2023学年湖北省黄冈市黄梅县第二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 注意事项 1．考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。 2．试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。 3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．Dad is used to smoking and drinking. There’s no chance _____ I’m able to talk him into . A．whether ; giving it up B．of whether; giving them up C．that; getting rid of them D．which; stopping it 2．—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? 3．______ for the fire at Notre Dame de Paris, a church famous for its large collection of art treasures, I would be there for a visit this summer vacation. A．Had it not been B．Should it not be C．Were it not be D．If had it not been 4．Everything seemed to be going ________ for the first two days after I arrived in New York. A．vividly B．generally C．frequently D．smoothly 5．______almost one hundred jin, the stone was moved by him alone. A．Weighed B．Weighing C．It weighed D．To weigh 6．I don’t like fish, so I eat it unless I was extremely hungry. A．needn’t B．shouldn’t C．can’t D．wounldn’t 7．Any information of the oral test paper are regarded as strictly ______ before it is open. A．conventional B．analytical C．controversial D．confidential 8．The news of the newly-elected president’s coming to China for a visit was ______ on the radio just now. A．given away B．given in C．given off D．given out 9．The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but every meal can serve at least two people and is under ¥10, so not only is it ______ but practical as well. A．adaptable B．adjustable C．adoptable D．affordable 10．We strongly advise you ______ eating your meal so late. It’s not healthy. A．on B．against C．from D．over 11．—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 12．You look frozen．Sit down by the fire and I you some hot tea． A．make B．was making C．made D．will make 13．Although the situation was tough during the economic crisis now things are beginning to ________. A．look up B．keep up C．set up D．build up 14．—Do you know how I can ____ him? —On his mobile phone． A．learn B．reach C．seek D．touch 15．Though the story of Li Yunlong in the TV drama “Bright Sword” is a fiction, much of __________happened is historically true. A．that B．what C．which D．it 16．—Where on earth have they gone? —I have no idea, but I wish I . A．know B．knew C．would know D．would have known 17．—Simon will listen to music every time he comes across a maths problem. —You know, music is the source of ______ in life. A． inspiration B． identification C． reaction D． recreation 18．Due to the country’s growing rate of urbanization, China’s migrant population _______ to be over 200 million by 2020. A．predicts B．is predicted C．will have been predicted D．will be predicted 19．— May I go out to play basketball, Mum? —________ Do what you like. A．Go ahead! B．You’ve got it. C．It’s your turn. D．Not at all! 20．This is not an economical way to get more water; ________, it is very expensive. A．worse still B．on the contrary C．in short D．in addition 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 advent of warm weather here in Maine calls for a seasonal ritual that, for me, puts an end to winter—fetching the wooden screen door. Note that I wrote “wooden”. The aluminum models just won’t do it—they close too neatly and keep their perfect form for decades. In the 1960s, a time of imperfection, there was no perfect house, no perfect car, no perfect kids or parents. Why should a screen door be an exception? I grew up with my siblings in a working-class neighborhood in New Jersey. When the warm weather arrived, my dad would pull out the wooden screen door and install it over the back door, which could then be left wide open, admitting a refreshing breeze (we had no air conditioning). My father was a Mr. Fix-it, so keeping the screen door serviceable was one of his hobbies. Every few years he gave it a fresh coat of paint and fixed it a bit. I distinctly remember him putting the last screw in the last hinge (铰链), and swinging the door shut with a “crack!” A good, wooden screen door, unsightly as it was, had an invaluable function in the age of the stay-at-home mom: It alerted her to the coming and going of the kids. My siblings, and my friends ran in and out of the house, tearing the screen door open and letting it slap shut behind us. A hundred times a day. It was all good, and my mom never complained about the noise, because that was the purpose of a wooden screen door—to slam shut and thereby announce that her children were within earshot. Several years ago, in a fit of nostalgia (怀旧), I went shopping for a wooden screen door. I was disappointed in the choices available. They looked a bit too solid, too we