2023学年肇庆市重点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．Changing the password on your account isn’t a lasting solution if you don’t remove any virus， ？ A．don’t you B．do you C．isn’t it D．is it 2．Beijing’s new international airport into operation in 2019 will serve 72 million passengers annually. A．being put B．to be put C．put D．to put 3．—The lecture about 3D technology was very interesting. —It’s a pity. How I wish I ________ time to attend it. A．had B．have C．had had D．have had 4．Never in my life ________ such a beautiful sunrise! A． have I seen B． I have seen C． did I see D． I saw 5．The old road is indeed less direct and a bit longer. We won’t take the new one, _______, as we don’t feel safe on it. A．somehow B．otherwise C．therefore D．though 6．The kid is crying, for he ______ jump over the ditch on his own. A．dares not to B．dare not to C．doesn’t dare to D．dares not 7．Faced with economic slowdown, some companies are planning to use robots to ______ human workers to reduce their labor costs. A．compensate B．substitute C．symbolize D．discriminate 8．More and more people prefer to live in the countryside, _______ appeal for them lies in the quiet and slow-paced life. A．who B．Which C．whose D．what 9．--- The free gift doesn’t look good. --- _____, madam, but if you want good quality, you have to pay for it. A．No doubt B．No offence C．No problem D．No way 10．--It took me eight years to build up my business, and it almost killed me. --Well, you know what they say. . A．There is no smoke without fire B．No pains, no gains C．All roads lead to Rome D．Practice makes perfect 11．-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 12．The argument remains extremely heated it is necessary to frequently update teaching material. A．that B．which C．if D．whether 13．Regarding China-US differences on human rights issues, Hong said the two sides can enhance mutual understanding through dialogue ______ on equality and mutual respect. A．based B．to base C．basing D．base 14．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 15．It wasn't easy having my friends talk about their freshman years ________ I wasn't a part of． A．whom B．when C．that D．what 16．We climbed up to the top of a hill,___________ we got a good view of the whole forest park. A．which B．where C．when D．that 17．— Hey! Everyone in the office was at the dinner party in honor of Mr. Charles except you. What happened? — I ______ after Mike, my colleague. He was badly ill. A．have looked B．was looking C．would look D．had looked 18．______ the students were hearing the exciting news! A．How happily B．What a fun C．What pleasure D．How pleased 19．It’s natural that I didn’t recognize her immediately I saw her. _______, it’s almost 5 years since we met last. A．After all B．In addition C．What’s more D．In particular 20．The biggest problem for most plants, which ________just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them. A．shall not B．can't C．needn't D．mustn't 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） For all the pressures and rewards of regionalization (地区化) and globalization, local identities remain the most deeply impressed. Even if the end result of globalization is to make the world smaller, its scope seems to foster the need for more private local connections among many individuals. As Bernard Poignant, mayor of the town of Quimper in Brittany, told the Washington Post, “Man is a fragile animal and he needs his close attachments. The more open the world becomes, the more ties there will be to one s roots and one’s land.” In most communities, local languages such as Poignant’s Breton serve a strong symbolic function as a clear mark of “authenticity (原真性)”. The sum total of a community’s shared historical experience, authenticity reflects a noticeable line from a culturally idealized past to the present, carried by the language and traditions associated with the community’s origins. A concern for authenticity leads most secular (世俗的) Israelis to defend Hebrew among themselves while also acquiring English and even Arabic. The same obsession with authenticity drives Hasidic Jews in Israel or the Diaspora to champion Yiddish while also learning Hebrew and English. In each case, authenticity amounts to a central core of cultural beliefs and interpretations that are not only resistant to globalization but also are actually reinforced by the “threat” that globalization seems to p