2023届湖北宜昌市葛洲坝中学高考英语四模试卷（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．It was so noisy that we hear ourselves speak. A．couldn’t B．shouldn’t C．mustn’t D．needn’t 2．-Late again！Where_____________？ -Sorry，I________________ in the heavy traffic，or I would have been here earlier. A．were you；have got stuck B．have you been；have got stuck C．were you；got stuck D．have you been；got stuck 3．She is quite________to office work. You had better offer her some suggestions when necessary. A．familiar B．similar C．fresh D．sensitive 4．The disabled guy was attended throughout his school day by a nurse ________ to guard him. A．to appoint B．appointed C．appointing D．having appointed 5．—That's the third time you've done that! —Yeah, _____? A．what of it B．what’s on C．what about D．what for 6．-- - Are you satisfied with this house? ----________. We can’t have a nicer one A．Not a little B．Not a bit C．A little D．A bit 7．He asked ______ for the computer. A．did I pay how much B．I paid how much C．how much did I pay D．how much I paid 8．These diagrams are especially helpful when we have a concrete problem ______ at hand. A．be solved B．to solve C．solved D．being solved 9．We have decided to fulfill the task in time, difficulties we may meet with. A．no matter how B．however C．whatever D．whichever 10．—Why can’t John land a__________job in years? —Anyone with criminal records will be laid off first when it comes time to let staff go. A．rewarding B．demanding C．worthwhile D．stable 11．Different tastes among tourists from outside the mainland ________ the list of the country's attractions． A．top B．shape C．lead D．show 12．The Winter Olympics ________ in 2023 will surely bring in many international tourists. A． held B． having held C． holding D． to be held 13．Tom is so creative a person that he always has lots of _________ ideas in his mind, and sometimes we don’t even know what he is thinking about. A．mean B．novel C．slim D．instant 14．— Can you do me a favour, Mr. Smith? My car ______ start. — No problem. You can count on it. A．won’t B．mustn’t C．needn’t D．shouldn’t 15．While studying, fix your mind on what is really important,or you will _____ remembering nothing. A．end up B．take up C．lead to D．stick to 16．That was not the first time he ____ us. I think it's high time we ____ strong actions against him. A．betrayed, take B．had betrayed, took C．has betrayed, took D．has betrayed, take 17．Zhouqu, Gansu was attacked by such a terrible mud-rock flow few residents had ever experienced before. A．as B．which C．where D．that 18．–What’s that noise? –Oh, I forgot to tell you. The new machine ______. A．was tested B．will be tested C．is being tested D．has been tested 19．So popular _____ in his adopted hometown that he has been named honorary citizen of Beijing. A．Stephon Marbury is B．Stephon Marbury will be C．is Stephon Marbury D．will Stephon Marbury be 20．_____ the oil under the sea, the company has raised ample funds to develop petroleum exploration equipment. A．Exploiting B．Having exploited C．To exploit D．Exploited 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） For centuries, people have tried to invent a perfect universal written language and Chinese has actually been considered before. Francis Bacon used to assume that a language like Chinese and its writing system would have qualified. Chinese doesn’t use an alphabet based on sounds, but symbols indicating meaning. Chinese character has its special relationship between the sign and what it symbolized. Each character represents a word or a concept and you pile them up together like Lego bricks, children’s plastic building toys, to build more words. Some of them also look like what they represent. For example, a mountain may look just like a mountain with a peak in the middle. And fire resembles some blazing (燃烧的) logs. When you put them together and you get volcano. Isn’t that amazing? While some of them look like what they represent, most of them really don’t. In fact, some of them are incredibly complicated. For instance, “Biang” is the name of a kind of noodle, which has 57 strokes (笔画). It is very hard for people to pronounce or recognize this character, let alone writing it out correctly. Chinese is so complicated that since the 1950s, a simplified system of characters has been used in mainland China. But there is a problem. Chinese characters often represent whole works, and there are a lot of them. In the Chinese dictionary there are around sixty four thousand characters. So Chinese characters might not become a universal writing system soon. The trouble is not just inventing one, but getting people to use it. It wouldn’t b