2014年安徽省合肥市高三第三次教学质量检测

英语试题

(考试时间:120分钟满分:150分)

第I卷（三部分，共115分）

第一部分：听力 (共两节, 满分30分）

第一节 (共5小题; 每小题1. 5分, 满分7. 5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳 选项, 并标在答题卷的相应位置。用答题卡的考生, 先把选出的最佳选项标在试卷的相应位置, 再转涂到答题卡上。听完每段对话后, 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. How is the man going to Chicago?

A. By bus. B. By train. C. By air.

2. What do we know about the woman?

A. She is excited. B. She is crazy. C. She feels stressed

3. What's the woman worried about?

A. The man's study. B. The man's efforts. C. The man's job.

4. What is the boy's attitude towards taking a piano class?

A. He is eager to take it B. He is unwilling to take it. C. He is hesitant to take it.

5. Where does the conservation most probably take place?

A. In a hotel. B. In a store. C. In a bank.

第二节 (共15小题，每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选 项中选出最佳选项,并标在答题卷的相应位置。用答题卡的考生，先把选出的最佳选项标在 试卷的相应位置，再转涂到答题卡上。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料, 回答第6至7题。

6. What makes the sunset so red?

A. The nice weather. B. Air pollution C. The dry climate.

7. How are the two speakers going to work tomorrow morning?

A. By taking the subway. B. By sharing a car. C. By taking a taxi.

听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。

8. What woke the woman up around midnight yesterday?

A. Her neighbors’ quarrel. B. Her neighbors’ party. C. Her neighbors’ dancing.

9. What did the man advise the woman to do?

A. Stay calm. B. Be polite. C. Call the police.

10. What's the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Friends. B. Couple. C. Colleagues.

听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。

11. How much is Jane's daily expense for each semester?

A. About $9,000. B. About $5,000. C. About $4,000.

12. What does Jane spend most of the money she earns on?

A. Accommodation. B. Books. C. Clothes.

13. What does Jane think of the clothes at discount stores?

A. Always in fashion. B. Usually out of fashion. C. Sometimes fashionable.

听第9段材料, 回答第14至16题。

14. How does the woman achieve a good body shape?

A. By eating less every day. B. By working out at a club. C. By working as a coach.

15. Why hasn't the man done any exercise recently?

A. He has been on business abroad.

B. He has been busy looking for a job.

C. He has got piles of work to do.

16. What does the woman's coach advise her to do to improve her health?

A. Eat more food and fruits.

B. Have a good state of mind.

C. Sleep less and do more sports.

听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。

17. What is Ms. Wang's job?

A. A high-speed train driver B. An office worker. C. A newspaper reporter.

18. What's the biggest advantage of high-speed railway?

A. It is comfortable. B. It saves time. C. It is punctual.

19. In what way can high-speed railway probably change people's life in the future?

A. People can choose to live and work in different places.

B. People can spend much less getting to and from work.

C. People can have an easy access to different cities.

20. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A. The popularity of high-speed railway.

B. The comparison of different transportation means.

C. The traveling experience of Ms. Wang's.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并标在答题卷的相应位置。用答题卡的考生, 先选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. Gottlieb Daimler, ______ German engineer, is normally believed to have invented ______ car.

A. a; 不填 B. a; the C. the; a D. 不填; a

22. Excuse me, ______ I'm afraid you can't sit here. This table is reserved.

A. but B. and C. so D. for

23. -- Don't you think Carl was brave to go wingsuit flying?

-- Personally, I think he was ______. He shouldn’t have risked his life to do so.

A. as mad as brave B. madder than braver

C. more mad than brave D. brave rather than mad

24. The local government wants to ______ the character of the town while redesigning and developing it.

A. preserve B. motivate C. evaluate D. calculate

25. We stayed at the Park Hotel last weekend, ______ a friend of ours recommended to us.

A. when B. that C. where D. which

26. Some experts and educators agree that difficulties and hardships can ______the best in teenagers.

A. bring in B. bring out C. bring down D. bring up

27. The general manager can't use his office at the moment, which ______.

A. is being redecorated B. has been redecorated

C. is redecorated D. was redecorated

28. Let's take a bus or taxi to the park — ______ you'd prefer to walk.

A. since B. in case C. unless D. now that

29. Whenever we went to my uncle's house, we ______ play in the garden.

A. should B. would C. could D. might

30. Nervous and anxious, Jill failed ______ a good impression at the job interview.

A. to have made B. making C. to make D. having made

31. What the whole nation cares about most at present is ______ the rescue teams could find the missing plane.

A. that B. if C. why D. whether

32. ______ enough, every parent wants their child to grow up fit and strong.

A. Thankfully B. Surprisingly C. Similarly D. Naturally

33. Thousands of travellers in and outside Hefei were ______to the Peach Festival the first day it opened this year.

A. attracted B. attained C. attended D. attached

34. Neither the old lady nor her cats ______ out of the house since her husband passed away last month.

A. was stepping B. have stepped C. stepped D. has stepped

35. 一You are not allowed to shoot with the flash on, Sir.

A. Yes. I won't. B. Why not? C. Oh, I'm sorry. D. Are you serious?

第二节：完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1. 5分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并标在答题卷的相应位置。用答题卡的考生, 先选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Every weekday I show up at school at about seven in the morning. Each time I see a mostly empty parking place, I hate that I have to park in the 36 . At first, I am excited to see that I can get a front row spot until I realize that I am not yet a 37 .

For high school students, senior year is probably the only time when someone can be dressed in 38 clothes instead of uniform, and given priority (优先）for 39 time in school canteen. Even some of them can shout at juniors and it doesn't seem 40 . However, the more I think about it, the more 41 . I think of why we should not have the fixed senior parking area.

Firstly, there is only one specific area under the light poles to which senior parking signs are 42 . As a result, it is difficult for one to 43 how far back they must park. The whole thing seems too much of an inconvenience 44 a convenience.

Secondly, it does not seem 45 for those who get to school early. They could have a _46 near the front but instead they must park near the back. It is even less 47 when it is raining or snowing and students who 48 to school early must walk further across the parking lot because they are not a senior.

Lastly, no matter how hard the school tries to 49 senior parking, there will always be those freshmen who 50 to park in the senior parking spaces, regardless of the 51 . Meanwhile, the school authority has hardly got a proper measure to punish those who 52 the regulation.

Senior parking is great if you are a senior but for the majority of the school, it is 53 . If seniors want to park in the front they should arrive at school 54 . There are several other 55 seniors can still have but senior parking should not be one of them.

36. A. front B. middle C. back D. corner

37. A. senior B. teacher C. junior D. student

38. A. special B. casual C. formal D. usual

39. A. sports B. bed C. spare D. meal

40. A. polite B. common C. rude D. wise

41. A. reasons B. results C. mistakes D. solutions

42. A. painted B. attached C. marked D. decorated

43. A. decide B. ask C. count D. accept

44. A. other than B. free from C. rather than D. apart from

45. A. logical B. fair C. urgent D. possible

46. A. seat B. break C. pause D. spot

47. A. confusing B. important C. disturbing D. considerate

48. A. show up B. run away C. walk out D. line up

49. A. forbid B. enlarge C. strengthen D. narrow

50. A. offer B. refuse C. hope D. continue

51. A. grades B. rules C. ages D. distances

52. A. oppose B. break C. draft D. support

53. A. useful B. thrilling C. practical D. annoying

54. A. early B. regularly C. immediately D. punctually

55. A. restrictions B. additions C. priorities D. responsibilities

第三部分：阅读理解 (共20小题; 每小题2分, 满分40分)

阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项, 并标在答题卷的相应位置。用答题卡的考生，先选出最最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer- and with that along, I thought, it would be easy.

My first experience was a road trip from Toronto to Las Vegas, paid for by a car delivery service. Other trips followed and then I started a travel blog (博客). It was intended to be my calling card for assignment travel photography. Yet even with my blog and past experience, email after email I sent to publications, trying to get work, went unanswered. When they did get in touch, editors told me that I had no chance of making a career with travel photography. While I struggled to get on the path that I wanted, and as I expanded my blog to help get me there, I found myself wearing the hat of a full-time blogger.

Luckily, I got in at the right time. It was 2010，and the travel industry was just starting to turn its attention to bloggers. As I never could have predicted, my blogging-not my photography-did take me around the world successfully. At first，I thought it was for personal reasons, but I realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging.

Within two years, I was being asked to speak at travel blogging conferences, which helped me to rai