday? What about Abraham Lincoln? Some government offices call it Presidents’ Day. Others say the holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday. Confused yet? George Washington was elected the country’s first President on April 30, 1789. Soon after, Americans began publicly celebrating his birthday. Presidential historians say the actual date of George Washington’s birth is February 11, 1732. But a change in the calendar system 20 years later shifted all dates，making Washington’s birthday February 22, which is now well accepted. In 1879, Congress made Washington’s birthday an official federal holiday. It was the first federal holiday to celebrate an individual’s birthday. In 1968, Congress passed the Monday Holidays Act, which moved the holiday to the third Monday in February. The new law did not change the holiday’s name. It was still called Washington’s Birthday, even though s