2023学年湖北省黄冈市蔡河中学高三第二次联考英语试卷（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．Running is often tiring and a lot of hard work, but nothing ________ the feeling you get after finishing a long workout around the track. A．breaks B．blocks C．bonds D．beats 2．—Mike, it’s really impossible for us to get to the railway station in time! —How I wish I could stop the train ________ it. A．catch B．to catch C．catching D．caught 3．Efforts will be made to______ new teaching models to exploit the students’ potential. A．accelerate B．innovate C．differentiate D．compile 4．With a lot of tough problems , the pilot was still calm, cool and collective under pressure. A．solve B．solved C．solving D．to solve 5．-My computer doesn't work! -Robert is a computer expert. How I wish he______ with me. A．came B．had come C．is coming D．has come 6．I had hardly rung the bell ________ the door was opened suddenly, and my son rushed out to greet me. A．before B．until C．as D．since 7．A good suitcase is essential for someone who is ______ as much as Jackie is. A．on the rise B．on the line C．on the spot D．on the run 8．—Hi, Tom, have you checked the account yet? —Certainly, I ________ it five times even though you told me to do it twice. A．checked B．will have checked C．have been checking D．had checked 9．I _____up my mind what I was going to say in the seminar, but it was cancelled. A．have made B．had made C．was making D．would make 10．New ideas sometimes have to wait for years before _____. A．being fully accepting B．fully accepting C．having fully accepted D．fully accepted 11．My uncle finally bought his dream house ______ overlooks a beautiful park. A．which B．where C．who D．what 12．More expressways in Sichuan soon to promote the local economy. A．are being built B．will be built C．have been built D．had been built 13．－Do you really mean it when you say he will a good president? A．judge B．duit C．turn D．Serve 14．There is no easy way to remember prepositions, as it is one area of English____ the rules seem very irregular. A．that B．where C．whose D．which 15．It’s difficult for us to learn a lesson in life ________ we’ve actually had that lesson. A．while B．since C．until D．when 16．— Don't put the waste on the ground, young man. — Oh, I'm sorry. I ______ the dustbin there. A．hadn't seen   B．haven’t seen　     C．didn't see    D．wasn't seeing 17．Any information of the oral test paper are regarded as strictly ______ before it is open. A．conventional B．analytical C．controversial D．confidential 18．The teacher often gives his students a brief pause in class ______ they can take in what he has taught. A．why B．when C．who D．which 19．________ the concert to raise money for hunger relief and to make the public aware of the problem, Geldof invited many famous musicians to take part in it. A．Intended B．Intending C．Having intended D．To intend 20．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 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）Think of the empty cities in zombie(僵尸)movies. The streets, the shops and the schools still there just like they would be on a normal day, except there are no people to be seen. It is the emptiness that scares you. Now a real-life "ghost city" is being built in the US. But fortunately, it has nothing to do with zombies - it is going to be a place to test the technology of the future Called CITE - the Center for Innovation(创新), Testing and Evaluation(测评) - the city is the idea of technology company Pegasus Global Holdings. Covering an area of 15 square miles (39 square kilometers), it is the size of a small US city and sits in the middle of the New Mexico desert. But why do we need an empty city that nobody will call home? The reason is that we can't afford to test the latest technologies in the cities that we live in - they might not be ready and could cause problems and danger in our everyday lives. "It will be a true laboratory without the problems and safety issues that come with people living there. Here you can break things and run into things, and get used to how they work, before taking them out into the market, Pegasus managing director Robert Brumley told technology magazine Wired. In fact, without worrying about hurting people, anybody with a new idea can ask to test it in this city. Just think about the possibilities- driverless cars can move freely on the streets, homes with robots can be designed and energy sources like nuclear power can also be put to the test. As good as the idea may seem, however, there are still doubts about CITE. "One of the most difficult things to do when developing these new technologi