2023届吉林省吉林市蛟河市第一中学高三第一次调研测试英语试卷（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．Due to the reform and opening­up, our living conditions, undoubtedly, have improved ________ over the past decades. A．considerately B．approximately C．appropriately D．considerably 2．How could I lie to her she lived for the truth，whether it was found in music or people? A．unless B．when C．while D．though 3．This course is of great interest to students, _____ to improve their writing skills. A．hope B．to hope C．hoping D．hoped 4．John's success has nothing to do with good luck. It is years of hard work _________ has made him what he is today. A．what B．which C．where D．that 5．There will be an endless power of youth supporting the Chinese nation’s rejuvenation_______ the younger generation of the country has ideals , pursuits and shoulders. A．as far as B．so long as C．even if D．as if 6．Jess was sad and her friend helped her ___ the first awful weeks after her husband Bill died. A．break through B．break down C．get through D．get rid of 7．—That's the third time you've done that! —Yeah, _____? A．what of it B．what’s on C．what about D．what for 8．I had hardly rung the bell ________ the door was opened suddenly, and my son rushed out to greet me. A．before B．until C．as D．since 9．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 10．The scientist does not study nature ________ it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it. A．until B．because C．though D．unless 11．Li Hua ____ his money for dollars before he went on a holiday in America. A．exchanges B．has exchanged C．will exchange D．had exchanged 12．Robert had a comfortable childhood, ______up in a pleasant house with a view of the sea. A．grew B．growing C．grown D．to grow 13．_______ 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 14．—How long do you think it will be________the Stock Market returns to normal? —At least one year, I guess. A．when B．before C．until D．that 15．The steamboat was fully furnished with life preservers. The passengers might be saved __________ accidents. A．in spite of B．instead of C．in case of D．in place of 16．－The zookeeper was really annoyed with me. －How could he have been if you ____ stones at the animals? A．didn’t throw B．don’t throw C．hadn’t thrown D．haven’t thrown 17．—Have you heard from Jane recently? —No，but I ________ her over Christmas. A．saw B．will be seeing C．have seen D．have been seeing 18．NASA has made a ________ that our earth has no threat associated with the film 2012 which is based on pure myths. A．clarification B．classification C．identification D．presentation 19．He was offered a position at the local church school, _____ he went to the Cambridge. A．after when B．since which C．after which D．since when 20．Along with the email was my brother’s promise ______ I came first in the competition, he would buy me an MP4. A．what B．that C．that if D．whether 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）Robert Todd Duncan was born in 1903 in the southern city of Danville, Kentucky. His mother was his first music teacher. As a young man, he continued his music study in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1930, he completed musical education at Columbia University in New York City. Then he moved to Washington. For fifteen years, he taught music at Howard University in Washington. At that time, not many black musicians were known for writing or performing classical music. Teaching at Howard gave Duncan the chance to share his knowledge of classical European music with a mainly black student population. He taught special ways to present the music. These special ways became known as the Duncan Technique. Besides teaching, Duncan sang in several operas with performers who were all black. But it seemed that he always would be known mainly as a concert artist. However, his life took a different turn in the middle of 1930s. At that time, the famous American music writer George Gershwin was looking for someone to play a leading part in his new work Porgy and Bess. A music critic (评论家) of The New York Times newspaper suggested Todd Duncan. Duncan had almost decided not to try for the part as he knew it would not be easy to get it. But he changed his mind. He sang a piece from an Italian opera to Gershwin. He had sung only for a few minutes when Gershwin offered him the part. He became famous because of the part in Porgy and Bess. Todd Duncan gained fame as an opera singer and concert artist. But his greatest love in music was teaching. When he stopped teaching at Howard, he continued giving singing lessons in his Washington home until