陕西省西安中学2020届高三第一次模拟考试英语试题 20页

西安中学高三第一次模拟考试 英语 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. What is the man doing?‎ A. Reading a story. ‎ B. Watching a new film. ‎ C. Writing a detective story. ‎ ‎2. What is the man’s suggestion?‎ A. Buying a new refrigerator. ‎ B. Putting the refrigerator far away. ‎ C. Having the refrigerator fixed. ‎ ‎3. What does the man hope to do?‎ A. Attend a meeting. ‎ B. Watch a basketball match. ‎ C. Rest for a couple of hours. ‎ ‎4. What kind of music does the woman like best?‎ A. Folk music. B. Pop music. C. Classical music. ‎ ‎5. How does the woman feel?‎ A. Excited. B. Indifferent. C. Disappointed.‎ 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。‎ 听下面一段对话, 回答第6和第7两个小题。‎ ‎6. What did Tom do last night?‎ A. He listened to the radio. B. He did his homework. C. He played the piano. ‎ ‎7. What’s the possible relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Sister and brother. B. Mother and son. C. Teacher and student. ‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。‎ ‎8. What does Shelly do?‎ A. A driver. B. A director. C. A reporter. ‎ ‎9. What will the man do first?‎ A. Have his car fixed. B. Prepare something to eat. C. Meet some singers. ‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。‎ ‎10. What are the speakers probably doing now?‎ A. Having a meal. B. Shopping. C. Preparing food. ‎ ‎11. What is the man’s favorite food?‎ A. Carrots. B. Chocolate cakes. C. Fruits. ‎ ‎12. What does the woman want the man to do?‎ A. Try the dessert. B. Bake some cakes. C. Balance his diet. ‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。‎ ‎13. What will John get?‎ A. A bike. B. A toy car. C. A football. ‎ ‎14. Who is probably learning Chinese?‎ A. John. B. Jane. C. Jack. ‎ ‎15. When will the woman buy the gifts?‎ A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday. ‎ ‎16. Why will the man take the kids to the McDonald’s?‎ A. To have lunch. B. To keep a secret. C. To make them quiet. ‎ 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。‎ ‎17. Who is Beck Alter?‎ A. An art teacher. B. A student leader. C. The owner of Penny. ‎ ‎18. When will Penny be tested? ‎ A. When she is 30 days old. ‎ B. When she is 49 days old. ‎ C. When she is 79 days old. ‎ ‎19. In which classes will the students write diaries for Penny’s website?‎ A. English and art. ‎ B. English and geography. ‎ C. Speech and communication. ‎ ‎20. What will the students in life skills class do for Penny?‎ A. Take care of Penny. ‎ B. Train Penny’s personality. ‎ C. Help run the Internet page.‎ 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。‎ A The following picture books are a wonderful way to improve the summer experience with kids.‎ ‎♦ Vampirina at the Beach by Anne Marie Pace Vampirina and her best monster friend head to the beach during the full moon on a ‎ perfect summer night to enjoy all the fun and festivities the beach has to offer. Along the way, Vampirina’s beach adventures highlight the importance of beach safety to ensure a heroic adventure for all.‎ Available from Amazon, $11.50‎ ‎♦ Summer by Alice Low Summer brings so many things to a spirited boy, an eager girl, and an excited little dog. The season is filled with adventure. With clever rhyming words, clever phrasing, and playful images, children will love following along as this energetic trio (三重唱) takes in all the sunshine, big beach waves, fireworks, and sweet treats of this truly memorable time of year.‎ Available from Amazon, $6.23‎ ‎♦ Waiting for Pumpsie by Barry Wittenstein Summer is the season of baseball, and there’s no better way to celebrate summer than with the true story of Pumpsie Green’s rise from the minors to the Boston Red Sox in 1959. As the final major league team to include black athletes, young Bernard and his family travel to Fenway‎ ‎Park to witness Pumpsie Green take the field in this inspirational tale of equality and progress.‎ Available from Amazon, $9.61‎ ‎♦ The Night Before Summer Camp by Natasha Wing Sure, camp sounds fun, but when you don’t quite know what to expect, it’s only natural to feel a little nervous away from Mom and Dad. With rhyming prose (散文) and cheerful illustrations (插图), this cheering story of an unwilling boy who comes to enjoy all the fun summer camp will have children ready to take on their own camp adventure!‎ Available from Amazon, $3.52‎ ‎21. What benefit can children get from Vampirina at the Beach?‎ A. Enjoying the excitement of sports.‎ B. Making friends with pets more easily.‎ C. Strengthening the sense of shore safety.‎ D. Gaining the courage to enjoy summer camp.‎ ‎22. Which of the following book is related to human rights?‎ A. Summer. B. Waiting for Pumpsie.‎ C. Vampirina at the Beach. D. The Night Before Summer Camp.‎ ‎23. What do the four books have in common?‎ A. They tell what happens in the hot season.‎ B. They introduce camp adventures.‎ C. They describe sweet music.‎ D. They have the same price.‎ B My kids sit in Gee’s living room and respectfully lift antique Christmas ornaments out of a cardboard box. They giggle at Ann, who is a foreign character to them. Gee stands beside them, quietly explaining each treasure. She tells me that she and Tom built their ornament collection piece by piece. She smiles as we leave with the box.‎ We first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Someone had been returning our garbage cans to the garage each garbage day, and Jim and I had wondered who. Then one day we spotted him: an elderly man who lived across the street.‎ I baked cookies and left them outside with a thank-you note. When we got home that day, a typed letter had replaced the gift. The letter was from Tom and explained back when he’d been fighting a war, neighbors had taken the time to handle the garbage cans for his young wife, Gee, and he never forgot. Now he paid it forward by doing the same for all of us.‎ A few years after we’d moved in, Tom died. We photocopied that letter and attached it to one of our own for Gee. We told her how special Tom had been to us. She wrote back ‎ and told us she still talked to Tom every day.‎ These days, we’re piling up boxes of our own. We’re planning a move. We know it’s time to go, and yet we can’t seem to stick the For Sale sign up on the lawn. It’s not just Gee. It’s the man who lets our kids pick peaches off the tree in his front yard. It’s the ladies who leave overflowing baskets for our kids on Easter.‎ Jim and I agree to wait until January. This Christmas, we’ll decorate our tree with Gee’s ornaments, out of the box labeled in Tom’s handwriting. Maybe I’ll talk to him just as Gee still does. Thank you, I’ll say, for teaching us what it means to be a neighbor.‎ ‎24. What can we infer from the first paragraph?‎ A. The kids thought little of these antique Christmas ornaments.‎ B. The kids were fond of these antique Christmas ornaments.‎ C. The kids were afraid of these antique Christmas ornaments.‎ D. The kids had no interest in these antique Christmas ornaments.‎ ‎25. Which of the following is true about Tom?‎ A. He fought a war from which the author suffered a lot.‎ B. He first met the author at her wedding.‎ C. He was an elderly man whose job was handling garbage cans.‎ D. He helped to handle his neighbors’ garbage cans secretly.‎ ‎26. The underlined part in Paragraph 3 can probably be replaced by ________.‎ ‎ A. passed … down B. gave … away C. turned … over D. called … off ‎27. What could be the best title of this passage?‎ A. What Tom Did for us B. Why we Didn’t Want to Move C. What it Really Means to Be a Neighbor D. How Neighbors Help Each Other C While many countries love their tea, UK citizens are particularly proud of being “tea ‎ people”. The average UK citizen consumes nearly 2 kilograms of tea each year.‎ Tea only made its way to England in large quantities in the first years of the 17th century. Tea from China and a few other Asian countries was being sold more widely in England at that time. Then tea was getting more and more popular among different social classes.‎ There are many varieties of tea. Black tea mixtures are still the most common type drunk in the UK. Black tea is dark in colour, because the leaves have been allowed to oxidize (氧化) before drying. This is why we usually serve it with milk, although it is not uncommon to drink it black or with lemon. You may still find tea made with loose tea leaves, served up in a pot, and poured into the best china cups with saucers (茶托) for visitors.‎ Tea is still a large part of daily life in the UK today, but it seems to be on the decrease. The amount of tea sold in the UK fell by more than 10% in the five years leading up to 2002, and has been dropping ever since. Tea sales fell by 6% in 2014 alone, and most restaurants report selling more than twice as many cups of coffee as they do tea. More than ￡1 billion was spent on coffee in high street stores in 2013, more than twice what was spent on tea bags.‎ Still, what goes around comes around; it’s sure to become fashionable again.‎ ‎28. Which of the following is true according to the first three paragraphs?‎ A. Tea made its way to England in the early years of the 16th century.‎ B. The UK usually serves black tea with lemon.‎ C. Tea from China was being sold more widely in England now.‎ D. UK citizens take pride in being “tea people”.‎ ‎29. What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?‎ A. Tea sales fell by 6% in 2014 alone. ‎ B. Since 2002, the sales of tea has been on the decrease. ‎ C. In 2013, the money spent on tea was ￡3 billion.‎ D. Most restaurants sell more coffee than tea nowadays.‎ ‎30. What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph?‎ A. It can never succeed again. B. The tea can become popular again.‎ C. Coffee is more popular than tea. D. The tea is becoming less popular.‎ ‎31. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?‎ A. To introduce tea in the UK. B. To show the author’s preference for tea.‎ C. To introduce the functions of tea. D. To compare tea in China and UK.‎ D Smile! It makes everyone in the room feel better because they, consciously or unconsciously, are smiling with you. Growing evidence shows that an instinct for facial mimicry (模仿) allows us to empathize with and even experience other people’s feelings. If we can’t mirror another person’s face, it limits our ability to read and properly react to their expressions. A review of this emotional mirroring appears on February ‎11 in Trends in Cognitive Sciences.‎ In their paper, Paula Niedenthal and Adrienne Wood, social psychologists at the University‎ of ‎Wisconsin, describe how people in social situations copy others’ facial expressions to create emotional responses in themselves. For example, if you’re with a friend who looks sad, you might “try on” that sad face yourself without realizing you’re doing so. In “trying on” your friend’s expression, it helps you to recognize what they’re feeling by associating it with times in the past when you made that expression. Humans get this emotional meaning from facial expressions in a matter of only a few hundred milliseconds.‎ ‎“You reflect on your emotional feelings and then you generate some sort of recognition judgment, and the most important thing that results in is that you take the appropriate action — you approach the person or you avoid the person,” Niedenthal says. “Your own emotional reaction to the face changes your perception of how you see the face in such a way that provides you with more information about what it means.”‎ ‎ A person’s ability to recognize and “share” others’ emotions can be prevented when they can’t mimic faces. This is a common complaint for people with motor diseases, like facial paralysis from a stroke, or even due to nerve damage from plastic surgery. Niedenthal notes that the same would not be true for people who suffer from paralysis from birth, because if you’ve never had the ability to mimic facial expressions, you will have developed compensatory ways of interpreting emotions.‎ ‎ People with social disorders associated with mimicry or emotion-recognition damage, like autism (自闭症), can experience similar challenges. “There are some symptoms in autism where lack of facial mimicry may in part be due to limitation of eye contact,” Niedenthal says.‎ Niedenthal next wants to explore what part in the brain is functioning to help with facial expression recognition. A better understanding of that part, she says, will give us a better idea of how to treat related disorders. ‎ ‎32. According to the passage, facial mimicry helps ________.‎ A. experience one’s own feelings clearly B. change others’ emotions quickly C. respond to others’ expressions properly D. develop friendship with others easily ‎ ‎33. We can know from Paragraph 4 and 5 that ________.‎ A. people with motor diseases may also suffer from autism B. people born with facial paralysis may still recognize emotions C. people with social disorders can’t have eye contact with others D. people receiving plastic surgery have difficulty in mimicking faces ‎34. According to Niedenthal, the next step of the study will focus on ________.‎ A. how we can treat brain disorders B. what can be done to regain facial mimicry C. how our brain helps us with emotional mirroring D. what part of our brain helps recognize facial expression ‎35. The passage is written to ________. ‎ A. discuss how people react positively to others’ smiles B. draw people’s attention to those with social disorders ‎ C. introduce a new trend in facial expression recognition D. explain how emotional mirroring affects people’s empathy 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）‎ ‎ 根据文章内容，从短文后的七个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。‎ Building a Lasting Social Relationship We all know that friends are special people who we share our lives with, and who share their lives with us in return. 36 ‎ According to research recently published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, the key is to use “we-talk”.‎ Led by University‎ of ‎California psychologist Megan Robins and her colleagues, the researchers reviewed and analyzed 30 different studies involving over 5,000 participants. 37 ‎ The word “we” moves people from an individual position into a partnership, which makes us more interdependent. “ 38 Word use is a window into what people are thinking and feeling without asking them,” Robbins told Science Daily.‎ ‎ 39 The primary point is that interdependence may bring about supportive and relationship-centered behaviors and positive perceptions of the partner — especially important in times of stress and disagreement.‎ Contrary to “we-talk”, there is “I-talk”, which refers to the frequent use of the first-person singular pronouns, such as “I”, “me” and “mine”, when writing or speaking. Earlier this year, researcher analyzed a set of data that came from 47,000 people in Germany and the US. 40 As you can see from the two studies, too much “I-talk” can make you feel depressed. But “we-talk” can encourage you to become more positive and create a chain effect of healthy interdependence with others.‎ So next time you are talking to a friend, try using more “we-talk”. You may find yourself feeling more positive — and the effect it will have on your friend will be positive as well.‎ A. Pronouns offer an insight into whether people see themselves as individuals or as part of a whole.‎ B. If you are speaking in a person context, you’re speaking about something that’s of relevance to you.‎ C. Their research also found that “we-talk” is helpful for resolving conflicts.‎ D. Self-centered people are found to be indifferent to many things in society and other people because all their concentration is only on themselves and their needs.‎ E. This analysis of “we-talk” suggested that the frequent use of “we” and “us” is linked to happier and healthier relationships.‎ F. They found that too much “I-talk” was an accurate linguistic marker for the likelihood that someone is feeling stressed or experiencing negative emotions.‎ G. But seeking friends and keeping the friendship going are never easy.‎ 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和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ A Game of Light and Shade It was a sunny day. I had gone up and down the tower when, outside the door at the foot, a blind man came toward me. In a moment, he disappeared up the stairs. I looked at the sign that said “To the Tower”, and decided to 41 him.‎ I caught up with him in the ticket office. There I was 42 to see the attendant selling him a ticket as if he were any other visitor. Then, with the ticket in one hand and 43 the wall with the fingers of the other, the blind man reached the stairs 44 to the hallway.‎ ‎“That man is blind. What would a blind man climb up the tower for?” I said to the attendant, expecting him to show some 45 , but he didn’t answer.‎ ‎“Not the 46 certainly,” I said. “Perhaps he wants to 47 .”‎ I bought a ticket and 48 up the stairs. The man hadn’t gone as far as I 49 . A third of the way up the tower, I heard his 50 . I slowed down and followed him at a little 51 . He stopped from time to time. When he got to the balcony, I was a dozen steps 52 . As I reached it, I saw him at the corner of the tower.‎ At last, after ten minutes, I 53 him. “Excuse me,” I said as politely as I could, “but I am curious to know 54 you came up.”‎ He smiled. “Coming up the stairs, you will notice how not just light but sun 55 into the tower through the narrow windows here and there, so that you can feel the 56 — the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm — and how up here behind the wall there is 57 , but as soon as going opposite a window you can find the sun. There is no 58 so good as this for feeling the difference between light and shade. It is not the first time I’ve come up.” ‎ The blind man seemed quite 59 , just like a child who was enjoying his favorite games. He told me the truth that blind men can also find the beauty in life 60 they cannot enjoy the sights of the world. ‎ ‎41. A. accept B. follow C. control D. visit ‎42. A. frightened B. disappointed C. surprised D. embarrassed ‎43. A. touching B. climbing C. hitting D. covering ‎44. A. pointing B. attaching C. contributing D. leading ‎45. A. respect B. doubt C. concern D. sympathy ‎46. A. view B. test C. prize D. trick ‎47. A. kick B. jump C. relax D. escape ‎48. A. struggled B. explored C. wandered D. hurried ‎ ‎49. A. promised B. examined C. imagined D. confirmed ‎50. A. steps B. words C. secrets D. cheers ‎51. A. standard B. distance C. expense D. intention ‎52. A. ahead B. around C. outside D. behind ‎53. A. recognized B. surrounded C. approached D. witnessed ‎54. A. why B. how C. when D. whether ‎55. A. knocks B. pours C. slides D. bursts ‎56. A. trend B. reaction C. change D. honor ‎57. A. light B. space C. mess D. shade ‎58. A. place B. signal C. object D. period ‎59. A. nervous B. content C. curious D. patient ‎60. A. unless B. because C. once D. although 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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Dachi was the name of my pet cockatiel. His name comes from the second half of the Japanese word tomodachi, 61 means friend.‎ I taught Dachi to whistle two songs, “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” and “Happy Birthday to You”. Though his whole range of skills was small, his 62 (confident) never lagged (滞后), and he would frequently wish me a happy birthday when it wasn’t — which could be 63 (embarrass).‎ When Dachi had been with us for three or four years, I think I may have become a bit too confident with him. One day, I walked out of the house and didn’t realize that he was still sitting on my shoulder 64 the door behind me shut loudly. He 65 (fly) away.‎ After I placed 66 advertisement in the local paper, I received a phone call ‎ from a woman. I was so relieved to hear this news that I 67 (immediate) drove to her house. When I arrived, she asked me to see whether the bird was 68 (I).‎ I had a better idea 69 (identify) Dachi and began to whistle the “Happy Birthday” song. The lady stopped me, 70 (say), “He is yours alright — he’s been whistling that all week.”‎ So Dachi came home in the car sitting on my shoulder, whistling.‎ 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，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 ‎ 增加: 在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出修改的词。 ‎ 删除: 把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。 ‎ 修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在其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11处起）不计分。‎ People always say that we lack of the eyes of realizing the beauty in life. I can’t agree complete. Last Friday, I woke up very early and decide to take a walk. In the square there many senior citizens were dancing, I found several elders bury in feeding birds. Without many cars, I realized the city looked so clean but beautiful. Some coffee shops were decorated pretty well, which attracted our eyes. The whole city was covered with green tree, making it green city. At this moment, I found the city was so interesting. How I regret ignore its beauty before!‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他春节期间将来西安参加“外国人唱中国歌大赛”，希望你为他推荐一首中文歌曲。请给他回邮件，内容包括：‎ ‎1. 推荐曲目；‎ ‎2. 推荐理由；‎ ‎3. 你的祝愿。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ Dear Jim, ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 西安中学高三第一次模拟考试 参考答案 听力（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ ‎1-5 ACACC 6-10 BCCBA 11-15 BCCBC 16-20 BABBA 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）‎ ‎ 21-23 CBA 24-27 BDAC 28-31 DDBA 32-35 CBDD ‎ 36-40 GEACF 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ ‎ 41-45 BCADC 46-50 ABDCA 51-55 BDCAB 26-30 CDABD 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎ 61. which 62. confidence 63. embarrassing 64. until/till 65. flew ‎ ‎66. an 67. immediately 68. mine 69. to identify 70. saying 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ People always say that we lack of the eyes of realizing the beauty in life. I can’t agree complete. Last Friday, I woke up very early and decide to take a walk. In the ‎ completely decided square there many senior citizens were dancing, I found several elders bury in feeding ‎ where buried birds. Without many cars, I realized the city looked so clean but beautiful. Some coffee ‎ and shops were decorated pretty well, which attracted our eyes. The whole city was covered ‎ my with green tree, making it ∧ green city. At this moment, I found the city was so ‎ ‎ trees a interesting. How I regret ignore its beauty before!‎ ‎ ignoring 书面表达（满分25分）‎ Dear Jim,‎ How is it going? I’m exhilarated to hear you will come to Xi’an and participate in the Chinese Singing Competition for Foreigners during the Spring Festival. For the song to choose, I highly recommend Moli Hua, Jasmine Flower, which is representative of Chinese folk music.‎ My recommendation is based on the following reasons. First of all, it enjoys wide popularity, so there’s no doubt it will attract the audience’s attention once you start to sing. Moreover, this song has beautiful melody and simple lyrics, which are relatively easy for you to learn in a short time. At the same time, the soothing tunes will make your learning process pleasant and comfortable. I bet you are bound to stand out among all the competitors.‎ I sincerely hope my recommendation can be helpful and wish you a wonderful performance. When you come to Xi’an, do remember to inform me, since I’d like to be there to cheer for you.‎ ‎ Yours,‎ ‎ Li Hua 听力材料 Text 1‎ W: Oh, I see you’re in the middle of that new detective story. Is it any good?‎ M: I can’t put it down. ‎ Text 2‎ M: I’m no expert. But that noise in your refrigerator doesn’t sound good. Maybe you should call and have it checked out. ‎ W: You are right. And I suppose I’ve put it off long enough. ‎ Text 3‎ W: Take the medicine and I’m sure you’ll get well again in a couple of hours. ‎ M: I hope so. Or I won’t be able to take part in the meeting about tomorrow’s basketball match. ‎ Text 4‎ M: I enjoyed all kinds of music. What music do you like?‎ W: Folk music had appealed to me very much before I came to have a passion for pop music, but now I think nothing can compare with classical music. ‎ Text 5‎ M: Honey, I’m home. ‎ W: Did you remember to buy the tickets?‎ M: Well, I remembered, but they were sold out. ‎ W: Oh no. I was really looking forward to the play. ‎ Text 6‎ W: Tom, have you finished your homework yet?‎ M: Of course. I didn’t go to bed until I finished it last night. My sister was listening to a radio program and my brother was practicing playing the piano. It was really noisy. ‎ W: Well done. You are very hard-working and I hope you can stick to that. ‎ M: Thank you. By the way, Mrs. Brom, can you spare some time now?‎ W: Of course. What’s up?‎ M: I hope you can help me with some math problems. ‎ W: No problem. This way please. ‎ Text 7‎ M: Shelly, you are late again!‎ W: Oh, I’m sorry! My car broke down halfway, so I had to walk a long way to the bus station. What’s worse, the traffic is terrible during the rush hours. ‎ M: Alright. Let’s go on. Today we will interview some singers who are performing in the coming charity show. Later we will interview the director of the show. After the interview, we’ll have to write an article for tomorrow morning’s paper. ‎ W: OK. ‎ M: By the way, we’d better take some food. Our schedule is tight and we will have no time to eat outside. ‎ W: No problem. ‎ Text 8‎ M: The carrots taste awful and salty. How do you like them?‎ W: I like them very much. They are delicious. ‎ M: Well, you can have all my carrots. I saw you buy some chocolate cakes. I am done with the main course. It’s about time for some dessert. ‎ W: Oh, you want my chocolate cakes?‎ M: No, no, I’m just thinking of some dessert. And I have had enough carrots. ‎ W: Robert, carrots contain much vitamin C. It is good for you. ‎ M: I know, but chocolate cakes are even better. ‎ W: Oh, stop it! You know you need vegetables. You will end up fat if you don’t watch your diet now. ‎ M: Well, actually, I don’t mind eating carrots. But chocolate cakes are much better. You know I was born with a sweet tooth. ‎ Text 9‎ W: Mike, Christmas is coming soon. What presents shall we buy for the children?‎ M: What about a bike for John? He’s been asking for one for a long time. ‎ W: But I don’t think he’s old enough to ride a bike to school. Let’s buy him a football instead, all right?‎ M: OK. What shall we buy for Jane?‎ W: Well, she likes music very much. Shall we buy her a guitar?‎ M: I think an iPad will be better. It can help her learn Chinese. ‎ W: Then let’s buy one for her. Now, what about little Jack?‎ M: Well, he’s still a young baby. I think a toy car is best for him. ‎ W: I couldn’t agree more. When shall we go and buy the presents?‎ M: Well, it’s Saturday. Let’s go shopping tomorrow afternoon after we see the film. ‎ W: OK. But we mustn’t let the children know about the presents before Christmas. ‎ M: I’m sure they won’t know. I’ll take them to the McDonald’s while you are doing the shopping. ‎ Text 10‎ M: Hello, everyone. I’m the art teacher Beck Alter. I am going to announce a piece of exciting news to you! That is... we decide to raise a dog named Penny in our school! And Penny is a black dog and only 30 days old. Today Penny will make her first appearance. Penny will work on a project called Raising a Guide Dog by Students. As we know, a guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a blind person. When Penny grows up to 49 days old, she will be tested for intelligence and personality. If she can pass the test, she will become a guide dog for the blind. Everyone is welcome to join in this project. And each class has different duties as follows. ‎ Some students will help run a special Internet page all about Penny on the website. In speech and communication class, students will write the questions and conduct the interviews on Penny’s website. Students in English class will write the diary information that appears on Penny’s page and respond to all the e-mails addressed to Penny! The geography class will help them to do the same work. In life skills class, students with behavior problems or learning disabilities will look after pet Penny. And it will teach the students about the responsibilities of caring for a dog and improve their behavior, too. And in art class, Penny needs to do nothing and spends much of her day in a very comfortable ‎ place. But she isn’t ignored! Students pet her and scratch her ears.‎