2019届湖北省八校高三第一次联考英语试题第二部分阅读理解（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。

ATraveling to a foreign country can make you frightened if you don’t know the local language. Mr. Thibault has a number of tips to help travelers manage in a destination when they don’t speak the native tongue, based on his own experience. Here are a few of them.Download a Language Translation AppMr. Thibault tends to rely on Google Translate and suggests that travelers find an app that works for them. Ideally, find one that specializes in the language you need to translate especially if the language uses a character set you’re not familiar with, or have difficulty pronouncing.Speak with Your Hands and HeadPointing with your hands and nodding or shaking your head, Mr. Thibault said, are easy ways to communicate with locals in the country you’re in. “Gestures are all universally understood,” he said.Learn a Few Key WordsKnowing basic words and phrases like “hello,” “thank you” and “I’m sorry, I don’t speak your language, do you speak English?” is a must, Mr. Thibault said. Showing that you care enough to learn some of the language before you go, and at least enough to acknowledge that you don’t know more, is a form of respect and will go a long way to be liked by locals.Work with a Local Travel AgentIf you feel particularly uncomfortable in the country you’re headed to, and you have to go anyway, relying on a local travel agent who knows both your and your destination’s language can be incredibly useful.Hire a Local Tour GuideA tour guide can help you get a better grasp of the local language and is a good person to practice words and phrases with. Whenever Mr. Thibault visits a new country, he books a sightseeing tour with a guide on t he first day of his trip. “I use this day to learn about my destination and get familiar with the language,” he said.21. In what situation should a language translation app be applied while traveling abroad?A. When you have trouble pronouncing the words.B. When you want to acknowledge your ignorance.C. When you want to practice the local language.D. When you feel uncomfortable in the country.22. What is the easiest way to communicate with foreigners according to the text?A. Downloading a language translation app.B. Learning a few key words.C. Using body language.D. Working with a guide.23. How can you better understand the local language?A. By speaking with your hands and head.B. By learning a few key words.C. By downloading a language translation app.D. By hiring a local tour guide.BA New Jersey couple and a homeless man have been accused of making up a feel-good story that raised more than $400,000 through GoFundMe.The couple, Kate McClure and Mark D’Amico, and the man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., face a charge of second-degree theft, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said Thursday.The couple said they met Bobbitt when he gave his last $20 to McClure, who was stranded on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, so she could put gas in her car, then started the GoFundMe campaign as a way to thank him.The paying-it-forward story that drove this fundraiser might seem too good to be true, Coffina said at a press conference.Unfortunately, it was. The entire campaign was based on a lie.After fees, the money of the campaign netted about $367,000, all depos ited into McClure’s accounts, Coffina said. Bobbitt received $75,000, and within months McClure and D’Amico had wasted their share on buying a car, high-end handbags and trips, Coffina said. They also used it at casinos（赌场）, he said.Coffina stressed that while Bobbitt, a veteran（退伍老兵）, deserves thanks for his service to the country and sympathy for his situation; he was fully involved in the crime, making media appearances to help "promote the dishonest campaign."According to Coffina, McClure and D’Amico first met Bobbitt at an off-ramp（驶出匝道）near a casino they regularly went, at least a month before the GoFundMe campaign went live.They went back to the spot a month later, Coffina said. D’Amico took a picture of McClure and Bobbitt that became the face of the GoFundMe campaign that they started hours later,Coffina said.24. What the actual purpose GoFundMe campaign started by the couple?A. To express thei r appreciation for Bobbitt’s help.B. To help Bobbitt pay off his heavy debt.C. To raise money for their own benefit.D. To make people believe in Bobbitt’s generosity.25. What does the underlined word “stranded” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Impossible to finish.B. Unable to move.C. Without any choice.D. Out of service.26. How much money did the couple get from the cheating GoFundMe campaign?A. About $ 292,000.B. About $ 367,000.C. About $325,000.D. About $ 400,000.27. What was Bobbitt accused of?A. Pretending to be a veteran.B. Robbing the couple of $75,000.C. Failing to serve his country.D. Helping invent the story.CI’m an American Born Chinese. I wouldn’t say I’m more American than Chinese or vice versa. My character was equally molded by both cultures. For a long time, I was comfortable with being from two cultures. I was fluent in “Chinglish”.However, as I grew up, something unexpected rose, causing a parallel tension between the two corresponding cultures. During Chinese events when I was in China, the host would sometimes make fun of America. My relatives would look at me and laugh, asking me how I felt. But how could I respond to a question like that? If I said I was uncomfortable, it would just make me s eem even more American in their eyes. But I couldn’t pretend to laugh either. So, I often just stayed quiet and smiled.Sometimes, I’d leave China feeling less Chinese than when I went in.This past summer, on my way back to Rochester, a man at the airport kept asking my father and I where we were from. When I told him I was from the United States, he didn’t seem to believe me.He then went on to ask the terrible question, “But like where are you really from, like, where were you born?” And no matter how specific our answer was, the man still seemed a little doubtful. He then went on to ask us if we knew where Tampa, Florida was and if we knew anything about it. It’s moments like these when I realize that sometimes my appearance makes it hard for me to seem fully American.These experiences made me question if I was more Chinese or American.I felt like I was neither. So, if I wasn’t completely one culture or the other, what was I? In China, I would feel more American, while in America, I would feel more Chinese There was no balance between my two cultures.But this doesn’t mean that I don’t embrace both my identities. I love both my Chinese cultural identity and my American one. I just need to learn to love them together.28. How did the author feel about his identity at the very beginning?A. Special.B. Confident.C. Confused.D. Ridiculous.29. Why did the author feel less Chinese when he left China?A. Because he found it hard to remain quiet and keep smile.B. Because he was unable to speak fluent Chinese at his hometown.C. Because he had lost his face in front of his relatives and friends.D. Because he was treated as an American by his Chinese relatives.30. What made the man at the airport keep questioning where the author was from?A. His cultures.B. His experience.C. His look.D. His air tickets.31. What could be the best title of the passage?A. Being culturally homeless.B. A Boy with two identities.C. A Chinese boy born in America.D. Better Chinese than American.DPesticides（杀虫剂） might just be a bee's worst enemy. They harm their brains, slow down their reproduction, and even kill their buzz. Now it seems they damage their social lives and reduce their ability to care for their young.While previous studies have shown that commonly used neonicotinoid（新烟碱类）pesticides make bees sick and affect how they search for food and navigate, a new study gives more of an idea of how these chemicals affect the internal workings of a colony. Studying these effects has proved difficult, so the team employed a new technique. They stuck tiny QR codes to the backs of bumblebees and tracked their movements using a robotic camera.The researchers looked at 12 colonies housed in a lab, giving some the same level of imidacloprid – the world's most commonly used pesticide –that they’d be exposed to in the wild while keeping others pesticide-free as controls. They checked on them for a few minutes 12 times a day. The findings are published in the journal Science.Unfortunately, the researchers found a number of obvious differences between the bees exposed to the pesticide and the controls. The bees given neonicotinoids spent less time interacting with other bees and more time resting. This lull（间歇期）in activity tended to happen more at night, but the researchers aren’t sure why."Bees actually have a very strong circadian rhythm(生理节律)," lead author James Crallexplained in a statement. "So what we found was that, during the day, there was no statistically observable effect, but at night, we could see that they were crashing. We don't know yet whether the pesticides aredestroying circadian gene regulation or if this is just some, maybe physiological feedback... but it suggests that, just from a practical perspective, if we want to understand or study these compounds, looking at effects overnight matters a lot."32. What happened to the bees exposed to the pesticide at night?A. They forgot to feed the young.B. They preferred communicating more.C. They lost the ability to rest.D. They remained less active.33. How was the research conducted?A. By making comparisons.B. By collecting information.C. By asking questions.D. By analyzing the data.34. What does the underlined word “controls” refer to?A. The tools used to observe the bees.B. The bees without being exposed to the pesticide.C. The researchers taking charge of the experiments.D. The data recorded by the robotic camera.35. What’s the purpose of the article?A. To call for the toughest ban on the chemicals.B. To check the best time to observe experimental results.C. To inform people of the worrying effects of pesticides.D. To recommend measures to improve the quality of pesticides.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。