贵州省六盘水市第二十三中学2023学年高考仿真模拟英语试卷（含解析）

1、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05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 How is the test that you took yesterday? Unfortunately, not even one of t

2、he hundred students who took the test _ passed.Ahas Bhave Care Dis2Roger trained hard for the tournament for months, but unfortunately he had to _ due to a knee injury.Apull out Bwork outCtry out Dgive out3Nowadays, the Internet is a popular _ for the public to access information and voice their opi

3、nions.AtrackBtrendCchannelDlane4You mean the position is still vacant?Yes, but you must know our job is very demanding._.AWith pleasure BI dont mind CDont mention it DThats all right5Did you have difficulty finding Annhouse?Not really.She_us clear directions and we were able to find it.easily?Awas t

4、o giveBhad givenCwas givingDwould give6Around this point _, which is humorous and full of a strong local flavor.Athe story developsBdoes the story developCdevelops the storyDthe story developed7Many gases in the atmosphere actually heat energy that escapes from the Earths surface back to the earth.A

5、finding; reflectingBfound; reflectedCfound; to reflectDfound; reflect8-There wont be anywhere to park.-Oh, _. Lets try the subway.Athats a real bargain Bthats a good pointCthats really something Dthats all settled9The battery in my cell phone is running low.I that last night before we went to bed.Aw

6、as noticingBhave noticedCwould noticeDhad noticed10Meyer and his team were the first _ how the disease spreads fromanimals to humans.AshowingBshowCto showDshown11_ who are able to work through the struggle are the _ who are going to be successful.ASomeone; oneBAnyone; oneCHe; onesDThose; ones12The n

7、ews was a terrible blow to her, but she _the shock soonAgot outBgot overCgot offDgot through13Some experts think, _ genes, intelligence also depends on an adequate diet, a good education and a nice home environment.Ainstead ofBexcept forCapart fromDfar from14Fiona never fails to grasp any chance of

8、promotion.Shes a woman of _.AambitionBattentionCexpectationDreputation15Along with the email was my brothers promise _ I came first in the competition, he would buy me an MP4.AwhatBthatCthat ifDwhether16I _ football since I left university.Adidnt playBdont playCwont playDhavent played17The wet weath

9、er will continue tomorrow, when a cold front to arrive.Ais expected Bis expectingCexpects Dwill be expected18The stadium _ stands a theatre will be reconstructed.Abeside whichBfor whichCwhenDwhich19Several of us were asked to attend the meeting, as _ below.AlistedBlistingCto be listedDhaving listed2

10、0He isnt such a man _ he used to be.AwhoBwhomCthatDas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）Dream in HeartOn the first day of school our professor introduced a new classmatea wrinkled little old ladyto us. Her name was Rose, and she was eighty-seven years old.After class Rose and I w

11、alked to the Student Union Building and shared a chocolate milk-shake. She told me she always dreamed of having a college education and now she was getting one. We became instant friends. Every day for the following months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always attracted, list

12、ening to this “ time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.Rose became famous and easily made friends wherever she went. She tended to be highly motivated,responsible, and deeply involved in class participation. In spare time she had someone hang out or go to bars with. She even p

13、articipated in some form of athletic activity. She said that extra-curricular activities can form a vital part of her experience, creating unique chances for friendship and learning.At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football meal. A little embarrassed, she leaned into the microp

14、hone and simply said, “ I m sorry I m so nervous.” As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began, “ We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you re nineteen years old and lie in bed for one f

15、ull year, you will turn twenty. If I m eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year, I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. It s non-optional but that doesn t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change. In this way the elderly don t have

16、 regrets for what they did, but rather for things they did not do.” Rose concluded her speech by courageously singing “ The Rose” . She challenged us to study the words of the song and lived them out in daily lives.At the year s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.

17、 One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught by example that it s never too late to be all you can possibly be.1、Why does the author compare Rose to “ time machine” in Paragraph 2?ATo

18、stress her old age and knowledge of life.BTo describe the close friendship between them.CTo show that she always enjoyed her active life.DTo explain why she took on a challenge in college.2、Rose was invited to speak at the football meal most probably because _.Ashe was a great football fanBshe was t

19、he smartest studentCshe tried hard to achieve her dreamDshe became more educated than the others3、We can learn that Rose agreed with the idea that _.Agrowing older means growing upBit takes talent and ability to grow upCreceiving high education helps to be courageousDone grows older at the same time

20、 when he grows up4、The passage is intended to _.Aprovide an example for the elderly Bdiscuss how to grow up quicklyCtell the importance of attending college Dinspire the readers to live up to lives22（8分） During the period from 1660 through 1800, Great Britain became the worlds leader. Language itsel

21、f became submitted to rules during this period. This need to fix the English language is best illustrated (描述) in the making of The Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson. Guides to the English language had been in existence before Johnson began his project in 1746. These, however, wer

22、e often little more than lists of hard words. When definitions of common words were supplied, they were often unhelpful. For example, a “horse” was defined in an early dictionary as “a beast well known”.Johnson changed all that, but the task was not an easy one. Renting a house at 17 Gough Square, J

23、ohnson began working in the worst of conditions. Supported only by his publisher, Johnson worked on the Dictionary with five assistants. Compared to the French Academys dictionary, which took forty workers fifty-five years to complete (1639-1694), Johnsons dictionary was completed by very few people

24、 very quickly.Balanced on a chair with only three legs, Johnson sat against a wall in a room filled with books. Johnson would read widely from these books, mark passages illustrating the use of a particular word, and give the books to his assistants so that they could copy the passages on slips of p

25、aper. These slips were then stuck to eighty large notebooks under the key words that Johnson had selected. Fixing the word by this method, Johnson could record a word，s usage and its definition.How many passages were used? According to Johnsons modern biographer Walter Jackson Bate, the original tot

26、al number could have been over 20,000. How many words were defined by the lexicographer? Over 40,000 words appeared in two large books in April of 1755. Did Johnson fully understand the huge task he was undertaking when he began? As he told his contemporary biographer James Boswell, “I knew very wel

27、l what I was undertaking and very well how to do it and have done it very well.”1、What is the problem of early English dictionaries?AThey only offer simple pictures.BThey list just a few foreign words.CThey simply give some translations.DThey add no more than some big words.2、What does the underline

28、d word “lexicographer” in paragraph 4 refer to?AA publisher.BA biographer.CA maker of dictionaries.DAn assistant.3、What can we infer about Samuel Johnson from the text?AHe standardized English.BHe cared about authority a lot.CHe gained much financial support.DHe complained of working conditions.4、Wh

29、at is the purpose of this passage?ATo discuss the problems of dictionaries.BTo encourage people to work on a project.CTo persuade people to buy the new dictionary.DTo introduce how Johnson complete his dictionary.23（8分）Special Kids Therapy（治疗）（SKT）, is a charitable organization devoted to improving

30、the quality of the individuals who struggle with physical, mental or emotional disabilities.Examples of what SKT can do:SKT offers the families of children with special needs practical help in buying special medical equipment, such as electrically-powered wheelchairs and other communication equipmen

31、t that are not covered by insurance.SKT organizes summer camp activities for children with special needs, providing them with a chance to enjoy their summer and experience the traditional summer camp that fits their abilities.How you can help:SKT is an all-volunteer charitable organization, which is

32、 staffed by volunteers and depends on donations that make it possible for us to serve and help these special children.SKT relies on people like you to help make good things happen for these special children. Your contribution is sincerely appreciated. Your donations help make children with special n

33、eeds able to have alternative therapies such as animal-assisted therapy, art music therapy, massage therapy and water therapy. These are just a few of the many proven alternative therapies that bring joy and build self-respect of the children with special health care needs. Although these therapies

34、are not covered by insurance, they enhance the mental, physical and emotional aspects of a childs life.SKT knows that your time is valuable and we appreciate your volunteer interest. There are many chances to volunteer to work with the children and their families at our events or programs.Donations

35、may be mailed to:Bosse FinancialAttn: Special Kids Therapy, IncPO Box 1024Findlay, Ohio 45839Please write checks to Special Kids TherapyPhone: 419-422-5607Email: care1、From the passage we can know that SKT_.AEarns very little by its alternative therapiesBOffers help to the children with disabilities

36、CIs partly supported by the local governmentDPays insurance for children with special needs2、What does the underlined word “enhance” mean in the text?AAcceptBDamageCReduceDImprove3、What can we infer from the text?ASKT is a non-profitable organization.BThe disabled can ask practical help from SKT.CDo

37、nations are used to pay insurance for children.DFamilies of children with special needs are all poor.4、The text is written to_.Aencourage families to get donationsBtell us how children can live a normal lifeCmake an introduction of the special childrenDCall on people to join SKT to help disabled chi

38、ldren24（8分）Free, Official Sources to Find Unclaimed MoneyDoes the government owe you money? There might be unclaimed funds or property waiting for you from savings or checking accounts, wages and pensions, tax refunds(退款), life insurance policies, and a lot more. Companies may offer to find this mon

39、ey for a fee. And scammers may try to trick you with fake promises of money from the government. But you can find your unclaimed money yourself for free. Check out USA Govs list of official sources to get started:Search for unclaimed money and property in every state where you have lived.You can con

40、duct a multi-state search, and keep an eye out at state fairs and even malls, where state treasurers(ST) and other officials hold public awareness events.Check for unclaimed funds from bank failures or unclaimed deposits from credit union closures.Did you have money in a checking or savings account

41、at a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)-insured financial institution? If the financial institution is closed, you can search the FDIC database(数据库)and you will make it. FDIC has thousands of their banks across the country and deserves your trust.Search for unclaimed back wages, pension mo

42、ney, or life insurance funds.Are you owed unpaid wages from your current employer(CP) or a past employer(PP)? Check the Labor Departments Wage and Hour Divisions records to see if you have money waiting to be claimed. You also may be owed a pension if a company you worked for went out of business or

43、 ended a defined plan.1、Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?AIt is likely that several states owe money to you.BMalls might witness public awareness events.CScammers are always ready to help you for free.DYour past employer might owe you unpaid wages.2、The organization enabli

44、ng consumers to confidently place money may be _.ASTBCPCPPDFDIC25（10分）In the hills outside Missoula, Montana, wildlife biologists are looking at how climate change affects something very small: the snowshoe hare.Life for snowshoe hares is pretty stressful 一 almost everything in the forest wants to e

45、at them.Alex Kumar, a graduate student at the University of Montana, lists the animals that are hungry for hares. “Lynx, foxes, coyotes, . even red squirrels.”Kumar and field technician Tucker Seitz spend months searching these woods for hares, often listening for signals from hares theyve already p

46、ut radio collars on.They catch other hares with wire traps about the size of a breadbox, with some apple as bait (诱饵). Most of the hares they track live less than a year a hazard (风险）of being what Kumar calls “the cheeseburger of the ecosystem”.But snowshoe hares have a special skill: camouflage. Th

47、eyre brown during the summer, but turn white for the snowy winter months.“Theres times when youre tracking them and you know theyre really, really dose, and you just cant find them,” he says.Hares switch color in the spring and fall in response to light, when the days get longer or shorter. But if t

48、he snow comes late, you get a white hare on brown ground.“And they really think that theyre camouflaged,” Kumar says. “They act like we cant see them.”Kumar calls this “mismatching,” and its becoming more of a concern with climate change.“If the hares are consistently molting (脱毛) at the same time,

49、year after year, and the snowfall comes later and melts earlier, theres going to be more and more times when hares are mismatched,” he says.Scott Mills of North Carolina State University leads the research. He says theyre finding that mismatched hares die at higher rates. Thats a concern for the thr

50、eatened Canada lynx, which mainly eats these hares.“Its a very clear connection to a single climate change stressor,” Mills says.Hares might be able to adapt over time. Some snowshoe hares in Washington State dont turn white at all. Mills is trying to figure out whether hares and other wildlife can

51、adapt as fast as the climate is changing.“But how fast is too fast?” he asks.1、The word “camouflage”（Paragraph 6) is closest in meaning to .Aescaping BhidingCfighting Dscaring2、According to the passage, snowshoe hares can now be easily discovered by their enemies because they .Achange their fur colo

52、r to white too lateBhavent adapted to climate changeCcan no longer adapt to the change of light in spring and fallDfind it more and more difficult to molt at the same time each year3、Which best describes Mills tone in the passage?AApproving. BEnthusiastic.CConcerned. DDoubtful.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小

53、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）It is 1971.Sally with Josh and Martin,her two brothers,discovers a massive whale stranded (搁浅) on the beach near their home.The three children 1 their sweaters into the cold sea water and rush back to wet the 2 animal.Realizing the urgenc

54、y,Josh runs for help and people gather to 3 .Though they do all they can,it becomes clear that their efforts are 4 Sitting by the whale,Sally tells him hes 5 and beautiful, and that she will 6 him no matter what happens next.As Sally talks to him,the animal lets out “a deep 7 like the wind off the o

55、cean” and dies.The Stranded Whale is a 8 book for children carrying a(n) 9 life lesson about accepting the 10 of ones power.Master storyteller Yolen and illustrator (插画家) Cataldo have 11 an honest picture of human weakness that is moving.Yolen 12 sets her story in 1971,when the lack of cell phones w

56、ould delay the 13 of both helpers and broadcasters.This adds to the 14 because so much time is lost.Cataldos paintings 15 gentle and soft colors,providing vast 16 views and conveying the childrens helplessness.The ending is 17 .Sally expresses the irony to herself when 18 with a medal by the communi

57、ty. “So,the whale died and we were heroes.” 19 they have made great efforts to rescue the whale,Sally and her brothers learn that not all living creatures can be saved.This is an important truth for 20 .1、Asqueeze Bdip Cthrow Ddive2、Adangerous Bdeserted Cdying Ddeadly3、Arespond Bfight Cwitness Dchar

58、ge4、Aworthwhile Bin vain Cat loss Dawarded5、Apatient Bconsiderate Cstrong Dcautious6、Asave Bpity Cunderstand Dmiss7、Asigh Bcough Cscream Dyawn8、Adrawing Bpicture Creference Dwriting9、Aeasy Bbitter Cstrict Dstrange10、Afailures Bmistakes Climits Dshortcomings11、Aforesaw Bmade up Ctook up Dcreated12、Aw

59、isely Bespecially Crandomly Dusually13、Amessage Btransfer Carrival Dprotection14、Asorrow Bfun Cexcitement Dtension15、Aavoid Badjust Ccompare Demploy16、Aseashore Bisland Ccountry Doutdoor17、Atouched Brealistic Cabstract Dcomforting18、Areplied Bprovided Cpresented Drelated19、AAs long as BAs though CIf

60、 only DEven though20、Achildren Banimals Cwriters Dillustrators第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。27（15分）As a general rule, a band may start as a group of high-school students 1 (share) the same interest in music. They may first practise their music in someones house. And then the musi