2023届天津市军粮城第二中学高三压轴卷英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 考生请注意： 1．答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。 2．第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。 3．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．The guidance teacher was their adviser, offering them suggestions and solutions when they ______ difficulties. A．arose B．encountered C．emerged D．evaluated 2．After ________________ a sandstorm warning on Sunday evening, meteorologists forecast that dusty weather will continue in parts of the country on Monday. A． breaking off B．calling off C．leaving off D．putting off 3．Anyone with an eye on the employment situation knew the assessment about economic recovery _______ just around the corner was correct. A．being B．to be C．was D．having been 4．Everyone in the village hoped that he would ______ after a few days’ treatment. A．pick up B．come up C．keep up D．make up 5．What he liked to do was to take an idea and ______ it by finding every possible consequence. A．squeeze B．wrestle C．switch D．shrink 6．—What happened to the young trees we planted last week? —The trees ________ well, but I didn’t water them. A．might grow B．needn’t have grown C．would have grown D．would grow 7．Children who are not active or_____ diet is high in fat will gain weight quickly. A．what B．whose C．which D．that 8．His strong sense of humor was make everyone in the room burst out laughing. A．so as to B．such as to C．so that D．such that 9．—What has made him in such high spirits recently? —_____ by his teacher for succeeding passing the exam. A．Being praised B．Praised C．Having praised D．To praise 10．The senior teacher always goes swimming and does push-ups to stay ________. A．in place B．in order C．in shape D．in fashion 11．A hurricane swept through my village. Just as we were beginning to lose hope, it suddenly stopped. It is really “ ”. A．All’s well that ends well B．Lightning never strikes twice in the same place C．It never rains but if pours D．A friend in need is a friend indeed 12．Face the problem bravely and you ______ a new way to success. A．find B．found C．will find D．have found 13．—Mr, White, do you have anything ________? —No, nothing. You can take a rest now. A．type B．typed C．to type D．to be typed 14．We did have a quarrel about money last night，but now we have already_____________. A．taken up B．put up C．made up D．brought up 15．_______the weather ,the sports meet will be held on time . A．Instead of B．In relation to C．Regardless of D．In favor of 16．Last year I applied to Princeton University．I ____ they would say yes—but they did, and now here I am． A．never think B．am never thinking C．have never thought D．never thought 17．The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported. A．limitations B．administration C．requirements D．restrictions 18．—How about his design? —Well, to tell the truth, it is ______ but satisfactory. So you’ll have to try your best to better it. A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing 19．—Oh, my God! What’s wrong with you? —I was going the normal speed limit when a truck appeared in front of me ________ and I didn't have time to stop. A．between the lines B．around the clock C．out of the blue D．over the moon 20．I really don’t know how to express my thanks to Mr. Li, my high school English teacher, without whose help I__________ to college that year. A．weren’t to go B．hadn’t been able to go C．couldn’t go D．couldn’t have gone 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）Culture can affect not just language and customs, but also how people experience the world on surprisingly basic levels. Researchers, with the help of brain scans, have uncovered shocking differences in perception（感知）between Westerners and Asians, what they see when they look at a city street, for example, or even how they perceive a simple line in a square, according to findings published in a leading science journal. In western countries, culture makes people think of themselves as highly independent individuals. When looking at scenes, Westerners tend to focus more on central objects than on their surroundings. East Asian cultures, however, emphasize inter-dependence. When Easterners look at a scene, they tend to focus on surroundings as well as the object. Using an experiment involving two tasks, Dr Hedden asked subjects to look at a line simply to estimate its length, a task that is played to American strengths. In another, they estimated the line’s length relative to the size of a square, an easier task for the Asians. The level of brain activity, by tracking blood flow, was then measured by Brain Scanners. The experiment found that although there was no difference in performance, and the tasks were very easy, the levels of activity in the subjects’ brains were different. For the Americans, areas linked to attention lit up more, when they worked on the task they tended to find more difficult —