2023届山西省山大附中高三冲刺模拟英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 考生请注意： 1．答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。 2．第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。 3．考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．—What an amazing picture! —The little boy ____the soldiers, and I caught them in an unguarded moment. A．was saluting B．saluted C．had saluted D．would salute 2．—Why can’t you give me another chance? —________, but I don’t think you are good at management. A．No offence B．No worries C．No need D．No wonder 3．He ________ whether to set aside the minor differences，then he did． A．debated B．predicted C．plotted D．calculated 4．We __________back in the hotel now if you didn’t lose the map． A．are B．were C．would be D．will be 5．Peterson, a great archaeologist, said: “Archaeologists have been extremely patient because we were led to believe that the ministry was ________ this problem, but we feel that we can't wait any longer.” A．looking out B．bringing out C．carrying out D．sorting out 6．He was forced to spend another night at the airport ____ for his plane. A．waiting B．being waited C．waited D．to be waited 7．Life the like ________ ocean; Only ________strong-willed can reach the other shore. A．an; the B．the; a C．the ;/ D．/ ; a 8．This is a very interesting book. I’ll buy it, ________. A．however much it may cost B．no matter how it may cost C．how much may it cost D．however many it may cost 9．The high-anxiety focus on reading score may have narrowed student________to knowledge about the world that can improve their reading. A．idea B．aid C．belief D．access 10．---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 11．—The T­-shirt I received is not the same as is shown online. —________？But I promise you we’ll look into it right away. A．Who says B．How come C．What for D．Why worry 12．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 13．No driving after drinking is a rule that every driver ____________ obey in our country. A．will B．shall C．may D．can 14．．When he goes out, he often wears sunglasses _______nobody can recognize him． A．so that B．now that C．in case D．as though 15．China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, whose positioning ________ will reach 2.5 meters by 2020, will soon provide services for more countries. A．accuracy B．category C．function D．reference 16．—— Congratulations on your promotion. Go out for dinner, OK? —— Good! __________, just you and me. A．Follow me B．My treat C．My pleasure D．Allow me 17．Although Jane agrees with me on most points, there was one on which she was unwilling to ______. A．give out B．give in C．give away D．give off 18．The boy was waving his stick in the street and it ________ missed the child standing nearby. A．closely B．narrowly C．nearly D．hardly 19．I'm very grateful to my high school teachers，without _____________help I wouldn't be so excellent. A．their B．whom C．whose D．which 20．There is a popular view________in city strangers are less likely to help an elderly person. A．that B．whether C．why D．how 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）Robots make me nervous—especially the ones which seem to think for themselves. I was embarrassed to admit this till I heard that Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, felt the same way. Gates said in an interview with the social networking and news website Reddit: “I am in the camp that is concerned about super intelligence. First the machines will do a lot of jobs for us and not be super intelligent．That should be positive if we manage well. A few decades after that, though, the intelligence is strong enough to be a concern.” Well, maybe I don’t have to worry about my computer and kitchen equipment yet. After I use them I can always pull the plug. But in the future, machines might find a way to prevent us from switching them off. There’s a terrible thought! Maybe the problem with computers too clever for us is not that they are evil like some we’ve seen in sci-fi movies. What could put us in danger is that they might be too efficient. That’s what philosopher Nick Bostrom from Oxford University believes. He says that machines are indifferent to humans and in pursuit of their own goals，the destruction of people might be just additional damage. Bostrom gives us an example: A machine which might have its only goal to produce as many paperclips as possible might look at human bodies as extra material for paperclips and go after you. Because it is, well, a machine, it would not take pity on you. It’s a good thing that American writer Isaac Asimov thought about how far robots can go and left us his three rules of robotics. They state that a robot may not hurt a human being or allow the human being to come to harm. I’m glad my machines at home are “dumb”. All my cleaner want