2023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、准考证号填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在考生信息条形码粘贴区。2选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用05毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3请按照题号顺序在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、试题卷上答题无效。4保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，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）1 Whats the recent progress in Xiongan New Area, first announced two years ago?It _ increasing attention from foreign companies given its huge development potential.Ahas been attractingBhad attractedCwould be attractingDwas attracting2I think you could complain, _, of course, you are happy with the way thing s are.AunlessBthatCwhichDwhere3After he consulted with his professor，an idea was beginning to_ in his mind.Apay offBtake shapeCwork outDmake up4Highspeed trains which travel through my hometown _ up to 250 km per hour make it a small world.AwithBagainstCatDover5Her doctor indicated that even adding a(n) _ amount of daily exercise would dramatically improve her health.AmodestBequalCexactDconsiderable6-Each of the students working hard at their hard at their lessons the book.-So have I.AreadsBhave readChas readDread7In my opinion,_ shouldnt be any doubt that China will become one of the most powerful countries in the near futureAthisBthatCitDthere8Efforts will be made to_ new teaching models to exploit the students potential.Aaccelerate BinnovateCdifferentiate Dcompile9“Do you mind if I look at your notes?”“Of course not. _.”ANo problem BBe my guest CWith pleasure DNot at all10Patrick waited _ all the luggage was cleared, but his never appeared.AuntilBbeforeCwhenDwhile11_ challenges in Chinas car-sharing economy, shared mobility still has a promising future.ADespiteBBesidesCConcerningDRegarding12The debate has only a few moments that might be inspiring to those who _ this issue.AfollowedBhad followedChave been followingDwere following13Good morning. May I help you?No, thank you. Im just looking around._AIts up to you.BHow are you feeling today?CThanks for coming to see me.DTake your time then.14Experts warn that medical waste from hospitals, if _properly, may lead to spreading diseases.Anot handledBnot being handledCnot to be handledDnot having handled15_ this may sound like a simple process, great care is neededASinceBOnceCAlthoughDUnless16The farmer said the PLA men came to rescue timely when they _in the snowstorm.Awere trapping Bwere being trappedCare trapping Dare being trapped17The crazy fans _ patiently for two hours, and they would wait till the movie star arrived.Awere waitingBhad been waitingChad waitedDwould wait18She is stubborn in resisting his enquiries about the Moonstone _ the degree that she makes it seem as if she does not want the mystery _.Aon; to solveBwith; solvingCfor; being solvedDto; to be solved19- How often do you work out? - _, but usually once a week.AHave no idea. BIt depends.CAs usual.DGenerally speaking.20I was telling a joke and Sam just interrupted me to tell a different one. He always _!Abites his tongue Bsaves his skinCsteals my thunder Dpulls my leg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）Ever since his applauded first novel, Kazuo Ishiguro, now 60, has managed to maintain a steady literary drive, a steady amount of creative space, and a steady success rate. The Buried Giant, Ishiguros seventh novel, and his first in a decade, is as risky as it is attractive. It is a sort historical fantasy novel filled with dragons and knights (骑士）丨It is a sort of the surface, but it is also deeply human, rooted in themes fundamental to the human experience: love, history, and the ability to remember it all.JANE GAYDUK: How would you cope with the idea of memorya huge theme in The Buried Giant if you were to set a story like that in the age where everything is online?KAZUO ISHIGURO: One of the questions that attract me right nowI suppose these are questions that arose in my mind as I was writing The Buried Giant, but there was no room in the book itself for exploring themwould be, where do the memory banks in a modem society exist? And I think that question has gotten really complicated now. Maybe in simpler societies such as the one I describe in The Buried Giant I dont think those societies were simple but perhaps they were simpler in terms of this particular questionyou could point to your living memory, what the oldest people still remember about what happened, literally what is handed down.JANE GAYDUK: Do you think this changes the nature of history? It used to be written down by a select few people who bad the power to shape stories, but now its almost like every ind