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2017-2018学年四川省成都石室中学高二10月月考
英语试卷
试卷说明:
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。考试用时120分钟,满分150分。
第I卷(选择题,共90分)
第一部分:听力(共两节,每小题1分,满分20分)
第一节
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 bike?
A. At the gate. B. In the garden. C. Under the stairs.
2. Why did the woman fail the test?
A. She got all the answers wrong.
B. She left the test sheet blank.
C. She wrote the answers in the wrong place.
3. What does the man think of the coffee?
A. It tastes strange.
B. It gives him a lot of energy.
C. It’s just like regular coffee.
4. What are the speakers doing?
A. Practicing a play.
B. Taking a walk downtown.
C. Filming a movie scene.
5. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She isn’t a local. B. She is trying to park her car. C. She didn’t see the sign.
第二节
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。听完每段对话或独白前,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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. What does the man think he smells at first?
A. A tree. B. Some perfume. C. Some sweet candy.
7. What does the woman imply about the 90s culture?
A. It is popular once again. B. It is super silly. C. It was terrible back then.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. Who is the woman?
A. Brianna’s teacher. B. A babysitter. C. The man’s wife.
9. How often do the speakers see one another?
A. Every week. B. Every night. C. Every morning.
10. How old is Brianna likely to be?
A. She’s a teenager. B. She’s a little child. C. She’s an adult.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. What might the man film with a GoPro camera?
A. A fishing trip. B. A swim in the ocean. C. A boating trip.
12. Which camera has a touch screen?
A. The Hero4 Session. B. The Hero4 in black. C. The Hero4 in green.
13. Which feature does the Hero4 Session have?
A. It can work underwater.
B. It has a long battery life.
C. It can connect to the Internet.
听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。
14. How do the speakers know each other?
A. Their kids are good friends.
B. They’re old friends.
C. They just met.
15. When will the speakers have dinner together?
A. On Monday night. B. On Tuesday night. C. On Wednesday night.
16. Who is Alex?
A. The woman’s husband. B. The woman’s kid. C. The man’s son.
17. What will the woman bring for dinner?
A. A salad and a dessert.
B. Some ice cream and a salad.
C. A dessert and a pasta dish.
听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。
18. Where is Spike Aerospace based?
A. In New York City. B. In London. C. In Boston.
19. Why is the S-512 able to fly so fast?
A. Because of the design of the cabin.
B. Because of its special wings.
C. Because of its lack of windows.
20. How much will a round-trip flight on the S-512 cost?
A. Around 80 million dollars. B. Around 18 million dollars. C. Around 8 million dollars.
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,并在题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Driving a car is not just handling controls and judging speed and distance. It requires you to predict what other road users will do and get ready to react to something unexpected. When alcohol is consumed, it enters your bloodstream and acts as a depressant, damaging eyesight, judgment and coordination (协调), slowing down reaction time and greatly increasing the risk of accidents. Even below the drink driving limit, driving will be affected.
Alcohol may take a few minutes to be absorbed into the bloodstream and start action on the brain. Absorption rate is increased when drinking on an empty stomach or when consuming drinks mixed with fruit juice. To get rid of alcohol from the body is a very slow process and it is not possible to speed it up with any measures like taking a shower or having a cup of tea or coffee.
The present Road Traffic Ordinance states clearly that the limit of alcohol concentration is:
●50 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of blood; or
●22 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath; or
●67 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of urine.
Drivers who cause traffic accidents, or who commit a moving traffic offence or are being suspected of drink driving will be tested.
Any driver found drinking beyond the limit will be charged. The driver declared guilty may be fined a maximum of HK $25,000 and be sentenced to up to 3 years in prison and punished for 10 drivingoffence points; or temporarily banned from driving.
The same punishment applies to failing to provide samples for breath, blood or urine tests without good excuse.
Drink driving is a criminal offence. Be a responsible driver, think before you drink. For the safety of yourself and other road users, never drive after consuming alcohol.
21. The first paragraph is mainly about________.
A. the introduction of driving skills B. the damage of drinking to your body
C. the effect of drinking on driving D. the process of alcohol being absorbed
22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Drinking below the drink driving limit has no effect on driving.
B. Alcohol is taken in more quickly when drunk with fruit juice.
C. Having a cup of tea helps to get rid of alcohol from the body.
D. 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of breath is below the drink driving limit.
23. A driver suspected of drink driving ________.
A. should provide specimens for testing
B. will be forbidden to drive for 3 years
C. will be punished for 10 drivingoffence points
D. should pay a maximum fine of HK $25,000
B
These days, young people in some English-speaking countries are speaking a strange language, especially when communicating on social media.
Look at these words chosen by The Washington Post: “David Bowie dying is totes tradge,” and “When Cookie hugged Jamal it made me totes emosh.” Or this sentence: “BAE, let me know if you stay in tonight.”
What on earth do they mean? Well, “totes” is a short form of “totally.” Similarly, “tradge” means “tragic” and “emosh” means “emotional”. It seems that, for millennials, typing in this form is
not only time-saving but fashionable.
As you can see, many millennial slangs (俚语) are formed by so-called “totesing”---the systematic abbreviation (缩写) of words. The trend might have started with “totally” becoming “totes”, but it now has spread to many other English words.
The origins of other millennial slangs are more complex than “totesing”. “Bae”, for example, has been widely used by African-Americans for years. It can be an expression of closeness with one’s romantic partner or, like “sweetheart”, for someone without romantic connection. After pop singer Pharrell used the word in his work, “bae” became mainstream.
Some people might think millennial slangs lower the value of the English language, but Melbourne University linguist Rosey Billington doesn’t agree. “When you are able to use a language in a creative way, you show that you know the language rules well enough to use words in a different way,” Billiongton says in an interview with News.com.au. Her view is echoed by two other linguists, Lauren Spradlin and Taylor Jones. The two analysed hundreds of examples of totes-speak and discovered totesing has remarkably complex roots.
Totes-speak isn’t simply an adult version of baby talk, nor is it a clever way to minimize your word number. Rather, it is a highly organized system that relies on a speaker’s mastery of English pronunciation. It has strict rules to follow.
24. What does the underlined word “echoed” mean in the 6th paragraph?
A. disagreed. B. refused. C. shared. D. challenged.
25. What’s the author’s purpose of mentioning “Bae” in Paragraph 5?
A. To support that totesing is no baby talk.
B. To analyse the usage of millennial slangs.
C. To inform people how it became mainstream.
D. To explain the complex origins of millennial slangs.
26. Which statement may Rosey Billington agree with?
A. Totesing is a loosely organized system.
B. Millennial slangs lower the value of English.
C. It’s simply a clever way to reduce the word count.
D. Totes-speak requires a good command of English.
27. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. E-slangs Catch on Among Youth B. Linguists Disapprove of Totesing
C. Millennial Slangs Take the Lead D. English Has Greatly Changed
C
In June 2014, Huffington Post and Mail Online reported that three-year-old Victoria Wilcher, who had suffered facial scarring, had been kicked out of a KFC because she was frightening customers. Later, KFC announced that no evidence had been found to support the story. This phenomenon is largely a product of the increasing pressure in newsrooms that care more about traffic figures.
Brooke Binkowski, an editor, says that, during her career, she has seen a shift towards fewer editorial regulations in newsrooms. “Clickbait is king, so newsrooms will uncritically print something unreal. Not all newsrooms are like this, but a lot of them are.”
Asked what the driving factor was, a journalist said, “You’ve an editor breathing down your neck and you have to meet your targets. And there are some young journalists on the market who are inexperienced and who will not do those checks. So much news that is reported online happens online. There is no need to get out and knock on someone’s door. You just sit at your desk and do it.”
Another journalist says, “There is definitely pressure to publish stories without fact-checking in order to get clicks, because they equal money. At my former employer in particular, the pressure was on due to the limited resources. That made the environment quite horrible to work in.”
In a February 2015 report for Digital Journalism, Craig Silverman wrote, “Today the level for what is worth giving attention to seems to be much lower. Within minutes or hours, a badly sourced report can be changed into a story that is repeated by dozens of news websites, resulting in tens of thousands of shares. Once a certain critical mass is reached, repetition has a powerful effect on belief.”
And, despite the direction that some newsrooms seem to be heading in, a critical eye is becoming more, not less important, according to the New York Times’ public editor, Margaret Sullivan. “Reporters and editors have to be more careful than ever before. It’s extremely important to question and to use every verification (验证) method available before publication.” Yet those
working in newsrooms talk of doubtful stories being tolerated because, in the words of some senior editors, “a click is a click, regardless of the advantage of a story”. And, “if the story does turn out to be false, it’s simply a chance for another bite at the cherry.”
Verification and fact-checking are regularly falling victim to the pressure to bring in the numbers, and if the only result of being caught out is another chance to bring in the clicks, that looks unlikely to change.
28. According to Brooke Binkowski, newsrooms produce false news because ________.
A. clicks matter a lot B. resources are limited
C. budgets are not enough D. journalists lack experience
29. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A. Lies can’t sell without an atom of truth.
B. Rumors are like a flame blown by the wind.
C. You can hear rumors, but you can’t know them.
D. A lie, repeated often enough, will end up as truth.
30. What’s Margaret Sullivan’s attitude towards false news online?
A. Negative. B. Supportive. C. Skeptical. D. Neutral.
31. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Consequences of false stories. B. Causes of online false news.
C. Importance of qualified journalists. D. A craze to get clicks.
D
“If we can set it up so you can’t unlock your phone unless you’ve got the right fingerprint,” Barack Obama asked last Tuesday, “why can’t we do the same thing for our guns?” For this reasonable-sounding question, the president was praised throughout the media.
As it happens, though, there is a good answer to this question: there is no market for guns that work just some of the time. Guns are simple things designed to operate as easily and reliably as possible. The introduction of electronics eats away this simplicity, and to a degree that is absolutely unacceptable to the consumer. As President Obama well knows, the fingerprint software on his phone works rather erratically: Often it takes a user two or three tries to log in; occasionally, it falls asleep deeply and obeys the password. When this happens on a phone, the user is mildly
inconvenienced. If this were to happen on a gun, the user would be dead. There is a reason that modern smartphones put the camera function outside of the authentication (认证) process.
How could we possibly think that guns are the same as other commercial products? It is true that, say, cars have become considerably safer over the last few decades; true, too, that “research” has contributed to this improvement. But it matters enormously that a car is not intended to hurt people, and that in a perfect world nobody would ever be injured by one. Can we say the same of guns? Of course not. Guns are killing machines, designed to do damage to living things. In fact, they have no other purpose. As such, the basic question before any free people is not “are guns dangerous?” they are, but “who gets them, and why?”
This is not to say that nothing at all can be done to improve public safety. On an individual level, gun owners should do everything to ensure that their guns are kept away from children, and, where possible, they should train themselves in case they are ever called upon to shoot in anger. At the national level, the combination of better policing and economic growth can help to reduce crime — and, indeed, it has. In 1993, gun crime was more than twice as common as it is now, and there were fewer guns in circulation. Unpleasant as it is in its own right, that we have reached the point at which two-thirds of all guns-related deaths are deliberately self-inflicted is a small victory.
How to deal with those deaths that remain? That is a tricky one. I do not know the answer, and nor, frankly, does anybody else. But selling fantasies to the ignorant is not going to cut it.
32. What does the writer mainly argue in this passage?
A. Gun crime has been greatly reduced.
B. The idea of smart guns is not realistic.
C. Gun control will not succeed in America.
D. Guns-related deaths deserve public attention.
33. The underlined word “erratically” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A. with effectiveness B. with passion and energy
C. in an unpredictable manner D. in a reasonable and fair way
34. The writer supports his ideas in Paragraphs 2 and 3 mainly by ________.
A. analyzing statistics B. presenting problems and solutions
C. quoting the authorities D. making comparisons and contrasts
35. Which of the following might the writer NOT agree with?
A. Few know how to deal with guns-related deaths.
B. Efforts to improve public safety have partly paid off.
C. The nature of guns makes them different from other products.
D. Guns using fingerprint software can risk the lives of the users.
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,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Over the last 25 years, British society has changed a lot. 36 Ideas about social class – whether a person’s “working-class” or “middle-class” – are one area where changes have been slow.
In the past, the working-class people were often paid less than middle-class people. On Friday evenings, they would be paid, leave some money for “housekeeping”, go out and then spend the rest on beer.
For a middle-class man, he considered not only buying a house but also the education of his children as important. 37 Only in very few cases did workers have the opportunity to make such long-term plans.
38 In many cases factory workers earn as much as their middle–class managers. Modern society has made it less necessary than before to worry about “tomorrow”. Working-class people seem slowly to be losing the feeling of inferiority (自卑感). In fact, in the past few years, the middle-classes have had the feeling of inferiority.
39 They generally share similar tastes in music and clothes, they spend their money having fun, and save for holidays or longer-term plans when necessary. There seems to be much less difference than before. 40 As long as this difference remains, there will probably be new conflicts or rather that the old conflicts will re-appear, but between different groups.
A. Nowadays, a great deal has changed.
B. Both made him and his family comfortable.
C. Therefore, difference in lifestyles appeared.
D. In some ways, however, very little has changed in some parts of society.
E. However, there’s still much difference between the well-paid and the low-paid.
F. In recent years, the working–class people have begun to design long–term plans.
G. The change in lifestyles is probably most easily seen among younger people.
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。
Reg Foggerdy, 62, who managed to survive by eating ants while lost for six days without water in Western Australia, says he thought he was going to die in the wilderness.
“I was on a hunting trip in the Great Victoria Desert when I set 41 in pursuit of a camel I’d shot. I followed this camel into the 42 . I’d gone at least 30km. I didn’t know where I was,” he told CNN Network, giving a(an) 43 of his wrong 19 – mile wander and extraordinary tale of survival that followed.
Foggerdy found himself alone with only a T-shirt, and the shorts he was wearing. He had a valuable source of food 44 in front of him---the dead camel he’d 45 down but no means with 46 to eat it.
“I didn’t have a knife, and I didn’t have matches for a fire,” he said. “So I couldn’t go and 47 a steak off the animal.”
In the 48 , he turned to ants for 49 , an idea he remembered from watching TV shows of British survival expert Bear Grylls. “They tasted quite good. The first day, I ate probably 12 ants---and the following day, I had 18,” Foggerdy said.
50 , as time passed, there was a 51 hope that he could 52 it out of the desert alive. He saw search helicopters passing overhead, but they didn’t notice him because the bush is so 53 .
By the sixth day, his organs had started to shut down. He had said his last goodbyes in his head and 54 death to come soon.
“I was at peace with myself,” he said, 55 tears as he remembered the thought of his family seeing his body lying on the dirt in the bush.
But as Goggerdy 56 for the end, searchers were hot on his trail after a tracker 57 one of his footprints in the dirt.
“When I opened my eyes and saw the searchers, I was so happy,” Foggerdy 58 . “I’ve heard of people dying after three days with no water, but I don’t know 59 I survived six days. I don’t think I was 60 --- just lucky. ”
41. A. about B. in C. up D. off
42. A. bush B. dirt C. desert D. wilderness
43. A. paper B. record C. account D. explanation
44. A. right B. near C. direct D. straight
45. A. shot B. chased C. fell D. knocked
46. A. that B. which C. what D. whom
47. A. put B. hit C. cut D. break
48. A. memory B. dilemma C. impression D. experience
49. A. help B. power C. strength D. nutrients
50. A. However B. Finally C. Anyhow D. Therefore
51. A. big B. high C. great D. faint
52. A. get B. escape C. make D. manage
53. A. tall B. big C. thin D. thick
54. A. waited B. expected C. declared D. ignored
55. A. wiping away B. bursting into C. taking back D. hiding away
56. A. reached B. made C. prepared D. sought
57. A. recognized B. spotted C. realized D. searched
58. A. reminded B. remembered C. recalled D. memorized
59. A. why B. how C. when D. where
60. A. brave B. patient C. confident D. tough
第II卷 ( 非选择题, 共60分)
注意事项:用0.5 毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
第二节 语法填空 (共10小题,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或括号内单词的正确形式。
Last October, while tending her garden, Lena Pahlsson pulled out a handful of small carrots. She was about to throw them away 61 she noticed a shiny object. Yes, there beneath the leafy top of one tiny carrot was her long-lost wedding ring. With her attention 62 (fix) on the ring, she made such a loud scream that her daughter came 63 (run) from the house. “She thought I had hurt myself,” says Pahlsson.
Sixteen years ago, Pahlsson removed the diamond ring to cook a meal. When she wanted to put the ring back on later, it disappeared 64 (mystery). She suspected that one of her three daughters—the ten, eight, and six— 65 (pick) it up. When asked 66 they had taken the ring, the girls said they hadn’t. Pahlsson and her husband searched the kitchen very carefully, but they 67 (find) nothing. “I gave up hope of finding my ring again,” she says.
Pahlsson and her husband now think it was likely that the ring got 68 (sweep) into a pile of kitchen rubbish and was spread over the garden, 69 it remained until the carrot’s leafy top accidentally sprouted (生长) through it. For Pahlsson, its return was 70 great value.
第四部分:写作(共三节,满分45分)
第一节 单词拼写(共10小题,每题1分,满分10分)
根据中文提示,填入恰当的单词,使句子意思完整,结构正确。请将所填单词的完整形式填入答题卡的相应位置。
71. It is known to all that China is a country rich in natural ________ (资源).
72. The dormitory is well equipped and all the rooms are ________ (安了空调的).
73. After a whole day, they found him lying _________ (失去知觉的) on the floor.
74. “Don’t forget”, he said in a low _________ (威胁的) voice.
75. The new _________ (出版) house is determining its projects of co-operation with a foreign country.
76. I absolutly trust him. We are friends and _________ (同事) for more than 20 years.
77. It is _________ (禁止) for everyone to smoke in the library.
78. At the sight of the total d_________ (毁坏) of the town by an earthquake, everyone was touched to tears..
79. As an exchange student, _________ (适应) to the new environment matters a lot.
80. The government has been _________ (批评) for not taking the problem seriously.
第二节 短文改错 (共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
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(∧),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。
This morning, we had the pleasure of inviting Sabrina, a female literature teacher from No.4 High School, to give us a literature lesson. All of us were deeply impressed by this forgettable English lesson. Sabrina started the class in an amusing story, that attracted our attention at once. She spoke slowly and clearly so that they could follow her well. Great inspired, many students took an active part in the classroom activity. After class, many students being interviewed spoke highly of her. My classmate Tom told me that never before have he experienced so interesting class. From this lesson, we have come to a conclusion that it is not so difficult to learn English unless we can find a good way.
第三节 书面表达(总分25分)
假如你是李华,目前在你们年级有相当一部分同学对英语不重视,你持坚决的反对态度。所以,你给校刊写了一篇英语文章,阐述了你对英语学习的认识。写作要点如下:
1、说明英语学习的重要性;
2、分析那些同学的想法的原因;
3、建议英语学习的方法;
注意:词数120左右
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成都石室中学2017—2018学年度上期高2019届10月月考
英语答案
听力:1 – 20. CCACA BABAB BCABC BACBA
阅读:21—23 CBA 24—27 CDDA 28--31 ABCB 32—35 ADAB 36—40 DBAGE
完形:41-45 DACAB 46-50 BCBDA 51-55DCDBA 56—60 CBCAD
语法填空:
61. when 62.fixed 63. running 64. mysteriously 65. had picked
66. whether / if 67. found 68. swept 69. where 70. of
单词拼写:
71. resources 72. air-conditioned 73. unconscious 74. threatening /frightening
75. publishing 76. colleagues 77. forbidden 78. destruction 79. adaptation/adapting
80. criticised / criticized
短文改错:
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作文:
Possible version:
Nowadays English learning is ignored by many students in our grade, which I really want to say no to.
English is of importance. To start, with the world becoming a global village, mastering English means a new window to see the world. Besides, having a good command of English is a lifelong ability in our occupation and life.
The reason why some students don’t attach importance to English might lie in the unknown words, stopping them receiving information. Their poor listening may be another reason which makes them afraid of English. So my suggestions may help. Firstly, English is easy and only practice for minutes every day can make a difference. Moreover, when meeting with problems, consult the teacher who will give you a hand.
I do believe that progress will be made in English with our efforts. (138)
听力原文:
Text 1
M: Last night, I put my bike at the gate, but I can’t find it now.
W: It was in my way when I went to the garden, so I put it under the stairs. It’s still there. (1)
Text 2
W: Mr. Smith, why did you give me a zero on the math test? I know I got all of these answers right. Look!
M: You did get the answers right, but you wrote them on the test sheet, not the answer sheet. You left all the answer spaces blank. (2) You need to read the directions carefully.
Text 3
M: What did you put in this coffee? It tastes funny. (3)
W: It’s called Bulletproof coffee. I used butter instead of milk.
M: I don’t think I like it.
W: It’s supposed to give you more energy. But I’ll make you a regular cup if you want.
Text 4 (推断题)
W: “I used to love walking down these streets. Now, it feels like I’m a stranger in a child’s dream somewhere!”
M: All right, that’s a cut. Mandy, I love the emotion, but every time you say that last line, you look at the camera. OK, again from the top...
Text 5
M: Excuse me! Don’t you know that you can turn right when the light is red? It’s just like being at a stop sign in that situation. You’re holding up traffic!
W: Oh, I’m sorry. The laws are different in Montana… (5)
Text 6
M: What’s that smell? Are you wearing a new perfume or something? (6)
W: No, I don’t ever wear perfume.
M: OK, but that smell wasn’t here before we got in the car. What is it? It smells super fake and a little sweet. Oh, there it is!
W: Yes! It’s in the shape of a tree! Don’t you love it?
M: Gosh, I can’t believe you got one of these! Not only does it make your car smell terrible, but it looks so silly hanging from the mirror. People used to love these back in the 90s, along with their huge jeans in crazy colors
W: Haven’t you heard? The 90s are coming back in a big way. (7)
M: Ugh!
Text 7 (第8题为推断题)
M: How did the evening go?
W: It went well. I made her noodles with cheese for dinner. After dinner, I gave her a bath and then
read to her in bed. She really loved that book The Little Engine That Could! She ended up going to bed around 7:30 and hasn’t woken up since. Hopefully, she’ll sleep until morning. (10) How was your night?
M: It was good. We went to dinner and a movie. It’s great to have a night to ourselves every week. We really appreciate you coming to take care of Brianna. (10) It’s wonderful to know our daughter is in such good hands. How much do we owe you?
W: Sixty dollars.
M: Here you go. Thank you so much again. Would you like me to walk you out?
W: No, I’ll be fine. I’ll see you at the same time next week! (9)
Text 8
M: I’m looking into getting a GoPro camera. What kind do you think I should buy?
W: It depends on what you want to do with it. What will you be filming?
M: I do a lot of open-water swimming, and I want to film my trips. (11)
W: This one is the Hero4. (12) It has a long battery life and can connect to Wi-Fi. The camera isn’t totally waterproof, though, so you need to buy a separate case.
M: What colors is it available in?
GoPro:极限运动专业相机。它是一款小型可携带固定式防水防震相机。通过这种相机,极限运动爱好者可以在高速状态下录下自己矫健的身姿。
W: Black and green. The black one can shoot high-quality video, but the green one has a touch screen. (12) We also have the Hero4 Session, which is much smaller and lighter. It has a built-in battery, though, so you have to switch batteries when it runs out. The good thing about the Hero4 Session is that it’s totally waterproof and doesn’t need a separate case. (13)
M: Can I try that one out?
W: Sure.
Text 9
M: Hi, Mary, it’s Steve calling. Is this a bad time?
W: No, this is fine. I’m just about to put Sara to bed, but she can stay up a while longer while I talk. It’s great to hear from you! How are you?
M: I’m great. And yourself?
W: I’m well, thanks. I was so surprised to see you in the grocery store the other day. It’s so wonderful to hear your voice after all these years. (14)
M: I know. I’m so happy we ran into each other. I’m calling to invite you over for dinner next week like we talked about. (15) Does Monday or Tuesday night work?
W: Monday and Tuesday are pretty busy, so Wednesday is best, actually. Is that okay? (15)
M: Sure. (15)
W: Can Mark and the kids come? (16)
M: Of course! Your husband and children are always welcome. I’ll make a pasta dish. Why don’t you bring a salad? (17)
W: Sure. (17)
M: Does anyone have any food issues?
W: Yes, actually. Alex can’t have dairy. (16)
M: Oh, too bad. I was planning on serving ice cream for dessert. (17)
W: That’s fine. I’ll bring him something else that he can eat. (17) What time should we come over?
M: Around seven would be perfect.
Text 10
Spike Aerospace is a company based in Boston, Massachusetts. (18) It makes aircrafts that are something out of a science fiction novel. The company says that its S-512 Supersonic Business Jet can fly from New York to London in just 3 hours. They claim that the jet can reach a maximum speed of 1370 miles per hour, which is 1.8 times faster than the speed of sound. Now, passengers might be able to fly all over the world for a simple day trip and still be back home by bedtime! Although it was first introduced in a 2013 research paper, the plane has
undergone some important changes that have made its actual production possible. The newly designed “delta” wings are how the plane is able to travel so fast, (19) as their shape makes the jet lighter and better able to cut through pockets of warm air. The inside of the plane is called the “Multiplex Cabin”, and instead of windows for passengers to look out of, small cameras show images on thin screens on the wall. This means you can watch whatever you want, whenever you want! Not just anyone will be able to fly on the S-512, though, as it will likely cost around $80 million for a single round trip. (20) Spike Aerospace is set to start offering its service to the public in December of 2018. The waiting list has already grown to over one hundred names, with each person having paid a deposit of ten percent of the total!