湖北省黄石市重点中学2022-2023学年高考冲刺模拟英语试题含解析

1、2022-2023学年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）1Mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing _ it can pursue politics, science, art and religion

2、.AuntilBunlessCbeforeDsince2From his expression, I dont think he could have finished his homework last night, _?Acouldnt heBdo ICdid heDhasnt he3I prefer a school _teachers have to work as a team, instead of fighting against each other.AwhereBthatCasDwhen4The wide spread of super hybrid rice around

3、the world _ the lives of millions and millions of people suffering from hunger to a great level.Ahas improvedBis improvingCimprovedDhas been improving5I was caught in a traffic jam for over an hour, otherwise, I _ you waiting for such a long time.Ahad not keptBwill not keepCwould not have keptDhave

4、not kept6_ those past years, we couldnt help feeling sorry for our parents who never had a rest all the year round.ALooking back uponBLooking aroundCLooking outDLooking up7This film is very with young people, which tells a really romantic story.Afamiliar BpopularCsimilar Dparticular8They were standi

5、ng so far away that I couldnt_ their faces clearly.Amake outBmake forCmake offDmake up9Mary was pleased to see that the seeds she _ in the garden were growing.Awas planting Bhas planted Cwould plant Dhad planted10_much pressure the U.S. government put on the Chinese government, China would stickto i

6、ts own policy of exchange rate.AHoweverBWhereverCWhateverDWhoever11May I use your new dictionary?It s over there_AFeel free BNever mind CMy pleasure DIts OK12I have been considering cancelling the project because it seems hard to go farther.But its too early to_ now. Theres still much hope.Apick up

7、the piecesBthrow in the towelCgo through your pacesDjump down your throat13No matter how carefully you plan your finances, no one can _ when the unexpected will happen.AproveBimplyCdemandDpredict14_to work overtime that evening,I missed a wonderful film.AHaving been asked BTo askCHaving asked DTo be

8、 asked15Loneliness is a feeling _ people experience a powerful rush of emptiness and solitude.AwhichBwhereCthatDhow16When the organization _ in March, 2019, there was almost no money in the bank and more than $1 million of debt.AfoldedBboomedCregisteredDsprang17 Can you do me a favour, Mr. Smith? My

9、 car _ start. No problem. You can count on it.Awont BmustntCneednt Dshouldnt18Children are likely to _ some bad habits when playing the piano if they dont have proper lessons.Akeep upBcatch upCpick upDgive up19When Thanksgiving Day is the corner, stores and supermarkets are busy with people.AaroundB

10、onCwithDat20What do you think of your preparations for the final exams?Not so good. Actually I feel like _ for Ive made little progress in Maths.ADaniel in the lions denBAchilles heelCa good SamaritanDa sacred cow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） Three-dayold Oskar Lunde sleeps

11、 in a small bed at an Estonian(爱沙尼亚) hospital.Across the room, his father turns on a laptop computer. Now we will register our child, Andrei Lunde says as he lifts his identification card into the card reader. His wife, Olga, looks on. And just like that, Oskar is Estonias newest citizen. No paper.

12、No time spent standing in a line.Estonia has launched a project to make government administration completely digital. The goal is to reduce the size of the government work force, open up the decision-making process and fuel economic growth.Need medicine ?Reach for a computer and send an email or tex

13、t message to a doctor. Need help from the local government? Click on a link to the government websitesEstonia has created a system that supports electronic authentication(身份验证) and digital signatures. It provides paperless communications for both the government and private industry.However, there ar

14、e a few things that one cannot do electronically in Estonia: marry, end a marriage or buy and sell property. That is only because the government has decided it is very important to show up in person for some big life events. When Estonia declared independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, it

15、 had to build a new economy. Government leaders looked for an industry where the country could compete. They decided on information technology and the Internet.When the poor country needed to replace a 1930s phone system, former President Toomas Hendrik Ilves rejected the offer of a free analog(模拟)

16、system from Finland and argued for a digital one.Last year, information and communications made up 5.9 percent of the economy. The government hopes to increase that figure with an e-residency program that lets businessmen around the world register their businesses in Estonia, thus gaining a presence

17、 in the European Union. More than 51, 000 people from 167 countries have registered at a cost of only 100 euros, or114 each.1、What purpose does Paragraph 1 serve in the passage?ATo provide background information of the topic.BTo attract readers attention to the topicCTo describe the daily life of an

18、 EstonianDTo offer some basic knowledge of Estonia2、In which case shall people show up in person in Estonia?ARegistering a newly born baby. BRegistering a businessCPurchasing a house. DSigning a name.3、What can we infer from the last paragraph?AThe e-residency program didnt work in practiceBThe e-re

19、sidency program appeals to native EstoniansCPeople register businesses in Estonia at very low pricesDEstonia used to be a member state of the European Union.4、Which of the following is the best title of the passage?AEstonian Government Aims to End PaperworkBe-residency Program Fuels Estonian Economy

20、CEstonia Is Becoming Stronger With IT IndustryDGovernment Administration Is Going Digital22（8分）For tourists holding the Barcelona Card, the information below will be useful if you plan to admire some artworks or architectures there.Sagrada FamiliaOpening hours: 09:00-18:00(October-March); 09:00-20:0

21、0(April-September)Admission:11, or 11, or 10 with the Barcelona CardThe projects vast sale and its special design have made it one of Barcelonas top tourist attractions for many years.La PedreraOpening hours: November-February: 09:00-18:1; March-October: 09:00-20:00Admission：$ 9.50. Save 20% with th

22、e Barcelona Card.It is a unique modernist building made of bricks and colorful tiles（瓦）. Visitors can see the amazing 800 square meters attic（阁楼）with 270 brick arches that give you a feeling that you are walking inside the skeleton of a whale.Barcelona FC MuseumOpening hours: 6th April-4th October:1

23、0:00-20:00;the rest of the year. 10:00-18:1Admission：$8.50 for entry to the museum and $17 for a guided tour.When you buy your ticket you have two options: a ticket for the museum to see the football stadium or a special one for $15 where you get to see the stadium and the scenes at the club.Picasso

24、 MuseumOpening hours: Check the website for details as they vary depending on the time of the year.Admission：$9 for main exhibition-extra for special showings. Save 50% with Barcelona Card.The museum has arranged Picassos paintings from his early days to his final works. Arranging the paintings in t

25、his way gives you a fascinating insight into the development of Picasso.1、What do we know the tourist attractions mentioned in the passage?ASagrada Familia is the largest building in Barcelona.BLa Pedrera is well-known for its colorful material.CBarcelona FC Museum may attract football fans.DPicasso

26、 Museum offers only one exhibition.2、If you visit the stadium and the club with a tour guide in Barcelona FC museum, you should pay_A$25.5 B$34C$42.5 D$33、What do the attractions have in common?AThe Barcelona Card is a must for visiting them.BThey are all famous for their architectural styles.CTheir

27、 opening hours are changeable in different seasons.DTourists can have a discount of 20% with the Barcelona Card.23（8分） Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to

28、 send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hun

29、dreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give m

30、ore about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People dont want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of dan

31、ger and seem to be bad news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely; instead they print stories about plane accidents.Another factor is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories

32、about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.1、According to the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now?AThey carry news storie

33、s and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse.BThey tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.CThey watch TV or read newspapers.DThey listen to the radio every day.2、The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that _.Apeople can learn more about the same new

34、s story from a newspaperBpeople can read the news story more quickly in a newspaperCpeople can read news stories in other countriesDpeople can read news stories about their own country3、According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV?AYou often play football with y

35、our friends after school.BYour teacher has got a cold.CA tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasnt been caught.DThe bike in front of your house is lost.24（8分）Anew international study shows that some peopled biological clock plays a powerful role for their life expectancy, regardless of lifestyle c

36、hoices.Published in the latest issue of Aging on Wednesday, the study has found the most definitive evidence to explain why some people keep healthy lifestyle but die younger than others.Geneticist Steve Horvath from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), led a team of 65 scientists aroun

37、d the world to record age-related changes to human DNA, analyse blood samples collected from 13,000 people and estimate their lifespan.A higher biological age, regardless of actual age, consistently predicts an earlier death, the study says.“You get people who are vegan, sleep 10 hours a day, have a

38、 low-stress job, and still end up dying young,” Horvath said in a statement. “We have shown some people have a faster innate aging rate.”The findings discovered that 5 percent of the population ages at a faster biological rate, which translated to a roughly 50 percent higher than average risk of dea

39、th at any age.“The great hope is that we find anti-aging interventions that would slow your innate aging rate,” Horvath said, adding that “this is an important milestone to realizing this dream.1、How was the study conducted?ABy collecting and analyzing dataBBy interviewing lots of peopleCBy research

40、ing previous studiesDBy studying different lifestyles2、Some people keep healthy lifestyle but die younger than others because .ABy biological clock is not powerful enoughBthe most definitive evidence has been foundCthey have a higher actual age than othersDthey ages at a relatively faster biological

41、 rate3、According to the study, it can be inferred that .Apeople who keep healthy lifestyle tend to live longerBpeoples lifespan can be predicted by their ageCanti-aging interventions have proved to slow the innate aging rateD5 percent of people are believed to have a faster innate aging rat25（10分）On

42、e of the biggest problems when we are talking is the awkward silence. Encountering this situation is so uncomfortable that you would avoid meeting new people in the first place. In the past, I struggled with this and I even thought it had to do with my DNA or something But later I learned that once

43、you know how to keep those words flowing, you can meet and talk to anyone you like, which helps create great possibilities for friendship, fun and shared activities that you would otherwise have missed out on.After studying this in depth, I had different opinions and found that one of these common b

44、ehaviors is the habit of filtering (过滤)-holding back from saying something until youve “checked” to make sure that what youre about to say is cool, impressive and interesting. Another problem is not learning to get in the mood for conversation. If you dont know how to change from subjects, then it c

45、an take a lot of time to warm up.It is the reflex (习惯性思维) that allows you to say whatever goes on in your mind. Its fun to realize that youre allowed to say whatever is on your mind. As long as you dont say anything that could land you in jail (监狱).All of the “Oh! Thats interesting” “Hmm, Ive never

46、heard of that” “Hmm, cool!” expressions are reactionary (保守的) bits of conversation that prove to the other person that youre really listening. This works 99% of the time. So, if you show some interest, theyll hang around and want to talk to you even more.Everyone knows that stories juice-up conversa

47、tions, but most people only talk about stories of their own lives. When someone mentions something related to any of them, just tell the story, even if its not from your life. The more interesting, stranger or more frightening they are, the harder they are to forget.1、If people can deal with the awk

48、ward silence, they can .Atrain their working skill Bimprove their life qualityCenrich their social life Destablish their working relationship2、When talking with others, we should .Afeel nervous Bthink twiceCbe free to express Davoid breaking in3、According to the passage, what do the speakers care mu

49、ch about?AThe attractive topics of conversation.BThe atmosphere of the conversation.CThe listeners experiences and tastes.DThe listeners curiosity and concern.4、What does the underlined part “juice-up conversations” mean?Amaking conversations more boring Bmaking conversations livelierCmaking convers

50、ations smoother Dmaking conversations more relaxing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） My cousin is nine years old, a little bit fat and doesnt do really well at school. She is heavily 1 ,and thus has developed some resistance and 2 towards adults, wh

51、o usually dont put high hopes in her.Yesterday we went to an art 3 together. There were paintings from kids with disabilities. My little girl has a 4 eye, for the paintings she liked most were also the best of the show. She voluntarily helped to 5 the chairs and table for a sharing session, painted

52、by herself alongside new friends while I attended the sharing, and also 6 helped me to get my bag from another room, 7 that doesnt happen often at home as shes usually 8 to her iPad.In the afternoon, we went to buy books together. I bought a book written by a mom 9 her journey with her autistic( 自闭的

53、) son. On the bus back home, I briefly 10 the book to my cousin, and to my surprise she was 11 interested. She kept asking me to tell more stories about the boy in the book who 12 with small things in life. Even when the subject strayed (偏离) elsewhere, she 13 hearing more about this boy. This is the

54、 first time Ive seen her so interested in a 14 . Usually when she talks to me she describes events at school and at home without a 15 focus. Im very 16 that the life of a 17 has found its way into this little girls heart.Im very thankful for the 18 of books, for the beauty that my cousin revealed to

55、 me, and for the time we had together. I 19 that I can keep seeing clearly the wonderful things in her, so that whenever the not-so-kind world puts her 20 ,I can remind her how truly wonderful she has always been.1、AabusedBadoredCchallengedDteased2、AsatisfactionBdependenceCdistrustDappreciation3、Aex

56、hibitionBperformanceCinterviewDcourse4、AcuriousBblindCdoubtfulDsharp5、AdonateBrentCarrangeDdistribute6、AfinallyBunwillinglyCcheerfullyDsecretly7、AanythingBsomethingCnothingDeverything8、AadjustedBgluedCadmittedDopposed9、AbeginningBadvertisingCrecordingDtaking;10、AsentBlentCowedDintroduced11、AnearlyBh

57、ardlyCslightlyDtruly12、AstrugglesBplaysCdealsDlives13、Ainsisted onBdreamed ofCworried aboutDobjected to14、ApaintingBjourneyCtopicDtitle15、AsimpleBclearCnaturalDcontroversial16、AtouchedBdiscouragedCpuzzledDdisappointed17、ArelativeBstrangerCtravelerDpasser-by18、AthemeBcontentCcharactersDpower19、AprayB

58、suspectCagreeDconclude20、AupBdownCoffDon第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。27（15分）Students at a primary school in Hangzhou had their first class1March 1st on movable type. This is2ancient Chinese printing system.The West Lake Primary School in Zhejiang Province has introduced the cour

59、se in the new term. An expert in Chinese characters culture has been invited to the campus，3major responsibility is to teach students how4(use) the ancient printing technology. Students attend lectures on the history of mova type along with5(interest) classes on typesetting and printing. They then p

60、rint their own document， 6(apply) the knowledge theyve learned. One student printed her 7(new) written essay “Whether the traditional red envelopes kids receive belong to them or their parents?”8(know) as one of the four great inventions of ancient China， movable type printing9(invent) by Bi Sheng i