2023学年湖北省荆门市钟祥一中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．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 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 2．Their flight ______ due to bad weather. They would like to know when the flight will take off. A．had been delayed B．was delayed C．has been delayed D．will be delayed 3．People ________ with anyone who is always talking about how wonderful he is. A．fall in B．keep company C．catch up D．get fed up 4．I think Ana ______ her packing since she started getting things ready early this morning. A．finishes B．has finished C．had finished D．would finish 5．Before you hand in your final report, ________ there are no spelling mistakes. A．make sure B．to make sure C．made sure D．making sure 6．—Your car should be ready next Tuesday． —We were ________ hoping you'd be able to do it by this Friday． A．still B．rather C．always D．even 7．— 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 8．We __________back in the hotel now if you didn’t lose the map． A．are B．were C．would be D．will be 9．A lot of suggestions were put forward at the meeting, but ______ was practical. A．nothing B．none C．neither D．no one 10．—You mean the position is still vacant? —Yes, but you must know our job is very demanding. —_______. A．With pleasure B．I don’t mind C．Don’t mention it D．That’s all right 11．Passengers _____ talk to the driver while the bus is moving, because it will take his focus off the road. A．would not B．must not C．may not D．need not 12．I ________ able to catch the first flight home, but my watch betrayed me. A．were B．had been C．would be D．would have been 13．No driving after drinking is a rule that every driver ____________ obey in our country. A．will B．shall C．may D．can 14．The online word “selfie” is gaining ______ and more and more people tend to use it nowadays. A．access B．admission C．control D．currency 15．I was an only child, and ________ I had no experience of large families. A．so B．but C．or D．while 16．If you want to lead a happy life, you’d better learn to accept life ______ it is. A．as B．that C．which D．where 17．— I’m terribly sorry. I’m late because …. — That’s OK. You are here and that’s what _____. A．does B．works C．functions D．counts 18．The part in the film Rio _______ the two birds escaped from the crashing plane made some of the audience give a cry. A．which B．who C．where D．whom 19．I don’t think she visited the exhibition this morning, ______ she was with me at that time. A．though B．or C．but D．for 20．—Are we about to having dinner? —Yes, it ________ in the dining room. A．serve B．is serving C．is being served D．has been serving 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）The world’s first self-driving taxis began picking up passengers in Singapore recently. Select members of the public can hail (招呼) a free ride through their smartphones in taxis operated by nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup. While a number of companies, including Google and Volvo, have been testing self-driving cars on public roads for several years, nuTonomy is the first to offer rides to the public. Its launch in Singapore is beating ride-hailing service Uber, which plans to offer rides in autonomous cars in Pittsburgh soon. NuTonomy is starting small—six cars now, growing to a dozen by the end of the year. The long-term goal is to have a fully self-driving taxi fleet (车队) in Singapore by 2018, to help cut the number of cars on Singapore’s overcrowded roads from 900,000 to 300,000. Eventually, the model could be adopted in cities around the world, nuTonomy hopes. “When you are able to take that many cars off the road, it creates a lot of possibilities. You can create smaller roads, you can create much smaller car parks,” said Doug Parker, nuTonomy’s chief operating officer. For now, the taxis only run in a 2.5-square-mile business and residential (住宅的) district called “one-north”, and pick-ups and drop-offs are limited to specified locations. Riders must have an invitation from nuTonomy to use the service. The company says dozens have signed up for the launch, and it plans to expand that list to thousands of people within a few months. The cars—modified Renault Zoe and Mitsubishi i-MiEV electrics—have a driver in front who is prepared to take back the wheel and a researcher in the back who watches the car’s computers. Each car is fitted with six se