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1、. . 2019年省市高考英语模拟试卷（3月份）第二部分 阅读理解（共两节）第一节（满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑1（6分）Planning 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
2、room A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton the final Friday of the Brighton Comedy Festival （19 Oct） cost 169.15 at Booking A week later， the same room cost 118.15 If you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoid or youre looking for a big event to pass your timecheck out sites such a
3、s Whatsonwhen ， 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 hol
4、iday Dont be too choosy about the part of town you stay in Booking two months in advance， the cheapest room at Travelodges 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 75.75And at Farringdon， a double room cost just
5、 f62.95 LOOK AFTER YOURSELF Really central hotels in cities such as London， Edinburgh and Cardiff can cost a fortune， especially at weekends and during big events As an alternative consider checking into a selfcatering flat with its own kitchen Often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of
6、city centre buildings A great example is the historic ONeill Flat on Edinburghs Royal Mile， available for f 420 for five days in late September， with room for four adults（1）At Whatsonwhen， you can A find a room close to the stationB find a room which costs lessC know how to kill timeD know when and
7、where there will be events（2）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 Garden（3）The passage shows that the ONeill Flat A lies on the ground floorB provides cooking facilities
8、for touristsC is located in central LondonD costs over f100 on average per day in late September2（8分）Nisha Pradhan is worried The recent college graduate just turns 21 and plans to live on her own But shes afraid she wont be able to stay safe Thats because she isnt able to smell Back home， her famil
9、y do her smelling for her Shes moved in with them for now， but shes looking for a place of her own Now that Im 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 e
10、at 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 doesnt taste right any more， says Beverly Cowart， a researcher Thats because eating and smell go hand in hand How food tastes often rely
11、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 youre missing are the small distinctions When I go out to eat I have often found that food is very tasteless to me I never feel full， she s
12、ays 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 this has a hint of meat， I cant really participate in those conversations， she says Pradam thinks her smell loss also may have affected her me
13、moryPradhan 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 doesnt come And that means no new smell memory gets created（1
14、）What is true about Pradhan？ A She has had no sense of smell since she was bornB She suffers from loss of appetite through lack of smell senseC She has something wrong with her stomachD She is looking for a roommate to share the cost（2）What can we infer from what Beverly Cowart said？ A People with a
15、 smell problem have no food tastesB Different food tastes the same for people of smell lossC Lack of smell sense makes eating a dull experienceD People feel hungry easily for lack of smell sense（3）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 quickly（4）What does the underlined sentence mean？ A Pradhan may be rightB Pradhan may be foolishC Pradhan may be crazy
