2023学年福建省建瓯市第二中学高考考前提分英语仿真卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 注意事项： 1． 答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在考生信息条形码粘贴区。 2．选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用0．5毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。 3．请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。 4．保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．The young man, ________ in heavy traffic on the way, got home an hour later than usual. A．catching B．caught. C．having caught D．to be caught 2．With Mother's Day around the corner，I have taken some money out of the bank_____________ presents for my mother. A．buy B．to buy C．buying D．having bought 3．—I am wondering ________ makes you study so hard? —To go to my dream university. A．what is it that B．that is what C．what is that D．what it is that 4．Lucy_ _writing her essay by 10:00 this morning. After that, she listened to music for a while. A．will finish B．finishes C．has finished D．had finished 5．—It’s really great to have a computer to store my photos. —Don’t count on it too much. It ________ break down and you’d better make a copy of them. A．must B．can C．should D．will 6．—Bob says he will draw lessons from his failure and continue to try. —I’m delighted that he ________ take that view. A．will B．may C．should D．could 7．Sometimes I act as a listening ear for fellow students ________ what is bothering them. A．to talk over B．talked over C．talk over D．having talked over 8．By the end of last week,600 people from 50 countries to attend the meeting，with nearly half coming from the United States，Germany and Britain. A．had registered B．have registered C．registered D．were registered 9．I’d never wondered before whether or not he was kid-friendly. With one glance, I quickly that he probably wasn’t. A．agreed B．reported C．explained D．decided 10．---Can you tell us your ________ for happiness and a long life？ ---Living every day to the fullest，definitely. A．recipe B．effort C．content D．demand 11．That Americans have no history while Chinese have no future sounds ________; it has raised a thought provoking question, though. A．artificial B．arbitrary C．allergic D．reluctant 12．______ what had happened, they knew I would struggle and simply wanted to help because it was the right thing to do. A．Hearing B．To have heard C．Having heard D．Heard 13．My uncle finally bought his dream house ______ overlooks a beautiful park. A．which B．where C．who D．what 14．— What’s the recent progress in Xiong’an New Area, first announced two years ago? —It _____ increasing attention from foreign companies given its huge development potential. A．has been attracting B．had attracted C．would be attracting D．was attracting 15．—All the containers have been unloaded! Can it have been done by Frank? —Impossible! He ________ his car last night. A．has fixed B．had fixed C．would fix D．was fixing 16．—Have you found the new flat advertised in the newspaper? — Yes. But the community____ very large and I nearly got lost just now. A．had been B．was C．will be D．is 17．The days are gone physical strength was all you needed to make a living． A．that B．when C．where D．which 18．—What an amazing picture! —The little boy ____the soldiers, and I caught them in an unguarded moment. A．was saluting B．saluted C．had saluted D．would salute 19．More and more college graduates, the survey shows, feel it hard to find a satisfactory job. A．what B．who C．as D．that 20．I was on a business trip then, otherwise I ________ to the hospital for tests. A．went B．had gone C．would have gone D．would go 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）Many people feel stressed out about buying and giving gifts around holidays．But have the holidays become too materialistic and more about the gifts than the feelings behind them? Throughout the world，many cultures mark holidays with gifts and food．Holiday traditions bring people together and allow us to feel a part of family and community．The gifts and food that we share are all about expressing a sense of appreciation and joy．The gifts of a few generations ago were probably more common and homemade．Even the people who could afford expensive presents probably didn’t do as much buying and spending as we do today． But with our culture growing more commercial，sometimes the original meaning behind the tradition gets lost．Not only is the pressure on spending money on the right present，but many people also find that when gifts become the focus of a holiday，it puts too much emphasis on receiving．It’s too easy to have high expectations of what’s in that beautifully wrapped box—and that can set anyone up for disappointment．No wonder we often hear about people having the“holiday blues”—feeling sad or empty． Not all people think the holidays are too materialistic，of course．Most appreciate the traditional aspects of the holidays．And some love shopping and are just fine with a11 the giving and receiving．But if you’re feeling a little empty about the holidays，what can you do? One key to a relaxing and meaningful holid