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）1Wu Lei is the only Chinese player has made it onto the latest World Soccer 500 list.AwhoBwhichCwhoseDwhom2Paula waited until all the luggage was cleared, _ hers never appeared.AorBsoCasDbut3- Catherine, I have cleaned the room for you.-Thanks. You _ it. I could manage it myself.Aneednt doBshouldnt have doneCmustnt doDneednt have done4Jane cant attend the meeting at 3 oclock this afternoon because she _ a class at that time.Awill teachBwould teachChas taughtDwill be teaching5_ to her own work，she spent little time with her familyADevoting BTo be devotedCDevoted DHaving devoted6Running is often tiring and a lot of hard work, but nothing _ the feeling you get after finishing a long workout around the track.AbreaksBblocksCbondsDbeats7Mum, is the pair of gloves _ mine?Yes. You have to wear another pair.AwashingBhave washedCbeing washedDhaving washed8 I am just wondering which team, Chicago Bulls or Washington Wizards, won the game last night? _ I dont really like either team.ADont mention it. BNo problem.CWho cares? DWhy bother?9One of the few things you _ say about English people with certainty is that they talk a lot about the weather.AneedBmustCcanDshould10 How could they misunderstand me like that?Just keep silent! Its the best way to let them know they you wrong.AdoBdidCare doingDhad done11The government should develop system to predict when wildfires occur andgive warnings in time.ApreviousBreliableCreasonableDresponsible12Maybe there is some business aspect to the Royal Wedding of William and Kate Middleton but _ what people are interested in, its a hugely popular event around the world.Ain spite ofBin honor ofCin terms ofDin case of13What actually _ the accident has not yet been determined.Abrought outBbrought onCbrought aboutDbrought up14Its supposed to be the end of the paperback(简装书) and the _ of digital media, but some bookstores are surviving the Internet Age with surprising success.AdeadlineBdawnCduskDdeparture15Its natural that I didnt recognize her immediately I saw her. _, its almost 5 years since we met last. AAfter all BIn addition CWhats more DIn particular16It was considerate _ you not to play the piano while I was asleep.AofBforCtoDfrom17-_ should we look down upon the poor. -Im with you on that.ABy all meansBBy any meansCBy means ofDBy no means18If youd written earlier, Id have known when you to go on holiday.AwantBhave wantedCwantedDwill want19After receiving the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Anne Benedict went on all the people who had helped in her career.Ato thankBthankingChaving thankedDto have thanked20一When he know the result of todays job interview?一In a couple of daysAshouldBmayCshallDmust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）The belief that new technologies are causing the death of work is the idea that never goes away. Despite evidence to the contrary, we still view technological change today as being more rapid and dramatic in its consequences for work than ever before. But this is nothing new. People have always viewed the technological changes that take place during their lives as the most dramatic and dangerous that ever happened in history.In the 1930s, the British economist(经济学家) John Maynard Keynes predicted the widespread use of electricity would produce a world where people spend most of their time doing nothing. In the United States during the 1960s, the government repeatedly investigates fears that automatic machines would permanently reduce the amount of work available. In 1988, one Australian historian claimed that at least a quarter of the workforce would be without jobs within 10 years because of computers.Of course, none of these disasters came to pass in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, or anywhere else.Yet today, we are seeing the return of these predictions, with some experts claiming the world of work is once more undergoing radical and unprecedented change. They argue that robots and other workplace technologies are causing a reduction in the total amount of work available, or are bringing a more rapid pace of substitution of machines for humans than has been seen previously.But there is a little evidence to support such beliefs. Statistics show that the percentage of people in work, the number of hours they work, and how frequently they