2023年高考英语模拟试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3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）1Mum, I dont think I am qualified enough to do thisHoney, be confident! You should know it is _ a man thinks of himself really determines his fateAthat; that Bhow; that Cwhat; that Dthat; how2What a pity! You missed my birthday party.Terribly sorry!_my uncle not visited me unexpectedly.AShouldBWouldCHadDDid3What do you think of your preparations for the final exams?Not so good. Actually I feel like _ for Ive made little progress in Maths.ADaniel in the lions denBAchilles heelCa good SamaritanDa sacred cow4Was it from the lake _ he often went fishing _ he saved the drowning girl?Athat; that Bwhere; whereCwhere; that Dthat; where5Men must consider eating, drinking, clothing and finding shelter _ they can pursue entertainment and recreation.Auntil BunlessCbefore Dbecause6-I did really well in the examination, Li Ke. -I did _. I got full mark.Ano lessBnot lessCnot worseDno worse7Some tourists visiting Tian anmen Square during the holiday left a _ of litter everywhere they went.AtrailBdotCchainDtrack8Her doctor indicated that even adding a(n) _ amount of daily exercise would dramatically improve her health.Amodest BequalCconsiderable Dexact9Simply raise your hand，and a taxi appears _Aat no time Bat one timeCin no time Dfor the time being10Faced with the dilemma, the company committee _ a public statement, appointing the capable man to be its new global chief financial officer.Apulled out Bput outCreached out Ddrew out11The document film _ next week aims at introducing local cultures to the world.AreleasedBbeing releasedCto be releasedDhaving been released12Visit the old man this afternoon？If you _，make sure you wear sunscreens to protect your skin.AmustBcanCmayDshall13His strong sense of humor was make everyone in the room burst out laughing.Aso as to Bsuch as toCso that Dsuch that14-How was your trip to Xian last month？-_. It was raining cats and dogs during my stay there.AWonderfulBExcitingCNot badDIt couldnt be worse15American singer Taylor Swift, 21, _ big at the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards in the US on April 3rd.AstoodBgaveCscoredDmade16Despite the fact that his scores were good, they were hardly as excellent as a student with his intelligence .AachievedBhad achievedCwould achieveDshould have achieved17The statement of One Foundation helps you _ where your money is goingAkeep track ofBput up withCcome up withDfit in with18What did she want to know, Tom?She wondered _ we could complete the experiment.Awhen was itBit was when thatCit was whenDwhen it was that19_by the English teacher for the high grade, I felt my effort finally paid off.APraise BPraised CTo praise DPraising20In recent years, Chinese arts have won the of a lot of people outside China.Areputation BenjoymentCappreciation Dentertainment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） Babies have an astonishing talent that adults entirely lose. By the age of one, they can recognise the significant noises around them and group them into a language. When we have lost this capacity as adults, it becomes enormously difficult to distinguish between sounds that are glaringly different to a native speaker. It all sounds Greek to us. This is because the range of possible sounds that humans use to convey meaning may be as high as 2,000, but few languages use more than 100 and even then the significant noisesthe phonemes (音素) of a languageeach cover a range of sounds and so vague distinctions which would change the meaning of a word in other languages.But where do these phonemes come from and why do they shift over time? New research suggests that the apparently arbitrary distribution of some sounds around the world may be partially explained by diet. This is unexpected. Wed rather think of language as product of our thought, rather than of the arrangement of our teeth. In reality, though, any given language must be both.Hunter gatherer languages very seldom use the sounds known as labiodentals (唇齿音)those such as f and vthat are made by touching the lower lip with the upper teeth. Only two of the hundreds of Australian aboriginal languages use them, for example. But in cultures that have discovered farming, these consonants (辅音) are much more common. The argument goes that farmers eat more cooked food and more dairy than hunter gatherers. Either way, they need t