吉林省四平一中2023学年高考压轴卷英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 注意事项 1．考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。 2．试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。 3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．--Hello, Kate. How is your weekend at home? --Awful! You know it is the first time I ____ alone at home, bored to death. A．has left B．had left C．had been left D．have been left 2．For some time the discussion went with no one saying word. Alice finally broke. Silence. A．a; the B．the;a C．a; 不填 D．the; 不填 3．If Kate had known what was _______ for her, she would not have married Tom. A．in response B．in return C．in reaction D．in store 4．—Going to watch the Women’s Volleyball Match on Wednesday? —________! Will you go with me? A．You bet B．You got me C．You there D．You know better 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．________ children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent. A．If B．Since C．Unless D．Though 7．In many countries in the world, breakfast is a snack ______ a meal, but the traditional English breakfast is a full meal. A．less than B．more than C．other than D．rather than 8．He was forced to spend another night at the airport ____ for his plane. A．waiting B．being waited C．waited D．to be waited 9．—Why can’t you give me another chance? —________, but I don’t think you are good at management. A．No offence B．No worries C．No need D．No wonder 10．—What did she want to know, Tom? —She wondered we could complete the experiment A．when was it that B．it was when that C．it was when D．when it was that 11．So far, only one man has ________ a theory that seems to fit all the facts. A．come up with B．put up with C．lined up with D．caught up with 12．He was offered a position at the local church school, _____ he went to the Cambridge. A．after when B．since which C．after which D．since when 13．The British government published an official policy document ________ its plans to bring the UK out of the European Union. A．letting out B．putting out C．setting out D．working out 14．Once published, the novel was a(n) success and was soon translated into nine foreign languages. A．occasional B．instant C．constant D．individual 15．Peter survived in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He _______ escaped drowning. A．nearly B．slightly C．narrowly D．hardly 16．The Internet is so much a part of our culture that it affects our lives by acting as a ______ for face-to-face contacts. A．preference B．motivation C．substitute D．guideline 17．I' ve heard that preparations______for the coming festival. Let's give them a hand. A．are being made B．have been made C．are making D．have made 18．— How would you like your tea? — _____. A．Veryquickly B．Asitcomes,please C．Verymuch D．Idon’tliketea 19．Scientists have introduced a new model of 3D printer, ______ differs from the existing ones in certain aspects. A．as B．which C．who D．that 20．Many thought that after starring in the immensely popular drama, Nirvana in Fire, Hu Ge would ________ and actively seek new roles. A．make a mountain out of a molehill B．have too many irons in the fire C．strike while the iron is hot D．D．put the cart before the horse 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） Allan Guei, 18, was a star basketball player at Compton High School in the Los Angeles area before he graduated last month. His good grades made him eligible for an unusual competition: A free-throw contest in the Compton High gymnasium. The top prize: ＄40,000 in scholarship money. Guei, whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Ivory Coast, knew how much that financial aid could mean for his family. He was also feeling a fair share of pressure as students and teachers crushed into the gym to watch Guei and seven other randomly compete against each other. Guei won the free-throw contest by one basket and netted the ＄40,000. But it’s what he did next that’s truly astonishing. In the weeks following the March free-throw competition, Guei learned that he’d scored a full-ride basketball scholarship to California State University---Northridge. NCAA(全国大学生体育协会)rules allowed Guei to accept the athletic scholarship and also keep most of the ＄40,000 he had won. But Guei couldn’t stop thinking about the seven talented runners-up from the free-throw contest. They, too, had dreams and very real needs. So, he asked Principal Jesse Jones to make a surprise announcement at Compton High’s graduation ceremony: Geui wanted to donate the ＄40,000 to the other seven students. “I’ve already been blessed so much and I know we’re living with a bad economy, so I know this money can really help my classmates,” Guei said in a statement. “It was the right decision.” Guei elaborated on his decision to give the money away in an interview with ESPN(体育电视网): “I wa