2023学年高考英语模拟试卷注意事项:1答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。2答题时请按要求用笔。3请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。4作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。5保持卡面清洁，不要折暴、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1It was when she first arrived in China _ she developed a passion for paper-cutting.AwhereBthatChowDwhy2Flight MU257 _ . I must be off now.Have a nice trip.Ais being announced Bhas announcedCwas announcing Dhad been announced3- How about _ plan to open a branch?- I should say it was _ failure.Aa; aBa; /Cthe; /Dthe; a4How about his design?Well, to tell the truth, it is _ but satisfactory. So youll have to try your best to better it.AsomethingBanythingCeverythingDnothing5Just as the famous man _it, “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make_real.”Asays, itBput, /Csays, /Dput, them6I heard Mr. Morgan would be here at 4:00 pm. next Thursday.No, he _ at that time.Awas boarding Bwould be boardingCwill be boarding Dis boarding7Since the middle of the last year, the bike-sharing market _in Beijing.Aboomed Bwas booming Cwill boom Dhas boomed8Mr. Green was very famous when he lived there. There is _ to be someone in this district who remembers him.AcontentBopposedCboundDrestricted9No matter how carefully you plan your finances, no one can _ when the unexpected will happen.AproveBimplyCdemandDpredict10Mr. Wilson is a man of patience and kindness, and his good temper never _ him.AfailsBdisappointsCcontrolsDworries11Lichun is a Chinese word for one of the 24 solar terms, means the beginning of spring.AwhoBthatCwhoseDwhich12Mr. Smart is believed to be a capable person, who is equal_ charge of the company very well.Ato takeBto takingCto be takenDtaking13How are you getting along with your German, Kate？Oh, MrBlack, Im so tired of itMaybe I should drop out _ it kills meAwhenBafterCwhileDbefore14Newly _ chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, Yao Ming has put reforming the domestic games management at the top of his agenda.AappointingBappointedCbeing appointedDhaving appointed15The Mid-Autumn Festival is _ special holiday for most Chinese when _ whole family will get together.Athe; theBa; theCa; aDthe; a16Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards again this year, and his performances always _ the expectations of most audience.Asign up forBdrop out ofCbe bent onDlive up to17I shook hands and _ greetings with the manager, who I impressed a lot.Aconveyed Bswapped Cexchanged Dswitched18Im tired outI stayed up the whole night, _ for my midterm math examAstudyingBto studyCto be studyingDstudied19You have a big mouth, Tom. You have told everybody the secret.AcantBmustntCshouldntDmightnt20Lucy_ _writing her essay by 10:00 this morning. After that, she listened to music for a while.Awill finishBfinishesChas finishedDhad finished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） Is It Worth Buying Organic Food? Organic food, grown without artificial chemicals, is increasingly popular nowadays. Consumers have been willing to pay up to twice more for goods with organic labels (商标). However, if you think paying a little more for organic food gets you a more nutritious and safer product, you might want to save your money. A study led by researchers at Stanford University says that organic products arent necessarily more nutritious, and theyre no less likely to suffer from disease-causing bacteria, either.The latest results, published in the Annuals of Internal Medicine, suggest that buyers may be wasting their money. We did not find strong evidence that organic food is more nutritious or healthier, says Dr. Crystal Smith-Spangler from Stanford. So consumers shouldnt assume that one type of food has a lower risk or is safer.For their new study, Smith-Spangler and her colleagues conducted a review of two categories of research, including 17 studies that compared health outcomes between consumers of organic against traditional food products, and 223 studies that analyzed the nutritional content of the foods, including key vitamins, minerals and fats.While the researchers found little difference in nutritional content, they did find that organic fruit and vegetables were 20% less likely to have chemicals remaining on the surfaces. Neither organic nor traditional foods showed levels of chemicals high enough to go beyond food safety standards. And both organic and traditional meats, such as chicken and pork, were equally likely to be harmed by bacteria at very low rates. The researchers did find that organic milk and chicken contained higher levels o