2023届湖南省常德市武陵区第一中学高考冲刺英语模拟试题含解析

1、2023届高考英语模拟试卷请考生注意：1请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用05毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。2答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项，按规定答题。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1I was going to pay by cash when it suddenly occurred to me _ I had left my purse at home.AwhetherBwhatCthatDwhere2The Tang Dynasty is generally regard

2、ed as a golden chapter by people worldwide, _ the Chinese civilization influenced many neighboring countries.AwhereBwhenCwhichDwho3_ to success cant defeat us. Instead, they can only make us stronger.AAttemptsBBarriersCContributionsDAccess4What does the sign over there read?No person_ smoke or carry

3、 a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in this areaAshallBmayCmustDWill5_ two hours daily has made considerable difference to my physical condition.ATo walk BWalkingCWalked DHaving walked6With your brothers help, Ive made great progress in English and I really want to do something for him _Ain turnBby

4、turnsCin returnDin answer7If we surround ourselves with people _our major purpose, we can get their support and encouragement.Ain sympathy withBin terms ofCin honour ofDin contrast with8Where have you been ? I_in the heavy traffic .Otherwise I_ here earlier.Ahave got stuck; would have comeBgot stuck

5、; wasCgot stuck ; would have comeDhad stuck ; would come9There is a wide _of reference books to be found, so _you look for some material needed, you can turn to me.Akind; the last timeBsort; every timeCvariety; next timeDtype; the moment10The church which is easily _ from my home is being rebuilt.Aa

6、ccessible BavailableCacceptable Dresponsible11Although passing the driving test _ be difficult now, its worth the efforts.AneedBshallCcanDshould12“It might have saved me a lot of money”, Mr. Chen sighed, “_ timely from the stock market this July”.Adid I withdrawBshould I withdrawChave I withdrawnDha

7、d I withdrawn13Tom finally decided to _ and give himself up to the police, which allowed him to get away with only a small fine.Akill the fatted calfBface the musicCsee the handwriting on the wallDbe a black sheep14It was announced that only when the fire was under control _to return to their homes.

8、Athe residents would be permittedBhad the residents been permittedCwould the residents be permittedDthe residents had been permitted15A hearty laugh relieves physical tension, _your muscles relaxed for over half an hour.Ato leaveBleftCleavingDleave16_regular training in nursing, she could hardly cop

9、e with the work at first.ANot received BSince receivingCHaving not received DNot having received17The picture looks good _ the white wall.AwithBtoCagainstDbeyond18 Hi! John, would you like to play football with us? Oh，I cant. I _ my lesson all the morning and still need half an hour.Aam reviewingBha

10、ve been reviewingChave reviewedDreviewed19With the number of homecoming overseas students _ up in recent years, the attraction of foreign degree holders has gradually faded.AshotBbeing shotCshootingDto shoot20_ of danger in the street at night, the girl doesnt dare to go out without someone _ her.AW

11、arned; accompanied BWarned; accompanyingCWarning; accompanied DWarning; accompanying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）20 years ago, a couple of ecologists, Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs, convinced Del Oro, a large orange juice producer, to donate part of their forestland to

12、 a national park in exchange for the right to dump (倾倒) massive amounts of orange peels on a 3-hectare piece of land within the national park, at no cost. Dealing with tons of waste peels usually involved burning them or paying to have them dumped at a landfill, so the proposal was very attractive.A

13、 year after the contract was signed, Del Oro dumped around 12,000 tons of sticky orange waste in the land. However, another juice company and rival of Del Oro challenged the deal in court, arguing that their competitor was “polluting the national park”. They ended up winning, and the deal between De

14、l Oro and the national park fell through. The 3-hectare piece of land virtually covered with fruit waste was completely forgotten.Then, in 2013, Timothy Treuer, a scientist at Princeton University visited that piece of land 15 years earlier. What he found shocked him. “It was completely overgrown wi

15、th trees and vines,” Timothy Treuer recently said, “the difference between fertilized and unfertilized areas was visually surprised us a lot! We needed to come up with some really good standards to evaluate exactly what was happening there.”To confirm that the fruit waste was responsible for the rev

16、ival of plant life, Treuer and his team spent months picking up samples, analyzing and comparing them. They found “dramatic differences between the areas covered in orange peels and those that were not. The area fertilized by orange waste had richer soil, greater tree-species richness and greater fo

17、rest coverage. In a sense, its not just a win-win between the company and the local parkits a win for everyone.”The effect the orange peels had on the land is probably not that surprising to people familiar with composting (堆肥), but what is shocking is that a judge actually called this particular ex

18、ample polluting the national park and stopped it from going forward. Now that Timothy Treuers study has received worldwide attention, this type of polluting is being seriously considered as a way of bringing tropical forests back to life.1、Why was the deal proposed by the ecologists attractive to De

19、l Oro?AIt would make farmers produce more oranges.BIt would help deal with the orange peel waste for free.CIt would increase the production of orange juice.DIt would save much space for the orange juice producer.2、What does the underlined phrase fell through” in the second paragraph?Abecame unbeliev

20、able Bfailed to happenCmade something possible Dchanged the course of an event3、What did Treuer find when he visited the land covered with orange waste?AThe peel waste was hard to break down there.BDel Oro continued dumping peel waste there.CThe peel waste enriched the soil of the land.DThe whole na

21、tional park was polluted.4、Whats the best title of the passage?AOrange peel waste found its way to reshape the national park.BA couple of ecologists devoted themselves to restoring the forest.CA casual attempt led to a series of expected magic results.DOrange peel waste brought a forest back to life

22、.22（8分） Parents tend to favour children of one sex in certain situations or so evolutionary biologists tell us. A new study used colored backpack sales data to show that parental wealth may influence spending on sons different from daughters.In 1973 biologist Robert Trivers and computer scientist Da

23、n Willard published a paper suggesting that parents invest(投入)more resources, such as food and effort, in male children when times are good, and in female children when times are bad. According to the Trivers-Willard hypothesis(假说), a son given lots of resources can become a gentleman but parents wi

24、th few resources tend to invest them in daughters, who generally find it easier to be a fair maiden.Studying parental investment after birth is difficult, however. The new study looked for a standard of measurement of such investment that met several criteria: it shouldnt be affected by sex differen

25、ces in the need for resources; it should measure investment rather than outcomes; and it should be objective.Study author Shige Song, a sociologist at Queens College, City University of New York, examined spending on pink and blue backpacks purchased in China in 2015 from a large retailer, JDcom. He

26、 narrowed the data to about 5, 000 bags: blue backpacks bought by families known to have at least one boy and pink ones bought by families known to have at least one girl. The results showed that wealthier families spent more on blue than pink backpacks suggesting greater investment in sons. Poorer

27、families spent more on pink packs than blue ones. The findings were published in Evolution and Human Behavior.Songs evidence for the Trivers-Willard hypothesis is “indirect” but “pretty convincing,” says Rosemary Hopcroft, a sociologist at the. University of North Carolina at Charlotte, who was not

28、connected with the new study. Hopcroft reported in 2016 that U. S. fathers with high-status occupations were more likely to send their sons to private school than their daughters, while fathers with lower-status jobs more often enrolled their female children. Although the new study does not prove th

29、e families were buying the blue backpacks for boys and pink ones for girls, Hopcroft notes that “its a clever and interesting paper, and its a rather unusual use of big data.”1、What does the writer intend to do in Paragraph 2?AIntroduce an earlier study.BIdentify childrens needs.CAssess the influenc

30、e of a study.DExplore into parental investment.2、What offers a challenge for the new study?AThe investment meeting several criteria.BThe measurement of eventual outcomes.CDifferent demands for resources between sexes.DConsistent standards in measuring parental investment.3、What can be learned from S

31、ongs research?AThe new study was done in 2015.BBig data was sampled for research.CPreference was offered to consumers.DBlue packs were favored over pink ones.4、Which of the following is likely to match Hopcrofts remark on Songs research?AIts entertaining.BIts well-designed.CIts unbelievable.DIts unu

32、sual.23（8分）Teens dont understand the big fuss (小题大做). As the first generation to grow up in a wired world they hardly know a time when computers werent around, and they eagerly catch the chance to spend hours online, chatting with friends, so what?But researchers nationwide are increasingly worried

33、that teens are becoming isolated, less skillful at person-to-per son relationships, and perhaps numb to the cheatings that are so much a part of the e-mail world. “And a teens sense of self and values may be changed in a world where personal connections can be limitless,” said Shetty Turkle.Another

34、researcher, Robert Kraut, said hes worried about the “opportunity costs” of so much online time for youths. He found that teens who used computers, even just a few hours a week, showed increased signs of loneliness and social isolation. “Chatting online may be better than watching television, but it

35、s worse than hanging out with real friends,” he said.Todays teens, however, dont see anything strange in the fact that the computer takes up a central place in their social lives. “School is busy and full of pressure. Theres almost no time to just hang out,” said Parker Rice, 17 “Talking online is j

36、ust to catch time.”Teens say they feel good about what they say online or taking the lime to think about a reply. Some teens admit that asking someone for a date, or breaking up, can be easier in message form, though they dont want to do so. But they insist theres no harm.1、The researchers argue tha

37、t .Ateens develop a different sense of valuesBnothing i s wrong with teens chatting onlineCteens can manage their social connectionsDspending hours online does much goo d to teens2、Teens think that talking online can help them .Ause computers properlyBimprove their school workCdevelop an interest in

38、 social skillsDreduce their mental pressures3、The text mainly deals with .Ateens pleasant online experienceBteens computer skills and school workCthe effects of the computer world on teensDdifferent opinions on teens chatting online4、Which of the following is TRUE?ATeens are more skillful at person-

39、to-person relationships.BTeens showed decreasing signs of loneliness and social isolation.CChatting online is worse than hanging out with real friends.DAsking someone for a date, or breaking can be more difficult in message form.5、The purpose of the text is to .Ade scribe computer re se arch re suit

40、sBdraw attention to teens computer habitsCsuggest ways to deal with problem teensDdiscuss problems teens have at school24（8分）In many fields youngsters are changing the world. Listed below are several influential young people.Muzoon Almellehan, 3Millions of children live in refuge? camps (难民营)，where

41、few pave access to school. Almellehan experienced these conditions firsthand after fleeing Syria. Fighting to change that, she travels the world to tell people about the significance of education Almellehan, UNICEFs(United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund) youngest-ever goodwill ambass

42、ador now, plans to return to her homeland Syria finally.Aulii Cravalho,17The Hawaii native voiced the heroine in Disneys hit movie Moana. Now Aulii is taking on a new role. Shell star on NBCs Rise, a drama about a high school theater department that lifts the spirits of a struggling steel town in Pe

43、nnsylvania. Based on a true story, the show has strengthened her belief that young people can bring about real change.Moziah Bridges, 16At 1, Moziah launched, his own handmade bow-tie business from his grandmothers kitchen table. Now Mos Bows is worth about $1.5 million. More recently, Moziah signed

44、 a licensing deal with the NBA that lets him sell bow ties featuring team logos. But Moziah has even grander ambitions. He plans to expand globally. He credits his success to his natural sense of style.Mikaila Ulmer, 13Mikaila used to hate bees. She was stung (蜇) twice. But after learning honeybees

45、are critical to the ecosystem and dying out, she developed a fascination with them. She was determined to help. Using her great-grandmothers recipe, Mikaila made a mixture, sweetened with local honey. She sold it at community business fairs, donating 2% of her profits to honeybee-advocate groups. Mi

46、kaila also runs a nonprofit group called the Healthy Hive Foundation, whose goal is to raise awareness about the hardship of the honeybee.1、What did Aulii Cravalho learn from the drama Rise?AYoung people indeed have the ability to make a difference.BHigh school theater department can help the steel

47、town.CShe can voice any kind of NBC drama in the future.DShe has the ability to take up acting as her lifelong profession.2、Mikaila began to do business with the purpose of _.Amaking money to help people in needBrescuing the endangered but beneficial honeybeesCputting her great-grandmothers recipe t

48、o good useDdeveloping a traditional technique for producing honey3、What do the four young people have in common?AThey are commercially successful.BTheyre leading a wealthy and full life.CTheyve gained wide recognition now.DThey have no interest in academic subjects.25（10分）The hit movie Finding Nemo

49、follows a clownfish from the Great Barrier Reef. In real life, clownfish are among the thousands of colorful sea creatures that call the Great Barrier Reef home. Stretching 1, 250 miles along Australias northeastern coast, the Great Barrier Reef is the longest coral reef in the world.A coral reef is

50、 a living underwater structure. But these days, the Great Barrier Reef has found itself in trouble. Overfishing, pollution, and high temperatures are harming its health. Thats why the government in Australia is trying to help rescue the reef.Underwater GardenWhile coral may look like a plant, it is

51、actually made up of tiny sea animal. Those sea animals are called coral polyps.As polyps die, they leave hard shells behind. Other polyps grow on top of the shells. Over thousands of years, they form a coral reef in warm water that is not very deep.In many ways, the Great Barrier Reef resembles an u

52、nderwater garden. Coral can be hard or soft. It forms in different colors and in strange shapes. Some coral looks like hardened brains. Other coral looks like fans and lettuces.The reef bursts with schools of tropical fish, dashing among gaps in the coral. The reef supplies food and shelter to creat

53、ures living in and around the coral. Turtles, sharks, sea horses, and crabs are among its many inhabitants.Helping HumansWhile the reef is important to ocean life, it helps humans, too. People rely on the reef for both food and jobs. It also provides medicine used to treat disease. Each year, the Gr

54、eat Barrier Reef contributes about $ 975 million to the economy through tourism and fishing.Stressed OutIs it surprising, then, that the Great Barrier Reef is under too much stress? Fishing nets and ships break off sections and damage the reef. Air and water pollution are also doing harm. At the sam

55、e time, warmer sea temperatures have caused coral bleaching（漂白）on half of the reef. The high temperatures cause the coral to turn white, often killing it.Reef RescueIn an effort to help save the reef, the government has limited fishing to two thirds of it. That plan increases the number of “green zo

56、nes.” Those are areas that are off-limits to fishermen and boats. However, tourists and researchers can still visit them. Many fishermen are upset about the plan because they rely on the reef for jobs.The Australian government says that its plan will help keep the reef safe from some threats. “It is

57、 very important that we give a reef proper protection for the future,” said one government official. The reef is Australias greatest natural treasure.1、Which of the following is not a creature that lives in the Great Barrier Reef?ACoral polyps. BTurtles.CSea horses. DWhales.2、Which section describes

58、 the problem in this passage?A“Underwater Garden” B“Helping Humans”C“Stressed Out” D“Reef Rescue”3、What picture can the reader get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6?AMany fish quickly moving through the coral.BFish moving toward the center, or target, of the coral.CStructured, orderly grou

59、ps of young fish without a clear path.DFish exploding when they come into contact with gaps in the coral.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项26（30分） William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood 1 the har

60、mony that was 2 of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. In fact, he 3 excellent taste in art from his family both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally 4 literature, 5 drama and poetry.Yeats had strong 6 i