2019-2020学年安徽省阜阳市第三中学高二上学期第一次调研考试英语试题 word版 17页

阜阳三中2018级2019—2020学年第一学期一调考试 英语学科试卷 ‎ 分值150分 时间120分钟 注意：本试题分第I卷和第II卷两部分，客观题答案务必涂在答题卡上，主观题务必答在答题卷上，否则视为无效。‎ 第I卷 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. Why does the man need a map?‎ A. To tour Manchester. B. To find a restaurant. C. To learn about China.‎ ‎2. What does the woman want to do for vacation?‎ A. Go to the beach. B. Travel to Colorado. C. Learn to snowboard.‎ ‎3. What will the man probably do?‎ A. Take the job. B. Refuse the offer. C. Change the working hours.‎ ‎4. What does the woman say about John?‎ A. He won’t wait for her. ‎ B. He won't come home today. ‎ C. He won’t be on time for dinner.‎ ‎5. What will the speakers probably do next?‎ A. Order some boxes. B. Go home and rest C. Continue working.‎ 第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。‎ ‎6. How does the woman usually go to work? ‎ A. By car. B. By bus. C. By train.‎ ‎7. What do the speakers agree about taking the train?‎ A. It is safer. B. It is faster. C. It is cheaper. ‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. What does the man suggest the woman do?‎ A. Save up for the car. ‎ B. Go to another car dealer. ‎ C. Ask someone to check the car.‎ ‎9. What is the salesman going to do?‎ A. Give a discount. B. Stick to a high price. C. Ask for cash payment.‎ ‎10. How will the man help the woman?‎ A. Lend money to her. B. Drive her car home. C. Take care of her car.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. What does the woman think of the living expenses in the city?‎ A. Fairly low. B. Just Okay. C. Very high.‎ ‎12. What does the woman spend most on? ‎ A. Meals. B. Trains. C. Clothes.‎ ‎13. What does the woman do in her free time? ‎ A. See films. B. Travel around. C. Go for a drink.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。‎ ‎14. What will Rebecca do on June 12?‎ A. Go on a business trip. ‎ B. Organize a trade exhibition.‎ C. Meet the people from Head Office.‎ ‎15. What is John preparing for the meeting?‎ A. A report. B. A timetable. C. A speech.‎ ‎16. When do the speakers decide to have the meeting?‎ A. On June 3. B. On June 10. C. On June 17. ‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. What did the speaker decide to do after lunch that day?‎ A. Stay to help her friend. B. Walk alone to her car. C. Wait for the train to stop.‎ ‎18. What can we learn about the speaker then?‎ A. She worked at a hotel. B. She had bought a new car. C. She was having a baby soon.‎ ‎19. Where did the speaker meet the taxi passenger?‎ A. At a crossroads. B. In front of a hotel. 　C. Besides a car park.‎ ‎20. What does the speaker talk about?‎ A. An exciting lunch party. B. A well-known short story. C. An unforgettable experience.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节 ‎ （共15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或D）中，选出最佳选项。‎ A The blooming of social media and interactive smartphone-based apps has proved that e-marketing is an unchangeable trend. In the case of China, the latest battlefield is beauty camera apps, which have become an overnight hit in the West.‎ ‎1. MeituPic Developed by the Xiamen-based Meitu Inc, MeituPic is the company’s flagship beauty camera app and was the first to become a big hit among Western users. The app has drawn some 456 million users, who use it to post more than 6 billion photos every month.‎ In addition to MeituPic, Meitu Inc has developed a series of beauty camera apps such as Beauty Plus, Poster Labs and Meipai, each specializing in facial feature improvement, video editing and many other features.‎ ‎2. Pitu Tian Tian Pi Tu, is a beauty app developed by China’s Internet giant Tencent. Similar to other photo-editing apps, Pitu offers a number of beautifying filters, blemish（瑕疵） removing tools and virtual makeup choices for users to choose from.‎ Launched in 2014, Pitu has accumulated 106 million monthly active users (MAUs). While the number is not as impressive as that of Meitu’ s apps, some argue that the user base of Tencent’ s gaming products and chat applications, such as QQ and WeChat, gives Pitu great potential for further growth. According to Chinese app watchers, Pitu’ s target audience is younger and more individualized than that of MeituPic. 80 percent of Pitu’ s users are younger than 25, giving the app more room to try out more new features.‎ ‎3. FaceU In contrast with most other beauty apps, FaceU, focuses more on the social feature, encouraging users to video chat with friends and even strangers while playing with its fun stickers (贴纸) — and the strategy is undoubtedly working. Launched in 2016, the app, which mainly targets female users between 15 and 35, has twice made it onto the Apple store’ s Chart for top apps.‎ ‎21. Meitu Inc has developed a series of beauty camera apps except ______‎ A. Meipai B. MeituPic C. Tian Tian Pi Tu D. Beauty Plus ‎22. What gives Tian Tian Pi Tu more room to grow potentially?‎ A. The number of Meitu Apps’s potential users.‎ B. Users of Tencent’s gaming products and chat apps.‎ C. The various kinds of photo-editing functions.‎ D. The room to try out more new features.‎ ‎23. According to the passage, what do the three Apps have in common?‎ A. They mainly target young users. B. They all launched in 2016.‎ C. They specialize in photo editing. D. They are popular and hot.‎ B Parents need to be good role models to help their children make sensible financial decisions, according to Adam Hancock and his team, from East Caronlina University in the US. Their work highlights that parents who argue about finances contribute to increasing credit card debt among their children during their students years. Their work is published online in Springer's Journal of Family and Economic Issues.‎ Credit card debt among college students has been a growing concern for researchers and policymakers over the last decade. In addition, there is growing concern among educators that more students are dropping out of school, not because of academic failure, but because of financial reasons, and credit card especially. Hancock and colleagues' study is the first to examine how parental interactions, and financial knowledge and attitudes may have a cumulative effect（累积效应）on the number of credit cards students own and their level of credit card debt.‎ The researchers analyzed data for 420 undergraduate students from seven different American universities, who took part in the College Student Financial Literacy Survey. According to the online survey, nearly two-thirds of students had a credit card, and nearly a third had more than one. Those students who reported that their parents argued about finances were more likely to have more than two cards than the students whose parents who did not argue about finances.‎ In terms of debt, those students who had two or more credit cards were nearly three times more likely to report having credit card debt over ＄500.‎ The researchers conclude, "It is clear that the influence of parents cannot be neglected. Researchers, educators and policymakers should work in finding effective ways to increase the positive financial behaviors for college students. We need to help students learn financial skills and establish healthy financial attitudes at earlier ages to prevent poor financial habits from taking root."‎ ‎24. In Adam Hancock's research, student's credit card debt is related to their _________. ‎ A. knowledge B. school C. parents D. concerns ‎ ‎25. When college students have credit card debt, they may ________‎ A. quit school B. fail in their exams ‎ C. study financial knowledge D. have more credit cards ‎26. If you have two or more credit cards, you are more likely to ________.‎ A. get wealthy B. have argument C. buy more things D. become in debt ‎27. As a student, what can you learn from the passage?‎ A. We need to turn to our parents when we have credit card debt.‎ B. We should build correct financial attitudes when we are young.‎ C. We shouldn't have credit cards so that we can avoid argument.‎ D. We can have more credit cards to make life more comfortable.‎ C If you make a list of the top ten most challenging jobs in the world, chances are that being a teacher will not make the cut. Let’s think about their complex task millions of educators face each day as they try to teach a group of often unfriendly, disorderly kids into intelligent, well-rounded individuals. That surely has to be the toughest job in the world, especially taking into consideration that there is no promotion waiting for them even if they are wildly successful!‎ What if these all-important individuals that we often take for granted disappear from our lives? That was what Project Ed and Participant Media’s teaching campaign asked filmmakers of all ages to envision（想象）for their recently-held contest.‎ Their short films were called “A World without Teachers”, whose intention was to inspire more young people to become teachers. However, the 62 amazing video submissions (提交物) also serve ‎ as a reminder of how terrible things would be if we didn’t have these selfless individuals guiding us through life. What was interesting is that even the youngest contestants didn’t accept the idea that there’s no person to tell them what to do.‎ High-school student Savannah Wakefield considered if art as we know today would have been different without teachers. Would C. Monet have discovered his talent for impressionism?‎ Miles Horst, who won the 1,000-dollar prize for the best adult submission, envisions a world where teachers are replaced by a “brain box” in his fun animated entry. Youth category winner Marina Barham’s video describes a fact we all know but often forget. Teachers don’t just teach; they inspire—something that no electronic device, no matter how smart, can do!‎ So the next time you think your teacher is being “troublesome” for trying to channel you in the right direction, imagine a life without him/her. We have a feeling it will not appear as rosy!‎ ‎28. Project Ed and Participant Media’s teaching campaign asked contestants to ______.‎ A. inspire more young people to become teachers ‎ B. point out which teacher has inspired them most C. imagine what the world would be like without teachers D. describe what effect teachers would have on their life ‎29. What is suggested in the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4?‎ A. Monet is regarded as the father of impressionism. ‎ B. Monet’s great success was connected with his teachers.‎ C. Monet’s teachers made a great contribution to modern art.‎ D. Monet was good at discovering his students’ talent for drawing.‎ ‎30. What does Marina Barham’s video tell us?‎ A. Teachers prefer to inspire their students instead of teaching.‎ B. The role of teachers cannot be replaced by anything else.‎ C. The function of teachers cannot be forgotten by the world.‎ D. Teachers often show the right direction to their students.‎ ‎31. The author’s attitude towards the function of teachers is ______.‎ A. negative B. doubtful C. neutral D. positive D Dutch officials toasted on Tuesday the opening of what is being called the world’s first ‎ ‎3D-printed concrete bridge, which is meant to be used by cyclists. There was applause as officials wearing hard hats and workmen’s jackets rode over the bridge on their bikes at the opening ceremony in the southeastern town of Gemert. ‎ ‎“The bridge is not very big, but it was rolled out by a printer which makes it unique,” Theo Salet, from the Eindhoven University of Technology, told Dutch broadcaster NOS. Work on printing the bridge, which has some 800 layers, took about three months after starting in June and it is made of pre-stressed concrete, according to the university. “One of the advantages of printing a bridge is that much less concrete is needed than in the conventional technique in which a mould (泥浆) is filled,” it said on its website, adding “a printer deposits the concrete only where it is needed.”‎ The eight-metre (26-foot) bridge crosses a water-filled channel to connect two roads, and it was tested for safety to bear loads of up to two metric tons in cooperation with the BAM Infra Construction company. Although designed for bikes, it could take up to 40 trucks, the designers said. “We are looking to the future,” said the head of BAM, Marinus Schimmel. “3D printing meant fewer rare resources were needed and there was significantly less waste,” he added.‎ The Netherlands is among countries, with the United States and China, taking a lead in the cutting-edge technology of 3D printing, using computers and robotics to construct objects and structures from scratch without using much traditional manpower. Last year a Dutch architect unveiled (揭示) a unique 3D printer with which he hopes to construct an “endless loop” building. And a Dutch start-up called MX3D has begun printing a stainless-steel bridge, of which a third is already completed. The aim is to finish printing by March and lay the bridge over an Amsterdam canal in the future.‎ ‎32. According to the text, what makes the bridge unique?‎ A. It adopts 3D printing. B. It opens only to cyclists.‎ C. It is made of new material. D. It uses much less concrete.‎ ‎33. According to Marinus Schimmel, the bridge ___________.‎ A. fails to bear heavy loads more safely B. needs no concrete and mould C. is designed for bikes and trucks D. is cost-efficient and eco-friendly ‎34. According to the last paragraph, which of the following statement is true?‎ A. The 3D-printed bridges are all designed for bikes.‎ B. 3D-printed construction saves much human labor.‎ C. United States and China develop slowly in 3D printing.‎ D. The stainless-steel bridge by MX3D has been put into use.‎ ‎35. What is the best title for the text?‎ A. The Value of the 3D Printing Technology B. The Netherlands Leads the Way in 3D Printing C. World’s First 3D-printed Bridge Opens to Cyclists D. 3D Printing is Widely Used in Building Bridges 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。‎ Questions to Ask Before Getting Your Child a Cellphone At what age should you get your child a cellphone? 36 However, before you decide to add your child to your family plan, ask yourself these questions.‎ ‎ 37 ‎ If you and your child are not often apart beyond school hours, a cellphone may not be a serious necessity, but if he is independent or involved in extracurricular (课外的) activities outside your home, a cellphone could be useful, especially during emergencies as a convenient means of communication with you.‎ Does your child understand the cost?‎ Make sure your child understands the cost of having a cellphone. 38 Some options to help control costs include prepaid and postpaid phones, setting a monthly budget for your child.‎ How can you keep your child’s phone usage safe and under control?‎ Before you get your child a phone, you should discuss what it can be used for, rules he is expected to follow and consequences if he fails to follow them. 39 ‎ ‎ 40 If you prefer to take an extra step towards monitoring his phone use, there are some application programs to allow you to track your child’s mobile activity.‎ A. Who needs a cellphone?‎ B. You ask your child to make use of his cellphone for learning.‎ C. Also, educate yourself on what social media apps are popular with teens.‎ A. According to Pew‎ Research ‎Center, the average age is between 12 and 13.‎ B. How can you determine whether or not to buy a cellphone for your child?‎ C. Also be sure that he can be trusted to stay within his limits from month to month.‎ D. For example, is the phone only to be used to call family, or can it be used socially?‎ 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，掌握其大意，然后从41-60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 ‎ Sun’qhela is a phrase with many shades of meaning. It says “don’t underestimate me,” and “just try me.” It’s a(n) 41 and a threat, all at once. It’s a common thing for the parents in Trevor family to say to their kids. 42 I heard it I knew it meant the conversation was 43 , and if I said another word I was in for a good beat. ‎ At the time, I was the champion of the Maryvale‎ ‎College sports day every single year. Why? Because mom was always 44 me to kick my ass (臀部), and I was always running not to get my ass kicked. Nobody ran like me and my mom. She was a thrower, too. 45 was next to her was coming at me. If it was something 46 , I had to catch it and put it down. If it broke, that would be my 47 , too, and the ass-kicking would be that much 48 . So if she threw a vase at me, I’d have to catch it, put it down, and then run. We had a very Tom and Jerry relationship, me and my mom. She was the 49 instructor; I was naughty as shit. ‎ Everybody knew that Trevor child would come through like a bat out of 50 , and that his mom would be right there behind him. She could go at a full speed in high heels, but if she really wanted to come after me, she’d kick her 51 off while still going at top speed. When I was little she always 52 me, but as I got older I got faster, and when speed 53 her she’d use her wits. “Stop! 54 !” She’d do this to her own child. In South Africa, nobody gets ‎55 in other people’s business 56 it’s about justice, and then everybody wants in. So she’d yell “Thief!” knowing it would bring the whole neighborhood out 57 me, and then I’d have 58 trying to grab me and seize me, and I’d have to duck and dive to 59 them, all the while 60 , “I’m not a thief! I’m her son!” ‎ ‎41. A. announcement B. appointment C. comment D. command ‎42. A. Even if B. Now that C. Any time D. As if ‎43. A. over B. on C. off D. behind ‎44. A. defeating B. chasing C. blaming D. delighting ‎45. A. Whatever B. Whichever C. However D. Whenever ‎46. A. solid B. worthless C. attractive D. breakable ‎47. A. decision B. apology C. fault D. adventure ‎48. A. less B. better C. lighter D. worse ‎49. A. creative B. strict C. enthusiastic D. tolerant ‎50. A. hell B. hall C. heaven D. death ‎51. A. handbag B. overcoat C. shoes D. glasses ‎52. A. caught B. warned C. cheated D. missed ‎53. A. ignored B. troubled C. left D. failed ‎54. A. Son B. Friend C. Thief D. Neighbor ‎55. A. interrupted B. involved C. regretted D. reminded ‎56. A. if B. unless C. when D. although ‎57. A. against B. with C. to D. at ‎58. A. policemen B. parents C. strangers D. witnesses ‎59. A. attract B. avoid C. guide D. instruct ‎60. A. complaining B. promising C. laughing D. screaming ‎ ‎ ‎ 第II卷 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第二节 ‎ （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1个单词适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ LONDON‎, England—London’s “Big Ben” hour bell will be silenced for four years. After almost 157 years of service, the famous clock, 61 (locate) at one end of the Palace‎ of ‎Westminster, needs repairs. The keeper of the London’s clock made this 62 (know) on Monday. ‎ Londoners were unhappy about the news. There was sadness on Twitter, with many people ‎ ‎63 (say) that it is important when Big Ben rings each hour and 64 they will miss it when suddenly finding it’s not there anymore. “It will be very sad, but it needs to be done,” said the keeper. “It is time for Londoners to make some adjustments 65 the silence. They are going to have to depend on looking at 66 (they) watches and phones, instead of listening to the bongs.” ‎ The clock keeper also announced Big Ben would not be 67 (complete) silenced during the repairs and would strike the hour for “important national 68 (event)”, such as New Year’s Eve and Remembrance Sunday. ‎ Big Ben’s Last rings will happen at noon on Monday, August 21. Large crowds are expecting 69 (hear) Big Ben’s last rings. The repairs 70 (finish) sometime in 2021, and keep the clock and tower safe for generations. ‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节 满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错 （共10小题；每题1分，共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：在错的词下画一横线，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。‎ Dear guests,‎ On behalf of our school, I would like to express our warm welcome to you. We are delight to have you here in middle of our English Week Activities.‎ As planning, we have English Talent Show today. The purpose of this program was to develop our interest in English learning and practically abilities in listening and speaking. The program consist of the following activities: recitation, singing, word spelling, story telling and so on. The show will begin at two o'clock in this afternoon at the Student‎ ‎Center. Dear guests, we are welcome to take part in some activities. I hope we student will benefit from your presence but I sincerely wish you a pleasant time with us. Thank you. ‎ 第二节 ‎　书面表达(满分25分)‎ 第二节：书面表达（共计25分）‎ 假定你是李华，你有幸观看了你们学校举办的主题为“祖国颂”的庆祝建国70周年文艺 晚会，你的英国朋友Joe很感兴趣并写信询问有关情况。请你给他回封邮件，内容包括：‎ 1. 时间和地点；‎ 2. 晚会的目的；‎ 3. 观看的内容。‎ 注意：‎ ‎ 1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎ 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ 参考词汇：祖国颂Ode to Our Motherland ‎ 周年纪念日anniversary Dear Joe,‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours truly,‎ ‎ Li Hua ‎ ‎ ‎ 阜阳三中2018级2019—2020学年第一学期一调英语答案 一、 听力 ‎1-5 BAACB  6-10 ABCAB  11-15 CBACA 16-20 CBCAC 二、阅读 ‎ ‎21-23: CBD 24-27: CADB 28-31: CBBD 32-35: ADBC ‎ ‎36-40: DEFGC 三、完形 ‎41-45 DCABA 46-50 DCDBA 51-55 CADCB 56-60 BACBD 四、语法填空 ‎61. located ‎62. known ‎63. saying ‎64. that ‎65. to ‎66. their ‎67. completely ‎68. events ‎69. to hear ‎70.will be finished 五、 短文改错 delight改成delighted；‎ in middle改成in the middle；‎ planning改成planned；‎ was改成is；‎ practically改成practical；‎ consist改成consists；‎ in this afternoon改成this afternoon；‎ we改成you；‎ student改成students；‎ but改成and。‎ 六、书面表达 参考范文：‎ Dear Joe,‎ Knowing/Learning/Hearing that you are keen on the evening party themed “Ode to Our Motherland”, I’m delighted to introduce to you some detailed information concerning it.‎ As previously scheduled, the evening party was held from 8pm to 11pm on September 28, ‎2019 in our school hall. It was intended to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of PRC, which would arouse students’ patriotism and foster national pride. I watched various performances, such as poem recitals, dancing, singing, etc., creating a vigorous festival atmosphere. Deeply struck and motivated, I am determined to study harder to make contributions to my motherland in the future.‎ Looking forward to your early reply.‎ ‎ Yours truly, ‎ ‎ Li Hua ‎ 听力原文录音稿：‎ Text 1‎ M: Jane, do you have a map of Manchester? I want to find a good place to eat.‎ W: Why not try Chinatown? There are plenty of good Chinese restaurants there, and it's near here.‎ Text 2‎ M: Let's do something different for vacation this year. Oh, let's go to Colorado. I want to learn to snowboard.‎ W: Oh, Paul, you know I don't like cold weather. Can't we go someplace warm, like the beach?‎ Text 3‎ W: This job is for three days a week: Monday, Friday, and Saturday. Are you Okay with that?‎ M: Mmm... I was hoping to have Saturday free. But I need the job, so... can you tell me what exactly I will do?‎ Text 4‎ M: Do you know if John's coming home for dinner?‎ W: He'll be late. He said not to wait for him.‎ Text 5‎ W: I'm really tired from packing all these boxes for three hours. It's about time to call it a day.‎ M: I know. Maybe we could do it first thing tomorrow morning.‎ W: Why not? These orders are not urgent.‎ Text 6‎ M: Lisa? Hi!‎ W: Hi, Ned.‎ M: Don't you usually drive to work?‎ W: Usually, but not in bad weather.‎ M: Why is that?‎ W: The traffic gets a lot worse when it rains or snows.‎ M: I always take the train. It's a lot faster for me than driving.‎ W: It's faster for me, too, but the time isn't always convenient.‎ M: Yeah, but think of all the things you can do on the train----read a book or the newspaper...‎ W: Or answer my email... No thanks! My workday is long enough already.‎ Text 7‎ W: I think the car we saw yesterday would be a good deal. What do you think?‎ M: Yes, but I think you should ask someone to take a look at it just to be sure.‎ W: My friend Jack knows cars, and he helped me do the check this morning.‎ M: It was smart of you to think ahead. Have you and the salesman agreed on a price?‎ W: Yes, he finally agreed to accept the discounted price I asked.‎ M: Then have you thought about how to pay?‎ W: Well, I've saved up enough money to pay cash for this car.‎ M: Good. Let me go with you to make the payment and drive the car home for you.‎ W: Thank you. That would make it much easier for me.‎ M: You're welcome. Let's go take care of that right now.‎ Text 8‎ M: Being away from home for college can be stressful. Besides all the pressures of study, there's the ‎ pressure on your pocket. Today, let's go to a university to find out. Excuse me. Can I ask you a few questions?‎ W: Well, Okay.‎ M: How do you find the cost of living in the city?‎ W: Everything is expensive, including clothing, housing, and traveling.‎ M: So, what do you spend most on?‎ W: Transport, I think. For food, if I cook myself, it's not expensive at all. For clothing, I bring my clothes here from my home country, where they're nice and cheap. But every week, I have to spend more than 100 pounds on the trains.‎ M: Then what's the social life like?‎ W: I'm a very social person. I love hanging out with my friends and meeting new people. Thankfully, I don't drink nor smoke, so the only expense is maybe tickets to the cinemas, club, and so on.‎ Text 9‎ W: Can you fix a time for the next meeting, Alex? How about June 12th? That's after the trade exhibition.‎ M: I thought something was happening on that day, Rebecca.‎ W: Oh, yes. You're right. The people from Head Office are coming.‎ M: What time does their plane arrive? Can we have the meeting in the morning?‎ W: No, it's all arranged. I'm meeting them at half past ten, so I won't  be available at all that day.‎ M: Well, let's have the meeting earlier in June, then. The trade exhibition finishes on the third, doesn't it?‎ W: Yes, but we need John's sales report for the meeting. How's it going?‎ M: I'm afraid John hasn't started yet. The figures won't be in place till next week.‎ W: Will it be ready early in June?‎ M: Well, not really. He told me that he will finish them by June 10th.‎ W: So, we're looking at the week starting the 17th. How about two o'clock on that day?‎ M: I think that's Okay. Let's meet here again then.‎ Text 10‎ W: Hello, everyone. In today's program, I'd like to share a true story of mine. One day, my friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to rain heavily. When it became lighter, ‎ I decided to brave the train to get car and go home. It was parked three blocks away. My friends argued I shouldn't go because at that time, I was due to give birth in three months. I promised I'd be very careful. One of them wanted to come with me, but I insisted she stay with another friend who needed help with her baby. When I walked to the first crossroads, a taxi stopped and a passenger came out with an umbrella . Before I knew what was happening , he walked right beside me and told me he would walk with me to where I would go. I refused, but he insisted. During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slowly. When we got to the car park, I thanked him, and we parted ways. I did not get his name and may not even recognize him now. Did he purposely stop for me? I'll never know.‎ ‎ ‎