2023届云南省师范大学附属中学高三第一次模拟考试英语试卷（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．—Let’s go to the cinema this Sunday morning. —I’d love to，but I ________ as a volunteer in my community then. A．will work B．have worked C．will be working D．was working 2．Why does she always drive to work ____ she could easily take the train? A．unless B．until C．before D．when 3．You can use a large plastics bottle, _________ cut off, as a plot to grow flowers in. A．with its top B．the top of which C．whose top D．its top is 4．I’m _______Chinese and I do feel ______Chinese language is ____most beautiful language . A．/, the, a B．a, /, the C．a, the, / D．a, /, a 5．I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite _______. A．arbitrary B．reasonable C．mechanical D．conventional 6．While watching television, ____. A．the doorbell rang B．we heard the doorbell ring C．there was someone knocking at the door D．the doorbell was ringing 7．一Would you be so kind as to take this heavy box upstairs for me? 一 A．It's my pleasure． B．Help yourself． C．Sure，with pleasure． D．Take your time． 8．Decades ago, scientists believed that how the brain develops when you are a kid ______ determines your brain structure for the rest of your life. A．sooner or later B．more or less C．to and from D．up and down 9．If we________ a table in advance, we wouldn't be standing here in the long queue. A．reserve B．reserved C．have reserved D．had reserved 10．_______ many Chinese holidays are directed towards services remembering ancestors, the Ching Ming Festival is beyond doubt the largest. A．Unless B．Since C．Once D．While 11．If it ________ for her great help then, I would not study English so well now. A．hasn’t been B．wasn’t C．hadn’t been D．isn’t 12．From his expression, I don’t think he could have finished his homework last night, _______? A．couldn’t he B．do I C．did he D．hasn’t he 13．--- Excuse me, where can I get my car filled up? --- There are gas stations at________end of the block． A．both B．neither C．either D．all 14．— Cathy, in my opinion, is very ________. — Absolutely! She prefers home life to going out. A．domestic B．energetic C．dynamic D．enthusiastic 15．________ a high percentage of Australians may be people who watch sports rather than do them, as far as most of its population is concerned, it is indeed a great sporting nation. A．While B．as C．If D．Whether 16．Some schools, including ours, will have to make ________ in agreement with the national soccer reform. A．amusements B．adjustments C．appointments D．achievements 17．The world is not always ______we wish it to be. A．that B．which C．what D．where 18．If I can help , I don’t like working late into the night. A．so B．that C．them D．it 19．John once worked in a remote mountain village school, which is ______ only on foot. A．accessible B．acceptable C．available D．appropriate 20．So ________ sometimes in trying to accomplish something big _______ we fail to notice the little things that give life its magic. A．we get caught up; as B．do we get caught up; that C．caught up get we; as D．caught up do we get; that 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） When Huang Lizhi took her first class in African sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in February, her professor asked her and her classmates what impresses them most when it comes to Africa. Unexpectedly, Huang, 31, found that words like “poverty” and “safari” – negative words that were often associated with the continent in media reports – were the kind of terms her African classmates didn’t want to hear. Instead, they preferred to hear the question answered in this way: “Africa is the cradle of humankind” and “Africans are passionate and generous”. Apparently, there are some misunderstandings between us. It’s true that with incidents like the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa and the emergence (出现) of pirates off the coast of Somalia hitting the news, it’s easy for us to keep forgetting that Africa has one of the world’s oldest civilizations – Egypt, born by the world’s longest river, the Nile. The proof is in the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza, which are both popular among tourists. And the tombs of ancient Egypt have also become endless sources for the literature and film industries. When it comes to the natural environment of Africa, our misunderstandings are only bigger. But the truth is that instead of being extremely hot all year and covered by desert, the continent has large areas of savannas (稀树草原) where lions, giraffes and zebras live, the snowcapped Kilimanjaro – the highest mountain in Africa – and even thick forest on the island of