2023学年甘肃省武威市凉州区武威第八中学高三压轴卷英语试卷（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．China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, whose positioning ________ will reach 2.5 meters by 2020, will soon provide services for more countries. A．accuracy B．category C．function D．reference 2．My sister ______ the baby while I’m at yoga. A．arranges B．minds C．assesses 3．While in the university, we were offered a number of after-school activities to our social skills. A．create B．grow C．settle D．develop 4．It was only after a family related conversation ______________ I found out she was actually my distant cousin. A．when B．that C．which D．who 5．—Have you found the new flat advertised in the newspaper? — Yes. But the community____ very large and I nearly got lost just now. A．had been B．was C．will be D．is 6．—I forgot to register for the courses. I’m one day late and most of the classes are full. What shall I do? —________ You can’t do anything about that. A．Take your time. B．Poor you! C．So what? D．No way! 7．Everything seemed to be going ________ for the first two days after I arrived in New York. A．vividly B．generally C．frequently D．smoothly 8．After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ______ her job as a doctor in the countryside. A．set out B．took over C．took up D．set up 9．---Kingsman: The Secret Service is a spy action comedy film. Wants to come with me? ---I’d love to, but my best friend is getting married, and I won’t _______ it for anything. A．overlook B．trade C．miss D．forget 10．_______child will find his own personal road to success. A．Each B．The other C．Either D．Another 11．The goal, which they are unlikely to live to see , is to “cure, prevent or manage all diseases” in the next 80 or so years. A．accomplish B．accomplished C．accomplishing D．being accomplished 12．Mr. White, who ________ in Shanghai for seven years, is a manager of a company in Beijing. A．was working B．worked C．had worked D．has worked 13．The two birds _________ each other in shape and color. In other words, they _________ each other in shape and color. A．differ, are different from B．differ from, are different to C．resemble, are similar to D．resemble, are similar with 14．--- Do you think I should join the singing group, Mary? --- ______ If I were in your shoes, I certainly would. A．None of your business． B．It depends. C．Why not? D．I don’t think so. 15．Not far from the club was there a garden, _____ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon. A．whose B．its C．which D．that 16．Russia's cutting off the gas supply raised a major concern to the European Union, a number of member states are increasingly dependent on one single supplier. A．whose B．that C．where D．which 17．The split between humans and living apes is thought by some scholars ____ 15 to 20 million years ago. A．to occur B．occurring C．to have occurred D．having occurred 18．Time is a precious ________ that is often taken for granted among the young people. A．commodity B．commission C．component D．constitution 19．—What about going to see the latest Chinese sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth? —________. If time permits, I may go to see my grandma with my mother. A．Don’t mention it B．It doesn’t matter C．Forget it D．It depends 20．—Would you mind moving over a little? I have to pass here. —________ I’d like to help. A．Not in the slightest. B．Don’t mention it. C．Never mind. D．At your service. 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）As I went down the wooden snowy steps, I held the rough railing (栏杆) with one hand, held my crying daughter Kelly with the other and made my way into the yard. I knew everything would be okay if I located my mother. Instead of a smile, she greeted me with concern. I knew she had read my face as I’d approached. “What’s wrong?” she asked. I held the baby out. “I can’t take care of this baby,” I said simply. My mother didn’t take her from my arms as I expected. She smiled slightly, and then replied firmly, “You have to take care of that baby.” This was not the response I wanted. Couldn’t she hear the baby crying? I wanted her to fix this problem. Instead, she took off her gloves and asked me in for some coffee. Mom held Kelly while I held the coffee cup. At that moment the baby finally stopped crying. I glanced over at Kelly, content in my mother’s arms. Her tiny blue eyes were fixed on me, as if to ask, “What’s the problem here, Mama?” Her sweet, familiar breath eased the stress in the air. I looked at my mother, feeling foolish but relieved. She stood and placed an arm around my shoulders. “By the time you came along, things were quite the opposite for me. But with my first child, you can bet that I often felt helpless.” The baby showed no signs of our afternoon struggle, whil