2023届重庆市綦江中学高三3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．You’d better write down the phone number of that restaurant for future ________. A．purpose B．reference C．memory D．assessment 2．We had wanted to surprise Father with a birthday gift, but my sister _______ by asking him what he would like. A．licked her lips B．ate her words C．spilt the beans D．pulled his leg 3．At college, Barack Obama didn’t know that he the first black president of the United States of America. A．was to become B．becomes C．is to become D．became 4．—Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me? — Sure. ______ ? A．What help B．What is this C．What is it D．What do you want 5．For the final ______ of our journey，we decided to take the coach. A．leg B．round C．distance D．path 6．--- How about ______ plan to open a branch? --- I should say it was ______ failure. A．a; a B．a; / C．the; / D．the; a 7．Having pictures to color will keep children ______for hours. A．amused B．amusing C．amuse D．to amuse 8．We should bear in mind that social development and balance of nature should go in . A．company B．sympathy C．association D．harmony 9．—Flight MU257 _______________ . I must be off now. —Have a nice trip. A．is being announced B．has announced C．was announcing D．had been announced 10．As a child, I was _________to keep quiet when my parents were discussing something, while parents nowadays often ask for their children’s opinions. A．demanded B．hoped C．forbidden D．required 11．The famous book Frankenstein, ________ by British novelist Mary Shelley, is the first work of science fiction. A．writing B．having written C．written D．was written 12．He was greatly shocked at Donald Trump’s taking office. Never did he expect that the voters _______ be so unreasonable. A．should B．could C．would D．might 13．As teachers we shouldn’t accept the argument given by some people _______ standardized tests restrict educators too much and take the joy out of teaching. A．where B．what C．how D．that 14．It's that time of year again， when Alipay ______ us just how much we've been spending， and on what． A．reminds B．reminded C．has reminded D．is reminding 15．— How could they misunderstand me like that? —Just keep silent! It’s the best way to let them know they you wrong. A．do B．did C．are doing D．had done 16．---It was Sunday today, and I _______ up very early. ---So you really had a good rest. A．didn’t need to get B．needn’t have got C．needn’t to get D．don’t need get 17．He was offered a position at the local church school, _____ he went to the Cambridge. A．after when B．since which C．after which D．since when 18．—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 19．He couldn’t make his voice ______ above the noise of the traffic. A．to hear B．hearing C．heard D．hear 20．Considered to be a less dangerous to tobacco, "e-cigs" are taking over the West as more and more people switch over when trying to kick the habit. A．adjustment B．alternative C．advertisement D．amusement 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）Research finds out why some people are constantly under attack from the bloodsucking insects while others walk free. For those unfortunate enough to feature highly on the mosquito hit list, summer nights can be synonymous with mosquito bites. Yet others hardly ever get bitten. So how do the bloodthirsty insects select their victims? The insects’ tastes may seem arbitrary. However, research shows that when mosquitoes make their choices between potential victims, it all comes down to scent (气味). “Mosquitoes are attracted by carbon dioxide and heat, which everyone gives off. But mosquitoes are also attracted by certain scents,” says Karl-Martin Vagn Jensen, the head of research at the Department of Agricultural Science at Arhus University. According to Jensen, it has not yet been confirmed exactly what the scents in question are. But research does indicate that some scents are more attractive to mosquitoes than others. “All the lab employees rubbed petri dishes (培养皿) against their stomachs. In that way, their scents were put on the dishes, which were then put in a container full of mosquitoes,” he says. “The mosquitoes repeatedly landed on some of the petri dishes, but didn’t go anywhere near the others.” Perhaps taking inspiration from popular fiction, there are also those who consider garlic as an excellent repellent (驱虫剂) against the winged bloodsuckers. According to the researcher, this strategy may not be entirely fruitless. “As far as I know, there is no scientific proof that eating garlic works. But there may be something to the theory that it’s possible to mask scent with garlic,” he says. The onl