上海市嘉定二中等四校2023学年高考全国统考预测密卷英语试卷（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．--- Is there any chance of my being promoted? --- If you want a promotion, you’d better rather than get your way. A．play the game B．cross your fingers C．raise the red flag D．kill the fatted calf 2．—Flight MU257 _______________ . I must be off now. —Have a nice trip. A．is being announced B．has announced C．was announcing D．had been announced 3．We’ll go early． ，we may not get a seat． A．Otherwise B．Meanwhile C．However D．Besides 4．Don't give up half way, and you will find the scenery is more beautiful when you reach the destination than when you _______. A．start off B．have started off C．started off D．will start off 5．I broke my relationship with Peter because he always found _______ with me. A．error B．failure C．mistake D．fault 6．Some tourists’ visiting Tian’ anmen Square during the holiday left a __________ of litter everywhere they went. A．trail B．dot C．chain D．track 7．The teacher spoke so fast that it was hard for the students to ______ what he was saying. A．take in B．take off C．take on D．take after 8．—Jack, my plane arrives at 8:30 pm when, I suppose, you ______ dinner. —But I can wait. A．will have B．have had C．will have had D．are having 9． “Could we put off the meeting？” she asked. “________.” He answered politely. “This is the only day everyone is available.” A．Not likely B．Not exactly C．Not nearly D．Not really 10．In fact，most of us would the consequences of stupid decisions taken by others. A．handle B．solve C．follow D．suffer 11．—Why are you so late? —The driver couldn’t see clearly because of the fog．____, the road was too icy． A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．However D．Besides 12．—Ouch, mum! A fish bone has stuck in my teeth! —______, Lucy. I am coming. A． Take your time B． Help yourself C． Don’t bother D． Take it easy 13．Some of them, ______ in rural villages, had never seen a train. A．to be born and brought up B．born and brought up C．having born and brought up D．having been born and brought up 14．Even though the way Lin Daiyu expresses her feelings may be ________ to a modern audience, it is rooted in her character and makes who she is. A．allergic B．foreign C．sensitive D．fundamental 15．We believe ________ you have been devoted to ________ naturally of great necessity. A．that; being B．all that; be C．that all; are D．what; is 16．一When he know the result of today’s job interview? 一In a couple of days． A．should B．may C．shall D．must 17．---Mr. Johnson has been chosen as the manager of the sales department. ---___________ he was so excited this morning. A．No chance B．No way C．Not possible D．No wonder 18．____regular training in nursing, she could hardly cope with the work at first. A．Not received B．Since receiving C．Having not received D．Not having received 19．She is ____________ being pleased about it ; she is very angry. A．free from B．free of C．out of D．far from 20．---I did really well in the examination, Li Ke. ---I did _________. I got full mark. A．no less B．not less C．not worse D．no worse 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）It used to be a matter of fact when Peter Pan — a character from James Matthew Barrie’s 1911 book — said: “All children, except one, grow up.” But this “fact” doesn’t seem to apply to today’s world anymore. According to the NPD Group, a US market research company, sales of toys to adults in the UK increased by more than 20 percent in 2016, three times the pace of the children’s toy market itself. These toys ranged from puzzles and Lego building sets to vehicle models and action figures. And more than half of the sales came from millennials — people born between the 1980s and 2000s. “Adults of the 21st century are channeling their inner child, one toy at a time,” commented website Koreaboo. This is also why these adults are sometimes referred to as “kidults”. According to Frederique Tutt, an analyst at NPD, the motivation of these grown-ups is to escape the stress of today’s fast-paced world. They are driven toward the more immediate pleasures brought by toys than those brought by, say, getting a promotion, which is far less easy to achieve. “It reminds me of the playful side of life,” Rob Willner, a 25-year-old PhD student in the UK, told The Telegraph when talking about his love for Lego, which he said brings him both comfort and entertainment. Despite this, some social scientists see the trend as disturbing. To Frank Furendi, a professor at the University of Kent in the UK, the fact that so many adults are pursuing “the thrills of youth” is the evidence that “adulthood has got nothing attractive about it anymore”, he told The New York Times. “That’s actually quite sad.” But scientists are probably just worr