2023学年湖南省衡阳市樟树中学高考适应性考试英语试卷（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．All of a sudden, the thief walking behind a young and pretty lady _______ her purse, ______into the crowd. A．seizing; rushed B．seized; rushed C．seizing; rushing D．seized; rushing 2．Lifting off at sunrise, the hot air balloon goes wherever the wind blow. A．may B．must C．need D．should 3．That student admitted in the math exam, that he would never do that again in the future. A．to have cheated, promising B．cheating, promised C．to cheating, promised D．having cheated, promising 4．—What about going to see the latest Chinese sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth? —________. If time permits, I may go to see my grandma with my mother. A．Don’t mention it B．It doesn’t matter C．Forget it D．It depends 5．Little about her own safety, though she was in great danger herself. A．did Rose care B．Rose did care C．Rose does care D．does Rose care 6．All children should get access to a high-quality education ________ their race, zip code or family income. A．depending on B．regardless of C．due to D．apart from 7．The Lifelong Learning Programme ________ to enable people to take part in learning experiences has taken off across Europe. A．having been designed B．being designed C．designed D．designing 8．--- Where is your new home now? --- In the new developed zone. But I ______ downtown for five years. A．lived B．had lived C．have lived D．was living 9．-Late again！Where_____________？ -Sorry，I________________ in the heavy traffic，or I would have been here earlier. A．were you；have got stuck B．have you been；have got stuck C．were you；got stuck D．have you been；got stuck 10．To fetch water before breakfast seemed to me a rule ______. A．to never break B．never to have broken C．never to be broken D．never to be breaking 11．Tom is proud and ________, never admitting he is wrong and always looking for someone else to blame. A．strict B．stubborn C．sympathetic D．sensitive 12．You can get off the bus one or two stops ________ and walk the rest of the way to work every day so as to take some exercise. A．more early B．earliest C．early D．earlier 13．______ flag-raising ceremony was held at the Golden Bauhinia Square on July 1 to celebrate ______ 17th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China. A．A; / B．A; the C．The; the D．/; the 14．We must ______ the time that you’ve wasted this afternoon by working late to-night. A．make up for B．make out C．do up D．make up to 15．The disabled guy was attended throughout his school day by a nurse ________ to guard him. A．to appoint B．appointed C．appointing D．having appointed 16．_____ the oil under the sea, the company has raised ample funds to develop petroleum exploration equipment. A．Exploiting B．Having exploited C．To exploit D．Exploited 17．— Catherine, will you visit us this weekend? —I planned to, but something unexpected . A．has come up B．was coming up C．had come up D．would come up 18．You have a big mouth,Tom. You have told everybody the secret. A．shouldn’t B．mustn’t C．can’t D．mightn’t 19．You look frozen．Sit down by the fire and I you some hot tea． A．make B．was making C．made D．will make 20．--I apologize for not being able to join you for dinner. --_________________. We'll get together later. A．Go ahead B．That's right C．Not to worry. D．Don't mention it 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）According to a Pew Research Center report from November 2013, “71% of those 10-18 turn to the internet as a main news source.” Another Pew report found from 2012 says that on an average day, 29 percent of young people were “newsless” meaning they did not get any news, from traditional platforms, mobile phones, or even social networks. Despite the fact that both my husband and I are in journalism, my husband as a design editor and myself as a writer, I have often wondered if our four sons would grow up to read printed pages with their own children someday. I got my answer last week when my failure to renew us living in a newspaper desert for two weeks. Normally we get both The Virginian-Pilot (the paper for which my husband works) and The Christian Science Monitor Weekly print edition. Our four sons have grown up with a variety of print newspapers available daily. That has changed slightly since our youngest, Quin, 10, has also become an online news tracker. However, it wasn’t until the newspapers stopped coming to our doorstep seven days a week that I learned how deeply attached they all are to the printed, paper, page. That’s when we decided to make a list of what we have come to rely on newspapers to do cheaply and immediately. Here’s the list we made together of what our newspaper is used for beyond learning the news itself: as an umbrella when caught in rain; to stuff in wet shoes overnight to dry; to stuff in hats to keep their shape; to stuff under