2018-2019学年辽宁省沈阳市东北育才学校高一上学期第二次月考英语试题Word版含

2018-2019学年辽宁省沈阳市东北育才学校高一上学期第二次月考英语试题Word版含

‎2018-2019学年度上学期 高一年级第二次月考英语试卷 考试日期：2018年12月12号 考试时间：120分钟 第Ⅰ卷 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. What does the boy still need to do?‎ A. Hang up his clothes. B. Put away his toys. C. Sweep the floor. ‎ ‎2. What is the woman doing?‎ A. Making the bed. B. Fixing the chair. C. Driving to school.‎ ‎3. Why is the woman sad?‎ A. She lost her homework. B. The man deleted her essay. C. She forgot to send some emails.‎ ‎4. What does the man want to know?‎ A. What time it is. B. When his train is supposed to leave.‎ C. Where he can find the boarding hall.‎ ‎5. Who might Freddy be? ‎ A. The speakers’ son. B. The speakers’ pet. C. The speakers’ landlord.‎ 第二节 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，各个小题将给出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 does Rusty think the new student is poor? ‎ A. She’s not fashionable. B. Her jeans have holes in them.‎ C. Her mom gave her old clothes.‎ ‎7. What does Sally think of Rusty?‎ A. He is helpful. B. He is too curious. C. He is a little behind the times.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. How did Harriet know the time?‎ A. From her iPhone. B. From her watch. C. From the sun.‎ ‎9. What does Don think about Harriet’s explanation?‎ A. It’s wrong. B. It’s funny. C. It’s too scientific.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What is the conversation mainly about? ‎ A. How Alexa killed her plants. B. Where Alexa planted her plants.‎ C. Why Alexa kept her house green.‎ ‎11. What did Alexa do with her yellow plant? ‎ A. She put it in the sunlight. B. She returned it to the shop. C. She gave it too much water. ‎ ‎12. What does the man suggest Alexa do? ‎ A. Find out more about plants online. B. Move all her plants out of the sun.‎ C. Throw all her plants away.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. Why doesn’t Sue have the cake?‎ A. She dislikes it. B. She’s trying to lose weight. ‎ C. She’s trying to control a medical problem.‎ ‎14. Who brought the sandwiches?‎ A. Jill. B. Tom. C. Sharon.‎ ‎15. What does Sue really want?‎ A. A salad. B. Some seafood. C. Some hot soup. ‎ ‎16. What will Bill do in a few hours?‎ A. See a doctor. B. Go to a restaurant. C. Talk with the guests.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. What is the main purpose of the loud noises? ‎ A. To warn people outdoors to get inside.‎ B. To get people’s attention inside their homes.‎ C. To inform people without radios about danger.‎ ‎18. Who decides to turn on the warning system?‎ A. Local media. B. Local officials. C. The national weather service.‎ ‎19. Where should people go when they hear a warning?‎ A. To a window. B. To a public shelter. C. To the middle of a building.‎ ‎20. What is the main topic of the talk?‎ A. A weather report. B. A warning system. C. The safety steps in bad weather.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共2节，满分35分） ‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共 10 小题，每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分） ‎ A People often ask which is the most difficult language to learn, and it is not easy to answer because there are many things to take into consideration. Firstly, in a first language the differences are unimportant as people learn their mother tongue naturally, so the question of how hard a language is to learn is only relevant in terms of learning a second language.‎ A native speaker of Spanish, for example, will find Portuguese much easier to learn than a native speaker of Chinese, because Portuguese is very similar to Spanish, while Chinese is very different, so first language can affect learning a second ‎ language. The greater the differences between a second language and our first language, the harder it will be for most people to learn a second language. Many people answer that Chinese is the hardest language to learn, possibly influenced by the thought of learning Chinese writing system, and the pronunciation of Chinese does appear to be very difficult for many foreign learners. However, for Japanese speakers, who already use Chinese characters in their own language, learning writing will be less difficult than for speakers of languages using the Roman alphabet.‎ Some people seem to learn languages easily, while others find it very difficult. Teachers and the circumstances in which the language is learned also play an important role, as well as each learner’s purpose for learning. If people learn a language because they need to use it in work, they often learn it faster than people studying a language that has no direct use in their day to day life.‎ No language is easy to learn well, though languages which are related to our first language are easier. Learning a completely different writing system is a huge challenge, but that does not necessarily make a language more difficult than another. In the end, it is impossible to say that there is one language that is the most difficult language in the world.‎ 21. What does the underlined word “relevant” in paragraph 1 mean?‎ A. Difficult B. Meaningful C. Necessary D. Possible 22. Why do many people think Chinese is hard to learn?‎ A. Its writing system is strange.‎ B. Its pronunciation is challengeable.‎ C. Its characters are difficult to understand.‎ D. It has great differences from many other languages.‎ 23. What can we learn from the text?‎ A. People will learn a language faster if they use it daily.‎ B. There are many languages that are the most difficult in the world.‎ C. All the languages can be easy to learn with good teachers and circumstances.‎ D. The writing system of a language is more difficult to master than its pronunciation.‎ B Plays are an important part of British culture. The West End theatre district in London is the best place to watch a professional play, but acting also takes place in every school and village hall across the country.‎ There are over 2,500 non-professional drama groups in the UK today and they are an active part of community life. People from all walks of life take on acting roles in addition to their regular jobs. They do it for fun, for the love of acting and as a way to meet new people.‎ Not everyone in a drama club is a skilled actor, but enthusiasm is considered to be more important than talent. Friends, family members and neighbours enjoy getting together to watch the final performance and telling the people they know to “break a leg（好运）”. It’s a great way of bringing communities together. Also, in many rural parts of Britain, non-professional theatre is the only chance people have to see plays for miles around.‎ Many people get a taste for acting at school. Every school puts on a play at least once a year, usually at Christmas, and parents love coming to watch their children perform. Ask any British person and they’re sure to have happy memories of being in their school’s Christmas play, whether they played the role of Mary or Joseph or perhaps even a sheep or a donkey.‎ Another Christmas theatre tradition is the pantomime（童话剧）. Pantomimes are a type of musical comedy for families. The audience is encouraged to participate in the performance—singing along with the music and shouting to the actors. Pantomimes are really fun to watch, especially for children.‎ British people love going to the theatre, professional or not, and many of them also enjoy performing. If you have the chance, go and see a play in the UK.‎ 21. What matters most for an actor in a drama club, according to the article?‎ A. Talent. B. Enthusiasm. C. Professional training. D. Support from family.‎ 22. According to the article, what is special about pantomimes?‎ A. All the performers are professional child actors.‎ A. The audience is allowed to play some small roles in them.‎ B. The audience is encouraged to interact with the actors.‎ C. The musical comedy is always about family life.‎ 21. According to the article, most British people .‎ A. learn how to be a professional actor in school B. consider acting to be their regular jobs C. often participate in performance when in school D. watch plays in the West End theatre district in ‎London 22. What is the article mainly about?‎ A. Reasons why British people love plays.‎ B. The origin of theatre traditions in the UK.‎ C. Rules for theatregoers to follow in the UK.‎ D. The popularity of non-professional plays in the UK.‎ C Dogs and other hairy mammals（哺乳动物）shake at just the right frequencies to get rid of water most quickly from their bodies. Mice do it. So do tigers and pandas. These animals really know how to shake. Frequency is the number of cycles—movements back and forth—per second.‎ Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta recently recorded videos of 40 different animals, standing for 15 different species（物种）. The scientists wanted to see how wet, hairy mammals shake off water after they get wet. The scientists said the animals shake at just the right frequencies to lose water drops as quickly as possible. “I think it’s pretty extraordinary that they can do that,” David Hu, one of the scientists, said.‎ This study was led by Andrew Dickerson, a graduate student in Hu’s lab. His team calls this get-dry shake “natural washing machine”. Both the washing machine and shaking animals can get rid of water quickly—but animals are much faster than washing machines. For animals, this process helps them control heat in their bodies.‎ ‎“If a dog couldn’t dry itself, it would have to use 25 percent of its daily calories（卡路里） to heat its body to get rid of the water,” Hu said. “Every time ‎ they got wet they would get hypothermia（体温过低）and die.”‎ The bigger the animal, the slower it shakes, according to Dickerson and his team. A mouse moves its body back and forth 27 times per second, but a bear shakes only four times per second.‎ Animals’ skin also helps them get rid of water. The scientists are continuing to look at how animals interact with water in the natural world. In particular, the scientists want to know how water interacts with hair—which means studying animals that have got used to life in water, like beavers and otters.‎ 21. What can we learn from the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs?‎ A. Professor David Hu led the study.‎ B. Animals shake off water to keep themselves cool.‎ C. Videos of 40 species of animals were recorded in the study.‎ D. Dogs shake off water more quickly than washing machines.‎ 22. How did David Hu feel about the video?‎ A. Surprised. B. Encouraged. C. Excited. D. Amused.‎ 23. What does the passage mainly talk about?‎ A. The recorded videos of forty different animals.‎ B. The movement of animals in the water.‎ C. The importance of water for animals.‎ D. The frequency of animals’ shaking water.‎ 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。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ Aware of your time wasters? Ready to stop one TV series after another? 31 Here is good news for you. It’s a fine start to reclaim your time back. Or rather, it helps you create more time in your day.‎ Get Up Earlier Get up fifteen minutes earlier. If you're like most people, your morning probably feels rushed: you drag yourself out of bed at the last minute, maybe get some breakfast if you're lucky, and dash off to work. 32 Perhaps it'll give you time to actually ‎ sit down and enjoy your breakfast for once. Maybe you can use that fifteen minutes a day to read through that book or stack of journals that you keep meaning to get to.‎ Create a Plan At the start of your workday, before you even check your emails, make a plan. Write down the three most important tasks you want to accomplish that day. Put a big star next to the most important. Now, before you get into the busy work of emails, 33 .‎ Don't Multitask Although multitasking feels efficient - because it feels busy - it actually loses you time. 34 . There's nothing efficient about rushing a job which you then end up having to redo.‎ ‎__35___‎ Finally, one of the best ways to make more time in your life is to finish your work on time! If you work for an employer, make an effort to leave the office on time - at least a couple of days each week. If you work for yourself, you need to be even more self-disciplined, as your work is likely to be very easily accessible when you're at home!‎ A. Getting up just a bit earlier can give you some breathing space.‎ B. Don’t fight against it, but use it wisely.‎ C. Reluctant to see one more fascinating video?‎ D. Start on that important task and see it through to the end.‎ E. Sticking to doing one thing at a time, you'll be much more focused and able to produce your best work.‎ F. When you are working on a task, make a conscious effort to remain focused.‎ G. Finish Work On Time 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分 45 分）‎ 第一节 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 A、B、C 和 D ‎ 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。‎ It was many years ago. I was a young father on my way home to my wife and baby boy after spending all day taking college classes. I had gone back to school to get a degree in 36 . I wanted to secure a teaching job that would help me to build a better life for my 37 family. It was a two-hour round trip to the college; 38 every day I would pray for my 20-year-old gas guzzler (油老虎) to make it all the way. ‎ As I started down a lonely stretch of highway about 12 miles from my home, I noticed a car 39 along the side of road with its emergency flashers on. On the side of it a small woman was 40 to change a flat tire. This was long before the age of cell phones and I knew that any other 41 might not arrive for a while. I 42 behind her car and then offered to give her a 43 . Her own hands were bruised and 44 from struggling with the lug nuts (车轮螺母) and she had tears of ‎45 in her eyes. The lug nuts were rusty and tight and the lug wrench (扳手) a little small 46 after a while I got the flat tire off and the 47 one on. As I said goodbye, the little lady hugged me with tears of 48 this time. I waved and 49 , feeling a little embarrassed at her thanks. 50 , it had just been one kind act.‎ It took me a lot of years after that to learn the true 51 of one kind act. One kind act can change the world. One kind act can save a lost 52 , heal a hurting heart, and ‎53 a broken life.‎ Every day we are given the choice to be 54 or considerate. Every day we are given the choice to be cruel or kind. Always 55 to be kind. ‎ 36. A. Literature B. Medicine C. Society D. Education 37. A. growing B. aging C. exploding D. shrinking 38. A. anyway B. thus C. instead D. somehow 39. A. crashed B. abandoned C. parked D. blocked 36. A. struggling B. pretending C. planning D. claiming 37. A. teacher B. man C. car D. help 38. A. hung around B. pulled up C. showed off D. dropped by 39. A. tire B. lift C. hand D. surprise 40. A. bleeding B. waving C. trembling D. shaking 41. A. sorrow B. frustration C. terror D. regret 42. A. so B. and C. or D. but 43. A. new B. different C. spare D. round 44. A. appreciation B. excitement C. comfort D. passion 45. A. kept up B. drove off C. turned back D. passed away 46. A. In addition B. For short C. At most D. After all 47. A. theory B. lesson C. power D. idea 48. A. soul B. chance C. paradise D. friend 49. A. lead B. mend C. create D. avoid 50. A. loving B. courageous C. upset D. selfish 51. A. promise B. long C. choose D.‎ ‎ intend 第Ⅱ卷 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。‎ Nobody wants to be aged, but 61 it comes to visiting cities most of us want to visit the world’s oldest cities. Luoyang is one of the oldest and most 62 (attraction) cities in the world that I’d like to recommend to you.‎ Luoyang‎ stands out 63 the oldest continually inhabited city in Asia. The city is known as 64 birthplace of Chinese culture and history as well as one of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China. There 65 (be) no other city in China that has seen so many 66 (dynasty) like Luoyang.‎ With such a long and exciting history, Luoyang has really a lot 67 (offer). The Longmen Grottoes, all of which 68 (include) on the World Heritage List in 2000, and many historic Buddhist temples 69 (constant) attract tourists from all over the world. Luoyang is also famous for the White Horse Temple, the earliest Buddhist temple 70 (establish) in China. Are you eager to visit the city?‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分）‎ 第一节 应用文写作（满分 15 分） ‎ 假设下周三你校在食堂门口将举办一次为穷困山区学生的捐赠爱心活动。请写一个通知，介绍此次活动。内容包括：‎ ‎1. 捐赠的时间和地点；‎ ‎2. 对学生捐赠的物品要求；‎ ‎3. 此次活动的意义。‎ 注意：1. 词数 80 左右 ‎2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯 ‎ My dear fellow classmates:‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________________‎ 第二节 读后续写：阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。（满分 25 分） On Christmas Eve, seventy-three-year-old George selected his food carefully. Skim milk was $2.99, white bread, 89 cents with a 10-cent discount. Leaving the cashier, he calculated that he had saved 80 cents today.‎ At the exit, the wind reminded him of his gloves. “Where are they?” Not in the coat pockets. Not in the grocery bag either. He was sure he was wearing them when he entered the store. He clearly remembered putting them into the pocket of this coat. George made a second thorough search of all his pockets, again, including the grocery bag. Now he was sure they must have been dropped somewhere inside the store.‎ Old George had bought the black leather gloves at a 25% discount, for just $35.00, ten years ago. They were soft and warm and very durable. He had taken care not to let a drop of water or rain touch his expensive gloves, so they looked like new. Losing this favorite possession was almost like losing a child to him.‎ George, calm on the outside but nervous inside, re-entered the store. He followed the same route he had walked before, starting at the bread counter, to the milk section, the corner where salt and sugar were placed, then the rest of the store. Several minutes of anxious searching turned out to be in vain. He asked the customers whether they saw a pair of black leather gloves, but they said no. Then he went over to the cashier without hesitation to ask if she had received any lost gloves, but only received the same answer. His heart grew heavier.‎ ‎  “Society has changed, people have changed,” he murmured to himself. “Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back. Now the good action is lost.”‎ ‎  Yet he did not give up hope. He started to stare at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like his. The first two people he saw did wear gloves, but one was women’s and the other not black. ‎ 注意:‎ ‎1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；‎ ‎2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；‎ ‎3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；‎ ‎4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。‎ Paragraph 1:‎ Suddenly, he found a man looking like a lawyer, __________________________________________________________________________________‎ Paragraph 2:‎ During the whole holiday, he was always thinking whether to buy a new pair. ____________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ 高一第二次月考英语答案：满分150分 听力：每题1.5分 ‎1-5CBAAB 6-10 BCABA 11-15 CACAC 16-20BABCB 阅读：每题 2.5分 ‎21-23 BDA 24-27 BCCD 28-30 DAD ‎ 七选五： 每题2分 ‎31-35 CADEG 完形：每题1.5分 DABCA DBCAB DCABD CABDC ‎ 语法填空：每题1.5分 ‎61. when 62. attractive 63. as 64. the 65. is ‎66.dynasties 67. to offer 68. were included 69. constantly 70 established 作文：‎ 第一节 满分15分 One possible version:‎ Last Wednesday, with the purpose of showing our love for those poor students in mountainous areas, we launched a campaign of donation among the students outside the dining hall. Enthusiastic about the activity, they donated a diverse collection of things, including some clothes, school necessities and even money which were of great help. By doing such a deed, we students benefited a lot, realizing that “roses given, fragrance in hand”.‎ 第二节：读后续写（满分25分）‎ Possible version 1‎ Suddenly, he found a man looking like a lawyer, wearing black leather gloves. Abrupt as it might seem, George came up without hesitation and asked if they were his, but there came a disappointing answer. On second thought, he realized nobody would be so foolish as to wear them right inside the store. He had no other alternative but ‎ to ask the cashier to keep them in case the lost gloves were found. Then he dragged his legs towards the exit.‎ During the whole holiday, he was always thinking whether to buy a new pair. After all, in deep winter, he could not do without gloves. Finally poor George decided to buy another pair of leather gloves. With the last ray of hope, he stepped into the store again. No sooner had he opened the door than the cashier told him there was indeed one such pair as he lost. After examining them carefully, he was wild with joy, expressing sincere gratitude and saying to himself that a good action was never lost. ‎ ‎ （150词）‎ Possible version 2‎ ‎ Suddenly, he found a man looking like a lawyer, wearing a pair of black leather gloves. The same color and the same style. He felt a dull flush of anger creeping up his face. Without hesitation, he dashed to the man, grasped his hand and started to have a wild argument. But his rage began to fade when he noticed the gloves still had the price tag on them. Suddenly, embarrassment came dominating him. After profuse apologies, he paced out speechlessly with hands in his coat pockets, frustrated and desperate.‎ During the whole holiday, he was always thinking whether to buy a new pair. Sorrow kept clouding his heart day and night. Just as he was to give up, a call from the store lit up his hope again. His gloves was found by a customer, and was now at the cashier’s! His face was brightened with excitement. With hands trembling, he exclaimed, “I do know a good action is never lost!”‎ 附听力原文：‎ Text 1‎ W: I thought you were going to clean up in here!‎ M: I did! My toys are in the toy box, and all my clothes are in the closet.‎ W: But what about the dirt on the floor?‎ Text 2‎ M: What are you doing now? I told you to get to bed early so you’d be on time for your first day of school.‎ W: This loud chair is driving me crazy. I’m just trying to fix it.‎ Text 3 ‎ W: I can’t find my research essay file anywhere on here. Did you delete it?‎ M: Of course not. I don’t even know your password. Have you saved a copy anywhere?‎ W: No. I wish I had emailed it to myself. Argh! I did my work on time, but the teacher will never believe that.‎ Text 4 ‎ M: Do you have a watch, by any chance? My phone battery is dead and I think I’ve missed my train.‎ W: Sorry, I don’t. But I think there’s a big clock by the boarding hall.‎ Text 5 ‎ M: Oh, no! Where’s little Freddy? ‎ W: Johnny forgot to feed him while we were at work. I think he chewed a hole through his box and ran around.‎ M: Don’t tell the landlord we’ve got a mouse in our apartment! Let’s catch him now.‎ Text 6 ‎ M: Did you see the new student in Miss Foley’s class, Sally? I think she’s from a poor family.‎ W: Poor? Why would you think that? ‎ M: She had pieces of cloth on her jeans. I’ll bet she has holes in them, and she can’t afford to buy new ones. Her mom had to sew on the pieces of cloth to fix her old jeans.‎ W: Rusty, you’re a little behind the times. That’s the fashion nowadays. Half of our class has pieces sewn on their jeans. If her parents are really poor, we certainly will help her.‎ M: That’s great. Anytime we should help the poor. ‎ Text 7 ‎ M: What time is it, Harriet? I’m starving, but I guess it’s not time for lunch yet.‎ W: Let’s see…according to my iPhone, it’s just a few minutes past noon.‎ M: What? I thought my watch was wrong. Shouldn’t the sun be overhead if it’s noon?‎ W: Oh, Don. I can tell you weren’t listening in science class last week. The sun is only overhead at noon for two days a year.‎ M: Ha-ha. Very funny.‎ W: No, really. Mrs. Sorenson explained it. The earth goes around the sun at an angle, and that changes where the sun is at noon.‎ M: But…then those old clocks that measured time by the sun’s shadow are all wrong?‎ W: Um, not exactly. They’re just not the same as the time we keep on our computers.‎ M: I wish I were sitting at a computer right now instead of out here. I’m starting to hate nature.‎ Text 8 ‎ M: Oh, no. What happened in here, Alexa? Why are there some dead plants?‎ W: I know. Every plant comes in alive and ends up dead. I definitely do not have a green thumb.‎ M: People always say that, but it’s not that hard to keep house plants. What did you do to care for this one?‎ W: That one had a big flower on it, so I put it in the sunlight.‎ M: This is a winter plant from north China. It doesn’t do well in direct sunlight. Just move it here. Didn’t you look up how to care for it when you got it?‎ W: No. I just thought it was pretty, and it was doing OK in the shop.‎ M: And this one here is all yellow. That means you gave it too much water.‎ W: Too much water? I think if it doesn’t need the water, it doesn’t have to drink it.‎ M: That’s not how plants work. I’m afraid the root system under the dirt of this one is destroyed. You’ll have to throw this one away. Look, here’s an app with plant information. ‎ Text 9‎ M: Why don’t you have some of my cake, Sue? I made it just for this party.‎ W: Sorry, Bill. I’m not into cake at the moment. I thought you knew about my diet.‎ M: On your birthday? Surely you can eat whatever you want on your birthday. You can start your diet tomorrow. And anyway, you look great.‎ W: Well, thanks, Bill. I am not on a diet to lose weight, actually. My doctor told me to stop eating certain foods. I’m trying to avoid being allergic to something.‎ M: I didn’t know food could help with that. I also noticed you didn’t eat any of the sandwiches Jill brought.‎ W: Yeah. And you and Tom and Sharon all brought different cakes. I’m dying to try them!‎ M: Why don’t I go get you a salad? I’m sure you’ll feel better if you eat something.‎ W: All right. It’s the only thing here I can eat. What I really want is some hot soup.‎ M: Why don’t I go and get some soup from the restaurant across the street for you?‎ W: That’s awfully nice of you, but I’m enjoying my party. Maybe we could go afterwards. ‎ M: OK. You go back in the house and chat with the guests, and I’ll call the restaurant and tell them we’ll be there in a few hours.‎ Text 10 ‎ Thank you for attending this public hearing on our new Severe Weather Warning System. I’m Mayor Dunley. First, I’d like to remind everyone that the main purpose of a weather warning system is to tell people outdoors to move inside. Now, it’s important to remember that we will test the system every Saturday at noon, so don’t worry about the noise at that time. It’s a good idea to go outside and listen when we test the system and make sure you can hear them in your neighborhood. Remember that the loud noise is only one part of the warning system. The loud noises are activated by city officials after we receive alerts from the national weather service. In other words, you might hear an alert on the national news before you hear the warning here. If you do hear one, what should you do? First, take cover. Our city doesn’t have public shelters, so go to the inside of any building, away from windows. Second, wait for reports on local media. Finally, stay indoors until you hear the all-clear ‎ signal.‎