2023学年甘肃省陇南市第五中学高三二诊模拟考试英语试卷（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、准考证号填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在考生信息条形码粘贴区。 2．选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用0．5毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。 3．请按照题号顺序在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、试题卷上答题无效。 4．保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，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．Everything seemed to be going ________ for the first two days after I arrived in New York. A．vividly B．generally C．frequently D．smoothly 2．He is a bad-tempered fellow, but he ________ be quite charming when he wishes. A．shall B．should C．can D．must 3．The rising house price and the high income tax rate have become the biggest ______ of the ordinary people in China today． A. concern B. influence C. involvement D. occupation 4．The government officials met the workers and engineers working on the stadium, most____ were migrant workers． A．of which B．of who C．of whom D．of them 5．Along with the email was my brother’s promise ______ I came first in the competition, he would buy me an MP4. A．what B．that C．that if D．whether 6．It is reported that the ______ in Libya is hotting up. A．strength B．violence C．power D．activity 7．________ in the last examination, she was more confident of another success in the coming one. A．To succeed B．To have succeeded C．Having succeeded D．succeeding 8．I' ve heard that preparations______for the coming festival. Let's give them a hand. A．are being made B．have been made C．are making D．have made 9．A new movie Sacrifice came out last year, Ge You played adoctor saved an orphan at the cost of his own baby. A．in which; who B．when; who C．on which; by whom D．where; whom 10．Two professors at Harvard University published a study of 3,300 new graduates, looking at ________ their names had any bearing on their academic performance. A．that B．how C．why D．whether 11．---Will you be_____________ this evening，Mary？ ---That depends. I am afraid I will be with my manager，discussing a plan. A．convenient B．suitable C．available D．efficient 12．—Have you finished all your exercises? —Yes, ________ is left. As a matter of fact, they are as easy as ABC． A．nothing B．not one C．none D．neither 13．We believe ________ you have been devoted to ________ naturally of great necessity. A．that; being B．all that; be C．that all; are D．what; is 14．James Smith and his girlfriend went to Chenyi Square to celebrate the New Year, never _________. A．returned B．to return C．returning D．having returned 15．merchant A．machine B．achieve C．stomach D．technology 16．By the time we ________ from our school, we have been close friends for more than ten years. A．graduated B．will graduate C．are graduating D．graduate 17．—Sorry, I didn’t hear the door bell ring. —Your bell . Perhaps it needs repairing. A．never worked B．is never working C．never works D．had never worked 18．It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is quite ______ to perform skillfully yourself. A．another B．other C．the other D．others 19．A lot of suggestions were put forward at the meeting, but ______ was practical. A．nothing B．none C．neither D．no one 20．一Did you forget your promise, dear? 一 I have finished my homework on time, mom. A．Excuse me. B．Surely. C．Why not? D．How could I? 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 British custom of driving on the left side of the road isn’t a sign of eccentricity—there’s actually a very sensible reason for it. Originally, almost everybody travelled on the left side of the road. For Medieval swordsmen on horseback, it made sense to keep to the left to have their right arms closer to their opponents. Mounting and dismounting horses were also easier from the left side, and safer done by the side of the road than in the center. So perhaps the question here should be, why did people stop travelling on the left? Things changed in the late 1700s when large carriages pulled by several pairs of horses were used to transport farm products in France and the United States. In the absence of a driver’s seat inside the carriage, the driver sat on the rear left horse, with his right arm free to use his whip to keep the horses moving. Since he was sitting on the left, he wanted other vehicles to pass on his left, so he kept to the right side of the road. The British Government refused to give up their left-hand driving ways. Meanwhile post-revolution France, under their left-handed ruler Napoleon, stuck to a permanent move to the right side of the road. As the British and the French were yielding their power across the globe, they insisted that the countries they occupied drive like them. This explains why former British colonies such as Australia, New Zealand and India drive on the left, while former French colonies like Algeria drive on the right. When Henry Ford made his Model T in 1908, the driver’s seat was on the left, meaning that for Americans, cars would have to drive on the right side of the road to allow front and back passengers to exit the car onto the si