合肥市2017年高三第一次教学质量检测英语本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。
满分150分。
考试用时120分钟。
考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
考生注意：1. 答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座位号、准考证号、县区和科类填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。
2. 第Ⅰ卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。
3. 第Ⅱ卷必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应的位置，不能写在试卷上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。
不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上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，并标在试卷的相应位置。
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。
例：How much is the shirt?A.￡19.15.B.￡9.18.C.￡9.15.答案是C。
1．What season is it now?A．Spring. B．Summer. C．Winter.2．How did the man find the film?A．Relaxing. B．Interesting. C．Disappointing. 3．What is the man going to do?A．Study with the woman. B．Teach himself maths. C．Clean his house. 4．What are the two speakers talking about?A．Weather. B．A holiday plan. C．The Spring Festival. 5．What time is it now?A．9:00 pm. B．9:30 pm. C．10:00 pm.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。
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、7题。
6．What major did Joe choose in Harvard?A．Medicine. B．Law. C．Business. 7．What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A．They are neighbors.B．They are husband and wife.C．They are strangers to each other.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．Where does the conversation probably take place?A．At a concert. B．In a workplace. C．At a restaurant. 9．What did the man like best at the party?A．Sweet corn. B．Soup. C．Wine.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．What does the man love to do with his smart phone?A．Read novels. B．Enjoy music. C．Watch movies. 11．Which brand of the smart phone does the man buy at last?A．Apple. B．HUAWEI. C．Xiaomi. 12．How much does the man pay for the new smart phone?A．5400 RMB. B．3000 RMB. C．2700 RMB.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13．When will the man speaker be back?A．This Wednesday. B．This Saturday. C．Next Tuesday. 14．Who is Sandy?A．The man’s son.B．The man’s pet.C．The man’s gardener. 15．Why will the man leave his phone behind?A．His wife has one.B．His daughter needs it.C．He wants a quiet vacation.16．What does Amanda think of her parents’ decision at first?A．Awesome. B．Crazy. C．Vital.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．Who are the worst non-native English speakers according to the report?A．Iraqis. B．Singaporeans. C．Netherlanders. 18．How was the data collected?A．Through an online test.B．Through a recent survey.C．Through a face-to-face interview.19．What quality do those powerful countries share?A．A diverse cultural background.B．A strong education system.C．A good learning environment.20．What is the speaker talking about?A．How well English is spoken worldwide.B．Why women have better language abilities.C．What role a foreign language plays in business.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。
ABookstores are a traveller's best friend: they provide convenient shelter in bad weather, and they often host readings and other cultural events. Here is a look at world’s six greatest bookstores.Adrian Harrington—since 1971. Rare books; rare first editions; leather bound sets and general antiquarian (古玩). Address: 64a Kensington Church Street, Kensington, London, England, U.K.Another Country—Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. Another Country is an English Language second hand bookshop which is mostly used as a library. They have about 20,000 books that you can buy or borrow. Some regular events are held at the shop, such as readings, cultural events, social evenings and film nights.Atlantis Books—Oía, Santorini, Greece. Atlantis Books is an independent bookshop on the island of Santorini, Greece, founded in 2004 by a group of friends from Cyprus, England, and the United States. Throughout the year it has hosted literary festivals, film screenings, book readings, and good old fashioned dance parties.Bart’s Books—Ojai, California, U.S.A. “The World’s Greatest Outdoor Bookstore”, a bookstore founded by Richard Bartinsdale in 1964. Shelves of books face the street, and regular customers are asked to drop coins into the door’s coin box to pay for any bo oks they take whenever the store is closed.Corso Como Bookshop—Milan, Italy. Extensive selection of publication on art, architecture, design, graphics and fashion, along with a strong emphasis on photography. It was founded in 1990 in Milan, Italy, by Carla Sozzani.The Bookworm—Beijing, China. A bookshop, library, bar, restaurant and event space, now with four divisions in three cities—Beijing, Suzhou and Chengdu. The interconnecting rooms with floor-to-ceiling books on every wall are light and airy in summer, yet warm and comfortable in winter.21．Which of the following bookstores has the longest history?A．Adrian Harrington. B．Atlantis Books.C．Bart’s Books. D．Corso Como Bookshop.22．What can you do in Atlantis Books?A．Attend a festival. B．Kill time in a bar.C．Enjoy rare books. D．Buy books anytime.23．How is The Bookworm different from the other bookstores?A．It is used as a library. B．It hosts all sorts of activities.C．It focuses on photography. D．It has branches in different cities.BMany young people these days adore the advertised magazine body and become too focused on attaining this image instead of worrying more about what lasts and even grows over time. But could you imagine being considered beautiful for years, and suddenly being ugly after moving toanother conti nent? It is a sad reality that people don’t realize how vacillating the idea of beauty can be from one country to another.Think of the most typical American girl you know. Is she blonde haired with white skin and light eyes, and does she love shopping or sports? Now place this girl in the heart of Africa, a place where beauty is placed on what you can control. The Maasai tribe in Kenya focuses on how clean people are, and how stylish their piercings (穿孔) are. This tribe’s culture is to be a brave fighter, so they will cut their skin with patterns in it to show that they are strong. If you don’t look fierce, you are not beautiful.Other countries like North Korea and South Korea have their own unique views on beauty. In an interview, a woman who has lived in both North and South Korea claims that beauty in North Korea is based more on your ability to be a good woman and wife. She says that women in North Korea are less concerned about fashion and beauty in the physical sense. She says they did have a time when big eyes were a big deal and everyone wanted to get double eyelid surgery. This is something extreme and could perhaps be influenced by Western culture. And the idea of getting surgery done to look more attractive is crazy.24．What does the un derlined word “vacillating” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A．Inconsistent. B．Reasonable. C．Unusual. D．Similar.25．The Maasai tribe in Kenya is mentioned to show that in their eyes _______.A．being dirty is stylish B．looking fierce is beautifulC．strong people cut their skin D．American girls love shopping 26．According to the woman interviewed, women in North Korea _______.A．care a lot about their appearance B．put the beauty of eyes in the first placeC．pay great attention to their ability D．are crazy about double eyelid surgery 27．What does the text mainly tell us?A．Inner beauty is of great importance.B．Ideas of beauty vary among culture groups.C．Different ways are needed to admire true beauty.D．Fashion magazines easily influence young people.CPatients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease often struggle to remember recently learned information, meaning they forget things like important appointments or where they left their keys. But it seems that these memories are not lost. They are still filed away in the brain somewhere; they just can’t be easily accessed.Now, researchers at MIT have developed a means of getting back memories in mice suffering from Alzheimer’s. The method relies on a technique that uses light to control genet ically modified neurons (转基因神经元). Currently it is too early to be used in human trials as it involves inserting light emitting (发光) equipment into the subjects’ brains, but the same principles still apply, the researchers said.“The important point is that this is evidence of concept. That is, even if a memory seems to be gone, it is still there. It’s a matter of how to get it back,” said senior researcher Susumu Tonegawa.The team took two groups of mice, one genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer’s and one healthy. They then placed them into a room and gave them a mild electric shock. All of the mice showed fear when put back in an hour later. When placed in the room a third time severaldays later, the Alzheimer’s mice acted normally. They had forg otten the shock.The researchers were then able to bring back the memory of the shock by activating (激活) the cells in which the memories were stored. Even when the mice were put into an unfamiliar room, they showed fear when the cells associated with the shock were activated.“Short-term memory seems to be normal, on the order of hours. But for long-term memory, these early-Alzheimer’s mice seem to be damaged,” said lead researcher Dheeraj Roy. “Directly activating the cells that we believe are holding the memory helps them get it back. This suggests that it is indeed an access problem to the information, not that they’re unable to learn or store this memory.”28．What can we learn about the researchers at MIT?A．They are the pioneers of brain research.B．They have used the method in human trials.C．They can cure Alzheimer’s using the new method.D．They can get back memories in mice with Alzheimer’s.29．Why did t he Alzheimer’s mice behave normally a third time?A．They failed to remember the electric shock.B．They were accustomed to the situation.C．They managed to overcome the fear.D．They activated the association.30．For long-term memory, the early Alzheiher’s m ice _______.A．can activate their blood cells B．can’t learn new tricks wellC．can easily get back their memory D．can’t access the information stored 31．The main purpose of the text is to _______.A．introduce a method of a researchB．report the latest discovery about a diseaseC．give advice on how to improve memoryD．explain how our brain stores informationDHalf off usually unaffordable products? Only $49.99 for that $100.00 dinner? That’s the magic of Groupon, but for some small business owners th e “great business” offered by Groupon can be equal to the kiss of death. How could that occur?The math of Groupon seems simple at a glance, but upon further inspection the numbers don’t add up when it comes to smaller businesses. A Groupon typically offer s a 50% discount on a product or service, then the remaining profit is divided between Groupon and the small business. While Groupon has already received the profit in advance, the merchant is left waiting for their cut. Those worrying numbers are assuming the price cut is 50/50, which, in some cases, is being generous.When you break it down to numbers, a Groupon deal seems disastrous, but it’s not only the numbers small business owners have to worry about. The point of Groupon deals is to attract new and hopefully long term customers. Yet, does this actually happen? The majority of consumers buying the Groupon are there for the bargain and don’t return after using their Groupon. CFHS Junior Angelita Pope stated, “I love the deals offered by Groupon! They can really save you so much money.” However, she went on to say that she hadn’t returned once to any of the businesses after using her Groupon.For some small businesses, the pressure lies with the responses of their loyal customers, who watch as new faces get the same product or service for half the price that they have been paying for years. When you break it down, Groupon indicates that the business offering the deal is not only willing to be flexible with their price, but also that their product or se rvice isn’t worth the price they’re charging for. When combining these factors, it’s no wonder loyal customers are put off by the idea of their favorite shop offering Groupons.Now I by no means say Groupon have bad effects on all businesses; however the storm of Groupon is actually a disaster for a small business.32．What is good about Groupon?A．It can offer a large discount.B．It helps add up the numbers.C．It can improve the quality of the product.D．It brings small business owners more profit.33．CFHS Junior Angelita Pope’s statement suggests that _______.A．small business owners needn’t worry about dealsB．people like using Groupon in the same businessC．the purpose of Groupon is to promote businessD．Groupon may not bring customers back34．What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A．New faces. B．Loyal customers.C．Groupon dealers. D．Small businesses.35．What could be the best title for the text?A．A new business trend—Groupon dealingB．The development of a Groupon companyC．The effects of Groupon on small businessesD．A fantastic shopping experience—Groupon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。