2023-2024学年安徽省示范高中培优联盟高三英语第一学期期末经典模拟试题
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)
1.The Lushan Mountain, occupying an area of 302 square kilometers,  possesses rich cultural and geological __________.
A.attractions    B.amusements    C.entertainments        D.presentations
2.经典短文Many people complained about the stones lying on a road, but _______ did anything about getting the stones out of the way.
A.both    B.no one    C.none    D.all
3.Most people quit ________ any results appear; they give up too soon and a quitter never wins.
A.while    B.until    C.since    D.before
4.To tell the truth, I would rather I ________ the pain instead of you. You don’t know how worried I was.
A.took    B.had taken
C.have taken    D.should have taken
5.--- How often do you work out?
  --- _________, but usually once a week.
A.Have no idea.        B.It depends.    C.As usual.        D.Generally speaking.
6.The worse working conditions we are looking forward to ______ must have attracted the local government’s attention.
A.see improved    B.seeing improved
C.see improving    D.seeing to improve
7.— I am gaining weight. I need to see a doctor.
— But I think you eat too much. ___________.
A.Neglect of health is doctor’s wealth    B.Laugh at your ills, and save doctors’ bills
C.Diet cures more than the doctor    D.An apple a day keeps the doctor away
8._______ progress it is, you can’t stop moving forward.
A.Whatever great    B.However great
C.No matter how great    D.How great a
9.-- Who is dancing to music in the next room?
-- ________ the children.
A.It is    B.They are    C.That is    D.There are
10.In a competitive marketplace, finding the key factor that ________ your business from others is highly valuable.
A.defends    B.distinguishes
C.prohibits    D.selects
11.-- Can you spare me a few minutes now?
-- ______, but I’ll be free this afternoon.
A.I’m afraid not    B.I’m not sure
C.Yes, with pleasure    D.No, I won’t
12.We will remain ______to the path of peaceful development and shoulder more international responsibilities.
A.committing    B.committed    C.to be committed    D.to have committed
13.---Professor Li is wanted on the phone. Where is he?
--- I saw him coming, but in a minute, he _____.
A.will disappear    B.has disappeared    C.disappears    D.disappeared
14.Our English teacher , having explained to us how to design a project, allowed us a whole week’s preparation and then ______the class.
A.to dismiss    B.dismissed
C.dismissing    D.having dismissed
15.In the library you can use your own computer to connect to Wi-Fi specially _____ for readers.
A.preparing    B.to prepare
C.prepared    D.prepare
16.What made them miss the deadline was not their lack of funding, but ________ their lack of planning.
A.even    B.still
C.rather    D.ever
17.—I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so rude to you.
—You ________ something not very nice to me, but that's OK.
A.have said    B.had said    C.were saying    D.did say
18.Once you’ve ________ the items you ordered, put this record in your file.
A.checked in    B.checked off
C.checked out    D.checked with
19.He messed the project up, but he behaved as if nothing ______.
A.had happened    B.happened
C.would happen    D.would have happened
20.—Would you mind moving over a little? I have to pass here.
—________ I’d like to help.
A.Not in the slightest.    B.Don’t mention it.
C.Never mind.    D.At your service.
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)    Our hero’s origin story started this past February in the Perine family living room in Birmingham, Alabama. Austin, a 4-year-old boy, and his father, Tad Perine, were watching a program on Animal Planet about a mother panda leaving her cubs. “I told him that the cubs would be homeless for a while,” Tad says. “Austin didn’t know what homelessness meant, but he was sad and wanted to know more.”
Seeing this as a teachable moment, Tad took Austin to the Firehouse Ministries, a local shelter that provides housing, food, and other services for homeless men. As they drove by the redbrick building, they saw a group of 25 homeless men standing on the street corner. “Dad, they look sad.” Austin said. “Can we take them some food and make them smile?” That day, Austin used his allowance to buy each man a Burger King sandwich and handed the food out himself. Seeing what their presence meant to the men at the ministry, Austin and Tad returned the next week.