2023届高考英语模拟试卷
请考生注意：
1．请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用0．5毫米及以上黑字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。
2．答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的《注意事项》，按规定答题。
第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．—Could you tell me the____ of making such tasty cakes?
— Well, I just follow the directons in the cookbook.
A．feature    B．plan    C．cost    D．trick
2．Under good treatment, many patients are beginning to ________ and will soon recover.
A．turn up    B．catch up
C．pick up    D．show up
3．I live in a town ______ runs a small and winding river.           
    A．through which  B．which  C．in which  D．where
4．— I am just wondering which team, Chicago Bulls or Washington Wizards, won the game last night?
— ________ I don’t really like either team.
A．Don’t mention it.    B．No problem.
C．Who cares?    D．Why bother?
5．The Oxford English Dictionary is necessary for learning English，so you'd better buy __________．
A．this    B．that    C．it    D．one
6．— Could you turn the TV down a little bit?
— ________. Is it disturbing you?
A．Take it easy.    B．I’m sorry.    C．Not a bit    D．It depends
7．They felt ________ it was high tax and low income ________ contributed to the extreme misery of the working people at the bottom of the ladder.
A．/；that    B．that; which
C．that; what    D．/; which
8．-My computer doesn't work!
-Robert is a computer expert. How I wish he______ with me.
A．came    B．had come
C．is coming    D．has come
9．________  is willing to volunteer in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is welcome to join us.
A．Whatever    B．Whoever
C．Whenever    D．Wherever
10．-- Alison, I'm sorry. I can't come to the wedding with you tomorrow morning.  -- ________?  vaguely
-- My grandma was severely ill, so I have to stay in the hospital to look after her. 
A．How is it    B．How come      C．So what      D．What's the problem 
11．The popularity of government posts has dropped in recent years, though the civil service jobs are still favored by the Chinese as they offer a _______ stable career.
A．relatively    B．regularly
C．roughly    D．rigidly
12．Since you are my daughter's classmate, we'd like to ______ you _______ tonight.
A．put ; down    B．put ; in    C．put ; off    D．put ; up
13．Tom’s score on the test is the highest in the class. He _____.
A．should study last night
B．should have studied last night
C．must have studied last night
D．must study last night
14．After receiving the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Anne Benedict went on 
  all the people who had helped in her career.
A．to thank    B．thanking
C．having thanked    D．to have thanked
15．According to the local law, no one ______ enter the building site without permission.
A．can    B．must
C．shall    D．dare
16．(2015·北京)___________the early flight, we ordered a taxi in advance and got up very early.
A．Catching    B．Caught
C．To catch    D．Catch
17．The two pens are the same, but the red one cost _____________ that one.
A．as much twice as    B．twice as much as
C．much as twice as    D．as twice much as
18．Is it common practice that salesmen receive a _______ of 10 percent on all sales made?
A．deposit    B．receipt
C．pension    D．commission
19．——Your argument is    .I will not let you pass.
--Are you kidding?
A．sound    B．rational
C．liberal    D．plain
20．More than one doctor _____ involved in the rescue that took place after the earthquake．
A． was      B． is      C． were      D． are
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）Scientists from the University of East Anglia have identified four new man-made gases that are contributing to the damage to the ozone(臭氧) layer. Two of the gases are accumulating at a rate that is causing concern among researchers.
Worries over the growing ozone hole have seen the production of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases restricted since the mid 1980s. But the precise origin of these new, similar substances remains a mystery.
Lying in the atmosphere, the ozone layer plays a critical role in blocking harmful UV rays, which cause cancers in humans and reproductive problems in animals.
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey were the first to discover a huge “hole” in the ozone over Antarctica in 1985. The evidence quickly pointed to CFC gases, which were invented in the 1920s, and were widely used in refrigeration. Extraordinarily, global action was rapidly agreed to deal with CFCs and the Montreal Protocol to limit these substances came into being in 1987. A total global ban on production came into force in 2010.