2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷注意事项:1答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。2答题时请按要求用笔。3请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。4作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。5保持卡面清洁，不要折暴、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Mary was pleased to see that the seeds she _ in the garden were growing.Awas planting Bhas planted Cwould plant Dhad planted2Lets go and have dinner this evening._. Have you come out first in the exam?AThanks a lot. BWhy not?CWhat for? DYes, Id like to.3The small restaurant is always crowded in every part.Thats _ it has a unique dining environment and quite a few wonderful dishes.AwhyBbecauseCwhereDwhen4Next Monday is my birthday.Is that so? _AI cant believe my ears. BIm so glad to hear that.CWhat presents do you want? DMany happy returns of the day!5Hes as a “bellyacher”hes always complaining about something.Awho is knownBwhom is knownCwhat is knownDwhich is known6 What does the sign over there read? “No person _ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in this area.”AwillBshallCmayDmust7 What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball game. _. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.A. Its up to youBGlad to hear thatCYou cant miss itDIt just depends8Philips won 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games, _astonished the world.AthatBwhichCwhatDwho9Nearly all educators believe that a challenging situation can often _ the best qualities of a person.Acheer upBtake overCbring outDput away10The room is so clean. He _ have cleaned it yesterday evening.AwillBneedCcanDmust11_ that I wouldnt support myself at that moment.AI was weak enough BI was too weakCSo weak was I DSuch weak was I12This is the first time that we _a film in the cinema together as a family .AseeBhad seenCsawDhave seen13The mother goes mad every time she washes the T-shirt_ her son wipes his dirty hands.AthatBwhereCwhichDwhen14The earthquake in Japan, measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale, was so violent _ cause a series of explosions of the nuclear reactors in several power stations.AtoBthatCas toDas that15-I hear youll cancel all your plans and appointments. Why?-They _ my life. I just cant stop.AcontrolBcontrolledChave controlledDhave been controlling16_ work and creative activities have been important drivers of human progress is deeply rooted in our social values.AHow BWhetherCThat DWhy17He _ it on schedule, but somehow he fell behind.Amust have doneBmight finishCcould have finishedDcould finish18- Is it convenient to you if I call you up at 9 oclock tomorrow morning?- Im afraid not. I _ a meeting then.Awill have attendedBwas attendingCwill be attendingDam attending19The customs officers were insisting that suitcases should be opened and their contents _ for closer inspection.Alaid outBgiven outCsent outDpicked out20What do you think of your journey to Yunnan?Everything is very fantastic，especially its fresh air.It is pleasant _.Abreathed Bbeing breathedCto be breathed Dto breathe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）We found out a tornado was coming. Seconds later, it blew away our house. The tornado last 4 minutes, to us, it felt like a lifetime.On the day the tornado hit, there was no indication severe weather was on its waythe sky was blue and the sun had been out. The first alert my husband and I got came from some scrolling text on the TV. He ran upstairs to find me in our third floor bedroom and we changed the channel to our local one.No sooner had we found coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. It was the loudest thing I have ever heard. The house shook, and the power went out. The wind began to roar through the house. We had stairs to guide us to the relative safety of the first floor. Because the closet down there is underneath a brick staircase, it seemed like the strongest place in our town house.I didnt know how or if we would make it down the steps. I tried to move forward, but the intense pressure held me in place. In those seconds of stillness, I could notice everything around me moving. As we reached the last few steps, our front door blew out. Pieces of glass that looked like crushed ice flew everywhere.By the time I reached the closet, the tornado had been over us for about a minute. Jimmy pushed me down to the closet floor, but he couldnt get inside himself. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house.“Hold on! Hold on!” he yelled. But there was nothing in this closet to hold on to.All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet lik