2023学年福建省尤溪第一中学高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 考生请注意： 1．答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。 2．第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。 3．考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．--- My God! I haven’t prepared the files for the new project yet! --- _______. The boss won’t need it until next Friday. A．There’s no doubt B．There’s no panic C．Good luck D．Sounds good 2．Word came that 30 firefighters gave their lives to our country _______ national property security. A．in exchange for B．in response to C．in terms of D．in contrast with 3．Encourage your children to try new things, but try not to _________________them too hard. A．draw B．strike C．rush D．push 4．_____ gas prices are rising, people are looking for less expensive ways to get around. A．Now that B．Even if C．Although D．Unless 5．One of our rules is that every student _______ wear school uniform while at school. A．might B．could C．shall D．will 6．Sally likes going to school ______ she has got many good friends there. A．or B．because C．unless D．so 7．The steamboat was fully furnished with life preservers. The passengers might be saved __________ accidents. A．in spite of B．instead of C．in case of D．in place of 8．It is not surprising that she was elected ______ monitor ;she is ______ very smart girl who has the ability to organize the class well. A．/; the B．/; a C．a;a D．the;/ 9．He wrote a letter ________ he explained what had happened in the accident. A．that B．which C．where D．what 10．— 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? 11．--- I can’t think why he_____ so angry. I meant no offence. ---It’s typical of him to be sensitive. A．should have been B．must have been C．might have been D．can have been 12．He doesn't spend any more money on clothing than I do,but________he manages to look so stylish. A．therefore B．somehow C．furthermore D．otherwise 13．The biggest problem for most plants, which ________just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them. A．shall not B．can't C．needn't D．mustn't 14．Computers can do nothing．But once ______what to do, they show extraordinary power to do a great deal． A．to program B．being programmed C．programmed D．having programmed 15．I think it a great honor _____ to visit your country. A．to invite B．inviting C．having invited D．to be invited 16．This book is said to be the special one, which ________ many events that cannot be found in other history books. A．covers B．writes C．prints D．reads 17．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 18．I called her nearly ten minutes this morning, but I couldn’t ________. A．get through B．go through. C．live through D．look through 19．The Lushan Mountain, occupying an area of 302 square kilometers, possesses rich cultural and geological __________. A．attractions B．amusements C．entertainments D．presentations 20．－You know, people have different opinions about the construction of the project. －We welcome any comments from them, favorable or _______. A．so B．otherwise C．else D．rather 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） Corals (珊瑚) are often described as undersea forests, but they are declining far more quickly than the Amazon. The coral reefs (礁) are likely to be among the first ecosystems to be wiped out by climate change. A temperature rise of just 1 to 2℃ can lead to the death of the algae (海藻) upon which corals depend, draining them of color and making the structure more fragile. These bleaching (脱色) events can be temporary if waters cool, but the more frequent they are and the longer they last, the greater the risk of damage is. But that’s exactly what is happening. Bleaching was first observed in 1983. It was seen on a global level in 1998, then 2010, and then from 2015 to 2017. Most available scientific evidence tells us that unless we do something to limit warming to 1.5℃, we will lose 99% of the world’s coral reefs in coming decades. But there are other threats beyond warming. Off the Philippine island of Palawan, its old reefs have been badly damaged by dirty water from the tourist holiday center, pollution from boats and overfishing. The area ought to be a shelter because it’s one of the ocean regions most bearable to climate change. “Even here, we are losing our corals,” said David Obura, chair of the Global Specialist Group in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. “We need to reduce stress from overfishing, coastal development, pollution and tourism.” “I’m a generation of scientists watching them disappear. It’s very depressing,” Obura said. “Above 1.5℃, in about 50 years, they will be a treasure of historic movies and pictures, but very little to see in real life. Children