2023届湖南省湘南高考仿真卷英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 请考生注意： 1．请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用0．5毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。 2．答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的《注意事项》，按规定答题。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally . A．pulled out B．pulled through C．pulled up D．pulled over 2．——Do you have a minute? I’ve got something to tell you. ——Ok, ______ you make it short. A．now that B．if only C．so long as D．every time 3．—Guess what! I came across an old friend at the station last weekend. — I’m sure you talked with him happily. A．Sounds good! B．Very well. C．How nice! D．All right. 4．U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in China’s economic center Shanghai on Sunday night, November 15th2009, ______a state visit to China. A．starting B．started C．to start D．having started 5．This house is almost ________ to the one where I lived as a child. A．identical B．manual C．chilly D．enthusiastic 6．I’m not sure of the reason for the dog’s illness, but it ____ by eating too much. A．may have been caused B．need have been caused C．should have been caused D．must have been caused 7．They are smiling. There ______ much trouble solving the problem. A．couldn’t be B．mustn’t be C．can’t have been D．mustn’t have been 8．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 9．Competed in 1891, in ________ was known as The Gilded Age, the five­story mansion is now owned by a famous actor who decides to stage a special production of Shakespeare's Hamlet. A．that B．what C．which D．it 10．So far, only one man has ________ a theory that seems to fit all the facts. A．come up with B．put up with C．lined up with D．caught up with 11．A public health campaign _____ the number of heart disease deaths by 80 percent over the past three decades． A．had reduced B．had been reduced C．has reduced D．has been reduced 12．—How do you find the health club? —I would rather I ______ it. I feel its management is going from bad to worse. A．haven’t joined B．hadn’t joined C．didn’t join D．had joined 13．—Tom, do you enjoy your present job? —________. I just do it for a living. A．Of course B．Not really C．Not likely D．That’s all right 14．Computer-controlled robots are taking over jobs in many industries, which used to be done _______. A．artificially B．manually C．comprehensively D．gradually 15．By doing so, you can ________ more information and details about the topic, and better understand it. A．keep up with B．do away with C．have access to D．get down to 16．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 17．More competitive high-tech enterprises are investing in Nantong Central Innovation District, which will result in _____ economic growth. A．sustainable B．adaptable C．recyclable D．changeable 18．Although the Roma couldn’t be forced to pay taxes, they couldn’t vote ______they agreed to ______a government. A．unless, submit to B．until, correspond to C．when, resign to D．while, compromise to 19．—I think the paper is taking you a long time to write. —I ______ on it for almost a month now. A．worked B．was working C．am working D．have been working 20．The draft regulation on the online protection of minors, ________ for public opinions by the cyberspace authorities, has drawn wide public concern. A．releasing B．having released C．to release D．released 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 experts say that Billy Wilder changed the history of American movies. He is often called the best movie maker Hollywood has ever had. He was known for making movies that offered sharp social comment. Wilder was one of the first directors to do this. Billy Wilder was born in 1906 in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. Billy Wilder started law school in Vienna, Austria. However, he began reporting for a Vienna newspaper after graduation. By the 1920s, he was writing movies in Germany. However, the Nazis had risen to power in the nation. Wider was Jewish, and he recognized that he had no future in Nazi Germany. In 1933, he went to Paris. There he directed a movie for the first time. It was called “The Bad Seed”. Then he received word that producers in the United States had accepted one of his scripts. Billy Wilder left Europe for America. In America he formed a writing team with Charles Brackett. The two writers created many films together. Wilder and Brackett wrote several successful movies. One was the nineteen thirty-nine movie, “Ninotchka”, starring Greta Garbo. Ernst Lubitsch directed the film. Wilder always praised this man as a friend and teacher whose humor and expert direction greatly influenced his works. In 1954, Billy Wilder became an independent producer. The next year, Wilder’s first movie as an independent filmmaker was a huge success. It was “The