2023届安徽省淮南四中高考英语倒计时模拟卷含解析

1、2023届高考英语模拟试卷考生须知：1全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。2请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。3保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1The store_ I bought my textbooks is having a sale this week.AthatBwhereCwhichDwhy2It is unwise to disturb one who i

2、s devoted to his work. Just _.Aface the music Bfly off the handleCeat your words Dbite your tongue3Those successful deaf dancers think that dancing is an activity _ sight matters more than hearing.Awhen Bwhose Cwhich Dwhere4Molly finally agreed, _ reluctantly, to go and see a doctor.AafterwardsBalmo

3、stCotherwiseDsomewhat5How are you getting along with your German, Kate？Oh, MrBlack, Im so tired of itMaybe I should drop out _ it kills meAwhenBafterCwhileDbefore6Mary felt from the outside world, since she lacked an Internet connection and couldnt receive any e-mail.Acut downBcut inCcut offDcut out

4、7Ken, _, but the music you are enjoying is too loud.Oh, Im terribly sorry. Ill turn it down on the spot.AI am really tired of this BI need your helpCId like to talk with you DI hate to say this8To tell the truth, I didnt expect that there were so many people _ the idea.Asupported Bsupporting Cto sup

5、port Dhaving supported9No matter how carefully you plan your finances, no one can _ when the unexpected will happen.AproveBimplyCdemandDpredict10If people keep polluting the ocean, no creature there will survive _.Aat all costBfor a long whileCin the long runDby no means11-How was your evening?-We w

6、ent to Joes and had _. We really enjoyed ourselves.Aa white elephantBa square mealCa sacred cowDthe salt of the earth12_ to the party, Nancy was very upset.AHaving not been invitedBNot having invitedCHaving not invitedDNot having been invited13This course is of great interest to students, _ to impro

7、ve their writing skills.Ahope Bto hopeChoping Dhoped14With economy increasing steadily, people _ enjoy a life of higher quality.AshouldBcanCmayDmust15 How much do you charge for the iPhone? Well,it cost me $ 400,but Ill _ 20% as its no longer new.Areduce to Bdecrease toCknock off Dcut off16What is y

8、our impression of your former colleague Nick?Hes helpful, and he _ give us a hand at work.AmustBwouldCmayDshould17Is it common practice that salesmen receive a _ of 10 percent on all sales made?Adeposit BreceiptCpension Dcommission18He is a bad-tempered fellow, but he _ be quite charming when he wis

9、hes.AshallBshouldCcanDmust19Once youve _ the items you ordered, put this record in your file.Achecked inBchecked offCchecked outDchecked with20The Games are known as the friendly games because of their _ on kindness and mutual respect.AlacksBfocusesCchallengesDresearches第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的

10、A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21（6分） When youre choosing a college, a lot of factors probably may be considered: the schools reputation, the classes offered, and the professors in your major, to name a few. However, considering the increasing competitiveness of universities to attract more and more applicants

11、, many schools now offer extra benefits to be enjoyed by all of their students. Here are some of the coolest:University of MissouriWhen you think of a campus gym, you probably picture a room equipped with old weights and out-of-date machines. However, at the University of Missouri, you can enjoy one

12、 of the best campus fitness centers in the country. It features an “indoor beach” complete with a waterfall and a lazy river, as well as a full-service spa. Even if you dont normally enjoy working out, Missouris fitness center will give you a reason to go to the gym.High Point UniversityIf you see y

13、ourself quickly tired of dining hall foodsomething that happens to almost all of usHigh Point University in North Carolina has a great option for you: a private steakhouse for students. Its a first-class restaurant, and, best of all, you dont have to pay for the meal out of your own pocket. You can

14、use your dining dollars instead.Seton Hall UniversityIf youre stressing out about the extra cost of technology when you start college, Seton Hall has great news for you: all freshmen are given free laptops through the universitys Mobile Computing Program. As a freshman, youll receive a laptop alread

15、y set up with all of the software that youll need as a student. Then, after two years, youll receive a new and updated laptop designed to carry to through until after you graduate.New York UniversityIf youre a fan of museums, NYU(New York University) is the perfect university for you: not only are y

16、ou located in the heart of a city featuring some of the best museums in the world, but the university will even provide you with free admission to many of them. You can take advantage of visiting free museums at any time you wantand youll never be bored on the weekends.1、What can we learn from Parag

17、raph1?AIt is hard to be admitted to a university.BA universitys fame is the top consideration.CThe competition to attract applicants is fierce.DExtra benefits makes no difference to applicants.2、What can we learn about the fitness center in the University of Missouri?AIts equipment is out of date.BI

18、t is the best one in the world.CIt has a real beach there.DIt can arouse students interest in workout.3、Which university offers extra benefit of food?AUniversity of Missouri.BHigh Point University.CSeton Hall University.DNew York University.4、What can be guaranteed for students choosing Seton Hall U

19、niversity?AFree tuition.BFree accommodation.CFree computersDHigh graduation rate.5、Which of the following is true of New York University?AIt is located in the center of the city.BIt houses the best museums in the world.CAll the museums are open to its students for free.DMuseums are usually closed on

20、 the weekends.22（8分）The key to getting people to work together effectively could be giving them the freedom to choose their collaborators (合作者) and the comfort of working with established contacts, new research suggests.In the study, David Melamed, an assistant professor of sociology at the Ohio Sta

21、te University and lead author of the study, and his co-authors found participants through the Amazon Mechanical Turk website a service that allows researchers to hire people from around the world for a variety of purposes. For this study, all participants were from the United States.Those who agreed

22、 to participate played online games in which each player started out with 1,000 monetary units that translated to $1 in real money they could pocket. If one player agreed to pay another player 50 monetary units, that second person would actually acquire 100 units. Each of the 16-round games included

23、 about 25 participants, some of whom participated in multiple games. In all, 810 people participated in the research.Some of the games included random networks, where certain people could interact. Others included clustered (群集的) networks, in which a small group had multiple connections an arrangeme

24、nt that was designed to mimic (模拟) real life, where humans often run their lives in packs. And the networks were either static (静态的) or dynamic (动态的). In static networks, a player could interact only with the appointed partners. In dynamic networks, participants could cut their ties with another pla

25、yer and form new connections. Furthermore, some of the games included reputation information. Participants were labeled based on their history of willingness to share money. The idea was to test whether those known to collaborate were favored by other players based on reputation a factor shown in pr

26、evious research to play a significant role in whether a person is likely to partner with another.Melamed and his research partners were surprised to find that whether people are likely to partner with others had nothing to do with reputation in this study. The findings might have departed from previ

27、ous studies because of the difference in size and study design, he said, explaining that much of the previous work in this area was conducted in groups of 100 or fewer and mostly involved student subjects. The Turk network used for the new study has been shown to be representative of the U.S. popula

28、tion in terms of age, race and other factors and the introduced players had no previous connections.Cooperation rates overall were high and highest when the participants were cooperating in clusters and had the ability to drop a partner in favor of another. “What really seems to matter is the abilit

29、y to change the structure of a network,” Melamed said. “And the patterns of relationships also made a difference. Those in a known cluster with multiple connections cooperated more.”1、What did David Melamed and his partners do for their study?AThey hired 810 people globally.BThey gave each participa

30、nt $1,000.CThey designed 16-round online games.DThey asked each participant to take part in only one game.2、Compared with previous research, the new study found that _.Areputation played no role in cooperationBstudent subjects were more likely to partner with othersCplayers having connections before

31、 were more cooperativeDcooperation rates were influenced by age, race and other factors3、It can be inferred that the purpose of the study led by David Melamed is to discover _.Ahow to change the patterns of relationshipsBwhat leads people to collaborate most willinglyCwhat kind of person is the most

32、 popular in a teamDwhether its proper to drop a partner in favor of another23（8分） It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr. Johnsons famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” T

33、hough Johnsons observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators(评论员) fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak.Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not at all exciting, the obsession with it can h

34、ardly be understood. He argues that” To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it.” Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing

35、 that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says, “because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena(现象).” The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, the weather in England is very chan

36、geable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider.Bryson and Paxman stand for common misconceptions about the weather-speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English we

37、ather-speak is a system of signs ,which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank “

38、fillers”, In other words, English weather-speak is a means of social bonding.1、The author mentions Dr. Johnsons comment to show that_.Amost commentators agree with Dr. JohnsonBDr. Johnson is famous for his weather observationCthe comment was accurate two hundred years agoDEnglish conversations usual

39、ly start with the weather2、What does the underlined word “obsession” most probably refer to?AA social trend.BAn emotional state.CA historical concept.DAn unknown phenomenon.3、According to the passage, Jeremy Paxman believes that_.ABill Bryson has little knowledge of the weatherBthere is nothing spec

40、ial about the English weatherCthe English weather attracts people to the British IslesDEnglish people talk about the weather for its uncertainty4、What is the authors main purpose of writing the passage?ATo explain what English weather-speak is about.BTo analyze misconceptions about the English weath

41、er.CTo find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman.DTo convince people that the English weather is changeable.24（8分）Not so long ago,most people didnt know who Shelly Ann Francis Pryce was going to become.She was just an average high school athlete.There was every indication that she was just

42、another American teenager without much of a future.However,one person wants to change this.Stephen Francis observed then eighteen-year-old Shelly Ann as a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginning of true greatness.Her time were not exactly impressive, but even so,he seemed there w

43、as something trying to get out,something the other coaches had overlooked when they had assessed her and found her lacking.He decided to offer Shelly Ann a place in his very strict training seasons. Their cooperation quickly produced results,and a few year later at Jamaicas Olympic games in early 20

44、08,Shelly Ann,who at that time only ranked number 70 in the world,beat Jamaicas unchallenged queen of the sprint（短跑）.Where did she come from?asked an astonished sprinting world,before concluding that she must be one of those one-hit wonders that spring up from time to time,only to disappear again wi

45、thout signs.But Shelly Ann was to prove that she was anything but a one-hit wonder.At the Beijing Olympic she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 meters Olympic gold.She did it again one year on at the World Champio

46、nship in Briton,becoming world champion with a time of 10.73the fourth record ever.Shelly-Ann is a little woman with a big smile.She has a mental toughness that did not come about by chance. Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless,She grew up in

47、 one of Jamaicas toughest inner-city communities known as Waterhouse,where she lived in a one-room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers.Waterhouse,one of the poorest communities in Jamaica,is a really violent and overpopulated place.Several of Shelly-Anns friends and fa

48、mily were caught up in the killings;one of her cousins was shot dead only a few streets away from where she lived.Sometimes her family didnt have enough to eat.She ran at the school championships barefooted because she couldnt afford shoes.Her mother Maxime,one of a family of fourteen,had been an at

49、hlete herself as a young girl but,like so many other girls in Waterhouse,had to stop after she had her first baby.Maximes early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouses roundabout of poverty.One of the fir

50、st things Maxime used to do with Shelly-Ann was taking her to the track,and she was ready to sacrifice everything.It didnt take long for Shelly-Ann to realize that sports could be her way out of Waterhouse.On a summer evening in Beijing in 2008,all those long,hard hours of work and commitment finall

51、y bore fruit.The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty,surrounded by criminals and violence,had written a new chapter in the history of sports.But Shelly-Anns victory was far greater than that.The night,she won Olympic gold in Beijing,the routine murders in Waterhou

52、se and the drug wars in the neighbouring streets stopped.The dark cloud above one of the worlds toughest criminal neighbourhoods simply disappeared for a few days.“I have so much fire burning for my country,”Shelly said.She plans to start a foundation for homeless children and wants to build a commu

53、nity centre in Waterhouse.She hopes to inspire the Jamaicans to lay down their weapons.She intends to fight to make it a womans as well as a mans world.As Muhammad Ali puts it,Champions arent made in gyms.Champions are made from something they have deep inside them.A desire,a dream,a vision.One of t

54、he things Shelly-Ann can be proud of is her understanding of this truth.1、Why did Stephen Francis decide to coach Shelly-Ann?AHe had a strong desire to free her family from trouble.BHe sensed a great potential in her despite her weaknesses.CShe had big problems maintaining her performance.DShe suffe

55、red a lot of defeats at the previous track meets.2、What can we infer from Shelly-Anns statement underlined in Paragraph 5?AShe was highly rewarded for her efforts.BShe was eager to do more for her country.CShe became an athletic star in her country.DShe was the envy of the whole community.3、By menti

56、oning Muhammad Alis words,the author intends to tell us that_.Aplayers should be highly inspired by coachesBgreat athletes need to concentrate on patienceChard work is necessary in ones achievementsDmotivation allows great athletes to be on the top4、What is the best title for the passage?AThe Making

57、 of a Great AthleteBThe Dream for ChampionshipCThe Key to High PerformanceDThe Power of Full Responsibility25（10分）The British custom of driving on the left side of the road isnt a sign of eccentricitytheres actually a very sensible reason for it.Originally, almost everybody travelled on the left sid

58、e 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

59、 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 drivers seat inside the carriage, the driver sat on the rear left horse, w

60、ith 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 t