2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，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）1Would you mind giving your advice on how to improve our business management?If you make _ most of the equipment, there will be _ rise in production.Athe; aB/; /C/; aDthe; /2I admire my English teacher. I can remember very few occasions _ she stoppedworking because of ill health.AthatBwhenCwhereDwhich3-Where is my Chinese book? I remember I put it here yesterday.-You _ it in the wrong place.Amust putBshould have putCmight have putDmight put4Pity you missed Georges wedding.Well, I _.Ahavent been invited Bwouldnt be invitedChadnt been invited Dam not invited5The boy was waving his stick in the street and it _ missed the child standing nearby.AcloselyBnarrowlyCnearlyDhardly6If I can help , I dont like working late into the night.AsoBthatCthemDit7Both men have been _to life imprisonment because of robbery.AchokedBcondemnedCconsistedDconvinced8Peterson, a great archaeologist, said: “Archaeologists have been extremely patient because we were led to believe that the ministry was _ this problem, but we feel that we cant wait any longer.”Alooking outBbringing outCcarrying outDsorting out9Being happy is a skill that can be learned, and one way to _ ourselves to be happy is to write down the little things that cheer us up each day.AconveyBappealCtrainDattempt10 Hi! John, would you like to play football with us? Oh，I cant. I _ my lesson all the morning and still need half an hour.Aam reviewingBhave been reviewingChave reviewedDreviewed11- 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,12-The weather is too cold _ March this year.- It was still _ when I came here years ago.Afor; colderBin; coldCin; hotDfor; hotter13Nine in ten parents said there were significant differences in their approach to educating their children compared with _ of their parents.Athose Bone Cthat Dit14You should first explore your talents and get to know yourself so as to make a list of _ you think your real interests lie.Athat BwhatCwhere Dhow15Kunming is called “Spring City”, but it _ snow in winter.AshallBcanCmustDmight16We could have done something meaningful in the time it _ to watch that boring movie.Ahas takenBtookChad takenDtakes17 Dont put the waste on the ground, young man. Oh, Im sorry. I _ the dustbin there. Ahadnt seen Bhavent seen Cdidnt see Dwasnt seeing18We should do what we can _ peoples hard work pays off.Abe sureBbeing sureCmaking sureDto make sure19The affairs of each country should be by its own people.Aelected BsettledCdeveloped Dcontained20Not having worked out the program, _ leave the office. Aso he was forbidden to Band he didnt want toChis little son couldnt make him Dbe couldnt free himself to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） If we look around us at the things we have purchased at some point in our lives, we would no doubt notice that not everything we own is being put to good use: the thick woolen coat which we thought looked trendy despite the fact that we live in a tropical country. the smartphone that got put away when we bought ourselves the newest model, or even the guest room in our house that somehow got turned into a storeroom.Those underutilized(未充分使用的) items may seem useless to some, but could be of value to others. With the occurrence of the Internet, online communities have figured out a way to generate profit from the sharing of those underused property, Using websites and social media groups that facilitate the buying and selling of second-hand goods it is now easier than ever for peer-to-peer sharing activities to take place. And this is known as the sharing economy.These popular online platforms are providing a chance for people to make a quick fortune. To give an example, busy parents previously might not have bothered with setting up a stall at the local market to sell their childrens old equipment, but with online marketplaces, parents are now able to sell on those hardly worn baby clothes that their children have outgrown so as to put some cash back into their pockets.Businesses have also caught on to the profitability of the sharing economy and are seeking to gain f