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1、2022-2023学年高考英语模拟试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号和座位号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码粘贴在答题卡右上角条形码粘贴处。2作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试题卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答

2、题卡一并交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1At that time, my mind was a complete _ ; I couldnt think of a single answer.AblankBbonusCblowDbottom2I have to reschedule the appointment with you since there is a _ in my arrangement. Acontract Bcontrast Cconnection Dconflict 3It is widely acknowledged in foreign c

3、ompanies that employees should be _ in terms of innovation capability.Aexamined BevolvedCevaluated Dencouraged4_ terrible, the medicine was thrown away by the child.ATastedBTastingCTo tasteDBeing tasted5A new movie Sacrifice came out last year, Ge You played adoctor saved an orphan at the cost of hi

4、s own baby.Ain which; whoBwhen; whoCon which; by whomDwhere; whom6Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards again this year, and his performances always _ the expectations of most audience.Asign up forBdrop out ofCbe bent onDlive up to7Would you like me the radio a bit?No, its all right. Im used with

5、the radio .Ato turn down; to work; onBturning down; to working; onCturning down; to working; offDto turn down; to working; on8Computers can do nothingBut once _what to do, they show extraordinary power to do a great dealAto programBbeing programmedCprogrammedDhaving programmed9What does Nickys job i

6、nvolve as a public relations director?_ quite a lot of time with other people.ASpending BHaving spentCTo spend DTo have spent10- I prefer a computer made in your company, but I may need some more information about the product.- _.AThank youBIts a pleasureCYou are welcomeDAt your service11The science

7、 competition is a good opportunity to show students _ creativity can add new value to their school life.AwhereBwhetherChowDwhen12Last week, only two people came to look at the house, _ wanted to buy it.Anone of themBboth of themCnone of whomDneither of whom13She doesnt speak our language, _ she seem

8、s to understand what we sayAforBandCyetDor14My mother opened the drawer to _ the knives and spoons.Aput awayBput upCput onDput together15The post office is closed _ Saturday afternoon.AonBinCofDat16The Oxford English Dictionary is necessary for learning English, so youd better buy _.AthisBthatCitDon

9、e17Our company is seeking for a manager, especially _ with creativity and imagination.Athe oneBeachConeDthat18What a shame! We misunderstood each other for such a long time.Yes, I wish I _ with you earlier.AcommunicateBhad communicatedCcommunicatedDwould communicate19 Do you like the book you father

10、 bought you? Very much. Its exactly_I wanted.AwhichBthatCwhatDhow20-Did you visit the famous cultural relics last month?-No, we_ it, but we spent too much time shoppingAcould have visitedBmust have visitedCcant have visitedDshouldnt have visited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）

11、Young people in the United States do not have a strong understanding of the world and their place in it.Two U. S.based groups, the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Geographic, Society commissioned an online survey earlier this year. They wanted to know what young people educated in Amer

12、ican colleges knew about geography, U. S. foreign policy, recent international events, and economics.The survey was given to over 1,200 Americans between the ages of 18 and 26 years. All of them presently attending, or having previously graduated from, a 2-or 4-year college or university.The average

13、 test score, out of 75 total possible answers, was 55 percent. The study identifies a few important problems. For example, only 30 percent knew that the only part of the U. S. government that can declare war is Congress. Only 60% of those taking the survey could identify Brazil on a world map.Part o

14、f the problem, argue the organizers of the survey, is the internet. They say it is becoming harder to find high-quality information about world events amongst all the fake news and trivia which swamp the web. Forty-three percent of those questioned said they read about the news on Facebook.Another p

15、roblem is that most college courses do not require students to learn about international issues. If such information is not required, Richard Haass from the Council on Foreign Relations said, then the United States could have leaders like Gary Johnson. He was a recent presidential candidate who did

16、not know about the Syrian city of Aleppo when a reporter asked him about it.The survey results were not all bad. The young people also demonstrated a good understanding of climate change and renewable energy. And the majority of them said that international issues were becoming more important to the

17、m.Haass says these findings suggest the need to find was to get good information to students, both in school and online. To help, the Council on Foreign Relations is creating a new program called CFR Campus, designed to help build knowledge about global issues.1、What can we learn about the survey?AA

18、ll the participants were recent university graduatesBIt was an online survey conducted by two US universitiesCIts aim is to figure out what the young people know about AmericaDIt was given to over 1,200 American people aged from 18 to 262、Whats one reason survey organizers give for young peoples lac

19、k of knowledge?AYoung people are unwilling to travel abroadBThe sources from which they get their informationCThe US university system is of poor qualityDTheir lack of interest in knowing more about the world3、According to the survey, what topic did the young Americans understand best?AEnvironmental

20、 matters BGeographic informationCForeign relations DGovernment organizations4、In which column of a newspaper could we find this article?AEconomics BEntertainmentCPolitics DEducation22（8分）Wanted: A Personal AssistantIm a very busy woman, looking for an assistant to help me with certain important task

21、s. This is not your average assistant job. What Im looking for is someone to take care of some of my more personal business so that I may focus on my true passion: grocery shopping. Please apply if and only if you are willing and able to accomplish the following tasks:Work I would love to have a nin

22、e-to-five job. However, I find sitting in an office all day unbearable. An ideal assistant would secure a high-paying office job and excel in that setting, even going so far as to eagerly accept every invitation to after-work drinks.Go on family vacations I love my family, especially when I dont hav

23、e to spend time with them. Thus, I will require my employee to attend all family vacations in my place. Since Ill miss out on spending time with my nephews, a good assistant will live-stream (直播) them for me the entire time while discreetly muting the live-stream whenever they start fighting.Exercis

24、e I am determined to get in better shape but find working out strenuous and tiring. The right candidate will exercise for a minimum of an hour every day and allow me to reap the benefits of his or her vigorous activity.Eat Just kiddingI love eating!Date Im looking for love but find dating tedious an

25、d intimidating. Ideally, my employee will get a drink with a potential mate so he or she can do the tiresome work of getting to know someone and deciding whether Ill like him. If the romantic candidate advances past a third date, Id be willing to step in and proceed with the relationship from there,

26、 excluding birthdays, holidays, and other high-pressure situations.Have a baby Im eager to have a child, but being pregnant and giving birth seems hard. Likewise, raising a child seems daunting. Id prefer to spend an hour or two with my child each day while someone else tackles the incredible respon

27、sibility of childrearing. Once my child turns 18, I will happily assume all parenting duties, excluding any financial obligations.1、What is the author truly interested in?ASpending vacations.BGoing shopping.CDating someone.DRaising children.2、The personal assistant needs to do the following things f

28、or the author EXCEPT _.Aworking out.Bgoing to work.Caccompanying families.Deating delicious food.3、What do you think is the purpose of the passage?ATo warn.BTo inform.CTo amuse.DTo advertise.23（8分） American families are accustomed to settling in faraway places, which has been a national phenomenon.

29、Decades of data, including a more recent Gallup study, characterizes the US as one of the most geographically mobile countries in the world. “About one in four US adults(24 percent) has reported moving within the country in the past five years.” the reported noted. With the exception of Finns(23 per

30、cent) and Norwegians(22 percent), Americans move considerably more than their European peers.Though some may move for love or family, the major reason why Americans choose to move around is, unsurprisingly, related to work. Citing data from the Current Population Survey, a post on the blog of the Ne

31、w York Fed noted that between 1998 and 2013, “slightly more than half of interstate(州际的) migrants said they moved for employmentrelated reasonsa category that includes moves undertaken for new jobs, job transfers, and easier commutes(通勤).”The seeking of opportunity, particularly for an immigrant nat

32、ion, is a national mythology(神话) as well as an emotional attachment to work. A new working paper analyzed by Ben Steverman at Bloomberg suggests that workers in the US now “put in almost 25 percent more hours than Europeans” in a given year. This figure has steadily risen since the 1970s, when the h

33、ours logged by workers in Western Europe and the US were roughly the same.There are, of course, some internal factors. The US is much vaster than most European countries, plus it boasts(拥有) a common language. It is considered to be a sign of an efficient labor market that US workers can be persuaded

34、 to move to regions where there is a steady growth in jobs, such as the Sun Belt in recent years. And while American workers often have fewer labor protections than their European counterparts, as a report by the World Bank noted in 2012, American “labor laws give employers the power to fire, hire,

35、or relocate(重新安置) workers according to their needs”， a flexibility that is thought to aid economic growth. The World Band report added that the occupation of the average US employee in 2006 was 4 years, compared to 10 years in the European Union.Nevertheless, while Americans remain excessively mobil

36、e, FaithKarahan and Darious Li at the New York Fed are the latest to note that US workers are moving around less than before. During the 1980s, 3 percent of workingage Americans relocated to a different state each year; that figure had been cut in half by 2010. “While part of the decline can be attr

37、ibuted to the Great Recession，” the authors suggest, “this_phenomenon took place over the course of several decades and is not necessarily related to the economic conditions.”So what accounts for this phenomenon? A roundup of theories by Brad Plumer at The Washington Post included the aging of the U

38、S workforce, the further rise of twoincome households, the burdens of real estate, evolving workplace culture, as well as the flat line of wages, which makes moving away for a job, on average, a less rewarding financial proposition.Karahan and Li put much stock in the effects of an aging workforce,

39、to which they attribute at least half of the decline in interstate migration. “In short, a young individual today is moving less than a young person did in the 1980s because of the higher presence of older workers，” they write, suggesting that employers have shifted their employment tactics(策略) to a

40、dapt to the changing demographics(人口统计数据) of the workforce. Needless to say, movies about this era in American life, in which fewer people set out to start lives in wideranging places, will probably be much less exciting.1、According to the passage, in the past five years, Americans have moved _.Arel

41、atively less than the BritishBless frequently than ItaliansCslightly more than NorwegiansDconsiderably more than Finns2、What can we infer from Paragraphs 2 and 3?AAmericans choose to move mainly for work and family.BAmericans have a very strong interest in work.CAmericans invested more time in work

42、than Europeans in 1975.DAmericans tended to move to Europe between 1998 and 2013.3、Which of the following is NOT the reason why American workers move more than their European peers?AThere is a common language in the US.BThe US is much vaster than most European countries.CAmerican labor laws give emp

43、loyers more freedom to deal with them.DThey are offered more efficient labor protections.4、The underlined part “this phenomenon” in Paragraph 5 refers to _.Athe Great RecessionBthe decline of workingage Americans interstate migrationCthe reduction in the number of workingage AmericansDAmericans tend

44、ency to remain mobile5、How do American employers deal with the aging workforce according to the passage?ABy sticking to their previous policies.BBy adjusting to it.CBy improving their employees job skills.DBy raising employment standard.6、As to the current situation of Americans migration, the autho

45、r might feel _.AcuriousBstrangeCconfusedDdisappointed24（8分） The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator (发电机). The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint. Gue

46、sts will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness. Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will be given meal tickets worth $ 36 once they have produced 10 watt hours of electricity. The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the h

47、andlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel.The plan, a world-first, will start on 19 April and run for a year. Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part. Frederikke Toemmergaard，hotel spokeswoman, said, “Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy goi

48、ng to the gym. There might be people who will cycle just to get a free meal, but generally I dont think people will take advantage of our programme.”Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition and 36 % of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to t

49、he website visitcopenhagen. dk. US environmental website treehugger. com recently voted Copenhagen the worlds best city for cyclists. “Because Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling, we felt the bicycle would work well as a symbol of the hotels green profile (形象).”If successful，the electric b

50、icycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK, the hotel said in a statement.1、What is the main purpose of the free meal programme?ATo promote the hotels green concept.BTo make the city known to the world.CTo attract people to the hotel restaurant.DTo get guests to stay l

51、onger at the hotel.2、How can a participant get a free meal?ABy becoming a professional cyclist.BBy cycling to produce some electricity.CBy linking a smart phone to a bicycle.DBy monitoring his or her carbon footprint.3、Who are most likely to enter for the programme?AThe poor local people.BThe enviro

52、nment activists.CHealth-conscious hotel guests.DVisitors fond of Copenhagen food.4、According to Paragraph 3, Copenhagen has one of the worlds .Abest chain hotelsBgreenest natural environmentsClongest bike pathsDhighest rates of people cycling to work25（10分）Did you know that badminton is also a fast-

53、paced competitive sport? Badminton has been a Summer Olympic sport since 1992. Para-badminton will be included in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Heres what you need to know if your child is interested in badminton.Badminton is played on a 44-foot-long rectangular (矩形的) court that is 17 feet

54、 wide for singles and 20 feet wide for doubles. It is divided in the middle by a net placed 5 feet off the ground, like volleyball, not at ground level like tennis.In competition, each match is a set of three games played to 21 points. There is a one-minute break when a player or team reaches 11 poi

55、nts, and a two-minute break in between the first and second games and the second and third games.Age kids can start: About 6 years old.Best for kids who: Have good skills, are patient and hardworking, and can handle the pressure of one-on-one or two-on-two competition.Team or individual: Matches can

56、 be singles (one-on-one) or doubles (two-on-two).Fun fact: Badminton is the only sport that has mixed doubles event in the Olympic Games.Costs: Beginners are expected to pay $30 to $40 for an entry-level racquet (球拍). Badminton shoes are similar in price to other athletic shoes. Join a club or team

57、for lessons. A one-hour group lesson for beginners should cost $20 to $25, with costs increasing as your child moves up the ranks. You will also pay entry fees for competitions.Time commitment required: Beginners will play for just an hour or two per week.Potential for injury: Players have a very lo

58、w risk of injury. Players who wear glasses should use eye protection.1、From the passage, we can learn that _.Abadminton is a fast-paced competitive sport which began in 1992Bthe court for singles has the same width as that for doublesCbadminton has mixed doubles event in the Olympic GamesDpara-badmi

59、nton has been included in the Summer Olympic Games2、How many minutes in all will a player have for a rest in a set of three games?A2. B3.C7. D11.3、According to the passage, for the beginners, they should _.Awear glasses to protect their eyesBstart to learn badminton at the age of 8Cplay for at least

60、 an hour or two every dayDpay at least $20 for a one-hour group lesson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）For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity (逆境) 1 my life. Now let me tell you one experience where