2023届兵团第二师华山中学高三下第一次测试英语试题（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．Never before ________ the famous museum was just a stone's thro away from their school, so out ________. A．had they known; went all they B．they had known; went all they C．had they known; they all went D．they had known; they all went 2．The silence of the library is sometimes broken by a sudden cough or the sound of pages ________________. A．turning B．turned C．being turned D．having turned 3．-- -____that he manage to get the information? ---Oh，a friend of his helped him. A．Where was it B．What was it C．How was it D．Why was it 4．It is unwise to disturb one who is devoted to his work. Just _____. A．face the music B．fly off the handle C．eat your words D．bite your tongue 5．In this article , you need to back up general statements with ________ examples. A．specific B．permanent C．abstract D．universal 6．I'd advise anyone to put aside a proportion of their earnings — ____________. A．nothing great is easy B．nothing comes from nothing C．a bad penny always turns up D．a penny saved is a penny earned 7．After class, the teacher couldn’t leave, by the students. A．surrounded B．to surround C．was surrounded D．surrounding 8．As ______ healthier lifestyle is being promoted, the bicycle has also become a tool that keeps people on ______ go. A．the; a B．a; a C．a; the D．a; / 9．_____ his homework in time, he had to stay up late into the night. A．Finishing B．Having finished C．To finish D．To have finished 10．We can communicate________people in every part of the world ________the Internet. A．with；with B．with；through C．through；through D．through；with 11．It is not only blind men who make such stupid mistakes. People who can see sometimes act__________. A．just foolishly B．less foolishly C．as foolishly D．so foolishly 12．—Do you know our town at all? —Surely, this is the third time I ________ here. A．came B．come C．have come D．am coming 13．Countries which continue importing huge quantities of waste will have to____ the issue of pollution. A．maintain B．simplify C．overlook D．address 14．— What shall we do tonight then? — , whatever you want. A．Help yourself B．It’s a deal C．No problem D．It’s up to you 15．I wish I ________ her the news and then she wouldn’t be worried now. A．don’t tell B．didn’t tell C．haven’t told D．hadn’t told 16．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 17．The new means of transport ________ in this city, so whether it will work out remains to be seen. A．have never tried B．has never tried C．have never been tried D．has never been tried 18．Jane’s pale face suggested that she ______ ill and her parents suggested that she ______ a medical exam. A．be; should have B．was; have C．should be; had D．was; had 19．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 20．——Will you require anything else? ——Yes, I like a whisky. A．will B．shall C．should D．might 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） Parents tend to favour children of one sex in certain situations — or so evolutionary biologists tell us. A new study used colored backpack sales data to show that parental wealth may influence spending on sons different from daughters. In 1973 biologist Robert Trivers and computer scientist Dan Willard published a paper suggesting that parents invest(投入)more resources, such as food and effort, in male children when times are good, and in female children when times are bad. According to the Trivers-Willard hypothesis(假说), a son given lots of resources can become a gentleman — but parents with few resources tend to invest them in daughters, who generally find it easier to be a fair maiden. Studying parental investment after birth is difficult, however. The new study looked for a standard of measurement of such investment that met several criteria: it shouldn’t be affected by sex differences in the need for resources; it should measure investment rather than outcomes; and it should be objective. Study author Shige Song, a sociologist at Queens College, City University of New York, examined spending on pink and blue backpacks purchased in China in 2015 from a large retailer, JD．com. He narrowed the data to about 5, 000 bags: blue backpacks bought by families known to have at least one boy and pink ones bought by families known to have at least one girl. The results showed that wealthier families spent more on blue than pink backpacks — suggesting greater investment in sons. Poorer families spent more on pink packs than blue ones. The findings were published in Evolution and Human Beh