2016学年第二学期浙江省名校协作体试题
高三年级英语学科
考生须知：
1．本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟；
2．答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写学校、班级、姓名、试场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字。
3．所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效；
4．考试结束后，只需上交答题卷。
第Ⅰ卷
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）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从试题所给的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. What will the man probably do next?
A. Watch TV. B. Go out for dinner. C. Do his homework.
2. Why hasn’t John noticed the milk boiling over?
A. His mind is wandering.
B. He is not standing nearby.
C. He is thinking of taking something to London.
3. Who might the man go to a movie with?
A. The woman. B. His daughter. C. The man’s wife.
4. When did the man leave for home?
A. At ten. B. At eleven. C. At ten thirty.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Jerry’s acting in the play.
B. Their dissatisfaction with Jerry.
C. The man’s worry over his sickness.
第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6-7题
6. What does the woman like about summer?
A. The rain. B. The heat. C. The warm long days.
7. What does the woman often do during the summer?
A. Take a long holiday. B. Do outdoor activities. C. Bicycle with friends in the rain.
听第7段材料，回答第8-9题
8. Why do American people love to buy second-hand goods?
A. To earn money. B. To save money. C. To contribute to charity.
9. What is usually sold in a yard sale?
A. Used goods. B. Treasures and furniture. C. Books, records and coffee.
听第8段材料，回答第10-12题
10. Why did the first McDonald’s restaurant have no seats?
A. To reduce the cost. B. To avoid washing dishes. C. To make people eat quickly.
11. Which McDonald’s sells the most hamburgers in the world?
A. One in New York. B. The first McDonald’s. C. The Hong Kong’s.
12. What do we learn from the conversation?
A. Mac and Dick sold the business to McDonald.
B. Ray Kroc bought McDonald’s from Mac and Dick.
C. There are many chain stores of McDonald’s only in New York.
听第9段材料，回答第13-16题
13. Where does the conversation probably take place？
A. In a lecture room. B. At a club. C. At a party.
14. Why is the woman familiar with this area?
A. She grew up here. B. She has studied the map. C. She often hangs out here.
15. What might the man major in?
A. Business. B. Computer science. C. Biology.
16. How did the woman deal with the bad weather?
A. By going to bars. B. By going downtown. C. By watching movies.
听第10段材料，回答第17-20题
17. What is the function of hip hop?
A. Freeing people from poverty.
B. Ridding people of drug addiction.
C. Helping people with emotional problems.
18. Where was the report published?
A. In a special newspaper. B. On the Internet. C. In a medical magazine.
19. What do hip hop artists often describe in their music?
A. Message of hope. B. Darkness of the world. C. Mental illness.
20. What did BIG’s teachers say about him?
A. He could be successful. B. He would achieve nothing. C. He promised to be a superstar.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）
第一节（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
As a five-year-old, I didn’t know how poor we were. My father would not be home that Christmas Eve. He was in the Army serving overseas. My mother and I worked all afternoon making tree decorations. The kitchen table was crowded with stars made of shiny paper. We were
going to get the Christmas tree in the evening, when the prices for them usually dropped.
After sunset, we walked four blocks to a parking lot where they sold Christmas trees. “How much is your cheapest tree?” My mother asked the man standing at the entrance. He held his gloved hands over the fire. “Thirty dollars, miss.”
Her smile disappeared, “Nothing for less?” The man picked up a small tree branch and dropped it into the fire. “I just work here. I can’t change the price.”
The sudden melancholy（忧郁）in my mother’s face made me sad. The man looked down at me for what felt like a long time; it probably was only moments. He pointed at a pile of branches in the corner. “Behind it is a tree that we can’t sell. You can have it for free.”
“Thank you, sir,” I said.
There it was, a thing just a little taller than me. It had few branches—almost a ghost（幽灵）of a tree. My mother asked, “Can we take some of these branches?” He waved his arm. “Take it all if you want to, miss.”
We headed back home. We set the tree in the living room. I couldn’t imagine how we could hang many decorations on such a tree. She was smiling again, “Go to sleep now, son. Santa will decorate the tree for us.”
I woke at dawn and rushed into the living room. To my amazement, the tree had a beautiful natural shape. The decorations shone in the morning light. My mother had somehow fixed branches to the tree trunk. A few weeks later, my father returned. When I told him about the tree, tears filled the eyes of that strong soldier.
Since then, I have seen many wonderful holidays. That Christmas remains as my favorite.
21. Why did the mother decide to get the tree in the evening?
A. She wanted to buy it at a lower price.
B. She was fully occupied during the day.
C. She was waiting for the father to pick it up.
D. She had made an appointment with the seller.
22. How did the son feel when he spotted the tree behind the branches?
A. Disappointed. B. Delighted. C. Frightened. D. Relieved.
23. What brought the father to tears?
A. The pain of his war wound. B. The efforts his wife put into the tree.
C. The reunion with his family. D. The decorations his son made for the tree.
B
Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely go there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower.
Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistible but you might end up with a rather dull book. A book-lover rarely adopts this method of selection. All too often you soon become absorbed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment — without buying a book, of course.
This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart’s content. If it is a good shop, no
assistant will approach you with the unavoidable greeting: “Can I help you, sir?” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire considerately and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.
You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on, say, ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel and perhaps a book about brass-rubbing — something which had only uncertainly interested you up till then. This volume on the subject, however, happened to be so well illustrated and the part of the text you read proved so interesting that you just had to buy it. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section.
24. What is most likely to happen to a book-lover in a bookshop?
A. Lost in some book, he forgets something else important.
B. Annoyed by the shop assistant, he dashes off for an appointment.
C. Attracted by its cover, he buys some book turning out to be a dull one.
D. Unsatisfied with its surroundings, he leaves the shop without buying a book.
25. In the author’s opinion, a shop assistant in a bookshop is supposed to ________.
A. greet customers in a more suitable manner
B. retire from the job if he has no passion for it
C. leave customers alone before services are needed
D. offer nice services from the very moment customers step into the shop
26. In a bookshop with a diversity of books, you tend to ________.
A. ignore the latest best-selling novel
B. be trapped in a dangerous situation
C. buy some book you are not at all interested in
D. buy other books instead of those you initially want
C
Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity (阳刚) in which students either sink or swim, the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to conform (符合) to a stereotype, a US study says. Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to conform to the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.
The findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.
Tony Little, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being faded by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls. The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.
But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys’ learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.
Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with specifically “boy-focused”
approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on” lessons where they are allowed to walk around. “Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine (女性的) and prefer the modern style in which violence and sexism are major themes,” James wrote.
Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to conform to a stereotype that men should be “masterful and in charge” in relationships. “In mixed schools boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,” the study reported.
27. What does Tony Little say about the British education system?
A. It makes girls less emotional than boys.
B. It fails more boys than girls academically.
C. It fails to give boys the attention they need.
D. It places more pressure on boys than on girls.
28. According to Abigail James, boys perform better in single-sex schools because ________.
A. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in
B. boys focus more on their lessons without being disturbed
C. teaching quality is relatively higher than in mixed schools
D. teaching can be designed to suit the characteristics of boys
29. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of boys?
A. Boys have sharper vision. B. Boys enjoy being in charge.
C. Boys like “hands-on” lessons. D. Boys prefer physical activities.
30. What is mainly discussed in the passage?
A. Problems boys may have in mixed schools.
B. Boys’ physical and mental growth in school.
C. Advantages of single-sex education for boys.
D. Boys’ disadvantages over girls in mixed schools.
第二节（共5个小题，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。
Tips to fight summer weight gain
When we think of summer, most of us think of outdoor fun. So it seems like we should naturally lose weight over the summer—not gain it. 31 Lots of summer activities can work against our efforts to stay at a healthy weight. The good news is that it’s easy to avoid problems if we know what to look out for.
Get going with goals. When we don’t have a plan, it’s easy to spend summer moving from couch to computer, with regular stops at the fridge. 32 Just be sure to plan for some downtime so you can relax a little!
33 With school out, we lose our daily routines. If you don’t have a specific job or activity to get up for, it’s easy to sleep late, watch too much TV, and snack more than usual. Make sure your summer days have some structure — like getting up at the same time each day and eating meals at set times. Plan activities for specific times, like exercising before breakfast, for example. If you have time on your hands, offer to make dinner a couple of nights a week so your family can enjoy a sit-down meal together.
Think about what and how you eat. Summer means picnics and barbecues — activities that revolve around an unlimited spread of food. Pace yourself. Don’t overload your plate. Avoid going back for seconds and thirds. Choose seasonal, healthy foods like fresh fruit instead of high-sugar, high-fat desserts. 34
Stay busy. 35 In addition to helping you avoid the cookie jar, filling your days with stuff to do can give you a sense of accomplishment. That’s especially true if a dream summer job or planned activity fell through. Limit your screen time — including TV, computer, and video games — to no more than 2 hours a day.
A. Stick to a schedule.
B. Plan more activities.
C. Appropriate summer eating sets you up on the right track!
D. Most of us, however, don’t take summer weight gain seriously.
E. In reality, though, summer isn’t all about beach volleyball and water sports.
F. When we’re bored, it’s easy to fall into a trap of doing nothing and then feeling low on energy.
G. Avoid this by setting a specific aim, like volunteering, mastering a new skill, or working at a job.
第三部分：语言运用（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I have lived in rural America for nine years, first in Michigan, where I got my PhD; then in central Illinois and now in Indiana, where I am a professor. In a place where most people have lived the whole of their lives, I feel like a(n) 36 .
There are few things I enjoy more than 37 my geographic isolation (孤立). I’m a vegetarian and particular about food, so there’s nowhere that isn’t 50 miles away to go for a nice 38 . I’m black, so there’s nowhere that doesn’t 39 another 50-mile drive to get my hair done.
I recite those complaints to my parents, my brothers and my friends. Sometimes, it seems like that complaints are a(n) 40 in my circle. We all are 41 with something. Back in Illinois, my friends complained about the train to Chicago and how it was never 42 . Now, my friends in bigger cities complain about the expensive rent and strange smells on the subway.
Complaining allows us to 43 the imperfect things without having to take action. We all have grand ideas about what life would be like 44 we had this, did that or lived there. Not everyone in this world, however, has the same philosophy of life. 45 I may not love where I live, there are plenty of people who are 46 to call this place home. At a party with colleagues, I was going on about everything I couldn’t 47 in our town when I noticed that they were silent and shifting 48 . That moment forced a 49 in me.
Complaining may offer relief, and so may 50 . There is no perfect place or life. There will always be something to be complained about. By 51 complaining, I risk missing out on precious moments of 52 . When I got home, I stand on my balcony, look up 53 the night sky and see the stars. I know that I have absolutely 54 to complain about. Life is so 55 that I should focus on enjoying life rather than complaining.
36. A. expert B. stranger C. dreamer D. leader
37. A. diving into B. paying off C. complaining about D. appealing to
38. A. job B. dinner C. accommodation D. vacation
39. A. involve B. allow C. circulate D. deserve
40. A. campaign B. advantage C. habit D. quality
41. A. occupied B. concerned C. delighted D. dissatisfied
42. A. at work B. in advance C. on time D. in vain
43. A. acknowledge B. accumulate C. reform D. resist
44. A. what if B. now that C. if only D. in that
45. A. Unless B. Once C. While D. Since
46. A. bound B. proud C. cautious D. sensitive
47. A. afford B. reject C. explain D. stand
48. A. unconditionally B. violently C. uncomfortably D. actively
49. A. change B. regret C. benefit D. belief
50. A. happiness B. forgiveness C. annoyance D. acceptance
51. A. escaping B. cutting down C. declining D. focusing on
52. A. congratulation B. appreciation C. negotiation D. preparation
53. A. from B. into C. off D. beyond
54. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
55. A. beautiful B. tough C. passive D. apparent
第Ⅱ卷
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）或括号内的单词的正确形式。
When I packed up my life and moved from the comforts of my little hometown to Waco, I remember feeling 56 (lose). All my friends were so excited to start their own lives, but I just wasn’t sure 57 I was ready for that yet. Many things worried me. But I hid my fears and when the time 58 (final) came, I hugged my mother goodbye, made the two-hour one-way drive from Coppel to Waco, and set up my new room.
For the first few weeks, I didn’t miss home or really feel any kind of emotion at all except tired. There was so much for me to learn 59 I hadn’t had time to think about anything. My energy 60 (direct) towards figuring out campus, adjusting to college-level classes and remembering the names of every new person I met. I explored every corner, 61 (look) for the perfect place to study. I learned to set 62 (I) a schedule of getting groceries, cleaning my room and doing my laundry on Sundays.
Nowadays, in my second semester, I feel like I have almost adapted 63 the university life. The transition from high school to college wasn’t 64 difficult as my mind made me think it would be. One of the best 65 (thing) college has taught me is how to be independent.
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：应用文写作（满分15分）
你校要举办首届英语节（English Festival），假如你是学生会主席李华,请你用英语给全校师生写一封信。信的内容主要包括：
1. 举办时间：3月6日—3月10日；
2. 内容：如英文歌曲比赛、英文戏剧表演、西方文化讲座等；
3. 举办英语节的意义。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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第二节：读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
The event that stands out in Tom’s memory happened one morning when Tom was only ten years old. He was at home with his elder sister Jane. Tom was doing his homework when he heard raised voices. At first he thought nothing of it since customers in the motorcycle shop directly below their flat often became loud, but he soon realized this time it was different.
“Quick! Quick! Remove the motorcycles from the shop.” someone yelled.
Then a thick burning smell filled the air. When Tom opened the front door of their flat to investigate, a thick cloud of smoke greeted him. The motorcycle shop had caught fire and people were running and crying.
Jane, who had been playing the violin in her room, hurried to the living room. They rushed out of the door and along the corridor（走廊）through the smoke.
They were heading towards the stairway at the far end of the corridor when Jane stopped in her track. She turned around and headed back the way they came. Tom had no idea what she was doing, but he followed suit.
Jane had suddenly remembered the lady in her 70s who lived next door to them, who they called Makcik, Malay for auntie. Jane began banging on Makcik’s door, but got no answer. As the
smoke thickened around them, Tom could see many of their neighbors—some still in their pyjamas—running for safety. The thought of fear crossed his mind.
“She would have run for safety like everyone else!” Tom cried. However, Jane refused to give up. “I know Makcik’s still inside.” She said she was familiar with Makcik’s daily routine and was certain she would still be sleeping. She pounded the door. “Go downstairs. Go now! Go!”
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph1:
Tom noticed the flame was reaching up. _______________________________________________
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Paragraph 2:
Luckily, some neighbors passing by stopped and offered help. ______________________________
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命题：长兴中学 温岭中学 审核：舟山中学
2016学年第二学期名校协作体参考答案
高三年级英语学科
第一部分：听力 (满分30分，其中第一节7.5分，第二节22.5分)
1-5 CABAB 6-10 CBBAB 11-15 CBAAC 16-20 CCCAB
第二部分：阅读理解(满分35分, 其中第一节25分,第二节10分)
第一节 21-23 AAB 23-26 ACD 27-30 CDBC
第二节 31-35 EGACF
第三部分：语言运用（满分45分，其中第一节30分，第二节15分）
第一节 36-40 BCBAC 41-45 DCACC 46-50 BDCAD 51-55 DBBCA
第二节 56. lost 57. whether/if 58. finally 59. that 60. was directed
61. looking 62. myself 63. to 64. as/so 65. things
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节: 应用文写作（满分15分）
Dear teachers and schoolmates,
I have exciting news to share with you. The first English Festival is to be held from March 6th to 10th. This week-long festival promises to be a feast for ears and eyes as well as minds. Students and teachers alike are welcome to participate in English singing competitions, drama performances, or attend lectures on Western culture.
By immersing everyone in the charm of English, the festival is bound to fuel your desire to be better English learners, spark your way of thinking and above all get all of you to have fun with English.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节: 读后续写（满分25分）
One possible version:
Tom noticed the flame was reaching up. Frozen with fear, he stood rooted to the spot. He comprehended the gravity of the situation and held Jane’s hand tightly. By then, both of them were coughing and their eyes were stinging. Time seemed to stand still, though they were probably there for only two or three minutes. Tom begged Jane to run for safety as quickly as possible. Jane tried to shield her nose from the choking smoke and shook her head. She kept pounding against the door. Tom burst out crying.
Luckily, some neighbors passing by stopped and offered help. A sense of strength immediately replaced the mounting fear and anxiety in Jane’s mind. She told them Ms. Makcik must be still in the room. They forced the door open with all their might. Sure enough, Makcik was lying in bed, unconscious. She was carried downstairs and then rushed to the hospital, where she finally came to herself. People in the neighborhood felt relieved and Jane and Tom’s joy was immense.
一、评分原则
1. 本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分。
2. 评分时，先根据所续写短文的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
3. 词数少于130的，从总分中减去2分。
4. 评分时，应主要从以下四个方面考虑：
（1） 与所给短文的开头语衔接程度；
（2） 内容的丰富性和对所标出关键词语的应用情况；
（3） 应用语法结构和词汇的丰富性和准确性；
（4） 上下文的连贯性。
5. 拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个重要方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。
6. 如书写较差以致影响交际，可将分数降低一个档次。
二、各档次的给分范围和要求
档次
描述
第五档
（21-25）
l 与所给短文融合度高，与所提供的各段落开头语衔接合理。
l 内容丰富，应用了5个以上短文中标出的关键词语。
l 所使用语法结构和词汇丰富、准确，可能有些许错误，但完全不影响意思表达。
l 有效地使用了词语间的连接成分，所续写短文结构紧凑。
第四档
（16-20）
l 与所给短文融合度较高，与所提供的各段落开头语衔接较为合理。
l 内容比较丰富，应用了5个以上短文中标出的关键词语。
l 所使用语法结构和词汇较为丰富、准确，可能有些许错误，但不影响意思表达。
l 比较有效地使用了词语间的连接成分，所续写短文结构紧凑。
第三档
（11-15）
l 与所给短文关系较为密切，与所提供的各段落开头语衔接有一定程度衔接。
l 写出了若干有关内容，应用了4个以上短文中标出的关键词语。
l 应用语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求，虽有一些错误，但不影响意思表达。
l 应用简单的句间连接成分，使全文内容连贯。
第二档
（6-10）
l 与所给短文关系有一定关系，与所提供的各段落开头语衔接有一定程度衔接。
l 写出了一些有关内容，应用了3个以上短文中标出的关键词语。
l 语法结构单调，词汇项目有限，有些语法结构和词汇方面的错误，影响意思了的表达。
l 较少使用了句间的连接成分，全文内容缺少连贯性。
第一档
（1-5）
l 与所给短文和开头语衔接较差。
l 产出内容太少，很少使用短文中标出的关键词语。
l 语法结构单调，词汇项目很有限，有较多语法结构和词汇方面的错误，严重影响意思了的表达。
l 缺乏句间的连接成分，全文内容不连贯。
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白卷，内容太少无法评判或所写内容与所提供内容无关。
听力原文
Text 1
W: I don’t feel like going out. Why don’t we just stay home and watch TV instead?
M: Come on! You promised to take me out for dinner and to the theatre.
W: OK. But homework goes before dinner and theatre, you know.
Text 2
W: John, why do you stand by and watch the milk boiling over?
M: Oh, I’m thinking of being taken to London next week.
Text 3
W: What are you going to do tonight?
M: I’m going to take my daughter out for dinner. And if we have time, we might try to see a movie.
Text 4
W: How was the party last weekend?
M: It was too crowded and the food was gone before I got there.
W: What time did you get home?
M: It was pretty boring so I left at ten and got home before eleven.
Text 5
W: Why has Jerry been acting so mean to everyone?
M: I don’t know, but I’m sick of it.
W: Me too. I’m going to say something to him.
M: Let me know what he says.
Text 6
M: Which season do you like the most?
W: I like summer the most, but at the same time, I hate it. I like summer because it’s warm. I don’t mind the heat and I like the longer days. So, I can do more activities like swimming, bicycling and many other outdoor activities. I usually take a short vacation during the summer so I always look forward to that. However, the part about summer I hate the most is during the rainy season. When it gets hot along with the rain and the wind, it get terrible.
Text 7
M: Elizabeth, what’s your question?
W: Excuse me. Could you tell me what a yard sale is?
M: As the name suggests, it’s a sale held in someone’s yard, selling used goods.
W: What can I get there?
M: You can find books, records, cups and furniture. You name it, and they will have it.
W: Why do American people love to buy second-hand goods?
M: To save money, of course. Some people even hope to find treasures there.
W: I see.
M: Actually many Westerners like other people’s objects. Even rich people search through used goods for a treasure.
W: I understand. Thank you, Mr Green. You’ve been very helpful.
M: You’re welcome.
Text 8
M: Do you know the first McDonald’s restaurant had no seats for customers to sit on?
W: In that case, people had to stand eating, didn’t they?
M: No. Most people bought the food and took it away, and that’s the way Mac and Dick thought of to avoid washing the dishes.
W: That’s a good idea. But who are Mac and Dick?
M: They were two brothers who ran the first McDonald’s. Later a businessman called Ray Kroc asked to buy their business.
W: Did the two brothers agree?
M: Yes. They sold the business to Ray for 27 million dollars.
W: So today there are so many chain stores of McDonald’s, right?
M: Exactly. But which McDonald’s do you think sells the most hamburgers in the world every day?
W: I guess a certain one in New York?
M: No, no. It’s the Hong Kong’s Mc Donald’s.
W: Aha, it’s hard to believe.
Text 9
W: Hi, my name is Katherine.
M: I’m John. It’s nice to meet you.
W: Do you know what this professor is like?
M: I have no idea. This is my first year.
W: You are a freshman? Me, too. Where are you from?
M: I’m from San Francisco.
W: I’ve been there a few times. It’s a great city.
M: Where are you from?
W: I grew up in this area.
M: So you know all the fun places to hang out, right?
W: Yeah. The best places are in the heart of downtown. There are a lot of clubs and bars.
M: Oh, I see. Do you know what you are majoring in yet?
W: Not yet. I’m learning towards business, but that’s only if I can’t get into computer science. How about you?
M: I want to go to medical school, so I’ll probably end up majoring in biology.
W: That’s cool.
M: Is the weather this bad all the time in the fall?
W: No. This is a typical autumn. It gets worse though. At least it’s not raining that much. You’ll get used to it. In the meantime, you’ll have to watch a lot of movies. Seems like the only thing to do with the bad weather…
M: Oh, the professor is coming.
Text 10
Doctors at the famous Cambridge University think that hip hop can help depressed and
mentally ill people. They say with “hip hop therapy”, many of the words to the hip hop songs can reach out to people with emotional problems. A team of doctors wrote a report about this in a special medical magazine. The doctors said a lot of hip hop music speaks of getting over hardships and big difficulties in life. In particular, hip hop talks about being poor, being unpopular, and about crime and drugs. These are all problems that can lead to depression and mental illnesses. The report on hip hop and mental health says hip hop artists use their talents to describe their world and be free. There’s often a message of hope in the lyrics. They describe how they want to be---the cars they want, the people they want to date. The doctors chose five hip hop songs for the therapy. One is a classic 1982 tune by Grandmaster Flash. Another is a track called “Juicy” by the Notorious BIG. This tells people they can be successful even if others say they can’t. BIG explains how teachers said he would be nothing, but then he became a superstar.
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