2023届浙江省绍兴名校高考英语四模试卷含解析

1、2023届高考英语模拟试卷考生请注意：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）1A proposal was put forward at the meeting _ the new cement plant shouldnt be built near the school.Awhen BwhereCthat Dwhi

2、ch2I know he feels upset about his failure, and I can _ that.Arelate toBlive withCanswer forDpull through3The language in the companys statement is highly _, thus making its staff confused.Aambiguous BapparentCappropriate Daggressive4With the number of homecoming overseas students _ up in recent yea

3、rs, the attraction of foreign degree holders has gradually faded.AshotBbeing shotCshootingDto shoot5 How did you like Johns exhibition of paintings last weekend? To tell you the truth, his paintings didnt _ me much.A. refer toBappeal toCbelong toDoccur to6Do you know Linda was fired for her casual a

4、ttitude towards the job?No wonder she _ when I tried to amuse her this morning.Awas tickled pinkBpulled my legCgave me the cold shoulderDsaw the handwriting on the wall7Without my parents encouragement and support I definitely _ where I am today.AwasntBhadnt beenCwouldnt beDwouldnt have been8The bes

5、t method to _ the goal of helping the patients with AIDS is to unite as many sympathetic people as possible.AcompleteBcommandCaccomplishDaccompany9-You know Mr. Green has been ill for days?-Yes, I wonder if he is _ better now.AanyBsomeCanyDno10-Jassy , you speak Chinese so fluently! _.You are lying,

6、 I have to say. B Thanks a lot for saying so.C Thats none of your business. D I cant agree more.11If you leave this application form and go to another website, you will lose _ you have already filled out on this form.Awhatever BwhoeverCwherever Dwhenever12Lack of sleep _ lead to weakened immunity an

7、d memory, and also slow physical growth.AshallBmustCshouldDcan13_ terrible, the medicine was thrown away by the child.ATastedBTastingCTo tasteDBeing tasted14Passengers _ talk to the driver while the bus is moving, because it will take his focus off the road.Awould notBmust notCmay notDneed not15Some

8、times smiles around the world _ be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry.AcanBwouldCshouldDmust16Why does he wear a raincoat on sunny days?Nor do I understand. He is _.Aa wet blanketBa lazy boneCa black sheepDan odd fish17Which do you prefer, tea or coffee? _. I really dont mind.ABo

9、thBNoneCNeitherDEither18Thank God! This school term is coming to an end!Yeah, after all that hard work, we all a holiday.ApreserveBobserveCreserveDdeserve19My neighbour came to ask me why there was so much noise in my house yesterday afternoon. I told her that some children an English song.Apraticed

10、Bwould practiceChave practicedDwere practicing20 You shouldnt have treated me that way.My heart is broken. Im sorry,Paul.I didnt mean you.Ahurting Bto hurt Churt Dhaving hurt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）American college students are becoming more adventuresome as they study

11、 abroad, showing less interests in English-speaking destinations such as Great Britain and Australia and more in such countries as China, India, Argentina and Brazil.Britain remained the most popular study destination in 2005, according to annual figures from the Institute of International Education

12、, followed by Italy, Spain and France. But the number of American students studying in Britain and Australia descended a little, even as the number of American students abroad rose by 8%. The growth came in non-English speaking European countries and in Asia. China is now the eighth most popular des

13、tination for American students, attracting nearly 6,400 in 2005, up 35% from the number of the year before. Argentina and India saw increases of more than 50%.Allan Goodman, president of the Institute of International Education, said that a range of factors contributed to the trend, from growing awa

14、reness of globalization after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, to programs such as former President Bushs National Security Language Initiative, which trains soldiers, intelligence officers and diplomats in foreign languages. “What Americans are doing is waking up and discovering theres

15、a world out there,” he said.Other figures showed the flow of students in the opposite direction, from foreign countries into American universities. The institute found that international enrollment (入学) in American higher education remained steady at about 565,000. The figures are of keen interest t

16、o universities, which depend on foreign students for teaching and research help, and to policy-makers, who consider it important, as future foreign leaders may be familiar with the United States. The year of 2005 saw big increases in students from South Korea, Mexico and Taiwan of China. India sends

17、 the most students and China is No.2. Other countries that show large percentage increases in the number of students sent to the US include Nepal and Vietnam, while Japan, Turkey and Malaysia saw declines. About 58% of international students in the US come from Asia.1、What does the underlined word “

18、descended” in Paragraph 2 means?AChanged. BDeclined. CMultiplied. DIncreased.2、Why do more American students study in Asia?AThey expect to get more teaching and research help.BThey lose confidence in English-speaking countries.CThey are afraid that terrorist attacks will happen again.DThey prefer to

19、 explore a different world from their own.3、Where were most foreign students in America from in 2005?AChina. BIndia. CArgentina. DBritain.4、What can we infer from the passage?AThere were 6,400 American students studying in China in 2005.BChinese students to America will overpass Indians in the futur

20、e.CInternational enrollment in American higher education changed a lot.DAsian students account for a large part of foreign students in America.22（8分）Microsoft has developed a new smartphone app that interprets eye signals and translates them into letters, allowing people with motor neurone disease t

21、o communicate with others from a phone.The GazeSpeak app combines a smartphones camera with artificial intelligence to recognize eye movements in real time and convert them into letters, words and sentences.For people suffering from ALS（渐冻症）, also known as motor neurone disease, eye movement can be

22、the only way they are able to communicate.“Current eye-tracking input systems for people with ALS or other motor impairments are expensive, not robust under sunlight, and require frequent re-calibration (重新校对) and substantial, relatively immobile setups,” said Xiaoyi Zhang, a researcher at Microsoft

23、 who developed the technology.“To mitigate the drawback，we created GazeSpeak, an eye-gesture communication system that runs on a smartphone, and is designed to be low-cost, robust, portable and easy to learn.”The app is used by the listener by pointing their smartphone at the speaker. A chart that c

24、an be stuck to the back of the smartphone is then used by the speaker to determine which eye movements to make in order to communicate.The sticker 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 l

25、etters they want belong to. The artificial intelligence algorithm（计算程序） is then able to predict the word or sentence they are trying to say.1、Who is the smartphone app designed for?APeople with motor eye disease.BPeople suffering from eye communication.CPeople with problems in intelligence.DPeople s

26、uffering from motor neurone disease.2、The underlined word “mitigate” in the fifth paragraph probably means _.Arelieve Bget rid ofCremove Dfind3、According to the text, _.Afor people suffering from ALS, eye movement is one of the best ways to communicate.Ba new communication system that runs on a smar

27、tphone is designed to be immobile.Cthe speaker could use the app by pointing their smartphone at the listener.Dthe artificial intelligence algorithm will translate sentences for speakers.23（8分）It was Groundhog Day. A winter storm had hit overnight too. I tried to open my backdoor only to find six in

28、ches of wet, heavy snow piled up against it. I knew I had quite a job of shoveling out ahead of me, so I reached over to grab my snow shovel. It looked a lot more ready to work than I did. I sighed and pulled on my boots, gloves, and heavy coat.The wind chill was below zero and cut into my face as I

29、 slowly shoveled off my deck. After that I stayed my way over to my daughters house shoveling the path as I walked. It took a while to get her driveway clear and I knew I still had a lot to do. Next came the paths down the hill to my own cars covered in snow. I had grabbed the broom to sweep them of

30、f as well. I winced when the breeze blew the swept snow back into my face. Then I started to shovel out my driveways. My back was aching as I worked. I wished I could be building a snowman instead of shoveling. Winter sure had seemed a lot more fun when I was a boy.When I was done I examined my work

31、. It didnt look half bad. I smiled and looked at the woods covered in white. They were such a special sight. I leaned on my shovel and took it all in. Then I started up the hill with the snow shovel in one hand and the broom in the other. Suddenly, an urge came over me and I dropped them both. I spr

32、ead my arms, fed back into the blanket of white and happily moved my arms and legs to make an angel in the snow.As you go through the seasons of this life take joy in your work. Take joy in your life. Remember that the course of your days rests in your own hands.1、Whats the theme of the text?AEnjoy

33、winter work. BTake things seriously.CTake joy in your life. DFight against cold.2、Which is the correct order of what the author shoveled?Ahis deck-his daughters driveway-his cars-his drivewayBhis cars-his deck-his daughters driveway-his drivewayChis daughters driveway-his deck-his driveway-his carsD

34、his driveway-his daughters driveway-his cars-his deck3、What can we conclude about the author from Paragraph 3?AHe was not satisfied with his work.BHe was absorbed in the snow sight.CHe was fond of making snowmen.DHe was in low spirits after work.24（8分）Not long ago, people thought babies were not abl

35、e to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life. Scientists note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment. They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes. A baby le

36、arns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregivers. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other human beings. One study shows that babies can learn before they are born. The researchers placed a tape recorder on the stomach of a pregnant woman.

37、Then, they played a recording of a short story. On the day the baby was born, the researchers attempted to find if he knew the sounds of the story repeated while in his mother. They did this by placing a device in the mouth of the newborn baby.The baby would hear the story if he moved his mouth one

38、way. If the baby moved his mouth the other way, he would hear a different story. The researchers say the baby clearly liked the story he heard before he was born. They say the baby would move his mouth so he could hear the story again and again.Another study shows how mothers can strongly influence

39、social development and language skills in their children. Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years. The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers. The women were considered sensitive if they supported their childrens activities and did not inter

40、fere(干预) unnecessarily. They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old. Also, the researchers observed the women for signs of depression. The children of depressed women did not do as well in tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depres

41、sion. The children of depressed women did poorly in tests of language skills and understanding what they hear.These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people. The researchers noted that the sensitivity of the mothers was important to the intelligence develop

42、ment of their children. Children did better when their mothers were caring, even when they suffered from depression.1、According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the factor that influences intelligence development in babies?AThe environment. BTheir peersCMothers sensitivity DEducation be

43、fore birth2、What is the purpose of the experiment in which newborn babies heard the stories?ATo prove that babies can learn on the first day they are bornBTo show mothers can strongly influence intelligence development in their babiesCTo indicate early education has a deep effect on the babies langu

44、age skillsDTo prove that babies can learn before they are born3、Which group of children did the worst in tests of language skills?AThe children of women who did not suffer from depressionBThe children of depressed but caring mothersCThe children of depressed mothers who cared little for their childr

45、enDChildren with high communication abilities4、What is the main idea of the passage?AScientific findings about how intelligence develops in babiesBScientific findings about how babies develop before birthCScientific findings about how time has an effect on babies intelligenceDA study shows babies ar

46、e not able to learn things until they are five or six months old25（10分） The woman didnt like us. We didnt do anything to offend her and she didnt know us but that didnt matter. As new female teachers in the Emirati School, we Westerners greeted her every day. Whenever we saw her, she avoided eye con

47、tact with us. Eventually, some of us stopped trying to befriend her.Well after 16 months in the school, we had a secret pal gifting. I drew her name from the glass jar and that meant she was my secret pal. My role was to buy her a gift and say something about her when we publicly acknowledged who ou

48、r secret pal was.I bought her a small rose arrangement and asked someone to write a message on it and then sent it to her room. She was so touched. Next day I sent a bottle of shampoo but I wrote the message in English because she needed to know her secret pal was a Westerner before the day of the “

49、big reveal”. I also sent her a fragrant candle.I had brought a few gifts from Ireland when I returned to the Middle East in September. I decided to gift her a silver coloured bangle.Then came the day of the “big reveal”. We all gathered in the staff meeting room and everyone was excited. The host sa

50、id, “Several days ago, when you received your gift, you wrote a few kind words about your secret pal and passed the gift to them.” She taught music in the school so I said, “My secret pal is someone who brings music to our ears every day of the week.” I didnt even need to say her name because everyo

51、ne knew exactly who I meant.She came forward with a huge warm smile. She hugged me and kissed me on both cheeks and graciously accepted my gifts. I think everyones understanding of things is subjective, so we should have more communication with people around us.1、How did the woman respond to the Wes

52、terners greetings?AShe blamed them.BShe kept away from seeing their eyes.CShe treated them kindly.DShe avoided meeting them again.2、What was the author supposed to do after knowing the name of her secret friend?APrepare a gift for her.BWrite a speech about her.CFind out who it is.DChat with her.3、Wh

53、y did the author write the message in English in paragraph 3?ATo show other teachers her identity.BTo teach the woman some English.CTo let the woman know her nationality.DTo make other teachers better understand her intention.4、What was the womans attitude towards the author at last?AFriendly.BDoubt

54、ful.CRegretful.DForgiving.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项26（30分）“And this is me kissing the Blarney Stone”, says Carrie, my seventeen-year-old daughter. She turns the pages of her new photo album, recounting her recent ten-day 1 abroad, and my mind wande

55、rs backway back to when she was only five.“Someday Im going to Ireland”, she said, holding her Childcraft book in her lap. Her blue eyes 2 as she looked at the beautiful pictures. “Well, maybe you can!” I said. However, it was 3 for our family to pay for the luxury of traveling. I was working as a s

56、ecretary. My husband Charlie had to close his 4 last year due to his poor healthTen years later, Carrie came home from school one day, hardly able to contain her 5 , “Mama, youll never 6 where the class is going. To Ireland!” she smiled 7 . “Youre kidding!” I said. “Ireland! Where youve always wante

57、d to go!”“The trip is 8 for year after next, and the $2,100 can be paid in installments (分期付款).” Then she added, “But thats too much isnt it?” Her voice was 9 yet doubting. “Well,” I said slowly, “Daddy and I cant help much; 10 , you have two years to earn the money.” “You think so?” Carries face li

58、t up like a Christmas tree. “Well,” I 11 , “maybe you could use your fathers bakery and sell baked goods.” Sell baked goods? We 12 at each other. Carrie was an excellent 13 ! This would work!So the plan was 14 . Carrie began working, making a variety of baked goods. She used dried apples, cooked, se

59、asoned and spiced to perfection. Soon, however, fried apple-pies became the customer favorite. All ingredients were 15 real shortening (起酥油), real butterand the crust (皮) was handmade and hand-rolled. Finally the pies were fried to a beautiful, golden brown! The finished product was an extremely ple

60、asant treat, winning 16 from even the little old ladies in these hills who have been making dried-apple pies for decades. 17 began rolling in, and the Ireland fund grew, and well 18 the given time the trip abroad was paid in fullNow Im looking at her album as she proudly points out the 19 she visite