2023学年湖南省宁乡一中等部分中学高考仿真卷英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 注意事项： 1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3．考试结束后，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．Wild applause ______when the crowd waiting heard the announcement of the arrival of the pop star at their community. A．made out B．broke out C．let out D．worked out 2．The company and the effect brought about did great good to our business in the market. A．it B．which C．that D．what 3．It’s difficult for us to learn a lesson in life ________ we’ve actually had that lesson. A．while B．since C．until D．when 4．---________ I say something to you? You were really, really something back there. Incredible! ---Are you talking to ---me? Whoa! A．Must B．Can C．Need D．Should 5．— Don't look down upon Bob. He has his own advantages. —Oh, yes others are weak, he is strong. A．Before B．When C．Where D．Though 6．.Opening the book, she found in it a white, plain envelope with her name ______ on it. A．to print B．printed C．printing D．print 7．You can use a large plastics bottle, _________ cut off, as a plot to grow flowers in. A．with its top B．the top of which C．whose top D．its top is 8．A book I read last year, ______ name I can’t remember, changed my idea about time. A．which B．that C．whose D．what 9．--Sorry for having kept you waiting. But for the traffic jam，I________________ 20 minutes earlier —Never mind，I haven't been waiting that long. A．arrived B．would have arrived C．would arrive D．had arrived 10．When the organization ______ in March, 2019, there was almost no money in the bank and more than $1 million of debt. A．folded B．boomed C．registered D．sprang 11．Much to my ______, my vocabulary has expanded a great deal. A．delighting B．delighted C．delight 12．—According to my mother, it is a good idea to have some chicken soup when you have a cold． —_____, scientists agree with her． A．Sooner or later B．Once in a while C．Believe it or not D．To be exact 13．It's said that the power plant is now large as what it was. A．twice as B．as twice C．twice much D．much twice 14．It was in that small house ________ was built with stones by his father ________ he spent his childhood. A．that; where B．which; that C．which; which D．that; which 15．The problem _______he will have his college education at home or abroad remains untouched. A．how B．whether C．that D．when 16． worries the public that air pollution is becoming more and more serious these days. A．It B．That C．What D．This 17．____ the player I came across in the stadium spoke, I hadn’t realized she was foreign. A．Until B．Unless C．Since D．Although 18．—What do you do, Rita？ —I’m a clerk in a foreign company now．But I _____ English in a high school for 10 years． A．teach B．have taught C．taught D．am teaching 19．—In the UK，some people equate life experience with the number of stamps in their passports. —That’s why they all agree that they ________ the “travel bug”． A．catch B．caught C．have caught D．are to catch 20．_____ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan. A．Which B．When C．What 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） Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. There were events around the world in memory of those who died in the conflict. We have picked out three of them in European countries. Let's take a look. Belgium In a park, the famous Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen had an exhibition called Coming World, Remember Me. The work consisted of 600,000 individual(个别的) clay sculptures, one for each person killed during the World War. In the center of the exhibition was a big egg made of clay, symbolizing a new world. UK In a small town called Aldridge, almost 100 houses in one street were covered with 24,000 poppies and statues of soldiers. They stood for the men from the area who had been killed in the war. The flowers were chosen because of a poem written by the Canadian doctor John McCrea in 1915. They made people think of fields of blood. France The British artist Guy Denning arrived in La Feuille, a small town in the northwest of France, to stick life-size drawings of soldiers who never came back home. Armed with glue and a brush, Denning stuck his drawings carefully on walls. Before long 112 men, mainly young adults, were brought back to mind, if not to life. 1、What do we know about Coming World, Remember Me? A．It's the name of an exhibition. B．It's a film about World War I. C．It's a work standing for peace. D．It's a sculpture made of clay. 2、Why were poppies chosen to symbolize the dead soldiers? A．The British people preferred them. B．They showed the cruelty of war. C．A Canadian doctor suggested them. D．The fields were filled with them. 3、How was the end of World War I marked in France? A．A memorial to the dead soldiers was built. B．112 wounded soldiers in the war were helped. C．Drawings of some dead soldi