2023高考英语模拟试卷注意事项1考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。2试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。3考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1The health of garden plants depends on the soil _ -the proper balance of mineral pieces, organic matter, air and water.Aconstruction BconservationCcorporation Dcomposition.2In my driving lesson, a traffic rule that impressed me most is that in no time _ when the traffic lights turn red.Aall vehicles should stopBshould all vehicles stopCshould stop all vehiclesDshould stop all vehicles3If it _ for her great help then, I would not study English so well now.Ahasnt beenBwasntChadnt beenDisnt4Experts warn that medical waste from hospitals, if _properly, may lead to spreading diseases.Anot handledBnot being handledCnot to be handledDnot having handled5People expect Shanghai Disneyland Park to offer better service than _ of Tokyos.AthisBitConeDthat6This restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere _ many others are short of.AwhereBwhenCthatDwhat7It s a good idea to get students to retell a story their own wordsAofBinCbyDthrough8If you _ to my advice carefully, you wouldnt have made such a terrible mistake.AlistenedBhave listenedCwould listenDhad listened9I _up my mind what I was going to say in the seminar, but it was cancelled.Ahave made Bhad madeCwas making Dwould make10The problem with the current system allows anyone to commit a similar crime without . It needs to be fixed.Abeing punished BpunishedCto punish Dpunishing11I think you could complain, _, of course, you are happy with the way thing s are.AunlessBthatCwhichDwhere12Although he did not do it_, he definitely had some responsibility.AinstantlyBdeliberatelyCaccidentallyDcasually13The room is so clean. He _ have cleaned it yesterday evening.AwillBneedCcanDmust14Nowadays, the Internet is a popular _ for the public to access information and voice their opinions.AtrackBtrendCchannelDlane15It 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 into16Our team is world-class and it was no surprise that we won by such a margin.AlowBhighCwideDnarrow17It_to plant trees and grass on the hillside.Yes. They help stop soil from being washed away.Amakes senseBmakes moneyCmakes a livingDmakes a mistakes18This is a very interesting book. Ill buy it, _.Ahowever much it may costBno matter how it may costChow much may it costDhowever many it may cost19The whole nation is struggling to work out an inexpensive _ effective solution to smog.AyetBstillCorDthough20The police are offering _ reward of $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of _ murderer.Athe; theBa; aCthe; aDa; the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） American families are accustomed to settling in faraway places, which has been a national phenomenon. Decades of data, including a more recent Gallup study, characterizes the US as one of the most geographically mobile countries in the world. “About one in four US adults(24 percent) has reported moving within the country in the past five years.” the reported noted. With the exception of Finns(23 percent) and Norwegians(22 percent), Americans move considerably more than their European peers.Though some may move for love or family, the major reason why Americans choose to move around is, unsurprisingly, related to work. Citing data from the Current Population Survey, a post on the blog of the New York Fed noted that between 1998 and 2013, “slightly more than half of interstate(州际的) migrants said they moved for employmentrelated reasonsa category that includes moves undertaken for new jobs, job transfers, and easier commutes(通勤).”The seeking of opportunity, particularly for an immigrant nation, is a national mythology(神话) as well as an emotional attachment to work. A new working paper analyzed by Ben Steverman at Bloomberg suggests that workers in the US now “put in almost 25 percent more hours than Europeans” in a given year. This figure has steadily risen since the 1970s, when the hours logged by workers in Western Europe and the US were roughly the same.There are, of course, some internal factors. The US is much vaster than most European countries, plus it boasts(拥有) a common language. It is considered to be a sign of an efficient labor market that US workers can be persuaded to move to regions where there is a steady growth in jobs, such as the Sun Belt in recent years. And while American workers often have fewer labor