2023学年甘肃省天水市太京中学高三（最后冲刺）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．The online word “selfie” is gaining ______ and more and more people tend to use it nowadays. A．access B．admission C．control D．currency 2．Playing with their peers, children learn to and not do exactly what they want to do. A．compromise B．compete C．contribute D．construct 3．The silence of the library is sometimes broken by a sudden cough or the sound of pages ________________. A．turning B．turned C．being turned D．having turned 4．________ children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent. A．If B．Since C．Unless D．Though 5．____ the player I came across in the stadium spoke, I hadn’t realized she was foreign. A．Until B．Unless C．Since D．Although 6．Sally was excited to meet Susan at the party last night．They _____ each other since they graduated from Oxford University in 2010． A．haven’t seen B．hadn’t seen C．didn’t see D．don’t see 7．—Thank you very much for everything ．You've been so helpful . —_ _．Just let me know if there is anything else I can do for you． A．With pleasure B．The pleasure is mine． C．Please don't say so D．No, thanks 8．Humans spend a lot of time and money on their pets and the pets give all they have _____for that. A．in return B．in fact C．in short D．in all 9．—Mum，look at my shoes．I need a new pair． —________．I bought them for you only a week ago! A．You bet B．You said it C．You don't say D．You name it 10．—What do you think of Tom? —He has been working very hard. ______ he is an advanced worker. A．No wonder B．No doubt C．No worry D．No problem 11．Don’t throw away the old books．Give them to ____needs them． A．whoever B．anyone C．who D．whomever 12．An exhibition with 885 cultural relics to be displayed ________ at the Meridian Gate Gallery. A．was held B．would hold C．has hold D．will be held 13．I’m tired out．I stayed up the whole night, ______ for my midterm math exam． A．studying B．to study C．to be studying D．studied 14．— How would you like your tea? — _____. A．Veryquickly B．Asitcomes,please C．Verymuch D．Idon’tliketea 15．Don’t leave matches or cigarettes on the table within ______ of children. A．stretch B．expand C．reach D．extend 16．You don’t need an invitation to help others. Give help _____you are asked. A．if B．as C．though D．before 17．_____by the English teacher for the high grade, I felt my effort finally paid off. A．Praise B．Praised C．To praise D．Praising 18．-I feel caught between experience and jobs after graduation. -It’s really_________—without experience you can’t get a job and without a job you can’t get experience. A．a catch-22 B．a Herculean task C．a sacred cow D．a Mickey Mouse course 19．—________ the woman with the baby come over? We have a seat here. —Thank you, sir. Actually I do have my seat here. But my baby likes to look out of the window. A．Would B．Shall C．Must D．May 20．She is quite____to office work.You had better offer her some suggestions when necessary． A．familiar B．fresh C．similar D．sensitive 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）I’m 47 years old. Two days ago, you sent me an email, which I did not answer. I didn’t answer it, in part, because I am 47 years old. I almost answered your email after bedtime, which is when I have often answered emails. My laptop was put on my bedside table. My husband sat on his side of the bed, and he leaned back and asked me if I’d given any thought to whether the chickens would need to be kept away from the apple trees after he sprayed them with something to keep the bugs away. We moved on to the children’s math grades, then to the way they just take their socks off and leave them, inside out, no matter where they are. I looked at the clock and saw that it was not as early as I’d thought, not for a lot of things, and so we turned off the light, and I did not answer your email. Your email sat among emails from bosses and editors and orthodontists all through the next workday. My children were at school, and I had not yet managed to write 300 words nine more times. I thought about answering your email in the afternoon, while my older daughter and I waited outside the school for her sister to finish a piano lesson. My daughter probably would not have minded. She is almost 13, and sometimes, when she sits in the house texting while I try to talk to her, I sprayed her with the bottle I keep on the counter to spray the cats when they start scratching the back of the sofa. I could have answered your email then. I admit it. We could have sat there, in peaceful silence, each staring at our phone. I had time to answer your email, and I did not. I snuggled(依偎) my youngest son at bedtime that night, because he asked. I s