忻州一中2022-2023学年高考英语倒计时模拟卷含解析

1、2022-2023学年高考英语模拟试卷注意事项:1答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。2答题时请按要求用笔。3请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。4作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。5保持卡面清洁，不要折暴、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1There are no _ proposals to reduce the road accidents. We are still seeking insp

2、iration.Acontradictory BconcreteCconfidential Dcontroversial2A survey suggests that the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton _ a great boost for British economy because a large number of visitors are expected to go.Awill beBhas beenCwasDbe3Its that time of year again， when Alipay _ us

3、just how much weve been spending， and on whatAremindsBremindedChas remindedDis reminding4Among the young people, there is a growing tendency _ money more highly than quality of life.AregardingBto regardingCto regardDregarded5While we were listening to the speech attentively, a voice _ to announce th

4、e result of the election.Abroke inBbroke upCbroke offDbroke down6Hard work and lack of sleep have _ her beauty and youth in recent years.Aworn outBtried outCmade outDsent out7Whether something is alive or dead is a crucial _ and it is one that children have no difficulty understanding by the age of

5、five.AdeclarationBdistinctionCdivisionDdistribution8Hot the night air was,we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey.Aalthough Bwhile Cas Dhowever9Would you mind moving over a little? I have to pass here._ Id like to help.ANot in the slightest.BDont mention it.CNever mind.DAt yo

6、ur service.10For a third-culture kid,it is often easier to a new foreign country than to their home country.Amoving Bto move Cmove Dmoved11The inner strength of the girl allows her _ going when she gets into trouble.Akeep Bkeeping Cto keep Dkept12At college, Barack Obama didnt know that he the first

7、 black president of the United States of America.Awas to becomeBbecomesCis to becomeDbecame13Patrick waited _ all the luggage was cleared, but his never appeared.AuntilBbeforeCwhenDwhile14The debate has only a few moments that might be inspiring to those who _ this issue.AfollowedBhad followedChave

8、been followingDwere following15When I said someone broke the school regulations, I _ you. Why did you get that angry?Adont refer toBhavent referred toCwasnt referring toDhadnt referred to16The rising house price and the high income tax rate have become the biggest _ of the ordinary people in China t

9、odayA. concern B. influence C. involvement D. occupation17_ many Chinese holidays are directed towards services remembering ancestors, the Ching Ming Festival is beyond doubt the largest.AUnlessBSinceCOnceDWhile18Hearing the noise outside, Granny asked me .Awhat is happeningBwhat was happeningCwhat

10、it was happeningDwhat was it happening19By the time he arrived in Beijing, we _ there for two days.Awill have stayedBstayChave been stayingDhad stayed20I really dont know how to express my thanks to Mr. Li, my high school English teacher, without whose help I_ to college that year.Awerent to goBhadn

11、t been able to goCcouldnt goDcouldnt have gone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）Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especi

12、ally your spoken English.Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspaper. You may find the information you need.Global English CenterGeneral English in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.3-month (700 yuan), 6-month (1,200 yuan) and one-year (2,000

13、yuan) courses.Choices of morning or evening classes, 3 hours per day, MonFri.Experienced college English teachers.Close to city center and bus stops.Tel: 67705272 Add: 105 Ahongshan Road, 2082Modern Language SchoolSpecial courses in English for business, travel, banking, hotel management and office

14、skills.Small classes(12-16 students) on Sat. &Sun. from 2:005:00 p.m.Native English teachers from Canada and the USALanguage lab and computers supplied.3-month course: 1,050 yuan; 6-month course: 1,850 yuan.Write or phone: Modern Language School, 675 Park Road. 2056Tel: 67353019The 21st Century Engl

15、ish Training CentreWe specialize in effective teaching at all levels.We offer morning or afternoon class, both three months and a half at a cost of 800 yuan.We also have a six-week TOEFL preparation class during winter and summer holidays.Entrance exams: June. 1 and Dec. 1Only 15-minute walk from ci

16、ty centre.Call 67801642 for more informationThe International House of EnglishThree/Six- month English courses for students of all levels at a very low cost: 60 yuan for 12 hours per week: convenient class hours: 9:0012:00 a.m. and 2:005:00 p.m.A 4-month evening programme specially for developing sp

17、eaking skills (same cost as day classes).Free sightseeing and social activitiesVery close to the Central Park. For further information call 674323081、You work from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day. Which school will you choose?AGlobal English Center and Modern Language School.BGlobal English Center

18、and the International House.CModern Language School and the 21st Century.DThe 21st Century and the International House.2、The 21st Century is different from the other three schools in that_.Aits teaching quality is betterBit is nearest to the city centreCits courses are more advancedDit requires an e

19、ntrance examination3、You will probably prefer to go to the International House because it _.Aoffers free sightseeing and social activitiesBhas a special course in spoken EnglishCcosts less than the other schoolsDhas native English teachers4、If you take the evening programme at the International Hous

20、e, you will pay about _.A60 yuanB240 yuanC720 yuanD960 yuan22（8分） The first organized system for sending messages began in Egypt around 1500 BCThis system developed because the pharaohs frequently needed to send messages up and down the Nile River in order to keep their empire running smoothly. Late

21、r, the Persians developed a more efficient system for sending messages using men and horses. Messages carriers rode along the road system stretching from one end of the Persian Empire to the other. Along these roads, fresh men and horses waited at special stations to take and pass along any messages

22、 that needed to be sent. The stations where riders passed messages back and forth were built 23 kilometers apart, so the men and horses were able to travel quickly between them. The Romans later took up his idea and improved it by using a more advanced and extensive road system.In China, however, Ku

23、blai Khan had built up his own system for delivering messages. This system worked in the same basic way as the Roman system. The difference was that Kublai Khan kept 300,000 horses along the roads of this delivery lines. There were over 10,000 stations where a message would be passed from one rider

24、to another with a fresh horse. In this way, Kublai Khan could receive messages from anywhere in the country in only a few days.It was not until the 1500s that a well-organized postal system appeared again in Europe. One family, the von Taxis family, gained the right to deliver mail for the Holy Roma

25、n Empire and parts of Spain. This family continued to carry mail, both government and private, throughout Europe for almost 300 years.In 1653, a Frenchman, Renouard de Velayer, established a system for delivering post in Paris. Postal charges at that time were paid by the recipient , but de Velayers

26、 system was unique by allowing the sender to pre-pay the charges, in a similar way to the modern stamp. Unfortunately, de Velayers system came to an end when jealous competitors put live mice in his letter boxes, ruining his business. Eventually, government-controlled postal systems took over from p

27、rivate postal businesses, and by the 1700s government ownership of most postal systems in Europe was an accepted fact of life.The thing that all these early systems had in common was that they were quite expensive for public use, and were intended for use by the government and the wealthy. However,

28、in 1840, a British schoolteacher named Roland Hill suggested introducing postage stamps, and a postal rate based on weight. This resulted in lowering postal rates, encouraging more people to use the system to stay in touch with each other, His idea helped the British postal system begin to earn prof

29、its as early as 1850. Soon after that many other countries took up Mr. Hills idea. And letter writing became accessible to anyone who could write. Today, the Roland Hill awards are given each year to encourage and reward fresh ideas which help promote philately (stamp collecting).1、What is the main

30、topic of the passage?AHow international letters travel.BA surprising method for delivering mail.CThe history of postal systems.DChanges in the methods of communication.2、Which of the following statements about Renouard de Velayer is true?AHis was a government-controlled system.BHis competitors destr

31、oyed his business.CHis system lasted for hundreds of years.DIn his system, the person who received the letter paid the postage fees.3、Which of the systems mentioned in the passage was most like the postal system today?AEgyptian.BChinese.Cde Velayers.Dvon Taxiss.4、What was Roland Hills greatest achie

32、vement?AHe made letter writing accessible to the average person.BHe made a lot of money for the British postal system.CHe made stamp collecting a popular hobby.DHe won an award for letter writing.23（8分） A simple project to help a family in need stopped Luke Mickelson in his tracks. In 2012, he and h

33、is family were inspired to build and donate a bunk bed, one bed on top of the other, after learning there were local children who slept on the floor. Shocked to discover how widespread this need was in his community, Mickelson founded Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit that builds and delivers bed

34、s to children in need.Born and raised in Idaho, Mickelson, now 41, had a thriving career. He coached his kids sports teams and fished in the nearby river. But when he met children who were sleeping on the floor, his peaceful life changed course.Using safety guidelines and his daughters bunk bed as a

35、 model, Mickelson started buying wood and supplies to build beds with his own money. He recruited friends and family members to help around the holiday. As word spread, interest and involvement from his and other communities floodedalong with Mickelsons bunk bed output. “That first project, we built

36、 11 bunk beds in my garage,” he said. “The next year, we did 15. Then it doubled every year. In 2017, we built 612 bunk beds.”With the motto “No kid sleeps on the floor in our town”, the nonprofit and its more than 65 branches have built and delivered more than 1,500 free beds to children across Ame

37、rica. But along with the rapid growth, Mickelson was faced with a tough choice: advancing his career or his nonprofit. He chose the latter and went from making “great money to zero money”. Hes never looked back. “I found that the need I have isnt financial,” he said. “The need I have is seeing the j

38、oy on kids faces, knowing that I can make a difference.”1、Why did Mickelson set up Sleep in Heavenly Peace?ATo help the poor children.BTo make a big fortune.CTo inspire his community.DTo get more donations.2、What do we know about Luke Mickelson?AHe had his own fish farm.BHe changed his career from t

39、ime to time.CHe used to sleep on the floor when he was a kid.DHe originally had a relaxing and pleasant life.3、How did other people react to Mickelsons project?AThey showed little interest in it.BThey were supportive and involved in it.CThey were doubtful about the safety of the bunk bed.DThey volun

40、teered to buy beds with their own money.4、What is Mickelsons attitude to the nonprofit?AAmbiguousBDefensive.CCautious.DPositive.24（8分）Early in the Iliad, Homers epic poem（史诗）about the legendary, Trojan War, there occurs a famous anecdote known as the catalogue of ships, which names all the Greek lea

41、ders and contingents(小分队) who came to fight at Troy. Before unfolding this impressive muster roll (花名册)，Homer makes a special, public appeal to the Muses to ensure he gets the facts right:Tell me now, Muses, who have your homes on Olympus- for you are goddesses, and ever-present, and know all things

42、, and we hear only rumour: nor do we know anythingThese lines reflect a central claim of epic poetrythat through the inspiration of the Muses, daughters of Memory, it can preserve the knowledge of people and the events of the past a formidable power in the non-literate, oral cultures in which the Il

43、iad evolved. The Iliad was composed around 750-700 BC, but its origins lie at least some five centuries earlier, deep in the Mycenaean Bronze Age-the world the Iliad poetically evokes.The Iliad is keenly aware of its role as the keeper of memory, and credibility is central to its storytelling. The e

44、pic is a work of fiction, and relates the events of a few weeks in the tenth and final year of the Trojan War fought between Greeks and Trojans over beautiful Helen, the Greek queen who deserted her husband to elope with a Trojan prince. Its cast of characters includes not only warriors and their ca

45、ptives and families, but the immortal Olympian gods, who perform many supernatural acts in the course of their eager participation in the action around Troy.The Iliad has the reputation for being an exclusively(专门地) male epic, weak on female characters, but to choose only one exampleHomers delicate

46、characterization of Helen as a woman driven by reluctant remorseful(悔恨的) passion is as hauntingly（萦绕心头地）credible as any Anna Karenina.Longinus, a scholar in the 1st Century AD wrote that in recording as he does the wounding of the gods, their quarrels, vengeance, tears, imprisonment and all their pa

47、ssions Homer has done his best to make the men in the Iliad gods and gods men. The scene between Achilles and Priam displays this inversion and crystallises what the Iliad poets had learned in the course of the epics Journey. That the gods we worship might not answer, and on occasion humanity must r

48、ise to fill their place. That glory is closely associated with painful loss. That the victor shares the humanity of the most vulnerable of the vanquished（战败者）; that there is no such thing as pure victory in war.1、The Iliad about the legendary Trojan War, might date back to _.Athe third century BC Bt

49、he seventh century BCCthe eighth century BC Dthe thirteenth century BC2、According to the passage,_.Abeing reliable is essential to the storytelling of the IliadBTrojan War between Greeks and Trojans lasted over a decadeCTrojan War ended owning to the Olympian gods absenceDbeautiful Helen is a woman

50、worth respecting in the Iliad3、Why does the Iliad have the reputation for being an exclusively male epic?ABecause it focuses only on men and war.BBecause too few females were well depicted.CBecause its cast of characters includes only males.DBecause Helen was described as a passionate woman.4、Which

51、of the following statements doesnt agree with the authors idea?APure victory in war does not exist at all.BGlory is naturally accompanied with saddening loss.CThe victor gains everything without any emotional loss.DBoth the victor and the vanquished share the same humanity.25（10分）Training the BrainP

52、eople who can accomplish unbelievable tasks, such as memorizing thousands of random numbers in under an hour, state that they just have normal brains. Some memory superstars compete in Olympic-like World Memory Championships. These mental athletes, or MAs for short, can memorize names of dozens of s

53、trangers in a few minutes or any poem handed them. Ed Cooke, a 24-year-old MA, explains they see themselves as participants rescuing the long-lost art of memory training. These techniques existed not to recall useless information, but to cut into the brain basic text and ideas.A study in the journal

54、 Nature examined eight people who finished near the top of the World Memory Championships. The scientists examined whether their brains were fundamentally different from everyone elses or whether they were simply making better use of memorizing abilities we all possess. They put the MAs and control

55、subjects into brain scanners and had them memorize numbers and photographs. The result surprised everyone. The brains of the MAs and those of the control subjects were indistinguishable. On every test, the MAs scored in the normal range. However, when the scientists examined what part of the brain w

56、as used during a memory activity, they found the MAs relied more heavily on areas in the brain involved in spatial memory.MAs offer an explanation: anything can be fixed upon our memories and kept in order by constructing a building in the imagination and filling it with pictures of what needs to be

57、 recalled. Dating back to the fifth century, the building is called a memory palace. Even as late as the fourteenth century, when there were copies of any text, scholars needed to remember what was read to them. Reading to remember requires a different technique than speed reading. If something is m

58、ade memorable, it has to be repeated. Until relatively recently, people read only a few books intensively (细致地) again and again, usually aloud. Today we read extensively, usually only once and without continuous focus.So the great difference is the ability to create impressive pictures in mind and t

59、o do it quickly. Using memory palaces, MAs create memorized pictures. For example, recombine the pictures to form unforgettable scenes such as the ways through a town. One competitor used his own body parts to help him memorize a 57,000-word dictionary.Anyone who wishes to train the mind needs first

60、 to create fantastical palaces in the imagination. Then they should cut each building into cubbyholes for memories. In a short amount of time, they will notice improvement with remembering things. To keep the skill sharp, MAs deliberately empty their palaces after competitions, so they can reuse the