2017-2018学年四川省成都市第七中学高二下学期半期考试英语试题 Word版

2017-2018学年四川省成都市第七中学高二下学期半期考试英语试题 Word版

‎2017-2018学年四川省成都市第七中学高二下学期半期考试 英语试卷 ‎ 考试时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 注意事项： ‎ 1、 考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上。 ‎ 2、 作答时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷和草稿纸上无效。 ‎ 3、 考试结束后，只将答题卡交回。 ‎ ‎ ‎ 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。 ‎ 1. How is the man helping the woman? A. By buying her a street map. ‎ B. By telling her the address. ‎ C. By showing her the way on a map. ‎ 2. What will the man do for the woman? ‎ A. Repair her car. B. Give her a lift. C. Pick up her aunt. ‎ 3. Who might Mr. Peterson be? ‎ A. A new professor. B. A department head. C. A company director. ‎ 4. How does the man find the book? ‎ A. Quite disappointing. B. Very interesting. C. Too simple. ‎ 5. What is the woman complaining about? ‎ A. There is no good news. B. It is colder than usual. C. They can’t wear nice clothes. ‎ 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. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman? ‎ A. He has a pain in his knee. B. He wants to watch TV. C. He is too lazy. ‎ 7. How may the woman feel about Harry’s reply? ‎ A. Delighted. B. Disappointed. C. Painful. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 ‎ 8. What are the two speakers talking about? ‎ A. What to do tonight. B. What to eat tonight. C. Which cinema to go tonight. ‎ 9. Where will the speakers go? ‎ A. To the Green House Cinema. B. To the New State Cinema. C. To the UME Cinema. ‎ ‎ ‎ 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 ‎ ‎10. How long will their trip last? ‎ ‎ A. About one week. B. Only two days. ‎ ‎11. Why are the speakers making the trip? ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ C. It depends. ‎ ‎ A. For business. B. For shopping. ‎ ‎12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ C. For holiday. ‎ A. Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 ‎ ‎13. What is this conversation? ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ C. Fellow workers. ‎ ‎ A. A job interview. B. A graduation ceremony. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ C. A training program. ‎ ‎14. What does John do now? ‎ ‎ A. He’s a trainer. B. He’s a tour guide. ‎ ‎15. How much can a new person earn for the first year? ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ C. He’s a college student. ‎ ‎ A. $10,500. B. $ 12,000. ‎ ‎16. How many people will be interviewed these two days? ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ C. $ 15,000. ‎ A. Four. B. Three. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 ‎ ‎17. How long has the speaker lived in a small town? ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ C. Seven. ‎ ‎ A. Ten years. B. Eight years. ‎ ‎18. What is the speaker’s opinion on public transport? ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ C. Eighteen years. ‎ ‎ A. It’s comfortable. B. It’s time-saving. ‎ ‎19. What is good about living in a small town? ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ C. It’s cheap. ‎ ‎ A. It’s safer. B. It’s healthier. ‎ ‎20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most? ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ C. It’s more convenient. ‎ ‎ A. Busy. B. Colorful. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ C. Quiet. ‎ ‎ ‎ 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。 ‎ A ‎ Elixir written by Eric Walters ‎ ‎ ‎ Twelve-year-old Roth becomes a friend of Dr. Banting and his assistant, Mr. Best, who are in search of a cure for diabetes（糖尿病）. She finds herself torn between her sympathy for the animals being experimented on and her friendship with Banting and Best. ‎ ‎ ‎ George Washington Carver written by Elizabeth Macleod ‎ ‎ ‎ Meet the “Peanut（花生）Specialist”, George Washington Carver, the inventor and professor who made over 325 products out of peanuts. Through his agricultural research, he also greatly improved the lives of countless black farmers in the southern United States. See also Macleod’s Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius. ‎ ‎ ‎ The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations written by Alootook Ipellie & David MacDonald ‎ ‎ ‎ Explore more than 40 ideas necessary to Inuit survival. From ideas familiar to us today to inventive concepts that shaped their lives, celebrate the creativity of a remarkably intelligent people. Also see other books: The Chinese Thought of It by Tingxing Ye and A Native American Thought of It by Rocky Landon and David MacDonald. ‎ ‎ ‎ Made in Canada: 101 Amazing Achievements ‎ written by Bev Spencer ‎ ‎ ‎ What things do we use daily that have a Canadian connection? Here are 101 common things that were invented in Canada or by a Canadian, including the Blackberry, alkaline(碱性) batteries and the Blue Box recycling program. ‎ ‎ ‎ Newton and the Time Machine written by Michael McGowan ‎ ‎ ‎ Ten-year-old boy Newton has invented a time machine to see dinosaurs up close. But it disappears on a test run with his two huge friends, King Herbert and Queen Certrude, in it! Can he save them before time runs out? ‎ ‎ ‎ 21. Which of the following best describes Roth’s feeling in Book 1? ‎ A. Disappointed. B. Curious. C. Frightened. D. Painful. ‎ 22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Animals are mentioned in Book 1 and Book 5. ‎ B. Book 3 introduces 40 inventive concepts. ‎ C. Alkaline batteries were invented by Dr. Banting. ‎ D. George Washington Carver was a black farmer in the US. ‎ 23. In Book 5, King Herbert and Queen Gertrude are ________. ‎ A. Newton’s human friends B. the names of the time machine C. two dinosaurs D. the inventors of the time machine ‎ 24. If you are interested in native Americans, you may read the book by ________. ‎ A. Elizabeth Macleod B. Rocky Landon & David MacDonald C. Eric Walters D. Bev Spencer ‎ ‎ ‎ B ‎ Driving a car is not just handling controls and judging speed and distance. It requires you to predict what other road users will do and get ready to react to something unexpected. When alcohol is consumed, it enters your bloodstream and acts as a depressant (抑制药), damaging eyesight, judgment and co-ordination (协调), slowing down reaction time and greatly increasing the risk of accidents. Even below the drink driving limit, driving will be affected. ‎ Alcohol may take a few minutes to be absorbed into the bloodstream and start action on the brain. Absorption rate is increased when drinking on an empty stomach or when consuming drinks mixed with fruit juice. To get rid of alcohol from the body is a very slow process and it is not possible to speed it up with any measures like taking a shower or having a cup of tea or coffee. ‎ The present Road Traffic Ordinance states clearly that the limit of alcohol concentration is: ‎ ‎● 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of blood; or ● 22 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath; or ● 67 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of urine(尿液). ‎ Drivers who cause traffic accidents, or who commit a moving traffic offence or are being suspected of drink driving will be tested. ‎ Any driver found drinking beyond the limit will be charged. The driver declared guilty may be fined a maximum of HK $25,000 and be sentenced to up to 3 years in prison and punished for 10 driving-offence points, or temporarily banned from driving. ‎ The same punishment applies to failing to provide specimens(样本) for breath, blood or urine tests without good excuse. ‎ Drink driving is a criminal offence. Be a responsible driver, and think before you drink. For the safety of yourself and other road users, never drive after consuming alcohol. ‎ ‎ ‎ 25. The first paragraph is mainly about________. ‎ A. the introductions of driving skills B. the effect of drinking on driving C. the damage of drinking to your body D. the process of alcohol being absorbed ‎ 26. The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to “________”. ‎ A. alcohol B. absorption C. blood D. process 27. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? ‎ A. Drinking below the drink driving limit has no effect on driving. ‎ B. Having a cup of tea helps to get rid of alcohol from the body. C. Alcohol is taken in more quickly when drunk with fruit juice. ‎ D. 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of breath is below the drink driving limit. ‎ ‎28. A driver suspected of drink driving ________. ‎ ‎ A. should provide specimens for testing B. will be forbidden to drive for 3 years ‎ C. will be punished for 10 driving-offence points D. should pay a maximum fine of HK＄20,500 ‎ C ‎ When milk arrived on the doorstep ‎ When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer. ‎ Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note “Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery” and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear. ‎ All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery. ‎ There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service. ‎ Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch（门廊）. Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk. ‎ ‎ ‎ 29. Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer_________. ‎ A. to show his magical power B. to pay for the delivery ‎ ‎ C. to satisfy his curiosity D. to please his mother ‎ 30. What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy’s house? ‎ A. He wanted to have tea there. B. He was a respectable person. ‎ ‎ C. He was treated as a family member. D. He was fully trusted by the family. ‎ 31. Why did the author bring back home an old milk box? ‎ A. He missed the good old days. B. He wanted to tell interesting stories. ‎ ‎ C. He needed it for his milk bottles. D. He planted flowers in it. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ D ‎ Sara tried to befriend her old friend Steve’s new wife, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didn’t hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing. ‎ Conversation is a turn-taking game. When our habits are similar, there’s no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before I’m finished or fail to take your turn when I’m finished. That’s what was happening with Betty and Sara. ‎ It may not be coincidental that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel. ‎ The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping (思维定式). And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in—and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up. ‎ That’s why slight differences in conversational style—tiny little things like microseconds of pause—can have a great effect on one’s life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems—even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training. ‎ ‎ ‎ 32. What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her? ‎ A. Betty was talkative. B. Betty was an interrupter. ‎ ‎ C. Betty did not take her turn. D. Betty paid no attention to Sara. ‎ 33. According to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns? ‎ A. Israelis. B. Americans. C. The British. D. The Finns. ‎ ‎ ‎ 34. We can learn from the passage that ___________. ‎ A. one should receive training to build up one’s confidence ‎ B. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the US ‎ C. one’s inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimes ‎ D. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacing ‎ 35. The underlined word “assertiveness” in the last paragraph probably means being ___________. A. willing to speak one’s mind B. quick to express one’s ideas confidently ‎ ‎ C. ready to make one’s own judgment D. able to increase one’s power ‎ ‎ ‎ 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 ‎ Money Matters ‎ Parents should help their children understand money. 36 So you may start talking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things, candy or toys, for example. ‎ 1. The basic function of money ‎ Begin explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services. It’s important to show your child how money is traded for the thing he wants to have. If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier. 37 When your child grows a bit older and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more complex ways of using money. ‎ 2. Money lessons ‎ Approach money lessons with openness and honesty. 38 If you must say no to a child’s request to spend money, explain, “You have enough toy trucks for now.” Or, if the request is for many different things, say, “You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy.” ‎ 3. ‎39 ‎ Begin at the grocery store. Pick out similar brands of a product—a name brand butter and a generic (无商标产 品), for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money. 40 If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to make another purchase with the money saved. Later, you may explains how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases. ‎ ‎ ‎ A. Wise decisions. ‎ B. The value of money. ‎ C. Tell your child why he can or cannot have certain things. ‎ D. Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you. ‎ E. Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store. ‎ F. The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest. ‎ G. Permit the child to choose between them. ‎ ‎ ‎ 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 （共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） ‎ ‎ 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 41-60 各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ One day in a third grade classroom, there is a nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk. All of a sudden, there is some liquid between his feet and the front of his pants are clearly 41 . He thinks his heart is going to 42 because he cannot possibly imagine 43 this has happened. It’s never happened before, and he knows that, when the boys find out, he will never hear the 44 of it. When the girls find out, they’ll never speak to him again 45 he lives. The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head 46 and prays this prayer, ‎ ‎“Dear God, this is an 47 ! I need help now! Five minutes from now I’m 48 meat.” He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a(n) 49 in her eyes that says he has been discovered. As the teacher is 50 him, a classmate named Susie is carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water. Susie 51 in front of the teacher and ‎ throws the bowl of water onto the boy’s legs. The boy pretends to be 52 , but all the while is saying to himself, “Thank you, thank you, Lord!” Now all of a sudden, instead of being the 53 of ridicule (笑柄), the boy is the poor one of sympathy. The teacher 54 him downstairs and gives him gym shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All the other children are on their 55 and knees cleaning up around his desk. ‎ The sympathy is wonderful, but as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been 56 has been transferred to someone else—Susie. She tries to help, but they tell her to 57 . “You’ve done enough, you silly girl!” they said to her. Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and 58 , “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” Susie replies back in a low voice, “I 59 wet my pants too.” ‎ What a lovely and considerate girl Susie is! 60 everyone of us see the opportunities that are always around us to do good! ‎ 41. A. dry B. wet C. strange D. pretty ‎ 42. A. start B. race C. beat D. quit ‎ 43. A. when B. where C. how D. whether ‎ 44. A. end B. front C. back D. point ‎ 45. A. as long as B. as far as C. even if D. as though ‎ 46. A. up B. down C. away D. around ‎ 47. A. anecdote B. amazement C. appointment D. emergency ‎ 48. A. dead B. hard C. spicy D. soft ‎ 49. A. expression B. explanation C. opinion D. sight ‎ 50. A. leaving B. approaching C. crossing D. attacking ‎ 51. A. travels B. tours C. trips D. breaks ‎ 52. A. happy B. angry C. amused D. disappointed ‎ 53. A. object B. system C. title D. joke ‎ 54. A. forces B. sends C. invites D. rushes ‎ 55. A. heads B. backs C. hands D. feet ‎ 56. A. hers B. mine C. his D. theirs ‎ 57. A. come out B. get out C. work out D. dry out ‎ 58. A. roars B. explains C. whispers D. whistles ‎ 59. A. once B. ever C. still D. even ‎ 60. A. Wish B. Hope C. May D. Want ‎ ‎ ‎ 第二节 （共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 ‎ Sichuan Province 61 (situate) in the southwest of China, embracing the eastern part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Sichuan Basin. The province covers an area of 488,000 square km with a population of 83 million consisting 62 different nationalities such as Han, Yi, Zang (Tibetan), Miao, Hui and Qiang. There are 32 63 (city), 3 minority nationality autonomous prefectures (自治州), and 120 counties in Sichuan Province. ‎ Sichuan Province has tremendous climatic difference 64 (result) from the geological variation. In the eastern basin it is subtropical monsoon climate 65 (characterize) by warm winter and hot summer, early spring and rainy autumn. It is wet and 66 (fog) and has little sunshine. The western part of Sichuan province has temperate or subtropical plateau climate, while the southern part of Sichuan 67 (show) marked variation in climates in the mountains and canyons. Frost-free period in the basin is 280-330 days per year, but on the plateau is only 68 （little）than 90 days. 69 average annual precipitation (降水量) of Sichuan province is 500-1200 mm, of 70 the basin has a much larger share than the plateau. ‎ ‎ ‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 35 分）第一节 短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） ‎ ‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 ‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 ‎ 注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； ‎ ‎2．只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。 ‎ Hello, everyone. I feel honored to have been chose to work for the 22nd Winter Olympics. I will at first improve my English, for I can talk easily with foreign visitors. Second, I’ll learn more about history of the Olympics as good as the 22nd Winter Olympics. In addition, since I was familiar with Beijing, I can help visitors find their ways in the city. Last but not least, their culture has had a significant influence on the development of human civilization, and that’s naturally which I’d like to tell them about. In short, I will do my best to help making the Games a success. ‎ ‎ ‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分 25 分） 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友 Paul 来信询问你班英语剧的表演情况, 请根据以下提示给他写封回信，内容包括： ‎ 1. 剧情简介； 2. 你在剧中扮演的角色； 3. 你的收获。 ‎ 注意：1. 词数 100 左右； ‎ 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。 ‎ ‎ ‎ Dear Paul, ‎ ‎_______________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_______________________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎ Yours, ‎ ‎ Li Hua ‎ 成都七中2017-2018学年度下期高2019届半期考试 ‎ ‎ 英语参考答案 ‎ ‎ ‎ 听力 1-5 CBCBB ‎ ‎6-10 BBACA 11-15 ACACA 16-20 CCCAB ‎ 阅读理解 21-24 DACB 七选五 36-40 FECAG ‎ ‎25-28 BDCA 29-31 CDA 32-35 CACB ‎ 完形填空 41-45 BDCAA ‎ 语法填空 ‎ ‎46-50 BDAAB 51-55 CBADC 56-60 CBCAC ‎ ‎61. is situated 62. of ‎ ‎ 63. cities 64. resulting 65. characterized ‎ ‎66. foggy 67. shows ‎ 短文改错 ‎ ‎ 68. less 69. The 70. which ‎ ‎1. chose 改为 chosen 2. 去掉 at 3. for 改为 so 4. history 前加 the ‎ ‎5. good 改为 well 6. was 改为 am 7. ways 改为 way 8. their 改为 our ‎ ‎9. which 改为 what 10. making 改为 make ‎ 书面表达 ‎ Dear Paul, ‎ ‎ How is it going? Let me tell you something about the drama festival we had last month. ‎ ‎ The annual drama festival for Senior Two students was held on April 16. My class put on the classic The Thunderstorm, a tragic story concerning love and other relationships in a typical rich Chinese family in the 1920s. I played the role of the father, which was very challenging for me. Although the preparation work, including searching for the original play, adapting some parts, and doing rehearsal, was hard, the performance was a great success! I learned the significance of teamwork and improved my public speaking skills. ‎ So do you have drama festival too? ‎ ‎ Best wishes! ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Yours, ‎ ‎ Li Hua (113 words) ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 英语听力材料录音原文 ‎ Text 1 ‎ W: Excuse me. This is the address. How do I find it? ‎ M: Right. You’ll need a street map. Here’s one, and I’ll show you where it is. ‎ Text 2 ‎ W: Oh my! My car broke down, and I have to meet my aunt at the railway station before noon. ‎ M: You’re lucky. I can drop you off on my way. ‎ Text 3 ‎ W: Did you hear that Mr. Peterson is coming next week, Gordon? ‎ M: Yes, so I called all the department heads to my office this morning. We need to give him reports on our program. ‎ Text 4 ‎ W: I hope you like the book I lent you. I wasn’t sure if you’d be interested. M: I had the same doubt at first. But once I started, I simply couldn’t put it down. ‎ Text 5 ‎ W: What is going on? It’s May, and we still have to wear warm clothes. ‎ M: Well, there’s some good news on the radio. You probably can wear shorts tomorrow. ‎ Text 6 ‎ W: Harry, let’s play some ping-pong today. ‎ M: I’d love to play a set or two, but my right arm hurts. I’ve decided to stop playing ping-pong until it feels better. W: Well, how about going skating? ‎ M: I’d like to, but my knee hurts, too. ‎ W: Harry, stop making excuses! You’re just lazy. ‎ M: No, I’m not! You know, there’s a basketball match on TV today. Let’s just stay home and watch it. ‎ W: OK. You stay, and I’ll play with Helen. ‎ Text 7 ‎ W: What do you want to do tonight? ‎ M: How about going to the cinema? I should be home from work at 5:45. Then we can go out and eat before we see a film. ‎ W: What do you want to see? ‎ M: There’s a good art film at the Green House Cinema. ‎ W: Let’s see…it starts at 6:15. I don’t think we can get there in time to see the beginning. How about the action film at the New State Cinema? It starts at 6:50. Perhaps the 7:00 one at the UME Cinema is even better. It stars Jackie Chan. ‎ M: OK, that’s fine. I like him, too. Text 8 ‎ M: Hey, Lucy. Do you have some time to talk about next week’s trip with me? W: Sure, Dave. ‎ M: OK. So, we’re leaving on Monday from Hartsfield International Airport, and returning on Friday. Do we take ourselves to the airport? Maybe we need to book a taxi, or just go by bus. ‎ W: No, we don’t have to. The company car will pick us up and take us there. ‎ M: Oh, that’s good. When? ‎ W: Our flight leaves at 11:00 a.m., so they should pick us up between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. Besides, the company pays for our trip, including hotel and food. ‎ M: How much will that be? ‎ W: Well, New York is a pretty expensive city. So, each of us will get $200 a day. ‎ M: Oh, OK. Thanks for telling me that. ‎ W: You’re welcome. Text 9 ‎ W: Please sit down. Let’s see… you’re Mr. Smith. Is that correct? M: Yes. John Smith. ‎ W: And you’re interested in this job? ‎ M: Yes, I am. I’ll graduate from college the coming June. My major is Chinese. W: I see. Have you ever done any work in this field? ‎ M: Yes, I used to be a tour guide for Chinese travellers. ‎ W: Good. Now, how much money do you expect to have for a year? ‎ M: From what I’ve read, it seems that a starting pay would be around $12,000 a year. ‎ W: Here, you would start at $10,500 for the first year, a kind of training period. Then you would go to $15,000. M: That sounds fair enough. What do you think are the chances for me to get a job here? ‎ W: Well, I’m talking to three people today and four tomorrow. We’ll be hiring two people. You’ll hear from us sometime next month. Good luck! And thanks for coming in today. Text 10 ‎ M: Well, I’d love to share with you my personal opinions on city life and life in small towns. I grew up in a small town until I was 18 and then moved to a big city, so I have experienced the good and bad sides of both. I never thought ‎ that I would like living in a big city, but I was wrong. After ten years of living in one, I can’t imagine ever living in a small town again. Surely small towns and big cities both have some problems in terms of transport. In a small ‎ town, you have to own a car to make life comfortable. You can’t get around without one because there isn’t any kind of public transport. Big cities generally have heavy traffic and expensive parking, but there you have a choice ‎ of taking public transport, which is cheaper than driving. So, if you don’t have a car, you’d better live in the city. I also love the exciting life in big cities. I can always enjoy a lot of films, concerts, and other wonderful shows. However, these things are not common in small towns. The final thing I like about large cities is that you can meet different kinds of people. However, you seldom find such a variety of people in a smaller town. I think that living in an area where everyone was just like me would quickly become dull. Of course, safety should be considered, and that’s one area where small towns are better than big cities. Still, I would rather be a bit more careful and live in a large city than to feel safe but dull. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎