2023年高考英语模拟题及答案.docx

2023 年高考英语模拟题及答案
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分 50 分)
第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 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。
A
Guildford School of Acing (GSA) is a successful center for musical training. Our philosophy is based on your growth as an individual and your development as an artist within a highly disciplined whole.
About what you should do
We want you to view yourself as a potential artist who can compete and succeed in all aspects musical performance. To accomplish this, you will need to develop your professional awareness through a strict process of training.
About the content of the courses
We will guide you towards the development of a clear set of individual technical skills, with practical classes in group and individual singing, ballet, jazz and other forms of dance. Your skills are further developed through many exercises, scene work and project rehearsal ( 排 练 ). Classes in dancing and singing are highly ranked alongside acting classes and projects, which enable you to become multi-skilled. Professional development classes by the guests selected from the contemporary musical industry ensure currency within your chosen field and enable you to maximize all employment opportunities.
About the test
A final show presentation in the West End Theatre helps you complete your change from a musical student to a professional performer. The result is your development into a highly disciplined individual and all-round performer who has both artistic skills and the ability to work in cooperation with others.
1. Who is GSA intended for?
A. Literature students. B. Sports students. C. Psychology students. D. Musical students.
2. Who may teach professional development classes to the students?
A. High school teachers. B. University teachers.
C. Professional musical performers. D. Professional composers.
3. What should the students do in order to graduate?
A. Write an essay. B. Put on a show.
C Design a course. D. Meet a performer.
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B
Douglas Smith, n gardener from Hertfordshire. the U.K., recently set a new Guinness World Record for the most tomatoes grown on a single stem (茎), 1,269.
Up until last summer, the record for the most tomatoes grown on a single stem had stood unchallenged for over a decade. Then English farmer Douglas Smith set his sight on breaking it, thinking that he could grow more than 488 fruits on s single stem. He proved that last year, when he managed to break the old record by growing 839 tomatoes on a greenhouse -grown plant. It was quite an achievement, but he was only getting started, as only a few weeks later Douglas Smith broke his own record by growing no less than 1,269 tomatoes on a single stem.

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Is Douglas Smith a gardening addict? He spends up to four hours a day in his back garden tending his plants, and has been working hard on becoming the best possible gardener the world has ever seen. To maximize his chances of setting a new world record, he read various scientific papers and even took soil samples to be tested in a laboratory. And in the end, they all paid off.
“I am over the moon,” Douglas said. “This year was only meant to be an experimental year to see which varieties would produce the most fruits and we had to fight with early blight (疫病), which put paid to a number of other tomato plants. I’m amazed by how many tomatoes were on the plant in the end.”
Growing 1,269 tomatoes on a single stem is only Douglas Smith’s latest achievement. In 2020, he grew a 20-foot-tall sunflower, and also set a new national record for the heaviest tomato, with a 3.106 kg tomato. He likes to run little experiments on other vegetables and crops, and he is currently experimenting on peas, aubergines and potatoes.
4. What can we know about Douglas Smith from paragraph 2?
A. He broke the old record twice.
B. He had planted the best tomatoes.
C. He thought breaking the record was easy.
D He had worked to break the record for a decade.
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5. Which of the following can describe Douglas Smith best?
A. Strict and tolerant. B. Attractive and brave
C. Patient and hard-working. D. Friendly and humorous.
6. What may be a challenge for Douglas Smith to break the old record?
A. A lack of money. B. Skill shortages.
C. Building a laboratory. D. Dealing with the blight.
7. What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. The record’s significance.
B. Douglas Smith’s next plan.
C The details about the heaviest tomato.
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D. More information about Douglas Smith’s planting.
C
These days, there’s a green version of just about everything. There are cars that run on electricity and alternative fuels, houses that are powered by solar energy and wind farms seemingly popping up on every open space from California to coastal Japan. Even drones ( 无 人 机 ) ate getting in on the action. The unmanned air vehicles are also being put to environmental uses around the globe.
The eye in the sky that they provide helps researchers better understand what’s going on with the natural world in which we live. For environmentalists and earth scientists, the flying machines can be sent way up in the air to record sweeping footage of a large area to track the impact of things like climate change, migration and the acts of cutting down and burning forest trees, which can be done without having to buy a helicopter, rent a plane or tape a video camera to a bird.

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Sure, there’s plenty of satellite footage already out there, but drones let researchers accurately position the data set that they want to get a quicker, closer look at the area that they’re looking to monitor. In 2013, for example, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent a drone into the Turrialba Volcano in Costa Rica to gather data about its emissions. The temperature, ash height and gas concentration information collected during the mission helped earth scientists determine which way the volcanic and potentially poisonous gas erupting from the volcano was moving and take steps to limit its environmental impact.
Similarly, Arctic researchers are using drones to help study temperature change and the melting of glaciers. They use drones equipped with infrared (红外线的 ) cameras to sweep into places that they may otherwise not be able to reach to monitor and collect data on the melting ice. The same flying machines may also eventually be used to transport other data collection tools into the wild.
8. How does the author lead in the topic of the text?
A. By giving examples. B. By listing data.
C. By drawing a distinction. D. By making assumptions.
9 What mainly makes drones used to better watch nature? .
A. The high safety.
B. The huge space.
C. The recovery capability after damage.
D. The ability to collect data at a high altitude.
10. What do the last two paragraphs mainly tell us about drones?
A. Their production steps.
B. Their practical functions.
C. Their potential impacts on the atmosphere.
D. Their data set for motoring the environment.
11. Which is a suitable title for the text?
A. Drones: Poisonous B. Drones: Eco-friendly
C. Drones: Limited D. Drones: Adaptable
D
Jewel White, a 15-year-old student, gathers her books and signs herself out of a routine morning math class.
She is not leaving school for the day, but is off to try some more challenging equations. This practice is not uncommon at Westmount Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where an unconventional learning approach is prevailing.
Westmount is one of the eight regular schools in the country where students work at their own pace and set their own direction, spending as much or as little time as they need on subjects. Teachers act as advisers. With the classroom teachers’permission, students can sign out of a class to work on other materials or walk into another class to catch up on another subject. And every two weeks they make plans for their own learning time, with support from their adviser.
At a time when a shrinking student population is causing boards to close schools. Westmount sits at 30 percent overcapacity with 1,500 students. Its bursting number led education officials to consider expanding the program to

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other locations.
“If students are interested, we are going to do our best to provide that sort of programming,” said Todd White, chair of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board.
When students like Jewel are not in a classroom, they can usually be found in the school’s learning commons, a study area for all students. There are teachers available to help, but generally students are working on their own assignments or projects.
Jewel said Westmount’s self-paced style caught her attention when she was looking at high schools. Westmount is not the school close to her home. She said at elementary school she would often cause trouble in class because she would complete her work early and not have much else to do.“I find this kind of academic environment in Westmount is a lot better for me,”she said.“I like the thought of being able to work faster or slower if needed.”
12. What does the word“prevailing”underlined in paragraph I mean?
A. Catching on. B. Giving way. C. Slowing down. D. Causing trouble.
13. Which of the following words can best describe the school’s learning approach?
A. Complex but familiar. B. Flexible and efficient.
C. Traditional and common. D. Difficult but interesting.
14. What is Todd White’s attitude to Westmount’s style of learning?
A. Tolerant. B. Doubtful. C. Positive. D. Unconcerned.
15. What did Jewel think of her elementary school?
A. It was a school closest to her home.
B. It provided too much homework for students.
C. Its learning atmosphere was not very satisfying.
D. Its students did not work as fast as Westmount.
第二节(共 5 小题：每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分)
阅读下面短文从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Wherever you live, you always look forward to a comfortable home. However, people don’t often turn it into what they want because they worry about the costs. Actually, this is a common misconception( 错误认识 )—you don’t need to spend a lot of money in order to make your home comfortable.___ 16___.
Clear
The first thing you need to do before buying or rearranging anything is clearing rooms.17 .______ There is no way to turn a cluttered( 杂 乱的 ) space into an attractive one without organizing it. So, the first thing you do is clearing rooms. You don’t have to throw out everything. Though clearing rooms can be an ongoing process that takes time, it’s worth it.
Add Green Plants
18 .______ Besides the eye- pleasing effect that plants and flowers have, they also remove toxins(毒素) from the air, making your environment healthier. If that isn’t enough for you, they tend to help calm people down. Try Darker Colors
Another thing you can do to make a room look warmer is use some darker shades in the decoration. Lighter

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colors are great for making a room feel bigger, but darker colors create a comfortable and attractive environment.___ 19___.
Adjust the Lighting
The last thing is lighting. The lighting in a room can make or break it.___20___. Think of using the fireplace if you have one, lighting some candles and hanging up some string lights. Even a lamp can make all the difference to the environment of a room.
A. Warm lighting can make a room pleasant and sweet
B. Disorder is the exact opposite of warm and attractive
C. You shouldn’t keep plants and flowers in your bedroom
D. Throwing in some darker colors will make the room look perfect
E. Besides making it keep warm, blankets add more color to a room
F. Here are some inexpensive ways to make your home comfortable
G. One way to make a room attractive is to add plants and fresh flowers
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分 30 分)
第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 15 分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A few years ago, I was at a restaurant with my project team, eating a Christmas dinner. My view of the other diners was via a ____21____ in from of me from where I was sitting. It was a Wednesday night about 3 weeks before Christmas so there were only about 6 other tables ____22____.
About 10 minutes before we left, I happened to look in the mirror, seeing two girls come in. They sat near me. They started to ____23____ the menu and I could hear what they said. They ____24____.“It’s so expensive!”
I usually ____25____ the table that’s eating their dinners so I can get their check from the restaurant. As we left, I told the manager I wanted to ____26____ the two girls. He figured that the high ____27____ was $100 including taxes, so I gave him $140 and told him to give the waiter whatever was left as a Christmas ____28____ . Touched by my act, the manager said he would ____29____ anything over $100 and give the waiter $40. We agreed that he would tell the two girls after we _____30_____ that someone had paid for their meal. I wanted them to _____31_____ whatever they wanted without considering the cost.
The next day I went to the restaurant again to eat dinner with my friends, the manager _____32_____ me. He walked to me. From him, I knew _____33_____ about the thing after we left. The two girls felt _____34_____ and were moved to tears. They appreciated the kindness and said they would pass the kindness on to others in need.
I do this several times a year but I _____35_____ like the two girls’reaction, which makes think it valuable to do such things!
21. A. waiter
B. material
C. table
D. mirror
22. A. occupied
B. improved
C. created
D. carried
23. A. read
B. find
C. type
D. collect
24. A. guessed
B. whispered
C. apologized
D. explained
25. A. embrace
B. purchase
C. pick
D. give
26. A. break up
B. live up to
C. brush aside
D. pay for
27. A. reward
B. expense
C. fine
D. salary

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28. A. result
B. recreation
C. chance
D. tip
29. A. express
B. cover
C. inform
D. wish
30. A. pursued
B. imitated
C. left
D. slipped
31. A. order