江苏省宜兴市实验中学2022-2023学年高考压轴卷英语试卷含解析

1、2022-2023学年高考英语模拟试卷注意事项1考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回2答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置3请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符4作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效5如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1-Turn off the TV,

2、Jack. Your homework now?-Mum, just ten more minutes, please.AShould you be doingBCouldnt you be doingCShouldnt you be doingDWill you be doing2Mary became _ homesick and critical of the United States, so she fled from her home in West Bloomfield to her hometown in Austria.Acompletely BsincerelyCappro

3、ximately Dincreasingly3Though our football boys are faced with four goals behind, they are still struggling hard in the field to _.Aface the musicBsave faceCcost their arm and legDland on their feet4Lisa wouldnt _ the job any more. She had a big argument with her boss and resigned.Acome up withBkeep

4、 up withCmake up withDput up with5That student admitted in the math exam, that he would never do that again in the future.Ato have cheated, promisingBcheating, promisedCto cheating, promisedDhaving cheated, promising6In April,2009,President Hu inspected the warships in Qingdao,_ the 60th anniversary

5、 of the founding of the PLA Navy.AmarkingBmarkedChaving markedDbeing marked7Sorry, I didnt hear the door bell ring.Your bell . Perhaps it needs repairing.Anever workedBis never workingCnever worksDhad never worked8Be seated, please and Ill make you a cup of tea._. Lets come to the point first.AYou n

6、eednt do so BPlease dont bother CYou are welcome DYou are indeed too polite.9Your red coat looks so good. It stood out clearly _ the snow.Aacross BagainstCthrough Dover10 How do you find your new classmate? Oh, she is really _ of a musician, who can not only sing very beautifully, but also compose s

7、killfully.AsomethingBsomebodyCeverythingDeverybody11 Hi, Mary. Im coming, but its snowing and traffic is moving slowly. _, Jack. Well wait for you. Then we can have dinner together.ATake your timeBDont be seriousCWhat a dayDYou are kidding12Did you enjoy the party?Yes. We _ well by our hosts.Awere t

8、reatedBwould be treatedCtreatedDhad treated13Jim told us all that _ he said so at the meeting was right.AallBwhatCall thatDthat14The news shocked the public，_ to great concern about students safety at school.Ahaving ledBledCleadingDto lead15Have you found the new flat advertised in the newspaper? Ye

9、s. But the community_ very large and I nearly got lost just now.Ahad beenBwasCwill beDis16-Whenever you want a good meal, come to my restaurant and eat for free.-Believe me. That is an _ I will not refuse.AapproachBofferCideaDinstruction17I was caught in a traffic jam for over an hour, otherwise, I

10、_ you waiting for such a long time.Ahad not keptBwill not keepCwould not have keptDhave not kept18 Which driver was to blame?- Why, _! It was the childs fault, clear and simple. He suddenly came out between two parked cars.AbothBeachCeitherDneither19_ it is so hot, I guess we cant do anything until

11、after dark.AIn caseBNow thatCEven ifDAs though20Jane realized her _ to become the first woman to run the 10,000 metres within 30 minutes.Aachievement BcommitmentCcompetition Dambition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）5 Secrets of Web Travel SitesBooking a trip on an online trave

12、l site is convenient, but comes with its own set of problems.1. They know whos on a Mac and whos on a PC and whos goingto spend more.Last year, US travel research company Orbitz tracked peoples online activities to test out whether Mac users spend more on travel than PC users. On average, Mac users

13、lay out US$20-30 more per night on hotels and go for more stars, according to the Wall Street Journal. As a result, online travel sites show these users more expensive travel options first. To avoid inadvertently paying more, sort results by price.2. Their software doesnt always hook up to the hotel

14、s system.A guaranteed reservation is almost impossible to come by anywhere but the risk of your flight or hotel being overbooked increases with third-party providers. The middle-mans software isnt immune to system errors, so always call the hotel or airline to make sure your booking was processed.3.

15、 Dont be fooled by packages: Often, theyre low-end items grouped together.Ever notice how travel sites recommend a hotel, a rental car, and tour package all in one click? These deals usually feature travel that no one wants, like flights with multiple layovers. Check the fine print.4. You could miss

16、 out on loyalty points.Third-party providers can get between you and frequent flyer miles or points. Many hotel loyalty programmes dont recognize external sites, others award only minimum points and exclude special offers, like double points on hotel stays.5. Once your trip is purchased, youre on yo

17、ur own.An online travel agency cant provide assistance the same way an agent can if a flight is cancelled or a room is substandard. Basically, when you arrive at the airport or hotel, youre just another client who booked at the lowest rate.1、Which of the following is TRUE?AThird-party providers can

18、ensure your reservation.BMac users are likely to spend more money than PC users.CAn online travel agency functions the same as an agent.DPackages usually provide travelers with satisfactory programmes.2、Whats the purpose of the passage?ATo encourage readers to book a trip on an online travel site.BT

19、o make an advertisement about several travel sites online.CTo convince readers not to book a trip on an online travel site.DTo warn readers of some problems with booking trips online.22（8分） We all love bank holidays. In the UK, we only get eight bank holidays in one year, and at least five of those

20、occur around Christmas time and Easter time! A bank holiday is a British English term. This is an official day that is decided by the government, when banks, shops and offices close for the day even though its a weekdayusually a Monday, and a lot of people have a day off work.Bank holidays are diffe

21、rent in Colombia -firstly, they are called “festivos”. There are twenty festivos for the whole country in one year! In Britain, people get more holiday allowances(津贴)than Colombians but fewer bank holidays. There can be even more festivos in Colombia, depending on which region of Colombia you live i

22、n. This is because different regions have their own holidays. For example, some regions have a patron saint(守护神), so they have an extra festivo to celebrate that saint.However, there are some days that are national holidays for historical reasons. There is an Independence Day celebration on July 20

23、every year. This is just like Bastille Day in France on July 14, or Independence Day in the United States on July4. Other important festivos in Colombia are: Labour Day, on May 1, and Columbus Day on October 12. Columbus Day is a historical bank holiday that almost every county on the continent of A

24、merica celebrates. This includes Colombia, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Mexico and the United States. It is memorialization of the day when the Italian sailor, Christopher Columbus, first reached land on the continent in the year 1492. Many people criticize this day and say it is not something to celebra

25、te because of the way Columbus and his team treated the people that were already living there.1、What is a “bank holiday” according to the text?AAn official nationwide vacation.BA holiday only for the bank staff.CA British traditional religion festival.DA celebration for Christmas and Easter.2、What c

26、an we learn from Paragraph2?AColombia and Britain have the same number of festivos.BAll Colombians have the same number of festivos.CColombians have fewer holiday allowances than British people.DPeople in most regions celebrate a patron saint.3、Why do many Americans refuse to celebrate Columbus Day?

27、ABecause Columbus wasnt an American at all.BBecause Columbus once treated the locals badly.CBecause it wasnt Columbus who found America first.DBecause Columbus didnt live in the continent of America.4、What is the text mainly about?AA British English term.BBank holidays in Colombia.CImportant festivo

28、s in America.DDifferent bank holidays in the world.23（8分）“Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.”It might sound like something straight out of a horror movie, but for 38 minutes terrified Hawaiian residents thought the world was going to end.On Satur

29、day, locals and tourists on the small island woke up to a message that many have feared amid North Koreas development of a nuclear weapon.Panicked residents gathered family members, ran out onto the streets and anxiously sought shelter as they awaited the attack. Cars were abandoned on highways and

30、people who were outside at the time hid in the basements of neighbours as others prepared to flee.Stacey Bow, 56, of Honolulu was awakened to the emergency alert(警报) on her smart phone and woke up her 16- year- old daughter, who became hysterical, crying. Cherese Carlson, said the moments following

31、the alert were filled with fear. “I had no friends here to turn to for help,”she said. “There was nothing I could do but sit in my car worried that it was the end of my life.”Others thought that it was a hoax or a false alarm, since the sirens(报警汽笛) did not ring out. “I thought to myself, it must be

32、 someones last day at work or someone got extremely upset at a superior and basically did this as a joke,” said Brian Naeole, who was visiting Honolulu from Molokai, adding that he didnt hear sirens and neither TV nor radio stations issued alerts.It turned out that the incident was caused by a worke

33、r who pressed the wrong button. A revised alert informing people of the “false alarm” did not reach mobile phones until about 40 minutes after the first warning was sent. Hawaiis Emergency Management Agency administrator Vern Miyagi said, “there was no automated way to send a false alarm cancellatio

34、n. We had to initiate a manual process. And that was why it took a while to inform everyone”. He apologised for the false alarm.1、When did the people probably receive the alert message?AAt 8:07 a.m.BAt 11:05 a.m.CAt 6:13 p.m.DAt 9:05 p.m.2、What can we infer about Cherese Carlson?AShe was a local liv

35、ing in Honolulu.BShe celled up her friends for assistance.CShe had to hide in a strong basementDShe was probably a tourist visiting Hawaii.3、How did Brian Naeole feel after reading the alert message?ADesperate.BCalm.CTerrified.DFunny.4、The underlined word “manual” in the last paragraph means .Aexpre

36、ssed in wordsBcontrolled by computersCoperated by handDperformed by robots24（8分）Andrew started his job four years ago at a job search company G, when he worked in a computer programming language called Stata. Then other programming languages appear, and he has had to continually learn new skills. He

37、 says the ever-changing universe of work requires employees to be critical thinkers and fast to adapt to the new environment.People need to learn new technologies and apply their skills quickly and regularly. When companies hire new workers, they are not always looking for knowledge of a certain sof

38、tware, but soft skills like problem solving, effective communication and leadership. They also may want candidates who show a willingness to keep learning new skills.Students may believe that studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics, known as the STEM fields, will easily lead to a g

39、ood first job. But employers are telling colleges: you are producing engineers, but they do not have the skills we need. That means finding new ways to solve a problem is more important than using established steps to do so.To get students ready, some colleges and even high schools, are working on b

40、uilding critical thinking skills. One example of this is at the private Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia. For three weeks in January, students either get jobs or go on trips. The experience gives them a better sense of what they might do in the future.Career offices at universities also place

41、 a lot of importance on interview skills, teaching young people more than writing an effective resume and dressing well. They have to learn how to perform best on video and phone interviews, and how to deal with new ways of being chosen for a job.1、What does the job at G require Andrew to do?ATo app

42、ly what he learned in college to his work.BTo keep learning new knowledge to keep up.CTo have a good command of several languages.DTo keep changing jobs for different skills.2、What quality do companies require of new workers?ASkills at solving problems and effective communication.BWillingness to sto

43、p work and go for further education.CTricks at managing a whole department or research team.DReadiness to stay behind after work and work overtime.3、What message do employers convey to colleges?AInterview skills and effective resume are necessary for students.BGood basic knowledge in related field i

44、s essential for students.CMany new ways of looking for graduate employees are popular.DCollege students should have the skills for solving problems.4、Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?ANew Skills Are Required of EmployersBTraditional Education Limits Job ChancesCTomorrows

45、Jobs Require Soft SkillsDWhat You Learn Today Decides Your Future25（10分）As any plane passenger will confirm, a crying baby is almost impossible to ignore, no matter how hard you try. Now scientists believe they may have worked out why. A babys cry pulls at the heartstrings (扣人心弦) in a way while othe

46、r cries dont, researchers found.Researchers found that a babys cry can trigger unique emotional responses in the brain, making it impossible for us to ignore them-whether we are parents or not. Other types of cries, including calls of animals in great pain, fail to get the same response-suggesting t

47、he brain is programmed to respond specifically to a babys cry.A team of Oxford University scientists scanned the brains of 28 men and women as they listened to a variety of calls and cries. After 100 milliseconds, two parts of the brain that respond to emotion lit up. Their response to a babys cry w

48、as particularly strong. The response was seen in both men and women-even if they had no children.Researcher Dr, Christine Parsons said, “You might read that men should just notice a baby and step over it and not see it, but its not true. There is a special processing in men and women, which makes se

49、nse from an evolutionary view that both men and women would be responding to these cries,” The study involved people who were not parents, yet they are all responding quickly to these particular cries so this might be a fundamental response present in all of us regardless of parental status.Research

50、er Katie Young said it may take a bit longer for someone to recognize their own childs cries because they need to do more “fine-grained analysis”. The team had previously found that our reactions speed up when we hear a baby crying. Adults performed better on computer games when they were played the

51、 sound of a baby crying than after they heard recordings of adults crying or high-pitched (高音的) birdsong. The findings could help shed light on post-natal (产后的) depression-where mothers struggle to bond with their newborn-by showing how a healthy brain responds to a babys cries.1、A babys cry is diff

52、icult to ignore because it .Akeeps on crying Bcries harder than adultsCcauses people great pain Dmakes people feel strong emotions2、The underlined word “trigger” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ Aremove BavoidCcause Dcure3、What may Christine Parsons agree to?AAlmost everyone makes certain response to

53、 a babys cries.BA crying baby makes no sense to people without children.CMen pay less attention to a crying baby than women.DParents can hardly recognize their own babies cry.4、Computer games are mentioned in the text to show .Aplayers different reactions to a crying babyBbabys crying contributes to

54、 quicker reactionsCthe influence of babys and adults crying on performanceDits hard to keep ones concentration with a crying baby nearby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）Not too long after I had begun to drive as a teenager, someone pulled out of a p

55、arking lot onto the road in front of me. I reacted 36 and pulled up very close behind her- just to show my irritation(怒气) and let her know she didnt just 37 with that! Weve all been there with 38 incidents and reactions. My mother was with me, and told me to turn into the 39 parking lot. Safely ther

56、e, she asked me why I 40 that lady had pulled out in front of me purposely. 41 rude, powerplay- I guessed. Mom said that maybe she had just had some bad 42 , maybe she was late picking up her child and was distracted(分心). Think of all the 43 of why someone does something like that. Its usually not o

57、n purpose- but what I do as a reaction is on purpose. She always said that I 44 to think about the other side before I 45 . Usually the reaction causes more of a 46 . I am in my fifties now, and to this day, that has always 47 my head whenever those 48 happen. Ive 49 my children the same thing. We o

58、ften see and hear about road rage. No matter to what 50 that rage is taken, my children will say something like, They need Grandmas words! As adults, I dont see them react as most of us do 51 their first reaction is always anger and irritation- they 52 it and 53 what the other persons problem might

59、be. Even if the other driver really might be 54 or doing a power play, no more 55 reactions will occur because of their irritation.1754. AcalmlyBquickly Cangrily Dcarefully1755. Aget up Bget away Cget down Dget along 1756. Asimilar Bterrible Crude Dfamiliar1757. AfirstBfarthestClast Dnearest1758. As

60、uggestedBcomplained Cthought Dconcluded1759.AAlways BJust CAlmost DStill1760.AimpressionBgrades CskillDnews 1761. Alessons Bpurposes Cpossibilities Dreasons 1762.Aused Bneeded CpreferredDreminded 1763.Adecide Bdrive Creact Ddo1764.Aproblem Bthreat CmessDresult 1765. Ahappened to Bcame acrossCpassed