2023高考英语模拟试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1When caught _ in the exam, he begged for the teachers pardon and tried _ punishment.Acheating; escaping Bto be cheating; to escapeCcheating; to escape Dto be cheating; escaping2To get a slim figure, Fanny has tried many ways, but in vain. So now she is reduced anythingfor supper.Ato not eatingBnot to eatCnot to eatingDto not eat3Sometimes we have to face embarrassing moments _ we can only keep silent.AwhoBwhichCwhenDwhy4Highspeed trains which travel through my hometown _ up to 250 km per hour make it a small world.AwithBagainstCatDover5 How could they misunderstand me like that?Just keep silent! Its the best way to let them know they you wrong.AdoBdidCare doingDhad done6All the photographs in this book, stated otherwise, date from the 1950s.AunlessBuntilConceDif7Im most awfully grateful to you. I cant think what I _ without you.Acould doBwould doCshould have doneDmust have done8_! Somebody has left the lab door open.Dont look at me.AHi, thereBDear meCThank goodnessDCome on9. Some people say more but do less _ others do the opposite.AonceBwhenCwhileDas10The witness an important detail when describing the accident.Abrought outBkept offCleft outDran into11You have to rewrite the monthly report because you _ many important details.Aturned offBleft outCdropped byDput up12The aim of the government is to make every citizen better off,_, to help them live a happy lifeAas a resultBfor a startCfor one thingDin other words13_ and they will finish off the challenging job.AIn a weekBA week laterCAfter a weekDAnother week14Dont to spring-clean the whole house just because my mother is coming theres no need to do that.AundertakeBattemptCbotherDhesitate15Thanks to the “sugar tax”， food factories have reduced sugar in their products, _ about 45 million kilograms of sugar.Ato save BsavedCsaving Dhaving saved16John lives _. He has a very small budget and little money to spend on clothes.Ain the black Bon a shoestringCover the moon Dat the drop of a hat17Not far from the club was there a garden, _ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon.AwhoseBitsCwhichDthat18The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already _ for a meal to be cooked.AlaidBlayingCto layDbeing laid19I could not _my tears when I saw the picture of my father working at the quake zone.Abring In Bturn upCtake off Dhold back20Their products enjoy 30 percent _ of the market in this country because both the quality and their service are fine.Afeatures Bshares Cinterests Dsales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）When asked how technology might improve the lives of people with vision impairments (视力障碍), Joann Becker presented a misleadingly simple challenge. “Well,” the vision impairments tech specialist recalls saying. “Id like to be able to find my bus slop through Be My Eyes”.Be My Eyes, which went live in 2015, establishes a direct video connection between visually impaired users and sighted volunteers. The assumption is simple: Many people who are blind dont need any actual assistance in completing their daily tasks, but merely need a little help.A sighted volunteer might be asked to help identify which of two cans contains tomatoes. In this case, the visually impaired user can cook a meal just fine on his/her own-all he/she needs is a quick confirmation that he/she has the correct can. The model appears to be working; more than 540,000 volunteers and nearly 40,000 people with low vision are registered on the app.“An elderly woman can now help a visually impaired technician set up his computer,” says founder Hans Wiberg, who has very low vision. “She doesnt need to know a thing about computers. She only needs to read what is presented on the screen. Then he can do the rest.”Early assistive technology centered on dedicated devices (专用设备), because of the niche market (缝隙市场), which sold for hundreds or even thousands of dollars. But the smartphone, multipurpose and near-universal, has completely changed the economy of scale.“There are larger market forces driving high-powered computation, high-quality engineering and high-quality battery management in the smartphone market than those in a specialty product,” says Aaron Steinfeld, a research professor at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.“The reality is, most sighted people dont know somebody who is blind.” Becker