浙江省宁波市诺丁汉大学附中2023学年高考冲刺模拟英语试题（含解析）

1、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）1Whitney Houstons sudden death suggests that drug abuse is such a serious problem _ we should deal with it appropriatel

2、y.AasBthatCwhichDwhere2I had hardly rung the bell _ the door was opened suddenly, and my son rushed out to greet me.Abefore BuntilCas Dsince3What did he do in return for free _ and food offered by the kind couple?He helped their son with his lessons.AconservationBadmissionCaccommodationDimmigration4

3、The new local law in Nanjing says parents not physically harm young children or expose them to longterm hunger as a punishment.AcanBshallCwillDneed5Ellen is a fantastic dancer. I wish I _ as well as her.AdanceBwill danceChad dancedDdanced6What is your impression of your former colleague Nick?Hes hel

4、pful, and he _ give us a hand at work.AmustBwouldCmayDshould7I need to be more mature and ready to _ my mistakes.Ahold on toBcut offCmake up forDtake up8Roger trained hard for the tournament for months, but unfortunately he had to _ due to a knee injury.Apull out Bwork outCtry out Dgive out9Many que

5、stions have been answered by John. He must have previewed the lessons last night, _ he?AneedntBhasntCdidntDmustnt10In contrast with the liberal social climate of the present, traditions in the past were relatively _.Acompetitive BcomprehensiveCcreative Dconservative11What do you think of your journe

6、y to Yunnan?Everything is very fantastic，especially its fresh air.It is pleasant _.Abreathed Bbeing breathedCto be breathed Dto breathe12Changing the password on your account isnt a lasting solution if you dont remove any virus， ？Adont youBdo youCisnt itDis it13 I cant think why he_ so angry. I mean

7、t no offence.Its typical of him to be sensitive.Ashould have beenBmust have beenCmight have beenDcan have been14_ the plant once a week if you are to get fruit in the autumn.AWatered BWatering CTo water DWater15The debate here will be limited in two main respects，_ the time available.Ain view of Bin

8、 return forCin addition to Din comparison with16Laughter produces short-term changes in the function of the heart and blood circulation,_heart rate and oxygen consumption.Aincreasing Bto increase Chaving increased Dbeing increased17The weather turned out to be fine. I _ the trouble to carry the umbr

9、ella with me.Ashould have takenBmust have takenCcouldnt have takenDneednt have taken18My mother opened the drawer to _ the knives and spoons.Aput awayBput upCput onDput together19Believe it or not, it is _ that causes your illness.Abecause of your being overweightBbecause you are overweightCyou are

10、so overweightDyour being overweight20The boy stood his head down, listening to his mother scolding him for breaking the windows.AforBofCwithDaround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） The word OK is the most frequently spoken all-purpose expression on the planetand its turning 176

11、 years old on March 23,2015.The term was born during a 19th-century abbreviation（缩写）craze and went on to international fame with its own hand gesture.Last year,Henry Nass,a 64-year-old retired English teacher,a New Yorker had spent the last few weeks handing out cards championing Global OK Day in ad

12、vance of the coming anniversary.No matter where people are from they use the word OK,but they dont know where it comes from,says Nass. The problem is because its just,you know,OK.The word is OK,perhaps,but its history is definitely better than average.Late etymologist Allen Walker Read traced the tw

13、o-letter word to 1839,when editors at the Boston Morning Post signed off on articles as “all correct” with a simple word OK.The word made it into print on March 23 of that year,during an article against a rival editor in Providence who had stated wrongly that a band of Bostonians heading to New York

14、 would pass through the Rhode Island capital.We said not a word about our team passing through the city of Providence,the Morning Post reported.O.K.all correct.The humor of the Providence-Boston joke has been lost to historybut the word OK took off from there,soon connoting（隐含）agreement,acceptance,a

15、verageness,quality or likability.By 1840,it served as a slogan for President Martin Van Burens unsuccessful reelection campaign.Old Kinderhook is OK,posters stated,a reference to the eighth presidents birthplace and his supporters belief in his satisfactory performance.1、Why did Henry Nass hand out

16、cards?ATo let people understand the history of the word OK.BTo call on people to use the word OK properly.CTo appeal to people to celebrate OK Day.DTo attract peoples attention.2、What does the author want to convey in Paragraph 4?AThe history of the word OK is known to average people.BThe history of

17、 the word OK is unfamiliar to people.CPeople frequently use the word OK in history.DPeople are fond of the word OK in history.3、What does the underlined phrase took off in Paragraph 7 probably mean?AGot offBSet upCMoved offDBecome popular4、We can learn from the text that Kinderhook is of the eighth

18、American president.Athe nameBthe birthplaceCthe policyDthe belief22（8分）The popular TV program Readers has prompted more people in China to practice reading aloud in booths (小间) set up in big cities across the country.As the latest TV show to help peoples love for literature recover, the CCTV program

19、 Readers invites people from all walks of life to read aloud their favorite poems, essays and books, or even personal letters they wrote to their loved ones.Just as the weekly show has been wellreceived, its reading booths, equipped with professional recording devices and cameras, have become instan

20、t hits.A crowd of more than 200 people were pictured lining up outside the Shanghai Library at 11 am on March 4the first day of the booths opening to the public in Shanghai. The deadline for registrations was brought forward to 2 pm instead of the scheduled 5：30 pm, as the number of waiting readers

21、continued to grow. Some waited more than nine hours for a tryout in the booth, according to library management.“There is an old photo in the late 1970s capturing people lining up outside the Shanghai Library before it opens. If that was a spring of reading in Shanghai, now I think another spring has

22、 arrived again，”library manager Zhou Deming, told The Paper.The reading booth is the only one of its kind in the city of economic center at the moment, but more are expected to be put into use in the coming months, according to the librarys website.The program has also led to booths in other cities

23、including Beijing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Xian to appeal to more people to read and share their life stories.With the recent boom of culturethemed TV shows such as Readers and Chinese Poetry Congress, some are optimistic that this will help the country love literature and reading again in general.1

24、、The CCTV program Readers aims to_.Ateach people what to readBattract peoples attention to CCTVCinvite people to read aloud in the boothDarouse peoples enthusiasm for reading2、We can learn from Paragraph 3 that_.Asome people waited for a long time to read in the boothBMarch 4 was the first day of th

25、e opening of Shanghai LibraryCon March 4, 200 people read in the boothDthe time for registrations was lengthened for three and a half hours3、The passage mainly tells that_.Amany people line up to read aloud in reading boothsBmore reading booths will be set up in the futureCReaders has become popular

26、 all over ChinaDReaders has inspired more people to read aloud in reading booths23（8分）Feeling down? Why not visit one of these four websites?CThis site was created in 1999 and gets about seven million visitor per month. Two of its videos have been chosen as winners for the Webby Awards: Pixar Intro

27、Parody and Web Site Story. Other funny videos to looks out for include a debate on the advantages and disadvantages of going to college.FThis site has lots of really funny videos And as the name suggests, users vote on videos, choosing the options “funny” or “die”. If the video receives too many “di

28、e” votes, its sent to the sites “crypt”. But if it gets enough “funny” votes, it goes into the Hall of Fame. The site was crated in 2006 by comedians Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The sites first video. The Landlord has had over 70 million views Videos to watch out for include Just a Tip: Taxi, with

29、some valuable advice on how to catch a taxi, and Over Analyzing Texts, with some tips on how to respond to text messagesRFounded in 2005, R is a social news and entertainment website. Registered users put funny content in the form of the video link or texts on the website. Other users then vote thes

30、e things “up” or “down”. The most recent and well-liked content appears at the top on the front page of the site.TFirst appearing as a satirical newspaper in 1988, T has hundred of videos and articles on news and current affairs, and receives an average of 7.5 million visitors a months. Its famous f

31、or its amusing items, such as Michelle Obama Seen Outside Walking Family Rhinoceros or Dad Cant Believe Lawn.1、If you want to watch videos ever winning the Webby Awards, you can visit_.AReddit. com BCollegehumor. comCT DF2、Videos on the website F are _.Awatched over 70 million timesBvoted by their u

32、sersCbased on newspaper storiesDcreated by users3、What do R and T have in common?AThey include funny videosBThey include valuable adviceCThey include debates on educationDThey provide satirical news24（8分）Whenever something looks interesting or beautiful,theres a natural impulse to catch and own itwh

33、ich means, in this day and age,that we cant help reaching for our phones to take a picture when seeing beautiful things.Though this would seem to be a wonderful solution,there are two big problems about taking pictures.Firstly, were likely to be so busy taking the pictures that we forget to look at

34、the world whose beauty and interest inspire us to take a photograph in the first place.And secondly,because we feel the pictures are safely stored in our phones,we never get around to look at them.These problems would seem to be very much of today,a consequence of the tiny phones in our pockets.But

35、they were noticed right at the beginning of the history of photography,when the average camera was the size of a grandfather clock.The first person who noticed them was the English art critic,John Ruskin.He was a travelling lover who realized that most tourists failed to notice or remember the beaut

36、iful things they saw.He argued that humans have a born tendency（倾向）to respond to beauty and desire to keep it,but that there are bad expressions of this desire.At worst,we get into buying souvenirs or taking photographs.But,in Ruskins eyes, theres one thing we should do and that is attempting to dra

37、w the interesting things we see,and it doesnt matter whether we happen to have any talent for doing so.Before the invention of photography,people used to draw far more than they do today.It was an active necessity. But in the mid-19th century,photography killed drawing.It became something only artis

38、ts would ever do,so Ruskin spent four years on a campaign to get people drawing again.So if drawing had value even when it was practiced by people with no talent,it was for Ruskin because drawing can teach us to notice properly rather than watch absent-mindedly（心不在焉地）.When describing what lies befor

39、e our eyes with our own hands,we naturally move from a position of observing beauty in a loose way to one where we acquire a deep understanding of its parts.1、What does the underlined word impulse mean?AInterest. BUrge.CHabit. DReaction.2、What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?AAn effective solutio

40、n to storing something nice.BReasons for taking pictures in the first place.CProblems related with taking photos.DMethods of storing pictures in phones.3、It can be inferred that John Ruskin_.Alived at the origin of photographyBlived at the origin of drawingCstudied the history of photographyDwas an

41、English literature critic4、How did John Ruskin advise us to remember our travel?ABy taking photographs.BBy buying meaningful souvenirs.CBy writing some travel notes.DBy trying drawing what we see.25（10分） Scientists are trying to save Puerto Ricos endangered Amazon parrots after Hurricane Maria destr

42、oyed the birds habitats and food sources(来源).El Yunque is a large national forest on the eastern part of Puerto Rico. Just two of the 56 wild parrots that once lived there survived Maria, the Category-4 storm that struck Puerto Rico in September 2017. Scientists report other forests have seen great

43、drops in parrot populations as well.In the 1800s, there were more than a million of the bright green parrots living in the wild in Puerto Rico. By the 1970s, the number was down to just 13 birds after years of forest clearing.A special program was started in 1972 to help increase the parrot populati

44、on, which led to the creation of three breeding(繁殖) centers. Just weeks before Hurricane Maria hit, scientists counted 56 wild parrots at El Yunque. That was the highest number in the programs history. Scientists say that even though several parrots have been born in captivity(笼养) and in the wild si

45、nce Maria, the species is still in danger.The Puerto Rican Amazon is the islands only remaining native parrot. More than 460 of the birds are kept inside the breeding centers at El Yunque and the Rio Abajo forest. Scientists have not released(释放) any of the birds since Hurricane Maria. A third breed

46、ing center, in a forest in the western area of Maricao, has not been in operation since the storm.Scientists are considering whether to catch some of the remaining wild parrots and put them in the same cage as the birds that are set to be released. This way, the captive birds can learn from the wild

47、 birds how to survive in the forests. Another consideration is to release some captive parrots in Maricao, which was not as heavily damaged by Maria.1、Why has the parrot population greatly decreased in the past 200 years?ABecause of Hurricane Maria.BBecause of too much hunting.CBecause of the loss o

48、f forests.DBecause of lack of breeding centers.2、Which of the following is true about Hurricane Maria?AIt killed 56 wild parrots at El Yunque.BIt greatly affected parrots in captivity.CIt reduced the number of wild parrots.DIt led to the creation of three breeding centers.3、What can we infer about A

49、mazon parrots in captivity?AThey have the highest number in the history.BThey have been released since Hurricane Maria.CThey are used to living in the wild.DThey are larger in number than those in the wild.4、What is the best title for the text?AScientists Work to Save Puerto Rican Parrots.BAmazon Pa

50、rrots are in Danger of Disappearing.CA Special Program Helps Increase the Parrot Population.DHurricane Maria Reduced the Number of Amazon Parrots.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）One Monday morning, news got 1 in the schoolyard about a fire over the

51、 weekend. Soon Mr. Smith, my teacher, came to explain that the Art class would be 2 due to the fire. He also warned us not to approach the Art Room because it could be dangerious.During the morning break, Kirn and I decided to take a 3 A first hand observation would make us heroes at lunch. At the a

52、ppointed time, Kirn and I 4 the Art Room, ignoring the consequence I would face 5 I got caught. We stood on tiptoes looking hard 6 the door window, trying in vain to see 7 was forbidden. Suddenly a firm 8 on our shoulders stopped us.Turing around, I found a teacher staring angrily at us. In those se

53、conds millions of 9 flashed through my mind. My father would beat me hard. 10 than that, my mom might be so mad that she might not stop him. My spirits 11 even lower while realizing how 12 Mr. Smith would be.When Kirn and I were led back to our classroom, I could found 13 to hide and wanted to melt

54、into the 14 However, Mr Smith had a different 15 to teach.Slowly, he bent down to look me in the eyes, and I was met with a look of concern 16 anger. He spoke softly as he explained why he was 17 in my decision to go where I may have got hurt. He cared more about my 18 than the fact that Id broken a

55、 rule. My heart was 19 with regret, and I discovered that he still loved me even after I disappointed him. The rest of the day, he didnt even mention it in class publicly, nor did he tell my parents. For the first time I felt the 20 of being given an unexpected second chance.1、AoverBoutCaroundDacros

56、s2、AcancelledBexaminedCconfirmedDsuggested3、AtestBriskCcheckDchance4、AsearchedBappearedCenteredDreached5、AifBunlessCasDuntil6、AoverBwithinCthroughDacross7、AwhatBhowCwhyDwhich8、AwordBholdCcryDorder9、AexcusesBfeelingsCsolutionsDthoughts10、AEasierBLessCMoreDWorse11、AchangedBliftedCsankDlost12、AstrangeB

57、angryCkindDsad13、AsomewhereBanywhereCnowhereDeverywhere14、AfireBlaughCtableDfloor15、AcourseBlessonCknowledgeDability16、Arather thanBmore thanCother thanDless than17、AembarrassedBexcitedCdisappointedDmoved18、AgradeBhonestyCinterestDsafety19、AfullBheavyCrelaxedDempty20、ApowerBstrengthCpurposeDsecret第二

58、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）Last month, I visited China, 1 I always wanted to see. I have been learning the culture and the language 2 I was young.The first four days of the ten-day trip 3(spend) in Beijing. We saw the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City, shopped at

59、 markets, and 4(eat) at different restaurants. Wow! Im here in the place I only heard 5(story) about and saw pictures of!I spent the next six days in Xian. 6(compare) to Beijing, I found more of the daily life in China because I stayed with a Chinese friend, who welcomed me home with open arms and s

60、o did his family. It was 7 amazing experience to dip into the culture. Xian really gave me a chance 8(meet) new people and figure out what their lives were like on a day-to-day basis. I was able to practice and improve my Chinese more than ever. Besides new vocabulary, my 9(able) to communicate impr