湖南省邵阳二中2020届高三模拟考试英语试题

湖南省邵阳二中2020届高三模拟考试英语试题

湖南省邵阳市第二中学2020届高三模拟考试 英语试卷 第一部分听力(共两节,满分 30分)‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的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。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. Where does the man want to go?‎ A. To a cinema. B. To a candy shop. C. To a bookstore.‎ ‎2. What is probably the man?‎ A. A milkman. B. A postman. C. A cleaner.‎ ‎3. What will probably happen next?‎ A. The man will leave.‎ B. The man will wash the dishes again.‎ C. The woman will get a job at a store.‎ ‎4. How much will the woman pay?‎ A. $147. B. $22. C. $35.‎ ‎5. Why did the man lose the match?‎ A. His coach didn't help him enough.‎ B. He had no chance of winning.‎ C. He didn't follow his coach's advice.‎ 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 do we know about the man's wife?‎ A. She likes reading very much.‎ B. She's counting the days.‎ C. She will visit some old friends.‎ ‎7. Where did the woman probably go last summer?‎ A. Hawaii. B. Europe. C. Egypt.‎ 听第7段材料,回答第8.9题。‎ ‎8. What will the man do on Tuesday?‎ A. Go swimming with Anna.‎ B. Go to the cinema with the woman.‎ C. Go to have a dinner with the woman.‎ ‎9. What can we learn from the conversation?‎ A. The woman went to Fire Palace last week.‎ B. They will eat at Fire Palace.‎ C. The man is not free on Thursday.‎ 听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What do you think Discoveries is?‎ A. It is the name of a book.‎ B. It is the name of a newspaper.‎ C. It is the name of a magazine.‎ ‎11. Why did the man spend ten days in prison?‎ A. Because he was caught stealing.‎ B. Because he reported on prisons.‎ C. Because he wrote adventure reports.‎ ‎12. What's the result of the man's articles about the adventure in prison?‎ A. People got excited and angry with prisons.‎ B. He learnt a good lesson.‎ C. Prisoners are now better treated.‎ 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. Where will the speakers probably stay in the Grand Canyon?‎ A. Io a tent. B. In a hotel. C. In a village house.‎ ‎14. What will the speakers do in Lake Yellowstone?‎ A. Do some walking. B. Ride a horse. C. Go boating.‎ ‎15. What does the woman think of going to some remote parts of the Yellowstone National Park?‎ A. Frightening. B. Exciting. C. Boring.‎ ‎16. What is the relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Co-workers. B. Husband and wife. C. Classmates.‎ 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. How long does it take to fly to New York?‎ A.6 hours. B.7 hours. C.8 hours.‎ ‎18. What may some tourists do around 6:30 a. m. on the 2nd day?‎ A. Take a bus. B. Have breakfast. C. Go jogging.‎ ‎19. What place will the tourists go to after breakfast on the 2nd day?‎ A. Central Park. B. Liberty Island. C. The Empire State Building.‎ ‎20. What will the tourists have for supper on the 2nd day?‎ A. Italian food. . B. American food. C. Chinese food.‎ 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A.B.C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A ‎* Broadreach Summer Adventures Since 1993, Broadreach has taken over 18,000 students on high school study abroad programs in 40 + countries. Broadreach students earn certifications and community service hours while gaining practical experience in biology, leadership, photography, diving or public health.‎ Dates; Ranging from 12- -31 days long in June, July and August Cost: See the website Tel: 919-256-8200‎ Website: www. gobroadreach. com ‎* ARCC Programs ARCC Programs offers Gap Semesters, domestic and international adventure programs in 20 countries. ARCC students travel to a variety of the world's greatest locations and participate in activities such as community service projects, cultural experience, surfing and more!‎ Dates: 2-to 5-week programs every summer (June through August) and 90-day Gap semester programs every fall and spring Cost: US$ 1,500- -USS 2,200 per week Tel; 415-332-5075‎ Website; www. adventurescrosscountry. com ‎*South Australian Government Schools Study abroad with us and experience beautiful South Australia. There are many schools to choose from with a wide choice of subjects. You can try a new subject such as robotics, photography or ballet, or perhaps a new sport such as surfing. Schools also offer a variety of ‎ activities including music bands, drama productions and adventure activities. We lake care of every aspect of your study program including your accommodation.‎ Dates: Programs are available all year round Cost: See the website Tel/Fax: +61882263402.+618 8226 3665‎ Website: www. internationalstudents. sa. edu. au ‎*ISSOS International Summer Schools ISSOS International Summer Schools Program offers high school students (aged 13- -18) the opportunity to combine learning with adventure in one of three amazing university towns of St Andrews, Cambridge and Yale. Students choose one academic class and one elective program that they follow for their three- week residential stay.‎ Dates: St Andrews (Session 1; 30th June- -21st July 2020. Session 2: 24th July- -14th August 2020)‎ Cambridge (10th July- -31st July 2020)‎ Yale (14th July- -4th August 2020)‎ Cost; See the website Tel: 0044 3300 777 247‎ Website; www. issos. com ‎21. If a high school girl wants to experience the life in the world's greatest university, she can choose______.‎ A. Broadreach Summer Adventures B. ARCC Programs C. South Australian Government Schools D. ISSOS International Summer Schools ‎22. On a South Australian Government School program, a student_______.‎ A. can get practical experience in biology B. can attend activities such as community service projects C. needn't worry about his or her accommodation D. can visit Yale University on 14th July ‎23. The text is mainly written for those who______.‎ A. want to travel to some different universities B. are fond of different after-school activities C. are interested in applying to foreign universities D. intend to take part in some study abroad programs B On March 25, 2010，Kate and David Ogg heard the words every parent fears: Their newborn son wasn't going to make it. Their twins--a girl and a boy- were born two minutes apart and 14 weeks premature, weighing just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he'd stopped breathing. The baby had just moments to live.‎ ‎“I saw him gasp(喘气), but the doctor said it was no use," Kate said. “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. I wasn't going to give up easily.”‎ Still, the Sydney couple knew this was likely goodbye. In an effort to treasure her last minutes with the tiny boy, Kate asked to hold him.‎ ‎“I wanted to meet him, and for him to know us," Kate told Today.“We'd resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments.”‎ Kate unwrapped the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered David to take his shirt off and join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would improve his condition. They also talked to him.‎ ‎“We were trying to attract him to stay," Kate said.“We explained his name and that he had a twin that he had to look out for and how hard we had tried to have him.”‎ Then something miraculous happened. Jamie gasped again- -and then he started breathing. Finally, he reached for his father's finger. The couple's lost boy had made it.‎ ‎24. What do we know about the newborn boy mentioned in Paragraph 1?‎ A. He weighed only two pounds.‎ B. He almost died.‎ C. He was two minutes older than his twin sister.‎ D. He had no heartbeat. ‎ ‎25. Why did the parents make the skin-to-skin contact with the boy?‎ A. To keep in touch with their son.‎ B. To follow the doctors' requirements.‎ C. To communicate with their son.‎ D. To better their son's condition.‎ ‎26. What does the underlined word“miraculous" in the last paragraph mean?‎ A. Touching B. unexpected C. Ridiculous D. fortunate ‎27. What is the best title for the text?‎ A. A Lucky Boy B. Endless Love C. Life-giving Touch D. An Unforgettable Experience C One after another, telecommunications giants( 通信巨头) have announced their latest fifth generation (5G) products. They have also claimed that 5G technology would be used on a massive scale by 2020. Yet, when reporting about 5G， many domestic media outlets have described it as a“much faster” technology than 4G without mentioning any of its other advantages. As a result, the common public view about 5G is that they could“download a high-density movie within one second”. Beyond that, most people know nothing about 5G.‎ Actually, 5G technology has many more advantages than 4G apart from speed. According to the criteria of 3GPP. an international standardization organization, 5G technology can be used for at least three purposes- for connecting everything, reliability of connections, and eliminating delays.‎ ‎“Connecting everything" is an appropriate slogan for 5G technology, without which the Internet of things would be impossible. 5G would enable one server to connect to multiple terminals(终端) and thus establish high-speed coordination among them, and help the chips inside the terminals to timely react to meet people's needs. Take for example, autonomous ‎ vehicles, which are mature technology products. Self-driving cars combine a variety of sensors, such as radar, computer vision, and GPS to identify navigation paths and obstacles. 5G technology will link all the elements of a transportation system, such as traffic lights, cameras and, of course, cars to establish perfect coordination so they can avoid obstacles and move on navigation paths, which will help strengthen self driving technology.‎ Reliability of connections is another essential characteristic of 5G technology, whose use can be extended to other fields where high safety standards are required. For instance, in certain surgeries, surgeons insert nanorobots inside a patient's body and have to maintain constant control over the robots to ensure they perform their functions and do not cause any harm to the patient. This is an area where 5G technology can be of great help, as it can establish reliable and continuous connections between the monitor and the nanorobots.‎ ‎28. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?‎ A. Eliminating delays. B.5G network capacity.‎ C. Disadvantages of 5G. D. Building 5G base stations.‎ ‎29. Which can also serve as an example of "connecting everything"?‎ A. Improvement of smart phone signals.‎ B. Decrease in telecommunication cost.‎ C. High speed in playing computer games.‎ D. Online tests for all members at the same time.‎ ‎30. Why can 5G be used in fields with high safety standards?‎ A. It can attract most eyeballs on a massive scale.‎ B. It can provide dependable and constant service.‎ C. It offers massive machine type of communication.‎ D. It employs 4G base stations and occupy less space.‎ ‎31. What would be the best title for the passage?‎ A.5G Technology: More Than about High Speed B.5G Technology Will Shape the Future of Connectivity C. Telecom Giants Work Together to Better 5G Technology D. Advantages and Disadvantages of 5G Technology and Products D Why do people undertake volunteer work and what keeps their interest in the work?‎ Let's begin with the question of why people volunteer. Researchers have identified several factors that motivate people to get involved. For example, people volunteer to express personal values related to unselfishness, to expand their range of experiences, and to strengthen social relationships. If volunteer positions do not meet these needs, people may not wish to participate. To select volunteers, you may need to understand the motivations of the people you wish to attract.‎ People also volunteer because they are required to do so. To increase levels of community service, some schools have launched compulsory volunteer programs. Unfortunately, these programs can shift people's wish of participation from an internal factor to an external factor. When that happens, people become less likely to volunteer in the future. People must be sensitive to this possibility when they make volunteer activities a must.‎ Once people begin to volunteer, what leads them to remain in their positions over time? To answer this question, researchers have conducted follow up studies in which they track volunteers over time. For instance, one study followed 238 volunteers in Florida over a year. One of the most important factors that influenced their satisfaction as volunteers was the amount of suffering they experienced in their volunteer positions. Although this result may not surprise you, it leads to important practical advice. The researchers note that attention should be given to “ training methods that would prepare volunteers for troublesome situations or provide them with strategies for coping with the problem they do experience".‎ Another study of 302 volunteers at hospitals in Chicago focused on individual differences in the degree to which people view“volunteer" as at important social role. It was assumed that those people for whom the role of volunteer was most part of their personal identity would also be most likely to continue volunteer work. Participants indicated the degree to which the social role mattered by responding to statements such as "Volunteering in hospital is an important part of who I am.”Consistent with the researchers' expectations, they found a positive correlation(正相关) between the strength of role identity and the length of time people continued to volunteer. These results, once again, result in concrete advice: "Once an individual begins volunteering, continued efforts might focus on developing a volunteer role identity... Items like T-shirts that allow volunteers to be recognized publicly for their contributions can help strengthen role identity.”‎ ‎32. People volunteer mainly out of A. school requirements B. social expectations C. financial rewards D. internal needs ‎33. What does the author want to tell us in the third paragraph?‎ A. People who participate in volunteer programs in schools are sensitive.‎ B. External factors are more important than internal factors in volunteer work.‎ C. Being required to be volunteers may make people reluctant to do volunteer work.‎ D. Volunteer programs in school can encourage people to do more volunteer work in future.‎ ‎34. What can we learn from the Florida study?‎ A. Follow up studies should last for one year.‎ B. Volunteers should get mentally prepared.‎ C. Strategy training is a must in research.‎ D. Volunteers are provided with concrete advice.‎ ‎35. What is most likely to motivate volunteers to continue their work?‎ A. Individual differences in role identity.‎ B. Practical advice from researchers.‎ C. Role identity as a volunteer.‎ D. Publicly identifiable volunteer T-shirts.‎ 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人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有 两项为多余选项。‎ People often say that“failure is the mother of success"._ 36_ As a result, Manalo, a professor of educational psychology in Japan says, "We know we shouldn't give up when we fail- -but in reality, we do.‎ Manalo and Manu, a professor of learning sciences in Swiss, put together a special issue (专刊) last December on benefiting from failure. The issue's 15 studies provide teachers and educational researchers with a guide for achieving success._ 37_ Another confirmed that advice on failures is most constructive when the receiver is prepared to experience unpleasant feelings.‎ Manalo and his co authors also focused on overcoming one everyday form of failure: not completing a task. They asked 131 students to write an article about their school experiences. Half of the students received instructions for their writing, and half were left to their own._38_ Afterward the researchers found that those in the instructed group were more willing to complete their articles, compared with those who lacked guidance- even if the latter were closer to being done._ 39_‎ ‎_40_ Stephanie Couch, the director of the Lemelson-MIT Program, holds the opinion. Couch, whose work was also featured in the special issue, says that we should tell them to think of failure as part of a process toward success.‎ A. However, all were stopped before finishing.‎ B. The saying shows the importance of success.‎ C. Teaching students not to fear failure makes goals achieved more easily.‎ D. One study reported that the sooner students fail, the sooner they can move forward.‎ E. Though having some truth to it, the saying does not tell us how to turn a loss into a win.‎ F. They believed that learning how to fail can help people avoid becoming lasting failures.‎ G. Knowing how to finish, in other words, was more important than being close to finishing.‎ 第三部分语言知识运用(共两节。满分 45分)‎ 第一节(共20小题;每小题 1.5分,满分30分)‎ 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A.B.C和D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。‎ Where are the bees?‎ Bees are essential to the production of food we eat. Bees make honey, but they also pollinate(授粉) large areas of_ 41_ , such as strawberries, apples and onions. About a third of the food we eat is a(n)_ 42_ of pollination of the bees._ 43 ， bees have been disappearing at a(n)_44_ rate.‎ In 2006， beekeepers started reporting about something called Colony Collapse Disaster (CCD). The main sign of CCD is the__ 45_ of adult honey bees from a hive. In October of 2006, some beekeepers reported that they had lost between 30 and 90 percent of their hives.‎ There were many_ 46_ for the disappearance of the bees. But the most convincing one has to_ 47_. pesticides and lifestyles of bees today. Nowadays, beekeepers get most of their income ‎ not from_ 48_ honey but from renting bees to pollinate plants. This means that the life of the typical bee now__ 49_travelling all around the country to pollinate crops as the_ 50_ change. That means a lot of traveling on trucks. which is very_ 51_ to bees. It is_ 52_ for up to 30% of the hive to die during__ 53_ due to stress. In addition, bees that spend most of their time locked up on trucks are not__ 54_ what they usually live on._55_, they live on a sweet liquid from corn, usually polluted with pesticides.‎ The__ 56_ reason for the disappearance of bees is not sure, but losing bees is very_ 57_ to the economy. The bee pollination services are_ 58_ over $ 8 billion a year. With no bees, pollination will have to be done_ 59_ which would have effects on the quality of food and increase food prices. We hear a lot about big environmental disasters almost every day. But one of the biggest_60_ be the loss of that tiny flying insect.‎ ‎41. A. flowers B. trees C. crops D. grass ‎42. A. protection B. result C. power D. impact ‎43. A. Eventually B. Accidentally C. Interestingly D. Unfortunately ‎44. A. alarming B. moderate C. amusing D. reasonable ‎45. A. escape B. loss C. boom D. growth ‎46. A. chances B. theories C. adjustments D. excuses ‎47.A.go with B. agree with C. do with D. deal with ‎48. A. producing B. buying C. giving away D. processing ‎49. A. consists of B. accounts for C.lies in D. counts on ‎50. A. beekeepers B. behaviors C. prices D. seasons ‎51. A. beneficial B. acceptable C. stressful D. familiar ‎52. A. avoidable B. temporary C. not unusual D. rare ‎53. A. flight B. circle C. stay D. transport ‎54. A. interested in B. exposed to C. accustomed to D. hunting for ‎55. A. Or else B. However C. Therefore D. Instead ‎56. A. exact B. extra C. complex D. original ‎57. A. exciting B. great C. contrary D. costly ‎58. A. spending B. paying C. worth D. valuable ‎59. A. by chance B. by hand C.in time D. in turn ‎60. A. may well B. need C. must D. can't 第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)‎ 阅读下面短文,在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Antarctica is slowly starting to turn warm. According to the Guardian, the Antarctic_ 61_ (register) a new high temperature for the first time on record, _62_ (fuel) fears of climate instability in the world's iciest place.‎ On Feb. 9. 2020， Brazilian researchers at Seymour Island reported a temperature of 20. 75C on the_ 63_ (ice) continent of Antarctica. It was almost_ 64_ full degree higher than the previous record of 19.8C，_ 65_( take) on Signy Island in January 1982.‎ These higher temperatures can cause ice and glaciers(冰川) in Antarctic regions to melt. The glaciers in Discovery Bay,__ 66_ the snow melted in little more than a week, have retreated by more than 100 meters, leaving dark exposed rock. This melted ice leads_67_ a rise in sea levels that can threaten the_ 68_ (safe) of coastal areas. It is believed to be behind an alarming decline of more than 50 percent in chinstrap penguin colonies, which are dependent on sea ice.‎ As the American writer Ernest Hemingway put_69_ ,“The Earth is beautiful and worth fighting for. “We should do everything we can to protect our planet. Otherwise, the Earth may_70_ (trap) in the heat we can't save.‎ 第四部分写作(共两节,满分 35分) .‎ 第一节短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加.删除或修改。‎ 增加:在缺词处加一一个漏字符号( N),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- -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- -词;‎ ‎2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。‎ Yesterday，we had great fun. We participated in a competition of Tang poems at hall of our ‎ school on April 24. The competition enjoyed great popular among us students. It was holding in an attempt to not only enrich our campus life and greatly motivate our passion for Tang poems. There were a great variety of interesting so well as exciting activity in the competition. We all fall in love with the competition. We true valued the chance to appreciate it the beauty of our culture from this competition. We all looked forward to more competitions aims at promoting Chinese culture.‎ 第二节书面表达(满分25分)‎ 假如你是李华,你校迎来了美国姊妹学校的交流生,他们将在你校学习生活一周。为帮助他们尽快适应学校生活,校学生会将举办一-个欢迎仪式。请你代表学生会用英语在仪式上简短致辞,内容包括:‎ ‎1.表示热烈欢迎;‎ ‎2.简要介绍学校;‎ ‎3.学习课程及实践活动安排:了解中国文化,组织包饺子比赛等。‎ 注意:1.词数100左右;‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。‎ Dear fellow students,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 英语答案 61. has registered 62. fueling 63.icy 64.a/one 65. taken ‎ ‎66. where 67.to 68. safety 69. it 70. be trapped 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)‎ ‎[解析]‎ 第一处错误;考查冠词。特指我们学校的礼堂,故用冠词the.‎ 第二处错误;考查词性转换。这里需用名词popularity.‎ 第三处错误:考查谓语动词的被动语态。被动语态由"be+动词的过去分词”构成,故改威held,‎ 第四处错误:考查连词。这里为not only...but(also) ...的固定搭配。‎ 第五处错误:考查固定搭配。这里为as well as的固定搭配。‎ 第六处错误:考查名词单复数。这里有a great variety of修饰activity,需用复数。‎ 第七处错误;考查谓语动词的时态。全文讲述的是一个已发生的故事,需用一般过去时。‎ 第八处错误:考查形容词和副词的运用。这里需用副诃truly修饰谓语动词valued,‎ 第九处错误:此处appreciate后直接加宾语the beauty.‎ 第十处错误:考查非谓语动词。此处需用非谓语动词做后置定语修饰competitions.‎ 第二节书面表达(满分 25分)‎ ‎[参考范文]‎ Dear fellow students，‎ First of all, please allow me to express the most heartfelt welcome to all of you on behalf of Students' Union. We have been looking forward to seeing you for long.‎ Now I'd like to brief you on our school, leaving the most wonderful for you to discover. Our school is a renowned key school with a long history and high reputation. In addition to the regular required curriculum, our school also provides students with various opportunities to enjoy colorful school life. In the coming week you are scheduled to explore more about the splendid Chinese culture through some specific classes and co-curricular activities. Meanwhile, a competition will be organized to display how skillful you are at making dumplings.‎ We wish you, our honorable guests, good health and a pleasant stay in our school. May the friendship between us be further developed and strengthened.‎ 听力材料 Text 1‎ M: I heard a new candy shop just opened between the cinema and the bookstore. Let's go and try it.‎ W: But it's too far away.‎ Text 2‎ M: Does Rose Hunter live here? I have a letter for her, but her name is not on the mailbox.‎ W: Yes. She lives beneath us on the second floor.‎ Text 3.‎ W: Use more soap on those dishes. That last plate that you washed still has oil on it. This is your last chance before I hire another dishwasher, Bill!‎ M: I hate washing these dishes! I quit. I'm going to loo for a job at the grocery store.‎ Text 4‎ W: Hey, I want to buy a pair of earrings to match my new dress. I wonder if you can give me some advice on how to find something cheap.‎ M: That's easy. Let's first search for it on the Internet. Here we are. These days, Indian earrings are very popular.‎ W: Wow! They are totally my style.‎ M: Look at number 147. The silver content is 92% and it weighs 22 grams.‎ w: Oh, they're only $ 35. I'll take them!‎ Text 5‎ W: I's a shame that you didn't win your tennis match.‎ M: I might have won if I listened to my coach.‎ Text 6‎ W: Where are you going to take your vacation?‎ M; Hawaii.‎ W; That sounds like a great place to visit. Is your family going?‎ M: Yes. We plan to go mountain climbing, fishing, swimming, and windsurfing. But most of all, we're planning to relax. My wife is taking a whole bunch of books to read.‎ W: Your children must all be excited about it.‎ M: Yes, they are. They' re counting the days. Are you going to Europe again this summer?‎ W: No, not this time. We' re going to visit some old friends in Egypt.‎ Text 7‎ W: Hi, Johnny. Do you want to go to the cinema on Tuesday?‎ M: Sorry, I can't. I'm going swimming with Anna.‎ W: Then what are you doing on Thursday?‎ M: I haven't decided yet. Shall we cat at the French restaurant?‎ W: I went there last week. It was very expensive. The Chinese one down the road is much cheaper.‎ M: What's it called?‎ W: Fire Palace.‎ M; Oh, yes, I know the restaurant. Let's try it Text 8.‎ W: "Discoveries" is looking for a reporter to travel all around the world and write adventure articles.‎ M: Oh, it's a good job I think.‎ W: So you are interested in working for "Discoveries"?‎ M: That's right. I've never written a magazine article, but I'm sure I can. I've written lots of articles for a newspaper.‎ W: Oh? What newspaper have you written for?‎ M: Well, so far I've sold articles to the Chicago Star and a few other newspapers.‎ W: Have you ever written an adventure article?‎ M: No, I haven't. But I have done some adventurous things to get information for my newspaper articles.‎ W: Tell me about one of them.‎ M: Well, once I wanted to report on prisons, so I went to a store and stole something. Of course the police came, and I spent ten days in prison. It was horrible and the prisoners were always abused for no reasons at all. When I got out, I wrote two articles about my experiences there.‎ ‎ When the public read the articles, they got upset and complained. Since then the prisons really have been improved.‎ W: That certainly is interesting.‎ Text 9‎ W: Well, here we are in L.A. Where shall we go first? Let's look at the map.‎ M: I hear the Grand Canyon is the most beautiful place on earth. And the Colorado River goes right through it.‎ W: OK, let's go there. Can we camp near there, or do we have to find a hotel!?‎ M: I guess there re no village houses and we won't have to spend money on hotels until we hit a big city.‎ W: OK. Where do we go from there?‎ M: How about heading north? It starts to boil in the southwest in the summer.‎ W: Then let's head up and camp a few days in the Yellowstone National Park.‎ M: Great! We can stay one night in Salt Lake City on the way. Then we can go horseback riding, and fishing on Lake Yellowstone in the Yellowstone National Park. If we go all the way out to some of the remote parts of the park, we can look for bears and other wild animals.‎ W: That sounds a little scary.‎ M: Yeah, but exciting, Do you think we can do all of this in a week? We've got to get back in time for the school registration.‎ W: No problem.‎ Text 10‎ Okay, everyone. I want to review the first two days of our plan for the trip. Everyone should meet at the airport at 6:00 a.m. on the first day. This will give you time to check in. Our plane leaves at 9:00 in the morning and arrives in New York at 4:00 in the afternoon. Then we will take a bus from the airport to the hotel. For the following morning, those of you who like to take exercise can meet in front of the hotel around 6:00 a. m. to go jogging around Central Park for about 40 minutes, and we'll get back to the hotel about the time when the hotel restaurant opens. Then we'll have breakfast in the restaurant. At 8:00 we will take a bus to Liberty Island to visit the Statue of Liberty. This is something that you really can't miss, and later, we will go to Times Square where you can have lunch on your own for about an hour. Later in the afternoon,‎ ‎ you will have the choice of visiting the Empire State Building. We will meet at the hotel at 6:00 p. m. and then we'll have dinner at a very nice downtown Italian restaurant. I'm sure you will love Italian food there. During the travel, you must pay careful attention to your health and safety. Uh, any questions?‎