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绝密★启用前 山东昌乐二中2019届高三上学期期中考试英语试题 考试时间：120分钟；满分150分 注意事项：‎ ‎1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。‎ ‎2．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。‎ 第I卷 选择题 （100分）‎ 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分） ‎ ‎ 做题时，现将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 ‎ 第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 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．When did the woman go home ?‎ A．At one o’clock． B．At two o’clock． C．At five o’clock．‎ ‎2．What does the woman ask the man to do ?‎ A．Call the doctor．‎ B．Send the doctor an email．‎ C．Wait for her to return ．‎ ‎3．What are the speakers talking about ?‎ A．What to cook ． ‎ B．What the man is eating ． ‎ C．Where to have dinner．‎ ‎4．Why does the woman have an umbrella ? ‎ A．She thinks it will rain ．‎ B．She only wants to be fashionable．‎ C．She doesn’t want to get sunburned ． ‎ ‎5． What did the man do yesterday afternoon?‎ A. He went out with Ken. B. He watched TV. C. He played baseball.‎ 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。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6．Where are the speakers ?‎ A．On the street． B．In a shop． C．In a garage．‎ ‎7．Why is the woman selling her things ?‎ A．She wants to buy new stuff．‎ B．She wants to be more organized．‎ C．She is moving away．‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8．What does the woman mostly use her phone for ?‎ A．Sending text messages． B．Surfing the Internet． C．Making phone calls．‎ ‎9．What will the woman probably do next ?‎ A．Fix her phone． B．Use the man’s computer． C．Borrow the man’s phone．‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10．What does the woman want to do ?‎ A．Take a holiday． B．Find another job． C．Get something to eat .‎ ‎11．According to the man ,what is the main point of the song ?‎ A．Money isn’t the most important thing． ‎ B．You should live in the real world． ‎ C．Don’t make life too complicated．‎ ‎12．What does the man do every day? ‎ A．He listens to music． B．He exercises． C．He goes to bed early.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13．When does Fleet Week take place?‎ A．During the month of September． ‎ B．During a weekend in October． ‎ C．Over an entire week in October．‎ ‎14．What is an important part of Fleet Week ?‎ A．Activities related to military history． ‎ B．Dance performance． ‎ C．Tours of navy boats．‎ ‎15．What are the Blue Angels ?‎ A．A famous musical group． ‎ B．A special group of sailors．‎ C．A group of aircraft．‎ ‎16．What is probably true about the man?‎ A．He likes go to bars and restaurants．‎ B．He is not from San Francisco．‎ C．He won’t be around for Fleet Week next year． ‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17．What does the speaker say about the event ?‎ A．All jobs will be filled today． ‎ B．Not everyone will be offered a job． ‎ C．Over one thousand companies are here today．‎ ‎18．Where are the copy machine located ?‎ A．In the main hall． B．On the second floor． C．Near the restrooms．‎ ‎19．What is the speaker’s final advice?‎ A．Look your best． B．Be confident． C．Ask a lot of questions．‎ ‎20．When will the event begin ?‎ A．In five minutes． B．In fifteen minutes． C．In fifty minutes．‎ 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A Promote Your Book with a Free BookDaily Author Account We invite you to set up a free author account on BookDaily to promote your book to our readers. 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We’ll walk you through the following steps to make it easy：‎ ‎•Set up account name and password ‎•Check your email address ‎•Load your bio, picture and videos ‎•Add your sample chapter ‎•Begin promoting!‎ ‎21．What BookDaily does is just ________.‎ A． to help improve the author’s books B． to let readers know more about the author’s books C． to ask best-selling authors for help D． to make the author’s book sold at a higher price ‎22．Through a BookDaily author account, an author will ________.‎ A． receive free online marketing information B． have his newsletter published C． set up his own website for his books D． publish his book review easily ‎23．If you have already begun promoting books online, it will be ________ to set up a BookDaily author account.‎ A． more difficult B． more reasonable C． cheaper D． easier ‎ B It was always very cold on that lake shore in the night, but we had plenty of blankets and were warm enough. We never moved a muscle all night, but waked at early dawn in the original positions, and got up at once, thoroughly refreshed. There is no end of medicine in such an experience. That morning we could have defeated ten such people as we were the day before—sick ones at any rate. But the world is slow, and people will go to “water cures” and “movement cures” and to foreign lands for health. Three months of camp life on Lake Tahoe would bring back Egyptian mummy to life, and give him a healthy appetite. I do not mean the oldest and driest mummies, of course, but fresher ones. The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine. And why shouldn’t it be? —it is the same the angels breathe. I think that hardly any amount of tiredness can be gathered together that a man cannot sleep off in one night on the sand by its side. Not under a roof, but under the sky; it seldom or never rains there in the summertime. I know a man who went there to die. But he made a failure of it. He was a skeleton (骨瘦如柴的人) when he came, and could barely stand. He had no appetite, and did nothing but read tracts (小册子) and reflect on the future. Three months later he was sleeping out of doors regularly, eating all he could hold, three times a day, and hunting game over the mountains three thousand feet high for fun. And he was a skeleton no longer, but weighed part of a ton. This is no fancy sketch, but the truth. His disease was consumption. I confidently recommend his experience to other skeletons. ‎ ‎ —Mark Twain ‎24. Which of the following is the topic of the passage?‎ A. How to live near Lake Tahoe.‎ B. The imagination of Lake Tahoe.‎ C. The area of Lake Tahoe has amazing powers to bring back people’s health.‎ D. Lake Tahoe’s air and water quality are fantastic for Egyptian mummies.‎ ‎25. The writer’s tone of this passage is ________.‎ A. determined B. persuasive C. homesick D. entertaining ‎26. What does the author mean by saying the air is “the same the angels breathe”?‎ A. The altitude is very high. B. The wet air surrounded the lake.‎ C. The cold wind in the area. D. The wideness of the land.‎ ‎27. The author uses the “Egyptian mummy” to compare to ________.‎ A. people who lost their families B. sick and exhausted people C. a dead man D. the writer’s bad dream ‎ C Whatever the language, most of us communicate with our voices, but what happens when voice is no longer an option ? An upcoming gadget called Smartstones Touch is designed to give people the ability to communicate through non-verbal method.‎ As its name suggests, the Smartstones Touch is a palm-sized(手掌大小) device that uses a series of taps , gestures, swipes, lights, vibrations(震动)，and sound to send short messages to a connected smartphone.‎ For example, it could be used by a child returning home, who makes a unique gesture pattern on the Touch to alert her mom; a person held up a meeting, who needs to send a quick note to a colleague that he’s running late; an autistic child who isn’t able to use words to talk; or a senior citizen who can’t speak due to illness, who uses the touch to communicate with a caretaker. You can even use it for fun, sending secret messages to a friend or loved one. ‎ With the Touch, you can swipe a pattern to communicate a preset “visual” message ( There is a list of messages you can send, or you can create custom ones ) to someone by your side. The touch can also relay the messages to a connected smartphone, allowing the user to communicate with someone remotely. The other person can then send a response via smartphone to the touch users, like reminding grandma to take her pills. ‎ While there are plenty of creative uses, the Touch’s designers intended the device to give a voice to people who aren’t able to communicate verbally. Of course, the Touch isn’t the first non-verbal form of communication. There’s sign language, Braille, and even facial gestures. But ,using technology , the Touch is designed to give anyone –particularly those disabled by disease or illness-the means to non-verbally communicate quickly, without the time required to learn something like sign language or Braille. ‎ ‎28.Why did the author mention voice communication ？‎ A. To call on People to cherish it . B. To stress its importance .‎ C. To introduce the topic . D. To offer an option. ‎ ‎29.Which of the following is the intended user of Smartstones Touch ?‎ A. A young man unable to speak. ‎ B. A student who can’t speak a foreign language. ‎ C. A businessman who is running late for a meeting. ‎ D. An old man relying on the wheelchair to movearound.‎ ‎30.What can we do with Smartstones Touch ?‎ A. Operate the smartphone. ‎ B. Send visual messages remotely. ‎ C. Connect the smartphone to the Internet. ‎ D. Communicate with people in a distant city.‎ ‎31.What is the advantage of Smartstones Touch over sign language and braille ?‎ A. It saves the user the trouble of learning to use it .‎ B. It enables the user to communicate verbally .‎ C. It is available to the disabled only .‎ D. It makes the user more creative. ‎ D Ancient Fish Returns to Illinois Waters The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is returning a fish called the alligator gar to the state’s rivers.Some people call the fish a “living fossil.” Experts believe the fish first appeared during the Early Cretaceous period more than 100 million years ago.‎ Randy Sauer is an Illinois state fisheries biologist. He says the fish disappeared from the state’s rivers in the 1990s, although they have continued to do well in southern states. Sauer says biologists want to bring the fish back to northern rivers “because it is important to have top predators to balance the species below them,” he said.‎ Sport fishermen like to try to catch the alligator gar. Alligator gar are the second-largest freshwater fish in North America. They can grow as large as 2.7 meters and weigh more than 136 kilograms. Sauer says their large size is one reason they disappeared in the 1990s. Experts say alligator gars are “opportunistic feeders.” This means they will eat almost anything -- including small turtles or ducks. They also eat invasive species such as Asian and silver carp. Sauer hopes the re-introduction of the alligator gar will help the state’s efforts to control the carp. Because gar can live up to 60 years, the program will continue to increase for many ‎ years.‎ Sauer notes that female alligator gars do “not sexually mature until 11 years, and the male not till 6 or 7 years.” That means the biologists will try to raise and release a lot of fish early in the program to re-introduce them.‎ ‎“We’re probably going to stock more heavily than 10 or 20 years down the road when hopefully these fish will find each other and start doing the job on their own,” Sauer says.‎ Small devices have been placed in 7,000 of the fish so they can be observed after they are released into the waterways of Illinois. As it rains and floods, biologists expect some of the fish will follow the rivers into the states of Louisiana and Texas. ‎ ‎32.Why people call the alligator gar “living fossil”?‎ A. They can grow up to 2.7 meters. ‎ B. They can grow up to 136 kilograms.‎ C. Their fossil can be found on earth. ‎ D. They have existed for over 100 million years.‎ ‎33.Biologists will bring the alligator gar back to northern rivers in order to______.‎ A. keep the species balance. ‎ B. help people make more money.‎ C. help to protect the environment. ‎ D. increase the number of the alligar gar.‎ ‎34.According to Randy Sauer, alligar gar died out in northern rivers probably because _______.‎ A. they ate almost anything. ‎ B. they were caught by sport fishermen.‎ C. they were very huge in size. ‎ D. the rivers were polluted then.‎ ‎35.What can we learn from the underlined statement?‎ A. It will be decades before these fish produce young.‎ B. There is a long way to go before the fish find each other.‎ C. 10 or 20 years will be needed to find these fish.‎ D. These fish can find each other themselves along the waterways.‎ 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。 ‎ Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. You have to learn different cultural practices and try to adapt to them. ‎ ‎ 36 They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and intrusive.‎ In China, elders are traditionally treated with enormous respect and dignity while the young are cherished and nurtured. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children. 37 . ‎ Chinese people have different meanings to define friends. 38 Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obligated to give each other whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.‎ As is well known, the Chinese like to save. 39 It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts.‎ ‎ 40 If you achieve something in the US, it's because you were great. While in China, if you achieve something in China it's because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets attributed to the greater whole, while in America individual merits are celebrated.‎ A. Just hanging out together time to time is not friendship. ‎ B. Chinese people put more emphasis on good character and faith.‎ C.Chinese people value education and career more than Americans.‎ D. They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money.‎ E. Basically China values the community and the US values the individual.‎ F. Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do G.Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45） ‎ 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ‎ When Neelam first told me that she volunteers as a storyteller, I was all ears! I love the art of__41_ and even before she had explained I was imagining her ‎ sitting with little children and weaving tales.‎ Storytelling is a(n)__42__ under Friends Society’s Program for Future Leaders---a collection of different activities where volunteers ___43__with adolescent school children on different aspects of leadership. ‎ With every child having___44___ to computers, reading books has significantly___45___. For most, books are limited only to___46__. Neelam says, “We hope these storytelling sessions will make them ___47___in books beyond classrooms and that they will____48___at least a few pages every night.” Besides being a(n)___49___activity, storytelling sessions are also planned in a way to develop creativity, critical thinking, analytic reasoning and team work among___50___.‎ My immediate question was how do they select and tell the stories? This may seem very simple 51 it is the first step towards any storytelling session and the most 52 . The stories are selected depending on the 53 of the children. The types may vary 54 suspense, comedy, historical and mythological depending on what the children would like and understand. For example, for children of 9th grade, 55 suspense stories are selected because many had 56 that they like Sherlock Holmes. For younger children we may 57 mysteries like Akbar Birbal.‎ The chosen story will be 58 down into outline of events. The volunteers first practice reading it themselves. This helps in streamlining the story and 59 that it doesn’t sound boring. Different media such as images, audio-video etc. are 60 to make the “telling” part exciting.‎ ‎41. A storytelling B teaching C. painting D. creating ‎42. A. class B. experience C. activity D. practice ‎43. A. play B. work C. complete D. deal ‎44. A. approach B. knowledge C. right D. access ‎45. A. increased B. reduced C improved D. demanded ‎46. A .text books B. extracurricular books C .computer books D. fiction books ‎47. A. excited B. tired C. lost D. interested ‎48. A. write B. turn C. read D. recite ‎49. A. easy B. fun C. new D. competitive ‎50.A. children B. volunteers C. teachers D. parents ‎51.A. and B. or C. so D. but ‎52.A. important B. expensive C. practical D. popular ‎53. A exam result B age group C. birth place D. intelligence level ‎54.A. with B. in C. betwee D. for ‎55.A. usually B. consequently C. surprisingly D. fortunately. ‎ ‎56.A required B. suggested C. expressed D. announced ‎57.A. buy B choose C. explain D. tell ‎58.A. put B. written C. broken D. cut ‎59.A. leaving B. promising C. thinking D. ensuring ‎60.A. used B. avoided C. examined D. charged 第II卷 非选择题（50分）‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用sdzxlm 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ A desert doesn't sound like the most promising place to plant a tree. Yet, since 1978, China 61 （plant）at least 66 billion of them across its desert northern territories, hoping to transform its sandy dry land and yellow dunes 62 a Great Green Wall. Ian Teh 63 （record）this amazing undertaking while traveling through northern China last year. His expansive photographs show workers tending young trees, blasting them with water and 64 （fill）irrigation tanks. “Planting trees sounds great on paper, 65 you can feel doubtful,” Teh says. “But when seeing in person, it was impressive.” The tree-planting strategy is a massive attempt to help fight desertification. 66 (rough) a million square miles of China—a quarter of the country 67 （cover）in sand. Drought, deforestation, overgrazing and other 68 （problem）threaten an additional 115,000 square miles, fueling very cruel and 69 （violence）sandstorms that regularly blast cities like Beijing and Dunhuang. Many scientists are feeling doubt that planting trees will make a difference in 70 long run. But China’s State Forestry Administration claims the measure has reduced sandstorms by 20 percent and desertification by nearly 5,000 miles in recent years. ‎ 第四部分 写作 （共两节 满分 35） ‎ 第一节 短文改错（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，多着（从第11处起）不计分。‎ Hearing a news that the 2022 Winter Olympics would be hold in China, I felt very excited. It struck to me how I learned skating when I was a child. At 7, I began to go crazy about skating, like all my friend. At the beginning, it extremely tough for me to keep my balance. I always fall over on the ground, as a result of which I thought I had no talent for skating. So I gradually lost confidence and became impatient. The more impatient I was, the more terrible I did. I was about to give up while my father came to my assistance. Encouraged by her, I restored confidence and stood up again. As I practiced skating, he always created a relaxed atmosphere and put forward some specific advice. Eventually, I made it.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假设你是李华，你收到了美国朋友Peter寄来的最新英文小说。请给回信，要点如下：‎ ‎1. 小说已收到；2. 回赠代表中国文化的礼物表示感谢，并邀请来华。‎ 注意: 1.字数 100 左右；‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节，使文章行文连贯。‎ Dear Peter,‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 高三英语试题 参考答案 听力： 1-5 ACBCB 6-10 CBCBA 11-15 CBBAC 16-20 ABABA 阅读理解21-23 BA D 24-27 CDAB 28-31 CADA 32-35 DA CA ‎ 七选五 35-40． FGADE 完形填空41-45 ACBDB 46-50ADCBA 51-55 DABCA 56-60 CBCDA 语法填空 61. has planted 62.into 63.recorded 64.filling 65.but 66.Roughly 67.is covered 68.problems 69.violent 70.the 短文改错a news 改成 the news hold 改成 held struck to 中去掉 to ‎ friend 改成 friends extremely 前加 was fall 改成 fell terrible 改成 terribly while 改成 when her 改成 him relaxed 改成 relaxing 书面表达 Dear Peter ,‎ I am glad to receive the novel. Thank you for such a lovely gift as I have been expecting for a long time. This novel gives me some insights into American society and daily life.‎ I know you are interested in Chinese culture. Therefore I choose an album of paper cutting for you. Paper cutting is a unique form of Chinese culture relics, which is often used as a decoration for a joyous atmosphere. I hope it will bring happiness and good luck to you and your family as it always does in china.‎ Expect you to come to china and experience the rich culture in person. Best wishes! ‎ ‎ Yours, ‎ Li Hua 听力稿：‎ Text1‎ M: I’m so tired after last night. I think I’m too old to stay out until two o’clock in the morning!‎ W: Oh, I left an hour before you did. And I’m super exhausted, too ! But Rachel was the last one to leave. I think she stayed for three more hours after you.‎ Text2‎ W: What time is your appointment, sir？‎ M：It was supposed to be at 3:45, but I tried to email Dr. Livingston and ask for an earlier time.‎ W: Let me call Dr .Livingston. Just have a seat, and I’ll be back in a minute.‎ Text3‎ W: Look at what you are eating. Are you trying to lose weight ?‎ M: No. This is a special kind of soup. It’s quite healthy. I also had a pretty big dinner last night, so I don’t need to eat too much.‎ Text 4‎ M: Why are you carrying an umbrella? It isn’t supposed to rain today or anything.‎ W: Yeah, I know. My skin is very sensitive to sunlight, and it’s supposed to get into the upper 90s today. And to be honest, I think it looks fashionable, too!‎ Text 5‎ W: Where were you yesterday afternoon? ‎ M: I was at Ken’s house. We didn’t go out because there was a baseball game broadcast live.‎ W: It’s not surprising that no one answered my call.‎ M: Oh, I’m sorry.‎ Text 6‎ W : ⑥Welcome to our garage sale! Please let me know if you have any questions.‎ M: OK. So, are you guys moving or something ? Is that why you’re selling all your old stuff?‎ W: No. But we just decided that our basement was getting too full.‎ M: Most of this stuff is in great shape. Why are you getting rid of it ?‎ W: It’s better if someone can actually use it. ⑦We’re trying to get a bit better organized, and it all starts with the extra stuff that we don’t really need.‎ Text 7‎ W: I really need a new phone.‎ M: You can say that again! You’re always dropping that thing on the ground. The screen is cracked all over the place.‎ W: Well, ⑧all I really need it for is making calls. It’s not like I can do a ton of online stuff with this phone!‎ M: Why don’t you just buy a new one ?‎ W: Smartphones are very expensive.‎ M: There are basic smartphones that are only a couple hundred dollars. I think Samsung and LG both make discounted models. Let’s go online to see what they’ve got at the moment.‎ W:OK,⑨ but we should probably use your computer for that...‎ Text8‎ W: I’m so stressed out right now !⑩I wish I could just take a vacation.‎ M: Well, why don’t you?‎ W:I can’t just leave whenever I want.‎ M: You know, I was listening to a song on the radio the other day , and the words of the song were pretty cool. They went, “ If you’re tired, then sleep. If you’re hungry, then eat. If you need money, ,the make some. If you need a vacation, then take one.”‎ W: Wow ,I guess it’s easy for a bunch of rich musicians to say something like that, but I live in the real world!‎ M:⑪I think the point is to keep things simple. Maybe if you did that, you wouldn’t be so anxious all the time.‎ W: You always seem so calm and relaxed, Marco. What’s your secret?‎ M: First, I need to enjoy what I do for a living. I probably don’t make as much as many people, but money isn’t everything. It’s certainly not more important than happiness⑫.I also work out everyday, even if it’s just a walk. But mostly, It’s about taking time for my self.‎ Text9‎ M: Did you go into town for Fleet Week ?‎ W: I’m not even sure what that is.‎ M: Oh, that’s right, you’re not from San Francisco. ⑬Fleet Week happens during a particular weekend in October every year. A lot of navy boats come to the area, and ⑭there are tons of activities that teach people about military history. There are also special art exhibits and musical performances, and everything is free of charge.‎ W: What’s the point of all that ?‎ M: Well, it’s a way to connect with San Francisco’s history as a military center, but it’s mainly an excuse to have fun in the streets when the weather is nice.‎ W: It sounds kind of boring, to be honest.‎ M: It’s not! Everyone dresses up in their best clothes, and you can see a lot of sailors and pilots walking around in their uniforms. ⑮The main attraction is a performance by the Blue Angels, a group of four airplanes that do tricks in the air and spell out messages in the sky .People come from all over the country to see the Blue Angels.‎ W: That sounds kind of cool, actually.‎ M: ⑯My favorite part is when the sun goes down. All the bars and restaurants are full of people, and people sing and dance in the streets. It’s a big party for an entire weekend.‎ W: Well, you’ll have to take me next year. I’ll make sure to put it on my calendar starting in September.‎ M: You got it!‎ Text10 sdzxim Thank you all for coming to this special hiring event. We have carefully selected the most well-known companies for today’s gathering. There are more than 220business here today, and ⑰ we’ve been told that there are more than 1,100 job openings that they’re looking to fill! There are almost two thousand of you here, so not everyone will leave with a job offer, but that doesn’t mean you should lose hope if you don’t get one. And keep in mind that not all companies will be making their decisions today.‎ Here is some advice. First, make sure you have plenty of copies of your resume. ⑱If you need to make more copies, you can use the machines in that main hall. You should also make sure that you look your best, so take a moment to freshen up in the restrooms located on the second floor. You’re trying to make a good first impression, and you may not get more than a couple minutes to do it, so practice what you want to get across to these companies. Don’t wait for them to ask you all the questions. Tell them why you’d be a good fit. ⑲The most confident people tend to be the ones who get hired. All right, folks. ⑳We’re going to open the doors in five minutes. Good luck!‎