2023届山东省临淄中学高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷（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．_______ many Chinese holidays are directed towards services remembering ancestors, the Ching Ming Festival is beyond doubt the largest. A．Unless B．Since C．Once D．While 2．—________! Somebody has left the lab door open. —Don’t look at me. A．Hi, there B．Dear me C．Thank goodness D．Come on 3．— I am gaining weight. I need to see a doctor. — But I think you eat too much. ___________. A．Neglect of health is doctor’s wealth B．Laugh at your ills, and save doctors’ bills C．Diet cures more than the doctor D．An apple a day keeps the doctor away 4．—Dad, you should have taken me to the football match this morning. —I had intended to, but I couldn’t spare any time, I _____ a report. A．had written B．wrote C．was writing D．would write 5．The exchange student from Kenya often shares with us the news of his country and ____of his neighbouring countries. A．those B．that C．it D．the one 6．Personally speaking, ________the grand blueprint into reality is a long process. A．turning B．turn C．turned D．having turned 7． if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand? A．Would you be surprised B．Were you surprised C．Had you been surprised D．Would you have been surprised 8．Thanks to the efforts in environmental protection, the wetland has been _____ to its original appearance. A．restored B．delivered C．transferred D．drafted 9．Face the problem bravely and you ______ a new way to success. A．find B．found C．will find D．have found 10．By the time he arrived in Beijing, we _______ there for two days. A．will have stayed B．stay C．have been staying D．had stayed 11．He works very hard in order to get himself ______ into a key university. A．accepted B．received C．announced D．admitted 12．Mike was usually so careful, this time he made a small mistake. A．yet B．still C．even D．thus 13．Wechat intends to radically change the way ______ people use mobilephones. A．/ B．which C．why D．who 14．Thanks to Mr. Smith, the father and the son eventually ________after ten years' cold relationship between them. A．took up B．made up C．looked up D．turned up 15．The expert points out the phenomenon that cream goes bad faster than butter______ its structure rather than its chemical composition. A．lives up to B．gets down to C．comes down to D．stands up to 16．—Why are you in such a hurry, Bob? —Mother told me I ________ be home by 9:00 pm, or she will be worried. A．must B．might C．can D．may 17．—Sometimes I am even sleepy in class. —It’s terrible. You _____ as well go to bed earlier. A．should B．will C．might D．can 18．—What about watching a ballet show this evening? —Thanks for inviting me, but ballet isn’t really ______. A．the apple of my eye B．my feet of clay C．my cup of tea D．the salt of the earth 19．—What does Nicky’s job involve as a public relations director? —______ quite a lot of time with other people. A．Spending B．Having spent C．To spend D．To have spent 20．___the safety of gas, the government has checked the city’s gas supply system thoroughly. A．To ensure B．Ensuring C．Having ensured D．To have ensured 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）Shipwrecked Prayers A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men aboard were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. Not knowing what else to do, the two survivors agreed that they had no alternative but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayers were more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island. The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the island, and he was able to eat its fruit. But the other man’s parcel of land remained barren. After a week, the first man became lonely and decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was wrecked and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the island. But on the other side of the island, there was nothing. Soon thereafter the first man prayed for a house, clothes and more food. The next day, like magic, all of these things were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing. Finally, the first man prayed for a ship so that he and his wife could leave the island, and in the morning he found a ship docked at his side of the island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island, considering the other man unworthy to receive God’s blessings since none of his prayers had been answered. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from Heaven booming, “Why are you leaving your companion on the island?” “My blessings are mine alone since I was the one who p