2023届湖南省邵阳市高考考前模拟英语试题（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 注意事项 1．考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回． 2．答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用0．5毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置． 3．请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符． 4．作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案．作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效． 5．如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗． 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．I ordered a drink while I______ for my friends to come. A．will wait B．am waiting C．would wait D．was waiting 2．---How was your evening? ---We went to Joe’s and had ____. We really enjoyed ourselves. A．a white elephant B．a square meal C．a sacred cow D．the salt of the earth 3．More expressways in Sichuan soon to promote the local economy. A．are being built B．will be built C．have been built D．had been built 4．At the back of the old temple __________ twelve huge stone statues together with __________ pagoda. A．does stand; a 8-storeyed B．do stand; a 8- story C．stands; an 8-storey D．stand; an 8- storied 5．Trump said he believes North Korea will ________ its promise to suspend missile tests while he prepares for a summit with Kim Jong Un. A．take to B．make up C．stand by D．hold out 6．I still find it hard to imagine that such a clever child __________ make such a foolish mistake. A．shall B．must C．can D．should 7．I' ve heard that preparations______for the coming festival. Let's give them a hand. A．are being made B．have been made C．are making D．have made 8．Don’t refer to the dictionary every time you come across a new word as sometimes its meaning may be _______ clearly in a given context. A．picked out B．ruled out C．brought out D．taken out 9．Anyway, we’re here now, so let’s ___________ some serious work. A．come up with B．get down to C．do away with D．live up to 10．A good suitcase is essential for someone who is ______ as much as Jackie is. A．on the rise B．on the line C．on the spot D．on the run 11．I keep the picture where I can see it every day, reminds me of the days in my hometown. A．that B．which C．who D．when 12．The English in this story has been simplified to make it easier _______. A．to be understood B．understood C．understanding D．to understand 13．Don’t be so discouraged. If you ________such feelings, you will do better next time. A．carry on B．get back C．break down D．put away 14．The problem lies in______ we’re now giving him a fish, not teaching him how to fish. A．what B．that C．which D．if 15．Check your paper carefully to see ________ you have made any mistakes. A．what B．which C．whether D．that 16．The wide spread of super hybrid rice around the world ______ the lives of millions and millions of people suffering from hunger to a great level. A．has improved B．is improving C．improved D．has been improving 17．Distinguished guests and friends, welcome to our school, _____the ceremony of the 50th Anniversary this morning are our alumni （校友） from home and abroad. A．Attend B．To attend C．Attending D．Having attended 18．________Wuhu with Shanghai, to be frank, and you'll find it's more convenient to live in the former. A．To compare B．Comparing C．Compare D．Compared 19．I regret not having taken your advice. Otherwise I ________ this mistake at the moment. A．didn’t make B．wouldn’t make C．hadn’t make D．wouldn’t have made 20．They went to the street to ________ to the whole city to help the poor boy. A．apply B．appeal C．add D．reply 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）Will there be a time in our lives when cars don’t crash? When we can just sit back and relax and our cars will drive themselves. Auto technology experts say “yes”. And they say that some of those advances may happen quicker than you might think. They will require the users to input the name of the destination or the complete address of the location that they want to go and the cars’ artificial intelligence takes them there automatically without a driver. They will run on solar power in the daytime and ethanol fuel (乙醇燃料) at night. Toyota, BMW and Honda will completely control the trade of driverless car business together and will have the cheapest driverless cars. Fossil fuels will be completely incompatible (不相配的) with these cars. Driverless cars will not require a driver’s license of any grade to operate. Anyone with basic literacy and computer skills who are at least 16 years of age will be legally allowed to operate the vehicle with absolutely no limits.This would give the young users permission to operate the driverless cars on major highways as well as secondary roads without needing a separate classification. In addition to all this, drunken people will be able to use their own automobiles to return home because they are not “driving”, the vehicle. What’s more, car insurance will become obsolete(淘汰的) because there will be no more automobile accidents after the year 2025. This is because the driverless car will have all safety methods in place by the car’s artificial intelligence to prevent automobile accidents. Global positioning systems will become mandator