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2023年高考英语模拟试卷
注意事项
1.考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。
2.试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上,在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答;第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。
3.考试结束后,考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上,待监考员收回。
第一部分 (共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
1.It’s impossible for all the people to get jobs because ______of them is not fit for them.
A.every one B.all
C.not all D.none
2.Taking drugs has become part of every sport _________ athletes seek to achieve beyond their natural limits.
A.which B.that C.who D.where
3.What actually ______ the accident has not yet been determined.
A.brought out B.brought on C.brought about D.brought up
4.During the period of recent terrorist activities, people _____ not to touch an unattended bag.
A.had always been warned B.were always being warned
C.are always warning D.always warned
5.The engineer is thought to be capable and modest, so his promotion to manager is a popular _____.
A.achievement B.appointment C.commitment D.employment
6.---Excuse me, would you please ______ me some petrol?
---Sorry. I have only a little left in my car.
A.spare B.save
C.share D.spend
7.—Mum, I don’t think I am qualified enough to do this.
—Honey, be confident! You should know it is _____ a man thinks of himself … really determines his fate.
A.that; that B.how; that C.what; that D.that; how
8.--- Do you know what Tom does all day ?
---- I know he spends at least as much time watching TV as he ____________his lessons.
A.is doing B.does C.spends to do D.does doing
9.The news was a terrible blow to her, but she ______the shock soon.
A.got out B.got over C.got off D.got through
10.The new playground to be built next year will be ____________ the old one.
A.as three times big as B.three times as big as
C.as big as three times D.as big three times as
11.The guidance teacher was their adviser, offering them suggestions and solutions when they ______ difficulties.
A.arose B.encountered
C.emerged D.evaluated
12.Who ______ the fight against the H1N1 flu ______ it not been for the Chinese scientists’ great efforts?
A.could have won; had B.would win; had C.would have won; has D.could win; has
13.I’m most awfully grateful to you. I can’t think what I ________ without you.
A.could do B.would do
C.should have done D.must have done
14.He insisted what he did _______ right and that anyone who broke laws ________.
A.was ; be punished B.be ; was punished
C.was; was punished D.be ; be punished
15.Much to my ______, my vocabulary has expanded a great deal.
A.delighting B.delighted C.delight
16.Ms Alice is considered a lady by us, for she often helps the poor she met with.
A.selfish B.hopeful
C.mean D.generous
17.The project is far behind schedule. It’s impossible for you to ______ it in a week.
A.catch upon B.live up to
C.add up to D.hold on to
18.The famous book Frankenstein, ________ by British novelist Mary Shelley, is the first work of science fiction.
A.writing B.having written
C.written D.was written
19.Peter is helping set tables in the hall, where John’s birthday party ________.
A.is holding B.has held
C.is held D.will be held
20.—Better get down to your work, Tom.
—_________.
A.It’s my pleasure B.Don’t mention it
C.Mind your own business D.You’re welcome
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) My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled(翻耕的)soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.
As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden, I remember Dad pushing the tiller(耕作机)ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things: yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow com, and our favorite ― red tomatoes.
As I grew into a teenager, I didn’t get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.
But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.
For the first few years after he died, I couldn’t even bear to look at anyone's garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the comer of my eye and I had to smile, It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.
1、Why did the author like the garden w
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