2019届高三英语上学期第一次调研考试试题(1)

hardware and software themselves. The team includes design, engineering and computer science students working together.

“We are working on a smart-home project in Watford with some companies at the moment,” says the project leader. “We are looking at how a smart home can provide even more services.” This could help millions of old people around the world have a better and safer life in the future.

24. The wristband device benefits its users by .

A. changing the living habits of the elderly B. monitoring people who live in a smart home

C. offering information to the person wearing it D. watching over the elderly who may fall or get lost

25. Whom does the University of Hertfordshire have in its research team?

A. Students who want to find a job eagerly. B. Students who prefer to work on their own.

C. Students from different scientific backgrounds. D. Students with a lot of rich working experience.

26. What is the project leader’s attitude towards the future of the smart home project? A. Uncertain.

B. Uninterested.

C. Optimistic.

D. Disappointed.

27. What might be the main idea of the passage?

A. A wristband device has changed the way that we live. B. A smart home helps students develop hardware and software. C. An Interhome project has been put into use to help the elderly.

D. An Interhome project will help the old live a better and safer life.

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C

Flying for a long time, you finally arrive at the place where you can relax—your hotel room. Now you throw

your bag on the bed, turn on the TV and watch an international news programme on a satellite channel probably from UK or the USA.

The main international broadcasters are BBC World and CNN. With an audience of over 1.5 billion people, these are popular channels that offer good-quality news programmes. In both companies, the journalists are experienced writers that produce journalism of a high standard.

However, there are alternative news channels which people watch because they want a less traditional or non-Western view on world events. Russia Today and Al Jazeera International, an Arabic company, are international channels that broadcast

in English. Both companies say they give a fresh view on big stories, and their experienced journalists often report from places where Western journalists do not work, and so they give us stories that we don’t normally see.

The Internet offers more variety. OneWorldTV is an Internet site where you can find stories about the developing world and human rights, rather than the usual stories about US politics and business. The writers for this company are often local people who write the stories for free. This non-professional journalism is increasing, and it certainly offers more choices.

This increase in citizen journalism means that you can write the news, too. Main news broadcasters often use photographs and stories that members of the general public send to them, especially when there is a dramatic breaking news story. Besides this, some blogs are popular sources of news, and the website NowPublic lets you write stories using information you can get from anywhere, including sites like Youtube, Flickr and Twitter. 28. The first paragraph is meant to . A. offer a suggestion B. give a warning topic

C. explain a reason D. introduce the

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29. It can be learned from the text that more and more people will . A. prefer to read local news

B. pay more attention to world news

C. start a career in citizen journalism D. give up watching TV news programmes 30. What would be the best title for the text? A. The Latest Local News C. The End of TV News

D

You can see a sea turtle named Herman, an octopus ( 章鱼) called Octavia, and a seal named Lidia at the

Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Rather than real animals, they are actually artworks made out of plastic trash from the ocean.

These artworks are part of a traveling exhibit called “Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea”. The Washed

Ashore project, led by the artist called Pozzi, works to raise awareness about plastic pollution in Earth’s oceans.

More than 315 billion pounds of plastic litter the world’s oceans today. Most of the plastic is garbage from towns and cities, as well as trash that people leave on beaches. Rainwater, winds, and high tides bring the trash into the ocean or into rivers that lead to the ocean. Once it is under the waves, the plastic begins to break up into smaller and smaller pieces.

Thousands of sea animals die each year from eating plastic bags and other things. Each year, millions more

pounds of plastic end up in the ocean. A recent study found that if that continues, by 2050 the total weight of plastic will be more than that of all the fish in the ocean.

The Washed Ashore project is working to stop that from happening. Since 2010,

B. More Choices for News

D. Traditional World News

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Washed Ashore volunteers have collected 38,000 pounds of plastic trash from more than 300 miles of beaches. They helped Pozzi create more than 60 artworks of sea creatures harmed by plastic pollution.

“These artworks are a powerful reminder of our personal role and global responsibility in preserving biodiversity (生物多样性) on land and in the sea,” says Dennis Kelly, director of the National Zoo.

31. What is the purpose of the artworks shown at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo? A. To let people know about animals in the ocean. B. To introduce one way of recycling plastic trash. C. To warn people of plastic pollution in the ocean.D. To show Pozzi’s great gift for creating artworks.

32. According to the passage, what is the source of plastic pollution in the ocean? A. Garbage from towns and cities. C. Plastic bags broken up by waves.

B. Trash left on beaches by people. D. Litter created by human activities.

33. The data in Paragraph 5 is given to prove that . A. plastic pollution will be more serious in the ocean B. more and more artworks of sea creatures will be made C. the Washed Ashore project has made great achievements

D. volunteers can solve the ocean pollution successfully by 2050 34. What’s Dennis Kelly’s attitude towards the artworks? A. Worried.

B. Supportive.

C. Doubtful.

D. Unconcerned.

35. What would be the best title for the text? A. Turning Trash into Art C. Collecting Plastic Trash

第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

B. Working for Washed Ashore D. Stopping Environmental Pollution

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