四川省成都市蓉城名校2023学年高三最后一模英语试题（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 注意事项: 1．答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。 2．答题时请按要求用笔。 3．请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。 4．作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。 5．保持卡面清洁，不要折暴、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．--- I’m afraid the company will not hire me. --- Come on, Bill, relax! You have a lot of experience and fine references and your college work is ideal background for them. ______________ A．It'll be no sweat. B．All good things come to an end. C．Words pay no debts. D．Don't give me any jaw. 2．Kunming is called “Spring City”, but it _____ snow in winter. A．shall B．can C．must D．might 3．—Will Uncle Peterson come to my birthday party tomorrow? —Pity he ______ to Zimbabwe as a volunteer teacher. A．was sent B．has been sent C．had been sent D．would be sent 4．When Paul ________ for the final game of the basketball season, his fans let out shouts of cry. A．made up B．showed up C．caught up D．held up 5．Ensuring every child equal rights to education is _____the key to the elimination of inequality across the world lies. A．that B．what C．whether D．where 6．Each party _______ respect the articles of this contract, or a double-sized financial punishment is a must. A．will B．could C．shall D．should 7．Passengers _____ talk to the driver while the bus is moving, because it will take his focus off the road. A．would not B．must not C．may not D．need not 8．The reason why he adapted to the new situations quickly is that he had a ________ attitude. A．changeable B．stable C．movable D．flexible 9．He liked the lovely dog so much that he ________ his book and played with it immediately. A．gave off B．set aside C．took over D．turned down 10．—What did you say you were reluctant to risk just now? —_________ to high levels of radiation. A．Being exposed B．Having been exposed C．To be exposed D．Exposed 11．________ themselves in the community services, students can gain experience for growth. A．Involved B．To involve C．Having been involved D．Involving 12．—I am wondering ________ makes you study so hard? —To go to my dream university. A．what is it that B．that is what C．what is that D．what it is that 13．—The new machines have arrived and are being tested in the workshop. —I’m glad we _____ them in the years ahead. A．will be operating B．have been operating C．would be operating D．had been operating 14．—Did you have difficulty finding Ann'house? —Not really.She___us clear directions and we were able to find it.easily? A．was to give B．had given C．was giving D．would give 15．Not far from the club was there a garden, _____ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon. A．whose B．its C．which D．that 16．The draft regulation on the online protection of minors, ________ for public opinions by the cyberspace authorities, has drawn wide public concern. A．releasing B．having released C．to release D．released 17．—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 18．Many people complained about the stones lying on a road, but _______ did anything about getting the stones out of the way. A．both B．no one C．none D．all 19．Without your help, I ________ the first prize in the English Speaking Contest. A．won’t get B．didn’t get C．wouldn’t get D．wouldn’t have got 20．The world’s attention ________ China’s Belt and Road Initiative，as it has great influence on the world’s economy. A．is to fix on B．was fixed on C．has fixed on D．is being fixed on 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）According to Guglielmo Cavallo and Roger Chartier, reading aloud was a common practice in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and as late as the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Readers were “listeners attentive to a reading voice,” and “the text addressed to the ear as much as to the eye.” The significance of reading aloud continued well into the nineteenth century. Using Charles Dickens’s nineteenth century as a point of departure, it would be useful to look at the familial and social uses of reading aloud and reflect on the functional change of the practice. Dickens habitually read his work to a domestic audience or friends. In his later years he also read to a broader public crowd Chapters of reading aloud also abound in Dickens’s own literary works. More importantly, he took into consideration the Victorian practice when composing his prose, so much so that his writing is meant to be heard, not only read on the page. Performing a literary text orally in a Victorian family is well documented. Apart from promoting a pleasant family relationship, reading aloud was also a means of protecting young people from the danger of solitary (孤独的) reading. Reading aloud was a tool for parental guidance. By means of reading aloud, paren