2023届湖南桃江一中高三考前热身英语试卷（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．The disaster-stricken village was inaccessible ___________ by helicopter, and the storm added to the rescuers’ difficulty. A．instead of B．other than C．rather than D．regardless of 2．—Jack has been out of consciousness since the accident.Will he come to himself，doctor? —It’s going to be tough but we anticipate that he will . A．put through B．pull through C．put over D．pull over 3．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 4．Just as the famous man _____it, “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make____real.” A．says, it B．put, / C．says, / D．put, them 5．Watching basketball games on TV at home is one thing, going to watch them ________ live is quite another. A．perform B．performing C．to perform D．being performed 6．In spring, the scene on the top of the hill is so appealing that it is ________ my words. A．above B．over C．beyond D．off 7．In time we reached a stage we had more young readers than old ones． A．where B．how C．who D．what 8．Johnson hasn’t felt any effect the new dieting recipe has him since he tried to lose weight three months ago. A．for B．to C．on D．with 9．If you can do what you’re weakest ______, you can handle any challenge. A．for B．at C．with D．to 10．Abraham set himself up in front of his daughter, hands ________ her hair, and was close to tears, reluctant to tear himself from her. A．to toy with B．toyed with C．toying with D．being toyed with 11．—What happened to the young trees we planted last week? —The trees ________ well, but I didn’t water them. A．might grow B．needn’t have grown C．would have grown D．would grow 12．The businessman studied the market in his hometown to find the____ for investment. A．potential B．reservation C．criterion D．allowance 13．This is a very interesting book. I’ll buy it，________. A．how much may it cost B．no matter how it may cost C．however much it may cost D．whatever may it cost 14．To fetch water before breakfast seemed to me a rule ______. A．to never break B．never to have broken C．never to be broken D．never to be breaking 15．-- Can you spare me a few minutes now? -- ______, but I’ll be free this afternoon. A．I’m afraid not B．I’m not sure C．Yes, with pleasure D．No, I won’t 16．The plan for Xiongan New Area ______ officially on April 1, 2017. A．announced B．was announced C．announces D．is announced 17．－The zookeeper was really annoyed with me. －How could he have been if you ____ stones at the animals? A．didn’t throw B．don’t throw C．hadn’t thrown D．haven’t thrown 18．There is no easy way to remember prepositions, as it is one area of English____ the rules seem very irregular. A．that B．where C．whose D．which 19．It was the belief ________ he could find his “root” in Africa ________ made Alex decide to go to Gambia. A．that; where B．where; that C．that; that D．how; which 20．— Hello, I ________ to ask if I can book a flight ticket to Hainan tomorrow? — Sorry, we’ve already sold out. A．phone B．will phone C．am phoning D．have phoned 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）When an ice cube melts, it creates a puddle (水坑). When an ice sheet (冰盖)melts, it raises sea levels. It sounds simple, but scientists have debated for decades whether both the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets actually were shrinking, and how much that melting contributed to rising sea levels. Now, a new study has provided the best evidence of how the polar ice sheets are responding to our warming world. In the study, an international team of scientists looked at 20 years of' data in the ice sheets collected by 10 satellite missions. The team's conclusion: The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets both are losing ice overall. The researchers also found that between 1992 and 2011, melt water from those shrinking ice sheets caused sea levels to rise by about 11 millimeters. Over the 19 years studied, the Greenland ice sheet lost 2.7 trillion metric tons of ice. The Antarctic ice sheet also shrank by about l.3 trillion metric tons. Previously, some scientists disagreed whether the Antarctic sheet, the largest mass of ice in the world, was shrinking or growing or neither. While the Earth is warming overall, the effect of climate change varies from region to region. Over the last 15 years, for example, scientists have something disagreed over how climate change has affected the polar ice sheets. Many studies found that the sheets lost a lot of ice and that not enough snow fell on the sheets to compensate for the loss. But other studies found that the loss of ice was balanced by