2023届江苏省锡山高级中学高三下学期第一次联考英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 注意事项 1．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．What you said doesn’t ________ what the police have told us, so we have to find more evidence. A．agree with B．make up C．contribute to D．show off 2．Ellen is a fantastic dancer. I wish I ________ as well as her. A．dance B．will dance C．had danced D．danced 3．When the questions got personal during the talk show, the actress ______ in tears as she opened up about the wounds she suffered. A．broke up B．broke down C．broke out D．broke through 4．— The room looks bigger! — We ______ the furniture. A．have changed B．had changed C．changed D．are changing 5．--- She will finish the project within three days! --- ______! I could do it in three hours. A．You are right B．I’m stuck C．Oh, come on D．Don’t mention it 6．—Mr, White, do you have anything ________? —No, nothing. You can take a rest now. A．type B．typed C．to type D．to be typed 7．At the news of the earthquake, the soldiers did what they could the victims. A．help B．to help C．to helping D．helping 8．—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 9．The store______ I bought my textbooks is having a sale this week. A．that B．where C．which D．why 10．When in trouble，remember to stay calm，and everything will well． A．turn back B．turn up C．turn down D．turn out 11．--- Did you watch the final match of China Open yesterday? ---Sure. I it so attentively that I forgot to cook supper. A．watched B．had watched C．was watching D．was to watch 12．--- 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 13．—The new machines have arrived and are being tested in the workshop. —I’m glad we _____ them in the years ahead. A．will be operating B．have been operating C．would be operating D．had been operating 14．We work during the week，but weekends and evenings are usually ________． A．vacant B．casual C．empty D．clear 15．—Shall we put off the experiment till next week? —______, I don’t think our teacher will be happy with it. A．Never mind B．Sure, go ahead C．Yes, better not D．I’d rather not 16．—How I wish I had worked harder when I was in that company. —If you had, you _________ a department manager now. A．are B．would be C．would have been D．were 17．________ the concert to raise money for hunger relief and to make the public aware of the problem, Geldof invited many famous musicians to take part in it. A．Intended B．Intending C．Having intended D．To intend 18．---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 19．— What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball game. — _____. Whatever you want to do is fine with me. A. It’s up to you B．Glad to hear that C．You can’t miss it D．It just depends 20．Come here, Mary. If you stand at this angle, you ______ just see the sunset. A．must B．need C．can D．should 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）An old man in a faded yellow shirt sat in a windowless room on a raised concrete form. The only source of heat came from somewhere beneath the plastic mattress and the rough blanket the blank-faced police woman had handed him after taking his thumb prints. He heard voices and metallic clang as the cell door swung open. At the front desk a tired looking policeman handed the old man back his belongings, his worn-out cap and the Seiko watch that had stopped working the day his beloved Evelyn left. The policeman dramatically held the blue plastic bag at an arm’s length to the old man who took it and made sure its contents were undamaged: the goat meat, palm oil, leaves and spices. He ignored the confused expression on the officer’s face and signed the document declaring he had been returned the possessions they had taken off him the night before. No one spoke to him as he walked slowly towards the exit. “Mr. Easy-nwa?” He stopped and prayed to the God who now took care of Evelyn to please take him far away from this unhappy place of expressionless faces, clipped accents and people who did not even attempt to pronounce his name right. “Ezenwa,” He said and looked at a woman with tangerine lips, her name tag said Jessica Harlow, Social Services. “A bit far from home，she said as she drove fast and with confidence the way Evelyn used to. He wondered if she meant the 50 miles from Liverpool or the 50,000 miles from Enugu，a city in Nigeria. He did not bother replying as this woman had plenty to say about the weather,