2019年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试广东省英语模拟试卷(二) 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A

You may have your favorite family spots on Long Island where you frequently take the kids. But there may be unexpected places you haven't explored yet. American Air power Museum

A nonprofit organization, AAM's mission is to preserve the legacy (遗产) of all Americans who sacrificed themselves to defend our liberties. They seek educate new generations about their courage, bravery and heroism by presenting aircraft and armor(盔甲)in tire museum through displays, exhibits and programs. Telephone: 020 7841 3600 Cradle of Aviation Museum

The Cradle of Aviation Museum features more than 75 planes and spacecraft, a dozen cockpits and 30 hands- on exhibits in nine galleries. A favorite among kids is the Sesame Street show featuring Big Bird, Elmo and more as they learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star the sun and the moon. Telephone: 020 7414 3428 Tackapausha Museum

Head to Tackapausha Museum in Seafaford and get in touch with nature. Each month, the museum has scheduled presentations and live exhibits featuring preying birds, reptiles，amphibians and new Egyptian fruit bats. The museum also offers environmental education programs and opportunities to get involved in community service projects. Telephone: 020 7967 1066

Long Island Children's Museum

Parents looking for educational fun can head to the Long Island Children's Museum. At the Bricks &. Sticks exhibit, kids can build and discover more about our 3-D world through playing with blocks and interactive software. At Climb It, kids can play all day in a two-story climbing structure. The Communication Station will allow kids to learn all about every different aspect of communication from how news is broadcast to how their favorite cartoon characters are created. The most popular exhibit is the large bubble (泡泡) area where kids can blow bubbles and even step inside one giant bubble. Telephone: 020 7405 2127

21. Which museum offers a chance to appreciate the diversity of wildlife? A. American Air power Museum B. Cradle of Aviation Museum. C. Tackapausha Museum.

D. Long Island Children' Museum.

22. Whet is an astronaut lover likely to call for further information?

A.020 7841 3600. B.020 7414 3428. C.020 7967 1066. D.020 7405 2127. 23. What can the kids do at the Long Island Children's Museum? A. Test out a 3-D printer. B. Blow colorful bubbles.

C. Play with blocks at virtual reality.

D. Be dressed up as cartoon characters. B

Rachel Harrington wants her children to have nutritious packed lunches to enjoy at school, but she gets discouraged trying to create them.\of my least favorite activities. I’d like to do it the night before but that never happens,\said the mother of two \are a lot complaint.” It's hard work. She's happy to outsource (外包) two days a week to a business. “Having two days off is like a dream,\she said. “Sometimes I forgot that it was a Red Apple Lunch day. When I realize 1 do not have to make lunches, I'm so happy.”

Families around the country are finding new options for their children's lunches, thanks to a growing number of delivery options meeting the demands of students. Some deliver to the schools, others to homes. As for teens calling in their own food deliveries, some schools allow it and others don't. Lisa Farrell launched Red Apple Lunch after market research proved her doubt that lunch packing was a “stress point \for parents.“You only have so much time in the day,\what was offered at the school. Folks just needed another option.”She and her team pack healthy lunches, combining local food when possible and deliver them to homes so that kids can take them to school the next two days. The company delivers two lunches on Monday and two on Wednesday.

When Spencer Wood's daughter forgot her lunch last spring he arranged a 1ot red Apple Lunch to deliver her a meal. “I called the school to make sure it was OK，and they said families do it all the time,\very helpful, telling me when to have it sent and reminding me to tip the driver.” His 12-yer-old daughter, Madison, loved the special delivery of macaroni and cheese, he said. 24. What does Rachel Harrington think of making lunches for her kids? A. Enjoyable. B. Tiring. C. Meaningful. D. Scaring. 25. Why did the Red Apple Lunch come into existence? A. To enrich food diversities in school. B. To offer healthier lunches to students.

C. To develop a new program for its company.

D. To ease the stress of preparing lunches on parents. 26. Which of the following best describe Lisa Farrell? A. Experienced and helpful. B. Generous and adventurous. C. Practical and sharp minded. D. Enthusiastic and warm-hearted.

27. What can be the best title of the text? A. Advantages of School Lunch Packing B. The Change for the School Cafeteria

C. An Alternative to the School Lunch Packing D. The Founding of Red Apple Lunch Company C

The Mona Lisa effect describes the phenomenon where the eyes in a portrait seem to follow the person looking at it, no matter where the person stands in the room. The effect was obviously named after Leonardo da Vinci s famous painting featuring the woman with the mysterious smile and the steady stare. But ironically (讽刺地), a new study finds that Mona Lisa may not be all that interested in tracking her observers. Two researchers

from Bielefeld University in Germany found that the famous subject of the painting, also known, as \，is actually looking just over your right shoulder.

For the experiment, Horstmann and his research assistant Sebastian Loth gathered two dozen participants to take a look at the eyes of the painting. But they didn't just ask them if they thought Mona Lisa was looking their way. Instead they displayed part of her face on a computer screen, then asked volunteers to measure her stare using a carpenter's ruler that was held horizontally between them and the screen.

Although the computer screen and the participants stayed in the same spot, the ruler was moved closer and farther from the screen during the trial. In addition, the researchers modified the size of Mona Lisa’s face and how much of her features were visible to see if that changed the perception of her stare. I he images showed varying degrees of rise--from 30 to70 percent with some showing her entire face and others showing just her eyes and nose.

The researchers also moved the images several centimeters to the left and to the right, so the Participants wouldn’t just pick the same measurement on the ruler each time.

Horstmann and Loth published their results in the journal i-perception where they were very clear in their conclusion.“We conclude from the measurements that the; lack of evidences due to the declaration being objectively false: Mona Lisa does not stare at the viewer,” they wrote. “There is no doubt about the existence of the Mona Lisa effect---it just does not occur with Mona Lisa herself. 28. What does the new study find? A. The Mona Lisa effect does exist. B. The reason for Mona Lisa smile.

C. What is the origin of the real Mona Lisa.

D. Mona Lisa is not straightly looking at the viewer.

29. What were the participants required to do during the experiment? A. To operate a computer as they moved.

B. To measure the direction of the stare with a ruler. C. To count the direction of the stare with a computer. D. To evaluate the distance between each participant.

30. Which can best replace the underlined word“\ A. Estimated. B. Changed. C. Enlarged. D. Described. 31. What do Horstmann and Loth think of the new finding? A. It's reasonable and clear. B. It's beyond expectation. C. It's short of solid evidence.

D. It's consistent with previous studies. D

We have all been there. In a rush to leave the house we grab our phone and head out of the door, realizing all too late that the battery is dead because we forgot 1oprog it into the table cloth. Or perhaps we have not. But this could be the future that scientists hope to explore with electronic sheets that charge our Mobile phones, laptops and other equipment by harvesting energy from the world around us.

In a step in that direction, scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT) have created super- thin，bendy materials that absorb wireless Internet and other electromagnetic waves in the air and turn them into electricity. The lead researcher, Tomas Palacios, said the breakthrough smoothed the way for energy- harvesting covers ranging