2023届江苏省海门市高考英语四模试卷（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．The infrastructure of a country is ________ makes everything run well, including things like transport, irrigation, electricity and schools. A．which B．that C．where D．what 2．_______, the dancers practise hard to make their dreams come true. A．Instead of being disabled B．Being disabled C．Disabled as they are D．In case of being disabled 3．-I feel caught between experience and jobs after graduation. -It’s really_________—without experience you can’t get a job and without a job you can’t get experience. A．a catch-22 B．a Herculean task C．a sacred cow D．a Mickey Mouse course 4．– Which driver was to blame? -- Why, ______! It was the child’s fault, clear and simple. He suddenly came out between two parked cars. A．both B．each C．either D．neither 5．Have you ever been in a situation ______ you know the other person is right yet you cannot agree with him? A．where B．which C．that D．as 6．—Did you take sides when Mom and Dad were arguing again? —No. I’ve learned that it’s best _______ until it blows over. A．to call it a day B．to pull their legs C．to sit on the fence D．to wash my hands off 7．Don’t worry. The hard work that you do now _____ later in life. A．will be repaid B．was being repaid C．has been repaid D．was repaid 8．—How are you getting along with your German, Kate？ —Oh, Mr．Black, I’m so tired of it．Maybe I should drop out _____ it kills me． A．when B．after C．while D．before 9． for years of hard training, she would not be standing on the stage, receiving huge cheers and applause. A．It were not B．It had not been C．Were it not D．Had it not been. 10．Students are always interested in finding out _______ they can go with a new teacher. A．how far B．how soon C．how often D．how long 11．You _____ read a book in the sun—it'll do harm to your eyes． A．couldn't B．wouldn't C．needn't D．mustn't 12．If he had been working hard, he ______ in the office now. However, he didn’t. A．would be working B．were to be working C．was working D．should work 13．﹣It really annoys me when a person's cell phone goes off during a movie？ ﹣Yeah， me too． It really _________． A．costs me an arm and a leg B．gets on my nerves C．beats my brains out D．pulls my legs 14．---How’s your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful? ---It ________ be, but it is now heavily polluted. A．will B．would C．should D．must 15．---Hi, Betty, are you free at present? I have to ask you for a favor． ----_____．With pleasure． A．Sorry, I am busy B．Go ahead C．Help yourself D．Ask, please 16．Due to the country’s growing rate of urbanization, China’s migrant population _______ to be over 200 million by 2020. A．predicts B．is predicted C．will have been predicted D．will be predicted 17．—— What was wrong? Why didn’t you go to the picnic as scheduled? —— I’m sorry. I _________ a seriously-injured old man to the hospital. A．would deliver B．delivered C．had delivered D．was delivering 18．If you want to see a doctor，you fix a date with him ahead of time.That is a common ________ in the USA． A．view B．exercise C．practice D．reality 19．______ to success can’t defeat us. Instead, they can only make us stronger. A．Attempts B．Barriers C．Contributions D．Access 20．--- You look happy today. Is there anything good? --- I’m very delighted ______ as one of the exchange students. A．to choose B．to have been chosen C．choosing D．having been chosen 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）A European Union program is letting blind people experience famous paintings for the first time. It uses three dimensional (3-D) printing to re-create famous paintings so they can be touched. One painting printed with the new technology is Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss.” It is a popular attraction at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria. The painting shows a man and a woman standing in a field filled with flowers. They are wearing gold robes and have their arms around each other. The man leans down to kiss the woman. Klimt finished the painting in 1908. Until now, people who had trouble seeing could not appreciate the artwork. But thanks to the reproduction they can touch the piece and feel the ridges and depressions. Andreas Reichinger started making 3-D versions of artwork in 2010. He said this reproduction was his most difficult project because the couple’s robes are so detailed. Dominika Raditsch is a blind museum visitor. She touched the reproduction. As she moved her hands around it she said, ”Exactly, can you see these? There are so many details.“ Raditsch said she can imagine what the original painting looks like when she touches the reproduction. “It’s somehow round. You can feel it. It comes with it. And in many places it’s so smooth. And then I think to myself: it probabl