2023学年高考英语模拟试卷考生须知：1全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。2请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。3保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Usually doctors are understandably _ about new medicines because of the uncertainty of their effects.Aconsiderate Blogical Coptimistic Dcautious2-Oh, we have finished our task and can have a good rest- _Our manager took another order yesterdayAYes, it willBI dont take much of itCIts possibleDIts hard to say3According to the bank rules released recently, you have to pay a 25% _ on each cheque you cash.AadmissionBpensionCallowanceDcommission4When she was in trouble, I did what I could to help her_ my help, she wrote me a letter of thanksAIn honor ofBIn case ofCIn terms ofDIn return for5The students have decided on a final date by which everyone _ reading the books assigned by their professor.AfinishesBfinishedChave finishedDwill have finished6_ clear goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily doings until we become slaves of them.AOn top of BIn the silence ofCOn account of DIn the absence of7- Who is dancing to music in the next room?- _ the children.AIt isBThey areCThat isDThere are8Im sorry for breaking the cup.Oh, _. Ive got plenty.Ahelp yourselfBforget itCmy pleasureDpardon me9The senior teacher always goes swimming and does push-ups to stay _.Ain placeBin orderCin shapeDin fashion10_ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.AWhich BWhen CWhat DAs11In the virtual laboratory environment created in the VR app, students can _ a particular experiment before doing them in a real lab.Areveal BreserveCpreview Dprovide12Peter survived in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He _ escaped drowning.AnearlyBslightlyCnarrowlyDhardly13I still find it hard to imagine that such a clever child _ make such a foolish mistake.AshallBmustCcanDshould14How long do you suppose it is _ he arrived there?Awhen BbeforeCafter Dsince15- She will finish the project within three days! - _! I could do it in three hours. AYou are right BIm stuck COh, come on DDont mention it16This car is important to our family. We would repair it at our expense _ it break down within the first year.AcouldBwouldCmightDshould17Amazing! You wear slippers at work.Dont you know its a fashion?AmustBshouldCcanDmay18In the forest, sound is the best means of communication over distance _ in comparison with light, it wont be blocked by trees when travelling.Awhile BbecauseCwhen Dthough19The new local law in Nanjing says parents not physically harm young children or expose them to longterm hunger as a punishment.AcanBshallCwillDneed20She then took the little key, and opened it, trembling, but could not at first see anything _, because the windows were shut.Aplainly Bclosely Cfirmly Dfrequently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） “Does my smile look big in this?” Future fitting-room mirrors in clothing stores could subtly adjust your reflection to make you look-and hence feel-happier encouraging you to like what you see.Thats the idea behind the Emotion Evoking System developed by Shigeo Yoshida and colleagues at the University of Tokyo in Japan. The system can manipulate, or in other words, control your emotions and personal preferences by presenting you with an image of your own smiling or frowning face.The principle that physiological changes can drive emotional ones that laughter comes before happiness, rather than the other way around- is a well-established idea.The researchers wanted to see if this idea could be used to build a computer system that manipulates how you feel. The system works by presenting the user with a web-camera image of his or her face as if they were looking in a mirror. The image is then subtly altered with-software, turning the corners of the mouth up or down and changing the area around the eyes, so that the person appears to smile or frown.Without telling them the aim of the study, the team recruited(招募)21 volunteers and asked them to sit in front of the screen while performing an unrelated task. When the task was completed, the participants rated how they felt. When the faces on screen appeared to smile, people reported that they felt happier. On the other hand, when the image was given a sad expression, they reported feeling less happy.Yoshida and his colleagues tested whether manipulating the volunteers emotional state would influence their preferences. Each person was given a scarf to wear and again presente