2023年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）1These new books are a very welcome _ to the school library.AadditionBarrivalCattitudeDaudience2Many people may be surprised by the number of chemicals that they are _ to through everyday household products.AdevotedBaddictedCexposedDapplied3According to the companys rule, ones payment is _ the work done, not to the time spent doing it.Ain proportion toBin addition toCin contrast toDin regard to4Do you feel like going to the cinema tonight?Sorry, I m so tiredI _an early nightAhaveBam havingChave hadDhad5-Hi, Johnson, any idea where Susan is?-It is class time, so she _ in the classroom now.Acan beBmust have beenCmight have beenDshould be6- Is there any chance of my being promoted?- If you want a promotion, youd better rather than get your way.Aplay the gameBcross your fingersCraise the red flagDkill the fatted calf7-But for your timely warning, we into great trouble. -Well, you know were friends.Awould getBmust have gotCwould have gotDcant have got8We have no idea what air we will be breathing in the future if we anything to stop hazy weather.Ahadnt done Bdidnt doChavent done Ddont do9The days are gone physical strength was all you needed to make a livingAthatBwhenCwhereDwhich10Most graduates in big cities are suffering form connected to soaring house prices and job hunting.AcuriosityBeagernessCthirstDanxiety11Allen followed his customer across the yard and stood on the step of the house, two shopping bags.AliftedBhaving liftedCto liftDlifting12Muir succeeds _ other designers have failedher clothes are Original, yet stylish.AthatBwhatCwhichDwhere13 Can I pay the bill by check? Sorry, sir. According to the rules of our hotel, the payment _ be made in cash.Ashall BneedCwill Dcan14Computers can do nothingBut once _what to do, they show extraordinary power to do a great dealAto programBbeing programmedCprogrammedDhaving programmed15It is beyond awkward when everyone around you _ laughing at a joke that you do not find funny, especially if its a joke told in a foreign language.Arun intoBbursts outCyells outDfalls into16Recently some hospitals in China have adopted _ they call a robot-doctor, _ will be used to operate on patients with more accuracy.Awhat; that Bthat; whichCwhat; which Dwhich; what17Although the used car seems in good _, it cannot run fast.AstateBsituationCconditionDoccasion18 public bicycles with a mobile app is more convenient for users.ATo unlock BUnlock CUnlocked DUnlocking19Scientists have many theories about how the universe into being.AcameBwas comingChad comeDwould come20The new secretary is and therefore the manager is satisfied with her work.AeffectiveBefficientCspecificDsufficient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）Few of us havent read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyones heartwe all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity or neglect.Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.Joey is everything that the rest of the boys in her class are not kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joeys paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesnt get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off po