2023届高考英语模拟试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号和座位号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码粘贴在答题卡右上角条形码粘贴处。2作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试题卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4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）1Bob made a promise to the manager _ the work would all be finished on time.AthatBwhatCwhichDwhether2-_ I say something to you? You were really, really something back there. Incredible!-Are you talking to -me? Whoa!AMustBCanCNeedDShould3- Mom, I m going to the graduation dance tonight but I don t think I look attractive enough. Oh, darling, don t worry. _AThey dont know what beauty is. BNobody will care about it.CYou look perfect the way you are. DImpossible is nothing,4The infrastructure of a country is _ makes everything run well, including things like transport, irrigation, electricity and schools.Awhich BthatCwhere Dwhat5No driving after drinking is a rule that every driver _ obey in our country.AwillBshallCmayDcan6The small restaurant is always crowded in every part.Thats _ it has a unique dining environment and quite a few wonderful dishes.AwhyBbecauseCwhereDwhen7It is broadcast on TV that the 88th Academy Award Ceremony was held in Dolby Theatre seats an audience of approximately 4, 000.AwhereBwhoseCwhichDwhen8Wed better go now, _ well miss the train.Abut Bso Cotherwise Dtherefore9_ your generous help, I do believe I have a better understanding of your country and culture.ABut forBOut ofCThanks toDAs to10_ to manage time wisely, and you can make the most out of each day.ALearning BTo learnCLearned DLearn11With the development of economy，our income has increased _ 10% in less than a year.Afor BbyCon Dat12Both men have been _to life imprisonment because of robbery.AchokedBcondemnedCconsistedDconvinced13We could have done something meaningful in the time it _ to watch that boring movie.Ahas takenBtookChad takenDtakes14The farmer used wood to build a house _ to store grain.A. thatB. in whichC. whichD. what15_ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on timeATo faceBFacedCFaceDfacing16If you think that the illness might be serious, you should not _ going to the doctor.Aput offBset aboutChold backDgive away17It was John who broke the window. Why are you talking to me as if I it?Ahad doneBhave doneCdidDam doing18Male nurses are difficult to hire as many men reject this_ out of the long-existing discriminationAonceptBresponsibilityCidentityDpersonality19His suggestion_to see the film Avatar interested every one of us.Athat we goBwhich we should goCthat we would goDwe should go20She is quite_to office work. You had better offer her some suggestions when necessary.AfamiliarBsimilarCfreshDsensitive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） Youve probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, vocal music teachers, career counselors，psychiatrists (精神病医师) and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with daily life.But theres a rapidly growing kind of professional who does a little bit of everything. She or he is called a “life coach”. People who are at crossroads in their lives and corporations that want to give certain employees a career boost are turning to them for help.The idea that one persons success story can change other peoples lives for the better goes back at least to the 1930s. Dale Carnegies famous self-improvement program “How to Win Friends and Influence People ” came along soon thereafter.But this new style of life coaches includes more than enthusiastic speakers or writers. They use their own experiences in business, sports, military service, or psychotherapy (心理疗法) to help others make critical life decisions.They often give their approach a slogan, such as “energy coaching” or “fearless living” or “working yourself happy”.Dave Lakhani in Boise, Idaho, for instance, works with salespeople to develop what he calls a “road map”. He says an ongoing relationship with a coach is like having a personal fitness trainer for ones career and life outside work.Lakhanis Bold Approach coaching firm also donates some of its time to help people who are anything but successful including battered women and struggling single mothers.But others in the so-called “helping professions” are not thrilled about the life-coaching movement. They say that anyone, trained or untrained, can call himself or herself a life coach, and that slick (华而不实的) promoters who mess with peoples li