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苏北四市高三年级摸底考试
英 语
说明：1.本试卷共12页，满分120分，考试时间120分钟。
2.在答题纸的密封线内填写学校、班级、姓名、考号等，密封线内不要答题。
3.请将所有答案按照题号填涂或填写在答题卡/纸相应的答题处，否则不得分。
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。
1. Where are the two speakers?
A. On a busy street. B. In a Beijing Hotel. C. At a station.
2. How does the man like the book?
A. Humorous. B. Scientific. C. Popular.
3. Why is Peter leaving?
A. To visit his parents. B. To attend college. C. To have a holiday.
4. What time is it now?
A. Seven o’clock. B. Seven-thirty. C. Eight o’clock.
5. How much does the man need to pay?
A. 35 dollars. B. 115 dollars. C. 150 dollars.
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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. Where are the speakers?
A. At a meeting. B. At a party. C. At a wedding.
7. What does the man say about Anne?
A. She is humorous.
B. She is very intelligent.
C. She is easy to get to know.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8. Why did Mr. Miller get up late?
A. He watched a football match live last night.
B. He watched a football match on TV late last night.
C. He couldn’t fall asleep after watching a football match.
9. What happened to Mr. Miller on his way to work?
A. He had a car accident.
B. He was stopped by the police.
C. He was stuck in a traffic jam.
听下面一段对话,回答第10至第12三个小题。
10. Where does the man want to go?
A. To New York. B. To New Jersey. C. To Hawaii.
11. When will the man leave?
A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.
12. How much does one ticket cost?
A. $310. B. $325. C. $620.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。
13. How many customers have just come to the restaurant?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
14. Where will they sit eating?
A. In the center. B. Near the window. C. In the back.
15. Which style of Chinese food is not served in this restaurant?
A. Hunan food. B. Sichuan food. C. Guangdong food.
16. What food will the customers eat?
A. Hunan food. B. Zhejiang food. C. Sichuan food.
听下面一段对话，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. What is the woman’s major?
A. Painting. B. English. C. Japanese.
18. When did the woman last see Lily?
A. Three days ago. B. One week ago. C. Three years ago.
19. What is Lily’s problem?
A. She lacks chances to speak Chinese.
B. She finds it difficult to write Chinese words.
C. She doesn’t know how to remember Chinese words.
20. Where does the woman plan to further her study?
A. In China. B. In Italy. C. In England.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 35分）
第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
21. Owing to the speeding up of urbanization and improvement of living standards, people’s consumption patterns in the last few years.
A. changed B. change C. had changed D. have changed
22.The most important thing for a designer to remember is that nature always provides .
A. inspiration B. ambition C. immigration D. occupation
23. I do believe in people being able to do what they want to do, they are not hurting someone else.
A. unless B. supposed C. though D. providing
24. Nowadays, more and more people like to post the photos of delicious foods on their blogs, especially those in the oven.
A. to bake B. baked C. baking D. being baked
25. –– Are the people optimistic about the talks between Palestine and Israel?
–– It’s hard to say. Much the outcome of the current peace talks.
A. counts on B. takes on C. catches on D. turns on
26. Many companies make it for job applicants to pass a medical examination before they are allowed to work.
A. compulsory B. comprehensive C. controversial D. contradictory
27. –– Can you believe Kim’s got fired from work?
–– . She was always late or calling in sick. But I hope she will find a new job.
A. God bless her B. It can’t hurt C. It serves her right D. No worries
28. Scientists think calculating is a necessary skill they base their researches.
A. on it B. on that C. on which D. on whose
29. –– Have you got any plans for the New Year’s Day Holiday?
–– Yes. , I’m going to travel in Beijing.
A. Though possible B. Unless possible C. While possible D. If possible
30. The company chose Shenzhen for its first expansion point because it’s the second largest market for their brand, Shanghai the first.
A. was B. being C. will be D. to be
31. Their sense of humor and ability to get along with people are two characteristics that _________ for their lack of experience.
A. allow B. cater C. account D. compensate
32. Considering the location the price, many parents buy houses for their children’s education.
A. in preference to B. in response to C. in addition to D. in regard to
33. The famous magician, as well as his assistants, to perform at the China’s Got Talent in 2015.
A. were invited B. was invited
C. have been invited D. has been invited
34. — So boring and exhausted! I’d rather I hadn’t been invited to the party.
— Oh, no. If so, I _________ a quiet night at home.
A. didn’t enjoy B. hadn’t enjoyed
C. couldn’t have enjoyed D. couldn’t enjoy
35. –– I went up to speak to him, but he turned away and left.
–– Why did he give you ? You are good friends, aren’t you?
A. a wet blanket B. a cup of tea C. a green finger D. a cold shoulder
第二节：完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I wrote my first novel when I was 22. It was a 36 . I didn’t know how to properly format dialogue or 37 a plot. Those were all 38 I planned to work out later. I gave the book to my father to read, and within a day he left me a
voice mail saying that it was 39 and that I was going to sell it for $300,000.
40 , and rather quickly, the book was 41 by every publisher in New York. If there were a literary prize for Most Rejections, I would have won it. I was 42 , of course, but I knew better than to 43 — writing wasn’t an easy job, and if this book wasn’t my 44 in, maybe the next one would be. I got back to work.
But this scenario(剧情) happened again: I wrote books…and then they wouldn’t 45 . Still, my father’s faith in me never wavered(摇摆), even 46 I worked a host of other jobs. Some of the jobs, like being a bookseller, were great and 47 to my writing life. Some, like selling overpriced jeans to 12-year-olds, were only good insofar as they were material for future 48 . And they were — because it finally 49 . I sold a book! I was going to make it big!
I completely agree with motivational speaker and author John Maxwell’s words: “Successful and unsuccessful people do not 50 greatly in their abilities but in their 51 to reach their potential.” Life’s not 52 . It never was, it isn’t now, it won’t ever be. But do not fall into the entitlement trap of feeling you are a 53 , you are not. Get over it and 54 with it. And yes, most things are more 55 when you break a sweat to get them.
36. A. mess B. mix C. confusion D. puzzle
37. A. follow B. structure C. discover D. hatch
38. A. facts B. messages C. meanings D. details
39. A. practical B. complex C. wonderful D. dissatisfactory
40. A. But B. Instead C. Therefore D. Regardless
41. A. rejected B. accepted C. abused D. commented
42. A. depressed B. surprised C. frightened D. embarrassed
43. A. continue B. fight C. withdraw D. write
44. A. card B. ticket C. pen D. bill
45. A. write B. buy C. work D. sell
46. A. if B. because C. as D. since
47. A. turned B. opened C. led D. contributed
48. A. lives B. decisions C. stories D. jobs
49. A. happened B. failed C. made D. passed
50. A. vary B. change C. match D. diversify
51. A. request B. demand C. hope D. desire
52. A. sad B. happy C. hard D. easy
53. A. witness B. victim C. owner D. winner
54. A. get round B. get on C. get about D. get by
55. A. challenging B. demanding C. rewarding D. paying
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题 2分, 满分 30分）
请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
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For Yali Liu, the hardest thing about UK higher education is having to go to the pub. “It’s how much you need to invest socially with other students,” she says. “I don’t like going to a pub or club, but people just keep going out and I feel the pressure to go out too.” This is because, unlike in China, she says, there is so much emphasis during the course on teamwork and group projects, so socialising with other students – especially British people, is crucial.
Liu, 23, who is in her final year of a BSc in business administration at the University of Bath, is one of more than 80,000 Chinese students studying in UK universities. They are responsible for a large proportion of the more than ￡10bn a year that international students contribute to the UK economy. However, research shows that where their academic attainment(成就) is concerned, the picture is not satisfactory. While nearly 58% of all students – and 45% of overseas students graduated with a first-class degree last year, this was true of only 35% of students from China.
To find an explanation, Zhiqi Wang and Ian Crawford, lecturers at the University of Bath, compared the performance of Chinese and British undergraduates in each year of their degree. Taking a sample of 100 British and Chinese students and comparing their average marks and final degree classification, they found a dramatic drop in performance among the Chinese students between year one, when they performed better than their UK counterparts, and year two, when they performed worse.
They believe the drop results from two factors. First, Chinese students fail to adapt their approaches to learning and so their performance declines in the later years when the complexity of the work increases. Second, many young people in China enroll in higher education due to pressure from family rather than their own motivation.
Professor Sedghi thinks part of the problem may be the changing socio-economic background of Chinese undergraduates. While 85% of Chinese students at British universities before 2000 were mature students, often funded by the government, since 2004, however, they have been younger, most funded by their families.
Maybe UK institutions need to work harder to take into account what a big challenge it is for young people from a radically different culture and linguistic background to adapt to life in the UK. “We need to do more, contacting students before their arrival, assigning them tutors, encouraging peer-assisted learning, for example,” says Sedghi.
58. What can be inferred about Yali Liu from the passage?
A. She is not good at socialising with local students.
B. She is bored with the teamwork and group projects.
C. Her family can’t afford her education in the UK.
D. The university won’t award her a first-class degree.
59. Which of the following is NOT a possible factor for Chinese students’ unsatisfactory attainment?
A. They don’t adjust their studying methods in time.
B. They are lacking in motivation to achieve success.
C. They are too young and mostly come from poor families.
D. They haven’t got necessary support from the UK universities.
60. The passage mainly talks about in UK universities.
A. the great pressure Chinese students are suffering
B. cultural differences between the east and the west
C. main reasons for Chinese students’ poor performance
D. possible solutions to the problems facing Chinese students
C
For years, scientists and others concerned about climate change have been talking about the need for carbon capture and storage (CCS).
That is the term for removing carbon dioxide from, say, a coal-burning power plant’s smokestack and pumping it deep underground to keep it out of the atmosphere, where it would otherwise contribute to global warming.
However, currently, only one power plant in Canada captures and stores carbon on a commercial scale (and it has been having problems). Among the concerns about storage is that carbon dioxide in gaseous or liquid form that is pumped underground might escape back to the atmosphere. So storage sites would have to be monitored, potentially for decades or centuries.
But scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University and other institutions have come up with a different way to store CO2 that might eliminate that problem. Their approach involves dissolving the gas with water and pumping the resulting mixture — soda water, essentially — down into certain kinds of rocks, where the CO2 reacts with the rock to form a mineral called calcite(方解石). By turning the gas into stone, scientists can lock it away permanently. Volcanic rocks called basalts(玄武岩) are excellent for this process, because they are rich in calcium, magnesium and iron, which react with CO2.
The project called CarbFix started in Iceland, 2012, when the scientists pumped about 250 tons of carbon dioxide, mixed with water, about 1,500 feet down into porous basalt. Early signs were encouraging: The scientists found that about 95 percent of the carbon dioxide was changed into calcite. And even more importantly, they wrote, the change happened relatively quickly — in less than two years.
“It’s beyond all our expectations,” said Edda Aradottir, who manages the project. Rapid change of the CO2 means that a project would probably have to be monitored for a far shorter time than a more conventional storage site.
There are still concerns about whether the technology will prove useful in the fight against global warming. For one thing, it would have to be scaled up enormously. For another, a lot of water is needed — 25 tons of it for every ton of CO2 — along with the right kind of rock.
But the researchers say that there is enough porous basaltic rock in Iceland, including in the ocean floors and along the margins of continents. And sitting a storage project in or near the ocean could potentially solve the water problem at the
same time, as the researchers say seawater would work just fine.
61. What can we learn about CCS in Paragraphs 2 and 3?
A. Scientists believe global warming will be avoided if CO2 is pumped underground.
B. It’s been a common practice in many plants to capture and store CO2 underground.
C. There is no guarantee that CO2 will not escape even if pumped underground.
D. It requires decades to turn CO2 into liquid form and be locked underground.
62. What materials should be involved in the project CarbFix?
A. Water, CO2, soda water and basalts
B. Water, soda water, a pump and calcite
C. CO2, basalts, a pump and calcite
D. Water, CO2, a pump and basalts
63. According to Edda Aradottir, the result of the project was beyond the researchers’ expectations, because .
A. it’s disappointing to discover new problems caused by rapid change
B. it’s amazing to see 95% of the carbon dioxide turn into calcite that fast
C. it’s puzzling to find the encouraging but unexpected result of the project
D. it’s exciting to sense the problem of storing CO2 likely to be solved
64. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To inform us of a breakthrough in storing CO2.
B. To praise the efforts of scientists in storing CO2.
C. To show the different ways to fight against CO2.
D. To urge people to produce the least possible CO2.
D
“What defines you?” That’s what Lizzie Velasquez asked the crowds of people who came to hear her motivational speeches.
Due to a rare syndrome(综合症), from the second when Velasquez was born incredibly ugly, the doctors prepared her parents to accept absolutely nothing out of her, no crying, no walking, no crawling and literally nothing. But her parents decided to take her home, love her and raise her the best as they could. They brought her up completely normally, so normally that when she started kindergarten she had no clue that she was different.
Unfortunately she had to find it out in a way like a big slap of reality for a 5-year-old. No one wanted to play with her or stand by her. No one wanted to have a single thing to do with her. As a little girl, she couldn’t understand, because she was raised still normally. So she had to go home and ask her parents. And they encouraged her to go back to school and be herself so eventually everyone would see she was just like them. So again, at such a young age, she was forced to a situation where she
could either choose to be happy or choose to give up. Luckily, she chose to be happy.
When she was in high school, one day she was shocked to click on one video of herself labeled “the World’s Ugliest Woman”, which was only 8 seconds long but had over 4 million views. The comments that went along were horrible. “Why would her parents keep her?!” read one; “Kill it with fire!” said another. And they continued on and on. She wanted to fight back at some of the commentators, like one specifically who told her to put a gun to her head and kill herself. So again, she was put in the position to choose happiness or to choose to give up.
And again with the help of family, Velasquez found the strength to channel the hatred into motivation and to rise above the cruelty. At that moment, she was going to let her goals, her success and her accomplishments be the things that define her, not her outer appearance, not the doctors who said she would accomplish nothing or those people who called her a monster.
She decided to be a motivational speaker and 2013 was the eighth year of her motivational speaking. She decided to write a book. During her first year in college, she published her first book Lizzie is beautiful in English and Spanish and then the second one Be beautiful, be you and then the third. She decided to graduate from college and she got her degree from Texas State University in May, 2013. One of the biggest motivations for her to accomplish all those things was that Youtube video. She will go back to that video and look at every hateful and nasty comment and it will inspire her to keep going and work even harder.
Lizzie Velasquez once made the headlines as the world’s ugliest woman, but she finally shrugged off the hurtful comments about her looks as just words. Now, she is not letting anything or anyone hold her back and is using her devotion to religion to help diminish the hatred that comes her way by overriding it with an inspirational message of love and acceptance. She has resolved to take charge of her life by killing the negativity with ambition and is consistently redefining what it means to be beautiful on her own terms. And she wins!
65. Reactions towards Velasquez’s appearance are as follows EXCEPT .
A. the doctors advised accepting nothing out of her
B. her parents decided to bring her up as normal
C. her classmates refused to keep her company
D. netizens intentionally pushed her to kill herself
66. According to Velasquez, what is the best response to those who commented bitterly online?
A. Fighting right back.
B. Deleting the comments.
C. Turning to her family.
D. Making achievements.
67. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means .
A. she could be easily set off by those hurtful comments
B. she painfully managed to focus on her achievements
C. she didn’t care about those hurtful comments eventually
D. she felt sad whenever looking back on the hurtful words
68. Which of the following can best describe Velasquez?
A. Optimistic and determined. B. Flexible and sympathetic.
C. Diligent and outspoken. D. Brave and considerate.
69. The sentence ‘‘At that point she was deciding how she was going to revenge(报复) and finally she decided to fight back in a different way.’’ can be put at the end of Paragraph .
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
70. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Appearance: something to define you
B. Velasquez: a brave and beautiful heart
C. Achievement: something to support you
D. Speech: a way to make you stronger
第四部分：任务型阅读（共 10小题；每小题1分, 满分10 分）
请认真阅读下列短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单 词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。
Among the natural creatures that can present a threat to people in rural areas of Mexico, one of the most productive is the scorpion(蝎子). These relatives of spiders kill dozens of people each year and injure thousands more. However, scorpions have become a part of the local culture and tradition.
In the Durango city main market, scorpions are in evidence at every turn. There are books, key chains and lamps decorated with dead scorpions. There are scorpion images on T-shirts and hats and there are even candies shaped like scorpions. The whole place seems to be filled with the crawling creature.
In one corner of the market, Chelo Garcia even sells live scorpions. She says she has experienced two scorpion stings(蛰) in the recent years and that nothing happened. She says that if a person has no symptoms of poisoning with 30 minutes of the stinging, it is likely that nothing bad will result. She says some scorpions have little or no poison and so luck plays a big part.
It is hard to explain why people come to Ms. Garcia’s store to buy live ones, but she does a good business. She often reaches down through the top of the glass cage to catch one of the scorpions to show her customers. She holds them by the tail, where the barbed stinger(刺针) is located, so that she is safe from attack.
In the crowded market, many people pass by Ms. Garcia’s store to look at the crawling creatures and to relate their own stories of encounters with the scorpions. One old woman says she nearly died when she was a girl of 18 years old and has been afraid of scorpions ever since. She said her tongue became numb and her throat began to swell shut, common symptoms of the scorpion poison. She says she survived because God protected her.
Every year in Mexico about 200,000 people are stung by scorpions. The number
of annual deaths was nearly 300, till 2015, but a public health campaign and the widespread availability of anti-poison has cut the number of deaths to less than 100 a year. The state of Durango alone accounts for ten percent of all the scorpion stings in Mexico each year.
While the scorpion may be regarded as disgusting and horrible by many people, it has also become a bit of a local mascot(吉祥物) in Durango. People there seem proud of the fact that their city is known as the “scorpion capital”.
Scorpions: Part of Local Culture in Mexico
Introduction
● While (71) ▲ by scorpions, people in rural areas of Mexico view them as a part of the local culture and tradition.
The main market of scorpions
● Scorpions can be seen almost (72) ▲ , ranging from books to T-shirts and hats.
● (73) ▲ scorpions are sold in Garcia’s store, who has been stung by scorpions twice in recent years.
● Garcia often shows scorpions to her customers by holding their tails, because the barbed stinger is (74) ▲ in the scorpion’s tail.
The situation of scorpions’ stings
● (75) ▲ are that if a person feels nothing wrong within 30 minutes of the stinging, he/she will survive.
● Symptoms of the scorpion poison include a numb tongue and a (76) ▲ throat.
● With much attention to public health, people now have easy (77) ▲ to anti-poison, so the number of deaths has decreased a lot.
People’s
(78) ▲ towards scorpions
● Though (79) ▲ as disgusting and horrible, the scorpion has become a bit of a local mascot in Durango.
● People there take (80) ▲ in the fact that their city is known as the “scorpion capital”.
第五部分 书面表达（满分25分）
请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
During a period of global economic depression, financial disturbance and trade protectionism, a country would face a battle to solve these issues alone. There is no denying that in the current situation, competition between countries is emphasized more than cooperation in that neither country would like to lose out to the other countries.
The Hangzhou G20 summit, in which heads of state and government and central bankers get together to exchange views with each other, aims to create an “open innovation” environment, which means to promote innovation not only within a single country, but by virtue of cooperation with other countries, to deal with common problems facing all of humanity.
“China has already become a big player in the international arena(竞技场). However, China alone cannot wrestle with all the problems,” said Atsushi Sunami,
vice president at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. “Being the second largest economy in the world, China needs to join forces with other nations to solve these existing problems, in relation to the environment, education, energy, clean water and climate change.”
【写作内容】
1. 用约30个单词写出上文概要；
2. 用约120个单词谈谈你对合作的看法，内容包括：
⑴ 合作的重要性及理由（至少两点）；
⑵ 结合亲身经历或见闻举例说明。
【写作要求】
1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3. 不必写标题。
【评分标准】
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
英语试题参考答案
第一部分：听力(每小题1分，满分20 分)
1-5 CABCC 6-10 BCBCC 11-15 AABBC 16-20 BACAB
第二部分(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 单项填空(每小题1分，满分15分)
21-25 DADBA 26-30 ACCDB 31-35 DABCD
第二节 完形填空(每小题1分，满分20 分)
36-40 ABDCB 41-45AACBD 46-50CDCAA 51-55 DDBBC
第三部分：阅读理解(每小题2分，满分30分)
56-57 BB 58 – 60 ACC 61-64 CDBA 65-70 DDCACB
第四部分：任务型阅读(每小题l分，满分l0分)
71. threatened 72. everywhere 73. Live 74. located/situated
75. Chances 76. swollen 77. access 78. attitudes
79. regarded/viewed/considered/seen 80. pride
第五部分：书面表达(满分25分)
【范文】
The Hangzhou G20 summit places much emphasis on global cooperation rather than competition. It seeks to cope with the current issues in various fields, which can’t be resolved by a single country. (32words)
It is apparent that cooperation is a necessity for success in such a competitive society. First and foremost, teamwork can help us achieve shared targets in a more efficient way. Furthermore, cooperation provides people with opportunities, learning to show respect for others. Those who lack such essential skills are certain to be wiped out of the team in modern society. (60words)
The success our Chinese women’s volleyball players achieved in the 2016 Rio Olympics is a striking example of the point. While we weren’t on the winning side at first, we strived as a team to the last minute of the match. Without team spirit, we
wouldn’t have won the championship. It is cooperation that really counts in addressing problems we face. (61words)
【听力原文】
Text 1
W: Can I help you, sir?
M: Yes, can you show me the way to Gate 2 for T512 to Beijing? I’m quite confused here.
W: Sure. This way, please.
Text 2
M: Have you read this book, Kallen?
W: No, what is it about?
M: It’s about the differences between men and women. I wouldn’t say it is a scientific book, but it made me laugh all the way through.
Text 3
W: Hi, Peter! Long time no see. It’s said that you went to America to have a holiday three weeks ago. Did you have a good time there?
M: Sure. I visited a lot of interesting places in America. I also spent a few days in the UK.
W: Great. When will you leave for Canada? The school year will start soon.
M: My college will open next week, so I am leaving this weekend with my parents.
Text 4
W: The performance starts at half past eight. Do you think we can arrive on time?
M: It depends. If the traffic is not heavy, we surely can reach it within half an hour.
Text 5
M: I will take the white sweater and the blue T-shirt. How much all together?
W: The sweater is 115 dollars and the T-shirt is 35 dollars. How would you like to pay, cash or check?
M: Here is my credit card.
Text 6
W: Happy 17th birthday!
M: What beautiful flowers! Thank you for coming to my party. And we haven’t seen each other so long. How are you?
W: Yes. It has been four years. I’m fine. And you look great today.
M: Well, let me introduce you around.
W: Oh, that girl with the long blonde hair looks like my sister, Mary, in Toronto.
M: That’s Anne. She is a smart, lively person. You’ll like her a lot and she is easy to get to know.
W: Who are those two boys over there by the table? They look a lot like each other.
M: They should because they are twins. That’s Jim and Jack and they are always together. They are serious but very intelligent and have a great sense of humor. OK. I think I can introduce you to them. Come on.
Text 7
W: Mr Miller, you were late for work, weren’t you?
M: Yes, I’m sorry.
W: Why did you get here so late?
M: I watched TV till very late last night.
W: What was on?
M: It was an exciting football match. France against Germany. When France was about to win…so I got up late and didn’t have breakfast and left home in a hurry.
W: Did you catch the train?
M: No, I called a taxi. There were a lot of cars and buses on the highway. Unfortunately an accident happened. Then, there was a traffic jam. I was nervous.
W: What happened after that?
M: The police came and solved the problem. I waited for a long time. When I got to the office, it was already 10 o’clock.
W: I hope you won’t be late again.
Text 8
M: Hi, could you help me book two plane tickets for August 18th?
W: I would be happy to help you. Where do you plan to go?
M: I am going to Hawaii.
W: Do you plan to leave from New York or New Jersey Airport?
M: I think that I would rather leave from New York Airport.
W: Would you prefer to leave in the morning or in the afternoon?
M: I need to leave in the morning.
W: Fine. Two morning tickets. Six hundred and twenty dollars please.
M: Thank you. Here are six hundred and fifty dollars.
W: Here are your tickets and your change. Wish you a pleasant journey.
M: Thank you.
Text 9
W: Good evening, sir.
M: Good evening. We want a table for four.
W: Yes, sir. We have a good table for you. This way, please.
M: Thank you very much.
W: This is your table. It is near the window so that you can have a good view. Sit down, please!
M: Thank you. Do you serve Chinese food?
W: Yes, sir. We serve Chinese food of various styles, such as Hunan food, Sichuan food and Zhejiang food.
M: How about Sichuan food?
W: It is a bit hot. Do you like it?
M: No. We like food that tastes a bit sweet.
W: Zhejiang food will fit you. Hunan food and Sichuan food are both hot.
Text 10
M: Welcome to Tell Me Your Puzzles. Today we have Professor Carter with us to solve your puzzles. First, let’s see what puzzles our first guest has.
W: Hello, everybody. I’m a college student. My major is painting, and I also like writing very much. Lily was my high school friend and now she lives in China.
Yesterday she came home for her one-week vacation so we met again for the first time in three years. She told me there are many foreigners living in Beijing, so there are many kinds of Chinese you can hear, such as Japanese-Chinese and English-Chinese. The language they speak is a mixture of many languages but nobody worries about it. Lily studies Chinese but most of her friends are Japanese, and her boyfriend is Japanese, too. They seldom speak Chinese, so she has little opportunity to practice her Chinese. She doesn’t even know many easy Chinese words that are used in daily life. I plan to further my study in Italy. Although I’m not going to study in China, I wonder whether the same thing will happen to me, too. So I want to hear Professor Carter’s advice about my puzzle. Thank you.
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