华中师范大学第一附属中学2019届高三5月押题考试
英 语
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题 卡上。
第一节（共5小题;每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、E、C三个选项中选 出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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The Largest World Fairs of All Time New York World Fair — New York, 1939
The 1939 New York World Fair was the largest exposition（(博览会）in US history with visitors over 44 million. The Fair was planned during the Great Depression and was aimed at relieving the city from economic depression by attracting foreign investment. Major inventions to emerge（出现）at the New York World Fair included nylon fabric, a streamlined pencil sharpener, and a futuristic car city imagined by General Motors.
Exposition Universelie — Paris, 1900
The Exposition Universelle was one of the earliest expositions to feature multiple countries, with France inviting various countries to display their technological advancements and cultural heritage. Exposition Universelie was the birthplace of many inventions that we enjoy today, including escalators （自动扶梯）and talking films.
Expo，70 — Osaka, Japan
Expo '70 was the biggest expos让ion of the 20th century and the second largest in history. Expo 70 had a record attendance of over 64 million visitors, a 40-year record that would not be broken until Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Notable exhibitions included a large piece of moon rock that was brought back from the Apollo 12 mission.
Expo 2010 — Shanghai, China
Expo 2010 goes down as the largest fair in history, having attracted 73 million people? It also had the highest international participation of any exposition in the world with 246 countries participating. The opening ceremony featured the biggest LED screen in the world as well as one of the biggest fireworks displays in history.
21. Which Expo is the biggest one in history?
A. Expo '70——Osaka, Japan. B. Exposition Universelle — Paris. C. Expo 2010 一 Shanghai, China. D. New York World Fair 一 New York. 22. What is the purpose of New York World Fair?
A. To attract more inventions. B. To improve the nation's economy. C. To display the technological development. D. To share achievements with other countries. 23. What did Expo '70 in Japan feature?
A. A piece of rock from space. B. A rocket in the Apollo 12 mission. C. The cultural heritage from countries. D. The biggest LED screen in the world.
B
Darrell Blatchley, a marine biologist and environmentalist based in the Philippine city of Davao, received a call from the Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources（渔业与水产资源局）early Friday morning reporting a death of a young whale.
When the necropsy（尸检）was performed, Blatchley told NPR, he was not prepared for the amount of plastic they found in the whale5s stomach. “It was full of plastic 一 nothing but nonstop plastic，\hard as a baseball. ” “That means that this animal has been suffering not for days or weeks but for months or even a year or more,\
Blatchley is the founder and owner of the D' Bone Collector Museum, a natural history museum in Davao. In the coming days, the museum will display all the items found in the
whale's system?
Blatchley and his team work with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and other organizations to assist in rescue and recovery of marine animals.
“Within the last 10 years, we have recovered 61 whales and dolphins just within the Davao Gulf,” he said. “Of them, 57 have died due to man 一 whether they took plastic or fishing nets or other waste, or gotten caught in pollution ——and four were pregnant.
Blatchley said he hoped that the latest incident would launch the issue of plastic pollution in the Philippines and across the globe. “If we keep going this way, it will be more uncommon to see an animal die of natural causes than it is to see an animal die of plastic,\he said.
24. What can be inferred from the second paragraph?
A. The whale was starved to death. B. Blatchley was shocked at what he found. C. The dead whale must have swallowed a baseball. D. Blatchley didn't make preparations for the necropsy. 25. What will be shown in the D' Bone Collector Museum?
A. Waste collected from the ocean B. The whole system of the whale. C. Things found in the whale 's body. D. Many different tools of whaling.
26. What does Blatchley think of plastic pollution in the Philippines?
A. Uncommon. B. Worrying. 27. What is the best title for the text?
A. A Whale Found Dead of Plastic B. Stand Up for Protecting Whales C.Plastic Threatening Our Existence D. Natural Death or Merciless Murder
C. Inspiring. D. Mild?
C
A video of a three-year-old girl being kicked by her own mother during a photo shot went viral（(疯狂传 播）on Thursday, indicating China's underperformance in regulating the emerging child modeling industry.
The girl, known Niu Niu, was physically abused by her mother in several videos. The videos have annoyed Chinese media and Internet users alike. Many netizens and scholars call for local authorities to carry out further investigations into possible child abuse.
In response to the public outcry（强烈抗议），Niu Niu's mother issued an apology via Sina Weibo on Thursday, condemning accusations of abuse? She noted that she was merely guiding her daughter for better shots and the girl is well looked after.
Despite her apology, many E-shops which used Niu Niu's images for brand promotion have canceled their cooperation with the mother, while over 110 well-known child garment shops on Taobao have signed up for a campaign to provide better protection for child models.
\preventing their parents and companies from exploiting（利用）them,\lawyer and child protection expert, said?
Niu Niu is not alone. In Zhili, a small town in Zhejiang province, thousands of children from across
China are taken here by their parents to seize the chance of fame. With a population of 450,000, Zhili has over 13,000 manufacturers of child clothing. In 2017, the town earned over 7 billion yuan by selling clothing for children online, thus providing opportunities for child models.
\，t workable when it comes to the industry of child modeling, as it lacks clear supervision measures and clear legal punishment,\added, “It is important to issue new laws which regulate child modeling.\
28. What caused the public outcry?
A. Videos showing how child models work. B. Problems in Chinese advertising industry. C. Several cases of child abuse in recent China. D. A girl being physically abused by her mother. 29. What happened after the public outcry?
A. Taobao canceled the account of Niu Niu. B. The local police charged Niu Niu's mother. C. Niu Niu's mother admitted abusing her daughter.
D. Shops stopped their cooperation with the mother. 30. What provided chances for Chinese child models?
A. The appearance of online shopping. B. The huge online sales o￡ child clothing. C. The fast development of manufacturing. D. The change of parents’ ideas about success. 31. Which opinion may Fang Zhiqing agree with?
A. China should regulate child modeling. B. There are too many child models in China. C. New economic laws should be issued in China. D. China's current advertisement law isn't workable?
D
If you wear glasses, chances are you are smarter. Research published in the famous British journal Nature Communications has found that people who displayed higher levels of intelligence were almost 30 percent more likely to wear glasses.
The scientists studied the genes of thousands of people between the ages of 16 and 102? The study showed intelligence can be connected to physical characteristics。 One characteristic was eyesight. In 3 out of 10 people who were more intelligent 。 there was a higher chance they needed glasses.? Scientists also said being smarter has other benefits. It is connected to better health.
It is important to remember these are connections which are not proven causes. Scientists call this correction. Just because something is connected to something else does not mean one of those things caused the other. And it's worth noting that what constitutes intelligence is subjective and can be difficult, if not impossible, to measure.?
Forget genes though. Plenty of proof shows wearing glasses makes people think you are more intelligent, even if you do not need glasses. A number of studies have found people who wear glasses are seen as smarter, hard-working and honest. Many lawyers use this idea to help win their cases. Lawyer Harvey Slovis explained this. “Glasses soften their appearancehe said. Sometimes there has been a huge amount of proof showing that people he was defending broke the law. He had them wear glasses and they weren't found guilty.
Glasses are also used to show someone is intelligent in movies and on TV. Ideas about
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