第I卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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.Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At the airport. B. At a train station. C. At a hotel.
2. What do we know about Tony?
A. He is good at his maths.
B. He will get a high score.
C. He doesn’t take the test seriously.
3. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Banker and clerk. B. Salesgirl and customer. C. Waiter and waitress.
4. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. The activities for the weekend.
B. The change of weather on Sunday.
C. The influence of weather on the game.
5. Why is the man going to a community college?
A. Because he has not enough money.
B. Because he wants to stay near his home.
C. Because he wants to help his grandpa.

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 is the man’s job?
A. A doctor. B. A medical typist. C. A nurse.
7. What do the doctors have to do when they see their patients the next time?
A. Read through their previous conversation.
B. Note down the talks with their patients.
C. Listen to the recordings by themselves.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8.What does the man advise the woman to do?
A.To look for a fancy apartment.
B.To refer to the online ads.
C.To make more phone calls.
9.What kind of apartment is the woman expecting?
A. Big and comfortable. B. Small and quiet. C. Simple and cheap.
10. What will the man probably do next?
A. Ask Dave for help. B. Look after the woman’s dog.
C. Give the woman a spare room.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.Why does the woman call Mr. Brown?
A. Because she wants to ask for a sick leave.
B. Because she is going to talk to he doctor.
C.Because she is preparing for the meeting.
12.What is the man’s suggestion to the woman?
A. Changing the appointment time with her doctor.
B.Putting off their meeting time till next week.
C.Rescheduling her working time this week.
13.When will the two speakers meet?
A. Next Friday. B. Next Monday. C. Next Tuesday.

听第9段材料，回答14至16题。

14.Why does the woman dislike a party?
A. Because she can’t bear the noise at a party.
B. Because people at a party are cold to her.
C. Because the food for a party are unhealthy.
15. What gift does the man advise to take to the party?
A. A bottle of wine. B. A gift card. C. Some groceeies.
16. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. Tips for attending parties.
B. Ways to improve English.
C. Ideas of making friends

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How many members are there in this special work group?
A. 50. B. 200. C. 250.
18. Why do the participants of the program work several hours a day?
A. To learn some practical skills for their future.
B. To entertain themselves with woods and farm wok.
C. To find the meaning and fun in their busy work.
19. What will the group do if someone breaks the rule?
A. Work out a solution together.
B. Make changes to the rule.
C. Questions the rule breaker.
20. What do participants benefit most from the program?
A. They begin to put themselves first.
B. They learn to put themselves in other’s shoes.

C. They tend to mind their own business.

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. ------ Would you mind giving me a lift home, Bill?
------ ________ I’ll wait for you at the gate after work.
A. How come? B. By all means. C. Why not? D. Up to you.
22. With children, if you say “no”, you have to mean ______ .
A. that B. this C. it D. one
23. ------ We thought he would have got the job.
------ What a pity! He _______ too nervous when interviewed.
A. was B. had been C. has been D. would have been
24. How can you expect to get ahead in your life ____ you even live to yourself from time to time?
A. though B. until C, before. D. when
¬¬25. ______ the weather, our school sports meet has to be held in the indoor stadium.
A. In view of B. In charge of C. In place of D. In search of
26. The poet _______ described the peaceful Rocky Mountain and the beautiful Mississippi River in h is newly-published poetry.
A. aggressively B. vividly C. desperately D. controversially
27. According to Darwin’s Survival of the Fittest, only those species that were able to _____ the sudden great changes of their living conditions survived.
A. appeal to B. relate to .C. adapt to D. contribute to
28. _____ her ambition of becoming a professional singer, she has been training very hard since an early age.
A. Realizing B. To realize C. Having realized D. To have realized
29. It takes ____ to talk to others on the team when that might expose some of your own weakness or ignorance.
A. energy B. patience C. wisdom D. courage.
30. After Tom had finished some paper work, he _____ interviewing the applicants.
A. starts B. had started C. started D. has started
31. Guess what! I came across my primary school teacher this morning, ____ I have lost touch for almost 20 years.
A. of which B. when C. with whom D. who
32. Every morning I get up at 6:00 because I have two dogs ____ at the door for me to take them out for the routine walk.
A. to wait B. wait C. waited D. waiting
33. The parents didn’t tolerate their kids rudeness at the party, nor ____ themselves to be disobeyed.
A. they allowed B. did they allow C. didn’t they allow D. they didn’t allow
34. This still leaves the question of _____ local public services should be improved in the next five years.
A. whose B. how C. when D. where
35. ------- Did you go to the lecture by the visiting professor?
------ No. I ____ it, but I’ve been busy taking care of my grandma in hospital these days.
A.would have attended. B. should attend C. must have attended D. would attend

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、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。
A wave of recent research has pointed to the risks of over praising a child. And it seems that how to draw a line between too little praise and too much has become a high-pressure 36 for parents.
Self-esteem (自尊) serves as a kind of tool to measure how much children feel valued and accepted by 37 . This sensitivity to others’ 38 develops because of humans’ need for social acceptance, which is considered to be 39 to survival. As early as age 8, children’s self-esteem tends to rise and fall in response
to feedbacks about 40 peers see them as likable or attractive, 41 , it can also be beneficial for kids to feel bad about themselves occasionally, if they behave in selfish, mean or hurtful ways that might 42 their ability to maintain relationships or hold a job in the future.
In the past, many parents and educators believed that high self-esteem 43 happiness and success, and kids could gain self-esteem simply by getting 44 and awards from their parents, teachers and people around. But recently researchers have found self-esteem doesn’t 45 these desired results. Instead, if parents praise their kids 46 , their self-esteem becomes focused on being very smart and being the best and being perfect. Building too much self-esteem of the children can not go as planned, making them feel 47 later on when they hit setbacks (挫折)
According to some experts, it can actually be good for kids to have 48 self-esteem, at least once in a while. And praise can be 49 if it disregards the world outside the home. Children who have a 50 understanding of how they are seen by others tend to get recovered more readily 51 disappointment, depression or the like. The best path is a 52 road, helping children develop a positive but 53 view of themselves in relation to others by praising them for the 54 they invest and behaviors they are able to sustain, like “It’s 55 that you’re working so hard on your homework.”
36. A. balancing B. crashing C. forcing D. embarrassing
37. A. themselves B. parents C. others D. teachers
38. A. views B. envies C. favors D. blames
39. A. irrelevant B. similar C. important D. sensitive
40. A. when B. whether C. how D. where
41. A. Indeed B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. However
42. A. improve B. damage C. change D. develop
43. A. promised B. delayed C. purchased D. ruined
44. A. support B. help C. challenge D. praise
45. A. settle down B. work out C. give away D. bring about
46. A. rarely B. carefully C. constantly D. casually
47. A. worse B. stronger C. better D. madder
48. A. high B. much C. low D. little
49. A. powerful B. harmful C. grateful D. stressful
50. A. practical B. limited C. basic D. perfect
51. A. with B. to C. about D. from
52. A. straight B. smooth C. middle D. rough
53. A. general B. realistic C. different D. negative
54. A. talent B. time C. money D. effort
55. A. necessary B. awesome C. worthless D. awful

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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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，先选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Snapshots, the new fashion for an artistic portrait (肖像) photo: Take it underwater. Zhang Xiaomei, a 20-something Shanghai native who works in the media industry, tried it out twice.
“ It was a completely different experience,” says Zhang of her first such experience last May. “ You get the feeling that you’re cut off from the rest of , the world. But also it’s romantic and like a fairy tale.”
She then successfully convinced her husband-to-be to have their wedding photos taken underwater a couple of months after her first try. “ Can you imagine a 1.87-meter-tall man trying out something like a fishtail under the water?” Zhang says, laughing.
A commercial underwater photo portrait is prefect for post-80 and post-90 generations who adore taking snapshots, but are looking for new ways to be artistic, says Ai Cheng, owner and photographer of No.55 Underwater Photography in Shanghai.
Ai opened a studio in Shanghai’s suburb of Songjiang two years ago, building a 5-meter-deep, fan-shaped pool equipped with heating facilities to start up the business. A 30-minute training on how to smile under the water so that you won’t drink too much water and how to open your eyes underwater is offered in his studio for those who don’t know how to swim.
Ai says most of his customers are female---- half of them coming for an artistic portrait photo and the rest for wedding pictures. “ Some of them drag their boyfriends or husband-to-be, who are unwilling to go down to the water, to shoot as well,” he says.
56. What would be the best title for the text？
A. The Best Smiles May Be All Wet. B. The Sweetest Smile in the World.
C. Smiling, a Universal Language. D. A New Challenge, a New Trend
57. What does Zhang Xiaomei think of underwater snapshot?
A. Funny. B. Dangerous. C. Fantastic. D. Strange.
58. Who are most likely to take photos underwater?
A. Young people eager to be special. B. Senior people to recall their old days.
C. Couples to celebrate their anniversary. D. Artists to create new styles.
59. It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that ________ .
A. young people are in for this fashion. B. fewer men would show interest in this fashion.
C. men are more romantic than women D. women would like to take more adventures.

B
Thanksgiving is a time t give thanks for family, health, and life in general. However, Black Friday has turned it into a business.
Traditionally, the true value of Thanksgiving lies at home not the shopping centers. However, Black Friday has nowadays allowed society to ignore this as individuals long for something that they do not need or even truly want. Shopping on Black Friday becomes a sign of a shift into a culture that values material wealth over spending time with loved ones. People are willing to force their way through the crowds in their desperate search for marked-down sweaters and necklaces.
In recent years, Thanksgiving has become a pre-Black Friday holiday for many families. They are devoted to mapping out shopping routes and making organized schedules for which stores to hit first. By drawing individuals out to shopping centers with “ matchless savings”, businesses encourage this behavior of ignoring Thanksgiving. Many families take their home-cooked meals while camping out at the door of shopping centers. With each new year, Thanksgiving is becoming victim to over commercialization--- switching from a meaningful time of thanks and family to a day dedicated to products and profit.
Black Friday has shown that with current common standards, people cannot even set aside a single day to appreciate what they already have without immediately buying more. Families have lost sight of what is truly important in life, and have found reasons in debating between a low cost HD television and an appreciation for what they already have. Remember, Thanksgiving should be a day in which people are grateful for all that they have.
60. The underlined word “this” in paragraph 2 probably refers to _____ .
A. the sign of a shift B. the material wealth
C. the shopping crowd D. the true value of Thanksgiving
61. In recent years, what will many families do when thanksgiving comes?
A. Make full preparations for the Black Friday shopping.
B. Visit some newly-opened shopping centers in advance.
C. Find it difficult to choose a store for their first visit.
D. Go camping at the gate of shopping center for a good deal.
62. In the last paragraph, the author mainly intends to tell us that we should _____ .
A. set aside a single day to buy more. B. try to spend less to get low cost products.
C. stay with our families as long as we can. D. appreciate what we’ve possessed with our families.
63. What’s the author’s attitude towards the present ways people celebrate Thanksgiving?
A. Annoyed. B. Worried. C. Supportive. D. Unconcerned.

C
Eyeglasses correct many different types of sight problems, including nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism (散光) . Trying to understand those different numbers on an eyeglass prescription (验光单) requires understanding the measurements optometrists (验光师) use when fitting you for corrective lenses (镜片).

Diopters ( 屈光度)
The numbers on your prescription are given in diopters, whose short form is “D”. It is used to measure the focusing power, or amount of correction.
O.S. and O. D.
Optometrists use the Latin short form O.S. and O. D. to distinguish between your eyes. O.S. refers to your left eye, while O.D. refers to the right eye.
Generally, your prescription will show a number for O.S. and O.D. (given in diopters). The farther this number is on a number line from zero, the more correction your eyeglasses should provide. A plus sign means the eye is farsighted, while a minus sign means the eye is nearsighted.
Spherical Value
This plus or minus number for each eye is called theSpherical value, or the degree of nearsightedness or
farsightedness you have. Its short form is “S. ”

Cylinder
If you have an astigmatism, the optometrist will also measure its degree. The higher the number (given in
diopters) marked as the cylinder of astigmatism, (its short
form is “C” ), the more astigmatism there is in that eye.
Axis
An astigmatism is also measured in terms of its axis,which is a number between 0 and 180. The axis of the
astigmatism does not relate to the amount of cylinder,just the location of the irregularity of the astigmatism on that particular eye.
64. According to the first paragraph, various sight problems_______ .
A.should be understood by the patients.
B.can be avoided by wearing corrective lenses
C.should be tested by different optometrists
D.can be corrected by wearing eyeglasses
65. If you need a pair of corrective lenses, the optometrist will first value the number of ___ .
A. Diopers B. Spherical Value C. Cylinder D. Axis
66. From the prescription above we can learn that Li Hua ____.
A. is farsighted B. is nearsighted C. has no astigmatism D. is normal in sight
67. The text is probably taken from _____.
A. an education report B. a school bulletin
C. a local newspaper D. an encyclopedia （百科全书）

D
Parties and social gatherings no longer excite us the same way they once did. This is not due to a lack of desire to socialize, but the smartphone.
At parties, more people are on their smartphones than on their drinks. According to a recent International Data Corporation study, well over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it the moment they wake up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too much of society is using smartphones while driving and as a result getting into car crashes. 34 percent of teens admit to text while driving, and they confirm that text messaging is their number one driving interruption. People’s attachment to their smartphones is unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of themselves and others.
Just as drivers dismiss the importance of focusing while on the road, many people also fail to recognize the significance of human interaction. When with their friends, some people pointlessly check or send text messages in the presence of a friend, which sends a message to that friends: the person I am texting is more important than you. In addition, relying on our smartphone to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world. Face-to-face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run.
As many people risk their lives and the lives of people around them just to send a text or mindlessly check their messages, smartphones are in many ways more dangerous to people. The quality of this technology is de-advancing societal achievements and weakening the value of communication. Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to interact (交流) face-to-face but it is also lowering society’s ability to communicate.
68. The purpose of this text is to _____ .
A. call for an end to use the smartphone while driving
B. appeal to us to pay attention to communication skills
C. express a concern about the overuse of the smartphone
D. advise us to be cautious about the addiction to the smartphone
69. The second paragraph is developed by _____ .
A. giving examples B. listing figures C. comparing facts D. analyzing the effects
70. The author advocates us to make new friends ____ .
A. by using smartphones B. in a face-to-face way
C. in different ways D. under a free circumstance
71. Over dependence on the smartphone leads to the fact that ______ .
A. parties and gatherings limit their social circle
B. people are more and more narrow-minded
C. people’s communication skills are weakened
D. face-to-face communication becomes less important

E
After students come home from a tiring day at school, they tend to worry a lot about their homework.
Whether students are working on English or chemistry homework, they are simply working on the assignment in order to get it done, attempting to memorize the concepts for the time being and do not absorb any of the information afterward. Students are wasting their time on insignificant assignments rather than effectively using that time to achieve other accomplishments. According to www.dailymail.com, many parents are concerned that homework is being assigned rather than being used to integrate (整合) what teachers are covering in the classroom. In their eyes, if less homework is assigned, students would have much less stress and could focus more on their passions and hobbies.
Homework gets in the way of participating in community service events as well as opportunities for getting a job or being a part of an extra-curricular activity. These responsibilities are important for teenagers to take on because they prepare the teenagers for the “real world. ” Without the proper exposure to work that is not school-related, students will find themselves lost after they graduate. If homework were no longer given, students would have a more time to mature in other fields rather than being educated only on academics.
In spite of the fact that teachers want students to do better on tests and absorb the material that they are teaching, homework is not accomplishing its purpose. Because school is becoming increasingly more competitive and challenging, homework is becoming as well as encourage them to get out in the “real world” and discover themselves instead of staring at a pile of assignments.
72. Students are wasting their time on insignificant homework because _____ .
A. they are working on it carelessly and hurriedly
B. they attempt to get only part of the information memorized
C. they spend too much time doing it without understanding
D. they fail to take in the information after finishing it
73. Many parents think that teachers should _____ .
A. help students integrate the homework
B. simplify what they teach in the classroom.
C. reduce homework to develop students’ own interests
D. assign more effective homework for students.
74. From the third paragraph, we can infer that homework might ______ .
A. leave students lack of job opportunities
B. make students lose the sense of responsibilities
C. weaken students’ social adaptation ability
D. cause students to feel lost after graduation
75. The author insists that homework should be _____ .
A. made simpler and easier
B. completely cancelled
C. connected with social activities
D. switched over to subject competitions

第II卷（非选择题，共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
Gratitude means thankfulness, noticing simple pleasures, and acknowledging everything that you receive. It shifts your focus from what your life lacks to the abundance that is already present. Psychological research has shown the surprising life improvements gained from the practice of gratitude.
Two psychologists, Michael McCollough and Robert Emmons, conducted an experiment on gratitude and its effect and its effect on well-being. The results of the study indicated that daily gratitude exercises resulted in higher reported levels of enthusiasm, determination, optimism, and energy. In addition, those who practiced gratitude experienced less depression and stress, were more likely to help others, worked out problems more regularly, and made greater progress toward achieving personal goals.
Therefore, it’s important to practice gratitude. Here are a few reminders.
A common method is to get yourself a cute little notebook and write down 3-5 things that you’re grateful for at the end of each day. They can be small things, or bigger things.
You can also send a handwritten letter or make a phone call to a person for whom you are thankful, expressing the gratitude. It will surely brighten their day, and in turn, yours.
Besides, for some, it may be a good idea to express their gratitude in person. It doesn’t need to be formal. Just a simple gesture of thanks is only needed to feel the benefits of this kind of gratitude.
Finally, there are certain times you can devote to gratitude. For example, at the beginning of your meals, or at bedtime, or when your parents get home from work. Committing to a specific time establishes a practice of gratitude.
Once you become accustomed to looking for things to be grateful for, you will find that you begin to appreciate simple pleasures, which can make a day and even change a life.

TitleGratitude
IntroductionGratitude means being grateful and can help people 76._______ on what they receive instead of what they don’t have.
77. _________ of gratitude exercises Feeling more 78. _________ , optimistic, determined, and energetic.
Becoming less depressed and stressed, but more willing to be 79. _____.
Working out problems more regularly.
Achieving your 80. _________ goals more easily.
81. ______ to practice gratitude Putting down whatever you feel grateful for every day.
Writing to or calling whoever you want to 82. _______ gratitude to.
Giving thanks personally in a 83. _______ way.
Devoting a proper 84. _____ to gratitude.
Conclusion ______ can make you and others happy and even change your life.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）
高三学生学习任务繁重。 体育课已成为他们难得的放松时间，可目前你校体育课内容单一，有时甚至被占用。 请你用英语写一篇短文，给校报投稿，谈谈你对此现象的看法，并提出一些合理的建议。
注意：1. 词数120 左右；
2.文中需要包含提示内容，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear editor,
As the college entrance examination is drawing near, we senior high school students are occupied with busywork._____________________________________________________,

合肥市2014年高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题参考答案及评分标准
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
1--- 5 ACBCB 6---10 BABCA 11---15 ABCAA 16---20 ACCAB

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）
21---25 BCADA 26---30 BCBDC 31---35 CDBBA

第二节： 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分；满分30分）
36---40 ACACB 41---45 DBADD 46---50 CACBA 51---55 DCBDB

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分；满分40分）
56---60 ACAB 60---63 DADB 64---67 DABD 68---71 CABC
72----75 DCCB

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
76. focus 77. Benefits 78. enthusiastic 79. helpful
80.own 81. Ways 82. express/ show/ convey 83. casual
84. time/occasion 85. Gratitude/ Gratefulness/ Appreciation

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
One possible version
Dear editor,
As the college entrance examination is drawing near, we senior high school students are occupied with busy work. To a certain extent, P.E. class is the only chance to relax and enjoy ourselves at school. However, it is a pity that our present P.E. class is quite dull and sometimes even replaced by other subjects.
Not only can P.E. class build our body but also can shape our personality. It serves to develop our awareness of corporation and spirit of competition. Therefore, personally I hold the view that it would be a great loss to us students if it were replaced by other lessons. Meanwhile, I think the teacher can design and organize some fun sports besides dull field and track practice or ball games ,where everyone can be involved and have fun as well. After all, not everybody thinks running and jumping and ball games appealing.
I hope P.E. class can not only enrich our school life but also enable everyone to find his or her own pleasure in it.