2023学年山南市第二高级中学高三第二次联考英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 注意事项： 1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．I thought it hard to complete the project then, but I ________ my mind. A．will change B．would changed C．have changed D．had changed 2．For the Chinese dream ______ at an earlier date, we must accelerate the pace of reform and opening up. A．being realized B．to realize C．realizing D．to be realized 3．I am at a loss why Mike is always ________ every time I meet him. Believe it or not, we used to be best friends. A．giving me the cold shoulder B．making my day C．following suit D．beating around the bush 4．You can ask anyone for help. here is willing to lend you a hand. A．One B．No one C．Everyone D．Someone ^ * 5．If I _____it with my own eyes ,I wouldn’t have believed it. A．didn’t see B．weren’t seeing C．wouldn’t see D．hadn’t seen 6．That preserved historic village connected to downtown by a highway is ________ many office workers spend their weekends. A．what B．how C．where D．why 7．With the number of homecoming overseas students ________ up in recent years, the attraction of foreign degree holders has gradually faded. A．shot B．being shot C．shooting D．to shoot 8．Although values may be ____, it’s helpful to share them with your partner for additional support. A．terminal B．personal C．crucial D．practical 9．--- How often do you work out? --- _________, but usually once a week. A．Have no idea. B．It depends. C．As usual. D．Generally speaking. 10．The researchers who study jokes want to find out _______ people from different nations and cultures find funny. A．why B．that C．what D．whether 11．---Mr. Johnson has been chosen as the manager of the sales department. ---___________ he was so excited this morning. A．No chance B．No way C．Not possible D．No wonder 12． “Drive-ins” have large parking lots ________ customers are served in their cars by waitresses. A．who B．when C．which D．where 13．Up till now, there has been no scientific evidence about ________ caused the death of dinosaurs. A．what is it that B．what it was that C．it was what D．what is it 14．．She is fed up with sharing a house with others; , she is looking for her own flat. A．moreover B．otherwise C．however D．therefore 15．Thanks for your useful advice; otherwise I ______ such rapid progress. A．didn’t make B．couldn’t have made C．hadn’t made D．shouldn’t have made 16．That Was the first time she alone at home during the weekends，bored to death． A．has left B．has been left C．had left D．had been left 17．Working hard is not a __________ of great success, but it is among the essential requirements. A．sign B．signal C．guarantee D．mark 18．---- They say Philip’s brother is a billionaire. ---- ____________? He wouldn’t accept any help from his brother, even if it were offered. A．What if B．What for C．So what D．Forget it 19．They have leading experts in this field, and that's ____ they've made important progress. A． where B． why C． whether D． who 20．—Ouch, mum! A fish bone has stuck in my teeth! —______, Lucy. I am coming. A． Take your time B． Help yourself C． Don’t bother D． Take it easy 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）Silence is unnatural to man．He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness．In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else．Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence．If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox （喋喋不休的人）．He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure （蜡塑人像）． The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound．There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito （蚊子）．But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person．Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind．He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing -with his neighbors． Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish 1:0 talk．Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new．Some of them are content ．if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people's ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new, plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel．At the end of an even