定兴三中2015—2016学年第一学期第二次月考
高二英语试卷
（考试时间：120分钟 分值：150分）
第I卷（共90分）
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)
第一节 （共5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A.￡19.15. B. ￡9.15 C. ￡9.18
答案是B。
1 .Where is the woman going with her children？
A. To Australia B. To Canada. C. To Japan.
2 .How much should the man pay？
A.＄16. B.＄32. C.＄60.
3 .What does the woman expect the man to do on Saturday？
A. Celebrate their mum’s birthday.
B. Take Brian out for the day.
C. Help Brian move house.
4 .What does the woman mean？
A. She doesn’t like the job.
B .She will take the job right away.
C .She isn’t sure whether to take the job.
5 .What are the speakers mainly talking about？
A. A novel. B. A film. C. A writer.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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 .What will the woman do this evening？
A. Attend a party. B. Visit her grandma. C. do some shopping.
7 .What does the man advise the woman to do？
A. Make a skirt. B. Buy a handbag. C. Wear a necklace.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8 .Where does the conversation take place？
A. At a hotel. B. At an airport. C. At a police station.
9 .What does the man suggest the woman do？
A. Wait where she is.
B. Make a request for the loss.
C. Give him her telephone number.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10.What’s the relation between the speakers？
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A. Husband and wife. B. Friends. C. Boss and worker.
11.Why does the woman look worried？
A .She has been late for work recently.
B .She is not getting on well with her boss.
C .She has trouble taking her children to school.
12.What might the woman think of Alice’s way to deal with her problem？
A. Practical. B. Strange. C. Wrong.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. How long will the course run this year?
A. Six weeks. B. Seven weeks. C. Eight weeks.
14.What was the woman surprised at？
A. The lack of assistants.
B. The condition of weather.
C. The number of children
15. What new activities can the children have this year？
A. Adventure sports. B. Fun programs. C. Creative classes.
16. What is expected about the course this year?
A. It will run better. B. It will last longer. C. It will start earlier.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.What difficulty did the speaker have when starting to learn French？
A. Grammar. B. Vocabulary. C. Pronunciation.
18.Why did the speaker go to France？
A. To settle there. B. To look for a job. C. To continue her studies.
19.What did the speaker think of her French after she arrived in France？
A. Poor. B. Acceptable. C. Excellent.
20. What is the most important in learning a language according to the speaker?
A. Mastering the grammar rules.
B. Using the language in real life.
C. Knowing a large number of words.
第二部分：阅读理解（共2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
Do you remember the man who contributed a lot to the understanding of British and American English? Noah Webster, born on October 16, 1758, is known for The American Dictionary of the English Language. He has been called the “Father of American Scholarship and Education”. His “Blue-Backed Speller” books were used to teach spelling and reading to five generations of American children. But how much do you know about him beyond that?
At the age of 16, Noah Webster began attending Yale College. Unfortunately, he spent his four years at Yale during the American Revolutionary War, and, because of food shortages, many of his college classes were held in Glastonbury, Connecticut
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. Later, he served in the army.
Having graduated from Yale in 1778, Webster wanted to continue his education in order to earn his law degree. He had to teach school in order to pay for his education. He set up many small schools that didn't survive, but he was a good teacher because instead of forcing his students to learn, like most teachers did, he rewarded them.
He earned his law degree in 1781, but did not practice law until 1789. Once he started he found the law was not to his liking. Webster did not have much money.
In 1793, Alexander Hamilton lent him $1500 to move to New York City to edit a newspaper. In December, he founded New York's first daily newspaper, American Minerva, and edited it for four years. For decades, he published textbooks, political essays, a report on some diseases, and newspaper articles for his party, He wrote so much that a modern list of his published works required 655 pages.
Noah Webster died on May 28, 1843 and was buried in the Grove Street Cemetery.
21. What's the main idea of Paragraph l?
A. Webster's college education. B. Webster's famous dictionary.
C. Webster's daily routines. D. Webster's main achievements.
22. Which of the following best describes Webster's life at Yale?
A. Tiring. B. Tough. C. Smooth. D. Normal.
23. What did Noah want to be after graduation from Yale?
A. A scholar. B. A teacher. C. A lawyer. D. A headmaster.
24. Why was Webster a good teacher?
A. Because he often rewarded his students.
B. Because he set up many small schools.
C. Because he graduated from Yale College.
D. Because he forced his students to learn.
B
Next Halloween, a small vegetable that looks like a pumpkin(南瓜) may appear in a garden near you. The vegetable is a type of pepper that is called” Lil’ Pumpkin”. It is very special because it has orange, pumpkin-like fruit.
You might think that all vegetables are grown to provide food to eat. But some vegetables are growing mainly for the lively color and holiday spirit that they bring to gardens. These are called “ornamentals（观赏性植物）”. Just like ornaments decorate a Christmas tree, they decorate a garden.
The peppers were produced by Agricultural Research Service(ARS) scientists John Stommel and Robert Griesbach. Another pepper the scientists developed is called “Pepper Jack”. Because Pepper Jack has orange and black cone-shaped fruit, it might remind you of the popular Halloween treat “candy corn.”
Stommel says that vegetables crops such as peppers were first widely grown in Europe in the 15th century. At that time, people liked these crops more because they looked pretty than because they provided food.
Back then, when a gardener grew plants for decoration and plants for food, the garden was called a “potager”. An example of this is the large gardens on the lawns of castles and very large homes where kings and queens lived.
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One of those large royal homes was the French king’s palace at Versailles during the 1600’s. The palace is still there today, and people from all over the world still go there to visit and see the gardens.
Today, Stommel says using vegetables as decorations in gardens has become popular again.
So you might be wondering, if these peppers are for decorations, can people eat them? Yes, but the fruit from both of these peppers is very pungent(辣)！
These peppers have become available at certain garden centers and stores around the country. These pretty peppers can be grown in containers and also in garden beds. They grow best with plenty of light and warm temperature, Stommel says.
25. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refer to ___________.
A. these trees B. these holidays C. these vegetables D. these scientists
26. IN Europe, vegetable crops were first grown mainly to _________.
A. decorate people’s gardens B. serve as a kind of royal food
C. gain different food ingredients D. take the place of lawns
27. According to the text, a postager was _________.
A. the place where kings and queens lived
B. the garden in the French king’s palace
C. a place providing vegetables for the royal homes
D. a garden with plants for decoration and for food
28. What does the text mainly talk about?
A. Different kinds of peppers B. The history of peppers
C. Peppers with Halloween spirit D. Food for the Halloween festival
C
How do successful people think? What drives them? Interviews and investigations indicate that there are several keys to success that successful people share.
First of all, successful people never blame someone or something outside of themselves for their failure. They realize that their future lies in their own hands. They understand that they cannot control some things in life, such as nature, the past and other people. But in the meantime, they are well aware that they can control their own thoughts and actions. They take responsibility for their life and regard this as one of the most empowering things they can do. Perhaps what most separate successful people from others is that they live their life “on purpose” — they are doing what they believe they are put here to do. In their opinion, having a purpose in their life is the most important element that enables them to become fully functioning people. They hold that when they live their life on purpose, their main concern is to do the job right. Because of their commitment (投身; 献身), people are willing to do business with them, and it is always found in them.
To live their life on purpose, successful people find a cause they believe in and create a business around it. Besides, they never easily give up. Once they have set up goals in their life, they are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Instead of seeing it negatively or depressingly, they use the knowledge to spur themselves on and go after what they want energetically and passionately.
29. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
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A. How Successful People Do Business. B. How People Live Their Life on Purpose.
C. How Can People Be Successful? D. How Can People Do Their Own Things?
30. By living life “on purpose”, successful people can ______.
A. do a lot of hard work B. concentrate on their jobs
C. do business with many people D. do all of the above mentioned
31. The underlined word “it’’ in the second paragraph refers to ______.
A. the main concern of successful people B. the job that successful people do
C. the commitment with successful people D. the business successful people do
D
It's Friday morning in the year 2025, and you're running late. You got distracted watching the music video that as playing in the corner of your bathroom mirror while you were brushing your teeth. How will you get to your office at Mega Giga Industries on time?
A quick check of your Internet-connected refrigerator magnet tells you your train which travels at speeds up to 250 miles an hour as it electromagnetically(电磁的) hovers above its guide track is a bit behind schedule, too. So you decide to drive your environmentally-friendly hydrogen(氢气) fuel cell car instead or rather let your car drive you. It's programmed to know the way, and it will get you there without speeding, getting lost, or crashing.
Sealing into your office chair, which changes color to match what you're wearing, you pick up yesterday morning's newspaper. Printed on reusable electronic paper, it instantly rewrites itself with today's headlines. Now it's time for your big meeting. Uh-oh!
You've left your handwritten notes at home. No problem! The digital ink pen you used has stored an electronic copy of what you wrote.
Your wrist(手腕) watch videophone suddenly rings. Your best friend's face pops up on the organic light-emitting diode (二极管) screen asking what you're doing this weekend. Will you slap on your 3D contact lenses and play virtual soccer with the US Olympic team? No, no. Your friend says, so you have to take the new nanotube elevator (made of microscopic fibers many times stronger than steel) 60,000 miles into space.
Could this scene really take place in just a couple of decades? The researchers who are currently developing all this stuff think so. These things may be as common in 20 years as cell phones and DVD players are today.
32. The author wrote the passage to ______.
A. show picture the life of the future
B. introduce some high technology
C. tell us the future life is fantastic
D. tell us the future life is convenient
33. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence?
A. The car is very good.
B. The driver of the car is very clever.
C. The car is controlled by yourself.
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D. The car can run by itself without your control.
34. From the passage we know that ______.
A. you can read the newspaper on TV
B. the newspaper is printed on the used paper
C. the newspaper can update by itself
D. the newspaper is put in the changeable chair
35. From the last paragraph we can conclude that ______.
A. all the imagination can come true now
B. it is impossible to see the scene
C. it will take us no more than ten years to realize the dream
D. the researchers believe the scene will take place in some years
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。（注意：此题36-40的答案要涂到卡上71-75）
Guide for Teenagers
The teenage years can be tough, and it’s normal to feel sad every now and then. But if these feelings don’t go away or become so intense that you can’t handle them, you may be suffering from depression. 36 .
Try not to isolate yourself
When you’re depressed, you may not feel like seeing anybody or doing anything. Just getting out of bed in the morning can be difficult, but isolating yourself only makes depression worse. 37 Spend time with friends, especially those who are active.
Keep your body healthy
Making healthy lifestyle choices can do wonders for your mood. Ever heard of a "runners high"? Physical activity can be as effective as medications for depression, so get involved in sports, ride your bike, or take a dance class. Any activity helps! 38 As for food, make sure you’re feeding your mind with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
Avoid alcohol and drugs.
You maybe try drinking or use drugs in an effort to escape from your feelings and get a "mood boost," even if just for a short time. However, substance use can not only make depression worse, but can cause you to become more depressed. 39 . You will need special treatment for your substance problem.
40 .
Stress and worry can lead to depression. Talk to a teacher if exams or classes seem overwhelming. In addition, if you have a health concern you feel you can’t talk to your parents about, see a doctor. A health professional can help you approach your parents and guide you toward appropriate treatment. If you’re dealing with relationship, friendship, or family problems, talk to an adult you trust.
A. Ask for help if you are stressed.
B. Even a short walk can be beneficial.
C. Turn to your parents for help.
D. As you get out into the world, you may find yourself feeling better.
E. In short, drinking and taking drugs will make you feel worse---not better---in
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the long run.
F. The more exercise you do, the healthier you will be.
G. Help is available and you have more power than you think.
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。（注意：此题41-60的答案要涂到卡上41-60）
I had a friend who did not at all believe in the effectiveness of nonviolence(非暴力). But his wife Dorothy was __41___ with the rationale (基本原理) and had talked about it many times with him.
One night, they took their daughter to see a show and for ____42__ afterward. It was a cold winter night. My friend suggested that his wife and daughter remain in the warm____43_____ while he went for the ___44__.Turning a corner, he ___45___three men in the middle of the sidewalk between him and his car. Not until he came closer did he begin to suspect that __46___ was around the corner, for the men spread out across the sidewalk as if to ___47___ his passage.
He thought of___48___and going in the other direction, but he was too ___49___ to them by now. He thought to himself, “Maybe I can ___50___ what Dorothy has been telling me.” He had almost __51___ the men, who had spread out their arms to show clearly that they planned to___52___ me.
When he ___53_ within a few feet of the larger man, he spread out his own arms, __54__ and greeted the man like a long-lost friend, holding him ___55__. The man whispered to him, “You stupid! Don’t you know this is a ___56____? Give me all the money.”
“I just had a meal with my wife and child. I have 85 cents__57__, but I live in Nyack and __58___ 50 cents to get across the George Washington Bridge,” my friend whispered truthfully. “Dammit!” the man said. “Then give me the 35 cents.” My friend did so, and the three men ___59___ him pass without incident.
So does nonviolence work? It certainly did this time. Now we can see that with ___60____ behavior, even he most violent people can be moved
41: A．bored B．honest C．strict D. familiar
42: A．dinner B. exhibition C．play D．party
43: A．theater B．restaurant C．hotel D．shop
44: A．money B．food C．car D．key
45: A．knocked B．saw C．caught D．knew
46: A．opportunity B．trouble C．accident D．challenge
47: A．clear B．force C．deny D．find
48: A．speeding up B．turning around C．keeping on D．calling back
49: A．curious B．open C．close D．surprised
50: A．try B．forget C．tell D．think
51 A．beaten B．passed C．recognized D．reached
52: A．welcome B．stop C．punish D．greet
53: A．came B．ran C．returned D．jumped
54: A．shouted B．screamed C．smiled D．sighed
55: A．tightly B．nervously C．strangely D．shyly
56: A．joke B．warning C．robbery D．mistake
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57: A．lost B．stolen C．paid D．left
58: A．offer B．need C．get D．borrow
59: A．observed B．made C．helped D．let
60: A．reliable B．generous C．friendly D．reasonable
第Ⅱ卷（共60分）
第三部分：英语知识运用
第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（不多于3个词），并将答案填写在答题纸的相应位置上。
Do you like travelling? Staying 61 (health) while 62 (travel) can help to ensure your trip is a happy and enjoyable one. 63 you are travelling abroad, here are the tips you need to make your trip much 64 (easy):
Make sure you have got signed passport and visas. Also, before you go, fill in the emergency information page of your passport! Make two copies of your passport identification page. This will help a lot if your passport 65 (steal). Leave one copy at home with friends or relatives. Carry the other 66 you in a separate place from your passport.
Read the Public Announcements or Travel Warnings for the countries you plan to visit. Get yourself familiar with local laws and customs of the countries to 67 you are travelling.
Leave a copy of your itinerary(旅行日程) with family or friends at home so that you can be contacted in case of an emergency. Do not accept packages from strangers. Do not carry too much money or 68 (necessary) credit cards. If we make enough 69 (prepare), we will succeed. Have 70 good time!
第四部分 写作（共三节，满分45分）
第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
71.He found that it came from the river ___________（污染）by the dirty water from London.
72. First aid is a ______________(暂时的)form of help given to someone who suddenly falls ill.
73. All the information was then ready to be _____________(加工) into film negative.
74. You may able to ________________(集中，聚集) on photography if you’re interested.
75.It looked ____________ (壮丽的) when first built!
76.Hit by a __________ (缺乏) of fresh air, my head ached.
77.It was a dilemma because the footballer could have ____________ (要求) damages if we were wrong.
78.He tried to stop us _____________ (出版) it but later we were proved right.
79.You can get burned by a _____________ (多样性;种种) of things
80.Then he tied it ___________ (紧地) so that it would stay in place.
第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
文中共有10处语言错误，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。
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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；
Nowadays, some students would not like to live in a dormitory. Instead, they rented houses outside the school. There are advantages for them all. Living in a dormitory can increase friendship and cooperation among classmates, but of course it is safer. Besides, a dormitory is more like a society, where enables students to learn to get along with each other，thus preparing the social life later. As for renting houses to live lonely, it’s better for your study as you can feel freely in your own room without being interrupted by others. As a result, you can have a plenty of time to devote yourself to review your lessons wholeheartedly. But there may appear a few safety problem as you live outside the school. Anyhow as a student, I prefer living in a dormitory.
第三节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李明，是一名高三学生，前不久在一次事故中受伤，幸亏得到了王先生的急救，现已康复并回归校园。请你给王先生写一封感谢信，主要内容包括:
1.告知对方自己的目前情况
2.决定学习急救常识，帮助别人
3.表达感激之情
注意：1.词数100词左右（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）；
2. 应包括 以上要点，可适当发挥：
Dear Mr Wang,
I’m Li Ming, a senor student.__________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely
LiMing
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定兴三中 英语答案
听力：1—5CBACB 6—10ACBCA 11—15CAACB 16—20ABCAB
阅读理解： DBCA CADC CDC ADCD GDBEA
完型填空：BACDD DABBD DBCAB DCBAC
语法填空61. healthy 62. travelling 63. If\When\While 64. easier
65. is stolen 66. with 67. which 68. unnecessary 69. preparations 70. a
单词拼写：polluted temporary processed concentrate splendid
lack demanded publishing variety tightly
改错： rented-rent all-both but-and where-which preparing 后加for lonely-alone freely – free 删掉a review –reviewing problem-problems
书面表达
Dear Mr Wang,
I’m Li Ming, a senior student. The other day, I was injured in an accident. Luckily, you gave me a timely first aid, which saved my life. I’m very grateful for your help.
But for your help, I couldn’t have survived and enjoyed a wonderful school life in the beautiful campus right now. Moreover, I am studying hard so as to acquire the knowledge of first aid. I hope I can learn more and use what I have learnt to help those in need. Besides, I’m determined to go to medical college and devote myself to helping others all my life.
I can’t thank you enough, and I ‘ll make every effort to pass on the virtue.
听力原文
(Text 1)
M: Are you going to spend the summer in Australia?
W: No, I planned to go to Canada, but my children begged me to take them to Japan. I agreed.
(Text 2)
M: Excuse me. Do you have any tickets left for the concert tomorrow?
W: Yes. They are $16 each. Um … how many would you like?
M: Two, please.
(Text 3)
W: What’s the matter with you, Jack?
M: Brian phoned me today. He was wondering whether I could help him move house on Saturday.
W: I’d rather you didn’t. It’s mum’s birthday and I thought we could take her out for the day.
(Text 4)
M: Have you decided to take that summer job you were offered?
W: Well, I want more information before I accept it.
(Text 5)
M: God, I’m glad that’s over.
W: So you don’t like it? It’s based on a novel written by a famous writer.
M: No, I think the story, the dialogue and the whole thing about the war are hard to understand.
W: But the leading actor is my favorite.
(Text 6)
W: Hi, I’m looking for a dress for Jane’s party this evening. Can you give me some
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advice?
M: How do you like this skirt? It goes well with your skin.
W: Really? OK, I would try it.
M: And I believe this necklace would make you more attractive.
W: OK. Should I take a bag with me?
M: Of course.
W: How about the brown bag you and I bought last week?
M: I can’t agree more. And hurry up, grandma is waiting for us.
W: OK.
(Text 7)
W: Hi, I just arrived on Flight 245 from London. I waited until all the luggage came out, but my suitcase wasn’t there.
M: Well, I guess it might have been put on the wrong flight. There’s a chance it won’t arrive until tomorrow.
W: Tomorrow!
M: I’m very sorry about this. Leave us a phone number so that we can reach you, and the airline will call you as soon as we get your suitcase.
(Text 8)
M: Hi, Jean. You look worried. Is everything OK?
W: Well, my new boss is expecting us to start work at 8 o’clock in the morning. But I have to take our children to school. That means I’ll be late for work. And you can’t spare any time to do it.
M: Oh, dear … er … but not a surprise. My friend Alice had a similar problem last year.
W: How did she settle it?
M: She didn’t do anything at first. But in the end she told it to her boss. He said he hadn’t realized the early start would present a problem and he agreed to let them start half an hour late.
W: That’s great. Perhaps I should deal with it the same way.
(Text 9)
M: Hello, everyone. We are lucky to have Molly Taylor here today. Molly is organizing an activity course for the summer holidays. Molly, this is the second year of the course, isn’t it?
W: Yes. The summer course operated for the first time last year for a six-week period. We did think about making it longer this year and have a seven-week course, as there’re some schools which finish term a week earlier. In fact, two schools have eight-week holidays. But in the end we decided to keep to the same plan as last year.
M: But, as I understand, last year’s course wasn’t a complete success, was it?
W: Well, we were actually very surprised by the number of people interested in the course. We didn’t actually have enough assistants to look after all the children. Besides, there was such a lot of rain that we couldn’t go outside as often as we wanted to.
M: So, what activities can the children look forward to this year?
W: Well, once again there’ll be artists and musicians who will lead creative classes. We also considered providing some more exciting adventure sports. But we decided not to, in the end. Instead we’re introducing some fun programs. I think it’ll be good fun for the children.
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W: Pleased to be here today. My name’s Joan, and I’d like to share with you something
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about my French learning. I still remember when I first started to learn the language I didn’t really have a problem with the pronunciation. I just had a hard time memorizing words. But I made a great effort and soon I was scoring ten out of ten in all of the tests. By the time I got to university, I could do some writing and translations without much difficulty, and I actually enjoyed learning the grammar rules. Then as part of my university course I had to go and live in France for a year. As soon as I arrived，I realized I didn’t know how to order the type of coffee I liked, and trying to find somewhere to live or stay was something difficult to deal with. I called people about information in the paper, but I had to keep putting the phone down because I couldn’t understand a word they were saying — they all spoke so quickly! I could see then that there’s no point in just knowing words if you can’t hold a conversation with a native speaker. The ability to speak freely is what helps you get a job, hold a conversation or just buy the things you need.
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