江苏省宿迁市泗阳致远中学2022-2023学年高三3月份模拟考试英语试题含解析

2022-2023学年高考英语模拟试卷

注意事项

1．考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。

2．试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。

3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。

第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

1．Peterson, a great archaeologist, said: “Archaeologists have been extremely patient bec ause we were led to believe that the ministry was ________ this problem, but we feel that we can't wait any longer.”

A．looking out B．bringing out C．carrying out D．sorting out

2．Egyptian President decided to ______on Friday afternoon after an 18-day campaign against him, ending his

thirty-year rule.

A．step down B．break in C．break down D．step in

3．Is this your cell phone, Tony? I ________ it when I was cleaning the classroom.

A．came across B．dealt with

C．looked after D．held on to

4．— Anything to drink? What about coffee?

—Er… I think I’ll have a cold drink coffee.

A．other than B．more than C．less than D．rather than

5．If Kate had known what was _______ for her, she would not have married Tom.

A．in response B．in return

C．in reaction D．in store

6．When the old man woke up, he found someone his TV in the living room.

A．stole B．steal C．stealing D．stolen

7．________ they’ve managed to get everything finished so quickly is not clear to us.

A．Which B．What

C．That D．How

8．Check your paper carefully to see ________ you have made any mistakes.

A．what B．which C．whether D．that

9．Robert had a comfortable childhood, ______up in a pleasant house with a view of the sea.

A．grew B．growing

C．grown D．to grow

10．Perhaps you ________ stop playing computer games now. Your boss may be turning up in the office at any moment. A．will B．must C．should D．can

11．—What do you do, Rita？

—I’m a clerk in a foreign company now．But I _____ English in a high school for 10 years．

A．teach B．have taught

C．taught D．am teaching

12．— Why are the Woods selling their belongings?

— They to another city.

A．had moved B．have moved C．moved D．are moving

13．If you’d written earlier, I’d have known when you to go on holiday.

A．want B．have wanted C．wanted D．will want

14．The national park has a large collection of wildlife, ________ from butterflies to elephants.

A．to range B．range

C．ranging D．ranged

15．Advertising often functions as an indicator for ______ society considers to be socially acceptable and desirable at the time.

A．what B．whether

C．how D．which

16．He felt ________ of cheating in the exam, deciding never to do such things again.

A．shame B．ashamed

C．sorry D．shameful

17．Mike was usually so careful, this time he made a small mistake.

A．yet B．still C．even D．thus

18．He started school the same day as I did and________to it like a duck to water.

A．appealed B．took

C．catered D．saw

19．It’s always difficult ______ in a foreign country, especially when you don’t speak the language.

A．being B．to be

C．having been D．to have been

20．Air pollution, together with littering, ____ many problems in our large industrial cities today.

A．causes B．cause C．caused D．causing

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。

（6分）The one thing everyone loves to hate when it comes to the Internet—the user password—is under fire now.

21．

Actually, it’s been under fire for a long time.

In an ideal world, people would use a long string composed of completely random characters, numbers and symbols. Furthermore, a unique password would be used for every site or application the user uses. Unfortunately, the more complex the passwords become, the more people are likely to forget them. The longer the passwords are, the more easily forgotten they are. Therefore, people use the same password for every service or application. It is a no-no and