2023届吉林省辉煌联盟九校高三第二次调研英语试卷（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．It’s really stupid of you ____ him the news yesterday so that it has been disturbing him all the time． A．having told B．telling C．to tell D．to have told 2．As he works in a remote area, he visits his parents only _____ A．anxiously B．occasionally C．practically D．urgently 3．________ makes our school famous is ________ more than 90% of the students have been admitted to universities. A．What; that B．That; because C．That; what D．What; because 4．—Which do you prefer, the former option or the latter one? —I think the former one is no better than the latter one. So I’ll choose ________. A．the former one B．the latter one C．either of them D．neither of them 5．____________the fierce competition in job seeking, many university graduates have no choice but to reduce their own demand for the salary. A．Faced B．Facing C．To face D．Having faced 6．The infrastructure project has consumed so much money that we can't find any financial support and have to ______. A．pull out B．pull through C．catch up D．catch on 7．---Mum, can you tell me why some parents send their children to study abroad at a very young age? ---__________, darling. I have never thought about it. A．You have got me there B．Take your time C．You bet D．Don’t be silly 8．Not until he went abroad to further his study_______ the importance of English. A．has he found B． he has found C．did he find D． he had found 9．Many writers are drawn to building a world, _____ readers are somewhat familiar with but also feel distant from our normal lives. A．it B．one C．that D．the one 10．.---Would you have told him the answer had it been possible? .---I would have, but I _____ so busy then. A．had been B．were C．was D．would be 11．She doesn’t speak our language, _____ she seems to understand what we say． A．for B．and C．yet D．or 12．It is almost five years since Jimmy taught high school students and he _____ as an interpreter in a foreign enterprise. A．served B．had served C．is serving D．would serve 13．8 students and 2 teachers at Santa Fe High School by a 17-year-student armed with a shotgun and a pistol. This is one of the many gun-related tragedies that have happened in the last 2 years. A．killed B．were killed C．have killed D．have been killed 14．— There are no relative articles on the Internet.What shall we do? — My God！There are always not any useful articles when you want . A．one B．it C．that D．any 15．The explosion in the chemical plant ______ avoided had the county authorities, aiming too much at short-term interests, performed their duties from the beginning. A．should be B．might be C．must have been D．could have been 16．The same boiling water softens the potato and hardens the egg. It’s about ________you’re made of, not the circumstances. A．that B．what C．how D．who 17．When they first came to the city, my parents often went to neighbors for a talk, just as they ________ in the countryside. A．will do B．had done C．have done D．were doing 18．They carry out ________ checks on milk products to make sure that they are of high quality. A．common B．natural C．ordinary D．regular 19．What is your main reason for choosing one restaurant another? A．over B．of C．from D．for 20．. Jenny was sad over the loss of the photos she shot in Canada, _________ this was a memory she especially treasured. A．if B．when C．as D．where 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）American women who work as computer programmers, chefs and dentists earn 28 percent less than men doing the same jobs. Those are the jobs with the biggest wage differences between men and women, according to a new study. Overall, the study found that women earn 5. 4 percent less than men for doing the same job, in the same location and for the same employer. The wage differences between women and men were similar in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and France. 5.4 percent is a big difference in pay between men and women because it cannot be explained by women and men taking the same kinds of jobs. It can only be explained by bias(倔见)against women, or other causes, such as women not being good at asking for pay. Research suggests that women do not negotiate(交涉)as well as men when it comes to pay. And women are generally more uncomfortable asking fellow employees how much they make, sothey can see if they are being paid fairly. According to the study, women earned at least 15 percent less than men in these job categories:psychologists,pharmacists,physicians,opticians,pilots and game artists. But in the fields of social work, selling merchandise, research assistants and physician advisors, women earn more than men. In social work, women earn