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2018-2019学年江苏省海安高级中学高一下学期期中考试英语试题
注意事项:
1.本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题),满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
2.所有试题的答案均填写在答题纸上(选择题部分使用答题卡,请将选择题的答案直接填涂到答题卡上),答案写在试卷上的无效。
第I卷 (三部分 共85分)
第一部分 听力 (共两节,满分20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分, 满分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. Where is the man’s mother now?
A. At home. B. In a hospital. C. At a bus stop.
2. Where is the man going first?
A. To the Healey Supermarket. B. To the airport. C. To Canada.
3. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In a clothing store B. In a restaurant C. In a bookstore
4. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. Diving. B. Drawing. C. Driving
5. Why is the woman preparing so much food?
A. It’s the man’s birthday.
B. The woman wants to thank the man.
C. The man can eat a lot.
第二节 (共15小题;每小题1分,满分15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至8题。
6. Where did the man meet Claudia?
A. On the Internet. B. At a music store. C. At a class discussion
7. What is the relationship between the man and Claudia?
A. Web friends. B. Close friends. C. Boyfriend and girlfriend.
8. What does the woman suggest about greeting Claudia?
A. Arriving on time. B. Using her family name. C. Bringing her some flowers
听第7段材料,回答第9至11题。
9. Where are probably the speakers?
A. In a theatre. B. At a store. C. In a street.
10. What does the man want to buy?
A. Food B. Clothes. C. Furniture.
11. Which is next to the theatre?
A. A hotel B. The City Hall. C. The post office.
听第8段材料,回答第12至14题。
12. Why is the man surfing the Internet?
A. To get major news. B. To learn English. C. To get information.
13. What does the man prefer?
A. Engineering. B . Economics. C. Medicine.
14. When does the conversation probably take place?
A. On February 28. B. On March 30. C. On April 6.
听第9段材料,回答第15至17题。
15. How is the man going to Sun College?
A. By bike. B. On foot. C. By car.
16. How far is it from Main street to Water Squre?
A. A few yards. B. 2 blocks away. C. 20 minutes’ walk.
17. Where will the man have to ask the way again?
A. At Rain Avenue. B. At Mass Hospital. C. At the Farmers’ Bank.
听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。
18. Where does the speaker most probably make the speech?
A. At the party. B. At a reception. C. At a conference.
19. What is Mr Brown?
A. A businessman. B. An assistant manager. C. A government official.
20. Why are Mr Brown and his party coming to England?
A. To part from his friends. B. To pay an informal visit. C. To seek new cooperation.
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
Attractions
Do you:
◆ Love the National Park, value it and hope to safeguard its future?
◆ Wish to see the beautiful landscape of the Park protected?
◆ Like to enjoy peaceful informal recreation within the Park?
Aims
The Friends organization aims are to help protect and improve the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park for all to enjoy. We are a voluntary organization and registered(注册的) charity without financial links to the National Park Authority.
Activities
We encourage everyone to enjoy the National Park through regular talks and visits to interesting places in the Park with expert guides.
We keep an eye on planning applications. Park Authority policies and threats(威胁) to the National Park such as massive leisure complexes (综合设施). We work with like-minded organizations such as the Campaign for National Parks to make our voice more effective.
We help children to understand the National Park by sponsoring(赞助) publications such as an adventure booklet and projects in local schools.
Benefits
◆ Guided visits to places of interest which may not always be available to the general public.
◆ All members receive our regular News and Views.
◆ Talks by experts in their fields on current issues.
◆ A discount is available on Friends items for sale.
◆ Satisfaction of participation in work parties, for those willing and able to be involved.
If interested, please complete the Application Form at www.fpnp.org.uk
21. Which of the following is discouraged by the Friends organization?
A. To build massive complexes for public amusement.
B. To prevent possible damages to the National Park.
C. To help protect and improve the Park for all to enjoy.
D. To sponsor publications and projects in local school.
22. One of the benefits for members of Friends is to ________.
A. have Friends' goods free of charge
B. visit any place not open to the public
C. take part in work parties if they want to
D. give talks in their fields on current issues
23. The purpose of this poster is to invite more people to ________.
A. raise money for the Friends organization
B. join the Friends organization and be members of it
C. work as managers for Pembroke shire National Park
D. enjoy the landscape of Pembroke shire National Park
B
Like a tired marriage, the relationship between libraries and publishers has long been dull. E-books, however, are causing heartache. Libraries know they need digital wares, but many publishers are too cautious(谨慎) about piracy( 盗 版 ) and lost sales to co-operate. Among the big six, only Random House and Harper Collins license e-books with most libraries.
Publishers are wise to be nervous. Owners of e-readers(电子阅读器) are exactly the customers they need: book-lovers with money. If these people switch to borrowing e-books instead of buying them, what then? Electronic borrowing is awfully convenient. Unlike printed books, which must be checked out and returned to a physical library miles from where you live, book files can be downloaded at home. The files disappear from the device when they are due.
E-lending is not simple, however. There are lots of different and often incompatible( 不兼容的) e-book formats, devices and licenses. Most libraries use a company called OverDrive, which secures rights from publishers and provides
e-books and audio files in every format(格式). Yet publishers and libraries are worried by OverDrive’s global market dominance(主导), as the company can control fees and conditions. Publishers were annoyed when OverDrive cooperated with Amazon, the world’s biggest online bookseller, last year. Owners of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader who want to borrow e-books from libraries are now redirected to Amazon’s website, where they must use their Amazon account to secure a loan.
According to Pew, an opinion researcher, library users are a perfect market for Amazon. Late last year Amazon introduced its Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which lets its best customers borrow free one of thousands of popular books each month.
Library supporters argue that book borrowers are also book buyers, and that libraries are vital spaces for readers to discover new work. Many were cheered by a recent Pew survey, which found that more than half of Americans with library cards say they prefer to buy their e-books.
So publishers keep adjusting their lending arrangements in search of the right balance. Random House raised its licensing prices earlier this year, and Harper Collins limits libraries to lending its titles 26 times.
24. It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that_________.
A. Libraries and publishers face the same problem of e-books’ privacy.
B. Most publishers hesitate to cooperate with libraries.
C. Libraries are eager to keep strong relationship with publishers.
D. Several big publishers have sold e-books to libraries.
25. Why are publishers worried that people will switch to electronic borrowing?
A. Book sales may drop sharply because of convenient electronic borrowing.
B. There are lots of different and incompatible e-book formats available.
C. There is no time limit for the book files downloaded on the device.
D. E-books must be checked out and returned to libraries regularly.
26. We can learn from the passage that________ .
A. Amazon is adopting measures to win more customers.
B. OverDrive distributes e-books and audio files to publishers.
C. over half of Americans are borrowing e-books from libraries.
D. e-books can be lent at libraries as many as you like.
27. What is the best title for the text?
A. The Hopeful Future of Publishing Business.
B. The Dull Relationship between Libraries and Publishers.
C. The Uncertain Economics of Lending E-books.
D. The Close Cooperation between OverDrive and Amazon.
C
The oddness (反常) of life in space never quite goes away. Here are some examples.
First consider something as simple as sleep. Its position presents its own challenges. The main question is whether you want your arms inside or outside the sleeping bag. If you leave your arms out, they float free in zero gravity, often giving a sleeping astronaut the look of a funny ballet(芭蕾) dancer. “I’m an inside guy,” Mike Hopkins says, who returned from a six-month tour on the International Space Station. “I like to be wrapped up.”
On the station, the ordinary becomes strange. The exercise bike for the American astronauts has no handlebars. It also has no seat. With no gravity, it’s just as easy to pedal violently. You can watch a movie while you pedal by floating a microcomputer anywhere you want. But station residents have to be careful about staying in one place too long. Without gravity to help circulate air, the carbon dioxide you exhale (呼气) has a tendency to form an invisible (隐形的) cloud around you head. You can end up with what astronauts call a carbon-dioxide headache.
Leroy Chiao, 54, an American retired astronaut after four flights, describes what happens even before you float out of your seat, “Your inner ear thinks you’re falling. Meanwhile your eyes are telling you you’re standing straight. That can be annoying—that’s why some people feel sick.” Within a couple days—truly terrible days for some —astronauts, brains learn to ignore the panicky signals from the inner ear, and space sickness disappears.
Space travel can be so delightful but at the same time invisibly dangerous. For instance, astronauts lose bone mass. That’s why exercise is considered so vital
that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) puts it right on the workday schedule. The focus on fitness is as much about science and the future as it is about keeping any individual astronauts return home, and, more importantly, how to keep strong and healthy for the two and a half years or more that it would take to make a round-trip to Mars.
28. What is the major challenge to astronauts when they sleep in space?
A. Deciding on a proper sleep position B. Choosing a comfortable sleeping bag
C. Seeking a way to fall asleep quickly D. Finding a right time to go to sleep.
29. The astronauts will suffer from a carbon-dioxide headache when .
A. they circle around on their bikes B. they use microcomputers without a stop
C. they exercise in one place for a long time D. they watch a movie while pedaling
30. Some astronauts feel sick on the station during the first few days because .
A. their senses stop working
B. they have to stand up straight
C. they float out of their seats unexpectedly
D. their brains receive completely different messages
31. One of the NASA’s major concerns about astronauts is .
A. how much exercise they do on the station
B. how they can remain healthy for long in space
C. whether they can recover after returning home
D. whether they are able to go back to the station
D
Online reviews can be highly entertaining, and theoretically, they should be helping us make good decisions about what to spend our money on. As it turns
out, however, they do help us make decisions-just not necessarily the best ones, according to a new study led by Derek Powell, a Stanford University postdoctoral research fellow.
Specifically, the study shows that we arc more likely to buy a product that has more reviews than a product that has less, even if the product with more reviews has lower ratings(评分).That tendency is so strong, in fact, that given a choice between two products that have equally bad reviews, we still tend to buy the one with more reviews-even though the higher number of reviews means that the product is even more likely to be bad(because more people agree that it's bad).
Dr. Powell and his colleagues asked several hundred people to look at a series of cell phone cases, presented in pairs along with the average user rating and number of reviews for each case, and then asked them to decide which case they would be more likely to purchase. For each pair, the participants tended to choose the case that had more reviews, rather than better reviews.
This herd-mentality is a function of social learning, according to Dr. Powell. Social learning is the process by which new behaviors are learned through observing the behavior of others. "We found that people had a tendency to choose to purchase more popular products and that this often led them to make very poor decisions," Dr. Powell explains in a press release by the Association for Psychological Science. "Our data suggest that consumers might need to do more to educate themselves about how to use reviews to guide their choices." That includes absorbing the idea that a larger number of reviews is not necessarily a guarantee of a product's quality.
32. According to the study, which word best describes online reviews? ______
A. Unpractical. B. Boring. C. Misleading(误导的). D. Unnecessary.
33. The study shows that people tend to buy products with ______ .
A. more reviews B. better quality C. higher ratings D. fewer bad reviews
34. What does the underlined word "herd-mentality" in Paragraph 4 refer to? ______
A. People arc easily cheated.
B. People enjoy living in groups.
C. People learn new behaviors quickly.
D. People are likely to follow the crowd.
32. What is Dr. Powell's attitude towards how most people make purchase decisions? ______
A. Unclear. B. Disapproving. C. Favorable. D. Reserved.
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。
Humor plays an important role in relationships. In new relationships, humor can be an effective tool not just for attracting the other person but also for overcoming any awkwardness or embarrassment. ___36___.
Sharing the pleasure of humor creates a sense of connection between two people. ___37___ This tie acts as a strong buffer(缓冲) against stress, disagreements, disappointments, and bad patches in a relationship. And laughter really is infectious. Just hearing someone laugh can make you smile and join in on the fun.But don’t worry if you’re not naturally a lighthearted, humorous person—you can learn to access your playful side and develop your sense of fun.
Like any tool, humor can be used in negative as well as positive ways. Humor can only help you overcome relationship problems when both partners can understand the joke. It’s important to be sensitive to the other person. ___38___ Humor in relationships should be equally fun and enjoyable for both people.
Don’t use humor to cover up other emotions. There are times when humor is not healthy. ___39___ You can be funny about the truth, but covering up the truth isn’t funny. When you use humor and playfulness as a cover for other emotions, you create confusion and mistrust in your relationships.
___40___ The important thing is to find enjoyable activities that help you embrace your playful nature with other people. As humor and play become an inseparable part of your life, you’ll begin to find daily opportunities for using
your new-found skills to help build and maintain your relationships.
A. Humor can help you and your loved one.
B. That’s when it is used as a cover for avoiding, rather than coping with, painful emotions
C. If your partner or friend isn’t likely to appreciate the joke, don’t say or do it.
D. It’s never too late to develop your humorous side.
E. The more you joke, play, and laugh—the easier it becomes.
F. When you laugh with one another, you create a positive tie between you.
G. In longer-term relationships, humor can keep things exciting and fresh.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共三节,满分50分)
第一节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When Jack Buzzi looked out of the window of his parents’ Jersey Shore home during the
41 of the storm, he saw something 42 : His neighbor’s house was 43 by on a sudden flow of water from the Atlantic Ocean that had 44 over Barnegat Bay(海湾) and flooded the area. Part of the top floor had 45 , and the rest of the house was in a mess. At the same time, Buzzi was on the phone with his friend Jack Ward, whose sister Kathey Ward, 60, owned the house. The men 46 that Kathey was in danger.
Buzzi, who had hunkered(蹲) down to ride out Sandy with his fiancée(未婚妻), Melissa Griffith, hung up the phone, 47 boots and a raincoat, and grabbed a flashlight and two life jackets. During the pause of the storm, Buzzi struggled through knee-high water toward what 48 of Kathey’s house. He tried to yell to Kathey over the howling wind, but she didn’t 49 . “The roof had fallen in,” Buzzi says. “I thought she was dead.”
He came back home and called Jack again. Jack told him he had finally 50 his
sister on the phone. She was 51 but uninjured. Buzzi 52 back into the storm and found her standing on a piece of wood that had been part of a doorway on the second floor of her home. “She was surprisingly 53 ,” says Buzzi.
“I knew you would come,” Kathey said. She’d been sitting in the only room of the house that didn’t get broken 54 the roof caved in. Buzzi gave her a life jacket and escorted(护送) her 55 the receding(后退的) water to his house.
The next morning, Buzzi and Kathey used a boat to 56 Kathey’s sister Mary Ward and Mary’s boyfriend, Dave O’Hara, who’d been trapped in the attic(阁楼) of Mary’s 57 house.
Paddling(划船) back from Mary’s house, Buzzi 58 local carpenter Nick Spino. “He’d spent the night on his neighbor’s roof,” says Buzzi.
Despite a flooded basement (地窖), Buzzi let six neighbors stay with him 59 they moved out five days later.
“It’s human 60 , right?” he says. “We protect each other.”
41.A.best B.worst C.weakest D.coldest
42.A.frightening B.amazing C.upsetting D.annoying
43.A.marching B.whistling C.rolling D.floating
44.A.swept B.erupted C.exploded D.sweated
45.A.broken out B.broken down C.broken in D.broken off
46.A.hesitated B.feared C.ignored D.concerned
47.A.threw off B.threw away C.threw on D.threw up
48.A.remained B.left C.stayed D.continued
49.A.respond B.chat C.exchange D.concentrate
50.A.found B.recognized C.tracked D.reached
51.A.trapped B.caught C.scared D.attacked
52.A.escaped B.wandered C.explored D.headed
53.A.anxious B.calm C.bitter D.joyful
54.A.while B.as C.when D.before
55.A.through B.down C.off D.away
56.A.preserve B.protect C.guarantee D.rescue
57.A.sunken B.swallowed C.flooded D.buried
58.A.spotted B.signaled C.defended D.recovered
59.A.before B.while C.after D.until
60.A.nature B.motto C.wisdom D.goal
第二节 语法填空 (共10小题;每小题10分,满分10分)。答案写在答题卡上
When we love others and are loved in return, we feel valued, wanted and respected. These benefits not only come from a romantic relationship but any type of relationship 61._________ (build) on mutual(相互的)care. Love is indeed a feeling, but it means action as well. When we love someone, we make time to be with them. We make sacrifices(牺牲) on their behalf(利益) (big or small) and so much more to show 62._________ we care. But that doesn’t mean a loving relationship cannot be shaken by misfortunes, difficulties and disappointments.
Many who 63. _________ ( hurt) deeply by someone they loved avoid putting themselves in a vulnerable(易受攻击的) situation again. Love 64. _________ leave us with deep scars(伤疤) 65. _________ take a long time to heal(愈合). But on a positive note, the benefits of love outweigh the drawbacks. 66. _________ there is love, there is also grace, forgiveness, friendship, joy, peace and happiness.
Recently, I hosted a ceremony for a couple 67. _________ (celebrate) their 35th wedding anniversary (结婚纪念日). Throughout the years this couple went through many challenges. But through them all, they held onto their love for one another. Their love has developed, but one thing is obvious—they remain 68. _________ (devote) to each other now more than ever.
A loving relationship requires effort from both parties. It means 69. _________ (keep) no record of wrongs and learning to forgive. Yes, some marriages and relationships do not make it. 70._________ , we should not avoid opening our hearts to others. We learn from past hurts and grow because of them. In return, we learn to love ourselves and others.
第三节 71. 短文改错(共10小题;每小题l分,满分10分) 答案写在答题卡上
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:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),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。
Mark Twain, one of the best-known American writer in the 19th century, who was born in Missouri. His hometown lie on the banks of the Mississippi River, there he spent his childhood. When he grew up, he worked like a pilot on a river boat for some time. Mark Twain is his pen name. He took it from the shout of the sailors measure the depth of the water. Mark Twain wrote a lot of novels, but one of them is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It brought his fame and honor. Some of his writings have translated into many languages. He and his works are deep loved by readers throughout the world.
第四部分 课本知识回归 (共两小节 总分15分)
第一节 单词拼写 根据中文或首字母提示填出单词的正确形式。(每空1分,共5分)(请将内容写在答题卡上)
72. He tried to hide his __________(难堪) by making jokes.
73. China on Sunday became the latest country to d_________ war on plastic bags in a drive to save energy and protect the environment.
74. I was physically fit, but m__________ I was a mess.
75. You must consider all a_________ of this plan before we decide.
76. Everyone finds it necessary to renew his (or her) knowledge, o_________ he (or she) will be left
behind the society.
第二小节 课本原句翻译(共5句;每句2分,共10分)(请将内容写在答题卡上)
77、英语在未来是否会继续变化这个问题很容易回答的。________________________________________________________________________________
78、人们相信,从公元200年到公元400年,它已被沙尘暴逐渐吞没。
________________________________________________________________________________
79、当你组织一场广告宣传活动时,有许多不同的方式可用来传达讯息。________________________________________________________________________________
80、谈及广告,我们都必须运用自己的智慧,而不要做广告的奴隶。________________________________________________________________________________
81、如今,无论国籍,来自世界各地的男女运动员都可以参加比赛。
________________________________________________________________________________
第五部分 书面表达 (满分25分)
82、生活中除了金钱、房子、车子等财富,也有如知识、健康、经历等隐性财富。作为高中生,你所理解的财富是什么?请以“My Treasures”为题用英语写一篇短文,内容包括以下要点:
我眼中的财富
至少两点,比如友谊、理想 ……
拥有它们的意义
1. 拥有它们对学习、生活的作用
2. 失去它们对学习、生活的影响
获取它们的途径
(请考生根据自己的经历或感想,提出至少两种做法)
注意:
1. 词数120左右。开头已经写好,不计入总词数。
2. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。
My Treasures
In our life, we have treasures like money, houses and cars, etc. However, we have a lot more hidden treasures, such as knowledge, health and experiences. As a senior student, I think the most important treasures in our life are _ ______
___
___
___
___
Key
一、 听力 1-5 BABCA 6 -10 AACCB 11-15 ACBAB 16-20 CBBAC
二、阅读理解 21-23 ACB 24-27 BAAC 28-31 ACDB 32-35 CADB
三、七选五 36. G 37. F 38. C 39. B 40. D
四、完型填空: 41-45 BADAD 46-50 BCAAD 51-55 ADBCA 56-60 DCADA
五、语法填空
61.built 62.that 63.have been hurt 64.can 65.that / which
66.Where 67.celebrating 68.devoted 69.keeping 70.However
71.
1、第一行的writer改成writers,因为one of +最高级 +名词复数
2、第一行的who去掉
3. 第二行的lie改成lies,因为his hometown是第三人称单数,所以动词要变三单形式
4、第二行的there改为where,
5、第三行的work like改成work as,因为work as是词组,有“任…职,当…”的意思
6、第四 行的measure改成measuring
7、第四行的but改成and
8、第五行的his 改成him
9、第五行的have translated改成have been translated,因为his writings是被翻译所以要用被动语态
10、第六行的deep改成deeply,因为副词才修饰动词love
七、单词拼写 :72. embarrassment 73.declare 74. mentally 75 aspects 76. otherwise
八、句子翻译
77 The question of whether English will keep on changing in the future is easy to answer.
78. It is believed to have been gradually covered over by sandstorms from AD 200 to AD 400.
79. There are lots of different ways to get your message across when you are putting together an ad campaign.
80. When it comes to advertisements, we must all use our intelligence and not be a slave to them!
81. Today, both male and female athletes from around the world can take part, no matter what nation they come from.
九、书面表达
One possible version:
My Treasures
In our life, we have treasures like money, houses and cars, etc. However, we have a lot more hidden treasures, such as knowledge, health and experiences. As a senior student, I think the most important treasures in our life are friendship and ideals.
Friendship means a lot to me. I always share sorrows and joys with my friends. Without friends, we would feel lonely and our life would be colorless. Besides friendship, ideals also play an important role in our life. Ideals act as lights in darkness, guiding us forward. I think a person without ideals is one without hope.
However, how can we win true friendship? In my opinion, we should first learn to communicate. Also, it’s important to be generous and kind to others. As to ideals, ask ourselves what our strengths and weaknesses are so as to make it clear what we want to be when we grow up. In this way, we can set up ideals, which we will live up to.
听力原文:
录音材料
(Text 1)
W:How's your mother now? I heard she had an operation last week.
M:She is much better. Thank you. But she still needs to stay there for two more weeks.
(Text 2)
W:Where shall I drop you off, sir?
M:I'm going to the airport,but please stop at the Healey Supermarket. My wife is waiting for me there. We're going to Canada together.
(Text 3)
M:Pardon me, I asked for Thousand Island dressing on my salad.
W:I'm so sorry. I'll see that it's changed.
(Text 4)
W: Wonderful!You began to learn driving only yesterday afternoon,but now you can drive well enough.
M:Err. I find driving is not so difficult as I expected before.
(Text 5)
W:Dinner is ready.
M:I'm coming. Wow, so much food!Why so much food?
W:It's your birthday today. Remember?
M:Oh, I forgot it.
(Text 6)
M:Hey,Lucy, I have a question I'd like to ask you.
W:Yes,go ahead.
M:Well,don't laugh.. But, I met this really nice woman through an online music group.I need some advice. You see,Claudia.
W:Ok. So it's Claudia.
M:Yeah,yeah. She invited me to spend two weeks in Germany. She is planning on introducing me to her parents. What should you do when you greet someone for the
first time in Germany?
W:Weil,it depends upon your relationship with the person,now speaking of your girlfriend Claudia.
M:Hey,I didn't say she was my girlfriend.
W:Oh,ok,ok. Now if you are meeting someone for the first time, like Claudia's parents,you should make sure you arrive on time.
M:Ok,so arrive on time. Err,what about common greetings?
W:Well,Germans often shake hands and they use the person's family name unless they are really close friends.
M:Ok,what about with Claudia?
W:Err,you can call her Claudia,shake hands,and why don't you take her some flowers?
(Text 7 )
W:There is a lot of traffic in the street. Is this the shopping district?
M:Yes,it is. There are many shopping malls.
M:What's the building on the right?
W: Oh,that's the department store. It sells clothes,furniture and food, almost everything.
M:Really? It's wonderful. That means I can save a lot of time since I can buy what I want all within the same building. I need some clothes.
W:Then you should go to Lincoln Street. There are a lot of men's clothing stores.
M:I see. I'll go there. Look, that's a beautiful theater.
W:Yes,and tonight there is a new play. And the building next to the theater is a hotel.
M:Is that a post office across the street?
W:No,it's the city hall. The post office is at the end of the street on the right.
(Text 8 )
M:What are you doing,Michael?
M:I am surfing the internet for information about universities.
W:So you are thinking about applying for university?
M:Right,the early bird catches the worm.
W:Which university do you prefer?
M:Three universities are within my choice,Manchester,Liverpool and Oxford.
W:Oh,all are famous. What do you wish to major in?
M:My father wants me to take off engineering;my mother prefers medicine while I prefer economics.
W:Have you decided yet?
M:Not really.
W:When is the deadline for the application?
M:For most universities,it's March 13th. but for smaller universities, four or 'five weeks later.
W:So there is not much time left for you with two weeks to go.
M:Right,I'd better hurry.
(Text 9 )
M:Excuse me,madam. Can you tell me how to get to Sun College? I'm walking.
W:Well,I think the simplest way for you is to go up to Main Street over there. Turn left on Main Street and keep going for about 20 minutes. When you get to Water Square,turn right. Keep on,past the Mass Hospital,to the end of the road,and then take a left turn. You'll be on Rain Avenue. Walk two blocks until you see the Farmers' Bank. Cross the street and almost immediately take a left turn again. The entrance to Sun College is down a few yards on your right. Can you remember all that?
M:I guess I got a little lost in the middle.
W:Well,perhaps the best thing for you is to find your way up to Mass Hospital and ask again.
M:OK. Thanks a lot.
W:My pleasure.
(Text 1 0)
M:Good evening,ladies and gentlemen. We are very happy to have Mr Brown and his party from Australia with us tonight. Let's give our warm welcome!(Claps)Mr Brown
has long been our friend. As one of the largest dealers of garments in Australia,Mr Brown has been one of our faithful business partners ever since we entered into business relations in 1998. This time Mr Brown and his party are coming to England to explore new opportunities for business cooperation. We believe that there are many areas in which we can cooperate. Now I propose a toast to the successful visit of our friends.