2023学年河北省张家口第一中学高考英语押题试卷（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．— 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 2．Painting from still images leads to a loss of sensitivity, which is _____ to an artist. A．absolute B．urgent C．especial D．vital 3．At the news of the earthquake, the soldiers did what they could the victims. A．help B．to help C．to helping D．helping 4．Passion is passion and it doesn't matter ________ it's directed．Exactly，it can be coins or sports or politics． A．why B．how C．whether D．where 5．—I believe it is the only solution to this problem. —That’s debatable, I think. I can five other solutions as good as that. A．come up with B．make up with C．live up with D．keep up with 6．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 7．Playing with their peers, children learn to and not do exactly what they want to do. A．compromise B．compete C．contribute D．construct 8．Lucy_ _writing her essay by 10:00 this morning. After that, she listened to music for a while. A．will finish B．finishes C．has finished D．had finished 9．Nicholas was very kind, merciful and generous. This is ________ Father Christmas is based on. A．where B．how C．what D．why 10．Although she did not know Boston well, she made her way ________ to the Home Circle Building. A．easy enough B．enough easy C．easily enough D．enough easily 11．Thanks for your useful advice; otherwise I ______ such rapid progress. A．didn’t make B．couldn’t have made C．hadn’t made D．shouldn’t have made 12．—I’m tired out. I can’t run any further, Tom. — ________! Mike. I’m sure you can do it. A．Come on B．No hurry C．No problem D．Well done 13．—Next week I will go to a job interview. will you give me some suggestions? —Smiling is a great way to make yourself ________. A．stand out B．turn out C．work out D．pick out 14．—-What difference will it make _____we shall go to the concert on Tuesday or Saturday? —They offer a discount on weekdays. A．that B．when C．if D．why 15．U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in China’s economic center Shanghai on Sunday night, November 15th2009, ______a state visit to China. A．starting B．started C．to start D．having started 16．I will be surprised if you can get Calvin, who is a close-fisted man, these donation draw tickets from you. A．buy B．buying C．buys D．to buy 17．The laptops made by our company sell best, but nobody could have guessed the place in the market that they ________ 20 years ago. A．had had B．had C．were having D．were to have 18．There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds ______ they are not objectively true, and that giants, witches, two-headed dragons etc do not exist. A．that B．what C．which D．when 19．Daniel’s family ________ their holiday in Huangshan this time next week. A．are enjoying B．are to enjoy C．will enjoy D．will be enjoying 20．___the safety of gas, the government has checked the city’s gas supply system thoroughly. A．To ensure B．Ensuring C．Having ensured D．To have ensured 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） Can you imagine a world without chocolate?It's not something I'd like,so I was relived to read that there's a university with a programme to safeguard the future of chocolate! The university of Reading,in England,has just opened a new clearing house for all the world's new cocoa varieties.They must be quarantined（隔离）before they can be grown.Why?Cocoa production hit a record high of 4.4 million tons last year but about 30% of the precious crop is regularly lost to pests and diseases.Now we don't want that,do we? Demand for chocolate has been increasing faster than the world supply of the new crops since 1985,researchers think that new varieties are key to solving this problem. The University of Reading has been protecting the quality of the new crops since 1985,after it took over the task from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew,London.And it has improved its facilities.The leader of the institution's cocoa project,Professor Paul Hadley,says,“One of the main issues concerning cocoa improvement is the supply of reliably clean,healthy,increasing cocoa material.” The cocoa centre has a collection of 3 plant varieties and their green-house uses a lot of energy to keep them in tropical conditions.After up to two years in quarantine,clean and safe seeds are sent to some 20 countries, including several in West Africa.That's where 75% of the cocoa used for chocolate worldwide comes from.The crop is extremely important for the local economy: it employs about two million people. Professor Hadley says he works with a small team of skilled technicians who look after