2023年高考英语模拟试卷
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第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．Both men have been _______to life imprisonment because of robbery.
A．choked B．condemned
C．consisted D．convinced
2．— I am worn out. —Me too, all work and no play. So it’s time to ________.
A．burn the midnight oil B．push the limits
C．go with the flow D．call it a day
3．The younger generation are raised in a more open environment, which has enabled them to develop____ their values in life.
A．in charge of B．in contrast to C．in exchange for D．in tune with
4．By the time we ________ from our school, we have been close friends for more than ten years.
A．graduated B．will graduate
C．are graduating D．graduate
5．Membership of this club is open to those who are its aim.
A．in salute to B．in honour of
C．in line with D．in sympathy with
6．The old woman who ________ in the deserted house alone for ten years has been settled in a nursing home now. A．lived B．has lived
C．had lived D．has been living
7．The man was in a ________ condition with severe injuries to his legs after being attacked by a shark in far north Queensland.
A．skeptical B．critical
C．practical D．physical
8．Yumin, the late famous physicist, often encouraged his students to _____ what they believed in, even when facing strong opposition.
A．come up with B．take charge of
C．put up with D．stand up for
9．This project ______ considered thoroughly, and I’m sure it ______ finished on time.
A．must be; may be B．should be; can be
C．may be; must be D．can be; should be
10．Faced with economic slowdown, some companies are planning to use robots to ______ human workers to reduce their labor costs.
A．compensate B．substitute
C．symbolize D．discriminate
11．________ the danger of drunk driving, many drivers promised never to drive after drinking.
A．Realizing B．To have realized
C．Realized D．Having realized
12．We’d better discuss everything ______before we work out the plan.
A．in detail B．in general C．on purpose D．on time
13．The girl is sure to become a good actress __________ she gets the right training.
A．until B．if C．although D．unless
14．we go there by train or by ship makes no difference．The time and the fees are the same．A．Which B．How C．Whether D．Why
15．Although the Roma couldn’t be forced to pay taxes, they couldn’t vote ______they agreed to ______a government. A．unless, submit to B．until, correspond to
C．when, resign to D．while, compromise to
16．But for your help, I __________ the work on time. I really do not know how I can thank you enough. A．wouldn't finish B．hadn't finished
C．wouldn't have finished D．won't have finished
17．Andy can go to the cinema together with us he has finished the task．
A．unless B．as soon as C．until D．as long as
18．语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
1. anything A．many B．magazine C．manage D．match
2. achieved A．practiced B．marked C．operated D．damaged
3. dealt A. deal B．great C．meant D．leader
4. seize A．either B. receive C. eight D. height
5. youth A．thus B．breakthrough C．gather D．although
19．Helen said that she would bring me Justin Bieber's latest CD the next day, but she .
A．wouldn't B．didn't
C．hadn' t D．hasn't
20．---I don’t understand why Catherine stopped short _____ she ought to have continued.
---It’s obvious that she lacked self-confidence.
A．when B．while
C．if D．as
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）International Weather Forecast (January 18th, 2008)
Paris Weather
Today: Plentiful sunshine. High 59F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Generally clear. Low near 35F. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow: A mainly sunny sky. High 59F. Winds ENE at 5 to l0 mph.
2022重庆教育考试院官方网Tomorrow night: A mostly clear sky. Low 36F. Winds light and variable.
New York Weather
Today: Cloudy with rain and snow showers Temps nearly steady in the mid 39s.Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Tonight: Rain and snow showers this evening changing to rain showers overnight. Low 34F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Tomorrow: Cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later in the day. High around 45F. Winds WNW at l0 to 20 mph.
Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy early with increasing clouds overnight Low 29F.Winds W at 5 to10 mph.
London Weather
Today: Cloudy and windy. High 56F. Winds WSW at 20 to 30 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy and windy. Low 43F. Winds W at 20 to 30 mph.
Tomorrow: Windy with occasional light rain. High 58F. Winds SW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
Tomorrow night: Cloudy and windy. Periods of light rain early. Low 54F. Winds WSW at 20 to 30 mph, Chance of rain 60%.
Sydney Weather
Today: Cloudy with periods of rain. High 73F. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.
Tonight: Rain. Low near 70F. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch.
Tomorrow: Showers in the morning with isolated thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon. High 78F. Winds NNE at 5 to10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Tomorrow night: An isolated thunderstorm possible during the evening, then occasional showers overnight. Low near 70F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
1、Which city has the strongest wind on January 19th?
A．Paris.
B．New Y ork.
C．London.
D．Sydney.
2、There will be thunderstorms in Sydney on__________.
A．the evening of January 18th
B．the afternoon of January 18th
C．the morning of January 19th
D．the afternoon of January 19th
3、If you go on a tour on January l8th, which of the following places of interest is the most favorable according to the weather report?
A．The Eiffel Tower.
B．Statue of Liberty.
C．Big Ben.
D．The Sydney Opera House
（8分）Microsoft has developed a new smartphone app that interprets eye signals and translates them into letters, 22．
allowing people with ALS（渐冻症）, also known as motor neurone disease, to communicate with others from a phone.
The GazeSpeak app combines a smartphone’s camera with artificial intelligence to recognize eye movements in real time and transform them into letters, words and sentences.
For people suffering from ALS, eye movement can be the only way they are able to communicate.
“Current eye-tracking input systems for people with ALS are expensive, not effective under sunlight, and require frequent re-calibration(再校正) and abundant, relatively stable setups,” said Xiaoyi Zhang, a researcher at Microsoft who developed the technology.
“To mitigate the drawbacks…we created GazeSpeak, an eye-gesture communication system that runs on a smartphone, and is designed to be low-cost, effective, and easy to carry and learn.”
The app is used by the listener by pointing their smartphone at the speaker. A chart that can be stuck to the back of the smartphone is then used by the speaker to determine which eye movements to ma
ke in order to communicate.
The chart shows four grids of letters, which each correspond to a different eye movement. By looking up, down, left or right, the speaker selects which grids the letters they want belong to. The artificial intelligence is then able to predict the word or sentence they are trying to say.
Zhang’s research, Smartphone-Based Gaze Gesture Communication for People with Motor Disabilities, is set to be
presented at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in May.
1、The main purpose of the passage is to _________.
A．arouse people’s attention on the shortcomings of Current eye-tracking input systems.
B．introduce a new smartphone App for people suffering from ALS to communicate.
C．call for people’s awareness of helping people with ALS to communicate successfully.
D．compare the current eye-tracking input systems with the new GazeSpeak app.
2、The underlined word “mitigate” in paragraph5 probably means _________
A．ignore B．accept
C．strengthen D．weaken
3、According to the passage, which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A．There are many ways to communicate for people suffering from ALS.
B．The speaker points their smartphone at the listener when using the app.
C．The current eye-tracking input systems for people with ALS need improving.
D．The new smartphone app for people with ALS has been put on the market.
23．（8分）It’s just been three months after the first bike-sharing company arrived in Singapore, but reports of abuse and vandalism（故意破坏）of shared bikes in the city keep appearing on social media.
The majority of these shared bikes are stationless, which means they don’t need to be stopped at a d
esignated（指定的）spot. They lock themselves after your ride is over, and you’re meant to just leave the bike at the side of a road.
But users have been chaining up bicycles outside their apartments, preventing others from using them. Some people bring them up to their apartment floors, so they can’t be found easily by other users. Some people have removed the bikes’ number plates or codes, and some even have painted over the bikes to claim the bikes for themselves. Most of the abused bikes belong to either Singapore-based oBike, or ofo, a bike-sharing giant based in China.
ofo has encouraged Singaporean users to report issues. oBike said that the number of bicycles that were damaged made up less than one percent of its fleet. The company said in February that it planned to bring in “tens of thousands” of bikes by mid-2017. The company has yet to ban anyone from its service, but said that it would take appropriate action – including making reports to the police.
oBike also introduced a shortcoming system, similar to that of its competitor, China-based Mobike. Users start with 100 points, which get taken away for errant（出格的）behaviour such as forgetting to lock the bike, or parking at
non-designated areas. Users are banned from using oBike when their scores reach zero. oBike has an eight-man operation team that can remove bicycles parked casually.
When approached for comment, Mobike said, “In China, just as in Singapore, there are always a tiny minority of
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