2022-2023学年桂林中学高考仿真卷英语试题含解析

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）1 I am just wondering which team, Chicago Bulls or Washington Wizards, won the game last night? _ I dont really like

2、 either team.ADont mention it. BNo problem.CWho cares? DWhy bother?2The post office is closed _ Saturday afternoon.AonBinCofDat3Chinas Beidou Navigation Satellite System has started providing global services, _ to become complete around 2020.Abeing scheduledBscheduledCto scheduleDscheduling4The gove

3、rnors statement on employment _ a storm of criticism,Aset up Bset outCset about Dset off5Little about her own safety, though she was in great danger herself.Adid Rose careBRose did careCRose does careDdoes Rose care6Before you hand in your final report, _ there are no spelling mistakes.Amake sureBto

4、 make sureCmade sureDmaking sure7She seems to prefer American TV Shows to talking to meAto watchBto be watchingCwatchingDhaving watched8The incident turned him into different person, even if he did not realize it at beginning.Aa; aBthe; theCthe; aDa; the9 I got that job I wanted at the public librar

5、y. _! Thats good news.AGo aheadBCheersCCongratulationsDCome on10Where have you been ? I_in the heavy traffic .Otherwise I_ here earlier.Ahave got stuck; would have comeBgot stuck; wasCgot stuck ; would have comeDhad stuck ; would come11 you start eating in a healthier way, weight control will become

6、 much easier.AUnlessBAlthoughCBeforeDOnce12Do you know when your mother _ to pick you up?At 11：40 am.Ahad come Bis comingChas come Dwould come13_, the dancers practise hard to make their dreams come true. AInstead of being disabled BBeing disabled CDisabled as they are DIn case of being disabled14 H

7、i, 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 kidding15Chinas BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, whose positioning _ will reach 2.5 meters by 2020, will soon provide s

8、ervices for more countries.AaccuracyBcategoryCfunctionDreference16Its hard for elderly people to see _ convenience a smart phone can bring to us.Awhat Bwhich Cwhose Dhow17So popular _ in his adopted hometown that he has been named honorary citizen of Beijing.AStephon Marbury isBStephon Marbury will

9、beCis Stephon MarburyDwill Stephon Marbury be18Dont refer to the dictionary every time you come across a new word as sometimes its meaning may be _ clearly in a given context.Apicked outBruled outCbrought outDtaken out19Excuse me, sir, didnt you see the red light?Sorry, my mind _ somewhere else.Ahas

10、 been wanderingBwas wanderedCwas wanderingDhas been wandered20With the development of science, more new technology _ to the fields of IT.Ahas introducedBis being introducedCis introducedDwas introduced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）54-year-old Abdul has a special job. He has

11、been working as a living statue for over three decades, standing perfectly still for six hours a day and resisting peoples attempts to make him move or smile, anything that proves he is a living person.Abdul, known as “Indias Statue Man,” has been performing his daily routine ever since 1985, soon a

12、fter getting a job as a security guard. His boss had recently traveled to the UK, where he was so impressed by the statue-like members of the Royal Guard outside Buckingham Palace that he wanted to do something similar back home. So he had his guards receive three months of training, where they woul

13、d sit perfectly still for around four hours. They werent allowed to talk or smile, eat, drink, or even shoo away a fly if it sat on their faces. In the end, Abdul proved the best of the group, so he got the strange job.Abdul isnt the only person in the world acting as a living statue, but what makes

14、 him special is the fact that he can do it for as long as six hours without even blinking his eyes. Once, a $ 155 prize was put up for anyone who can make him move a muscle. But try as they might, no one has ever succeeded. Actually, Abdul tries to move about as much as he can in his spare time, and

15、 only eats healthy home-cooked food, to keep his body in shape. But he claims yoga has been the biggest help. In the 32 years, Abdul has become a celebrity in India and other Asian countries. Many Bollywood celebritiesAbdul earns about 10,000 rupees ($ 156) a month, which is enough to support his fa

16、mily, but definitely not enough to encourage his children to follow in his footsteps. Its just too stressful and taxing on the body. “Despite all the hardship and health problems, I love my job and I am thankful to people for the love and respect they have showered on me. he says. “When the time com

17、es, I want to die playing a statue.”1、What is Abduls daily routine?APerforming as a living statue. BProving to be a living person.CSmiling at his customers. DKeeping his body in shape.2、Why could Abdul get the strange job given by his boss?AHe had his special ambition. BHe was most familiar with the

18、 job.CHe stood out among the group. DHe knew the boss more than others.3、What does Abdul do in his spare time?AHe eats a lot of snacks. BHe practices yoga for 12 hours a day.CHe cooks for his family. DHe always moves a lot.4、How does Abdul feel about his job according to the text?AIts overpaid. BIts

19、 satisfying.CIts boring. DIts instructive.22（8分）Our neighbor said the storm lasted four minutes. The town houses are destroyed or damaged. Amazingly, none of us were severely injured.On the day the tornado hit, there was no indication that severe weather was on its way. The first alert my husband, J

20、immy, 67, and I, 65, got came around 9 p.m., from some rolling text on the TV Jimmy was watching. He ran upstairs to find me in our third-floor bedroom, and we changed the channel to our local Pensacola, Florida, station.No sooner had we found coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. The bo

21、nes of the house shook, and the power went out. We had three flights of steps to get to the relatively safe closet down on the first floor.As we reached the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. Suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch whipped through the doorframe. It flew over our heads, m

22、issing us by inches. Had we been one step up, it would have stuck through us.Finally, Jimmy pushed me down to the closet floor, but he couldnt get inside himself because of the wind. I grasped Jimmys arm as the tornado sucked the door open and tried to bring Jimmy with it. My knees and scalp(头皮) wer

23、e full of glass, but in that moment, I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house and into the bay.All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet like people in tornadoes do in the movies. I thought he was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his fee

24、t. In those first quiet moments, I couldnt believe it was over.1、How was the old couple aware of the tornado?AThey learned it from their neighbors who passed their house.BThey learned it from some common indications before a tornado.CThey found the news report forecasting the tornado on TV.DThey fou

25、nd the tornado on top of them when they were upstairs.2、We can infer from paragraph4 that _AThe old couple was very grateful to the branch.BThe old couple missed the branch very much.CThe old couple was hit by the branch on the head.DThe old couple was fortunate to have a narrow escape.3、Why did the

26、 old woman feel no pain in paragraph5?ABecause she was worried about her husband.BBecause she was brave enough to bear the pain.CBecause she didnt actually feel any pain.DBecause she had a good husband to comfort her.4、The passage is most probably taken from _.Aa brochure Ba novelCnewspaper Da magaz

27、ine23（8分） Measles(麻疹) is only found in human beings. There is a highly effective and safe vaccine(疫苗) for the disease. So, in theory, measles could be destroyed.Yet the number of measles cases is on the rise.The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that, in the first three months of 2019, the num

28、ber of cases is three times higher than it was last year. Africa alone has had a 700 percent increase compared to last year.The Democratic Republic of Congo reported 67,000 measles cases and 901 measles-related deaths in 2018. This year, WHO officials have noted more than 40,000 suspected measles ca

29、ses in the country. That number includes 284 measles-related deaths in the first weeks of 2019. Between September 2018 and February 2019, Madagascar reported over 67,000 measles cases, including 828 deaths.Dr. Fauci, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease in the USA, sa

30、id thatone in 10 children who get infected with measles will get an ear infection that could cause deafness. One in 20 would get pneumonia. One in a thousand would get brain swelling, and one to three per thousand would die. To say that measles is a slight disease is completely incorrect.Walter Oren

31、stein is with the Emory University Vaccine Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He has spent his life working to end measles. Orenstein says possible effects of the disease are worse in poor countries. In those countries children are already at greater risk. They may be malnourished(营养不良的). They may have dam

32、aged immune systems. They may be underweight and may have no access to health care so measles is a big killer, he said.You have a 90 percent chance of getting measles if you have not been vaccinated and you come in contact with someone who has it. Dr. Rebecca Martin is the Director of the Center for

33、 Global Health at theU.S. Centers for Disease Control. She is working to remove measles from Africa completely. It is very infectious. It will find nearly everybody who is not protected against measles, Martin said.Health experts advise patients to get two treatments of the measles vaccine. U.S. hea

34、lth officials say educating parents about both the disease and the vaccine is an important step in stopping the spread. Equally important is making vaccination a top goal of health systems worldwide.1、The writer shows the sharp increase in measles cases by .Agiving examplesBlisting figuresCanalyzing

35、 causesDfollowing time order2、The following are the possible results of measles except .Aan ear infectionBpneumoniaCbrain swellingDbeing underweight3、What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?AYou are sure to get measles if you have not been vaccinated.BIt is safe to come in contact with someon

36、e who has measles.CParents should be educated about both the disease and the vaccine.DMaking vaccination a goal of health systems is only necessary in Africa.4、The purpose of the text is to .Ashow the serious situation of measlesBprove measles could be destroyedCdescribe the result of the research o

37、n measlesDwarn us of the causes of measles24（8分）To make room for agriculture, trees and other plants are often cleared away so that farmers have space to grow crops. The clearing of forests forces many animals from their homes. They often flee the area in search of a new place to live. There is a bi

38、g downside to that. Some of those animals are natural predators. They control pest populations. They can help to clear the fields of rats, mice, and other rodents that eat and damage crops.This happened at one small farming village in Indonesia. After land was cleared for farming, rats and mice bega

39、n appearing in large numbers. Villagers tried to target the animals by smoking them out and hunting them. But the villagers were unsuccessful.So, one farmer decided to try another method- a natural one.Pujo Arto brought owls to his farm. Owls, after all, are experts at hunting rodents. It is what th

40、ey do. And it worked! However, Pujo Arto didnt stop with his own field. He set up a Natural Predator Program. Now, owls are busy catching rats and mice in the fields around the village of Tlogoweru. There is a huge upside: no need for chemical pesticides which can harm not only rodents, but other cr

41、eatures.In 2011, the Indonesian man began setting up boxes where the owls live. He is also raising owlets in the village. After about four months, the young birds are released. These facilities have raised more than owls. They have also raised awareness in the community about the importance of owls.

42、 They raised awareness within their community by building homes for those owls. At the same time, government officials helped to create laws to protect those owls.In addition to controlling pests naturally, there is another upside to the program. His village is now a popular stop for eco-tourists. P

43、eople interested in learning more about owls, wildlife protection and natural pest control come to his village to learn more.1、Why did the owls get away from the land around the village?AThere was no food to eat.BThere were too many rats and mice.CThey were smoked away.DThey had no place to live.2、N

44、atural Predator Program is .Ato use owls to catch the crop-damaging rodentsBto attract eco-tourists to the villageCto raise awareness of protecting forestsDto control pests by using chemical pesticides3、Which of the following is the right order according to the passage?a. introducing owlsb. pests be

45、ing controlled naturallyc. rodents appearing in large numbers.d. clearing forestsAabcdBbcdaCdcabDdabc4、What is the main idea of the passage?AThe importance of protecting owls.BIndonesian village uses owls to protect crops.CThe advantages of using natural predators in agriculture.DThe governments rol

46、e in using owls to control pests.25（10分）Legend has it that the performing arts began when a Greek singer named Thespis invented tragedy.In 534 BC, Thespis was performing a hymn（赞美诗）to the god Dionysius.Such hymns,called dithyrambs,were usually sung by a lead singer and a chorus.Thespis added a speak

47、ing actor.Performances at the annual Dionysian festival soon included plays with three actors as well as the standard hymns.By 449 BC,the Greeks were giving prizes to the best actor and the best playwright at the festival.A modern word for actorthespian recognizes the debt todays drama owes to Thesp

48、is.Performing in a Greek play required physical strength.Because each play had only three actors,performers had to play several roles.Chorus members both sang and danced.Being in the chorus for the many performances given at a festival was said to be as demanding as competing in the Olympic Games.Th

49、e Theater of Dionysius in Athens could hold 20,000 people.Even those in the front rows were quite a distance from the actors.Performers used grand gestures and wore masks so that they could be seen by everyone in their huge audience.Tragic（悲剧的）actors wore long clothes and masks.Comic actors wore sho

50、rt costumes that let them move freely and masks designed to make them look ugly or silly.Sometimes the chorus were dressed up to look like animals.Another legacy（遗产）of the ancient Greeks is the deus ex machina,or god from the machine.If a playwright was having trouble with the plot,he might have a g

51、od appear through a trap door（天窗）.The god would rescue the main character and find a solution to any difficult plot situations.Modem writers might not call on gods,but they do sometimes use unlikely ways to end a story.A character or an event that brings a complicated plot to an unlikely conclusion

52、is still called deus ex machina.1、We can learn from Paragraph 1 that .Athe word thespian means debt in EnglishBthe Dionysian festival was held once a yearCthere were four actors in early Greek dramaDthe first tragedy was performed in 449BC2、From the passage we can know .Ait was not easy to get a cha

53、nce to perform in the chorusBthe best actor and the best playwright would be given moneyCthe playwright must play a role in the performanceDthe audience sat very close to actors to have a good view3、According to the passage,one difference between early Greek comedies and tragedies is .Athe actors di

54、stance from the audienceBthe plays beginningCthe number of performersDthe actors clothes4、Deus ex machina is .Aa kind of tragedy popular with ancient audienceBa type of character that modern writers often write aboutCa way ancient Greek dramatists used to develop the plotDa style of performance firs

55、t used by ancient Greek actors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）As a kid I loved everything about school. I loved books, 1 , tests and homework. Most of all I longed to someday march down the aisle (通道) to receive my 2 That seemed more appealing even

56、 than getting married. But at 15, I had to 3 because my parents 4 afford tuition. My hope of getting a diploma was dead.Pretty soon, I married. I had three Children, and I thought: “There 5 my diploma.”Even so, I wanted my children to be educated. But Linda, our youngest child, had juvenile arthriti

57、s (幼年型关节炎) in her 6 and knees, which made it 7 for her to function (活动) in a normal classroom.One day, I saw an ad in the newspaper for evening courses.“Thats the answer,” I said to myself. Linda always feels 8 in the evening, so Ill just sign her up for night schoo1.Linda was busy 9 out enrollment

58、(入学) forms when the secretary said: “Mrs Schantz, why dont you come back to 10 ?”I 11 : “Theres no way! Im 55!” 12 he insisted, and before I knew what I had done, I was enrolled for classes in English and crafts. “This is only an experiment,” I 13 him, but he just smiled. To my surprise, both Linda

59、and I thrived (茁壮成长) in evening school. I went back again the next semester, and my grades 14 improved.It was 15 going to school again, but it was no game. Sitting in a class full of kids was awkward, 16 most of them were respectful and encouraging. During the day, I still had loads of housework to

60、do, But when I was down, Linda encouraged me. “Morn, you cant 17 now!” And when she was down, I 18 her. Together we saw it through. At last, I got my diploma. 19 , my classmates voted unanimously (一致地) for me to be class speaker, and I got a 3, 000 college scholarship.Yes, Mom, I was late for school