2023届山西省灵丘县第一中学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 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．If you want to see Mr. Johnson on Friday morning, make sure he is ______ ahead of time. A．approachable B．accessible C．available D．convenient 2．He was admitted to Harvard University, ________ was just what his parents expected. A．who B．which C．what D．where 3．House prices are usually much higher ________ there are subway stations around. A．where B．unless C．while D．though 4．— Why do you look very upset? — The electricity was cut off suddenly and my essay ________ unfinished since. A．was left B．has left C．had been left D．has been left 5．—Jack, my plane arrives at 8:30 pm when, I suppose, you ______ dinner. —But I can wait. A．will have B．have had C．will have had D．are having 6．When he was running after his brother, the boy lost his ___ and had a bad fall. A．balance B．chance C．memory D．place 7．The two birds _________ each other in shape and color. In other words, they _________ each other in shape and color. A．differ, are different from B．differ from, are different to C．resemble, are similar to D．resemble, are similar with 8．Zhang Xuan, ______ university student from Shanghai, learns ______ art in her spare time. A．an; / B．a; the C．a; / D．an; the 9．Japan has been trying to bring its nuclear crisis under ____ control, but ____ spread of radiation has raised concerns about the safety of the nuclear energy. A．a; the B．the; / C．/; the D．a; / 10．— Why are the Woods selling their belongings? — They to another city. A．had moved B．have moved C．moved D．are moving 11．--I feel nervous when taking an exam. -- and you can do it well. A．Take it w easy B．Take your time C．Good luck D．It’s up to you 12．My sister met him in the street yesterday afternoon, so he ______ your lecture. A．shouldn’t have attended B．couldn’t have attended C．mustn’t have attended D．needn’t have attended 13．Double ovens are a good idea, especially ________ you are cooking several meals at a time. A．though B．if C．that D．unless 14．Running is often tiring and a lot of hard work, but nothing ________ the feeling you get after finishing a long workout around the track. A．breaks B．blocks C．bonds D．beats 15．The Small Goose Pagoda in Xi’an, one of the 22 Silk Road relics located in China, _______ back in 707 during the Tang Dynasty. A．dated B．was dated C．dates D．is dating 16．Not having worked out the program, ________ leave the office. A．so he was forbidden to B．and he didn’t want to C．his little son couldn’t make him D．be couldn’t free himself to 17．They overcame some difficulties and completed the work ahead of time, ________ was something we had not expected. A．that B．which C．it D．what 18．---Can you tell us your ________ for happiness and a long life？ ---Living every day to the fullest，definitely. A．recipe B．effort C．content D．demand 19．John, ________ money was now no problem, started a new company with his friends. A．for whose B．of whose C．of whom D．for whom 20．She doesn’t speak our language, she seems to understand what we say. A．yet B．and C．or D．so 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）Amphora are clay jars originally invented in Egypt. They were so useful for storing and transporting wine at the time that they were eventually adopted by all of the cultures around the Mediterranean. It’s uncertain when they first arrived in Rome, but Greek colonists in southern Italy may have been the first to introduce them. Previously, wine had been stored in leather sacks, but amphora offered several advantages to the Romans. They were airtight, strong, relatively lightweight, and had two large handles that made them easy to carry, an important feature at a time when almost everything had to be transported by hand.. Like modern wine bottles, aphora had long, narrow necks that limited the amount of wine exposed to the open air. Similar to modern wine bottles, most amphoras became gradually thinner at the end. It made them easy to bury in the ground, which kept them cool during the warm months. Sealing up the top of an amphora was a major difficulty and a variety of methods were used. The Egyptians stopped theirs with leaves and reeds covered with clay. The Greeks and Romans used rags and cork sometimes. None of these techniques provided an airtight seal, so Aleppo Pine resin（松脂）was used to seal the gaps around the top. It became so popular that resin was sometimes added to the wine in order to improve its flavor. The Roman writer Pliny the Elder, writing in the first century, recommended adding resin to wine and believed resin made from trees in the mountains created a better aroma than resin made from trees in the lowlands. Though each amphora was constructed by hand, they were surprisingly uniform. Roman amphoras held one cubic foot of liquid, exactly seven gallons, and e