2014年安徽省高考英语试卷

1、2014 年安徽省高考英语试卷一、听力（共两节，满分30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上1（1.5 分） What does the woman want to do？AFind a placeB Buy a mapCGet an address2（1.5 分） What will the man do for the woman ？ARepair her carBGive her a rideCPick up her aunt3（1.5 分） Who might Mr Peterson be？AA new professorBA department headCA company direc

2、tor4（1.5 分） What does the man think of the book？AQuite difficult BVery interestingCToo simple5（1.5 分） What are the speakers talking about？AWeatherBClothes C News6（3 分）听第 6 段材料，回答 6、 7 题6Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman？AHe has a pain in his kneeBHe wants to watch TVCHe is too lazy7What will

3、the woman probably do next ？AStay at homeBTake Harry to hospitalCDo some exercise8（3 分）听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题18When will the man be home from work ？AAt 5： 45BAt 6： 15CAt 6： 509Where will the speakers go？AThe Green House CinemaBThe New State CinemaCThe UME Cinema10（ 4.5 分）听第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 题10How will

4、the speakers go to New York？ABy airBBy taxiCBy bus11Why are the speakers making the trip？AFor businessBFor shoppingCFor hoilday12What is the probable relationship between the speakers？ADriver and passengerBHusband and wifeCFellow workers13（ 6 分）听第 9 段材料，回答第1316 题13Where does this conversation probab

5、ly take place？AIn a restaurantBIn an officeCIn a classroom14What does John do now？AHes a trainerBHes a tour guide2CHes a college student15How much can a new person earn for the first year？A.10，500B.12，000C.15，00016How many people will the woman hire？AFourBThreeCTwo17（ 6 分）听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题17Ho

6、w long has the speaker lived in a big city？AOne yearBTen yearsCEighteen years18What is the speakers opinion on public transport？AIts comfortable BIts time savingCIts cheap19What is good about living in a small town？AIts saferBIts healthier CIts more convenient20What kind of life does the speaker see

7、m to like most？ABusyBColourfulCQuiet二、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321（ 1 分） Reading is the best way to pass time on the train， I never go traveling without a book（）AYou are jokingB Thats trueCI dont think soDIt sounds like fun22（ 1 分） The exact yearAngela and her famil

8、y spent together in China was2008（）AWhen BwhereCwhy D which23（1 分）The twins，Whotheir homework ，were allowed to play badminton onthe playground（）Awill finishBfinishChave finished D had finished24（1 分）You can ask anyone for help here is willing to lend you a hand（）AOne BNo one C Everyone DSomeone25（ 1

9、 分）The meaning of the wordnicechanged a few timesit finally came toinclude the sensepleasant（）AbeforeBafter C sinceD while26（1 分）Terry，pleaseyour cell phone when Grandma is talking to you（）Alook up from Blook into Clook back on D look through27（ 1 分） My good performance in the job interview left me

10、about my future andabout what I can do here（）Apuzzled Bsensitive CoptimisticDembarrassed28（ 1 分） When the sports heroat our party ，he was welcomed with openarms（）Aturned upBleft offCmoved onD got away29（1 分）Why not buy a secondhand car first if you dont have enough moneyfor a new one？ Thats a good （

11、）AsayingBquestion CsuggestionDaccount30（ 1 分） People are recycling many things which they away in the past（）4Ahad thrownBwill be throwingCwere throwingDwould have thrown31（ 1 分） What we expect from you is working hardhardly working（）Aless thanBrather thanCas well asD as much as32（1 分）While waiting f

12、or the opportunity to get ，Henry did his best to perform hisduty （）Apromote BpromotedCpromotingD to promote33（ 1 分） Its our hope that we will play a greater role in the market place and ，supply more jobs（）Ahowever Banywhere CthereforeD otherwise34（ 1分） Shakespeareswritingis stillpopular todayIt has

13、really the test oftime （）Afailed BstoodCtakenDconducted35（ 1分） I get at least half an hour of exercise almost every day Oh great!（）AGood luckBCheer upCSame to you D Keep it up三、完型填空（共1 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36（ 30 分） In 2012，I had just recovered form a s

14、erious illness when I received an invitation to a writers conference in Orlando，FloridaMy family persuaded me thata（n） （36）might be just what the doctor ordered ，so off I （ 37）Arriving in the Sunshine State was rather tiring，but I （ 38）to catch a taxi to my（ 39）and settle inNext morning ，I took anot

15、her （40）to the shoppingcentre to buy a few souvenirs（ 41）I went to a cafe to have lunch，but all thetables were（42） Then I heard a friendly voice saying，You can （43）my tableI gratefully sat down with together As the （ 45）the （ 44） lady and we had a happy lunch drew to a close she asked how long I wou

16、ld be in5OrlandoI had already told her thatI hadnt （46）a car，andhadntrealisedhow（47）taking taxis would he，After a while she said， My dear，dont use any more taxisIm retired and it would be my pleasure to （48）youwherever you wishI told her that I couldnt put her to that（49），but shebrushed aside my pro

17、tests （反对） She asked me where I was（50）andnext morning she was waiting at my apartment at the（51）time to take me toDisney World She spent some timewith me beforeleaving meto（52）aloneAt the end of the day，she（53）to take me back to my accommodationI（ 54）her money but she refused to take anyIll never f

18、orget that wonderful lady who， through her （55），filled my briefholiday in Florida with wonderful memories 36AholidayBceremonyC operationDexperiment37AkeptBwentC droppedDknocked38AintendedBpromisedC managedDdeserved39AhospitalBcompanyC universityD accommodation40AcolleagueBpassengerC suitcaseDtaxi41A

19、InsteadBFirstC LaterDOnce42AclassifiedBoccupiedC decoratedDpainted43AshareBreserveC setDpossess44AoldBpoorC innocentDstubborn45AjourneyBmealC speechDinterview46AdonatedBrepairedC hiredDguided47AconvenientBworthwhileC unfortunateDexpensive48AinspireBentertainC callDdrive49AbusinessBargumentC troubleD

20、challenge50AworkingBstayingC movingDshopping51AappointedBlimitedC favouriteDregular652AdigestBexploreC performDcalculate53AforgotBrefusedC returnedDpreferred54AsentBlentC offeredDowed55AconfidenceBdignityC curiosityDkindness四、阅读理解（共5 小题；每小题 8 分，满分 40 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56（ 8 分）

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25、 tidied on your way home57A PENGO WATCH CONTROL can help you to Arepair your TVB organize your homeworkCbe a James BondD know what the weather is like58You can get your MrH forA 499B 299C 199D 9959Where would you be most likely to find the two texts？AOn a notice boardB In a company brochureCOn a tee

26、nage websiteDIn a college newspaper60（8 分）Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big，tough African elephants running away，a new study saysBeehives （蜂窝） either recorded or realmay even prevent elephants from damaging farmers cropsIn 2002， scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avo

27、id certain trees with bees living in them Today，Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might discourage elephants from eating cropsBut before she asked farmer to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms， she needed to find out if the bees would scare elephants awayLucy found a wild be

28、ehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorderThen she threw a stone into the beehive，which burst into life Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed downNext，Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speake

29、r in a close to each familyFrom a distance，Lucy switched on the prerecorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video cameraHalf the elephant groups left the area within ten secondsOut of a total of 17groups， only one group ignored the sound of the angry beesLuc

30、y reported that all the young elephants8immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them When Lucy Played the sound of a waterfall （瀑布） instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families，the animals were undisturbedEven after four minutes，most of the groups stayed in one placeLucy is

31、 now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoid the sound of angry bees after hearing it several timesShe hasnt tested enough groups yet to know，but her initial （最初的） results were promising enough to begin trials with farmersShe has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if eleph

32、ants are frightened away60We know from the passage that elephants may he frightened ofAloud noisesBsome cropsCvideo camerasDangry bees61As mentioned in the passage，LucyAworks by herself in AfricaBneeds to test more elephant groupsChas stopped elephants eating cropsDhas got farmers to set up beehives

33、 on their farms62Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive？ATo record the sound of beesBTo make a video of elephantsCTo see if elephants would run awayDTo find out more about the behavior of bees63Which of the following is true according to the passage？AYoung elephants ignore African honeybeesB

34、Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one placeCElephants do not go near trees with bees living in themDFarmers do not allow Lucy to conduct tests in their fields64（8 分）You are the collector in the gallery of your lifeYou collectYou might not mean to but you doOne out of three people collects tangib

35、le（有形的） things such9as cats，photos and noisy toysThere are among some 40collections that are being shown atThe Museum Ofthe first of several new museums which，over the next two years，will exhibit the objects accumulated by unknown collectorsIn doing so，they will promote a popular culture of museums，

36、not what museums normally representSome of the collections are fairly common records，model houses Others are strangely beautifulbranches that have fallen from tree ，for exampleBut they all reveal （显露） a lot of things：ask someone what they collect and their answers will tell you who they areOther on

37、the way includeThe museum of CollectorsandThe Museum of MeThese new ones，it is hoped，will build on the success ofThe Museum OfThe thinkers behind the project want to explore why people collect，and what it means to do so They hope that visitors who may not have considered themselves collectors will b

38、egin to see they，too ，collectSome collectors say they started or stopped making collections at important point ： the beginning or end of adolescenceits a growingup thing； you stop when you grow up，says oneOther painful times are mentioned ， such as the end of a relationshipFor time and life can seem

39、 so uncontrollable that a steady serial（顺序排列的） arrangement is comforting64How will the new museums promote a popular culture of museums？ABy collecting more tangible thingsBBy showing what ordinary people have collectedCBy correcting what museums normally representDBy accumulating 40collections two y

40、ears from now65What can be learned about collectors from their collections？AWho they areBHow old they areCWhere they were born10DWhy they might not mean to collect 66Which of the following is an aim of the new museums？ATo help people sell their collectionsBTo encourage more people to collectCTo stud

41、y the significance of collectingDTo find out why people visit museums67According to the last paragraph，people may stop collecting when they Abecome adultsBfeel happy with lifeCare ready for a relationshipDfeel time to he uncontrollable 68（8 分）Should we allow modern buildings to?be built next to olde

42、r buildings in a historic area of a city？ In order to answer this question，we must first examine whether people really want to preserve the historic feel of an areaNot all historical buildings are attractiveHowever，there may be other reasons for example，economic（经济的） reasonswhy they should be preser

43、vedSo，let us assume that historicalbuildings are both attractive and important to the majority of people What should we do then if a new building is needed？In my view，new architectural styles can exist perfectly well alongside an older styleIndeed，there are many examples in my own home town of Tours

44、 where modern designs have been placed very successfully next to old buildingsAs long as the building in question is pleasing and does not dominate（影响） its surroundings too much， it often improves the attractiveness of the areaIt is true that there are examples of new buildings which have spoilt （破坏

45、） the area they are in，but the same can be said of some old buildings tooYet people still speak against new buildings in historic areasI think this is simply because people are naturally conservative（保守的） and do not like changeAlthough we have to respect peoples feelings as fellow users of the build

46、ings，Ibelieve that it is the duty of the architect and planner tomove things forwardIf we11always reproduced what was there before，we would all still be living in cavesThus， I would argue against copying previous architectural styles and choose something fresh and different，even though that might be

47、 the more risky choice68What does the author say about historical buildings in the first paragraph？ASome of them are not attractiveBMost of them ate too expensive to preserveCThey are more pleasing than modern buildingsDThey have nothing to do with the historic feel of an area69Which of the followin

48、g is true according to the author？AWe should reproduce the same old buildingsBBuildings should not dominate their surroundingsCSome old buildings have spoilt the area they are inDNo one understands why people speak against new buildings70Bymove things forwardin the last paragraph，the author probably

49、 means ADestroy old buildingsBPut things in a different placeCChoose new architectural stylesDRespect peoples feelings for historical buildings71What is the main purpose of the passage？ATo explain why people dislike changeBTo warn that we could end up living in cavesCTo admit how new buildings have

50、ruined their surroundingsDTo argue that modern buildings can be built in historic areas72（ 8 分） You may nothave heard of Ashoka， but for thepast 27years， thisassociation， founded by Bill Drayton，has foughtpoverty（贫穷） and sickness，promoted education andencouraged small businessesTo support these wort

51、hycauses ， Ashokaprovidesmoneyfortheworldsmostpromisingchangemakersseeking to solve（解决） urgent problems and would like12to create aworld in which every citizen is a changemakerDrayton believes that anyone can become an agent for changeThe important thing is to simply give yourself permission If you

52、see a problem that you care about， you can help solve itThe young in particular are willing to accept this concept because at heart every child wants to grow into a happy，healthy，contributing adult In fact it is many young peoples ambition to set up programmes or businesses that improve social conditio