四川省自贡市富顺县第二中学2019-2020年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷

四川省自贡市富顺县第二中学2019-2020年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷

英 语 试 题 本试卷分试题卷和答题卷两部分。试题卷包括1至8页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。‎ ‎【注意事项】1．答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在机读卡上。考试结束后，将机读卡和答题卷交回。‎ ‎2．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎********************************************************************************************‎ 第I卷 （选择题 满分100分）‎ 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. When did the speakers last see each other?‎ A. Fifteen years ago. B. Five years ago. C. One year ago.‎ ‎2. What does the man wish for the future?‎ A. All his dreams will come true. B. Science will develop much faster. C. He will be able to do his job at home.‎ ‎3. What will the woman do next?‎ A. Bring the man a salad. B. Take away the man’s soda. C. Give the man some cheese.‎ ‎4. What is the relationship between the speakers?‎ A. They are friends. B. They are cousins. C. They are brother and sister.‎ ‎5. What does the woman tell the man to do?‎ A. Prepare for landing. B. Take his headphones out. C. Put his chair back in fifteen minutes.‎ 第二节 （共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. What did the man like to do?‎ A. Hike. B. Swim. C. Take photographs.‎ ‎7. What does the woman suggest in the end?‎ A. The man should go more camping. B. Life could be fun without social media. C. Family activities are very important.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. Why was the man worried?‎ A. His mother has been ill. B. He lost his wallet. C. A policeman was in front of the shopping mall.‎ ‎9. What will the man have to do in the end?‎ A. Pay the fine. B. Go to the hospital. C. Repair his car.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What does the boy want to eat?‎ A. Peanut butter. B. Yogurt. C. Cookies.‎ ‎11. What does the boy imply about carrot cake?‎ A. It’s low in sugar. B. It contains some healthy ingredients. C. It’s not as delicious as other types of cake.‎ ‎12. How does the boy probably feel in the end?‎ A. Surprised. B. Jealous. C. Angry.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. What job is the man interviewing for?‎ A. A job at a school. B. A job at a radio station. C. A job at a TV station.‎ ‎14. What does the man think of sending emails?‎ A. He has done that his whole life. B. He has no confidence in it. C. He is rather good at it.‎ ‎15. What does the job involve according to the woman?‎ A. A lot of traffic. B. Meeting the fans. C. Getting up early in the morning.‎ ‎16. Who is one of the man’s references?‎ A. Someone he used to teach. B. Someone he used to work with. C. Someone he went to graduate school with.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题 ‎17. When are laundry places usually closed?‎ A. At six o’clock in the morning. B. At eleven o’clock in the morning. C. At seven o’clock at night.‎ ‎18. How many washers might a larger laundry place have?‎ A. 48. B. 24. C. 12.‎ ‎19. According to the talk, what do people often do while waiting in the laundry place?‎ A. Chat with the employee. B. Eat some food. C. Put their clothes out in the sun.‎ ‎20. Who met their husband at a laundry place? ‎ A. The speaker’s sister. B. The speaker’s friend. C. The speaker.‎ 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中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎ ‎ A King's College Summer School is an annual (每年的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King's College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.‎ More information is as follows：‎ Application (申请) date ‎•Students in New York should send their applications before July 18，2011．‎ ‎•Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16，2011．‎ ‎•Foreign students should send their applications before July 10，2011.‎ Courses ‎•English Language ‎•Spoken English：22hours ‎•Reading and Writing：10hours ‎•American History：16hours ‎•American Culture：16hours Steps ‎•A letter of self-introduction ‎•A letter of recommendation（推荐）‎ ‎※The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information.‎ Cost ‎•Daily lessons：﹩200‎ ‎•Sports and activities：﹩100‎ ‎•Travels：﹩200‎ ‎•Hotel service：﹩400‎ ‎※You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city．‎ Please write to：‎ Thompson，Sanders ‎1026King's Street New York，NY 10016，USA E-mail：KC-Summer-School@yahoo.com ‎21. You can most probably read the text in ______．‎ A. a textbook B. a newspaper C. a telephone book D. a travel guide ‎22. Which of the following is true about King's College Summer School?‎ A. Only top students can take part in the program．‎ B. King's College Summer School is run every two years．‎ C. Only the teachers of King's College give courses．‎ D. Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.‎ ‎23. King's College Summer School offered the following courses except ______.‎ A. English Language B. American History C. American Geography D. American Culture ‎ ‎24. If you are to live with your relatives in New York，you will have to pay the school ______.‎ A. ﹩200 B. ﹩900 C. ﹩500 D. ﹩400‎ B People are overweight for many reasons, the most important one of which is that they eat the wrong foods, get the wrong types of calories per meal, and they also eat meals at the wrong time each day. Food is more powerful than any weight loss pill, because the food that you eat can either make you thin or fat. This is true because your body is like an engine, and it only needs certain foods at certain intervals (间隔) each day.‎ Low-calorie Diets Do Not Work The reason people cannot lose weight by starving themselves is that their metabolism(新陈代谢) will detect any major drop in calories and it will then adjust itself by burning fewer calories each day. That is the reason why you can eat 1,000 calories per day and not lose any weight, while your friends can eat 2,500 calories per day and not gain any weight.‎ Low-fat Diets Do Not Work Many people in today’s society are buying mostly low-fat or non-fat food at the grocery store. Everybody knows how much fat is inside the food they buy. However, people are getting fatter than ever before by doing this. They are not losing weight by changing to this low-fat lifestyle.‎ Losing weight has nothing to do with these things. One of the most important things you can do to control your weight is to eat the proper foods, such as fruit and vegetables, eat them at the right time, and exercise every day. If people make this a habit, they will lose weight.‎ ‎25. What is the main reason why people are overweight?‎ A. They eat the wrong foods at the wrong time. B. They burn many calories every day. ‎ C. They eat food with lots of calories. D. They don’t take weight loss pills. ‎ ‎26. The article is written in order to________.‎ A. tell readers not to buy low-fat or non-fat food. B. tell readers about an important scientific discovery.‎ C. tell readers how to lose weight. D. call on people to lose weight and stay healthy.‎ ‎27. To realize the aim of your weight loss plan, you should_________.‎ a. do exercise every day b. eat meals at the right time ‎ c. eat fruits and vegetables d. eat low-fat or sweet food e. eat the proper foods at each meal A. a, b, d, e B. a, b, c, e C. a, c, d, e D.a, b, c, d ‎ C A few years ago, I took a sightseeing trip to Washington D. C.. I saw many of our nation's treasures, and I also saw a lot of unfortunate people like beggars and homeless folks in the streets.‎ Standing outside the Ronald Reagan Center, I heard a voice say, " Can you help me? " When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended (伸出). In a natural reaction, I reached into my pocket, pulled out all of my loose change and placed it in her hand. I didn't even look at her. I was annoyed at being bothered by a beggar. ‎ But the blind woman smiled and said, "I don't want your money. I just need help finding the post office. " ‎ Immediately, I realized what I had done. I acted with prejudice (偏见) -I judged another person simply for what I thought she was.‎ The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant. I left Honduras and arrived in America at the age of 15. Through the years, I have been a dishwasher, cashier, mechanic and pizza delivery driver among many other jobs, and finally I became a network engineer.‎ In my own life, I have experienced many open acts of prejudice. I remember a time, at age 17-I was a busboy, and I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well at school, he would end up like me. ‎ But now, living in my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am and where I have been, and to lose sight of where I want to be going. That blind woman on the street of Washington D. C. cured me of my blindness. She reminded me to always keep my eyes and heart open. ‎ 28. When the author came to America at first ______ . ‎ A. he used to beg for some money on the street. B. he usually did some work with a little payment. . ‎ C. he lived a comfortable life as a network engineer. D. he was respected by others all the time. ‎ ‎29. According to the passage, what did the author regret？ ______ ‎ A. That he gave all his change to the blind woman. B. That he came to Washington D. C. for a visit. ‎ C. The way he treated the blind woman. D. That he didn't tell the woman the way to the post office. ‎ ‎30. The father mentioned in the passage wanted ______ . ‎ A. to encourage his son to make a living by himself B. his son to become a busboy in the future C. to remind his son to depend on himself at school D. his son to work harder at school ‎31.We can infer all of the following statements from the passage EXCEPT ______. ‎ A. He disliked being bothered by beggars. B. He was happy to give away his money to beggars.‎ ‎ C. He once suffered a lot. D. The blind woman didn't beg for money at that time. ‎ D As a climate scientist, I am deeply aware that facts are not enough to reach most people when it comes to global warming. For many, climate change simply feels too distant, both in time and space.‎ That is where storytelling comes in. ‎ I worked on the global warming documentary (纪录片) film series Years of Living Dangerously, the goal of which was to take viewers on a transformational journey by telling personal stories about climate change with the help of Hollywood A-listers like Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger. My job was to make sure each plot got the science right. But I must admit it that it was the personal stories that made the issue of climate change hit close to home for many viewers.‎ The best films and novels have always dealt with the most attractive issues of the time. Uncle Tom’s Cabin and The Jungle moved people to demand action because of their unique ability to weave together the emotional, realistic and moral threads around focal topics like slavery, poverty and dangerous working conditions. When done right, true stories are explosive. They provide us with new ways of seeing the world and our place in it. ‎ The facts themselves may be unable to make global warming feel psychologically acceptable, but we still need them to make informed decisions. Climate change and its associated effects—rising seas, glacier melting, species extinction and increasingly extreme weather—can arouse strong feelings including anxiety, fear and even despair. ‎ While we need those feelings to take action, documentaries and science fictions allow us to safely fight with the concept and reflect on the consequences that come with burning fossil fuels. In that sense, works of fiction have the potential to help us not only understand our influence on the planet more fully, but also to demand a sustainable path forward.‎ ‎32.What is the author’s work aimed at?‎ A.Entertaining more people with films about climate change.‎ B.Dealing with the global warming more deeply.‎ C.Taking viewers on a journey to find global warming.‎ D.Making people aware of more about the global warming.‎ ‎33.What appeals to the viewers most in Years of Living Dangerously?‎ A.The correctness of plots. B.The film’s background of Hollywood.‎ C.The making team of the film series. D. The personal stories themselves.‎ ‎34.What does the underlined word “focal” in Paragraph 4 mean?‎ A.Hot. B.Exciting. C.Moral. D.Historical.‎ ‎35.How do works of science fictions affect human beings?‎ A.By providing new views. B.By arousing strong feelings. ‎ C.By stopping the global warming. D.By creating a visional world.‎ 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。‎ Even if you think that your parents are mean-spirited at times, loving them is a normal part of life. 36 Here are some ways to love your parents.‎ Tell them you love them every morning. A gentle “good morning” and “I love you” will warm a coldest heart. Remember that they brought you into this world. 37 ‎ Respect them more and value the moments with them. You can use these moments to learn from them, preparing yourself for when you’re off on your own. It’s OK to get angry but angry actions don’t help you or your parents. 38 After this, share your feelings with your parents.‎ Obey their requests. It will make your attitude better and earn you more respect from them. It may seem as if you are going through hell when you don't get what you want. 39 Understand that parents are human beings and make mistakes. Forgiveness is the key. Since you can forgive your friends, why not forgive your parents?‎ ‎ 40 Do things with your parents like watching TV, or go somewhere with them. Anyway, spend as much time with them as you can.‎ A. Keep them company.‎ B.However, you should remember it is your parents who love you and protect you.‎ C.Act calmly, write down your feelings, or talk with your friends. ‎ D. Parents will in turn express their love to you.‎ E. You love them because they created you and raised you. ‎ F. Please remember parents are the dearest people for us in the world.‎ G. Without your parents, we might still wander at an unknown comer in an unknown world.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（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四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ I recently started using a parenting expression that I never thought would come out of my mouth: “Don't make me tell Daddy.” Once upon a time I was a calmer mom. But now things are  41 . I have three kids — ages 7, 5, and 15 months — which is only part of the  42 . The bigger part: My husband and I used to  43  children together. Then about a month after our third child was born, he  44  a sales job that required longer hours, leaving me with the lion's share of  45 .‎ Without him around to  46 , keeping the children in check has been more  47  and the “don't make me tell Daddy” thing started. My five-year-old was the first to  48  those five words. She'd do  49  like kicking her older brother repeatedly and when I asked her to  50 , she'd say, “You're not going to tell Daddy, are you?” I never indulged (纵容) her. Then one day my kids were climbing on the snow banks in our driveway,   51  to get into the car for school and when I started to get mad, my daughter mentioned “Daddy” again. So I said  52 , “Don't make me tell Daddy!” What  53  me was that it worked.‎ The more I  54  those five words, the more I suspected it was wrong ,and it turned out that I was   55 . “When a mom says, ‘Don't make me tell Daddy', the child concludes that ‎ the  56  is the source of power,” Laura Markham, a child psychologist, told me later. “You're  57  your kids that their father is to be   58   and their mother is not in charge.” ‎ This is not  59  for Mom and not fair to Dad. And I don't want to lose my   60  to kids whose shoes I still tie.‎ ‎41. A. wrong       B. obvious C. different           D. same ‎42. A. plan             B. message C. problem            D. advice ‎43. A. look at         B. look after C. look for           D. look into ‎44. A. lost             B. needed       C. offered           D. took ‎45. A. working      B. attention C. parenting          D. treasure ‎46. A. help             B. talk     C. guard                D. share ‎47. A. relaxing        B. interesting C. important        D. difficult ‎48. A. repeat         B. break up C. remember       D. bring up ‎49. A. something    B. everything C. anything            D. nothing ‎50. A. wait           B. continue C. stop               D. choose ‎51. A. regretting    B. refusing C. pretending        D. struggling ‎52. A. calmly         B. nervously C. angrily            D. gently ‎53. A. confused     B. amused C. surprised           D. disappointed ‎54. A. said           B. heard C. created           D. practiced ‎55. A. real              B. right C. normal           D. strange ‎56. A. public         B. father C. expert           D. brother ‎57. A. answering    B. fooling C. promising         D. teaching ‎58. A. ignored       B. praised C. feared               D. respected ‎59. A. easy            B. useful C. good           D. polite ‎60. A. honor          B. power C. support             D. heart 第Ⅱ卷（主观题 满分50分）‎ ‎（温馨提示：请把主观题答案书写在答题卷上）‎ 第二节 完成句子（共10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填空。‎ ‎ In my opinion, we should try our best (realize) our goals even though there is little hope. The efforts seem to be the lights in the darkness, (lead) the way to hope and success.‎ ‎ I used to be shy girl in my primary school. I was weak in English at that time, especially for (speak) English. So I was afraid to answer the teacher’s questions during English classes. After I entered my dream middle school, something (change). I started to read many (interest) English stories and my English teacher was patient to help me a lot. I studied hard in class and practiced by watching English films and listening to English songs in my free time. Little little, I found more and more interesting to learn English. I could even talk with my classmates (fluent) in English and I was not shy any more. At last, I got high grades in English and I had (confident) to do it better in the future.‎ 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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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(Λ)，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。‎ Yesterday my friend Linda and I had lunch at the pizzeria (做披萨饼的店) behind our school. I know Linda isn't crazy for pizzas; she came along just because me. At the table next to me, there were two guys from our class. One of them was really funnily. He tried to imitate all the people in the pizzeria. We couldn't stop to laughing. But there were some customer who did not like the fact which two boys were imitating them. They complained to an owner of the restaurant, and he came over and tell them to stop. It was a pity because Linda and I was really having fun!‎ 第二节 书面表达  (25分)‎ 富顺二中（Fu Shun No.2 middle school）近期举行了一次登山活动，假定你是学校英语报记者，请写一篇短文报道此次活动，内容包括：‎ ‎1.时间与地点：11月10日；青山岭（the green mountain）‎ ‎2.活动的过程 ‎3.你对于此次活动的评价 注意: 1.字数100词左右。 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ 答案 ‎ 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ ‎1～5 BCACC 6～10 CBAAC 11～15 BABCC 16～20 BCBBA 第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）‎ 阅读：21-24 BDCC 25-27：ACB 28-31 BCDB 32-35:DDAA 36-40 EGCBA 第三部分 英语知识运用（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）‎ ‎41-45 CCBDC 46-50 ADDAC        51-55 BCCAB       56-60 BDCCB 第二节 语篇型语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎61. to realize 62. leading 63. a 64.spoken 65. changed ‎66. interesting 67. by 68. it 69. fluently 70. confidence 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)‎ ‎71. ... crazy for pizzas ...  for → about    72. ... because me.      because后加of    ‎ ‎73. ... table next to me ... me → us / ours    74. ... funnily.   funnily → funny   ‎ ‎75. ... stop to laughing.   去掉to        76. ... some customer ...  customer → customers ‎ ‎77. ... the fact which ...  which → that  78. ... an owner of ...   an → the       ‎ ‎79. ... tell them to stop.     tell → told     80. ... Linda and I was ... was → were  ‎ Yesterday my friend Linda and I had lunch at the pizzeria (做披萨饼的店) behind our school. I know Linda isn't crazy ‎ for pizzas; she came along just because^ me. At the table next to me, there were two guys from our class. One of them was ‎ about of us/ours really funnily. He tried to imitate all the people in the pizzeria. We couldn't stop to laughing. But there were some ‎ ‎ funny (去掉to)‎ customer who did not like the fact which two boys were imitating them. They complained to an owner of the restaurant, and ‎ customers that the ‎ he came over and tell them to stop. It was a pity because Linda and I was really having fun!‎ ‎ told were ‎ ‎ 第二节 书面表达  (25分)‎ In order to encourage the students to take outdoor exercise, our school organized a mountain-climbing on November 10. Hundreds of us took part in it.‎ It was a nice day. At 8:00 am, we gathered at the foot of the green Mountain and set out for the top in high spirits. All the way we were chatting, singing and laughing, enjoying the fresh air and the beautiful scenery. When some fell behind, others would come and offer help. About 2 hours later, we all reached the top. Bathed in sunshine, we jumped and cheered with joy.‎ The activity benefited us a lot. Not only did it get us close to nature and give us relaxation from heavy school work, it also promoted the friendship among us. What a wonderful time!‎ 听力原文 Text 1 ‎ M: You’re all grown up! How old are you now? Fifteen?‎ W: I was fifteen the last time you saw me! I’m twenty now. ‎ M: Really? It seems like just last year that you and your brother came over to visit!‎ Text 2‎ M: Do you think, within a few years, many people could work at home instead of working in offices?‎ W: Yes, of course. Science and technology have developed really fast these past few years. And in the future, I believe almost all our ideas will become reality.‎ M: I’m looking forward to it. ‎ Text 3 ‎ M: Excuse me. I asked for this salad without cheese on it, but this one is covered in it.‎ W: I’m sorry, sir. I’ll take it back and bring you out a new one. Can I get anything else for you?‎ M: Just another soda, please. Thank you.‎ Text 4‎ M: What would you like for your birthday, Sis? ‎ W: I want the iPhone 6S.‎ M: That’s a pretty expensive gift! Do you think Mom and Dad will buy it for you? ‎ W: No, but I’m hoping Aunt Janine will.‎ Text 5‎ W: Sir, you need to bring your chair back to its upright position and close your tray table. We’re touching down in fifteen minutes. ‎ M: Sorry, I didn’t hear the announcement. I had my headphones in.‎ Text 6‎ W: Did you have a nice weekend, Charlie?‎ M: Not really. I went camping with my family.‎ W: That sounds fun!‎ M: It wasn’t. Camping is so boring. I didn’t have any service on my phone, so I couldn’t check Facebook or Twitter the whole weekend!‎ W: That doesn’t sound like a big deal. Didn’t you enjoy hiking or swimming with your family?‎ M: Not really. I enjoyed taking pictures of us fishing, but I couldn’t even post them until we got back on Monday. ‎ W: Hmm... It sounds to me like you need to learn how to enjoy life without sharing every moment on social media. ‎ Text 7‎ W: You look sad, Jason. What’s wrong?‎ M: I got a ticket just now.‎ W: Why? ‎ M: I was driving slowly near the shopping mall when a policeman suddenly appeared from behind and asked me to pull over. I had to stop my car. He told me that I had stopped on the double yellow line while I was waiting for the light.‎ W: Why did you do that? You are not a new driver. ‎ M: I was thinking about my mother. She’s been ill in bed. I was worrying about her, so I didn’t notice where I had stopped. ‎ W: Then what did you say?‎ M: I said I was wrong, but the policeman wrote me a ticket anyway. They means I lost 425 dollars.‎ W: Misfortunes often come in pairs.‎ Text 8‎ W: What did you just put in the basket?‎ M: Some peanut butter.‎ W: That is not a jar of peanut butter cookies.‎ M: Okay, fine. They’re peanut butter cookies.‎ W: You know we don’t keep cookies in the hours.‎ M: Mom, please?‎ W: I will buy you yoghurt instead. It’s much healthier.‎ M: I don’t like yoghurt. What about some chocolate pudding?‎ W: You can get the low sugar kind.‎ M: That kind doesn’t taste as good. What about some carrot cake? It has carrots in it.‎ W: Cake also has a lot of sugar.‎ M: This is so unfair! I am the only kid at school who isn’t allowed to eat food that tastes good.‎ W: Okay. I will let you buy one chocolate bar, but that’s it.‎ M: Really? Are you serious? You’re the best, mom!‎ Text 9 ‎ W: Thanks for coming in today. Please have a seat. Tell me a little bit about yourself. Why do you think you’re qualified for this job?‎ M: I’ve worked as a music teacher my whole life, mainly with children, and now I’m ready for a change. Because I love music so much, I think working at a radio station would be perfect for me. ‎ W: The duties of this job include answering the phones and sending emails. How are you with both of those things?‎ M: I’m experienced in sending emails, and I’m also fairly confident on the phone. When I was a teenager, I worked at a TV station answering phone calls, so this is probably pretty similar.‎ W: We also have some early mornings here in the studio. Sometimes you’ll have to be here around 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. How do you feel about that?‎ M: I’m an early riser, so that’s easy for me. It also means less traffic, which I’m always a fan of.‎ W: Do you have references I can call?‎ M: Yes, I have a list to give you. Two are people I worked with at my last job, and one is an old graduate school professor of mine.‎ W: Great. Well, I think that’s it. I’ll give you a call back in the next few days to let you know our decision.‎ M: Thank you so much.‎ Text 10 ‎ People who live in cities usually take their dirty clothes to a laundry place called a “laundromat”. These public businesses are usually open from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. A smaller laundromat might have a dozen washers and a dozen dryers, while a larger one might have twice that number. Most places do not have any employees there, as there are simple instructions posted near the machines and everything can be done without assistance. Most people bring their own washing soap, but there is often a machine that sells small packages in case you run out or forget yours. During the weekend, it can be hard to find an open machine but it is much easier during the week. Many laundry places have TVs, video games, magazines, or free Wi-Fi. Recently, many laundry places have added cafés or bars. Because people usually spend a few hours doing their laundry, having a drink or a meal is a convenient and fun way to pass the time. Of course, when so many people are washing their clothes close to each other, it is easy to make mistakes. My sister actually met her husband at a laundromat after he put her clothes in his basket by accident! ‎