2023学年湘中名校高考英语押题试卷（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．_______child will find his own personal road to success. A．Each B．The other C．Either D．Another 2．--The weather is too cold ___ March this year. -- It was still ___ when I came here years ago. A．for; colder B．in; cold C．in; hot D．for; hotter 3．— Do you have any problems if you ______ this job? — Well, I’m thinking about the salary…. A．offer B．will offer C．are offered D．will be offered 4．The inner thoughts of the two young persons are revealed in the book, ______ both of them fail to express. A．where B．when C．who D．which 5．He would be in better health now _______ with too much work when young. A．had he not burdened himself B．if he was not burdened C．were he not burdened D．had he not been burdened himself 6．---We found a buyer for our house, but then the sale _____. --- Why not promote it by posting an advertisement online? A．fell through B．got through C．cleared up D．looked up 7．Those successful deaf dancers think that dancing is an activity ________ sight matters more than hearing. A．when B．whose C．which D．where 8．There is a wide ________of reference books to be found, so ________you look for some material needed, you can turn to me. A．kind; the last time B．sort; every time C．variety; next time D．type; the moment 9．I have to reschedule the appointment with you since there is a ______ in my arrangement. A．contract B．contrast C．connection D．conflict 10．We all sighed with ________ relief when ________ plane finally landed safely. A．a; / B．/; the C．a; a D．a; the 11．The infrastructure project has consumed so much money that we can't find any financial support and have to ______. A．pull out B．pull through C．catch up D．catch on 12．But for the metal cage to pull the miners to safety, the miners in Chile ____ in less than twenty-four hours. A．would not be rescued B．would not have been rescued C．would be rescued D．would have been rescued 13．---- What do you think of zoology? ---- In my opinion, zoology is ______ botany. A．a subject so interesting as B．as a interesting subject as C．as interesting a subject as D．interesting as a subject as 14．The auto factory ______ new profit records through technical innovation — 10% growth rate in the last two years and hopefully 15% this year. A．set B．has set C．is setting D．has been setting 15．— Do you often come here to have a walk? — No, only _________, because we are much too busy. A．occasionally B．eventually C．merely D．frequently 16．Many questions have been answered by John. He must have previewed the lessons last night, ____ he? A．needn’t B．hasn’t C．didn’t D．mustn’t 17．I regret not having taken your advice. Otherwise I ________ this mistake at the moment. A．didn’t make B．wouldn’t make C．hadn’t make D．wouldn’t have made 18．Since we can do nothing about it, we _________ as well consult Mr. Smith about the matter. A．can B．must C．need D．may 19．People believe that the China Dream is not very difficult ________ so long as the whole nation works hard for it. A．realizing B．to be realized C．realized D．to realize 20．Recently, a programmer criticized the “996” work schedule ______ employees work from 9 am to 9 pm, 6 days a week, with the prospect of ending up in an intensive care unit. A．where B．when C．which D．whose 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） Plants on Earth have grown for hundreds of millions of years, yet President Donald Trump’s pick to lead his new climate team insists that they need more carbon dioxide (CO2) to boom. Princeton physicist and carbon dioxide-advocate William Happer has been selected to head the brand new Presidential Committee on Climate Security. The atomic scientist, who achieved recognition for his work on atomic collisions (原子碰撞), not climate science, declared that the planet’s atmosphere needs significantly more CO2, which is reported to speed up climate change. Happer said plants use CO2 to live and more CO2 is actually a benefit to the Earth. He also stressed that Earth is experiencing a “CO2 starvation”, and concludes that “If plants could vote, they would vote for coal.” Earth and plant scientists, however, find Happer’s insistence that the plant kingdom would benefit from increased CO2 wrong-headed and it lacks evidence. For example, Earth’s CO2 levels have increased sharply in the last century, and are now at their highest levels in at least 800,000 years—though other measurements show CO2 levels are higher than they’ve been in 15 million years. “The idea that increased CO2 is universally beneficial ‘to plants’ is very misguided,” Jill Anderson, an evolutionary ecologist specializing in plant populations, said in an interview. Data shows the evolution of global average temperature and CO2 concentration from 1850 to 2019. Though 201