2023高考英语模拟试卷注意事项1考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回2答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置3请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符4作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效5如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Check your paper carefully to see _ you have made any mistakes.AwhatBwhichCwhetherDthat2 Sorry, sir. I _ follow you. Would you please speak slower? Ok.AcantBmustntCshouldntDneednt3You look beautiful in this dress and there is only one of this kind left here. I wonder if you would buy _.AitBoneCsomeDany4She is fed up with sharing a house with others; , she is looking for her own flat.AmoreoverBotherwiseChoweverDtherefore5It suddenly occurred to him _ he had left his keys in the officeAthatBwhatCwhereDwhich6_equal opportunities, both Frank and Billy may accomplish the task.AGivenBGivingCTo giveDto be given7A study suggests reducing energy demand in the future may _ urban areas.Thats true. Cities need more energy than small towns or other rural areas.Acatch on Bact onChang on Dcenter on8May I use your new dictionary?It s over there_AFeel free BNever mind CMy pleasure DIts OK9Rent usually _ up in the summer, when college graduates are moving out of their dormitories and seeking for new places to move in.Awill goBgoesChas goneDwent10_ it is so hot, I guess we cant do anything until after dark.AIn caseBNow thatCEven ifDAs though11The explosion in the chemical plant _ avoided had the county authorities, aiming too much at short-term interests, performed their duties from the beginning.Ashould beBmight beCmust have beenDcould have been12Im tired outI stayed up the whole night, _ for my midterm math examAstudyingBto studyCto be studyingDstudied13During the economic crisis, we should help those for _life is far from easyAwhomBwhoseCwhoDwhoever14If I _it with my own eyes ,I wouldnt have believed it.Adidnt seeBwerent seeingCwouldnt seeDhadnt seen15Under good treatment, many patients are beginning to _ and will soon recover.Aturn up Bcatch upCpick up Dshow up16Owing to The Chinese Poetry Competition, publications on classical Chinese literature are _ a significant share of storage space at the bookstore.Ataking up Bdividing up Cbreaking up Dputting up17Alices father always brings her a nice gift _ he returns home from his business trip.Aby the timeBall the timeCevery timeDin the time18I can _ Dianas thoughts from the changes in her facial expressions.Aread Bnotice Ccount Dwatch19A new movie Sacrifice came out last year, Ge You played adoctor saved an orphan at the cost of his own baby.Ain which; whoBwhen; whoCon which; by whomDwhere; whom20You wont find paper cutting difficult _you keep practicing it.Aeven if Bas long as Cas if Dever since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）Happy Birthday to Me (and My Mom)Forty-three years ago my mother went into labour for the second time. It was either very late New Years Day or very early on the second day of 1969 depending on how you looked at it but either way, it was a full week past her due date when my mom woke up knowing it was time to wake my dad up, get dressed, pack up the car and head to the hospital. Her regular doctor was on vacation and when they reached the hospital they planned to deliver in were told that the doctor was on his way to another hospital so they should head there, in a neighbouring city. Most surprising to me now is that she felt well enough to attend a New Years party the previous night and stayed long enough to toast in the new year!My mom and her family had immigrated to the United States just twenty years earlier from El Salvador. And that was a lucky thing for me. Not only did my mom gain access to a better education and career options here in the US for herself, each of her three daughters would also enjoy her access to quality maternity (孕产妇的) care. While the US is hardly the world leader in maternal health or birth outcomes, these days a woman faces a 1 in 2,100 risk of dying during her life and in El Salvador, its 1 in 350-6 times worse. In 1969, that difference was even greater.However, I was pregnant with my second child in El Salvador six years ago when I realized how very different my life might have turned out if Id lived there when I delivered my first child. I travelled down there with CARE, the humanitarian relief organization, whose efforts my mom had long supported, to see some of their principal programmes in action. Among them was one in particular tha