2023年高考英语模拟试卷注意事项1考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。2试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。3考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Not far from the club was there a garden, _ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon.AwhoseBitsCwhichDthat2A book I read last year, _ name I cant remember, changed my idea about time.AwhichBthatCwhoseDwhat3I wish you wouldnt be so_； you make faces at everything I say.Aweird Bpolite Creluctant Dserious4 The film is, I have to say, not a bit interesting. Why? Its _ than the films I have ever seen.Afar more interestingBmuch less interestingCno more interestingDany less interesting5Id never wondered before whether or not he was kid-friendly. With one glance, I quickly that he probably wasnt.AagreedBreportedCexplainedDdecided6Its _ me why Alice gave up her job and got married.AunderBaboveCoverDbeyond7He doesnt spend any more money on clothing than I do,but_he manages to look so stylish.AthereforeBsomehowCfurthermoreDotherwise8 What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball game. _. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.A. Its up to youBGlad to hear thatCYou cant miss itDIt just depends9There a slight decrease in his weight but he eats too much.AwasBcould have beenChad beenDcould be10The rising house price and the high income tax rate have become the biggest _ of the ordinary people in China todayA. concern B. influence C. involvement D. occupation11What did he do in return for free _ and food offered by the kind couple?He helped their son with his lessons.AconservationBadmissionCaccommodationDimmigration12The small restaurant is always crowded in every part.Thats _ it has a unique dining environment and quite a few wonderful dishes.AwhyBbecauseCwhereDwhen13The event that _ in my memory happened one morning in 1983 when I was 14 years old. It has never escaped.Astood out Bstands outCwould stand out Dhas stood out14If you have a job, _ yourself to it and finally youll succeed.Ado devoteBto devoteCdevotingDdevoted15Mary felt from the outside world, since she lacked an Internet connection and couldnt receive any e-mail.Acut downBcut inCcut offDcut out16It is obvious that John is unhappy. _, it comes as no surprise that she has decided to change her job.AHoweverBOtherwiseCMoreoverDTherefore17Guangdong province rolled out new guidelines, _ offensive nicknames and online violence as school bullying.AdefiningBdefinedCto defineDhaving defined18If you want to see a doctor，you fix a date with him ahead of time.That is a common _ in the USAAview BexerciseCpractice Dreality19There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, _ a sudden loud noise.Abeing thereBshould there beCthere wasDthere having been20This kind of glasses made by experienced craftsmen _ comfortably. Ais worn Bwears Cwearing Dare worn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）In his book The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, the Canadian author Malcolm Gladwell explains how a trend can take many forms. It can be a general change in social behaviour, an idea or a fashion. However, why do some trends catch on and others not? What makes one particular brand of training shoes suddenly become the must-have product? How do people find out about trends and what makes people want to buy into them? Is it simply a question of keeping up with other people?In his new work, Gladwell explore the moment when something becomes common and how products, ideas, messages and forms of behaviour spread. He looks at the reasons why trends are similar in the way they develop to outbreaks of disease, or medical epidemics （流行病）.Epidemics, like trends, start in a very small way, maybe from a single person with a virus then spread very quickly until they take over the population and appear to be everywhere. Eventually, they will slow down gradually or die out suddenly. Gladwell shows how these changes happen not gradually but at one sudden moment.Gladwell identifies three types of people who are influential in the development of these kinds of social epidemics:Connectors are people in a community who have wide social circles. They know a lot of people and like to introduce people to each other. The people they know often come from a variety of social, cultural, professional and economic circles.Mavens are people with a lot of knowledge or experts in a particular field. They wish to pass on their knowledge to others. Mavens collect and gather information