2023届宁夏银川二十四中高三下学期联合考试英语试题（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 注意事项 1．考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回． 2．答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用0．5毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置． 3．请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符． 4．作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案．作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效． 5．如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗． 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．—Didn’t you go fishing with your friends last Sunday? —No. I ______ to the nursing home as usual. A．went B．go C．have gone D．had gone 2．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 3．The solution to a problem， we are told， often comes to thinkers in a "flash of ________"． A．inspiration B．insight C．invitation D．innovation 4．--- I’ll pay a visit to Hong Kong. Would you mind keeping an eye on my house? --- Not at all. ______. A．I’d rather not B．I’d be happy C．I’ve no time D．I’d like to 5．—I keep on meeting with difficulties in the experiment. I can hardly go on. —Where there are difficulties, there are ways to get over them. ________ A．Suit yourself. B．Good for you C．Pull yourself together! D．What’s the deal? 6．If the weather had been better, we ______ a picnic yesterday. A．must have had B．would have C．could have had D．will have 7．He finished writing his first novel last year, and we all think that is ______ his career really took off. A．where B．when C．how D．why 8．The first snow didn’t fall until February in our province this year, ________ was unexpected. A．it B．which C．that D．what 9．Agatha didn’t tell me ______ she would pick up her son from school. A．which B．when C．where D．what 10．-- Mom, I’ m going to the graduation dance tonight but I don’ t think I look attractive enough. — Oh, darling, don’ t worry. _______ A．They don’t know what beauty is. B．Nobody will care about it. C．You look perfect the way you are. D．Impossible is nothing, 11．______much pressure the U.S. government put on the Chinese government, China would stick to its own policy of exchange rate. A．However B．Wherever C．Whatever D．Whoever 12．More and more college graduates, the survey shows, feel it hard to find a satisfactory job. A．what B．who C．as D．that 13．She runs on average about 15 miles a day every day, ______ the circumstances. A．whatever B．wherever C．whichever D．however 14．By doing so, you can ________ more information and details about the topic, and better understand it. A．keep up with B．do away with C．have access to D．get down to 15．---How’s your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful? ---It ________ be, but it is now heavily polluted. A．will B．would C．should D．must 16．We should bear in mind that social development and balance of nature should go in . A．company B．sympathy C．association D．harmony 17．Efforts will be made to______ new teaching models to exploit the students’ potential. A．accelerate B．innovate C．differentiate D．compile 18．His brother aims to be __________ of his parents by the time he is twenty. A．innocent B．beneficial C．invisible D．independent 19．This kind of gel pen which ______ smoothly is quite popular with students. A．is written B．is writing C．wrote D．writes 20．The conference aims to develop business and let people think about _______ they can have a positive influence on the planet. A．why B．that C．what D．how 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） On a cool morning, Wilson Kasaine heads out along a dirt path in southern Kenya. His calmness makes it easy to forget that he’s tracking one of the most dangerous animals in the world. Kasaine is tracking lions—especially one lion called Marti, who is the real-life Lion King of Selenkay Conservancy. Tracking lions on foot may sound like a death wish, but Kasaine has been doing it for most of his life. Born into a traditional Maasai family he quickly grew to understand the beauty and danger of wildlife. Living with big wild animals forces him to develop a good sense of where they have been and where they may be going. During his 12-kilometer walks to and from school, he learned how to tell the paw prints (爪印) of a lion from those of other animals. Growing up, Kasaine knew that improving his tracking abilities would help him avoid surprise meetings with dangerous animals. For many Maasai, tracking is mainly a matter of self-protection. But Kasaine is tracking lions to meet them and to protect them. He leads a small group of wide-eyed tourists over the red sandy path, searching for the lion that has left upon it his prints. Each year, thousands of tourists crowd Kenya’s national parks to try to have a look at the＂big five＂; elephants, rhinoceros, leopards, buffaloes and lions. The international draw of these animals matters a lot because the nation’s economy is tied to the protection of its wildlife. If Kenya’s wildlife disappears, so does its second-largest source of income. Wildlife protection e