2023届河南省叶县高三第二次诊断性检测英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 考生须知： 1．全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。 2．请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。 3．保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．A storm buried Illinois under several inches of snow on Tuesday,______at least 100 people dead in traffic accidents. A．to leave B．leave C．left D．leaving 2．It was not until 3 days later that the boy came back to life and explained to the police what_______ to him. A．was happening B．was to happen C．had happened D．has happened 3．.I didn’t ________ having to do the cooking myself, or I would have learnt one or two dishes from my mom. A．expect B．anticipate C．forecast D．preview 4．—Come on,please give me some ideas about the project. —Sorry.With so much work _______ my mind,I almost break down. A．filled B．filling C．to fill D．being filled 5．We have decided to fulfill the task in time, difficulties we may meet with. A．no matter how B．however C．whatever D．whichever 6．—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 7．I decided to do a random act of kindness last year. And ______ that the person I would end up helping most would be myself. A．I little knew B．little did I knew C．little did I know D．little I knew 8．In the US, there are currently over 5,000 community schools _____, in addition to serving as educational institutions, function as community centers for the surrounding neighborhood. A．which B．where C．whose D．as 9．The climate conference was attended by 11,000 people, it the largest UN gathering ever held. A．making B．to make C．made D．to be making 10．Citizens are _____ to exercise their rights, but under no circumstances can they violate other people’s rights. A．on track B．on schedule C．at ease D．at liberty 11．You look frozen．Sit down by the fire and I you some hot tea． A．make B．was making C．made D．will make 12．Many young people just can’t live without the Internet, they depend on for whatever information they need. A．which B．when C．where D．what 13．— Tell me something about his match in Sydney. — Well，he got the championship， we had expected.He made it at last. A．as B．what C．why D．how 14．If I _____it with my own eyes ,I wouldn’t have believed it. A．didn’t see B．weren’t seeing C．wouldn’t see D．hadn’t seen 15．—Ken, ________, but your radio is going too loud. —Oh, I’m sorry. I’ll turn it down right now. A．I hate to say it B．It doesn’t hurt to ask C．I’ m really tired of it D．I’m crazy about it 16．Repairs of historic buildings have to be _____ the original structure. A．in sympathy with B．in search of C．in response to D．in contrast to 17．This research has attracted wide _______ coverage and has featured on BBC television’s Tomorrow’s World. A．message B．information C．media D．data 18．---Let's walk to that village together. ---__________. How can we two girls do that in the dark？ A．I agree with you. B．That's a good point. C．You must be joking！ D．That's not your opinion！ 19．—Look! Mary is crazily looking for something again! — _____ , she can’t find her keys. A．Typically B．Occasionally C．Accordingly D．Particularly 20．I am always delighted when receiving your invitation, ______ the party on June 9th after the national college entrance examination, I shall be pleased to attend. A．On account of B．With regard to C．In response to D．In view 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）Microsoft has developed a new smartphone app that interprets eye signals and translates them into letters, allowing people with motor neurone disease to communicate with others from a phone. The GazeSpeak app combines a smartphone’s camera with artificial intelligence to recognize eye movements in real time and convert them into letters, words and sentences. For people suffering from ALS（渐冻症）, also known as motor neurone disease, eye movement can be the only way they are able to communicate. “Current eye-tracking input systems for people with ALS or other motor impairments are expensive, not robust under sunlight, and require frequent re-calibration and considerable, relatively immobile setups,” said Xiaoyi Zhang, a researcher at Microsoft who developed the technology. “To mitigate the drawbacks…we created GazeSpeak, an eye-gesture communication system that runs on a smartphone, and is designed to be low-cost, robust, portable and easy to learn.” The app is used by the listener by pointing their smartphone at the speaker. A chart that can be stuck to the back of the smartphone is then used by the speaker to determine which eye movements to make in order to communicate. The sticker shows four grids of letters, which each correspond to a different eye movement. By looking up, down, left or right, the speaker selects which grids the letters they want belong to. The artificial intelligence algorithm is then able to predict