2023学年青海省西宁市高三3月份模拟考试英语试题（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 考生须知： 1．全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。 2．请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。 3．保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．______ property, we’re among the richest people in this city． A．In search of B．In spite of C．In place of D．In terms of 2．---Professor Li is wanted on the phone. Where is he? --- I saw him coming, but in a minute, he _____. A．will disappear B．has disappeared C．disappears D．disappeared 3．My wife sometimes _____ something she has long been looking for. That’s why she enjoys window shopping. A．looks up B．looks for C．picks up D．picks out 4．I’m tired out．I stayed up the whole night, ______ for my midterm math exam． A．studying B．to study C．to be studying D．studied 5．When we have a chance to travel, we tend to ______ as many sights into the trip as we can--- seven countries in ten days, for example. A．squeeze B．sneeze C．subscribe D．substitute 6．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 7．Catherine came home happily, which suggested that she the final exam. A．had passed B．pass C．would pass D．should pass 8．—Did you pass your driving test? —Yes, otherwise I ________ to the picnic next month. A．couldn't drive B．couldn't have driven C．won't drive D．wouldn't have driven 9．8 students and 2 teachers at Santa Fe High School by a 17-year-student armed with a shotgun and a pistol. This is one of the many gun-related tragedies that have happened in the last 2 years. A．killed B．were killed C．have killed D．have been killed 10．I'm calling to enquire about the position __________in yesterday's China Daily. A．advertised B．to be advertised C．advertising D．having advertised 11．When she was in trouble, I did what I could to help her．__________ my help, she wrote me a letter of thanks． A．In honor of B．In case of C．In terms of D．In return for 12．His suggestion_______to see the film Avatar interested every one of us. A．that we go B．which we should go C．that we would go D．we should go 13．—Did your father enjoy seeing his old friends yesterday? —Yes, he did. They each other for ages. A．didn’t see B．wouldn’t see C．haven’t seen D．hadn’t seen 14．—Oh, Hannah just told me that she was unable to translate the report into English. —________？She once spent 10 years living in London. A．Guess what B．Why not C．So what D．How come 15．If you ________ come to our village, I’ll show you around. A．will B．shall C．must D．should 16．— I want to learn tennis. Would you like to help me? — . But learning tennis is no walk in the park. A．No kidding B．No wonder C．No problem D．No way 17．You can only be sure of _____ you have at present; you cannot be sure of something _____ you might get in the future. A．that; what B．what; / C．which; that D．/; that 18．40 grams of meat per day is ______ people should consume in order to stay fit. A．that B．why C．how D．what 19．Different tastes among tourists from outside the mainland ________ the list of the country's attractions． A．top B．shape C．lead D．show 20．You are supposed to leave your child ________ his homework alone. A．do B．to do C．being done D．done 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） I took a journey to New York,US several months ago.It was the first time I had been abroad.It was also the first time I had taken a trip by myself.I had great enthusiasm and high hopes,and I wasn't let down. It’s hard to describe how I felt when I arrived at the airport in New York.Looking at people of different races and nationalities passing by and hearing different languages all around me,I couldn’t say anything for a long time.I had never understood the cultural diversity of the US so clearly and closely before. The following days were even more impressive.We integrated（融入）into the forest of concrete and cement（混凝土和水泥）.We waved to the Statue of Liberty;we looked down at the busy island of Manhattan;we looked at well-known universities—Harvard of ancient Egypt. Then we visited some well-known university—Harvard,Yale,Princeton and Columbia—each with its own appealing and time-honored history.But what all these universities have in common is their peaceful academic atmospheres witch you could feel everywhere.I was impressed by the libraries,decorated just like cathedrals（教堂）, and the laboratories just next to the classroom.My dream is to return to those places as an international student. Finally came our destinations—the Model United Nations conference at the University of Chicago.Students from various countries arrived to act as United Nations delegations and share their opinions about global issues. As a non-native speaker,I felt that competing against native speakers was a very tough ta