2023学年湖南省邵东一中振华实验学校高三考前热身英语试卷（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、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3．考试结束后，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．Faced with economic slowdown, some companies are planning to use robots to ______ human workers to reduce their labor costs. A．compensate B．substitute C．symbolize D．discriminate 2．--- The manager of the factory wants to improve production a great deal, but he doesn’t spend much on technology. ---I am afraid he won’t realize his dream. You know ________. A．you can’t eat your cake and have it B．empty vessels make the greatest sound C．enough is as good as a feast D．two heads are better than one 3．Is it common practice that salesmen receive a _______ of 10 percent on all sales made? A．deposit B．receipt C．pension D．commission 4．Frank studied _____English language in London for four years, so he gets ____ good knowledge of London. A．a; the B．/ ; / C．/ ; a D．the; a 5．The financial damage is nothing compared to what _______ if there had been children in the classroom in time of the fire. A．would happen B．happened C．would have happened D．should have happened 6．_______ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum. A．Anything B．Nothing C．Everything D．Something 7．The boss_________the employees a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has occurred yet. A．promised B．had promised C．would promise D．promises 8．What you said doesn’t ________ what the police have told us, so we have to find more evidence. A．agree with B．make up C．contribute to D．show off 9．—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 10．I'll have all of the readings by the end of this term if my plan goes well. A．completing B．to complete C．completed D．being completed 11．With a travelling speed of up to 350 kilometres per hour, the railway to be built between Beijing and Shanghai _______ the journey time from 12 hours to 5 hours． A．cuts B．will cut C．is cutting D．has cut 12．Sometimes smiles around the world ___________ be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. A．can B．would C．should D．must 13．When the organization ______ in March, 2019, there was almost no money in the bank and more than $1 million of debt. A．folded B．boomed C．registered D．sprang 14．Life the like ________ ocean; Only ________strong-willed can reach the other shore. A．an; the B．the; a C．the ;/ D．/ ; a 15．The doctor’s treatment has worked marvels: the patient has completely． A．repeated B．returned C．recovered D．reminded 16．The earthquake in Japan, measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale, was so violent _______ cause a series of explosions of the nuclear reactors in several power stations. A．to B．that C．as to D．as that 17．The case shocked the public, a hot debate over human nature on the Intemet. A．causes B．caused C．causing D．to cause 18．______ the students were hearing the exciting news! A．How happily B．What a fun C．What pleasure D．How pleased 19．Bob was trying to ________ that he knew the famous singer who would perform in our city. A．let out B．lay out C．figure out D．make out 20．I thought it hard to complete the project then, but I ________ my mind. A．will change B．would changed C．have changed D．had changed 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）Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity or neglect. Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school. Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears. Joey is everything that the rest of the boys in her class are not — kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her. The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful