2023学年江西省赣州市宁都县宁师中学高三第三次测评英语试卷（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．—Uncle Wang is in hospital. —Oh, really? I ____________. I _____________ go and visit her. A．didn’t know; am going to B．hadn’t known; would C．haven’t known; will D．didn’t know; will 2．But for the metal cage to pull the miners to safety, the miners in Chile ____ in less than twenty-four hours. A．would not be rescued B．would not have been rescued C．would be rescued D．would have been rescued 3．House prices are usually much higher ________ there are subway stations around. A．where B．unless C．while D．though 4．(2013·天津，9)No one________ be more generous；he has a heart of gold. A．could B．must C．dare D．need 5．— You should have come to the party last Saturday evening. It was really fantastic. — But a friend an unexpected visit to me. A．paid B．had paid C．would pay D．has paid 6．It is widely acknowledged in foreign companies that employees should be ________ in terms of innovation capability. A．examined B．evolved C．evaluated D．encouraged 7．When tension ________ in a relationship between two people, a frequent way of dealing with this is to send messages through a third person. A．arouses B．arises C．rises D．raises 8．With some snow on top of it,the Yellow Mountain looked fantastic this winter.Actually,I doubt whether we could visit 　　　 mountain in China. A．a most beautiful B．the most beautiful C．a more beautiful D．a beautiful 9．According to a recent study, the high school graduation rate for black men has fallen by 43 percent, while ________ of black women has risen by 56 percent. A．that B．what C．one D．which 10．—Next week I will go to a job interview. will you give me some suggestions? —Smiling is a great way to make yourself ________. A．stand out B．turn out C．work out D．pick out 11．Being happy is a skill that can be learned, and one way to ________ ourselves to be happy is to write down the little things that cheer us up each day. A．convey B．appeal C．train D．attempt 12．________ individual players, we have a great team but the problem is that they don’t play football together well at all. A．On top of B．By means of C．In terms of D．In case of 13．The shocking news made me realize ________ terrible problems we would face. A．what B．how C．that D．why 14．What a pity! ________joined in the party, I would have met my old friend． A．lf I have B．Had I C．I had D．Have I 15．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 16．Tom’s score on the test is the highest in the class. He _____. A．should study last night B．should have studied last night C．must have studied last night D．must study last night 17．Each party _______ respect the articles of this contract, or a double-sized financial punishment is a must. A．will B．could C．shall D．should 18．The suggestion came from the chairman ______ the new rule ______. A．what; was developed B．that; was developed C．what; be developed D．that; be developed 19．—Did you take sides when Mom and Dad were arguing again? —No. I’ve learned that it’s best _______ until it blows over. A．to call it a day B．to pull their legs C．to sit on the fence D．to wash my hands off 20．––Are the repairs finished yet? ––Yes, they ______ when I came back home. A．would be completed B．would complete C．had completed D．had been completed 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） The death of languages is not a new phenomenon. Languages usually have a relatively short life span as well as a very high death rate. Only a few, including Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Latin, have lasted more than 2,000 years. What is new, however, is the speed at which they are dying out. Europe's colonial conquests caused a sharp decline in linguistic diversity, eliminating at least 15 percent of all languages spoken at the time. Over the last 300 years, Europe has lost a dozen, and Australia has only 20 left of the 250 spoken at the end of the 18th century. The rise of nation-states has also been decisive in selecting and consolidating national languages and sidelining others. By making great efforts to establish an official language in education, the media and the civil service, national governments have deliberately tried to eliminate minority languages. This process of linguistic standardization has been boosted by industrialization and scientific progress, which have imposed new methods of communication that are swift, straightforward and practical. Language diversity came to be seen as an obstacle to trade and the spread of knowledge. Monolingualism became an ideal. More recently, the internationalization of financial markets, the spread of information by electronic media and