2023届陕西西安地区高考英语四模试卷（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．Ann said whenever her father was unhappy he ________ go out and buy something, usually something large and useless. A．should B．could C．would D．might 2．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 3．I prefer a school ______teachers have to work as a team, instead of fighting against each other. A．where B．that C．as D．when 4．The flat is good value for money because not only did they sell it to me at a cheap price, but they threw in some old furniture _________. A．at their command B．for good measure C．beyond my reach D．beneath their dignity 5．Bill was doing a lot of physical exercise to build up his . A．ability B．force C．mind D．strength 6．We have only twenty minutes left，so please get to the point and don’t say anything that isn’t ________ to our problem. A．relevant B．sensitive C．familiar D．similar 7．He worked in a car factory for four years, ______ he founded his own company in his hometown. A．after which B．after when C．after that D．after it 8．My mother ______ angry with me, but I couldn’t shut my mouth before I shouted at her! A．wasn’t B．wouldn’t be C．wouldn’t have been D．hadn’t been 9．E-shopping, when properly _____ ,can save us a lot of time and energy. A．done B．doing C．to do D．is done 10．—Do you know how I can ____ him? —On his mobile phone． A．learn B．reach C．seek D．touch 11．Frankly speaking, I am not sure whether I ________ this in the old days with that kind of equipment, which looks quite odd and ridiculous. A．should have done B．need have done C．would have done D．must have done 12．—Could you tell me the____ of making such tasty cakes? — Well, I just follow the directons in the cookbook. A．feature B．plan C．cost D．trick 13．During the economic crisis, we should help those for ______life is far from easy． A．whom B．whose C．who D．whoever 14．———It was a green dinner. _______ ———Thanks. But it really only took an hour. A．You must be tired. B．I enjoyed it very much. C．You must have spent all day cooking. D．I have never had it before. 15．The laptops made by our company sell best, but nobody could have guessed the place in the market that they ________ 20 years ago. A．had had B．had C．were having D．were to have 16．I really don’t know _________ she gets by on such a modest salary. A．what B．why C．how D．that 17．---Where is my Chinese book? I remember I put it here yesterday. ---You _________ it in the wrong place. A．must put B．should have put C．might have put D．might put 18．He always keeps an eye on shortcomings of his brother’s _________ refusing to admit his own mistakes. A．but B．while C．although D．though 19．— Excuse me, do you mind if I open the window? — Well, if you __________. I can put on more clothes. A．can B．may C．must D．shall 20．I usually do the washing up and leave the cooking to my wife，______she’s a better cook than me． A．unless B．as C．even though D．in case 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） Over the past five years, researchers in artificial intelligence have become the rock stars of the technology world. A branch of AI known as deep learning, has proven so useful that skilled operators can command six-figure salaries to build software for Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. The top names can earn over $1 million a year. The traditional way to get these jobs has been a Doctor’s degree in computer science from one of America’s top universities. Earning one takes years and requires a person who can be devoted to study, which is rare among normal people. Moreover, graduate students are regularly attracted away from their studies by various high-paid jobs. That is changing. Last month Fast.ai, an education non-profit based in San Francisco, kicked off the third year of its course in deep learning. Since its beginning it has attracted more than 100,000 students from India to Nigeria. The course comes with a simple idea: there is no need to spend years obtaining a Doctor’s degree in order to practise deep learning. Fast.ai’s course can be completed in just seven weeks. For example, a graduate from Fast.ai’s first year, Sara Hooker, was hired into Google’s highly competitive AI residency programme after finishing the course, having never worked on deep learning before. She is now a founding member of Google’s new AI research office in Accra, Ghana, the firm’s first in Africa. To make it accessible to anyone who wants to learn how to build AI software, Jeremy Howard, who founded Fast.ai with Rachel Thomas, a mathematician, says middle school mathematics is enough. Fast.ai is not the only A．I. programme. AI4ALL, another non-profit organization, founded by leading technologists including Dr. Fei-Fei Li, works to bri