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湛江市2019届高三调研测试英语试卷类型：A第I卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第—节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每小題所给的四个选项（A、B, C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

APlanning a visit to the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs.AVOID BIG EVENTS Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation and make it harder to find a room. A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton on the final Friday of the Brighton Comedy Festival (19 Oct.) cost £ 169.15 at . A week later, the same room cost £118.15.If you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoid — or you're looking for a big event to pass your time ---- check out sites such as , which allow you to search for events in the UK by city, date and category.STAY AWAY FROM THE STATION If traveling to your destination by train, you may want to find a good base close to the station, but you could end up paying more for the sake of convenience at the start of your holiday.Don't be too choosy about the part of town you stay in. Booking two months in advance, the cheapest room at Travelodge's Central Euston hotel in London for Saturday 22 September was £ 95.95 A room just a tube journey away at its Covent Garden hotel was £ 75.75. And at Farrinedon, a double room cost just £62.95.-LOOK AFTER YOURSELF Really central hotels in cities such as London, Edinburgh and Cariff can cost a fortune, especially at weekends and during big events. As an alternative consider checking into aself-catering flat with its own kitchen. Often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of city centre buildings. A great example is the historic O'Neill Flat on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, available for £ 420 for five days in late September, with room for four adults.21.At , you can_________.A. find a room close to the stationB. find a room which costs lessC. know how to kill timeD. know when and where there will be events22. “Farringdon” in Paragraph 5 is most probably_.A. an ideal holiday destinationB. the name of a railway stationC. a hotel away from the train stationD. the tube line to Covent Garden23. The passage shows that the O'Neill Flat_.A. lies on the ground floorB. provides cooking facilities for touristsC. is located in central LondonD. costs over £ 100 on average per day in late SeptemberBNisha Pradhan is worri ed. The recent college graduate just turns 21 and plans to live on her own. But she’s afraid she won’t be able to stay safe. That’s because she isn’t able to smell.Back home, her family do her smelling for her. She’s moved in with them for now, but she’s looking for a place of her own. “Now that I’m searching for ways or place to live as an independent person, I find that the sense of smell is important to how we live our lives，" Pradhan says.She says when she was a child she liked to eat and ate a lot. But there came a point where she lost interest in food.“One of the first things that people notice whenever they have a smell problem is that food doesn’t taste right anymore,” says Beverly Cowart, a researcher. That’s because eating and smell go hand in h and. How food tastes often rely on what we smell. “When you lose your sense of smell, your whole sense of food flavors changed and reduced,” Cowart says, “You can still taste the basic tastes. What you’re missing are the small distinctions.”“When I go out to eat I have often found that that food is very tasteless to me. I never feel full," she says. “I think a lot of us today like to pretend to be food lovers and we all like to talk about ‘Oh，I think this could use a little bit more flavor,' or 'I think t his has a hint of meat,' I can’t really participate in those conversations,” she says.Pradhan thinks her smell loss also may have affected her memory. Pradhan may be on to something，according to biologist Paul Moore. “When smell signals come in, you feel about them first，And then you think about it and then the memory is laid down. So without the feel part, the thinking about its part doesn’t come. And that means no new smell memory gets created.”24. What is true about Pradhan?A. She has had no sense of smell since she was born.B. She suffers from loss of appetite through lack of smell sense.C. She has something wrong with her stomach.D. She is looking for a roommate to share the cost.25. What can we infer from what Beverly Cowart said?A. People with a smell problem have no food tastes.B. Different food tastes the same for people of smell loss.C. Lack of smell sense makes eating a dull experience.D. People feel hungry easily for lack of smell sense.26. When eating out, Pradhan__________.A. feels left out sometimesB. often has a good appetiteC. pretends to have good smell senseD. has a sense of being full quickly27. What does the underlined sentence mean?A. Pradhan may be right.B. Pradhan may be foolish.C. Pradhan may be crazy.D. Pradhan may be forgettable.CAs a little girl growing up in the early 1960s in a suburb of Pittsburgh, it was not always easy to find role models. But I was lucky. In my childhood, I knew smart, strong women who had accomplished much, one of whom invented the world’s first computer compiler (编译器).Recently, though, I learned about a role model who was right under my nose 一my own mother.Growing up, I knew she had worked as a secretary before I was born. I knew that she had joined the WAVES ---the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service branch of the U.S. Naval Reserve (海军预备队）---during World War II. And I knew she'd worked in an office that was involved with codes (编码).But when she talked about it ----rare, because she had been sworn to secrecy _ she described her duties as ordinary, routine. I never questioned it. After all, the woman I knew was a reserved suburban mom.Not long ago, a chance conversation with a colleague led me to the book, Code Girls. It tells the story of the WAVES, who decrypted (解码）and encrypted secret messages during the war. They worked around the clock, knowing that the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers —their brothers, husbands, fathers — were on the line.Inspired, I began a journey to explore the mystery of my mother’s service that continues to this day. I got some of her working records about her unit, OP19. In two years, she was promoted three times. She was no secretary, and her duties were hardly ordinary.My mother always encouraged my interes t in science and insisted to my father that I go to college. “You’re going to grow up to be another Madame Curie,” she told me. She was always pointing at other women. She did not see herself as someone to model on. Neither did I. Now I see her differently.28. Why didn’t the author’s mother tell the truth about her job?A. She was afraid of being fired by her company.B. She thought her job was just unremarkable.C. She thought secretary was better than her real job.D. She knew well what to be expected of her career.29. Which of the following words can best describe the author’s mother?A. Devoted and faithful.B. Ambitious and reserved.C. Cooperative and sincere.D. Hardworking and skeptical.30. What can we learn from the text?A. The author doubted her mother’s job when she was a childB. The author’s mother saw herself as an example to follow.C. Code Girls’job is more important than that of the soldiers.D. Code Girls inspired the author to learn more of her mother.31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Code Girls, My Favourite Book.B. Mom, My Real Role Model.C. The OP19, A Buried Secret.D. WAVES, A Mysterious Organization.DMany Americans think of driverless cars as a futuristic technology that will revolutionize travel in cities and along state highways. But recent experiments are proving that autonomous vehicles also have the potential to improve the quality of life for millions of Americans underserved by traditional ways of transportation, such as the elderly and disabled, so long as lawmakers make smart policies that pave the way for innovation.A retirement community in San Jose, Calif., which has been transformed by a small fleet (车队）of driverless taxis, shows the potential of self-driving cars to transform people’s lives. Built by a tech start-up called Voyage, the modified (被改进的）Ford Fusions are currently limited to a two-mile road, but residents are already having the benefits of these autonomous vehicles, which allow them to participate in social activities they would otherwise be unable to enjoy simply because they could not get to them.When the trial run finally expands to 15 miles of road, these residents—whose average age is 76-will also have a convenient and reliable new way to appointments. As these cars continue to serve residents there, it is easy to understand why California is moving to simplify regulations for the industry.In Michigan, forward-thinking policies have the potential to unlock other hidden benefits of autonomous vehicles, especially for those with physical disabilities. The Michigan Disability Rights Coalition has strongly advocated for the development of this technology, saying that it could give people with disabilities greater opportunities in the workforce and enable them to lead more fulfilling (满意的),independent lives. Many recognize that autonomous vehicles will be the future of transportation, but it is too often overlooked that this future cannot arrive fast enough for millions of Americans who are forced to depend on others for day-to-day travel. The policymakers should follow the lead of places like California and Michigan, and pass rules and regulations to unlock these hidden benefits of driverless cars.32. What’s the attitude of most American pe ople to the future of autonomous vehicles?A. uncertainB. optimisticC. indifferentD. doubtful33. What is the modified Ford Fusion?A. A kind of autonomous vehicle.B. The name of a retirement community.C. The collection of social activities.D. A two-mile road for self-driving cars.34. Examples are given in the third and fourth paragraphs to prove_.A. how driverless technology benefits the aged and disabledB. why driverless cars are restricted in many states in AmericaC. what are preventing the development of the technologyD. when driverless cars can enter people’s life eventually35. What does the author attempt to inform us in the last paragraph?A. The concept of autonomous vehicles has been widely recognized.B. Regulations should go hand in hand with driverless technology.C. The benefits of driverless cars have been fully unlocked.D. The weak groups are often overlooked despite technology advances.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）What attitude would you have to disappointments in life? 36 Find out how a chair, a pair of sunglasses and other items can hold unexpected promise for controlling your anger.1. 37There’s a reason you’ve probably never gotten into an angry state of mind from a chair. W. Robert Nay, a clinical professor, says, “Our brains become conditioned to associate sitting and lying down with feeling relaxed.” That’s why it’s so easy to fall asleep on an airplane. Sitting down, Nay says, sends a message of safety and security to your brain.2. Don’t get mad; get organized.A study of nearly 11,000 subjects in 42 countries found that the key to hold back anger is preventing it in the first place. Spending a few minutes every morning to map out your day will go far in lowering anger and anxiety levels. The theory: 383. Keep your cool with a pair of shades.Research in the journal Cognition & Emotion found that when people walk in direct sun withoutseeking shade during heated exchanges：“Compared outdoor, indoor conversation has more friendly interactions.”4. Handle anger in a sensible way.We are busy working all day as if running a car on the high way. But remember ：Remind yourself to brake at any time in case of sudden crash. When you’re in anger, say to yourself, “Why am I angry? Is it necessary?”40 It’s useful to handle problems.A. Take a seat right now.B. Don’t be an angry bird.C. Well begun is half done.D. You’re suddenly a cra zy angry person.E. Effective time management keeps you on track, avoiding stress.F. When attention is transferred, blind emotion will be controlled.G. Those who walked unshaded against the rays had increased aggressiveness scores.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共20 小题；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四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。