2023学年湖南省浏阳一中、株洲二中等湘东六校高三第三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．答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。 2．答题时请按要求用笔。 3．请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。 4．作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。 5．保持卡面清洁，不要折暴、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．The stadium ________ stands a theatre will be reconstructed. A．beside which B．for which C．when D．which 2．— Have you watched the film “Avatar”? — Not yet. But I the film is worth watching. A．am told B．was told C．have told D．have been told 3．I would persuade her to make room for you ______it be necessary. A．could B．might C．should D．would 4．Opening the door, Mrs．Summers found family of cats shut in the bathroom． A．a; 不填 B．a; the C．the; 不填 D．the; the 5．The Games are known as the friendly games because of their ________ on kindness and mutual respect. A．lacks B．focuses C．challenges D．researches 6．—Jenny，how did your math exam go? —I thought I ________，but in fact I came in the top 10% in the class. A．might have failed B．couldn’t have failed C．should have failed D．mustn’t have failed 7．—There aren’t any toys in our suitcase．Where have you put them? —Oh, no．That old lady sitting next to us ______ have taken ours by mistake. A．must B．could C．should D．would 8．As is often the case, there are always some obstacles in the way，something ________ before we realize the real goal of education. A．to be got through B．got through C．getting through D．having been got through 9．Doris Lessing， an author who has had a fascinating life， lived in Iran _______ she was five before moving to Zimbabwe． A．unless B．since C．until D．after 10．At the meeting, the headmaster said that the government should prevent such things as hurt children ________again. A．happening B．happen C．to happen D happened 11．––What did the doctor say about your injury? ––She said I should avoid doing too much exercise ______ it feels better. A．until B．since C．if D．while 12．The doctor’s treatment has worked marvels: the patient has completely． A．repeated B．returned C．recovered D．reminded 13．Every school into the competition will have a chance to win $2,000 ______ of computing equipment. A．price B．worth C．value D．cost 14．The influence of this book might not have been reaching so far, ________for Mr. William, who dared to publish it. A. if had it not been B． is it not being C． had it not been D. its only having been 15．Maybe it is time for the rest of society to _________ the fact _________ I may not be able to walk, there are many other great things I can do. A．adjust to; that B．get used to; that while C．adapt to; while D．go about; that while 16．When faced with a big challenge ________ potential failure seems to hide at every corner, maybe you've heard this advice before: “Be more confident.” A．where B．whose C．which D．of which 17．When Thanksgiving Day is the corner, stores and supermarkets are busy with people. A．around B．on C．with D．at 18．By the end of last week,600 people from 50 countries to attend the meeting，with nearly half coming from the United States，Germany and Britain. A．had registered B．have registered C．registered D．were registered 19．Much to my ______, my vocabulary has expanded a great deal. A．delighting B．delighted C．delight 20．The necklace the woman bought is , because it is made of glass. A．priceless B．worthwhile C．valuable D．worthless 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）Even if you don’t have to work, eat or sleep, you won’t be able to get through all infermation on blogs and social networks. The problem we face is that much of this information seems very interesting at first glance. Actually, much of the information is unimportant, disposable and it distracts（分心）us from more meaningful pursuits. Worse still, when we spend lots of time consuming information from our social media streams, we may find it hard to concentrate on what we’re doing and we have a tendency to forget what we have consumed anyway. A new study from Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology has found that too much social media exposure actually reduces your ability to process information and depletes your short-term working memory. Our working memory plays a critical role in our capacity to filter information and remember what is valuable but it is not a limitless resource. Erik Fransén, a professor in Computer Science at KTH and the leader of this new study on social media overload says this can explain why our capacity for processing information begins to fail when we attempt to stuff more information in the working memory. In fact, when you try to process the information like speech or video, you are going to need partly the same system of working memory, so you are reducing your own working memory capacity. And when you try to store many things in your working in your working memory, you get less good at processing information. It is the periods of downtime of your brain—preferably disconn