2023届湖北宜昌示范高中协作体高考英语二模试卷（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、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。 2．答题时请按要求用笔。 3．请按照题号顺序在答题卡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、试卷上答题无效。 4．作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。 5．保持卡面清洁，不要折暴、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．—I got beaten in the first round in the contest. I am feeling depressed. —Cheer up! You have to ________ yourself ________ to have the last laugh. A．open; up B．pick; up C．knock; up D．do; up 2．I had hoped to take a holiday this year but I wasn’t able to ______. A．get away B．drop in C．check out D．hold on 3．Eggs, meat, vegetables and other foods can easily be poisoned by microorganisms such as ______. A．phenomena B．dilemma C．diploma D．bacteria 4．These diagrams are especially helpful when we have a concrete problem ______ at hand. A．be solved B．to solve C．solved D．being solved 5．What he liked to do was to take an idea and ______ it by finding every possible consequence. A．squeeze B．wrestle C．switch D．shrink 6．Julie is one of those women who always the latest fashion. A．put up with B．keep up with C．come up with D．get on with 7．Now the world’s attention ________ the stocking markets, as they have great influence on the world’s economy. A．is fixing on B．is being fixed on C．has fixed on D．had been fixed on 8．The real reason why prices ____ , and still are, too high is complex, and no short discussion can satisfactorily explain this problem. A．were B．will be C．have been D．had been 9．—Why did you let ____ kids off this time? —I just want to give them ____ second chance． A．/; the B．the;/ C．the; the D．the; a 10．The party last month really gave me a lot of fun. So can we have this month,Mr. James? A．any B．one C．another D．the other 11．I ____ about what you’ve said and I’ve decided to take your advice． A．thought B．have been thinking C．was thinking D．was thinking 12．The Japanese people keep up cheerful spirits ________ the world that they can get over the crisis caused by the terrible tsunami（海啸）. A．being convinced B．convinced C．to convince D．having convinced 13．The man ________ the fake news that 18 firefighters lost their lives in the explosion was arrested. A．having circulating B．to circulate C．circulating D．to have circulated 14．The Oxford English Dictionary is necessary for learning English，so you'd better buy __________． A．this B．that C．it D．one 15．The financial damage is nothing compared to what _______ if there had been children in the classroom in time of the fire. A．would happen B．happened C．would have happened D．should have happened 16．— The film is, I have to say, not a bit interesting. — Why? It’s ________ than the films I have ever seen. A．far more interesting B．much less interesting C．no more interesting D．any less interesting 17．---There are probably aliens living here on earth. ---_____! I can’t believe you said that. A．Come on B．Forget it C．Go ahead D．Allow me 18．I need help now! I have to fix a leaking pipe in my bathroom but I’m not sure ______to begin. A．what B．which C．where D．when 19．We can communicate________people in every part of the world ________the Internet. A．with；with B．with；through C．through；through D．through；with 20．Having battled with their _______ over whether to offer help to an aged man or woman who has fallen over, most people choose to help. A．compromise B．contradiction C．conscience D．competence 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） Tulou, the special residential architecture of Fujian Province was included on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List during the 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee in Quebec, Canada. In the fourth century, Han Chinese living in the Central Plains area began to migrate south, gradually gathering in Fujian and forming the Hakka communities. As a defence against enemies, the Hakkas chose to live in compact( 紧凑的 ) communities, and the tulou was their preferred houses. Tens of thousands of such earthen structures were constructed in Fujian Province. Most tulous are to be found in the valleys, surrounded by high mountains, and some are in the depths of the great mountains. Most are three to four stories high, and look like circular blockhouses（堡垒）. Rooms on the first floor are used as kitchens, rooms on the second floor are used as barns(谷仓), and rooms on the third and fourth floors are for bedrooms and living rooms. For defensive purposes, the rooms on the first floor have no windows. Raw materials for the tulou were obtained locally. Their main building material was a mixture of clay, sand, lime and water, and egg whites, brown sugar and rice water were added as adhesive agents（粘合剂）. It was then mixed to form the walls. Once they dried, the walls were so hard that driving a nail into them would have been difficult. Fir branches, which are extremely strong and do not rot, were used to strengthen them, and many centuries later they have remained their original look. Tulous