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）1How about his design?Well, to tell the truth, it is _ but satisfactory. So youll have to try your best to better it.AsomethingBanythingCeverythingDnothing2Halfway through the chapter _ I didnt take anything in.Adid I realizeBhad I realizedCI realizedDI would realize3Helen said that she would bring me Justin Biebers latest CD the next day, but she .AwouldntBdidntChadn tDhasnt4To apply for a short-term study visa in the UK, I have to be able to speak some English, but I want to go there just to learn English.Oh, its really_.Aa confidential sourceBa catch-22 situationCa Pandoras boxDa Herculean task5Could you check my list to see I have forgotten anything?No problem.Awhether BwhichCthat Dwhat6- Catherine, I have cleaned the room for you.-Thanks. You _ it. I could manage it myself.Aneednt doBshouldnt have doneCmustnt doDneednt have done7 Whats wrong with your ipad2? The sound _is not clear. -Yes. It has been broken for some time.Acome outBcoming outCto come outDcame out8It _ a Saturday afternoon in May _ Margaret could arrange for me to meet her elder ,sister.Awas until; when Bwas until;thatCwas not until; when Dwas not until; that9The Small Goose Pagoda in Xian, one of the 22 Silk Road relics located in China, _ back in 707 during the Tang Dynasty.AdatedBwas datedCdatesDis dating10Better get down to your work, Tom. _.AIts my pleasure BDont mention it CMind your own business DYoure welcome11The Games are known as the friendly games because of their _ on kindness and mutual respect.AlacksBfocusesCchallengesDresearches12With economy increasing steadily, people _ enjoy a life of higher quality.AshouldBcanCmayDmust13Many young people just cant live without the Internet, they depend on for whatever information they need.AwhichBwhenCwhereDwhat14The incomes of skilled workers went up. , unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.AMoreoverBThereforeCMeanwhileDOtherwise15The conflict between economic development and environmental protection, if not appropriately _, can cause disastrous consequences in daily life settings.Abeing managedBto manageCmanagedDmanaging16The case shocked the public, a hot debate over human nature on the Intemet.AcausesBcausedCcausingDto cause17Michelle Obama wears clothes that anyone can buy in a mall and _ she may have a larger effect on consumers than ordinary models.AfurthermoreBotherwiseCneverthelessDtherefore18It is going to rain today. Take an umbrella with you to _ you from the rain.AstopBpreventCkeepDprotect19My wife sometimes _ something she has long been looking for. Thats why she enjoys window shopping.Alooks upBlooks forCpicks upDpicks out20We should bear in mind that social development and balance of nature should go in .AcompanyBsympathyCassociationDharmony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） Spending money on time-saving services reduces stress and boosts(增进）happiness，according to a new research, but shockingly, few of us do it.Whillans, a professor at HBS said, “ Buying time helps to protect us from the stress in our lives caused by time pressure, and the feeling that we don t have enough minutes in the day to complete our tasks. The effect was clearest in the Canadian experiment, in which 60 working adults were given $40 to spend in two different ways. One weekend, they were told to spend the money on a material purchasea gift for themselves. The next weekend, they were instructed to spend the $40 on anything that saved them time，from paying the neighbor s kid to run errands (跑腿）to taking an Uber instead of a bus.On the day they made the time-saving purchase, they felt happier, in a better mood, and lower feelings of time stress than on the day they bought a material purchase， said Whillans.The biggest surprise to the researchers was how few people would spend money on time-saving services. When they asked 98 working adults how they would spend a “windfall” of $40，only two percent named a purchase that would save them time.“ One reason， said Whillans，is that we re very bad at remembering how much we hate doing certain tasks once the suffering has passed. That makes us less likely to take active steps to avoid that overburdened feeling in the future. ” But another possible cause is good old-fashioned guilt. “If you feel guilty about getting someone to clean your house for