2023届陕西省西安市西电附中高三一诊考试英语试卷（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 pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain________as the plane was making a landing. A．seat B．seating C．seated D．to be seating 2．A quick review of successes and failures at the end of year will help ________ you year ahead. A．sharpen B．switch C．stretch D．shape 3．—Did Linda see the traffic accident? —No, no sooner ________ than it happened. A．had she gone B．she had gone C．has she gone D．she has gone 4．Mark ______ have hurried. After driving at top speed, he arrived half an hour early. A．needn’t B．wouldn’t C．mustn’t D．couldn’t 5．---I saw no more than one motorcar in the shop. Will you go and buy ? ---No, I’d rather find in other shops. A．it; one B．one; it C．it; the one D．the one; it 6．— How did you find Professor Smith’s speech last night ? — To be frank, his speech didn’t ________ to me . A．appeal B．belong C．refer D．occur 7．You ________ have booked the tickets in advance; there were plenty left. A．needn’t B．can’t C．shouldn’t D．mustn’t 8．—What do you do, Rita？ —I’m a clerk in a foreign company now．But I _____ English in a high school for 10 years． A．teach B．have taught C．taught D．am teaching 9．The people in the village are so ________ that they are willing to help every visitor. A．optimistic B．energetic C．enthusiastic D．ambitious 10．— Where is Gary? — He is at the library studying for his German test on Wednesday. In fact, he ________ for the test every day over the past week. A．has reviewed B．was reviewing C．has been reviewing D．had been reviewing 11．For thousands of years,poetry the favorite type of literature for many in China. A．is B．has been C．was D．will be 12．Frank studied _____English language in London for four years, so he gets ____ good knowledge of London. A．a; the B．/ ; / C．/ ; a D．the; a 13．The Lifelong Learning Programme ________ to enable people to take part in learning experiences has taken off across Europe. A．having been designed B．being designed C．designed D．designing 14．--- I’ll send you the signed contract personally this time tomorrow. --- Sorry, I ______ a meeting then. A．am attending B．attended C．have attended D．will be attending 15．--- You look happy today. Is there anything good? --- I’m very delighted ______ as one of the exchange students. A．to choose B．to have been chosen C．choosing D．having been chosen 16．The weather turned out to be fine. I _____________ the trouble to carry the umbrella with me. A．should have taken B．must have taken C．couldn't have taken D．needn't have taken 17．The coat I bought yesterday is not expensive at all. As a matter of fact, I would gladly have paid ______ for it. A．as much twice B．much as twice C．as twice much D．twice as much 18．We live in this society now ________ literally someone is always helping. A．when B．where C．that D．what 19．________is known to us is that tobacco contains nicotine and other harmful products，so you should give up smoking. A．As B．It C．What D．Which 20．______ property, we’re among the richest people in this city． A．In search of B．In spite of C．In place of D．In terms of 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）If you’ve ever had to chop an onion，you probably know that it’s one of the most annoying cooking experiences．It just fills your eyes with tears．Scientists and farmers have been working on a solution to this problem for decades，and they’ve apparently come up with a tearless onion． Called the“Sunion”，this new vegetable is the result of a natural cross-breeding program that’s been going on farms in Nevada and Washington since the 1980s．It’s supposedly a sweet，mild-tasting onion that doesn’t leave that strong，pungent aftertaste，but what really sets it apart from most other onion varieties is that it doesn’t cause teary eyes when it’s chopped． When you cut into a normal onion，it releases a compound called lachrymatory-factor synthase，and’when that hits your eyes，your body produces tears．Now，the interesting thing about regular onions is that the amounts of lachrymatory-factor synthase increase the longer the vegetables are stored，so the older they，the more you cry．In Sunions，on the other hand，the levels of that annoying compound drop the more time goes by，until it no longer has any effect on your eyes when you cut it． That’s what Sunion growers are claiming anyway，but reports from those lucky enough to have tried them seem to confirm these claims．The Huffington Post had three of its reporters chop some Sunions，and apparently，none of them shed a single tear．According to the Washington Post，they don’t have the pungency of regular onions and are so sweet that you can eat them“like popcorn”． So the good news is that tearless onions are now a real thing．The bad news is that they are currently only grown in Washington