安徽省合肥市高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷

— Would you mind giving me a lift home, Bill?
— ______I'll wait for you at the gate after work.

With children, if you say "no", you have to mean ______.

— We thought he would have got the job.
— What a pity! He ______too nervous when interviewed.

How can you expect to get ahead in your life ______ you even live to yourself from time to time?

______the weather, our school sports meet has to be held in the indoor stadium.

The poet ______described the peaceful Rocky Mountain and the beautiful Mississippi River in his newly-published poetry.

According to Darwin's Survival of the Fittest, only those species that were able to ______ the sudden great changes of their living conditions survived.

______her ambition of becoming a professional singer, she has been training very hard since an early age.

It takes ______ to talk to others on the team when that might expose some of your own weaknesses or ignorance.

After Tom had finished some paper work, he ______ interviewing the applicants.

Guess what! I came across my primary school science teacher this morning, ______ I have lost touch for almost 20 years.

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.

The parents didn't tolerate their kids' rudeness at the party, nor ______ themselves to be disobeyed.

This still leaves the question of ______ local public services should be improved in the next five years.

— 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 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 _   _act for parents.
Self-esteem (自尊)  serves as a kind of tool to measure how much children feel valued and accepted by      . This sensitivity to others'       develops because of humans' need for social acceptance, which is considered to be       to survival. As early as age 8, children's self-esteem tends to rise and fall in response to feedbacks about       peers see them as likable or attractive.      , it can also be beneficial for kids to feel bad about themselves occasionally, if they behave in selfish, mean or hurtful ways that might       their ability to maintain relationships or hold a job in the future.
In the past, many parents and educators believed that high self-esteem       happiness and success, and kids could gain self-esteem simply by getting       and awards from their parents, teachers and people around. But recently researchers have found self-esteem doesn't  _    these desired results. Instead, if parents praise their kids      , 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       later on when they hit setbacks (挫折).
According to some experts, it can actually be good for kids to have       self-esteem, at least once in a while. And praise can be       if it disregards the world outside the home. Children who have a       understanding of how they are seen by others tend to get recovered more readily       disappointment, depression or the like. The best path is a       road, helping children develop a positive but       view of themselves in relation to others by praising them for the       they invest and behaviors they are able to sustain, like "It's       that you're working so hard on your homework. "

A．balancing B．crashing C．forcing D．embarrassing

A．themselves B．parents C．others D．teachers

A．views B．envies C．favors D．blames

A．irrelevant B．similar C．important D．sensitive

A．when B．whether C．how D．where

A．Indeed B．Otherwise C．Therefore D．However

A．improve B．damage C．change D．develop

A．promised B．delayed C．purchased D．ruined

A．support B．help C．challenge D．praise

A．settle down B．work out C．give away D．bring about

A．rarely B．carefully C．constantly D．casually

A．worse B．stronger C．better D．madder

A．high B．much C．low D．little

A．powerful B．harmful C．grateful D．stressful

A．practical B．limited C．basic D．perfect

A．with B．to C．about D．from

A．straight B．smooth C．middle D．rough

A．general B．realistic C．different D．negative

A．talent B．time C．money D．effort

A．necessary B．awesome C．worthless D．awful

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 perfect 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.
What would be the best title for the text?

What does Zhang Xiaomei think of underwater snapshot?

Who are most likely to take photos underwater?

It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that ______.

Thanksgiving is a time to 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.
The underlined word "this" in paragraph 2 probably refers to ______.

In recent years, what will many families do when thanksgiving comes?

In the last paragraph, the author mainly intends to tell us that we should ______.

What's the author’s attitude towards the present ways people celebrate Thanksgiving?

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 the spherical 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.
According to the first paragraph, various sight problems ______.

If you need a pair of corrective lenses, the optometrist will first value the numbers of ______.

From the prescription above we can learn that Li Hua ______.

The text is probably taken from ______.

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 friend: 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 massages, 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.
The purpose of this text is to ______.

The second paragraph is developed by ______.

The author advocates us to make new friends ______.

Over dependence on the smartphone leads to the fact that ______.

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 lot 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 a setback rather than extra practice. Its removal would benefit the well being of teenagers as well as encourage them to get out in the "real world" and discover themselves instead of staring at a pile of assignments.
Students are wasting their time on insignificant homework because

Many parents think that teachers should ______.

From the third paragraph, we can infer that homework might ______.

The author insists that homework should be ______.

认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡相应题号的横线上。
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 experience on gratitude 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.

Title	Gratitude
Introduction	Gratitude means being grateful and can help people .______ on what they receive instead of what they don't have.
.______ of gratitude exercises	■Feeling more .______, optimistic, determined, and energetic. ■Becoming less depressed and stressed, but more willing to be .___. ■Working out problems more regularly. ■Achieving your .______ goals more easily.
.______ to practise gratitude	■Putting down whatever you feel grateful for every day. ■Writing to or calling whoever you want to .______ gratitude to. ■Giving thanks personally in a .______ way. ■Devoting a proper .______ to gratitude.
Conclusion	■.     can make you and others happy and even change your life

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 busy work. _______________________________________________________
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Yours Sincerely
Li Hua