2023学年湖南省涟源一中高三最后一模英语试题（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 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） 1．Is it common practice that salesmen receive a _______ of 10 percent on all sales made? A．deposit B．receipt C．pension D．commission 2．I don’t mind her criticizing me,but___is how she does it that I object to. A．it B．that C．this D．which 3．The real winners in sport are those who know how to persevere and to behave with ________—whether they win or lose a game. A．certainty B．caution C．dignity D．independence 4．—What a pity! You missed my birthday party. —Terribly sorry!___________my uncle not visited me unexpectedly. A．Should B．Would C．Had D．Did 5．The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but every meal can serve at least two people and is under ¥10, so not only is it ______ but practical as well. A．adaptable B．adjustable C．adoptable D．affordable 6．We all know that good results ________ for you when you start doing things you love. A．are waiting B．have waited C．have been waiting D．will be waiting 7．Running is often tiring and a lot of hard work, but nothing ________ the feeling you get after finishing a long workout around the track. A．breaks B．blocks C．bonds D．beats 8．The government spokesman has to ________ his words before responding to reporters. A．pass B．weigh C．cover D．express 9．“ ________ I went through ups and downs in life，” Gordon said, “I never found the importance of being self­disciplined as well as the significance of life.” A．If B．Since C．Until D．Unless 10．Face the problem bravely and you ______ a new way to success. A．find B．found C．will find D．have found 11．She then took the little key, and opened it, trembling, but could not at first see anything ________, because the windows were shut. A．plainly B．closely C．firmly D．frequently 12．—I don’t care for baseball. —How can you say you don’t like something you’ve never even tried it! A．till B．after C．unless D．when 13．To tell the truth, I would rather I ________ the pain instead of you. You don’t know how worried I was. A．took B．had taken C．have taken D．should have taken 14．But for your instruction, I ______ such great progress in so short a time. Thanks a lot. A．wouldn’t make B．hadn’t made C．won’t make D．wouldn’t have made 15．We will remain ______to the path of peaceful development and shoulder more international responsibilities. A．committing B．committed C．to be committed D．to have committed 16．Kunming is called “Spring City”, but it _____ snow in winter. A．shall B．can C．must D．might 17．— What about the protection of these new machines? — Let’s keep the surface ________ dust by putting a cover over them. A．far from B．apart from C．free from D．away from 18．—I need to advertise for a roommate for next term. —________？ Mary is interested. A．Why bother B．Why not C．So what D．What for 19．It’s true that the old road is less direct and a bit longer. We won’t take the new one, ________, because we don’t feel as safe on it. A．somehow B．though C．therefore D．otherwise 20．Oh! The flower can’t be saved. If the flower had been watered，it now. A．wouldn’t be dying B．is dead C．had been dead D．will not die 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）It is quite apparent that competition surrounds every aspect of human life whether in the United States or the Amazon rainforest. Without it we would not have grown into primates (灵长类动物) . Or we would probably still be struggling to sharpen a bronze tool while crawling around on four legs in search of meat. Without competition, Columbus wouldn’t have discovered America and Edison would never have invented the light bulb. Friendship, like all relationships between two people, involves competition. It isn’t competition in a traditional sense because there are no goals to be scored and no prize. Perhaps the ecological definition --- the simultaneous (同时) demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrinents, living space, or light --- better explains it. As in nature, high school life is governed by a set of laws, similar to a shortened version of Darwin’s theory of evolution, overpopulation, and competition. There is an abundance of high school students and to distinguish them, ranking and categorizing (分类) take place. In high school, friendships learn to coexist with competition even though at times the relationship is rough. In fact, in some circumstance, competition is too much of a burden for a friendship to bear, causing it to fall apart. College admission is the final high school objective. Four years of hard work is to achieve good grades, and a student’s fate is determined not only by these achievements, but by the records of thousands of other seniors trying to achieve a similar recognition. Nevertheless, by necessity, competition between students exists in all aspect