内蒙古包头一中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．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．—According to my mother, it is a good idea to have some chicken soup when you have a cold． —_____, scientists agree with her． A．Sooner or later B．Once in a while C．Believe it or not D．To be exact 2．We all agree that it is good to help those in need, but when ______ comes to giving away our money, things become strange. A．that B．this C．it D．one 3．Jenny nearly missed the flight _________________doing too much shopping. A．as a result of B．on top of C．in front of D．in need of 4．This film is very with young people, which tells a really romantic story. A．familiar B．popular C．similar D．particular 5．The kitchen is often the busiest room in a household, so it’s important to make sure it well. A．smoothes B．functions C．pays D．measures 6．I wish I ______ at my sister’s wedding last Tuesday, but I was on a business trip in New York then. A．will be B．would be C．have been D．had been 7．—Why are you so late? —The driver couldn’t see clearly because of the fog．____, the road was too icy． A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．However D．Besides 8．She is quite________to office work. You had better offer her some suggestions when necessary. A．familiar B．similar C．fresh D．sensitive 9．The little girl ________ a foreign language fairly quickly. A．picked up B．got up C．stepped up D．made up 10．Don't give up half way, and you will find the scenery is more beautiful when you reach the destination than when you _______. A．start off B．have started off C．started off D．will start off 11．They arrived at the border between Kenya and Tanzania at 2 pm, ______ lies a national nature reserve. A． what B． which C． where D． when 12．— How did you like John’s exhibition of paintings last weekend? — To tell you the truth, his paintings didn’t ________ me much. A. refer to B．appeal to C．belong to D．occur to 13．Because of the heavy snow, we had to delay the visit until this weekend to the artgallery ____ in the center of our city these days. A．being held B．holding C．to be held D．held 14．Doris Lessing， an author who has had a fascinating life， lived in Iran _______ she was five before moving to Zimbabwe． A．unless B．since C．until D．after 15．We the sunshine in Sanya now if it were not for the delay of our flight. A．were enjoying B．would have enjoyed C．would be enjoying D．will enjoy 16．－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 17．—Are you coming to Jeff’s party? —I’m not sure. I ______ go to the concert instead. A．must B．would C．should D．might 18．Lisa wouldn’t ________ the job any more. She had a big argument with her boss and resigned. A．come up with B．keep up with C．make up with D．put up with 19．I really don’t know _________ she gets by on such a modest salary. A．what B．why C．how D．that 20．By the time he realizes the mistake he ________，it will be too late for him to do anything about it. A．has made B．made C．makes D．will make 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）If you are hungry,what do you do?Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that?Just like your stomach,even your mind is hungry.But it never lets you know,because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover,favorite star and many such absurd things.So it silently began to pay careful attention to your needs and never let itself grow.When mind loosens its freedom to grow,creativity gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?”,“Why can't I think?”,“Why am I always given the difficult problems?”Well this is the result of our own karma（宿命）of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things. Hunger of the mind can be actually settled through extensive reading.Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood.Just like that to develop other aspects of our life,we have to take help of reading.You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions.Once you read a book,you just don't run your eyes through the lines,but even your mind decodes（解码）it and explains it to you.The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas.The same seed if used many times,can help you link and relate a lot of things,of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams! This is nothing lout creativity.The more the number of books you read,the more your mind will open up.Also this improves your speaking skills to a large extent and also makes a significant contribution to your