2023年江苏省普通高中学业水平合格性考试模拟一英语第一部分单项选择题(共两节，满分70分)第一节阅读理解(共15小题，每小2分，满分30分)George Daniels lives in London. He is a watchmaker. His work continues the tradition of the English watchmakers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Today this tradition is almost dead. Daniels is the only man in the world who designs his own watches makes all the pars himself and then puts them together.A Daniels watch is the product of his hands alone. One of his watches which is now in an American museum took 3500 hours to complete. He usually makes one watch a year. Each one is inscribed (刻) with “Daniels London” and costs about $10,000. Of course these are not ordinary watches—they are very beautiful and will last three centuries.George Daniels has always been attracted by clocks and watches. When he was five he used to take his father’s clock apart and put it back together again. At school he used to repair his teachers watches.He is now internationally famous and many people would like him to make watches for them. But most of them will be disappointed. He chooses his customers very carefully indeed. It must be someone who understands the subject,” he says “not someone who will leave the watch in the drawer and only show it to dinner quests.”1．Who is George Daniels?A．One of the few who repaired watches in the old days.B．The only man who collects old watches in the world.C．One of the few remaining watch designers in the world.D．The only man who designs and makes watches by himself.2．How long can a Daniels watch keep working?A．10,000 hours. B．300 years.C．200 years. D．3,500 hours.3．Which of the following shows Daniels’ early interest in watches?A．He played with his father’s clock.B．He taught people how to repair watches.C．He made a watch for an American museum.D．He made beautiful and long-lasting watches.4．George Daniels makes watches for those who _________.A．can afford his watches B．may want to show them to others C．appreciate his watches D．enjoy his watch-making process5．What do we know about Daniels watches?A．Only a few people like them.B．They are kept in a museum.C．Only a few people can get them.D．They have a history of over 200 years.A few years ago, I realized that I had a fear of heights. Sometimes I would feel uncomfortable if I looked down from somewhere high and the higher I got, the worse I felt. However, there were some things that made me nervous when I looked up at them—such as drop towers.About a month ago, my family and I went on a trip to Marineland—an amusement park with a sea animal theme. One of Marineland's attractions is a huge drop tower called the "Sky Screamer". My dad wanted to ride it, and he wanted to take me with him. He kept nagging me, and I finally gave in, because I wanted to face my fears.Going up was terrible. I got stomachaches from just looking at the tower. When we reached the tower, we lined up and got seated on the ride. When it reached a few feet off the ground, it stopped for a moment, before sending us straight to the top at great speed. I squeezed my eyes shut and I held the handlebar as tightly as I could. A few seconds later my heart was in my mouth and I was screaming my lungs out. At the top, I opened my eyes and looked forward, not down.I tried to prepare myself for the way down, but it didn't really help. There I was, with my eyes squeezed shut, holding the handlebar and again, screaming at the top of my voice. In fact, it was even worse than going up! But when I got to the bottom, I felt relieved. I thanked my dad for forcing me to go on the ride, and I was pleased I had faced my fears.So, was the "Sky Screamer" scary? Well, maybe just a little bit.6．Which of the following wasn't the writer afraid of?A．Riding a lift to a higher place. B．Looking down from a height.C．Looking up at drop towers. D．Going to an amusement park.7．What made the writer finally decide to ride the "Sky Screamer"?A．Her father's encouraging words. B．Her interest in the ride.C．Her desire to face her fears. D．Her father's nagging.8．What did the writer do during the ride?A．She kept looking down. B．She kept holding the handlebar.C．She was too frightened to scream. D．She squeezed her father's hand tightly. 9．What can we learn from the passage?A．The writer volunteered to take the ride because she wanted to face her fears.B．The writer's father forced her to ride with him in order to help her with her fears.C．The ride was less scary on the way down.D．The ride offered the writer a chance to face and conquer her fears.10．What is the passage mainly about?A．A trip to Marineland. B．Facing a fear.C．A ride to the top of the "Sky Screamer". D．A joyful ride on the "Sky Screamer".That the Leaning Tower of Pisa no longer leans quite so much after a ￡20 million project to save it has proved to be a great success.The tower,which was on the edge of collapse,has been straightened by 18 inches,returning it to its 1838 position.“It has straightened a little bit more than we expected,but very little helps,”said Prof.John Burland,the only British member of the rescue committee.“The tower is still very slightly moving towards being upright.”The tower,which has been leaning almost since building work first began in 1173,was closed to the public in 1990 because of safety fears.The 183-foot tower was nearly 15 feet off vertical and its structure was found to have been weakened by centuries of strain(作用力).Prof.Burland said it could have collapsed “at any moment”.However,it took nine years of quarrelling before any work was done.The last attempt at straightening the tower was carriedout.Concrete(混凝土) was poured into the foundations,but the result was that the tower sank further into the soil.The straightening work involved digging out around 70 tonnes of earth from the northern side of the tower,causing it to sink on that side.Before the digging started,the tower was fixed with steel ropes and 600 tonnes of lead weights.However,halfway through the project,concerns at the ugliness of the lead weights led to their removal and the tower leaned greatly.The weights were hurriedly reattached.One night,the tower moved mo re than it had averaged in an entire year.The tower’s stonework has also been restored.The Italian government stepped in after a tower collapsed in Pavia in 1989,killing four people.Experts suddenly realized that the tower at Pisa,which was similarly built and on the same sort of earth,could do the same.11．What would be the best title for the passage?A．The Building of the Leaning Tower of PisaB．Saving the Leaning Tower of PisaC．The Collapse of the Leaning Tower of PisaD．The History of the Leaning Tower of Pisa12．According to the passage,the Leaning Tower of Pisa .A．closed for the straightening work in 1990B．began to lean more than 800 years agoC．has a history of more than 1,000 yearsD．has become vertical13．What drove the Italian government to save the Leaning Tower of Pisa?A．The development of new technology. B．The advice of Prof.John Burland.C．The expectation of the rescue committee. D．The collapse of a tower in Pavia. 14．What most probably played the most important part in straightening the tower?A．The lead weights fixed to the tower.B．Restoring the stonework.C．Pouring concrete into the foundations.D．Digging earth from the southern side of the tower.15．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A．The position of the tower has been restored to what it was 182 years ago.B．Hundreds of years of strain has weakened the tower’s structure.C．The tower doesn’t lean any more after the straightening work finished.D．People spent nine years in discussing about the straightening work.第二节完形填空(共20小，每小题2分，满分40分)I was born near Ne w Your City. My parents loved music. They weren’t rich but there was always _____16_____ in our home: jazz, folk and pop music.By the time I was 12, I _____17_____ the words of hundreds of songs. I used to_____18_____ in front of my bedroom mirror and pretend that I was _____19_____ the guitar. One day, my father _____20_____, seeing me and laughing. I felt _____21_____. A few weeks later, however, father came home with a large parcel under his arm. “It’s _____22_____ you, Tommy.” he said. “It’s special _____23_____ for your 13th birthday.” That was my first electric guitar. I took it _____24_____ out of the parcel, with a big smile on my ______25______.By the time I was 15, I left school and started ______26______ in night clubs because I could hear lots of different bands there. Later, I ______27______ a job at a dance club and worked for two years. I was then writing my own songs. ______28______, no one was paying any attention. One night, I gave a tape of ______29______ songs to the man in charge of the music. He ______30______ it and started playing it. After a while, people started to ask him to play my ______31______. Then, a recording company offered me a contract (合同) to ______32______ an album (唱片). ______33______, one of the songs, “Turning Me On”, became______34______ in China, Japan and Singapore.I don’t know why but I became a ______35______ in Southeast Asia.16．A．music B．paper C．food 17．A．discussed B．mailed C．knew18．A．jump B．stand C．run19．A．playing B．buying C．selling20．A．ran away B．came in C．set off21．A．embarrassed B．hungry C．tired22．A．behind B．with C．for23．A．map B．gift C．book24．A．slowly B．angrily C．sadly25．A．mouth B．head C．face26．A．sleeping B．working C．climbing27．A．got B．missed C．refused 28．A．Besides B．Instead C．However29．A．her B．your C．my30．A．liked B．lost C．forgot31．A．cards B．songs C．games32．A．borrow B．record C．return 33．A．Personally B．Generally C．Luckily 34．A．popular B．easy C．boring35．A．doctor B．star C．worker第二部分非选择题（共2节，满分 30 分)第一节语法填空（共 10题，每小1分，满分10分)阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
