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江苏省扬州中学高二年级12月质量检测
英语学科 2016.12
本卷时间120分钟，满分120分
第I卷 选择题 （共80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)
1. What time is it now?
A. 9：10. B. 9：50. C. 10：00.
2. What does the woman think of the weather?
A. It’s nice. B. It’s warm. C. It’s cold.
3. What will the man do?
A. Attend a meeting. B. Give a lecture. C. Leave his office.
4. What is the woman’s opinion about the course?
A. Too hard. B. Worth taking. C. Very easy.
5. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Speak louder. B. Apologize to her. C. Turn off the radio.
第二节 (共 15 小题;每小题 1 分, 满分 15 分)
6. How long did Michael stay in China?
A. Five days. B. One week. C. Two weeks.
7. Where did Michael go last year?
A. Russia. B. Norway. C. India.
听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。
8. What food does Sally like?
A. Chicken. B. Fish. C. Eggs.
9. What are the speakers going to do?
A. Cook dinner. B. Go shopping. C. Order dishes.
听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。
10. Where are the speakers?
A. In a hospital. B. In the office. C. At home.
11. When is the report due?
A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Next Monday.
12. What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report?
A. Improve it. B. Hand it in later. C. Leave it with him.
听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。
13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Salesperson and customer. B. Homeowner and cleaner. C. Husband and wife.
14. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer?
A. One with two bedrooms. B. One without furniture. C. One near a market.
15. How much rent should one pay for the one bedroom apartment?
A. ＄350. B. ＄400. C. ＄415.
16. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see?
A. On Lake Street. B. On Market Street. C. On South Street.
听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. What percentage of the world’s tea exports go to Britain?
A. Almost 15%. B. About 30%. C. Over 40%.
18. Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk?
A. Most British people drink tea that way.
B. Tea tastes much better with milk.
C. Tea with milk is healthy.
19. Who suggests a price for each tea?
A. Tea tasters. B. Tea exporters. C. Tea companies.
20. What is the speaker talking about?
A. The life of tea tasters.
B. Afternoon tea in Britain.
C. The London Tea Trade Centre.
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节, 满分30分)
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分）
21. To ensure that children from poor areas can receive fair education, the government has planned to _______ more money to improve the miserable conditions of local schools.
A. announce B. allocate C. advocate D. accumulate
22. There will be a bow and arrow competition _________ to retell ________ the Plains Indians used to hunt for food.
A. designed; what B. designing; how
C. designing; what D. designed; how
23.___________his knowledge of the mountainous village, John was appointed as our guide.
A. In spite of B. Regardless of C. On account of D. In terms of
24. They dislike when people do not look at the name cards, so remember not to just put them in your pocket without looking.
A. that B. them C. it D. you
25. David is the current holder of the 5 000-meter race world record, but there is no ________ that he will win in the Olympic Games.
A. guarantee B. denying C. saying D. alternative
26. Much disappointed as he is _______ in the job interview, he still keeps his confidence.
A. to have failed B. failed C. having failed D. failing
27. In order to succeed, it is very important that you ______ be optimistic and learn from failures.
A. would B. should C. have to D. might
28. —Tom, your foreign teacher speaks Chinese fluently!
—Oh, she has lived in China for six years, otherwise she _______ such good Chinese.
A. didn’t speak B. would not have spoken
C. would not speak D. hadn’t spoken
29. In modern education, I think, students should be involved in various activities, especially those ________ they can gain experience for growth.
A. who B. where C. which D. whom
30. All flights _______ because of the air traffic control, the passengers had to wait in the hall.
A. were put off B. having put off
C. have been put off D. having been put off
31. I am too busy these days. I would rather all of you ________ next week for a dinner.
A. come B. came C. would come D. have come
32. In society where social roles are determined, boys usually copy the behavior of their fathers, and girls _______ of their mothers.
A. that B. those C. one D. the ones
33. But for my teacher’s help when I was in the senior high school, I ____ in Fudan University now.
A. would not have studied B. hadn’t studied
C. would not be studying D. was not studying
34. —Was he nervous when facing the interviewers?
—He is ________, and he even made some jokes.
A. down in the dumps B. flying off the handle
C. over the moon D. as cool as a cucumber
35._____ an important decision more on emotion than on reason, and you’ll regret it sooner or later.
A. Base B. Based C. Basing D. To base
第二节 完形填空 （共15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
He came on stage and bent to the audience before he began his performance. If you have ever been to his concert, you know that getting on stage is no small 36 for him. He was 37 with a serious disease as a child, and so he walks with the aid of two walking-sticks.
The audience sat quietly while he made his way across the stage to his chair and began his play. But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few pieces, one of the strings on his violin 38 . We thought that he would have to stop the concert. But he didn’t. 39 , he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then 40 the conductor to begin again.
The orchestra（管弦乐团）began and he played with such passion and such power as they had never heard before. Of course, anyone knows that it is 41 to play a harmonious work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night the violinist 42 to know that.
When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room. And then people rose and cheered. There was an extraordinary outburst of 43 from every corner of the auditorium. He smiled, and then said in a quiet tone, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to 44 how much music you can 45 make with what you have left.”
This powerful 46 has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it. Perhaps that is the 47 of life — not just for artists but for all of us.
He had 48 all his life to make music on a violin of four strings, but 49 , in the middle of a concert, he found himself with only three strings; so he made music with three strings, and the music he made that night was more beautiful, and more memorable.
So, perhaps our 50 on the stage of life is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.
36. A. shame B. pleasure C. privilege D. achievement
37. A. diagnosed B. suffered C. survived D. impacted
38. A. lost B. bent C. broke D. stretched
39. A. Instead B. However C. Therefore D. Moreover
40. A. ordered B. signaled C. prevented D. promised
41. A. strange B. probable C. important D. impossible
42. A. seemed B. refused C. pretended D. attempted
43. A. anger B. laughter C. scream D. applause
44. A. find out B. show off C. get through D. turn out
45. A. just B. even C. still D. yet
46. A. note B. figure C. impression D. line
47. A. routine B. definition C. adventure D. incident
48. A. prepared B. devoted C. scheduled D. accustomed
49. A. naturally B. generally C. suddenly D. hopelessly
50. A. way B. state C. task D. program
第三部分：阅读理解（每小题2分，共15题，计30分）
A
Driving Offence Points System
What is Driving Offence Points System?
After the introduction of this system, certain traffic offences will earn the driver points besides other punishments. If a driver makes any of these offences, the points will be recorded. When the driver gets a certain number of points, he will be forbidden to drive for a certain amount of time.
What are the purposes of this system?
This is a system designed to make road much safer. It can improve standards of driving and reduce the accident rates.
Which traffic offences will result in Driving Offence points?
Of course, not all traffic offences are covered by this system. Only those that have direct effect on road safety are included. There are altogether fourteen items.
Code
Offence
Point
1
Causing death by dangerous driving
10
2
Dangerous driving
10
3
Careless driving
5
4
Driving after drinking or taking drugs
10
5
Driving over speed limit
3
6
Driving in a motor rave on the road
10
7
Failing to stop after an accident
3
8
Failing to give information after an accident
3
9
Failing to report an accident
3
10
Failing to obey directions of police officers
3
11
Crossing double white lines
3
12
Failing to obey traffic signals
3
13
Failing to give way to walkers at a crosswalk
Failing to stop for people walking
3
14
Failing to stop at school crossing
3
What will happen if you have got up to 10 points?
If you have got 10 points or above, but still less than 15 points, you will receive a warning
letter from the Transport Department. This letter will tell your recode of driving Offence Points and remind you of the result of getting more points. It is hoped that this warning will change your driving behavior for the better.
What will happen if you have got 15 points?
If you have got 15 points or more within two years, a court will take away your driving license. The first time you are found guilty you will not be able to drive for three months, but if you are caught a second time you will not be able to drive for six months.
51. A drunk man drove through a red light and narrowly missed an old lady at a crosswalk by driving very fast. How many points will he get?
A. 6 points. B. 19 points. C.12 points. D. 16 points.
52. What will happen to you if you have got 18 points for the first time?
A. You will get a warning letter from the Transport Department.
B. Your driving license will be taken away.
C. You will have to give up driving for 3 months.
D. You will be defined as guilty
B
Homeopathy is the oldest form of complementary（互补的）and alternative medicines from Europe. It originated with the German physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755—1843). He came across the cinchona, the bark of a South American tree that was used by the local people to treat fevers. Among the active ingredients in the bark is quinine（奎宁), which is still used to treat malaria. If a healthy person took cinchona, he or she would have symptoms (症状) of malaria. In 1796 and 1810, Hahnemann published essays on the theories of homeopathy: substances that cause illnesses or symptoms in people can be used in small doses as treatment. Supporters of homeopathy viewed it as a safe, patient-centered system. Hahnemann claimed he could cure any and all illnesses using homeopathic principles.
However, the Australian council sought to evaluate this claim once and for all. Their assessment was based on the analysis of 57 published systematic reviews encompassing 176 individual studies, independent evaluation of evidence provided by homeopathy interest groups and the public, and clinical practice guidelines and reports on homeopathy from other governments. Studies were only considered if they were case-controlled, meaning they compared a group of patients receiving homeopathic treatments with a control group. The council who oversaw this review consisted of experts in conventional-based medicine as well as complementary and alternative medicines. As a guideline, for a treatment to be considered effective, it must result in health improvements that cannot be explained by the placebo (安慰剂) effect, these improvements must be meaningful for a person’s overall health and the results have to be seen consistently in several studies. A draft of the report was reviewed by a group of independent experts in complementary medicine research and opened up for public consultation before it was finalized.
Eventually, the council found no reliable evidence that homeopathic treatments were effective. Studies that did find homeopathy to be effective were overall of poor scientific quality, used too few patients or lacked evidence on which to base their conclusions. Rejecting proven medical treatments in favor of homeopathy for chronic or potentially serious conditions could place people at risk. As always, use of homeopathic or other remedies should be discussed with your physician in order to make informed healthcare
decisions.
53. We can learn from the passage that homeopathy is a system of medicine in which __________.
A. patients are given very small amounts of a drug that produces symptoms in healthy people
B. patients are evaluated by using very small amounts of the substance causing illness or symptoms
C. patients would have symptoms of malaria if they took cinchona
D. patients relying on homeopathy can explain their health improvements by the placebo effect
54. The underlined word “encompassing” can most probably be replaced by __________.
A. encouraging B. searching C. conducting D. including
55. When evaluating homeopathic treatments, the Australian council was most concerned about ________________.
A. the source of the data to be analyzed
B. the criteria of an effective treatment
C. the objectivity and reliability of the evaluation
D. the experts involved in the evaluation
56. Which of the following reasons for the ineffectiveness of homeopathic treatments is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Studies about homeopathic treatments were not scientifically accurate.
B. Hahnemann’s theories about homeopathic treatments got no response.
C. Conclusions of homeopathic treatments were short of solid evidence.
D. Blind use of homeopathic treatments might put people in danger.
C
I’m sitting here in this coffee shop. You know the one there by Allen street. The town is filled with thousands of middle class college kids living off their parent’s money.
The coffee shop is where the ones come to play the part of sophisticated bohemians (放荡不羁的文化人). The pretensions (自命不凡) glow from their line-less faces as they sip cappuccinos and chew strawberry cookies. The boys to my right are discussing Nabokov with a serious air, a copy of Sartre’s Cuba lies on the table.
The young woman on my left is declaring that she can never allow her creativity to be killed by entering the work force. The man with her scratches his goatee (胡子) in agreement, occasionally suggesting they go back to his place to hear his new Washington Squares CD. Matt has just designed a new international symbol for peace. He moves from table to table trying to sell hand painted T-shirts that bear the design. Tomorrow he’s leaving for the 25th anniversary Woodstock concert where he hopes to strike it rich with his creation.
Gopha the skinny Indian boy feels like singing me a verse of ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ when I ask him if he’s a friend of Monica’s. Jason is trying to talk Gopha into a dollar bet on a game of chess. Between times Jason will chew your ear off with his plans to conquer the music industry while studying entertainment law, but when it comes to his never ending dollar chess matches he’s quiet as a church mouse.
I sit among them. To all surface appearances one and the same. If they could only see I would rather reach into their flesh and tear out their shallow little hearts than listen to another second of their prattle (闲扯).
With no job, no gigs, and my girlfriend’s so far gone she might as well be on another planet, I’ve been leading the writer’s quiet cafe life, spending my free time outdoors drinking iced teas and cheap wines. I chat warmly with whoever decides to squander away their hours in my surrounding area.
But behind my eyes is an unspoken challenge to any and every one of these social elites (精英) to just once say one thing that would inspire me. Just one little idea which is new and meaningful. Unfortunately original thoughts are zero here.
In my secret mind I wish to run like a madman banging gongs and speaking in tongues. Or maybe jump on a table and sing the Star Spangled Banner in the forgotten language of the Hottentots. I know these thoughts only reveal me as a fool because the spark I search for cannot be found in acts of shocking performance art. Where it truly comes from is one of the mysteries which will always hang around me.
57. The college students in the coffee shop can be described as ______.
A. shallow and aimless B. determined and independent
C. vain and ambitious D. honest and hardworking
58. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Matt’s T-shirts will be a hit at the concert and bring him wealth.
B. Jason seems to show more enthusiasm in the dollar chess matches.
C. The young woman agrees to listen to a new Washington Squares CD.
D. The hero envies the lifestyle of the college students in the coffee shop.
59. Why is the hero in the coffee shop?
A. To recall the pleasant memories.
B. To relieve his sorrows and worries.
C. To know what is in fashion nowadays.
D. To find something new to inspire himself.
60. What does the passage imply?
A. The hero is sure that he can find the original thoughts in a crazy way.
B. The hero is disappointed at the college students failing his expectation.
C. The hero is quite content with his quiet café life as a writer.
D. The hero is lost in the physical world and hopeless about his future.
D
In this passage adapted from a novel, a Canadian woman recalls for her childhood during the 1960s. Originally from China, the family travelled to Irvine, Ontario, Canada, where the parents opened a restaurant, the Dragon Café.
As a young girl I never really thought about my parents’ lives in Irvine, how small their world must have seemed, never extending beyond the Dragon Café. Every day my parents did the same jobs in the restaurant. I watched the same customers come for meals, for morning coffee, for afternoon soft drinks and French fries. For my parents one day was like the next. They settled into an uneasy and distant relationship with each other. Their love, their tenderness, they gave to me.
But my life was changing. I became taller and bigger, my second teeth grew in white and straight. At school I began to learn about my adopted country. I spoke English like a native, without a trace of an accent. I played, though, and dreamed in the language of our Irvine neighbors. A few years later and I would no longer remember a time when I didn't speak their
words and read their books. But my father and Uncle Yat still spoke the same halting English. My mother spoke only a few words. I began to translate conversations they had with the customers, switching between English and Chinese. Whenever I stepped outside the restaurant it seemed I was entering a world unknown to my family: school, church, friends' houses, the town beyond Main Street, I found it hard to imagine a year without winter any more, a home other than Irvine.
For my mother, though, home would always be China. In Irvine she lived among strangers, unable to speak their language. Whenever she talked about happy times, they were during her childhood in that distant land. A wistful smile would soften her face as she told me about sleeping and playing with her sister in the attic above her parents' bedroom. She once showed me a piece of jade-green silk cloth that was frayed and worn around the edge. In the center was a white lotus floating in varying shades of blue water, the embroidery(刺绣) so fine that when I held it at arm's length the petals looked real. I had been helping her store away my summer clothes in the brown leather suitcase from Hong Kong when I noticed a piece of shiny material spread it on her lap. “My mother embroidered this herself. I was going to have it made into a cushion, but then my life changed and over here there seems to be no place for lovely things. It's all I have that reminds me of her,” she said. “Maybe, Sun-Jen, one day you will do something with it.” I admired the cloth some more, then she carefully folded it and stored it back in her suitcase.
There was little left from her old life. She said it was so long ago that sometimes it felt as if it had never happened. But she described her life with such clarity and vividness that I knew all those memories lived on inside her. There was so little in this new country that gave her pleasure. The good things she found were related in some way to China: an aria from a Chinese opera, a letter from a relative back home or from Aunt Hai-Lan in Toronto, written in Chinese, a familiar-looking script that I couldn't read and that had nothing to do with my life in Canada.
There were times when I felt guilty about my own happiness in Irvine. We had come to Canada because of me, but I was the only one who had found a home.
61.In the opening paragraph, the narrator emphasizes primarily________ about her parents.
A. the dependability B. the diligence
C. their routine lives D. their evolving relationship
62.The primary purpose of the second paragraph is to ________.
A. provide insight into the motivations of the narrator's parents and uncle
B. emphasize the great transformation the narrator undergoes
C. describe the complex interrelationships in the narrator's family
D. reveal the narrator’s preference for a cold climate over a warm one
63.According to the narrator, her mother experienced feelings of ________ in Canada.
A. isolation B. confusion C. stability D. security
64.The items mentioned in paragraph 4 had meaning for the mother because they ________.
A. introduced her to a world rich in culture
B. helped connect the narrator and her mother
C. supplied her with familiar associations
D. provided relief from her boring work routine
65.Which of the following best characterizes the narrator’s development?
A. She grows apart from the cultural tradition of her parents.
B. She overcomes the guilt she felt about her new found happiness.
C. She begins to view the inhabitants of Irvine from her mother’s perspective.
D. She communicates less and less with her parents.
第II卷 （三部分 共40分）
第四部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0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。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
Goals are the guides all through our life. We all have goals that we are moving towards and making a great effort to achieve. This is a good thing. Or can it be bad? How many of us never reach our goals and yet we have tried so hard and really thought about nothing else? I believe the mistake most of us make is that we do not focus on our present situation.
Let me explain. Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone that we use simply as a means of reaching our final destination. We don’t take time to truly appreciate where we are today and all the great things we already have in our lives. We should focus our attention on the journey and not on the destination, or we will miss the beautiful scenery along the way.
Let’s use our job as an example. Now most of us want a promotion. We have plans to become the manager or general manager in our companies. Unfortunately, most of us will never reach the goal, but will watch others achieve our goal instead.
What we should be doing is focusing on the job we are currently in now. Forget where we want to get to and just focus on the present. You see, what we can control is our performance in our current job. We can decide to be the best we possibly can in our current job. Now this may mean further education to have the skills we currently do not have. It may mean working harder to produce better results than our colleagues. It could simply be a change of attitude, such as stopping complaining and becoming a more devoted and supportive employee. By doing our current job to the best of our abilities, we in fact give ourselves the best chance of promotion.
So the best thing for all of us to do to achieve our goals is to just focus on what we have and where we are now. Do the best and be the best we possibly can in our current situations, and we will give ourselves the very best chance of reaching our goals in the future. We have heard the old sayings and they are true: “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”, “Patience is a virtue”, and so on.
Have patience, have appreciation for what we already have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can. Do these things and we will all reach our goals, but more importantly, we will enjoy our life every day.
Title
Focus on the present
Theme
To (66) ▲ our goals, we should focus on what we have and where we are now.
Common
(67) ▲
﹡We do not focus on our present situation.
﹡Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone to our final destination.
﹡We do not spend the time truly (68) ▲ where we are today and what we already have in our lives.
(69) An ▲
﹡ (70) ▲ the thought of getting promoted. All we have to do is (71) ▲ to the best of our ability in our current job.
﹡To be the best in our current job, we should get further education, work harder than (72) ▲ , stop complaining and (73) ▲ ourselves to our job.
Conclusion
If we are (74) ▲ , grateful for what we have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can, we can not only (75) ▲ in the future, but also enjoy our life every day.
第五部分：写作（满分30分）
第一节：单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据所给中文或首字母写出相应单词的正确形式（每格一词）。
注：请用《新概念英语第三册》36～38课所学词汇的相应形式完成第82-85题。
76. People with a physical d___________ will find it not easy to find happiness.
77. Pleasure is only a t__________ feeling that comes from the world that surrounds us.
78. According to the weather forecast, there will be strong winds a_________ by heavy rain.
79. She is a person a___________ to having eight hours’ sleep a night.
80. _________(诡异地), my watch disappeared and no matter how carefully I searched the house, nowhere could it be found.
81. Contrary to his __________(期望), he lost the competition.
82. It seemed i__________(不可思议的) that she accomplished the plan on her own.
83. The movie bears little r__________ to the original novel.
84. The weather, even for December, is e____________(格外地) cold.
85. She ________ (流下)no tears when she learnt that one of her relatives died.
第三节:书面表达(满分20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。
Take a look inside a high school classroom.You will most likely to find a teacher at the front of the class and students sitting at their desks.Yet,look closer,and you might notice a familiar trend:many of these students are not paying attention.Instead,they are dozing off(打瞌睡) or even completely asleep.
So exactly how much sleep are teens in our nation getting?Over 50% of high school students report that they sleep seven hours or less each night,and about one in five get less than 6 hours.And 82% of high school students said that they wake up yired and nor refreshed,and more than half had trouble concentrating in school.
This lack of sleep is a serious problem, especially as students are doing more than ever with their time. They come to school early, spend hours listening to teachers and taking tests, then run off to practices and meetings, and come home to be faced with a lot of homework.
【写作内容】
1.用约30个单词写出上文概要;
2.用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括:
(1)你认为睡眠不足对学生有什么影响;
(2)你希望如何改善学生的睡眠。
【写作要求】
1.阐述观点或提供论据时，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。
2016.12月考英语试卷答案
听力答案1-5 ACABC 6-10 BABCB 11-15 ABCAB 16-20 CBAAC
单项选择 21—35 BDCCA ABCBD BACDA
完形填空 36—50 DACAB DBDAC DBACC
阅读理解 51-52 DC 53-56 ADCB 57-60 CBDB 61-65 CBACA
任务型阅读
66. achieve/ reach/meet 67. mistakes 68. appreciating 69. example
70. Forget / Ignore 71. perform 72. colleagues/ others 73. devote
74. patient 75. succeed
单词拼写 76. disability 77. temporary 78. accompanied 79. accustomed 80. Mysteriously 81. expectation(s) 82. incredible 83. resemblance 84. exceptionally 85. shed
听力稿
第一节
Dialog 1:
W: What time is your train leaving?
M: It leaves at 10. I’ve got 50 minutes left.
W: You’d better hurry, or you won’t be able to catch it.
Dialog 2:
M: Nice weather we’re having! Don’t you think?
W: No, it is too cold.
M: I think it is just right.
W: I’d prefer a few degrees warmer.
Dialog 3
M: Now, let’s stop talking and get going. I need to be in my office in 15 minutes. Or I’ll be late for a meeting.
W: OK. Bye!
Dialog 4
M: This course is really difficult.
W: I don’t think it’s all that bad. And we’ll benefit a lot from it.
M:So you’re taking it, too.
W: That’s true.
Dialog 5
W: Could you turn that off? I can’t hear myself think！
M: What?
W: The radio.
M: Oh, sorry.
第二节
Dialog 6
W: Hi, Michael! I heard you just came back from a holiday?
M: Yes. I stayed for a week in China and 5 days in India.
W: You do travel a lot, don’t you? Last year, you went to Norway, right?
M: Well, I’ve been to quite some countries, but not yet to Norway. Last summer, I toured Russia for two weeks.
Dialog 7
M: Sally, do you like seafood?
W: Yes, of course.
M: Is there anything you especially like?
W:Well, I really don’t know. I can never remember the name.
M: Ok. Is there any food you don’t eat?
W: Well, I don’t eat chicken, and I don’t like eggs, either. But I like all kinds of fish and
vegetable.
M: Then, let’s look at the menu , and see what they’ve got for us.
Dialog 8
M: You look pale, Stephanie! What’s wrong?
W: I don’t feel good. I have a bad headache. In fact, I haven’t got much sleep this past week, and I feel really tired.
M: Why don’t you go to see a doctor?
W: Yeah, I think I should. But I have a report due tomorrow. Ms. Jenkins means it for the board meeting next Monday.
M: Well, it’s Wednesday today. Why don’t you talk to Ms. Jenkins and ask if you can hand it in on Friday morning?
W: Maybe I should try. I guess I just need a good sleep. Thanks, Gorge.
M: If you need any help for the report, just let me know.
Dialog 9
W: Anything interesting in the paper today, dear?
M: Well, yeah. There are a few here that might interest us. Here is one for just four hundred dollars. It only has one bedroom, but it sounds nice, near Lake Street.
W: Yeah, let me see what the cheapest two-bedroom apartment is. Oh, here is one on Market Street. It’s a real bargain. Only 350 dollars. But it doesn’t have any furniture.
M: Well, it costs a lot to buy all the furniture.
W: Oh, here is another one for just over four hundred dollars. This sounds very interesting. It’s on South Street. That’s a nice area!
M: Yes, it’s quiet. Did you say two bedrooms?
W: Yes, at 415 dollars.
M: Why don’t we go and have a look?
W: OK, I’ll give them a call.
Monolog 10
Look at this picture. It’s the London Tea Trade centre. As you can see, it is on the North Bank of the River Thames. It is the center of an important industry in the everyday life of the British people. Tea is the British national drink. Every man, woman and child over ten years of age, has on average over four cups a day, or some one thousand five hundred cups annually. About 30 percent of the world’s export of tea makes its way to London. And Britain is by far the largest importer of tea in the world.
Now in the second picture, you can see how tea is tasted in the Tea Trade Centre before it is sold. Here, different types of tea are tasted by skilled tea-tasters before they are sold at each week’s tea sale. It’s amazing to see them at work! Over a hundred kinds of tea are laid out in a line on a long table. The tasters generally taste tea with milk, since that is how the majority of British people drink their tea. The tasters move down the line with surprising speed, tasting from a spoon and deciding what is a fair price for each tea. After that, they
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