2023学年益阳市重点中学高三（最后冲刺）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、考场号和座位号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码粘贴在答题卡右上角"条形码粘贴处"。 2．作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试题卷上。 3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。 4．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．Up till now, there has been no scientific evidence about ________ caused the death of dinosaurs. A．what is it that B．what it was that C．it was what D．what is it 2．Modesty is a kind of good quality, which is ______it takes to be your personal best. A．what B．where C．which D．when 3．---I’ve heard a lot about you. You got promoted, right? ______ --- Many thanks. A．Good for you B．You asked for it C．There you are D．You’ve gone too far 4．We all sighed with ________ relief when ________ plane finally landed safely. A．a; / B．/; the C．a; a D．a; the 5．Although the test ________ look like a simple one, great care is needed. A．may B．must C．should D．need 6．The teacher came into the classroom _______ by his students. A．following B．to be following C．followed D．having followed. 7．Though our football boys are faced with four goals behind, they are still struggling hard in the field to ______. A．face the music B．save face C．cost their arm and leg D．land on their feet 8．This course is of great interest to students, _____ to improve their writing skills. A．hope B．to hope C．hoping D．hoped 9．Mr. Smith didn’t understand _____ made his son so upset that evening. A．what was it B．why it was this C．how that was D．what it was that 10．It is not only blind men who make such stupid mistakes. People who can see sometimes act__________. A．just foolishly B．less foolishly C．as foolishly D．so foolishly 11．---Don’t worry, Mum. The doctor said it was only the flu. --- __________! I’ll tell dad there’s nothing serious. A．Congratulations B．What a relief C．How surprising D．I’m so sorry 12．House prices are usually much higher ________ there are subway stations around. A．where B．unless C．while D．though 13．-Excuse me, but why am I not allowed to use the gym? -________， but your room price doesn't cover it. A．No hurry B．No wonder C．No offence D．No problem 14．To tell the truth, I didn’t expect that there were so many people ______ the idea. A．supported B．supporting C．to support D．having supported 15．The post office is closed ______ Saturday afternoon. A．on B．in C．of D．at 16．Patrick waited ________ all the luggage was cleared, but his never appeared. A．until B．before C．when D．while 17．— You shouldn’t have treated me that way.My heart is broken. — I’m sorry,Paul.I didn’t mean you. A．hurting B．to hurt C．hurt D．having hurt 18．I will be surprised if you can get Calvin, who is a close-fisted man, these donation draw tickets from you. A．buy B．buying C．buys D．to buy 19．The monitor said that the learning method he used improved his maths. A．greatly B．nearly C．normally D．seriously 20．Parents often tell their children that they __________ take candy from strangers. A．needn't B．wouldn't C．shouldn't D．daren't 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）In the story of “The crow and the Pitcher” from Aesop’s Fables, a thisty crow (乌鸦)drops stones into a narrow jar to raise the low level of water inside so he can take a drink. Now scientists have evidence to back up that story. Crows actually do understand how to make water displacement (移位) work to their advantage, experiments show. The results suggest that the birds are, at least in some aspects, as smart as first-graders. Researchers, led by Sarah Jelbert at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, presented six crows with tubes filled with water. Inside the tubes, a worm or piece of meat on a piece of wood was floating, just out of reach of the crow. In front of the tubes, the researchers arranged several rubber erasers that would sink, and some plastic objects that would float. The crows found out that they could drop the erasers into the tubes in order to raise the water level and get their snack. However, the birds handled awkwardly in experiments in which they could choose to drop objects in either a wide tube or a narrow one to get a snack, the researchers said. Dropping objects into narrow tube would lift the water level by a greater amount and put the treat within reach after just two drops; while it took around seven drops to raise the snack to the same level in the wide tube. The crows obviously didn’t realize this, and most of them went for the wide tube first. Previous studies showed that chimps and human children can solve similar tasks. In a 2011 study, chimps and kids found out that they could put water into a tube to reach a peanut that was floating in a small amount of water at the bottom. 1、How did the crows get the snack in Sarah’s experiment? A．By breaking the tube. B．By dropping in erasers. C