2023届乌鲁木齐市四中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 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．—I will pick you up at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning. Is that all right? —________. See you then. A．I’d love to. B．That’s settled. C．It’s up to you D．My pleasure 2．While in the university, we were offered a number of after-school activities to our social skills. A．create B．grow C．settle D．develop 3．—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 4．In some countries, people eat with chopsticks, while in ________, knives and forks. A．another B．other C．others D．the other 5．I keep the picture where I can see it every day, reminds me of the days in my hometown. A．that B．which C．who D．when 6．The suggestion came from the chairman ______ the new rule ______. A．what; was developed B．that; was developed C．what; be developed D．that; be developed 7．People ________ with anyone who is always talking about how wonderful he is. A．fall in B．keep company C．catch up D．get fed up 8．She ________ to someone on the phone, so I just nodded to her and went away. A．talked B．has talked C．had talked D．was talking 9．The athletes, especially the winners, should remain modest ________ rapid progress they have made. A．whatever B．however C．how much D．no matter 10．Simply raise your hand，and a taxi appears ________ A．at no time B．at one time C．in no time D．for the time being 11．She is quite________to office work. You had better offer her some suggestions when necessary. A．familiar B．similar C．fresh D．sensitive 12．—Why does he wear a raincoat on sunny days? —Nor do I understand. He is ________. A．a wet blanket B．a lazy bone C．a black sheep D．an odd fish 13．A firm from New Zealand has revealed a set of robotic legs which they claim will soon allow ________ wheelchair-bound people to walk again. A．extremely B．previously C．actually D．eventually 14．_____a reception to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China， vice premier Liu attached importance to mutually beneficial cooperation between USA and China． A．Addressing B．Addressed C．Being addressed D．To address 15．You can’t use the computer now, ________ the upgrade of the system is under way. A．until B．unless C．as D．after 16．It was John who broke the window. Why are you talking to me as if I it? A．had done B．have done C．did D．am doing 17．I’m sorry you have been waiting so long, but it will still be some time ________ you can get your passport. A．since B．till C．after D．before 18．_____ annoys the teacher most is that all the students are too quiet in class. A．What B．That C．When D．Who 19．Many young people just can’t live without the Internet, they depend on for whatever information they need. A．which B．when C．where D．what 20．A myth is an account of the deeds of a god or supernatural beings, usually expressed in terms of ______ thought. A．primary B．capital C．initial D．primitive 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）We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class. “You could win prizes,” our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster.” We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I’m going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich. Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer’s attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners. I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen，and then I turned it in. Minutes passed. No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would ha