山东青岛市黄岛区2019-2020高二英语上学期期中试题（Word版含答案）

2019-2020 学年度第一学期期中学业水平检测 高二英语 （考试时间：120 分钟 试卷满分：150 分） 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。 2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用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。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上， 写在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案 转涂到答题卡上。 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，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳 选项。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。 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. What is the woman going to do? A. Get some sleep. B. Go surfing. C. Jog on the beach. 2. When will the bus arrive? A. At 7:20. B. At 7:22. C. At 7:30. 3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Boss and employee. B. Workmates. C. Taxi driver and passenger. 4. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a bank. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hospital. 5. What is the woman worried about? A. Her parents’ health. B. Her daughter’s safety. C. Her daughter’s education. 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。 听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。 6. What does the woman say about the subway here? A. It’s crowded. B. It’s convenient. C. It’s complicated. 7. How long is the subway in service in the man’s country?A. 16 hours. B. 18 hours. C. 20 hours. 听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题。 8. What does the study show about cyber bullying? A. Few teenagers fight against it. B. Lots of teenagers take part in it. C. Most teenagers don’t know about it. 9. What does the man think of cyber bullying? A. Improper. B. Amusing. C. Unbelievable. 听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。 10. Who recommended this restaurant? A. Tony. B. The woman. C. Jack. 11. What food was the man satisfied with? A. Steak. B. Cheesecake. C. Salad. 12. Why did the speakers eat out last night? A. To hold a farewell party. B. To solve office problems. C. To meet some new people. 听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。 13. Where was Mr. Taylor’s latest book set? A. In Egypt. B. In Morocco. C. In South Africa. 14. What was the worst thing that has ever happened to Mr. Taylor? A. Some wild animals attacked him. B. His car broke down in a desert. C. He almost died from lack of water. 15. What does Mr. Taylor usually do in his free time? A. He writes novels. B. He relaxes at home. C. He socializes with friends. 16. What is Mr. Taylor’s plan for the future? A. Keeping writing novels. B. Working on a history book. C. Traveling around the world. 听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。 17. How much does each square stone weigh? A. Nearly 3 tons. B. Nearly 5 tons. C. Nearly 18 tons. 18. What was the speaker wondering when seeing the stones? A. How Stonehenge was built. B. Where the stones came from. C. Who built Stonehenge. 19. What does the speaker want to do?A. Learn more modern technology. B. Travel to England again. C. Unlock the mystery. 20. What does the speaker mainly talk about? A. Attractions in England. B. Mysteries all over the world. C. His experience of visiting Stonehenge. 第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分 50 分） 第一节 （15 个小题，每题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 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。 A Manny Abreu practices Benjamin Franklin’s famous saying, “If you want something done, ask a busy person.” Throughout his four years at Kellenberg Memorial High School in the US, Abreu made community service an important part of his life. “I don’t know where he finds the time to do everything,” said Erin Ronan, Abreu’s math teacher. “He’s truly a class act.” As an honors student, Abreu, 18, took part in different voluntary activities after school, during weekends and summer holidays. These included helping staff at the public library, doing landscape work at Kellenberg, and serving customers at a local restaurant. But faced with a limited number of hours in a day, Abreu left his library job last summer to start working as an emergency medical technician – a role that fits his passion for making a difference in other people’s lives. “My appreciation for service has guided me into giving back,” said Abreu, who is setting his sights on becoming a doctor. “It’s such a rewarding feeling to help someone.” During his three years at high school, Abreu devoted between 40 and 50 hours of his time each year to volunteer work – more than double the school’s annual requirement of 20 hours. For all his hard work, Abreu was welcomed into a leadership club that organizes fellow students’ volunteer activities. St Martin de Porres Marianist School (Kellenberg’s sister school) also benefited from Abreu’s devotion. Through his school’s Smart Club program, he voluntarily provided homework help and played games with the junior high school students. Abreu thanked his parents for inspiring him to do the right thing, saying they are “the most selfless people I know.” He remembered when he was about 6 years old, his mother invited a disadvantaged neighborhood boy to have dinner. Upon observing the boy’s happiness, Abreu came away with a sense of how he wanted to live his own life – “I won’t focus on my own desires. I’ll help as many people as I can,” he said. 21. What did Erin Ronan really mean by his words in paragraph 3? A. Abreu should focus his time on his study. B. Abreu is a very excellent student. C. Abreu often likes to show off in his class. D. Abreu has lost interest in his study to make community service. 22. Why did Abreu work as a medical technician? A. Because he loved being praised by other people. B. Because he didn’t have time to do any other job. C. Because he desired to improve the lives of others. D. Because he hoped to try different types of jobs. 23. What did Abreu get from his hard work? A. It gave him a sense of self-worth by helping others. B. It made his family famous around the neighborhood. C. It gave him a chance to attend medical school for free. D. It made him a leader among his fellow school students. B All eyes were on Jack Ma. The chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd stepped down on Teachers’ Day from leading the e-commerce giant he founded 20 years ago. “I still have lots of dreams to go after,” Ma wrote in an open letter last year to announce his parting. “The world is big, and I am still young, so I want to try new things.” The 55-year-old businessman showed that he was ready for new things by arriving at his farewell party (欢送会) dressed up like a rock star. In fact, his rags-to-riches story is a good example of doing something different. Visiting the United States in 1995, Ma saw the internet and had the idea of setting up his own trading website. In 1999, he founded Alibaba with a group of friends in a shared apartment, struggling for years to get it off the ground. With all the challenges, the company slowly brought e-commerce to China. Although his success has influenced a number of Chinese tech businessmen, Ma pointed out that the key is having a dream. “It’s the dreams that keep us never afraid of setbacks (挫折),” Ma said in a video posted on Sept 9. Now the experienced businessman is looking to focus on education. What can he offer? “I’m not gonna teach English; I’m not gonna teach business. But I’m gonna teach young people how to face challenges,” he told Bloomberg News. Skilled sailors were never made on calm waters. As Ma said, “Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueler. But the day after tomorrow is beautiful.” 24. What can we learn from Paragraph 4? A. Ma had enough money to start Alibaba. B. Ma is forward-looking and determined. C. Going abroad is important to start one’s business. D. The idea of setting up trading website was very popular from the beginning. 25. What’s the most important for his success according to Ma? A. Experiences. B. Dreams. C. Education. D. Challenges. 26. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph imply? A. Practice makes perfect. B. Confidence is the key to success. C. Good conditions help people grow and learn. D. Challenges allow us to develop new abilities. 27. What’s the best title of the passage? A. Leaving to pursue his new dreams B. Ma’s retirement from Alibaba C. Great achievements of Ma D. Returning to English teaching C A rainy day can be a chance to recharge. While you relaxed on the sofa with a movie, the raindrops falling on your windows might one day provide the power for your TV. This is the idea behind an invention that harvests energy from water. The technology is based on the triboelectric (摩擦电的) effect. An engineer at the University of Hawaii, David Ma knew that it’s possible to generate electricity by rubbing two things together. So, he thought, “Why don’t we use water?” A drop of water sliding across a surface coated with two different materials would generate enough friction (摩擦) to create an electrical charge. By placing metal wires that the drop of water touched as it moved, it should be possible to harvest electricity, he reasoned. It worked. In fact, the researchers lit up 15 LED bulbs with a single moving water drop. This is not the first time that scientists have got electricity from water-generated friction. Earlier experiments, though, harvested the charge produced in a surface by a sliding drop of water. There, the surface had acted as an electrode ( 电 极 ). This is different. The energy of friction is being harvested from the water itself. “It turns out,” Ma says, “the charge in the water drop is much more than the charge produced in the other electrode.” In fact, his team’s model generated almost 100 times more power than previous experiments from a single drop of water. “The technology could someday power phones, sensors or other small electronics,” says Christopher Oshman, an engineer at the Colorado School of Mines. “This work is a step toward harvesting the energy of moving objects all around us, including ourselves, to power the electronic devices we use every day,” he says. Ma has shown that the technology can work in a lab, Oshman says. Next, the Colorado researcher would like to see it tried on a larger scale, such as on an umbrella. 28. How does the author introduce the topic of the text? A. By telling a story. B. By raising a question. C. By giving an example. D. By imagining a situation. 29. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. The wire. B. The drop of water. C. The surface. D. The electricity. 30. What is unique about Ma’s technique compared with earlier experiments? A. The water itself acts as an electrode. B. It is based on the triboelectric effect. C. It produces electricity from water-made friction. D. It uses a surface covered with two different materials. 31. What does Oshman say about Ma’s technology? A. It has a promising future. B. It will do well on an umbrella. C. It works well in the real world. D. It will replace batteries someday. D Dreaming of summer picnics filled with family and fun? We’ve come up with 4 of the top picnic areas across the US. Cumberland Islands, Georgia Just a few hours south of Savannah, this national seashore is a wonderful picnic place. It’s an unspoiled place in the Deep South with over 50 miles of hiking trails (小径). Covered in Spanish moss, the trails are lined with trees and since it’s still a rural area, the stars line up for a grand show at night and create the perfect evening starlit picnic opportunity. Grant Park, Chicago If you are looking for delicious food in Chicago, go for a taste of a 20-day, lake-front, foodie festival that happens in October each year. Grab a spot near the fountain to enjoy your picnic, appreciate the city scenery and lake views and relax with family and friends. If you are there on July 4th, be sure to plan the day to include the fireworks display at the Navy Pier.Cranberry Islands, Maine Here, you’ll enjoy natural picnics with island views. The islands are a delightful group of islands about 20 minutes offshore from Acadia National Park. You can visit the islands by private boat or ferry service. Bring a picnic basket along for the ride as it’s a romantic picnic area to take your special someone or go for a family outing to visit the islands. Big Sur, California The Point Lobos State Reserve is a small gem. Besides the coastal wildlife there are rare plant communities, and unique geological formations. It’s good to have a picnic there. We recommend bringing a telescope, because much of the wildlife can be seen only at a distance. 32. Why does the writer advise us going to Cumberland Islands? A. Because they are just next to Savannah. B. Because they keep their original ecology (生态). C. Because they are almost covered in Spanish moss. D. Because they have a grand show every night. 33. Where can you enjoy observing wildlife with a telescope? A. At the Navy Pier. B. In the Deep South. C. At Acadia National Park. D. At the Point Lobos State Reserve. 34. What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage? A. To introduce some picnic areas in the US. B. To share personal stories about picnics. C. To tell readers some good ways to relax. D. To offer readers tips for summer holiday. 35. Where can we most probably read this passage? A. In a personal dairy. B. In a science report. C. In a travel magazine. D. In a geography textbook. 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 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。 As the saying goes, “No man is an island.” We all need to connect with other people to fully give meaning to our lives. As we grow older, we develop closeness to certain people. 36 A Group of FriendsHaving a group of friends is healthy because you get to grow and learn things t o g e t h e r . 37 but your friends will always relate to you because they are going through the very same things. A good group of friends are the ones who make you a better person. Your Best Friend Even if you belong to a group of friends, there will always be that one person you trust and care for the most. A best friend is that one person who listens to your problems and makes sacrifices for your sake. 38 This person is someone who will believe in you and stand by you every step of the way. The Bonds That Last 39 There are times good friends are separated for years, but when they meet again, they feel as close to each other as they used to when they were younger. And even though they get busy, all it takes is a reunion to rekindle all the happy memories and make new ones in the process. A Good Friend To be a good friend does not have to mean you have to sacrifice an eye or a limb to prove your loyalty. You do not have superpowers to make all their problems go away. But what is great about a good friend is that when you need him or her, they are always willing to be there. 40 A. That is the true value and essence of friendship. B. These are what we call our “friends”. C. Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain, D. Friends do not have to always be together to remain friends. E. Parents may not fully understand what you are going through, F. You promise to stay in touch with people, but it doesn’t work out.G. He or she is your shoulder to cry on and your defender from your oppressors (压 迫者). 第三部分 英语运用（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的 最佳选项。 I was getting ready to go to bed when the phone rang. This could not be 41 . My mind 42 through the list of family members who might need help, but the voice was hardly 43 . “Lindy, this is Lesley.” I don’t know Lesley well. We did 44 speak with each other, but to say we were friends was not 45 . Perhaps something really 46 caused her to reach someone she barely knew. 47 , she only asked me, “Do you have room for a turkey in your freezer?” We had lots of room in our freezer, and 48 , too much. “Sure,” I responded, “did your freezer break down?” “Not 49 ,” Lesley replied, “and I will explain when I arrive.” Minutes later came a huge freezer truck. Lesley stepped down and explained the lease(租约) of the grocery store her husband serviced had run out and that they had to 50 all the freezers that very night. Thinking it was a 51 to throw away all this good food, they decided to drop off food to anyone she could 52 . Noticing our freezer was pretty empty, Lesley asked to 53 it up. An hour later, everything finished, I asked her, “When will you come back for all this?” Lesley laughed, “We don’t want it back. It is yours! Thanks for helping us out!” “For helping them out?” We opened our freezer door. Inside were all expensive foods we never bought but often 54 to try. However, our needs were met in an 55 way. 41. A. exciting B. good C. frightening D. easy 42. A. looked B. fell C. broke D. raced 43. A. familiar B. sweet C. loud D. beautiful 44. A. frequently B. occasionally C. always D. hardly 45. A. embarrassing B. confusing C. appropriate D. ordinary 46. A. excellent B. attractive C. grateful D. awful 47. A. Instead B. Therefore C. Moreover D. Meanwhile 48. A. in total B. in a word C. in fact D. as a result 49. A. exactly B. clearly C. completely D. seriously 50. A. dress up B. empty C. sell D. throw 51. A. shame B. punishment C. duty D. right 52. A. love B. catch C. think of D. recognize 53. A. bring B. lift C. use D. fill 54. A. volunteered B. pretended C. refused D. longed55. A. ordinary B. unexpected C. efficient D. interesting 第二节：（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面短文，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。 That afternoon, a little girl ran into the middle of the road where the traffic was busy. A truck passed her for left turn. Unaware of the danger she was 56 , the little girl continued to run in the middle of the road. The traffic lights changed, and more cars drove towards her, which made her situation more 57 (danger), as she could get hit by many drivers who didn’t notice her 58 (stand) there. Suddenly, a man ran to her from across the road. However, during this, a car 59 (speed) towards them and almost hit the man. He 60 (narrow) escaped, and waved at the cars to stop 61 . Once it was clear, he picked up the little girl and carried her away to 62 (safe)! Subsequently, the man asked the girl for her dad’s phone number, and immediately contacted him. The girl, who was 6 years old, went out by herself on that day, 63 (find) her father without telling her mother. Her “Uncle Superman”, surnamed Mei, was 64 assistant policeman. Mei was on his way back to the police station after completing a field task when he saw the little girl. The girl’s 65 (parent) expressed their gratitude. Mei said: “When seeing this happen, everyone should help!” 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） 假定你是李华，你在中国学习的美国朋友 John 参加了当地电视台组织的外国留学生 “中国古诗词朗诵大赛”，并获得了一等奖。请给他写封邮件，内容包括： 1. 祝贺获奖； 2. 肯定成绩和努力； 3. 约时间在网上交流学习中国古诗的心得。 注意： 1. 词数 80 左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 参考词汇： 中国古诗词朗诵大赛 the Chinese Ancient Poetry Recital Contest 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。 Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had slaved over, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?” Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, I had never heard of that name before. As I searched the name of this fellow, it became evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice: flip (掷) a coin. Heads—the commander, and tails—the peanuts guy. Ah! Tails, my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver. Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that she meant that George Washington? Obviously, my grade was awful. Heartbroken but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No re-dos; no new grade. I felt that the punishment was not reasonable, and I believed I deserved a second chance. 注意： 1．所续写的短文的词数应为 150 左右； 2．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。 Paragraph 1： Therefore, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year.__________ ________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2：Ten months later, that chance came. ____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2019-2020 学年度第一学期期中学业水平检测 高二英语答案 2019.11 一．听力（共 20 小题，每题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 1-5 CCBCB 6-10 BCBAB 11-15 CABBC 16-20 BBACC 二．阅读理解（共两节，满分 35 分） 第一节（共 10 小题，每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分） 21-23 BCA 24-27 BBDA 28-31 DBAA 32-35 BDAC 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分） 36-40 BEGDA 三．完形填空（共 15 小题；每题 1 分，满分 15 分） 41-45 BDABC 46-50 DACAB 51-55 ACDDB 四．短文填空（共 10 小题，每小题 1．5 分，满分 15 分） 56. in 57. dangerous 58. standing 59. sped /speeded 60. narrowly 61. them 62. safety 63. to find 64. an 65. parents 五．书面表达（满分 40 分） 第一节 应用文写作（15 分） 要点分析：提纲是文章的总体框架，要在提纲的范围内进行分析、构思和想象．要依据 提示情景或词语，按照一定逻辑关系来写。 第一部分叙述写信的理由，即向对方表示衷心的祝贺，祝贺获得中国外国留学生古诗词 朗诵大赛一等奖。第二部分要肯定对方所付出的努力。这一部分要增加细节，进行合理的想 象，如每天练习，阅读有关的文章，参赛与观赛等。第三部分询问何时方便，在网上切磋交 流学习，并再次表示祝贺。本文写作时可以按照要点所给的顺序写，根据要表达的内容确定 句子的时态、语态。还要注意使用高级词汇和句式，以增加文章的亮点． 评分细则： 1.极优档 (15 分)：书写规范；覆盖所有要点，内容充实；词汇丰富，行文流畅，有修辞意识。 2.优秀档 (12-14 分) ：漂漂亮亮紧扣主题，覆盖所有要点，内容充实；语法结构多样，词汇丰富，行文较为流畅，显示出较 强的语言运用能力，允许有个别语法错误，但不影响语言表达。 3.良好档 (9-11 分)：清清楚楚 紧扣主题，覆盖所有要点，内容较充实，语言有少量错误，但基本不影响意思表达。 4.一般档 (6-8 分)：马马虎虎 紧扣主题，基本覆盖所有要点，能够表达基本内容，语言错误已影响了部分意思的表达，但 多数句子基本正确。基本达到预期的写作目的。 5.较差（3-5）：稀里糊涂 内容不完整，要点不全，行文不连贯，语言错误（尤其是大错）较多，多数句子基本正确。 6.极差（0 分）：一塌糊涂 只能写出与内容相关的词语，没有有效信息，抄写其他文章，或只写出与作文无关的内容。 第二节 读后续写 （25 分） 评分原则 1. 本题总分为 25 分，按 5 个档次给分。 2. 评分时，先根据文章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.所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右（词数少于 130 的，从总分中减去 2 分）。 4.阅卷评分时，主要从以下四个方面考虑： （1）与所给短文及段落开头语的衔接程度； （2）内容的丰富性； （3）应用语法结构和词汇的丰富性和准确性； （4）故事发展的合理性和上下文的连贯性。 5.拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。 英、美拼写和词汇用法均可。 6.如书写较差以致影响交际，可将分数降低一个档次。 各档次给分范围及要求: 第五档（21-25 分） — 与所给短文融洽度高，与所提供各段落开头语衔接合理； — 内容丰富； — 所使用语法结构和词汇丰富、准确，可能有些许错误，但完全不影响意义表达； — 有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使所续写短文结构紧凑。 第四档（16-20 分） — 与所给短文融洽度较高，与所提供各段落开头语衔接较为合理； — 内容比较丰富； — 所使用语法结构和词汇较为丰富、准确，可能有些许错误，但完全不影响意义表达； — 比较有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使所续写短文结构紧凑。 第三档（11-15 分） — 与所给短文关系较为密切，与所提供各段落开头语有一定程度的衔接； — 写出了若干有关内容； — 应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求，虽有一些错误，但不影响意义的表达； — 应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文内容连贯。 第二档（6-10 分） — 与所给短文有一定的关系，与所提供各段落开头语有一定程度的衔接；— 写出了一些有关内容； — 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，影响了意义的表达； — 较少使用语句间的连接成分，全文内容缺少连贯性。 第一档（1-5 分） — 与所给短文和开头语的衔接较差； — 产出内容太少； — 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，严重影响了意义的 表达； — 缺乏语句间的连接成分，全文内容不连贯。 录音原文 Text 1 W: You are up early! I thought you’d sleep in (睡懒觉) after working so late last night. M: I thought about it, but the weather looks perfect for surfing. W: Great! I’ll go with you to the beach! I’ll go jogging while you’re surfing. Text 2 M: Mum, is my lunch packed? It’s 7:20 now. The bus will come in ten minutes! I can’t be late for school again. W: I’m almost done. Give me two minutes … There! Have a great day, dear. See you at four! Text 3 W: The traffic is so bad today! I hope we can get to work on time. M: Maybe we should call the boss and let him know we’re going to be late. W: That’s a good idea. I’m sure he’ll understand. Do you have our office phone number? Text 4 W: May I help you, sir? M: Yes. I don’t want to eat anything these days. I don’t know why. W: Please sit here and wait a moment. There is still a patient before you. Text 5 M: Why do you look so worried today? W: You see, this is Jane’s first time she has ever been out without us. M: As parents, we have to realize that she has grown up already. W: I know, but I just can’t help worrying. Text 6 M: I have never taken the subway here before. W: Well, we have a very good subway system. We can go almost anywhere in the city by subway. And we don’t have to worry about traffic jams. M: Sounds good. Is it in service every day? W: Yes. 7 days a week, about 18 hours a day. M: Oh, the subway runs a little longer in my country: 20 hours starting from 4:00 in the early morning until midnight. Text 7 M: Today we had a lesson at school about cyber bullying (网络欺凌). W: Cyber bullying? What does it mean? M: It means the act of doing or saying something bad about someone online. A recent study showed that about a quarter of teenagers today do it! W: I can’t believe it. I’ve never been mean to anyone over the Internet and none of my friends have either. M: Really? Haven’t you ever posted a bad photo of someone online, or “liked” a mean comment about someone? W: Well, yes, of course. Everyone does that, but we’re only having fun. M: I don’t think so. You don’t know how this makes people feel. W: I suppose you’re right. I never thought about it that way. Text 8 W: Did you enjoy the meal at the restaurant last night, Tony? M: It wasn’t as good as I had thought. You gave the place such a good review after you’d tried it out with Katie that I was expecting to go there. W: Yes, I was a bit disappointed this time, too. My steak was really tough and they took that wonderful cheesecake off the menu for some reason. M: I thought you were enjoying the steak. Anyway, the salad wasn’t bad. W: What do you think the others thought of it? M: Well, I’ll find it out at work tomorrow. No one said much there. I guess no one wanted to spoil the celebration for Jack. Well, I’ll miss him. It’ll be strange in the office without him. W: Sure. These people at the next table had an argument about the bill. At least we had no problems with that. Text 9 W: So Mr. Taylor, your books are all set in different countries, aren’t they? M: Yes. Everything in my novels happens in countries I know. I was born in South Africa and I still live there. I began by writing a novel about a family living in Egypt. My most recent book was about Morocco. I spent several months there last year. W: Your books are all adventure stories. Has anything really dangerous ever happened to you? M: Well, I’ve had a few experiences with wild animals! But the worst thing was definitely when I was driving along a desert and my car suddenly stopped and wouldn’t start again. Fortunately, I had plenty of water. W: Sounds very frightening. What do you do in your spare time? M: Well, I actually find it hard to relax. I’m pretty sociable, and I know lots of people, so I usually arrange to do something with them. W: Great. Do you have any special plans for the future? M: Well, I’ve traveled all over the world, and there aren’t many places I still want to visit. My main aim is to write the history of my local area. I’ve decided to stop writing novels because I want to do something different. Text 10 M: During my trip to England last year, I had the opportunity to visit Stonehenge. Almost every tourist who travels to England visits this ancient, mystical place. I remember it was a very hot day in July with a lot of sunshine. We left our hotel quite early. When we arrived there, it was already nine. The Stonehenge was made of huge square stones, which weigh nearly five tons each, stand eighteen feet high, and are three feet thick. It was amazing to see them up close. Something that I really asked myself was how the ancient people could have been clever enough to arrange the stones and place them altogether to form a circle without using any modern technology. It was really strange. One of the most exciting things about Stonehenge is the mystery surrounding it. As I walked around the stones, I noticed how isolated ( 孤零零的) they were; there was nothing else standing around them, no community or anything. Were they also isolated in ancient times? If so, why had the ancient people built them that way? Maybe only when I travel back in time can I find out the truth!