2017-2018学年河北省唐山一中高二上学期期中考试英语试题

2017-2018学年河北省唐山一中高二上学期期中考试英语试题

唐山一中2017—2018学年度第一学期期中考试 高二年级 英语试卷 命题人：杨光 审核人：储天舒 说明：‎ 考试时间120分钟，满分150分。‎ 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。‎ 例：How much is the shirt?‎ A.￡19.15. B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15.‎ 答案是C。‎ ‎1. What's the most probable relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Host and guest. B. Husband and wife. C. Waiter and customer.‎ ‎2. What is the surprise for the woman?‎ A.A little cat. B. Some flowers. C. A diamond ring.‎ ‎3. What does Heather do?‎ A. She is a teacher. B. She is a writer. C. She is an editor.‎ ‎4. Where did the woman get the hat?‎ A. From an online shop. B. From a store downtown. C. From the man's company.‎ ‎5. What will the woman probably buy for her mother?‎ A. A watch. B. Some jewels. C. Two books.‎ 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 time is it now?‎ A. 1:45. B.2:10. C.2:15.‎ ‎7. What will the man do?‎ A. Work on a project. B. See Linda in the library. C. Meet with Professor Smith.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. Entertaining guests this weekend. ‎ B. Going out for sightseeing. ‎ C. Moving into a new house.‎ ‎9. What will the man do tomorrow?‎ A. Work in his garden. B. Do some shopping. C. Have a barbecue.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What does the woman like to do when surfing the Internet?‎ A. Do a course. B. Get information. C. Be in touch with her family.‎ ‎11. What does the man hate?‎ A. His computer breaks down.. ‎ B. He can't follow the English soccer. ‎ C. There are too many junk mails online.‎ ‎12. What do the man and the woman agree?‎ A. Internet has no disadvantage at all. ‎ B. Spending hours online every day really costs a lot.‎ C. It's easy to get information through the regular media.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. What are the speakers doing?‎ A. Saying goodbye to each other. B. Exchanging their pictures. C. Waiting for a flight.‎ ‎14. What do we know about Jane?‎ A. She is studying at Cambridge‎ ‎University. ‎ B. She will graduate next July. ‎ C. She is twenty-one years old.‎ ‎15. Who is the woman's daughter?‎ A. Jane. B. Beth. C. Tina.‎ ‎16. What can we learn from the conversation?‎ A. The man has been traveling on business for a month.‎ B. The man’s son is a college teacher.‎ C. The woman likes playing the piano.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. What day is it today?‎ A. Sunday. B. Friday. C. Saturday.‎ ‎18. What is today's weather like?‎ A. Fine but hot and wet. B. Warm and dry. C. Fine and partly stormy.‎ ‎19. What is Saturday evening's weather forecast for the state?‎ A. Light showers over the northern part. B. Heavy showers in parts of the state.‎ C. Light showers over the entire state.‎ ‎20.When will the super moon start?‎ A. On Sunday morning. B. On Saturday night. C. On Sunday night.‎ 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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。‎ A Must-read Books That Are Hitting the Big Screen This Year The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman Starring: Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenbergh Release Date: ‎July 31, 2017‎ This true story is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. Ackerman artfully retells the story of Jan and Zabinski and how they used their zoo to save over three hundred people from the Nazis. After their zoo was bombed, they managed to hide people in animal cages, giving animal names to their guests and human names to their animals. This is one story we truly hope lives up to the hype （天花乱坠的宣传）on film.‎ The Lost City of Z by David Grann Starring: Sienna Miller and Robert Pattinson Release Date: ‎August 14,2017‎ Looking for adventure? This story is just what you need. The book (and film) tells the tale of British explorer Percy Fawcett and how he ventured into the Amazon jungle in 1925, never to return. It's an enchanting mystery that we can’t wait to see play out on screen.‎ The Dinner by Herman Koch ‎ Starring: Richard Gere and Rebecca Hall ‎ Release Date: ‎October 5, 2017‎ We always say we'd do absolutely anything for our kids, right? The story begins with two couples politely, eating dinner together, avoiding a conversation about their children who have committed a horrific act. As the story goes on, you'll see just how far these parents will go to protect the ones they love.‎ The Circle by Dave Eggers ‎ Starring: Emma Watson and Patton Oswalt ‎ Release Date: ‎November 28,2017‎ ‎ A young woman, Mae, is hired to work for a powerful Internet company and Feels like she's hit the job jackpot. The facility is very advanced, lively, and a bit wild. Mae's story begins as one of ambition but soon turns into a heart-racing story of suspense.‎ ‎21.Why did Jan and Zabinski put people in animal cages?‎ A. To offer them living places.       B. To treat them as animals.     ‎ C. To avoid being bombed.        D. To hide from the Nazis.‎ ‎22.Who plays the role of a modern white-collar woman?‎ A. Emma Watson.        B. Rebecca Hall.    C. Sienna Miller.       D. Jessica Chastain.‎ ‎23.Which of the following is related to parents' raising kids?‎ A. The Zookeeper's Wife.   B. The Lost City of Z.‎   C. The Dinner.    D. The Circle.‎ B When I graduated from college I dreamed of being a television news reporter. Having no experience, I had to work in a small town until I finally got my big break in the form of a job in Boston. I made it.‎ Soon, reality set in. I was too often sent to run after accused criminals（罪犯） out of courts, waiting outside of crime scene tape or at the doorstep of a family still crying for tragedy (悲剧). My breaking point came the day I accidentally informed a young woman that her mother died. It was the worst day of my professional life and the day I decided I no longer wanted to shine a light on these stories. My career was ebbing, and at the same time my personal life was too—I divorced.‎ My mom had always told me “When you’re feeling extremely upset, go help someone else.” So I started seeking out stories of people who had been in the news under tragic circumstances but were doing something inspiring with their lives: a young girl who was paralyzed (瘫痪的) by an accident but was uplifting her classmates with her positive spirit, a blind and autistic (自闭的) musician who learned to play 27 instruments, a disabled soldier who opened his own art studio. I started to tell and promote stories like them.‎ Over the last 10 years I have discovered my kindness gift: my ability to see the beautiful side of a person and reflect it back to them and the world. In telling stories of people turning their own hurt into acts of helping others I have become more sympathetic, more grateful and kinder. I have learned kindness is who we are, that our power for it is limitless and that, as we shine a light on it, it grows.‎ ‎24. What changed the author’s working direction in his job in Boston?‎ A. The tragedy in the society. B. The low payment of the job.‎ C. The hurt from his divorce. D. The fear of cruel criminals.‎ ‎25. What is the meaning of the underlined word “ebbing” in paragraph 2?‎ A. taking off B. getting into trouble C. unchangeable at all D. dull but important ‎26. What the author’s mother said means .‎ A. helping others is a way to escape from reality.‎ B. helping others can comfort your soul.‎ C. the best way of helping others is telling stories.‎ D. it is difficult to make contributions to helping others.‎ ‎27. According to the last paragraph, what does the author advise us to do?‎ A. To tell inspiring stories. B. To fight against criminals.‎ C. To ignore our own hurt. D. To do as much kindness as possible. ‎ C If you’re wondering when you might get the flu, a new study indicates you should keep an eye on your local weather report.‎ According to a research published in the Journal of Clinical Virology, if you keep your eye on the weather and watch for the first major dip in the temperature, you can essentially mark your calendar in prediction for an outbreak of the flu.‎ To figure out how the weather and flu outbreak may be connected, researchers analyzed ‎ statistics of 20,000 people in an area over three seasons. The number of people who caught the flu was then compared with local weather data.‎ After each season, the team noticed one consistent finding: The first really cold period with low outdoor temperatures and low humidity (湿度) was always followed by a week of a mass influenza（流感） outbreak.‎ The researchers say that aerosol particles (气溶胶粒子) containing virus and liquid are more able to spread in cold and dry weather. So, in theory, if you sneeze or cough and the surrounding air is very dry, the air will absorb the moisture and the particles containing the virus keep spreading through the air for a longer period of time.‎ Luckily there are ways to keep off the illness regardless of the weather. Washing your hands, coughing into the crook (弯曲) of your arm and getting vaccine (疫苗) are the best ways to prevent the flu from spreading. People over the age of 65, pregnant women and young children are at the highest risk of developing complications (并发症) related to the virus, according to the CDC. ‎ ‎28. From the first paragraph we can infer that .‎ A. people may easily fall sick B. nobody can predict when one gets flu C. flu is often related to weather changes D. weather report plays an important part in life ‎29. How did the researchers draw the conclusion of the study?‎ A. By analyzing the data. B. By doing questionnaires.‎ C. By carrying out experiments. D. By making observation.‎ ‎30. Why do people catch the flu easily in cold and dry weather?‎ A. Cold and dry weather helps the spread of virus.‎ B. The colder it is, the more kinds of flu there are.‎ C Gold and dry weather can prevent people from doing exercise.‎ D. Low temperature can increase the number of aerosol particles.‎ ‎31. What can we learn about from the last paragraph?‎ A. The vaccines for flu. B. The main ways to cure flu.‎ C. The most common kind of flu virus. D. The people who are easy to get flu.‎ D At a supermarket,two women are shopping. One is a stay-at-home housewife who loves to create delicious masterpieces. The other is a supervisor (主管) at an advertising agency. The two ladies stop in the frozen foods section. "I'm so tired," sighs the professional woman. "I don't know what to do about supper." Her friend suggests, "What about a microwave dinner?" The weary professional sighs, "I don't feel like cooking tonight."‎ It is true that Americans have cakes for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and instant dinners. Most Americans enjoy the convenience of prepackaged meals that can be served in 10 minutes or less. However, if you think American cooking means throwing the packaged contents into the ‎ microwave, think again. Many Americans recognize the value of cooking skills, admitting that there's nothing better than a good home-cooked meal.‎ For those who need guidance in their cooking, recipes are lifesavers. Recipes list all the ingredients for a dish, the amount of each to use,and a description of how to put them together. Most good cooks have a shelf full of cookbooks ranging from locally published recipe collections to national bestsellers. Magazines devoted to home management, are full of tasty selections. Friends often increase their recipe collection by passing around their favorites cards.‎ For experienced cooks, recipes are merely references. They often make adjustments, depending on the people they need to serve, the available ingredients and their personal taste. Some cooks prefer instead to depend on their feelings to cook the right flavors.‎ Of course, as a "land of immigrants," America has imported all varieties of cooking. Most good cooks in America are "fluent" in several cooking "dialects": Mexican, Italian, Chinese and traditional American style, just to name a few. But whatever the dialect, cooking is a language everyone understands.‎ ‎32. The conversation in Paragraph 1 aims .‎ A. to criticize the lazy supervisor B. to lead to the topic of the text C. to stress the importance of dinner D. to compare two women's hobbies ‎33. What kind of food do many Americans think is the best?‎ A. Frozen foods. B. Sandwiches. C. Prepackaged meals. D. Home-cooked meals.‎ ‎34. What can we learn about recipes in America?‎ A. Recipes can save people's lives in danger. B. It is clear how to put the recipes together.‎ C. Finding recipes in America is very easy. D. Good cooks like reading bestsellers.‎ ‎35. What may be the best title for the text?‎ A. Recipes in America B. American Cooks ‎ C. Two American Ladies D. American Cooking 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。‎ How to develop courage by overcoming daily fears At times, when it comes to courage, we tend to believe it only applies to rare and uncommon situations. Yet our ordinary lives can also be full of courage, even if we are not facing the end of a gun, a wild animal or a dangerous criminal. Courage doesn’t just mean doing heroic acts. 36__ In fact, where there is fear on a daily basis, there are opportunities for you to show your courage. Here are some suggestions to develop courage by overcoming daily fears.‎ Recognize your fears.‎ By realizing that you’re fearful, you are more likely to get to the bottom of what your fear is. 37 you might come to understand that you’re afraid of failing or taking chances. You may be fearful simply because you don’t have confidence in yourself. The key is not to dwell on your fear,‎ ‎ but rather to understand what it is that you’re worried about.‎ Ask yourself what is the worst that can happen.‎ If you hesitate to take action, ask yourself this: what’s the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then go on to improve on the worst. Is failure the worst thing that can happen? No, absolutely not. 38 . Doing nothing is actually the worst thing that can happen. When you take no action, you are assured of getting nowhere.‎ Take action.‎ ‎ 39 . You cannot think courage comes just in one day. You need to act to overcome your fear. Your action may put you into discomfort, but you have to just do it. And your action can prevent you from being stuck.‎ ‎ 40 ‎ To build up your confidence, you need to do the same thing over and over again. Soon you will discover that less courage is needed because you have already gained mastery. You are able to move decisively forward.‎ A. Share your fears with others.‎ B. Practice, practice and practice.‎ C. So you are already in a comfort zone.‎ D. Courage comes from taking action.‎ E. Each undesired result is just one more step towards your goal.‎ F. Finding out what is truly holding you back,‎ G. You needn’t wait for an emergency to occur to develop courage.‎ 第三部分 完型填空（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。‎ Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a bunch of white gardenia (栀子花) was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it. 41 to the flower shops were not helpful at all—it was a cash 42 . After a while I stopped trying to 43 who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flowers in soft pink paper. ‎ But I never 44 imagining who the sender might be. Some of my 45 moments were spent daydreaming about it. My mother 46 to these imaginings. She would ask me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n) 47 kindness and said that he/ she might be showing 48 . Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was 49 a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man 50 the street whose mail I helped to get during the 51 so he wouldn’t have to risk down his icy steps. As a young girl, 52 , I tended to guess that it might be a boy who had noticed me a long time 53 I didn’t know him. ‎ One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. My feelings ranged from grief to abandonment and fear. He was 54 some of the most important events in my life. And I became completely 55 in my upcoming dance in my graduation ceremony. ‎ The day before my father died, my mother and I had gone shopping for a dress. We’d found a splendid one, but it was the wrong size. When my father died, I 56 about the dress. My mother didn’t. The day before the graduation ceremony, I found that beautiful dress, in the right size, on the sofa. I didn’t 57 whether I had a new dress or not, but my mother did. She wanted her children to feel 58 and lovable, believing that there was a magic in the world and 59 in the face of hard times. In truth, Mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia—lovely, 60 and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery. My mother passed away ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming. ‎ ‎41. A. Calls B. Quarrels C. Messages D. Complaints ‎42. A. service B. deal C. bargain D. offer ‎43. A. recognize B. imagine C. clarify D. discover ‎44. A. tried B. stopped C. succeeded D. enjoyed ‎45. A. saddest B. worst C. happiest D. loneliest ‎46. A. devoted B. occurred C. assisted D. contributed ‎47. A. special B. common C. valuable D. important ‎48. A. concern B. attitude C. interest D. appreciation ‎49. A. repairing B. washing C. unloading D. starting ‎50. A. across B. through C. over D. onto ‎51. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter ‎52. A. however B. besides C. therefore D. otherwise ‎53. A. only if B. even though C. so that D. as if ‎54. A. considering B. attending C. missing D. arranging ‎55. A. absorbed B. uninterested C. discouraged D. disappointed ‎56. A. lost B. hated C. forgot D. expected ‎57. A. suspect B. believe C. care D. realize ‎58. A. contented B. respected C. supported D. loved ‎59. A. trouble B. beauty C. challenge D. struggle ‎60. A. strong B. cautious C. splendid D. fortunate 第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题 共50分)‎ 第四部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分30分）‎ 第一节 单词拼写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)‎ 61. The article was _____________ (润色)carefully before it was handed in.‎ 62. She __________________ (故意地) ignored me when I passed her in the street.‎ 63. He tried to prevent us __________________(出版) the story but later we were proved right.‎ 64. You can join the club as long as your mother________________(赞成；批准)‎ 65. I have to ask for a _______________ (临时的) job to support myself.‎ 61. The （症状）don’t appear until a few days after you’re infected.‎ 62. If something is done for your_____________________(方便)，it is done in a way that is suitable for you.‎ 63. The police have issued a detailed ______________(描述)of the missing woman.‎ 64. ‎____________(暴露) to so many advertisements, we can’t help being persuaded to buy something we don’t really need.‎ ‎70. She doesn’t like anyone ____________(挑战)her authority.‎ 第二节 单句改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)‎ 阅读下面5个句子，每个句子当中各有一个错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（Λ），并在此符号下面写出该加的词；‎ 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；‎ ‎71. John Snow was a famous doctor in London---‎ very expert, indeed, that he attended queen ‎ Victoria‎ as her personal physician.‎ ‎72.To stop this from happening again, John Snow suggested that the source of all the water ‎ supplies examined.‎ 73. Finally the English government tried to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland ‎ connecting in the same way.‎ 74. Pingyu had a photo taken standing on either sides of the line.‎ ‎75. However, I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached where looked like a large market ‎ because of too many carriages.‎ ‎76. My first visit was to a space station considered the most modern in the space.‎ ‎77. You will find your colleagues very eagerly to assist you, so you may be able to concentrate ‎ ‎ on photography later.‎ ‎78. Have you ever had a case that someone accused your journalists of getting the wrong end ‎ ‎ of the stick?‎ ‎79.Only if you ask many different questions you acquire all the information you need to know.‎ ‎80.When nobody couldn’t put their hands to any bandages, my father got some tea towels.‎ 第三节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 ‎ Many people may think it’s ridiculous that animals should have their feelings. In fact, animals’ feelings are sometimes even 81 (warm) than we can imagine. ‎ Savanah, 82 one-and-a-half-year-old leopard, and Max, a dog who is just a few weeks younger, have become the best friends at Ohio Zoo. They get along quite well with each ‎ other and chase after each other all the time 83 (cheer) Since Savanah was just 10 weeks old, they 84 (put) together. From then on, their friendship has amazed large numbers of 85 (visit) to the zoo.‎ Another moving story occurred in Turkey. Winter was sweeping the Northern Hemisphere, but perhaps no one had been hit as hard by freezing temperatures 86 five donkeys in Turkey. The unattended (无人照顾的) donkeys in a small Turkish village were covered by snow, with icicles (冰柱) 87 (hang) off their bodies. Later, a rescue team found the donkeys, some of 88 , however, were so frozen that they couldn’t move and had to 89 (carry) away by a truck. 90 being housed in a warm shelter, all the donkeys were “defrosted (解冻)” and alive because of their strong determination.‎ 第五部分 书面表达（满分20分）‎ 假设你是李华，高二分班后班上来了位口音浓重的外省同学刘倩，她近半个月后还无法融入新的班集体，感到很苦恼。请你根据下列要点给她写一封信。‎ 注意： 1. 词数100左右; 书信开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。‎ ‎ 2. 内容要点：帮她分析原因； 给她提出建议和帮助 ‎ 3. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ 参考词汇：口音accent；普通话Putonghua Dear Liu Qian,‎ I’m sorry to hear that you feel distressed at your new class.‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ 唐山一中2017—2018学年度第一学期期中考试 高二英语答案 ‎1～5 CABBB 6～10 ACABC 11～15 CBCAC 16～20 ABAAC ‎21-25 DACAB 26-30 BDCAA 31-35 DBDCD 36-40 GFEDB ‎41- 45: ABDBC 46-50: DADCA 51-55: DABCB 56-60: CCDBA ‎61.polished 62.deliberately 63.publishing 64.approves 65.temporary ‎ ‎66.symptoms 67. convenience 68. description 69. Exposed 70.challenging ‎ ‎71. John Snow was a famous doctor in London-‎ very expert, indeed, that he attended ‎ ‎ so queen Victoria as her personal physician.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎72. To stop this from happening again, John Snow suggested that the source of all the water supplies examined.‎ ‎ be 73. Finally the English government tried to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland ‎ connecting in the same way.‎ connected ‎74.Pingyu had a photo taken standing on either sides of the line.‎ ‎ both或 side ‎75.However, I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached where looked like a large market ‎ ‎ what because of too many carriages.‎ ‎76.My first visit was to a space station considered the most modern in the space.‎ ‎77. You will find your colleagues very eagerly to assist you, so you may be able to concentrate ‎ ‎ eager on photography later.‎ ‎78.Have you ever had a case that someone accused your journalists of getting the wrong end ‎ ‎ where of the stick?‎ ‎79.Only if you ask many different questions you acquire all the information you need to know.‎ ‎ can/will ‎ ‎80.When nobody couldn’t put their hands to any bandages,my father got some tea towels.‎ ‎ on 81. warmer 82. a 83. cheerfully 84. have been put 85. visitors ‎ ‎86. as 87. hanging 88. which 89.be carried 90. After 第二节 书面表达 （满分20分）‎ One possible version: (105 words)‎ Dear Liu Qian,‎ I’m sorry to hear that you feel distressed at your new class. I really understand you.‎ One reason, I think, is that you might be too shy to talk confidently with our classmates. Maybe you are afraid that they will make fun of your accent. So, it is no wonder you feel lonely at times. Here are things we can do to deal with the problem.‎ To begin with, try practising more Putonghua by answering the teachers’ questions in class. Secondly, sharing learning experience with our classmates frequently is a good way to make new friends. Also, I’ll invite you to more class activities and intoduce my friends to you. Hopefully, these will be helpful to you.‎ Looking forward to you adapting to the new school life as soon as possible.‎ Yours sincerely, ‎ ‎ Li Hua 听力材料：‎ Text 1‎ W:I think I'll have a roast duck,please.‎ M:I'm very sorry,Madam.I'm afraid there isn't any left.‎ Text 2‎ M:Hi,Sarah.I have a surprise for you.‎ W:What is it? Flowers?A new computer?A diamond ring?‎ M:No,it's something you've wanted for a long time.A small cat.‎ Text 3‎ W:Good morning,Dr.Cruz.‎ M:Hello,Mrs.Moore.Who's your visitor?‎ W:Oh,this is my daughter,Heather.She's a writer and her husband's a teacher.‎ Text 4‎ M:Where did you get that hat?I want one just like it.‎ W:At a store called Hat World downtown,but it was the last one.Try going online to see if you can order directly from the company.‎ Text 5‎ M:Christmas is coming soon.Have you done any Christmas shopping yet for your family?‎ W:Yes,I have!I've bought a watch for my father and two books for my sister,though I haven't decided yet what to buy for my mother-probably some jewels.‎ Text 6‎ M:By the way,do you know what time it is?‎ W:Well,it's a quarter to two.‎ M:Oh,I've got to go.‎ W:See Linda in the library?‎ M:No.Actually I'm going to meet with Professor Smith at ten past two.You may continue our project discussion with Michael.‎ W:All right.‎ Text 7‎ W:Harry,guess what?I've just received an email from Pamela.She and Peter are coming down to see us this weekend.‎ M:Oh,that's good news!We haven't seen them for ages.‎ W:Yeah.The last time we met them was at our wedding three years ago.‎ M:Did Pamela mention how long they'll stay?‎ W:About one week.‎ M:Great!I can't wait to show them around our new house.‎ W:Me too.We haven't had any guests since we moved in here.If the weather is fine,we can have a barbecue in the garden.‎ M:Good idea.I'll go to the market tomorrow to buy all the things we'll need.‎ Text 8‎ W:What about you,Brian? How much time do you spend on the Internet?‎ M:Not a lot.My computer is a bit slow—I find it upset.‎ W:But you must admit it is great for getting information.‎ M:Oh sure.‎ W:Well,I spend a lot of time on the Internet.What I like is being able to keep in contact with my family.I really miss them.‎ M:Well,you are so far from home.‎ W:Yeah.What do you use it for?‎ M:I like being able to follow the English soccer—it is so hard to get any information through the regular media. What I hate is all the junk mails.It is about 30 a day.‎ W:That's a lot.I manage to get rid of most of the stuff.‎ M:So you don't see any disadvantages at all?‎ W:Well,with this course I am doing,I have to spend a couple of hours online every day,and it really costs a lot.‎ M:That is true.‎ Text 9‎ W:Oh,what terrible weather! The plane must be delayed.‎ M:I know.I can't wait to get home.I've been traveling on business for a month.I really miss my family.‎ W:A month is a long time to be away.Well,do you have any children?‎ M:I have two,a boy and a girl.Would you like to see a picture of them?‎ W:Sure...Oh,how nice! Now,who's this?‎ M:This is Jane,my beautiful daughter.She's twenty-four.She is studying engineering at Cambridge University.She will graduate this June.And she has gotten a position with IBM.‎ W:What an excellent girl!‎ M:So she is! And this is my son,James.‎ W:How old is he?‎ M:He is twenty-one.He's in college now.That's my wife,Beth,a college teacher.What about your family?‎ W:My husband and I have a daughter,Tina.She is a lovely girl and she likes playing the piano.But I don't have a photo with me.‎ M:Well,it seems that you miss your daughter very much.‎ W:Yes.I haven't seen her for nearly two weeks.‎ Text 10‎ W:Well,for those of you who went out today,I don't have to tell you it was clear,but hot and wet for most of the state,with the high temperature in the low to mid 90's.The city of ‎Elkview ‎ had the high for the day of 97 degrees. And that's hot.I'm glad I'm working indoors today!‎ For those of you planning outdoor activities tomorrow,you can expect fair skies for most of Saturday with temperatures in the high 90's.However,things might change by Saturday evening with a storm front moving in.We can expect light scattered showers over the northern part of the state bringing slightly cooler temperatures in the 80's, but this rain should reduce by mid Sunday morning.It will be partly cloudy for most of the morning,but these clouds should move out by mid-afternoon.‎ Skies should be clear on Sunday night for those wanting to observe the supermoon.It should start at ‎10:47 pm. And that's all for today's weather.‎