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2019—2020学年度上学期期末考试
高 一 英 语 试 题
命题人:李 静 审题人:赵清波
本试卷共10页,全卷满分150分,考试用时120分钟。
★祝考试顺利★
注意事项:
1. 答题前,先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上,并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置,用2B铅笔将答题卡上试题类型后的方框涂黑。
2. 选择题的作答:每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。[来源:学&科&网]
3. 非选择题的作答:用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题
第一部分 听力部分 (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 are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A. The reading plan. B. The travel plan. C. The vacation plan.
2. Where are the two speakers going?
A. To a farm. B. To a restroom. C. To a field.
3. How does the woman feel about the journey?
A. satisfied. B. uncertain. C. upset.
4. What have the parents been looking for?
A. A hay. B. A needle. C. Their baby.
5. What do we know about the weather in the woman’s hometown?
A. It seldom snows heavily. B. It seldom rains heavily. C. It never snows.
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, 从每题所给的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. Why was the man in hospital?
A. He had his arm hurt. B. He was seriously ill. C. He had a physical exam[来源:Zxxk.Com]
7. Where was the man most probably going that day?
A. To his office. B. To the classroom. C. To the hospital.
听下面一段对话,回答第8和第9两个小题。
8. What is the woman probably doing when talking with the man?
A. Reading a questionnaire.
B. Reading a survey discovery.
C. Reading a health magazine.
9. What can we learn from the dialogue?
A. many people think personalities most unattractive.
B. many people think feet least attractive.
C. many people think eyes most unattractive.
听下面一段对话,回答第10至第12三个小题。
10. What is the woman doing now?
A. Hosting a programme.
B. Discussing the topic of her paper.
C. Making a plan for a programme.
11. What does James Douglas do?
A. An actor. B. A programmer. C. A driver.
12. What is the number of the children in James Douglas’family?
A. One. B. Six. C. seven.
听下面一段对话,回答第13至第16四个小题。
13. What is the possible relationship between the speakers?
A. Interviewer and interviewee.
B. Teacher and student.
C. Salesgirl and customer.
14. What does John do?
A. A worker. B. A firefighter. C. A high school student.
15. How often does John work?
A. every 40 hours. B. every day. C. every other day.
16. What kind of clothes does John have on for promotion(晋升)?
A. A blue work uniform. B. A dress uniform. C. A school uniform.
听下面一段独白,回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. What is the speaker doing?
A. selling a textbook. B. telling a class rule. C. introducing a course.
18. Which is one of the main purposes of the course?
A. To achieve all-round success.
B. To building up listening skills.
C. To study the listening process.
19. Whose textbook is preferred by the speaker?
A. William Brown’s. B. Helen Smith’s. C. Jackson Black’s.
20. How will the listeners be evaluated?
A. By the in-class performance and test grades.
B. By the mid-term and final grades.
C. By the small-test and final grades.
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、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
A pioneer in café consumerism(消费主义) in America and abroad,Starbucks Coffee company is commonly known as one of the world’s most expensive coffee chains. The prices for a Starbucks coffee vary(不同) not only with different drinks on the Starbucks menu and with Starbucks drink sizes, but also with the country in which you’re buying the drinks.
So just how much is Starbucks coffee,anyway? Below,you’ll find prices for Starbucks coffees of various types (including lattes,mochas and more) in the USA,the UK, Japan and elsewhere.
A Starbucks Grande Latte
USA: $ 3.65
UK: 3.16 euros ($4.33 US)
Japan: 425 Japanese yen($4.55 US)
China: 27 Chinese renminbi ($4.32 US)
Thailand: 36.47 Thai baht ($1.09 US)
A Starbucks Grande Caramel Machiatto
USA: $ 3.40
UK: 4 Great British pounds ($5.48 US)
Japan: 470 Japanese yen($5.04 US)
A Starbucks Grande Mocha
USA: $ 3.30
UK: 2.90 Great British pounds ($3.97 US)
Japan: 48 Japanese yen($5.14 US)
A Starbucks Tall Brewed Coffee
USA: $ 2.02
UK: 1.15 euros ($1.57 US)
Japan: 410 Japanese yen($4.40 US)
China: 10 Chinese renminbi ($1.60 US)
A Starbucks Grande Caramel Frappuccino
USA: $ 4.50
UK: 3.70 Great British pounds ($5.07 US)
Japan: 510 Japanese yen($5.47 US)
For more details about the Starbucks coffee, click cappromo.starbucks.com.
21. Starbucks coffee price is decided by the following factors except_______
A. drink types B. drink-consuming country
C. drink amount D. different tastes
22. How much should a couple pay at least if they both order the Starbucks Grande Caramel Machiatto in Japan ?
A. $6.80 B. $10.96 C. $5.04 D. $10.08
23.Which drink can be available in Thailand?
A. A Starbucks Grande Caramel Machiatto
B. A Starbucks Grande Latte
C. A Starbucks Grande Caramel Frappuccino
D. A Starbucks Grande Mocha
24. In the USA,which of these types of coffee costs the most?
A. A Starbucks Grande Latte.
B. A Starbucks Grande Mocha.
C. A Starbucks Grande Caramel Machiatto.
D. A Starbucks Grande Caramel Frappuccino.
25. Where can we most probably read this text?
A. In an ad column of a paper. B. On TV.
C. In a magazine. D. On the Internet.
B
Being a young boy, I began to learn what people said was not always what they really meant or felt. And I knew it was possible to get others to do what I wanted if I read their real feelings and responded suitably to their needs. At the age of eleven, I sold rubber door-to-door after school and quickly worked out how to tell if someone was likely to buy from me. When I knocked on a door, if someone told me to go away but their hands were open and they showed their palms (the inside surfaces of their hands), I knew it was safe to continue because they weren't angry although they may have a dismissive(不屑的) attitude. If someone told me to go away in a soft voice but used a pointed finger or closed hand, I knew it was time to leave.
As a teenager, I became a salesperson, and my ability to read people earned me enough money to buy my first house. Selling gave me the chance to meet people and study them close and to know
whether they would buy or not.
I joined the life insurance(保险)business at the age of twenty. And I went on to break several sales records for my company, becoming the youngest person to sell over a million dollars’ worth of business in my first year. This achievement allowed me to become a member of the well-known Million Dollar Round Table(MDRT), which recognizes the world’s top achievers in life insurance. I was lucky that the skills I’d learned as a boy in watching body language while selling could be used in this new area, and were directly related to the success I could have in any business closely connected with people.
26. Which of the following meant the author must give up the rubber sale?
A. A customer’s gentle voice. B. A customer’s open palms.
C. A customer’s finger shape. D. A customer’s sign of anger.
27. What is the author’s main purpose of mentioning the success in life insurance?
A. To prove the magic of his studying body language
B. To show off his unusual insurance-selling achievements
C. To attract more people to buy his life insurance
D. To simply let readers know about his good luck
28. Which is the correct order of the author’s life events?[来源:Zxxk.Com]
① He bought his first house
② He got the chance to meet people and watch body language
③ He became a member of MDRT[来源:学*科*网Z*X*X*K]
④ He broke the first sales record for the insurance company
A. ①②④③ B. ②①④③ C. ①④②③ D. ①④③②
29. What does the underlined words “new area” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. The study of selling products. B. The life insurance business..
C. The research of body language. D. The work for the MDRT
30. According to the passage, which of the following can best describe the author?
A. intelligent but overconfident B. open-minded and determined
C. thinking and sharp-eyed D. grateful and gentle
C
After the summer break, Delhi’s children returned to school this month and found a new class added to their schedules: happiness.
It wasn’t a welcome-back joke. In a country where top universities require average test scores above 98 percent and where cheating on final high school exams is organized by a “mafia” that includes teachers and school officials, the Delhi government's new scheme marks a change of emphasis(强调)from student performance to well-being.
“We have given best-of-the-best graduates of ability to industry,” said Manish Sisodia, Delhi’s education minister, “…But have we been able to supplied best-of-the-best human beings to society, to the nation? ”
Sisodia’s happiness classes represent a major experiment in a country known for its overstrict, bookish education system, which has helped cement a new middle class over the past thirty years but is also poorly thought of for encouraging rote(死记硬背的) learning and causing high pressure levels. Under the program, 100,000 Delhi students spend the first half-hour of each school day without opening a textbook, learning instead through inspirational stories and activities, as well as such thinking exercises as meditation.
Some teachers, though, remain uncertain. Some of them say, the public schools are too crowded for a course based so heavily on classroom interaction(互动). Others doubt that the happiness classes can change the culturally deep-rooted emphasis on exams and memorization. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, chair of education, economics and international development at University College London, said that there haven’t been any studies to value their workability. “As far as I know, in some schools they are just another box-ticking exercise,” she said.
31. What’s the author’s purpose of writing the first paragraph?
A.To tell a welcome-back joke. B.To introduce a new program.
C.To argue against the testing system D.To emphasize studies mixed with happiness
32. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “cement ” in paragraph 4?
A. preview B. attend C. destroy D. increase
33. How is the fourth paragraph mainly developed?
A.By giving examples. B.By making comparisons.
C.By following time order. D.By listing data
34. What's Geeta Gandhi Kingdon’s attitude towards the possibility of happiness classes?
A. confident B. hopeless C. doubtful D. indifferent
35. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Delhi’s children return to school
B. Delhi offers “ happiness ” classes
C. Happiness classes become Welcome in Delhi
D. Happy classes prove another box-ticking exercise
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。
Persuasion is the art of talking someone into agreeing with you. 36
Ethos(理念) is a speaker’s way of persuading the audience that he is a dependable person.
37 For example, a speaker can develop ethos by explaining how much experience or education he has in a certain field. After all, you would be more willing to follow advice about how to educate your child from a teacher than a doctor.
Pathos(感染力) is a speaker’s way of connecting with an audience’s emotions. For example, a speaker who want people to vote for him might say that he can make the country richer and stronger. 38
Logos(理性) is the use of facts, statistics, or other evidence to make the argument more persuasive. 39 For example, an ad for soap might say that laboratory tests have shown that their soap kills all 7,000,000 of the bacteria on your hand, which might make it more probable for you to buy their soap. Presenting this evidence is much more persuasive than simply saying “our soap is the best”.
Although the three tools above all have their strengths, they work best when used together.
40 Next time you listen to a speech, watch a commercial or listen to a friend trying to persuade you to lend him money, just remember these ancient Greek tools of persuasion.
A. These words can bring people great hope, making them want to vote for him.
B. These pictures are intended to fill the viewers with pity.
C. An audience will more probably believe you if you have data to support your opinions.
D. Use of logos can also increase a speaker’s ethos.
E. According to Aristotle, there are three basic tools of persuasion: ethos, pathos and logos.
F. In fact, most speakers use a mix of ethos, pathos and logos to persuade their audience.
A. An audience will consider a speaker dependable if he seems trustworthy, reliable and sincere.
第三部分:语言运用(共二节,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)
阅读下面的短文,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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Lydia was a smart girl,very smart. She loved being with her friends,going shopping and doing what every other girl likes to do. There was only one 41 that made Lydia self-conscious(敏感):She was 42 . One autumn day Lydia and her best friend Judy were taking the train to do one of their favorite 43 : shopping. As a normal child,Judy, both caring and patient, spoke to Lydia in 44 language all the time. The train continued to make its occasional(临时) stops when a boy,no older than fifteen years old,sat in the 45 across from Lydia. Lydia couldn’t help but notice how often the boy would 46 over at her to watch her move her 47 rapidly. This was one of the things that made Lydia unhappy.
“Why must everyone stare at me?” Lydia asked her best friend,trying to 48 the boy’s stare. “Doesn’t he 49 that I am deaf? There is no need to stare at me. He is probably thinking that I am very 50 or disabled. I 51 people who prejudge(预先判断)others!” Lydia had become quite 52 ...
. 53 , the train came to a pause, waking up the boy in deep thought then. He got up, ready to get off at his 54 . Instead of hurrying off the train, however, he 55 to Lydia casually and stared to 56 his hands as she had just moments before. “Excuse me,but I couldn’t help but notice that you don’t like it when people stare at you. I’m 57 I made you uncomfortable. To be honest,just because of that,I 58 to get to "talk" to other 59 in here. I feel self-conscious and different,so I was 60 when I saw you. I thought maybe we could be friends.” With that,the boy walked off the train.
41. A.quality B. detail C. difference D. ability[来源:学*科*网Z*X*X*K]
42. A.shy B. deaf C. smart D. selfish
43. A.hobbies B. sports C. experiments D. exercises
44. A. native B. written C. foreign D. sign
45. A .train B. seat C. front D. back
46. A. glanced B. called C. laughed D. pointed
47. A. hands B. position C. baggage D. purse
48. A. catch B .avoid C. disturb D. face
49. A. remember B. care C. understand D. realize
50. A. self-conscious B. attractive C. strange D. painful
51. A. admire B. pity C. dislike D. appreciate
52. A. shocked B. upset C. frightened D. worried
53. A. Suddenly B. Naturally C. Immediately D. Directly
54. A. school B. home C. stop D. store
55. A. drove B. rushed C. announced D. headed
56. A. move B. shake C. raise D. wave
57. A. sorry B. surprised C. relieved D. frustrated
58. A. agree B. promise C. expect D. continue
59. A. tourists B. girls C. boys D. passengers
60. A. curious B. determined C.sad D. excited
第二节 短文填空(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。
A little boy became very ill. Because other children weren’t allowed 61 (come) near him,he suffered greatly and spent his days in bed,feeling sad. There wasn’t much 62 he could do except look out of the window. One day he saw a strange shape in the window. The boy was very 63 (amaze). He was trying to work out what had happened when he saw 64 monkey busy blowing up a balloon outside his window. At first the boy asked 65 (he) what that could possibly be. 66 more and more crazy-looking characters appearing out of the window,he burst out 67 (laugh) and found it hard to stop.
Before long,his health improved so much that he was able to go back to school again. There he told his 68 (friend) about all the strange things he had seen. While he 69 (talk) to his best friend he saw something sticking out of his friend’s school bag. The boy asked his friend what it was,and he was so insistent that finally his friend had to show him what was in the bag. There,
inside,were all the fancy-dress suits his best friend had been using to try to cheer 70 the little boy!
第Ⅱ卷 非选择题
第四部分写作(共三节,满分35分)
第一节:根据所给汉语或首字母拼写单词(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
71. He had completely___________(忽视)her words, preferring his own theory.
72. According to a health report, eating too much junk food a___________ our health.
73. ___________(逐渐地), she realized that he wasn’t telling the truth.
74. The expert delivered a wonderful speech, saying that humans should give animals freedom and that caged animals should be r____________ into the wild.
75. In this section, we will____________(简要地)describe possible ways of reducing the costs.
76. The girl felt f____________ because a big dog that looked quite fierce was running at her.
77. I p____________ my father to give up smoking by making him know about its harmful effects on his health.
78. Half of my classmates are ___________(志愿者) of different community service projects.
79. I feel that this lesson has taught me so much and it is extremely __________(有价值) in my life.
80. The articles which are rather difficult should be s__________ to satisfy little children.
注意:仅给出首字母的试题,把答案转填到答题卡上时请将完整单词填入。
第二节:书面表达 (满分25分)
阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Growing coffee beans is a huge, making-money business. However, unluckily, full-sun production is replacing the industry and causes a lot of damage. The change in growing coffee from shade-grown(荫下栽种) production to full-sun production brings certain animals and birds in danger, and even breaks the world’s ecological balance(生态平衡).
On a local level, the damage of the forest that is required by full-sun fields affects the area’s birds and animals. The shade of the forest trees gives a home to birds and other species which depend on the trees’ flowers and fruits. Full-sun coffee growers destroy this forest home. As a result, many species are quickly in extinction.
On a more global level, the damage to the rainforest for full-sun coffee fields also does harm to human life. Medical research often makes use of the forests’ plant and animal life, and the ruin of such species could keep researchers from finding ways for certain diseases. In addition, new coffee-growing methods are harmful to the water locally, and lastly the world’s groundwater.
Both locally and globally, the continued spread of full-sun coffee plantations(种植园)could
mean breaking the balance of the rainforest ecology. The loss of shade trees is already causing a little change in the world’s climate(气候), and studies show that the loss of oxygen-giving trees also leads to air pollution and global warming. Besides, the new growing methods are bringing about acidic (酸性) soil conditions.
It is clear that the way much coffee is grown affects a lot, from the local environment to the global ecology. But coffee users do have a choice. They can buy shade-grown coffee whenever possible, although at a higher cost. The future health of the planet and mankind is surely worth more than an inexpensive cup of coffee.
2019—2020学年度上学期期末考试
高一英语试题参考答案及听力材料
听力(每小题1.5分)
1—5 CACCA 6—10 AABBA 11—15 ABABC 16—20 BCBAA
阅读理解(每小题2分)
21—25 DDBDD 26—30 DABBC 31—35 BDBCB 36—40 EGACF[来源:学|科|网]
完形填空(每小题1.5分)
41—45 CBADB 46—50 AABDC 51—55CBACD 56—60 AACDD
短文填空(每小题1.5分)
61. to come 62. that
63. amazed 64.a
65. himself 66. with
67.laughing 68. friends
69. was talking 70. up
单词拼写(每小题1分)
71. ignored 72. affects
73. Gradually 74.released
75. briefly 76. frightened
77. persuaded 78.volunteers
79. valuable 80.simplified
书面表达(25分).
Possible Version One:
Some growers choose to plant coffee beans in the full-sun instead of in the shade. Because of that, several terrible results have come up. Many species are dying out owing to the loss of the forest home. In addition, human life and the rainforest ecology have been affected a great deal. Considering the bright future of mankind and the world, people should make a wiser choice. (68 words)
概要写作评分标准
概要写作总分为25分。评分时,阅卷老师会将作文分成五档。具体分档打分表见下文。评分时,阅卷老师将首先根据所写概要的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次,然后以该档次的要求来衡量、确定或调整档次,最后给分。考生完成的概要写作的词数少于40或多于80的,将从总分中减去2分。
档次
描 述
第五档
(21~25分)
原文理解与呈现:理解准确,涵盖全部要点。
语法结构与词汇:能准确使用相应的语法结构和词汇。
上下文的连贯性:有效地使用了语句间的连接成分,使所完成的概要结构紧凑。
语言表达独立性:完全使用自己的语言。
第四档
(16~20分)
原文理解与呈现:理解准确,涵盖绝大部分要点。
语法结构与词汇:所使用语法结构和词汇可能有些许错误,但完全不影响意义表达。
上下文的连贯性:比较有效地使用了语句间的连接成分,使所完成的概要结构紧凑。
语言表达独立性:有个别整句抄自原文。
第三档
(11~15分)
原文理解与呈现:理解较为准确,涵盖大部分要点。
语法结构与词汇:所使用语法结构和词汇虽有些错误,但不影响意义表达。
上下文的连贯性:应用简单的语句间连接成分,使上下文内容连贯。
语言表达独立性:出现两句以上整句抄自原文现象。
第二档
(6~10分)
原文理解与呈现:理解有误差,仅涵盖半数要点。
语法结构与词汇:有些语法结构和词汇方面的错误,影响了意义的表达。
上下文的连贯性:较少使用语句间的连接成分,全文内容缺少连贯性。
语言表达独立性:出现两句以上整句抄自原文现象。
第一档
(1~5分)
原文理解与呈现:没有理解原文,造成概要内容与原文主题不符。
语法结构与词汇:有较多语法结构和词汇方面的错误,严重影响了意义的表达。
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英语听力材料
Text 1
M: I’ll go to Beijing to visit my uncle during the summer vacation. What about you?
W: I’ll spend some time in the library reading some novels and see some of my friends.
Text 2
M: Do we have to go far?
W: The farm is just a mile away. Would you like to have a rest now?
Text 3
M: Was the journey as good as you expected?
W: It was a waste of time and money. I should have rested at home.
Text 4
W: Have the parents found their baby?
M: Not yet.
W: It will be difficult for them to find the baby. It is like looking for a needle in a bundle of hay(大海捞针).
M: You said it.
Text 5
W: It snowed heavily last time I went back to my hometown.
M: I heard about it on the news. Has it ever happened before?
W: No.
Text 6
W: Hi, Bob. Haven’t seen you for ages. What’s happened to you?
M: I have been in hospital.
W: Oh, sorry to hear that. But for what?
M: Er …, I had a car accident three weeks ago.
W: Really? So you were injured and treated in the hospital?
M: Yes. ⑥But luckily, only my left arm was broken. And I can move it now.
W: Good. But how did it happen?
M: ⑦I was driving to work on Broad Street and crashed into a pole.
W: You were driving too fast, I suppose.
M: Yes, and I regret it.
W: Remember the lesson. I hope you will return to work soon.
Text 7
W: I’ve got a question for you. Which part of the body do you find most attractive?
M: Oh, the eyes, definitely. I really think you can tell a lot about people’s personalities from their eyes.
W: I agree. Which part of the body do you find least attractive?
M: The feet! Why are people’s feet so ugly?
W: I don’t know, ⑧but according to this magazine survey, ⑨most people agree with you that the feet are the most unattractive part of the body and that eyes are the most attractive.
M: Really?
Text 8[来源:学科网ZXXK]
W: ⑩Good evening and welcome to “This Is Your Life”, This is Jane speaking. We are waiting for the subject of tonight’s programme. He is one of the world’s leading actors, and he thinks he is coming here to take part in a discussion programme… I can hear him now… Yes, here he is! James Douglas—This is your life!
M: Oh, no… I don’t believe it! Not me…[来源:Z§xx§k.Com]
W: Yes, it is you! Now come over here and sit down. ⑪James, you are one of six children, ⑫and your father was a bus driver. Of course, your name was then Graham Smith.
Text 9
W: Hi, John. How old are you?
M: I’m 22.[来源:学科网ZXXK]
W: What do you do and where do you work?
M: ⑭I’m a firefighter. ⑬I work in North Carolina, USA.
W: At what time does your workday begin and end?
M: ⑮I start at 8:00 in the morning and work for 24 hours until 8:00 the next morning. Then I have a day off.
W: What kind of clothes do you wear to work?
M: ⑯We wear a blue work uniform. We also have a dress uniform that is worn for special occasions, such as promotions, and things like that.
W: Tell us about your education.
M: I have a high school degree. Before working here, I did not attend college, but now I take classes within the fire department. I do a lot of training together with other firefighters.
Text 10
M: Good morning, boys and girls! Welcome to the listening course. I’m Henry Smith. This is our first class. ⑰First I’d like to give you a brief introduction to this course. All of us know that listening is central to our personal, educational, social, family and professional success. ⑱This course aims at helping you develop effective listening skills, attitudes, and behaviours. There will be a study of the listening process as well as the barriers to effective listening, and there will be
training activities for self-improvement in different types of listening.
⑲The required textbook for our course is Listening written by William Brown. Attention, please, it is not the one by Jackson Black. It’s available both at the bookstore and the library. ⑳You will be evaluated on your performance in class and your test grades. There will be a final examination. No midterm, but we’ll have a small test during the term. All right, any questions?