2023届河南省郑州二中高三下学期联考英语试题（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 注意事项 1．考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。 2．试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。 3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．The explosion in the chemical plant ______ avoided had the county authorities, aiming too much at short-term interests, performed their duties from the beginning. A．should be B．might be C．must have been D．could have been 2．Many writers are drawn to building a world, _____ readers are somewhat familiar with but also feel distant from our normal lives. A．it B．one C．that D．the one 3．The influence of this book might not have been reaching so far, ________for Mr. William, who dared to publish it. A. if had it not been B． is it not being C． had it not been D. its only having been 4．－The zookeeper was really annoyed with me. －How could he have been if you ____ stones at the animals? A．didn’t throw B．don’t throw C．hadn’t thrown D．haven’t thrown 5．—Do you like the mobile game Traveling Frog? —Yes, the posts about the virtual green frog ________ over 4 million times. A．have read B．have been read C．would be read D．are reading 6．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; / 7．This was returned because the person ________ this letter was addressed had died three years ago. A．to whom B．to which C．which D．whom 8．The expert points out the phenomenon that cream goes bad faster than butter______ its structure rather than its chemical composition. A．lives up to B．gets down to C．comes down to D．stands up to 9．— You should have helped your mom wash the dishes． —I meant ．But she is always telling me to study． A．to do B．to C．doing so D．doing 10．— Can I pay the bill by check? — Sorry, sir. According to the rules of our hotel, the payment ______ be made in cash. A．shall B．need C．will D．can 11．There are various things on sale, so you can choose ______ interests you. A．whoever B．no matter who C．whatever D．no matter what 12．I wish you wouldn't be so________； you make faces at everything I say. A．weird B．polite C．reluctant D．serious 13．As you go through this book, you ________ that each of the millions of people who lived through World War II had a different experience. A．will find B．found C．had found D．have found 14．—He is eager to try something he has never tried before. —Oh, I see. That’s _______ he’s different from others. A．when B．where C．how D．what 15．These remarkable findings suggest the elephants have ________ a memory capacity to make distinctions between human voices. A．built up B．packed up C．brought up D．took up 16．Not until he went abroad to further his study_______ the importance of English. A．has he found B． he has found C．did he find D． he had found 17．The coat I bought yesterday is not expensive at all. As a matter of fact, I would gladly have paid ______ for it. A．as much twice B．much as twice C．as twice much D．twice as much 18．David didn’t attend his daughter’s graduation ceremony, but he does wish he there. A．should be B．would be C．had been D．were 19．—I say, Harry. What did you say to the laid-off worker just now? —Nothing. I to myself. A．had only talked B．am only talking C．have just talked D．was just talking 20．Some people use hand-written letters ______ typing because they’re more personal and represent your sincerity. A．in preference to B．in process of C．in reference with D．in search of 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）Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making it possible for companies to monitor workers’ behavior in great detail and in real time. Start to slack off (懈怠), and AI could talk to your boss. One company offering such services is London-based start-up Status Today. Its AI platform relies on a regular supply of employee data, including everything from the files you access to when you use a key card. From this, it builds a picture of how employees normally function and signals any unusual performance. The idea is to spot when someone might become a security risk by doing something different from their usual behavioral patterns. “All of this gives us fingerprint of a user, so if we think the fingerprint doesn’t match, we raise a warning”, says Mircea Dumitrescu, the company’s chief technology officer. The system also aims to catch employee actions that could accidentally cause a security breach (漏洞), like opening malware (恶意软件).“We’re not monitoring if your computer has a virus.” says Dumitrescu. “We’re monitoring human behaviors.” But catching the security breach means monitoring everyone, and the AI can also be used to track employee productivity. “It seems like they are just using the reputation of AI to give an air of lawfulness to old-fashioned workplace surveillance (监视),” says Javier Ruiz Diaz of digital campaigning organization the Open Rights Group. “Y