2023届湖南省益阳市安化五中等校高三5月模拟联合测试英语试题

2023届高三模拟测试（试题卷） 英 语 第一部分　听力(共两节,满分30分)略 第二部分　阅读(共两节,满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5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。 A No matter what your summer plans are, these-must-read books will make your summer days shine. Laughter is the Spice (调味品) of Life Add some enjoyment and comfort to your life with Laughter is the Spice of Life. These extremely funny and inspiring short stories and jokes are sure to produce everything from gentle smiles to loud and cheerful laughter. Seaside Summer Lazy summer days give way to unpleasant reality when a storm damages the roof of Margaret’s new gallery. She is forced to close her business just as tourist season is starting to take off. Margaret struggles to get the roof repaired without enough construction workers. To make the matter worse, she is quickly running out of money. Will she be forced to let go of her dream so soon? It becomes clear that it will take an opportunity to save the struggling gallery. River of Life Tess finds a quilt with an unusual pattern in the underground secret room that once housed runaway slaves. Does the quilt provide something more than a source of warmth? Within the walls of the Wayfarers Inn in this historic Ohio River town, LuAnn, Tess, and Janice find evidence that involves the darker chapters of local history — as well as its citizens’ acts of heroism and kindness. Summer Harvest Secrets It’s June in Lancaster County, and farmers are harvesting their early summer crops. Martha Classen Watts and her sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, are excited to go strawberry picking and attend the yearly Strawberry Festival at the Beiler farm. Their friend Rachel Fischer tells them there are signs of artificial damage to the harvest. Who would destroy the strawberry fields — and why? Martha determines to help her friends discover the truth about this. 1. What is special about the book Laughter is the Spice of Life? A．It is a humourous book. B．It is full of adventures. C．It is a book on art. D．It is a history book.