2023学年自治区拉萨市城关区拉萨中学高考英语二模试卷（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．--- Hello, Tom. This is Mary speaking. --- What a coincidence! I_________ about you. A．just thought B．was just thinking C．have just thought D．would just think 2．— Did you go to last night’s concert? — Yes. And the girl playing the violin at the concert _______ all the people present with her excellent ability. A. impressed B．compared C．conveyed D．observed 3．Anna was in Inner Mongolia for two years, ____ as a volunteer teacher. A． having worked B． working C． worked D． to work 4．I have no doubt that he will make it, but I wonder_____ he is really ready enough. A．what B．why C．whether D．That 5．--Sorry for having kept you waiting. But for the traffic jam，I________________ 20 minutes earlier —Never mind，I haven't been waiting that long. A．arrived B．would have arrived C．would arrive D．had arrived 6．---Sorry to have broken your glass. ---_____________. You didn’t mean to, did you? A．No problem B．Forget it C．All right D．Don’t say so 7．The national park has a large collection of wildlife, ________ from butterflies to elephants. A．to range B．range C．ranging D．ranged 8．In contrast with the liberal social climate of the present, traditions in the past were relatively ______. A．competitive B．comprehensive C．creative D．conservative 9．Either side seems to have a(n) _________ position; there are still many uncertainties on this issue. A．ambiguous B．delicate C．explicit D．confidential 10．Don't you think _______of great importance that we should keep fit by taking exercise regularly? A．this B．that C．which D．it 11．We need  a spiritual faith, or a philosophy, it should include this truth: if you choose to find the positive in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is ________your decision to make. A．absolutely B．totally C．exactly D．largely 12．—Where can we park car? —Don’t worry. There’s sure to be parking lot nearby. A．the; the B．the; a C．不填; a D．不填; the 13．In that remote area, the trees _____ by the volunteers are growing well. A．planted B．planting C．being planted D．to plant 14．––Are the repairs finished yet? ––Yes, they ______ when I came back home. A．would be completed B．would complete C．had completed D．had been completed 15．She was in a ________ condition after the heart transplant operation when her body rejected the foreign organ. A．skeptical B．critical C．theoretical D．practical 16．Criticized as online games are, they never fail to ______ a large number of teenagers． A．appeal to B．object to C．refer to D．turn to 17．—How about going sightseeing this Saturday afternoon? Sorry, I _______ my research report the whole weekend. A．will have written B．will be writing C．have written D．have been writing 18．—What do you think of your journey to Yunnan? —Everything is very fantastic，especially its fresh air.It is pleasant ________. A．breathed B．being breathed C．to be breathed D．to breathe 19．As is often the case, there are always some obstacles in the way，something ________ before we realize the real goal of education. A．to be got through B．got through C．getting through D．having been got through 20．—May I use your new dictionary? —It' s over there．____． A．Feel free B．Never mind C．My pleasure D．It's OK 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）Carrie Gracie is knowledgeable about China and its affairs. She also has a reputation as a generous colleague. She has resigned from her job as China editor because her employers will not pay her at the same rate as they pay the handful of men who do a similarly challenging and important job. She has resigned because. she refused to go on colluding (共谋) with the BBC’s dishonesty about its failure to give women and men equal pay for equal work. Gracie was recruited to the job, because she had all the talent and skills the BBC needed to cover the difficult international and domestic story of the rise of China. One of the conditions she set for taking it was equal pay with the BBC’s other international editors, familiar names including Jon Sopel in Washington and Jeremy Bowen in the Middle East. Last summer, the government forced the BBC to publish which of the familiar names on radio and TV earned over £150,000. The results exposed an astonishing pay gap. They also showed Gracie that her employers had misled her. Gracie sets out all her efforts to get her bosses to do what they had originally promised her, but they fail to respond adequately. Instead, they prevaricate(搪塞)and offer her a pay rise that still would not have delivered equality. They