2023届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）1When Thanksgiving Day is the corner, stores and supermarkets are busy with people.AaroundBonCwithDat2The movie Till Death Do Us Part 最爱will be on at 8 pmWhat about picking you up at 7pm?All rightI will have come back from work by then, and I you at homeAwill be waiting forBwill wait forChave been waiting forDam waiting for3Frankly, I still feel confused about _ he could manage without access to the Internet for such a long time.AwhatBwhyCthatDhow4_ interested in English may join this club. AWhoever BAll who CAnyone DWho5They do have a different to the problem of overpopulationAsolution BopinionCdecision Dconclusion6Contrary to popular belief, taking a walk immediately after meals doesnt _ do good to our health.AnecessarilyBspeciallyCdirectlyDconstantly7This is the first time that we _a film in the cinema together as a family .AseeBhad seenCsawDhave seen8Much disappointed as he is in the job interview, he still keeps his confidence.Ato have failedBfailedChaving failedDfailing9The prediction from Maya worries residents _ December 21, 2012 would be the end of the world.AifBthatCwhetherDwhich10The Browns held _ they called “family day” once each year.AthatBwhatCwhichDwhen11Who _ the fight against the H1N1 flu _ it not been for the Chinese scientists great efforts?Acould have won; hadBwould win; hadCwould have won; hasDcould win; has12For a third-culture kid,it is often easier to a new foreign country than to their home country.Amoving Bto move Cmove Dmoved13Next Monday is my birthday.Is that so? _AI cant believe my ears. BIm so glad to hear that.CWhat presents do you want? DMany happy returns of the day!14Well have to finish it , _.Ahowever it takes longBhowever long it takesCno matter how it takesDno matter how long does it take15The importance _ a national day and how it is celebrated are very different from country to country.Aconnected toBgiven toCmeaning toDattached to16 Catherine, will you visit us this weekend?I planned to, but something unexpected .Ahas come upBwas coming upChad come upDwould come up17Never turn down a job because you think its too small. You dont know _ it can lead.Ahow BwhereCwhether Dwhat18Try to be independent, for your parents cant do _ for you all your life.AsomethingBnothingCeverythingDanything19_ of danger in the street at night, the girl doesnt dare to go out without someone _ her.AWarned; accompanied BWarned; accompanyingCWarning; accompanied DWarning; accompanying20Oh, Hannah just told me that she was unable to translate the report into English._？She once spent 10 years living in London.AGuess whatBWhy notCSo whatDHow come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 Charles Lee handed me the small red notebook in 1974, he changed my life. “While you are traveling, you should keep notes of things you see and do,” he explained.I was 20 years old, a junior in college, spending a term at the University of London. Charles was a retired traveling salesman. I was staying with him in his cottage in Kendal, located in the Lake District of northern England. It was a one-week homestay the university arranged for us before classes began.I took his advice. I wrote in the notebook every day during the homestay. Back in London, I recorded weekend trips to Wales, Yorkshire, France, and Spain. I commented on my classes, professors, and classmates. I contrasted my life at a small college in the US with my wandering through the streets of London, my introduction to life in a big city, and my initial travels outside the US. I tracked ideas I had about my life and my future.When I wrote in the notebook, I struggled with a sense of my audience and purpose. Who would read this? Were these writings just for me, or did I want others to read them? Was I recording events and ideas just as a prompt(提示) to memory, or was there some larger purpose for this daily exercise?I knew I was recording events, thoughts, words that were important to my life. I imagined a future me sitting down to read the pages. I wondered what it would feel like to read those words later. I wondered where I would be and what my life would be like.I filled the notebook Charles gave me. I bought a new one and filled it. Then another and another. I continued writing in notebooks for four decades. By that time, they fill