平顶山新乡许昌2016届高三第三次调研考试
高 三 英 语
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分，时间120分钟。考试结束，只交答题卡。
第Ⅰ卷
注意事项：
1．答题前，考生在答题卷和答题卡上务必用直径0．5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓
名、准考证号填写清楚。在答题卡上用2B铅笔将考号涂完整。
2．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，如需改动，
用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效。
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）
请听下面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—小题。每段对话仅读—遍。
1. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. Whether to work hard. B. How to pay for their house.
C. Whether to go on a holiday.
2. What does the woman like to do?
A. Clean the yard. B. Weed the garden. C. Take care of the flowers.
3. Where is the woman?
A. In Singapore. B. In Toronto. C. In Los Angeles.
4. When will the Browns arrive?
A. At 2:30 pm. B. At 3:00 pm. C. At 3:30 pm.
5. Whose trumpet will be displayed in the museum?
A. A famous pilot’s. B. Harriet Tubman’s. C. Louis Armstrong’s.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22．5分）
请听下面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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What happened to the red car?
A. It overtook a blue lorry. B. It crashed into the guard rail.
C. It knocked a motorcyclist over.
7. Which vehicle caused the accident?
A. The car. B. The lorry. C. The motorbike.
请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why does the woman recommend Carl?
A. His poems are popular among the students.
B. He works at the school newspaper office.
C. He wants to join the school’s poetry club.
9. What is the last thing that the woman suggests be put in the newspaper?
A. Poems. B. Vacation tips. C. Job advertisements.
请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the woman unsatisfied with about the living room?
A. The curtains. B. The wall. C. The carpet.
11. Which of the following is not broken?
A. The window. B. The toilet seat. C. The refrigerator door.
12. What will the woman probably do?
A. Help to fix the house.
B. Look for another place. C. Live by herself.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Which subject doesn’t the man like?
A. French. B. German. C. Chemistry.
14. Why didn’t the man study Art immediately after he left school?
A. He was offered a job.
B. His father disapproved of it.
C. There was no good prospects.
15. How long did the man stay at the Art College?
A. One year. B. Two years. C. Three years.
16. What society does the man belong to?
A. Photography. B. Tourism. C. Drama.
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. His success in acting. B. The change of his profession.
C. The importance of his first performance.
18. How did the speaker feel after trying out for many roles?
A. He was satisfied. B. He was discouraged. C. He became confident.
19. When did the speaker become an office clerk?
A. In 1984. B. In 1986. C. In 1991.
20. what does the speaker say about his present job?
A. It’s easy doing this job. B. He suffers a lot in this job.
C. He gets along well with the actors.
第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，共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
It’s high time you should live a low-carbon life when traveling. But how? The following offers you the answer.
Before you go
Turn off and unplug all of your non-essential electronic appliances. Experts say that 5-10 percent of the average family’s electric bill is from electronic appliances that are plugged in 24 hours a day. Televisions, computers, coffeemakers, toasters and even lamps can suck up power. If
you are gone for any extended period, consider turning down the temperature on your water heater since there is no sense in keeping that water hot if you are not going to be around to use it.
Choose a different way
If you have a little extra time to spare, driving or taking a train to your destination might be an option. And there are always the long-distance options like Mega bus. If you do have to take a plane, fly non-stop. If you want to have a lower carbon footprint, avoid private jets even if you can afford them.
At the hotel
Take use of every conservation program that the hotel offers. Reuse your towels and turn off your air conditioning or heat before you leave for the day. Bring your own soap, shampoo and moisturizer, or at least take whatever is left of the hotel-supplied articles home with you to finish using there. Skip the morning printed newspaper and read it on your ipad, phone or computer.
Drinking
Carry a water bottle with you so that you don’t have to buy plastic bottles. Travel to certain parts of the world and you will understand why. There’s nothing more disturbing than seeing something made up of plastic bottles and bags. Halong Bay in Vietnam is a great example where this kind man-made pollution is clearly visible.
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21. What should you do at the hotel in order to live a low-carbon life?
A. Use one towel once every day. B. Keep your ipad, phone or computer on.
C. Keep indoor temperature comfortable. D. Bring the leftover soap home for later use.
22. You should do all these but ________ when and before travelling.
A. have adequate sleep and keep energetic
B. lower down the temperature on your water heater
C. cut off the power of all non-essential electronic appliances
D. choose green vehicles even if you can afford more expensive ones
23. The text is most probably adapted from _________.
A. a webpage on green life B. a guidebook on travelling abroad
C. an advertisement on travel goods D. a report on scientific discovery
B
My husband and I used to think we had all we had ever wanted. A beautiful house, three healthy children and one more on the way, two cars, a couple of four-wheelers for entertainment — We really had it all and we loved it. Then, the market turned and my husband’s job at a construction company was gone. The company was closing down forever.
We both started looking for jobs right away, but there weren’t any to be found. With each passing day we were getting increasingly worried and we continued to work together in order to pull our family through. The more we pulled together, the closer we got. I felt feelings of admiration for my husband that I hadn’t felt in years.
That’s why it was so hard for me to watch him blame himself for our present situation. I continually asked him to stop, but he seemed to want to punish himself for not having a job.
Finally, one afternoon I pulled him aside and said, “We have four healthy children and each other. That’s what’s important. That makes you a rich man.”
“But what if we lose the house? They’ll hate me — you’ll hate me,” he replied.
I smiled at him and put my hands on both sides of his face to make him look me in the eye. “No matter where we live I will be happy — as long as I have you,” I smiled again as I realized that I wasn’t just saying that. In all the struggling together I had found that deep love for him that I had on the day we said “I do”.
I could see his shoulders and neck relaxed. He held me close and we were able to talk and plan and dream together in a way that we hadn’t for quite some time. It was a turning point for us as a couple and a family.
We are still struggling for our better life, but I consider us well-off because we have something that money can’t buy and no one can take away from us.
24. We know from the story that ________.
A. they both found good jobs at last
B. her husband was out of work for his not working hard
C. both of them felt anxious about their unemployment
D. they didn’t love each other any longer after they got married
25. By saying “The more we pulled together, the closer we got”, the wife means ________.
A. her husband worked harder for being closer
B. they had closer affection as they struggled together
C. their house was closer to the company than before
D. they were closer to another employment as time went by
26. What is their present life like?
A. Hard but warm B. Wealthy but annoying.
C. Hard and disturbing. D. Comfortable and admiring.
27. Which of the followings might be the best title?
A. Better Life Comes B. Hard Time Goes
C. We Have It All D. We Lose It All
C
As is seen, kids’ lives have changed a lot in the last decades of years. But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did?
It’s difficult to look back on one’s own childhood without some element of nostalgia（怀旧）. I have four brothers and sisters, and my memories are all about being with them, playing board games on the living room floor, or spending days in the street with the other neighborhood children, racing up and down on our bikes, or exploring the nearby woods. My parents scarcely appear in these memories, except as providers either of meals or of severe blame after some particularly risky adventure.
These days, in the UK at least, the nature of childhood has changed dramatically. Firstly, families are smaller, and there are far more only children. It is common for both parents to work outside the home and there is the feeling that there just isn’t time to bring up a large family, or that no one could possibly afford to have more than one child. As a result, today’s boys and girls spend much of their time alone. Another major change is that youngsters today tend to spend a huge amount of their free time at home, inside. This is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers, so they wouldn’t dream of letting their children play outside by themselves.
Finally, the kind of toys children have and the way they play is totally different. Computer and video games have replaced the board games and more interesting activities of my childhood.
The funny thing is that so many ways of playing games are called “interactive”. The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today.
Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I had? I personally believe that they do, but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same.
28. The question given in the first paragraph is designed to ________.
A. show who the passage is written for.
B. arouse people’s attention and lead in the topic
C. collect different people’s opinions on the topic.
D. emphasize the importance of the topic discussed in the passage.
29. The followings are reasons for the changes EXCEPT that ________.
A. parents are worried too much about their children.
B. children play toys in completely different ways.
C. playing outside is getting more and more dangerous.
D. only children have become more, causing families smaller.
30. What does the writer indicate in the fourth paragraph?
A. Board games shouldn’t be replaced.
B. Computer and video games should be cut off.
C. Young people today should play more with other ones.
D. Today’s electronic games easily cause more loneliness to the youth.
31. The purpose of the writer is to ________ the childhood changes.
A. introduce B. praise C. criticize D. discuss
D
A recent finding has showed that blue-eyed people have already been living in Europe for at least 7,000 years.
A man who lived on the Iberian Peninsula before Europeans became farmers probably had blue eyes but dark hair and skin, according to scientists who have arranged his DNA in order. This surprising combination of eye, hair and skin coloring may not have been unusual during his lifetime, but it is no longer seen among modem Europeans, reported by the journal Nature.
The man, a Neolithic hunter-gatherer known to scientists as La BranaⅠ, is of great interest to scientists because he offers a brief introduction to what was in Europeans’ DNA before agriculture spread through the continent. Experts have theorized that certain genetic feature spread quickly among humans after they adopted the farming lifestyle. La BranaⅠshows that at least some of their predictions were correct.
The man’s skeleton, along with that of a male companion, was discovered in 2006 in a cave in what is now northeastern Spain. The site, known as La Brana-Arintero, sits about 5,000 feet above sea level, and the cave provided a cold, refrigerator-like environment that preserved his DNA.
In the lab, scientists were able to remove enough DNA from a single tooth to reconstruct La Brana Ⅰ’s entire genome （基因组）. They compared it to the DNA of other ancient Europeans（including Otzi, the 5, 300-year-old mummy found in an Alpine glacier） and determined that he was a closer match with hunter-gatherers than with farmers.
When it came to genes that would influence La Brana Ⅰ’s appearance, the researchers found that their 7,000-year-old subject had versions of two skin pigment（色素） genes that are either
very rare or nonexistent among Europeans today. Then they looked at other places in the genome that influence pigmentation（色素沉着）and found a mix of ancient and modern gene variants（变种）. Taken together, La Brana Ⅰ’s DNA “is likely to have resulted in dark skin pigmentation and dark or brown hair,” they wrote.
However, his DNA indicates that his eyes were most likely blue, the scientists found. This suggests that gene variants for light-colored eyes and skin did not spread together, they wrote, adding that La Brana Ⅰ’s combination “of dark skin and non-brown eyes is unique and no longer present in contemporary European populations.” Today, a blue-eyed person would typically have fair skin. To get some idea of whether La Brana Ⅰ’s coloring was unusual for his day, the researchers will try to arrange in order the DNA of his companion, who has been named La Brana Ⅱ.
32. Scientists have carried out the research into La BranaⅠbecause they wanted to know
________.
A. today’s Europeans’ DNA B. the ancient agriculture in Europe.
C. European hunter-gatherers’ DNA. D. the correctness of some of their predictions
33. La Brana Ⅰ’s skeleton was best preserved mainly because of ________.
A. the height of the cave B. the cold condition in the cave
C. the location of the cave D. the wet condition in the cave
34. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. La Brana Ⅰ’s gene variants spread together.
B. La Brana Ⅰ’s DNA influences his appearance.
C. Today’s blue-eyed person may typically have rough rather than fair skin.
D. La Brana Ⅰ’s gene is completely different from the contemporary Europeans’.
35. The last paragraph suggests that ________.
A. La Brana Ⅱ has the same genome with La Brana Ⅰ.
B. Blue-eyed people were common in Europe 7,000 years ago.
C. It’s not certain that La Brana’s appearance was common at that time.
D. BranaⅠ’s combination of dark skin and non-brown is popular in contemporary Europeans.
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。
How to Get Promoted at Work
To get promoted, you have to think in a positive way however big a challenge is. If you think positively you will feel better and will be able to overcome challenges in life. Furthermore, meet an optimistic person and you will notice how motivated he is towards life. 36 On the other hand, negative thinking will only cause more depression in your life.
37 Don’t be jealous of those who are successful around you. Instead, take inspiration from their success stories. This will make you motivated to get what you want. Moreover, you can also read books that are written by inspirational and successful personalities.
There is a famous quote that reads, “A healthy body leads to a healthy mind.” If your mind is healthy you will think positively. 38 Whether you are working out in the gym or going for a long walk, make sure that you include an exercise plan in your daily routine.
39 Therefore, it is important to break your routine and do something different. Either you go on a vacation or learn a new skill, it is important to break the monotony （千遍一律）in
your daily life.
Human beings are extraordinary individuals who are able to complete the hardest tasks and achieve the impossible. It is important to get out of your comfort zone and try something different. __40
A. Therefore, it is important to exercise.
B. Keeping yourself motivated is not a difficult task.
C. You might lose motivation by doing the same things over and over again.
D. One of the best ways to motivate oneself is to get inspired by other’s success.
E. Remember, positive thinking gives you motivation to achieve what you want.
F. By doing so you will get motivated and your attitudes towards life will be positive.
G. Do things that make you happy and find inspiration in possibly everything you see.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第—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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I once received an invitation to attend a presentation at the Kentucky School. On that very evening I found 41 had amazing power to change our attitude and our life.
The young musician Mr. Patrick was 42 onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers 43 across the keys as if he made beautiful music himself. He then began to sing as he played, and it was wonderful. But what shocked me 44 was his magic smile.
Mr. Patrick was born with no eyes and an illness in the 45 , which left him lame for life. However, as a child, he was 46 with artificial eyes and placed in a wheelchair. Before his first birthday, he 47 the piano. When his mom hit any note on the piano, and within one or two __48 , he’d get it. By his second birthday, he was playing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”. His father was overjoyed. “We 49 not play baseball, but we can play music together.”
When Patrick was at the University of Louisville, his father 50 classes with him. He was also a part of the 214-member marching band! He was a blind, wheelchair-bound trumpet player; and he and his father did it together. His father 51 the night shift in order to accompany his daytime band practice. Patrick says, “Dad is my 52 .”
But even more than his 53 musical talent, it was Patrick’s “attitude of gratitude” that __54 my soul. On stage, between songs, he talked to the audience about his life and about how __55 he was with a great father. When his performance was over, Patrick and his father were on the stage together. The crowd rose to their feet and 56 for over five minutes.
We all face misfortune in our lives. 57 , it’s not the hardship but how we 58 to it that will determine the joy and happiness in our lives. During 59 times, do we spend too much time feeling 60 for ourselves, or can we, with gratitude, learn how to dance in the rain?
41. A. interest B. gratitude C. confidence D. devotion
42. A. rolled B. pulled C. carried D. dragged
43. A. moved B. knocked C. danced D. hit
44. A. more B. much C. better D. most
45. A. arms B. legs C. fingers D. ears
46. A. equipped B. connected C. associated D. combined
47. A. saw B. played C. discovered D. made
48. A. keys B. words C. notes D. tries
49. A. need B. may C. must D. should
50. A. gave B. found C. attended D. organized
51. A. worked B. stayed C. refused D. canceled
52. A. player B. life C. soul D. hero
53. A. unforgettable B. unbelievable C. unremarkable D. unpredictable
54. A. learned B. controlled C. freed D. touched
55. A. pleased B. blessed C. concerned D. embarrassed
56. A. cheered B. whispered C. shouted D. talked
57. A. Therefore B. Thus C. However D. Furthermore
58. A. appeal B. compare C. react D. apply
59. A. tough B. modern C. pleasant D. happy
60. A. great B. proud C. wrong D. sorry
第Ⅱ卷
注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
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。
Reading benefits us a lot. First, reading books is fun. You can always keep yourself 61__ （interest） and it can help you have 62 enjoyable time if you like reading. This is especially pleasant 63 the weather is bad. Next, you can read a book anywhere: in a car, on a plane, in bed—even in the bath. 64 you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and start again. Another good reason 65 reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you 66 （get）better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and become better at understanding what you read. As your reading 67 （improve）, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much 68 （easy）. Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read you learn more and more.
Good readers are most likely. 69 （be） good writers, too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about. So you see reading books is 70 （real） a wonderful hobby.
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共
有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Boys and girls, I am honored to share my experiences in learning English. I often read English aloud in the morning, which help me improve my language sense, getting to the good habit of thinking in English. I listen a lot and talk with the others in English. In this way, I had
improved both my hearing and my speaking English. I keep a diary in English every day because my written English is becoming better and better. I also do best to master the necessary grammar knowledge. By this means, I can express myself in English correct. That is the way I have been learning English. I hope they will be useful to you. That’s all. Thank you.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
时近夏日，气候宜人。高三学习也日趋紧张。假如你是三（1）班班长李华，请你在班会上向全班同学发出倡议书：注重劳逸结合，提倡高效学习，取得最佳成绩。
基本要点：
1、充足睡眠，精力充沛；
2、走进自然，放松身体；
3、加强锻炼，减缓压力；
基本要求：
1．词数100左右：
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Boys and girls, the college entrance examination draws near. __________________________
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That’s all. Thank you!
平顶山新乡许昌2016届普通高中毕业班第三次调研考试
高三英语参考答案
听力理解： 1-5 CCBBC 6-10 BBACC 11-15 BBCAC 16-20 CBBCB
阅读理解： 第一节 21-23 DAA 24-27 CBAC 28-31 BCDA 32-35 CBBC
第二节 EDACF
完形填空：
41-45 BACDB 46-50 ACDBC 51-55 ADBDB 56-60 ACCAD
语篇填空：
61. interested 62. an 63.when/if 64. What/All 65. for
66. will get 67. improves 68. easier 69. to be 70. really
短文改错：
71. experiences改为 experience 72. help改为helps 73. to 改为into 74. 去掉the
75. had改为have 76.speaking改为spoken 77. because改为so 78.do后加my
79. correct改为correctly 80. they改为it
书面表达：
One possible version:
Boys and Girls, the college entrance examination draws near. Our preparations have also come to the final step. As monitor, Li Hua calls on everybody, my fellow classmates, to focus on the following besides your lessons. First of all, please ensure adequate sleep, since plenty of sleep makes us physically active and concentrates on what teachers say in class; Then in our busy and bound life, we ought to walk into nature, close nature, and be a part of it to refresh ourselves completely. At present in the spring sunshine, walking, jogging, even climbing mountains are all good choices. Thirdly taking necessary sports everyday keeps us energetic and reduces our stress and thus we may gain the result of doing less but achieving more. Finally I wish all of us great success in the coming college entrance examination.
That’s all. Thank you!
听力材料
(Text 1)
W: Bob, can we really afford a holiday now? We're paying for this house and the ...
M: Listen, Peggy. You work hard and I work hard. There's nothing to worry about.
(Text 2)
M: Your yard is always so beautiful, Cathy. You must have a gardener.
W: Oh, no. It would cost at least $50 a month to hire someone to do the work, so I do most of it myself. I enjoy taking care of the flowers, but I have to force myself to do the weeding and cut the grass.
(Text 3)
M: Hi, Jane. Haven't seen you for a long time. Where have you been?
W: Oh, I was in Singapore studying for two years. I just came back to work here in Toronto, but next month I will be sent to a branch in Los Angeles.
M: You are really lucky to get so many chances to travel.
(Text 4)
W: What time is it now?
M: It's 2:30 pm.
W: We've got a whole hour before the Browns come by to pick us up. How about taking a walk?
M: No, we'd better not. They just called to say that they'll arrive here half an hour earlier than planned.
(Text 5)
W: Tom, what will be displayed in the new museum?
M: Oh, a wide variety of items — there will be a trumpet that belonged to jazz musician Louis Armstrong.
W: I love Louis Armstrong's music. What else?
M: Clothing owned by freedom fighter Harriet Tubman, and an airplane in which the first African-American military pilots learned to fly.
(Text 6)
M: Well, it looks as though the red car was approaching the zebra crossing and a motorcycle was coming round the roundabout.
W: Yes, I think the driver of the blue lorry was trying to overtake the red car. It pushed the red car out of the way and the red car crashed into the guard rail.
M: Then it looks as though the blue lorry drove straight across the zebra crossing and then knocked the motorcyclist off his motorbike.
W: Who do you think caused the accident?
M: The driver of the blue lorry clearly wasn't driving carefully.
W: Yes, I think that's right.
(Text 7)
W: Hi, Tim. You look anxious today. How is work at the school newspaper office?
M: Oh, I haven't yet figured out how to fill the empty space in our school newspaper.
W: It's nearly time for the newspaper to come out!
M: Yes. A guy was supposed to hand in a story today, but he can't finish the article until next week.
W: You know, Tim, Carl is a member of our school's poetry club and his poems are really popular among the students. Why don't you put some of his poems in the paper?
M: Sounds good, but poems wouldn't be enough to fill up the space — it's a whole page.
W: Oh ... Why not fill the blank space with some advertisements, like for jobs? Summer vacation is coming soon, and many students are about to start looking for part-time jobs.
M: Good idea!
(Text 8)
M: Hi, Shelley. Come on in.
W: Uh, yeah, I stopped by to see if you were still looking for a roommate to share your house.
M: I sure am. Let me show you around the place. Uh, here's the living room. The curtains and the wallpapers are new.
W: Oh. It looks like you could use a new carpet ... and those stains?
M: Well, I know it needs to be cleaned.
W: And what about the kitchen?
M: Right this way. It's completely furnished with all the latest appliances, except ... Well, the refrigerator door won't stay shut, but I've pushed a box against it to keep it shut.
W: How about the bathroom? Don't tell me. The toilet seat is cracked.
M: No, that's fine, though the windows are a little broken. What do you think? It has its problems, but we can fix those.
W: Uh, no, thank you. I think I've seen enough.
(Text 9)
W: Good morning, Mr. Pitt. First of all, I'd like you to tell me a bit about what you've been doing.
M: Well, I took four subjects in school: French, German, Chemistry and, uh, Art. Chemistry wasn't my cup of tea, but Art has always been.
W: So you went on to study Art?
M: Well, I really wanted to study Art, but it didn't turn out like that because a friend of my father's offered me a job — he's an accountant in quite a big firm.
W: I see. A firm of accountants. Interesting! In your application, you say that you only spent a year with this firm of accountants. Why was that?
M: Well, to be quite honest, I just couldn't seem to get interested in the job although there were good prospects. So I got a place at the Art College to do a three-year diploma course.
W: I see. Now, Mr. Pitt, what do you do in your spare time?
M: I like traditional and folk music. I don't play, of course, but I go to quite a lot of concerts. I'm in the local drama society. I read quite a lot and I've done a bit of photography. Also, I've traveled a lot. That was ...
W: Very interesting, Mr. Pitt. I think that's all I wanted to ask about your background.
(Text 10)
Good morning, everyone. It's good to see you all here today. I'm sure some of you once dreamed of becoming famous. I used to be one of you. As a young actor, I first arrived in Los Angeles in 1984. I saw the shining lights of the city as the plane landed, and I felt excited as the first step that would lead me to fortune got under way. I imagined that the development of my dream would move smoothly, and soon I would be one of the best-known faces on cinema screens throughout the world. I was confident when I tried out for my first film in 1986. I knew the lead role was perfect for me, but when they offered me only a small role in the film, I saw that my plans for quick success were not going to work out. Over the years I tried out for many other roles, but I never got a good part. I had to take less exciting jobs to support myself. Five years later, I found myself working in the offices of a movie company. After years of hard work, I ended up as a manager of this company! You know, it isn't easy doing this job. There are lots of things you need to consider, and you must always be ready to take responsibility if things go wrong. The hardest thing is dealing with actors who think they are the master of the world — boy, you can't imagine what a pain that is!
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