2023学年湖北省宜城市第一中学高三压轴卷英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 请考生注意： 1．请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用0．5毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。 2．答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的《注意事项》，按规定答题。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．______me tomorrow and I’ll let you know the lab result. A．Calling B．Call C．To call D．Having called 2．He switched off the light and was about to leave the classroom and only then____ to rain heavily. A．it began B．it begins C．does it begin D．did it begin 3．--It is really fun to hike and I often go hiking in the forest. --But hiking alone in the forest ______ be very dangerous. A．can B．must C．shall D．will 4．—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 5．The old bank, _____ appearance is not a pretty sight, is extremely beautiful on the inside. A．whose B．where C．when D．which 6．In the US, there are currently over 5,000 community schools _____, in addition to serving as educational institutions, function as community centers for the surrounding neighborhood. A．which B．where C．whose D．as 7．---Mr. Johnson has been chosen as the manager of the sales department. ---___________ he was so excited this morning. A．No chance B．No way C．Not possible D．No wonder 8．—I will fix your printer right now. — Oh, ________. I’m in no hurry. A．take your time B．that’s a great idea C．you are welcome D．I’d like to 9．—What do you do, Rita？ —I’m a clerk in a foreign company now．But I _____ English in a high school for 10 years． A．teach B．have taught C．taught D．am teaching 10．---Where is my Chinese book? I remember I put it here yesterday. ---You _________ it in the wrong place. A．must put B．should have put C．might have put D．might put 11．He messed the project up, but he behaved as if nothing ______. A．had happened B．happened C．would happen D．would have happened 12．--Tom, your foreign teacher speaks Chinese fluently! --Oh, she has lived in China for six years; otherwise she such good Chinese. A．didn’t speak B．would not have spoken C．would not speak D．hadn’t spoken 13．_____ annoys the teacher most is that all the students are too quiet in class. A．What B．That C．When D．Who 14．If they throw stones at you，don’t throw back.Use them to build your own foundation ________. A．somehow B．anyway C．instead D．nevertheless 15．Tom looked at Jenny, with tears _______ his eyes, and shouted out the words _______ in his heart for years. A．filling; having been hidden B．filled; hidden C．filling; hidden D．filled; hiding 16．I certainly expect to be elected best student of the year. It’s really ________! A．a good Samaritan B．a wet blanket C．a feather in my cap D．a piece of cake 17．We have brought in a good grain harvest for three years_________. A．on purpose B．on end C．on duty D．on watch 18．—Fiona never fails to grasp any chance of promotion. —She’s a woman of ________. A．ambition B．attention C．expectation D．reputation 19．—I am putting on weight again! Maybe I should start doing yoga. —You _______ that the whole morning! A．are saying B．have said C．have been saying D．were saying 20．—Didn’t you go fishing with your friends last Sunday? —No. I ______ to the nursing home as usual. A．went B．go C．have gone D．had gone 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）Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up after it keeps an older person company and helps them remember to take their medicine. That is the shared dream of the toy maker Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The researchers received a $ 3-million-dollar award from the National Science Foundation for a special project. They want to find ways to add artificial intelligence, or A．I., to Hasbro’s “Joy for All” robotic. The cat has already been for sale for two years. Though priced over 1000 dollars, it sold quite well. It was meant to act as a “companion” for older people. Now the project is aimed at developing additional abilities for the cat. Researchers at Brown’s Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative are working to decide which activities older adults may need the most. They hope to make the cat perform a small number of activities very well. Such activities include finding lost objects and reminding the person to take medicine or visit their doctor. They also want to keep the cost down to just a few hundred dollars. It is an idea that has appealed to Jeanne Elliott. Her 3-year-old mother Mary Derr lives with her in South Kingstown. Derr has dementia( 痴 呆 ). The Joy for All cat that Elliott bought this year has become a true companion for Derr. The cat stays with Derr and keeps her calm while Elliott is at work. Elliott said a robotic cat that helps her mother to remember to take her medicine and be careful when she walks would be greater. The researchers are trying to learn how the improved cats will complete helpful activities and how they will communicate. They say that they do n