2023学年高考英语模拟试卷请考生注意：1请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用05毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。2答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项，按规定答题。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Several of us were asked to attend the meeting, as _ below.AlistedBlistingCto be listedDhaving listed2-Hello，_-Oh，sorry. Ive got the wrong number.ADr. Browns office.BWhos that speaking？CCan I help you？DIs that Dr. Brown？3You know, people have different opinions about the construction of the project.We welcome any comments from them, favorable or _.AsoBotherwiseCelseDrather4The problem lies in_ were now giving him a fish, not teaching him how to fish.AwhatBthatCwhichDif5Helen said that she would bring me Justin Biebers latest CD the next day, but she .AwouldntBdidntChadn tDhasnt6- Have you heard that they are working around the clock to compete for the prize?- Dont worry. We are ready to the challenge.Abuild upBtake upCstick toDlead to7You have to rewrite the monthly report because you _ many important details.Aturned offBleft outCdropped byDput up8-_ I say something to you? You were really, really something back there. Incredible!-Are you talking to -me? Whoa!AMustBCanCNeedDShould9_, I have never seen anyone whos as capable as John.AAs long as I have traveled BMuch as I have traveledCNow that I have traveled so much DAs I have traveled so much10With the help of high technology in the past few years, electronic business _ to bank industry and travel industry.Aapplied Bhave appliedChas been applied Dhad been applied11It is believed that many more popular terms _ on the Internet this year.Awill be createdBhave createdCare createdDare creating12There is _ as a free dinner in this world. As the saying goes, “No pains, no gains.”Ano such a good thingBsuch no good thingCno such good thingDnot so a good thing13Star skater Wu Dajing won Chinas first gold medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games breaking world record in short track mens 500m.Ato BbyCwith Din14I had hardly rung the bell _ the door was opened suddenly, and my son rushed out to greet me.Abefore BuntilCas Dsince15 The rent of our flat will see a 20% rise this year? Yes. Thats _ I have compromised with the flat owner.Awhat BwhereChow Dwhen16The general secretary stressed that what he had just said was only his _view, not official intentions.AprivateBseparateCpersonalDsingle17Keeping a regular sleep schedule is important for setting a babys body clock,_researchers note should be in place by about 4 months of age.AwhoseBwhichCwhenDwhere18I felt like giving up. I probably _， but my Dad whispered, “Come on! You can make it.”Awould have Bwould Cshould Dshould have19In 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 vehicles20How did it come that you damaged your car so badly? I _into a tree on the roadside the other day.AranBhad runCwas runningDrun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） When Huang Lizhi took her first class in African sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in February, her professor asked her and her classmates what impresses them most when it comes to Africa.Unexpectedly, Huang, 31, found that words like “poverty” and “safari” negative words that were often associated with the continent in media reports were the kind of terms her African classmates didnt want to hear. Instead, they preferred to hear the question answered in this way: “Africa is the cradle of humankind” and “Africans are passionate and generous”.Apparently, there are some misunderstandings between us. Its true that with incidents like the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa and the emergence (出现) of pirates off the coast of Somalia hitting the news, its easy for us to keep forgetting that Africa has one of the worlds oldest civilizations Egypt, born by the worlds longest river, the Nile. The proof is in the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza, which are both popular among tourists. And the tombs of ancient Egypt have also become endless sources for the literature and film industries.When it comes to the natural environment of Africa, our misunderstandings are only bigger. But the truth is that instead of being extremely hot all year and covered by desert, the continent has large areas of savannas (稀树草原) where lions, giraffes and zebras live, the snowcapped Kilimanjaro the highest mountain in Africa and even thick forest on