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江苏省徐州市睢宁县古邳中学2019-2020学年高一下学期期中调研考试英语试卷
www.ks5u.com 英语试题 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷 (选择题) 和第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题) 两部分,共150分。考试时间120分钟。 第Ⅰ卷(选择题,共110分) 第一部分 听力(共20小题;每题1.5分, 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。 1. What kind of movie will the speakers watch? A. An action movie. B. A comedy. C. A thriller. 2. What is the matter with the man? A. He tied in a wrong way. B. He is not fit to wear a tie. C. He is wearing a tie in a wrong color. 3. What do we know about the woman? A. She is not hungry. B. She doesn’t like bread. C. She will eat the bread. 4. What does the man mean? A. He’s sure to pass the test. B. He also thinks the test difficult. C. He hopes the woman can pass the test. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A job position. B. A sales engineer. C. An electrical company. 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。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 relation is the woman to Dr. Carlton? A. His secretary. B. His wife. C. His student. 7. What will the man do next? A. Book a flight. B. Make an appointment. C. See a doctor. 听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。 8. What is the purpose of the survey? A. To do a market research. B. To introduce a new product. C. To persuade people to apply for credit cards. 9. What does the man ask the woman to do? A. Fill out a form. B. Sign a form. C. Pay his credit card bills. 听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。 10. Where will the party be held? A. In a café. B. In a club. C. In the dining hall. 11. How many people are expected to be present at the party? A. 8. B. 9. C. 10. 12. What will the woman do later? A. Go on the Internet. B. Book a place. C. Listen to music. 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。 13. What are the speakers doing? A. Buying books. B. Putting books in order. C. Checking the information of some books. 14. Who is the writer of Wine Science? A. MacLean. B. George Brown. C. Bookman. 15. What does the woman say about Grape Growing? A. It is quite expensive. B. It is a classic course book. C. It won’t be used in second year. 16. How much does Wine Making cost? A. $13. B. $30. C. $45. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。 17. What does the speaker do? A. A tour guide. B. An artist. C. A photographer. 18. When will the group arrive in India? A. On the 5th of November. B. On the 6th of November. C. On the 7th of November. 19. How many types of birds are there in the wildlife park? A. About 10. B. About 20. C. About 300. 20. What can people in the group do in New Delhi? A. Go sightseeing or go shopping. B. Travel around on elephants. C. Have lunch and dinner. 第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分40分) 第一节 单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 请阅读下面各题,从题中所给的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。 21. In ________ situations like this it is not surprising that the local persons become angry. A. contrary B. extreme C. official D. entire 22. The question of ________ English will keep on changing in the future is easy ________. A. if; to answer it B. whether; to answer C. that; to be answered D. /; answering 23. ________ the Normans spoke French for the entire 250 years they ruled England, French did not replace English as the first language. A. Unless B. Until C. Now that D. Even though 24. It turns out that after the ash covered the people who failed to ________ the city, their bodies nearly completely broke down and disappeared, leaving empty spaces in the ash. A. flee B. approach C. attach D. occupy 25.-Twenty dollars, please! -How terrible! I ________ to bring my wallet with me. A. was forgetting B. had forgotten C. forgot D. am forgetting 26. Suddenly an idea occurred to him ________ he could use different shapes to represent different objects. A. what B. whether C. which D. that 27. At that time most philosophers (哲学家) did not use to make a ________ between arts and science. A. civilization B. forecast C. distinction D. memorial 28. She didn’t know why the tall man was nowhere________. A. seen B. to be seen C. see D. seeing 29. That’s the driver ________ the traffic police believe has caused the car accident. A. which B. whom C. who D. what 30.-I’m sorry I am late. I got held up in the traffic on my way here. -__________. A. Don’t be late next time B. You should be blamed C. It doesn’t matter, I’m also late D. Never mind. Come and sit down 第二节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) 请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的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。 Life is full of beautiful moments. All you have to do is 31 your eyes and your heart to see them. I saw 32 just the other day. The local 33 had just let out, and I found myself behind a school bus as I was driving home. The bus 34 by a house sitting on top of a hill. A little girl, no more than 7 years old, 35 the bus and started running quickly to the 36 . The smile on her face was quite sweet. I 37 up the hill to see where she was going. I saw her dad waiting for her. As she got 38 , her dad smiled and knelt down to 39 her. He wrapped his powerful 40 around her and gave her a huge hug the moment she got to him. My eyes 41 a bit as I watched this scene. I 42 all the times my own children had run into my arms with 43 faces and loving hearts. Every single hug from them was a treasure of 44 . Suddenly my trip down the memory lane was 45 when I heard the car behind me honk its horn (鸣喇叭). I saw the school bus quickly pulling away, and started to 46 it again. However, this time I did so with a fuller heart than ever before. I took that 47 moment and stored it safely in my soul, where I knew it would remain forever. One day, we all will leave this school of learning and love, and 48 get to go home again. 49 enjoy your day here at school then. Love and learn. But know that one day you will be going home to where the hugs are eternal (永久) and the 50 never ends. 31. A. clean B. open C. protect D. shut 32. A. it B. that C. another D. one 33. A. hospital B. school C. restaurant D. market 34. A. returned B. turned C. stopped D. approached 35. A. pointed at B. went through C. got off D. broke into 36. A. bus B. man C. end D. house 37. A. looked B. took C. climbed D. showed 38. A. warmer B. closer C. older D. thinner 39. A .blame B. greet C. touch D. save 40. A. head B. foot C. arms D. legs 41. A. watered B. closed C. rested D. cheered 42. A. remembered B. appreciated C. forecast D. preferred 43. A. gentle B. smiling C. pretty D. nervous 44. A. wealth B. sadness C. joy D. learning 45. A. destroyed B. interrupted C. cancelled D. repeated 46. A. fix B. call C. follow D. catch 47. A. beautiful B. quiet C. lost D. embarrassing 48. A. suddenly B. equally C. slowly D. finally 49. A. But B. So C. Though D. If 50. A. expectation B. imagination C. hope D. love 第三部分 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) 请阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的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。 A Four Books That Will Interest You to Travel the World There’s truly nothing like travel when it comes to gaining life experience. To get you in the adventuring mood, we asked Amazon Senior Editor Chiris Schlep to help us come up with a list of books that transport readers to another time and place. Below, see his list of four books that will interest you to travel the world. SEATTLE: Where You’d Go, Bernadette? By Maria Sample Maria Sample’s first novel is not exactly a love story to Seattle, but if you read it, you just might want to come here to see if people are really as self-involved as the characters in her book. What really shines through is the strange storytelling and the amusing incidents. Buy it on Amazon. price: $26.60. ENGLAND: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel You can’t travel to Thomas Cromwell’s England without a time machine, but reading Hilary Mantel’s prize-winning novel is the next best thing. It will make you long to see the ancient buildings and green grass of the English countryside, much of which is still there. Buy it on Amazon. price: $25.10. NANTUCKET: Here’s to Us by Eli Hildebrand Eli Hildebrand has built a writing career out of writing about her hometown island of Nantucket. Her latest is Here’s to Us, which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a great beach read. Buy it on Amazon. price: $30.80. ITALY: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter This book by the popular author Jess Walters is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually concludes in modern Hollywood (好莱坞). As the settings shift from Italy to Edinburgh to Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well. Buy it on Amazon. price: $28.90. 51. If your brother is interested in England, which book will you suggest him reading? A. Beautiful Ruins. B. Wolf Hall. C. Here’s to Us. D. Where You’d Go, Bernadette. 52. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Here’s to Us is written by Jess Walter. B. Wolf Hall is the cheapest one of the four books. C. Beautiful Ruins has been made into a film in many countries. D. Where You’d Go is the only one about love of the four books. 53. What is the common point about the four books? A. Its price. B. Its author. C. Its cover. D. Its sales place. B Faced with a challenge, three young engineers came up with a solution. A simple wooden box attached to 8-year-old Alex Benitez-Alvarez’s walker (助行架) made it easier for the boy to carry school supplies – and allowed him to do more things on his own. “Now if he wants to go to the library and get a book out, he can,” said Tommy Johnson, one of three high school students who helped Benitez-Alvarez. Their idea came from an engineering project that pairs young engineers with people from local special education programs. Engineering teams from Shakopee East and West junior high schools designed models of several devices to make their disabled (残疾的) partners’ lives easier. Some of the simplest ideas were the most useful, such as an adjustable (可调节的) chair to help a child put his or her shoes on. They also came up with special building blocks that can help blind babies learn by touch. In an education system driven by exams, engineering teacher TJ Hendrickson said the project gave students the chance to create something they could actually see for themselves. “Students stopped worrying about their grades and started worrying about failing their clients (客户),” said Hendrickson, a teacher at Shakopee West Junior High. Group projects encourage teamwork and motivate (激发) students differently from independent projects. In this case, the project also taught a much-needed lesson in developing people skills. “The first time they met their partners it was very difficult,” said Jake Toufar, an engineering teacher at Shakopee East Junior High. “But eventually they learned to kneel (跪下) down and get at their eye level.” The meetings also helped engineers add special touches to their finished products. Benitez-Alvarez, who loves soccer, got the Minnesota United logo and a soccer ball printed on his wooden storage box. The project encouraged special needs students to describe their physical disabilities while also teaching engineers about the struggles of living with a disability. “Everyone in the world should do this,” said Stephanie Betley, a teacher at Shakopee who hopes to see the project spread to other schools. “It’s for someone else rather than yourself.” 54. What was the purpose of the engineering project? A. To show disabled kids needs help from the young engineers. B. To earn money by using engineering knowledge learned in class. C. To provide jobs for a group of young engineers from different schools. D. To improve the life of disabled kids with the help of the young engineers. 55. How did the project influence the engineers, in Hendrickson’s opinion? A. It improved their communication skills. C. It took them more time than their exams. B. It helped them pass their exams more easily. D. It helped them put their knowledge into use. 56. What did Betley think of the engineering project? A. It did a lot of good to people in need of help. B. It made more students interested in engineering. C. It reminded people to care more about themselves. D. It helped the disabled earn respect from others. C One night in December 2011, a bear came into the city of Vancouver in Canada. It walked through the streets past houses, shops and offices until it found some food in bins (垃圾桶) outside a restaurant and started eating. In the morning, someone saw the bear and called the police. They came with a vet (兽医) from the city zoo, put the bear in a lorry and took it back to the mountains. Luckily, the bear was safe, but what happens in other countries when big animals come into cities? In Cape Town, South Africa, baboons (狒狒) enter the city when they are hungry. They go into gardens and eat fruit from trees, or into houses and take food from cupboards (碗橱) and fridges. Baboons are strong animals and they can scare people. But the city can be dangerous for baboons too. Sometimes, they are killed in traffic accidents. Human food is very bad for their teeth because it has a lot of sugar. Now, there are baboon monitors (监督员) working in Cape Town to return the animals to the countryside. In Berlin, pigs sometimes come into the city to look for food. They eat flowers and plants from parks and gardens, and cause accidents in the streets. Some people like the pigs and they give them food and water to drink. Other people do not and want the government and police to stop them. In Moscow there are 35,000 wild dogs. They live in parks, old houses, markets and train stations. Many people give them food and water. Some make small houses for the dogs in their gardens. This helps them in winter, when the temperature is -10 C and there is a lot of snow and ice. In some cities, you can see birds, insects, mice and squirrels (松鼠) every day. But sometimes, it is dangerous when big animals come from the countryside to find food. We need some good ideas to stop animals coming into the city without hurting them. 57. Why do big animals go into cities according to the article? A. Because they are lost. B. Because they are hungry. C. Because they are homeless. D. Because they like being with humans. 58. Why should we stop animals from entering cities? A. They often kill people in the streets. B. They may eat all food in people’s gardens. C. They may cause a lack of food and water in the city. D. They may cause trouble and endanger people’s lives. 59. How are baboons treated in Cape Town? A. They are sent to the city zoo. B. They are taken back to the countryside. C. They are fed with special food. D. They are provided with houses in parks. 60. What can we learn from Paragraphs 4 and 5? A. Pigs are always well treated in Berlin. B. Wild dogs cause many problems in Moscow. C. Many people take care of wild animals in cities. D. People are colder to dogs than they are to pigs. 61. What’s the article mainly about? A. Problems caused by big animals in cities. B. Living together with wild animals in cities. C. How to keep big animals away from cities. D. How wild animals are treated in different cities. D I am, not for the first time, writing a book. The difference with this book is that I will actually finish writing it without being interrupted. Last week I left Melbourne for a month to stay at a house next to the beach; just me, my dog and my laptop. It’s an unspeakable luxury (奢侈) having what Virginia Woolf described 90 years ago as the two things a woman needs to write: enough money to support herself and a room of one’s own. My room is small and there is nothing distracting (使分心) me. No iPad games, no bar next door, no kids, no unpaid bills, no struggling to make the rent; just silence and a beach to walk on when I need to clear my head. Some people can, and have, written books in rooms full of all those things. I could not. Since I arrived, I’ve turned off my phone and in the absence of alarms I wake up early, make breakfast and go for a walk on the beach to sort out my thoughts on the writing I did the day before and how it ties in to what I want to write today. When I come back, I write, uninterrupted, for hours. When it’s time to stop, I can eat, nap (小睡), read or lie on the ground and stare at the sky. Then I do hours of editing and researching for the next day. These are my days in the room of my own. My colleague wrote about the guilt and freedom of leaving all your responsibilities behind and how surprising it is to discover how much you can do when you have a room of your own. It’s not something I’ve done for years. Being a single parent is tiring, rewarding and irritating (恼人的) all at once and it leaves very little room for creativity or pondering (沉思). People rarely have freedom to pursue (追求) creative dreams. I’ve worked hard, and getting here gave me the opportunity. Writing is a joy and incredibly hard work. I don’t know if the book will be a success, but I do know how successful I will feel when I’ve finished it and how lucky I am that I will be able to, here in this room of my own. 62. What was the author’s life like in the past? A. She never wrote a book before. B. She had little time for herself. C. She was a very successful writer. D. She couldn’t get on well with her kids. 63. What does the phrase “an unspeakable luxury” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. Spending time with a dog. B. Having a house near the beach. C. Spending quality time with children. D. Having a house for writing without being interrupted. 64. What did the author feel about her life in the room? A. She missed her children very much. B. She found it was peaceful but boring. C. She thought it was simple but satisfying. D. She felt guilty for leaving all her responsibilities behind. 65. What is the authors’ main purpose in writing the article? A. To show how she succeeded in writing. B. To give advice on how to hold on to one’s dreams. C. To share her experience and reflections on living alone. D. To explain how Virginia Woolf has influenced her life. 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。 The jobs of the future have not yet been invented. 66 By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well whatever the future holds. 1. Curiosity Your children need to be deeply curious. Encourage kids to cook with you. Ask kids, “What ingredients (配料) can we add to make these pancakes even better next time?” and then try them out. 67 What could we try next time? 2. Creativity True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new from it. We can give kids chances to think about materials in new ways. 68 Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity. 3. Interpersonal Skills Understanding how others feel can be a challenge for kids. We know what’s going on inside our own head, but what about others? 69 We can do this in real life or ask questions about characters in stories. “Why do you think she’s crying?” “Can you tell how that man is feeling by looking at his face?”“If someone were to do that to you,how would you feel?” 4. Self Expression Being able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill. 70 You may find that your child is attracted by one more than another. A. And we can’t ignore science education. B. Did those ingredients make the pancakes better? C. There are a dozen different things you can do with them. D. So how can we help our kids prepare for jobs that don’t yet exist? E. Gardening is another great activity for helping kids develop this skill. F. Being able to understand people prevents kids from misunderstanding a situation and jumping to false conclusions. G. There are many ways to express thoughts and ideas—music, acting, drawing, building, photography. 第II卷(非选择题,共40分) 第一部分 短文填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is 71. ▲ (speak) by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always making new words and we should be able to know 72. ▲ most words come from. Sometimes, however, no one may 73. ▲ (real) know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, 74. ▲ (especial) when they are not made of ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany 75. ▲ (call) Hamburg. They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. Some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef. Never 76. ▲ they seen such a strange way. They couldn’t help 77. ▲ (ask) the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburg”. One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He made a 78. ▲ (decide) to do something new. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like 79. ▲ the men from Hamburg ate and sold it to quite a few countries around the world. 80. ▲ this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. 第二部分 单词拼写(共10题,每题1分,共10分) 请阅读下面句子,并根据所读内容在空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意:请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。 81. She had an accident and was trapped in her car. Luckily two passers-by came to her a ▲ . 82. As Polly o ▲ the passengers on the train, she had a feeling that she was being watched by a tall man in a dark overcoat. 83. In the past, pigeons were e ▲ by armies to carry messages to and from the front lines, saving the lives of many soldiers. 84. This new technology will make great c ▲ to the development of this industry. 85. The English language c ▲ of the grammar and vocabulary these people brought to Britain. 86. My secretary will call you to arrange a ▲ (方便的) time to meet. 87. The issues being discussed here are not ▲ (独特的,特有的) to the US. 88. She is developing the ▲ (商业的) side of the organization. 89. He bought a new flat with the bathroom ▲ (装饰) in green and yellow. 90. They provide ▲ (实用的) help for disabled students who come from the countryside. 第三部分 书面表达(满分20分) 目前,越来越多的中学生周末上各种各样的培训班或请家教。对于这一现象,学生们持有以下两种不同观点。请你根据以下提示,以Are Training Classes Necessary ? 为题,写一篇120词左右的短文反映表中内容,并简要阐述自己的观点。 有些人认为有必要 另一些人认为没有必要 1. 有老师辅导比自己学好 2. 弥补上课错过或没听懂的东西 1. 养成依赖习惯,导致有的学生课堂上不认真听讲 2. 学生需要时间休息 个人观点:…… 注意:1. 词数:120字左右,短文的开头已写好,不计入总词数。 2. 短文需包括表中所有要点,内容可适当发挥,使行文连贯。 3. 参考词汇:家庭教师:tutor 依赖:dependence Are Training Classes Necessary ? Nowadays more and more students attend different kinds of training classes or hire tutors to improve their grades at weekends. ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ 高一英语参考答案 第Ⅰ卷(选择题,共110分) 第一部分 听力(共20小题;每题1.5分, 满分30分) 1-5 BCCBA 6-10 ACCBA 11-15 BAACB 16-20 ABCCA 第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分40分) 第一节 单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 21-25 BBDAC 26-30 DCBCD 第二节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) 31 -35 BDBCC 36-40 DABBC 41 – 45 AABCB 46-50 CADBD 第三部分 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) 51-53 BBD 54-56 DDA 57-61 BDBCD 62-65 BDCC 第二节 (共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分) 66-70 DBCFG 第II卷(非选择题,共40分) 第一部分 短文填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 71. spoken 72. where 73. really 74. especially 75. called 76. had 77. asking 78. decision 79. what 80. Whether 第二部分 单词拼写(共10题,每题1分,共10分) 81. aid/assistance 82. observed 83. employed 84. contributions 85. consists 86. convenient 87. unique 88. commercial 89. decorated 90. practical 第三部分 书面表达(满分20分) Are Training Classes Necessary ? Nowadays more and more students attend different kinds of training classes or hire tutors to improve their grades at weekends. Some of the students think it necessary to do so. Firstly, it’s more effective to study with a tutor’s help than by themselves. Secondly, students can make up for what they miss or fail to understand in class. However, others don’t think so. For one thing, students can easily develop the habit of dependence, causing some students not to listen attentively in their regular classes. For another, students need time for rest at weekends. In my opinion, whether a training class or a tutor is needed just depends. If you are really very weak at or interested in a subject, maybe it’s necessary for you. But be sure to choose a suitable class or tutor, otherwise, it would be a waste of time and money. (125 words) 听力原文: Text 1 M: How about a movie on Sunday, Mum? W: Well, I’m afraid your father’s not interested in action movies or thrillers. M: We could find a comedy. W: That sounds fine. Text 2 W: George, change the tie. It is an awful match for the suit in color. M: Really? I thought I tied it so good. W: It’s not your way of tying it but the match! M: OK, I’ll change it. Text 3 M: Ah-oh, I burned your bread. I’ll put in a couple more slices. W: No, don’t waste the bread. Just cut off the burnt part. It’ll be fine. Text 4 W: Do you think Professor Morrison’s biology test was too difficult? M: Well, I wish I could just get a passing mark. Text 5 W: I suggest you apply for the job as an Electrical Sales Engineer in Mlawi. The conditions are excellent. M: You may be right, but job satisfaction is more important than money. Text 6 W: Hello, sir. How can I help you? M: I have an appointment with Dr. Carlton on Thursday. But I just found out I have to fly to Tokyo on Thursday morning. W: Well, I guess you will be needing to change the time, then. Actually, the doctor is free in about 30 minutes if you have time today. M: That’s good luck. I’d be happy to wait here and see him today. Thank you very much. Text 7 M: I was stopped by one of those market researchers today. She was doing a survey on money. W: Really? What kind of things was she asking? M: She wanted to know whether I was a spender or a saver, and how I usually paid for everything. W: Hmm. Did you tell her I pay for everything? M: Uh, no … Anyway, she asked me how many times I’d used a credit card in the past month. I told her I didn’t have one, and the next thing I know, she asked me if I wanted to have one! W: But you’re only 18! M: Well, I filled out the form anyway. The only thing is … she asked if a parent could sign it, so … Text 8 M: Hi, Lisa. You know we’ve been asked to organize a party for Tony’s birthday. W: Of course. Let’s start working out the details. The first thing is, er, the time. Tony’s birthday … M: October 25th? W: Sure! And what about the place? M: Is the dining hall a good choice? Or a club is much better? W: I think Tony likes a quiet place. M: How about the newly opened café? W: Sounds great! Then we’d better make sure how many people will be invited to the party. M: Yeah, I’ve been working it out and I think 9 including Tony. W: OK. Next thing … yes … the birthday gift. Do you have any ideas? M: You know Tony loves music, so I thought perhaps, an MP3. W: That’s a good idea. I’ll check the price through the Internet later. M: Great! I’ll call the café right now to book a table. Text 9 M: There are mountains of books to look through. W: Oh, I don’t think it will be all that difficult with the two of us. M: Well, here goes. W: Guess what I’ve just found? M: What? W: Wine Science. It is by Bookman. Quite good for $4.50. M: Hey. Look what I’ve got here. Grape Growing. Is it on your list? W: Great! This is one of the main books in the course and it’s used in second year as well. And it’s not really expensive at $30. Um, it’s written by MacLean. The condition is good too. Considering it’s a classic book in the wine industry, it is of good value. I’m glad I brought my backpack along. I think it’s going to be useful with all these books we’re finding. M: Oh look. Here’s another one on your list, Wine Making. It’s by someone called George Brown. W: Let me see. Um. Yes it’s on my list. How much is it? M: I can’t read the price. Look! Here are dirty marks. $30 I think. No, it’s $13. W: What a bargain! This one normally sells for $45. I’m so pleased you’re helping me. M: My pleasure. Text 10 M: Hello. I’m Stephen Mills. I will travel with you on the Tiger Tour to India, but I’m not your tour guide. I work as an artist and I’m going to take some photographs of tigers so that I can use them when I paint some pictures later. An expert guide will join the group when we arrive in India, but I’m leading the group until then. We leave London on the 6th of November, arriving in India the following day. It’s a good time of the year to visit the wildlife park where the tigers live. We’ll spend ten days in the wildlife park. There are about 20 types of animals and 300 types of birds to see as well as tigers. To be sure of seeing tigers, we’ll stay in two different parts of the wildlife park. We’ll spend three days in the north, where we’ll travel around in an open truck, and the rest of the time in the south, where we’ll travel around on elephants. That should be fun! On the way back to London, we have dinner and one night’s bed and breakfast in the Indian capital, New Delhi. There you can either go sightseeing or go shopping, whichever you prefer. But please note that lunch is not provided on our last day, as the plane leaves at two in the afternoon.查看更多