天津市和平区2019届高三下学期二模考试 英语

Comfort Suites Kodak 100% smoke-free and pet-free hotel conveniently located at the main gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains off Interstate 40 at exit 407, close to all the fun and excitement in Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and Knoxville, including Dollywood, Dixie Stampede, Smokies Park, Sevierville Events Center, Tanger Outlet Mall, University of Tennessee and more. Guests enjoy waking up in our well-appointed guest suites featuring contemporary furnishings and LCD flat screen televisions, starting their day with our free breakfast, and relaxing in our indoor pool and exercise room. Price: $55 per night Check in time: 3:00 p.m. 36. What can we know about Marriott Detroit Southfield?

A. It is designed specially for businessmen.

B. It has well-developed traffic to other cities. C. It is quite close to local attractions. D. It is the cheapest of the three hotels.

A. You may bring pets into Residence Inn Milford. B. Residence Inn Milford is located in New York

C. Marriott Detroit Southfield is built inside a park. D. Smoking is allowed in Comfort Suites Kodak.

37. What can we learn from the three advertisements?

38. If you want to take exercise and go climbing after settling down, you may choose ______.

A. New Haven hotel

B. Marriott Detroit Southfield C. Residence Inn Milford D. Comfort Suites Kodak

A. They are all near the airports. B. They all offer guests breakfast. C. People can enjoy free outdoor pools. D. People should check in before 3 p.m. A. To give information about hotels. B. To show the convenience of a good lifestyle.

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39. What do the three hotels have in common?

40. What is the main purpose of the text?

C. To present a report on a research. D. To tell readers places to go on vacation.

B

I was a freshman in college when I met the Whites. They were completely

different from my own family, yet I felt at home with them immediately. Jane White and I became friends at school, and her family welcomed me like a long-lost cousin.

In my family, it was always important to place blame when anything bad happened.

“Who did this?” my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen.

“This is all your fault, Katharine,” my father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher broke.

From the time we were little, my sister, brothers and I told on each other. We set a place for blame at the dinner table.

But the Whites didn’t worry about who had done what. They picked up the pieces and moved on with their lives. The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer Jane died.

In July, the White sisters and I decided to take a car trip from their home in Florida to New York. The two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy, had recently turned sixteen. Proud of having a new driver’s license, Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip. She showed off her license to everyone she met.

The big sisters shared the driving of Sarah’s new car during the first part of the trip, but when they reached less crowded areas, they let Amy take over. Somewhere in South Carolina, we pulled off the highway to eat. After lunch, Amy got behind the wheel. She came to a crossroads with a stop sign. Whether she was nervous or just didn’t see the sign no one would ever know, but Amy continued into the crossroads without stopping. The driver of a large truck, unable to stop in time, ran into our car.

Jane was killed immediately.

I was slightly injured. The most difficult thing that I’ve ever done was to call the Whites to tell them about the accident and that Jane had died. Painful as it was for me to lose a good friend, I knew that it was far worse for them to lose a child.

When Mr. and Mrs. White arrived at the hospital, they found their two daughters sharing a room. Sarah had a few cuts on the head; Amy’s leg was broken. They

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hugged us all and cried tears of sadness and of joy at seeing their daughters. They wiped away the girls’ tears and made a few jokes at Amy as she learned to use her crutches（拐杖）.

To both of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply said, “We’re so glad that you’re alive.”

I was astonished. No blame. No accusations.

Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stop sign.

Mrs. White said, “Jane’s gone, and we miss her terribly. Nothing we say or do will ever bring her back. But Amy has her whole life ahead of her. How can she lead a full and happy life if she feels we blame her for her sister’s death? ”

They were right. Amy graduated from the University of California and got married several years ago. She works as a teacher of learning-disabled students. She’s also a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest named Jane. 41. How did the author’s parents differ from the Whites? A. The author’s parents were less caring.

B. The author’s parents were less loving. C. The author’s parents were less friendly.

D. The author’s parents were less understanding. 42. How did the accident occur?

A. Amy didn’t stop at a crossroads and a truck hit their car. B. Amy didn’t know what to do when she saw the stop sign. C. Amy didn’t slow down so their car ran into a truck. D. Amy didn’t get off the highway at a crossroads.

43. The accident took place in ______. A. Florida B. California

C. South Carolina D. New York

44. The Whites did not blame Amy for Jane’s death because ______.

A. they didn’t want Amy to feel ashamed and sorry for the rest of her life B. Amy was badly injured herself and they didn’t want to add to her pain C. they didn’t want to blame their children in front of others D. Amy was their youngest daughter and they loved her best 45. From the passage we can learn that ______. A. Amy has never recovered from the shock

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B. Amy changed her job after the accident

C. Amy lost her memory after the accident D. Amy has lived quite a normal life

C

Scientists can figure out a movie’s emotional tone from the gasps (喘气) of its audience. These gases could point the way to a subtle form of human communication, a new study suggests.

“When you see a movie, you can hear the music and see the pictures. However, you don’t realize there are chemical signals in the air. And they, too, could be affecting you,” says Williams, who led the study. As an atmospheric chemist, he studies the chemical makeup of the air around us.

Williams started out measuring the air in a soccer stadium. He noticed that levels of carbon dioxide and other gases changed wildly whenever the crowd cheered. That got him wondering---Could the gases people breathe out be influenced by emotions?

To find out, he went to the movies.

Williams and his coworkers measured air samples collected over six weeks in two movie theaters. Overall, 9,500 movie goers watched 16 films. They included a mix of comedy, romance, action and horror films. Among them were The Hunter Games, Catching Fire, Carrie, and Walking with Dinosaurs. The researchers gave scenes from the movies such labels as “suspense”, “laughter”, and “crying”. Then they looked for hundreds of chemicals in the air that showed up as people were watching particular movie scenes.

And certain scenes had distinct chemical “fingerprints”. Scenes that had people laughing or on the edge of their seats were especially distinctive. During screenings of The Hunger Games, levels of carbon dioxide and isoprene got to the highest at two suspenseful moments. Because isoprene is related to muscle movement, the researchers think tense movie moments likely led to its peak. Williams and his colleagues think the increase in carbon dioxide was due to the viewers’ increased pulse and breathing rates.

Scientists need more data to make stronger links between human emotions and what’s in their breath. But Williams can see potential practical uses. Companies, for instance, could quickly measure the air during tests to see how people feel about new products. He pictures future studies recording other body variables (变数) as well. These might include heart rate and body temperature, for instance. “It’s something to find out.”

46. What chemicals in the air are important to Williams’s recent research?

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