通州市2009屆高三第一次調(diào)研測(cè)試

英 語(yǔ) 試 卷

(考試時(shí)間:120分鐘 滿分120分)

第I卷 (三部分 共85分)

第一部分 聽(tīng)力 (共兩節(jié),滿分20分)

做題時(shí),先將答案標(biāo)在試卷上。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后,你將有兩分鐘的時(shí)間將試卷上答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。

第一節(jié) (共5小題;每小題1分,滿分5分)

聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng),并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后,你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。

1. What is the weather like?

A. It is raining.                   B. It’s cloudy.                           C. It’s sunny.

2. Who will go to China next month?

A. Lucy.                            B. Alice.                            C. Richard.

3. What are the speaker talking about?

A.The man’s sister.               B. A film.                          C. An actor.

4. Where will the speakers meet?

A. In Room 340.                  B. In Room 314.                 C. In Room 223.

5. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In a restaurant.                B. In an office.                          C. At home.

 

第二節(jié) (共15小題;每題1分,滿分15分)

聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng),并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前,你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題,每小題5秒鐘;聽(tīng)完后,每小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。

聽(tīng)第6段材料,回答第6至8題。

6. Why did the woman go to New York?

A. To spend some time with the baby.                           

B. To look after her sister

C. To find a new job.

7. How old was the baby when the woman left New York?

A. Two months.                 B. Five months.                          C. Seven months.

8. What did the woman like doing most with the baby?

A. Holding him.                 B. Playing with him.                  C. Feeding him.

聽(tīng)第7段材料,回答第9至11題。

9. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A way to improve air quality.  

B. A problem with traffic rules.

      C. A suggestion for city planning

10. What does the man suggest?

      A. Limiting the use of cars.                                    

B. Encouraging people to walk.

      C. Warning drivers of air pollution.

11. What does the woman think about the man’s idea?

      A. It’s interesting.               B. It’s worth trying.            C. It’s impractical.

聽(tīng)第8段材料,回答第12至14題。

12. How long will the man probably stay in New Zealand?

      A. One week.                    B. Two weeks.                           C. Three weeks.

13. What advice does the woman give to the man?

      A. Go to New Zealand after Christmas.                       

B. Book his flight as soon as possible.

      C. Save more money for his trip.

14. What can we learn about flights to New Zealand at Christmas time?

      A. They require early booking.        

B. They can be twice as expensive.

C. They are on special offer.

聽(tīng)第9段材料,回答第15至17題。

15. Why did Jane call Mike?

      A. To ask him to meet her.                     

B. To tell him about Tom.                     

C. To borrow his car.

16. Where will Jane be in about one hour?

      A. At Mike’s place.             B. At the airport.               C. At a garage.

17. What can we infer from the conversation?

      A. Jane has just learned to drive.            

B. Jane’s car is in bad condition.

      C. Mike will go to the airport.

聽(tīng)第10段材料,回答第18至 20 題。

18. What did the speaker ask the students to do the week before?

      A. Write a short story.                         

B. Prepare for the lesson.                     

C. Learn more about the writer.

19. Why does the speaker ask the questions?

      A. To check the students’ understanding of the story.

B. To draw the students’ attention to reading skills.

      C. To let the students discuss father-son relationships.

20. What will the students do in 10 minutes?

      A. Ask more questions.        B. Discuss in groups.            C. Give their answers.

 

第二部分 英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用 (共兩節(jié),滿分35分)

第一節(jié) 單項(xiàng)填空 (共15小題;每小題1分,滿分15分)

請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下面各題,從題中所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

21. My teacher asked me to copy __________ article __________ second time.

       A. an; the                     B. the; a                C. an; a                        D. the; the

22. What __________ us was not what the little girl said but __________ she said it.

       A. surprised; the way                                 B. surprising; in the way

       C. surprise; the way that                             D. has been surprised; the way which

23. The editor-in-chief asked me to write another article for them, __________ about how to prevent bird flu.

       A. that                  B. one                          C. it                             D. what

24. ---Do you regret not having gone abroad?

---Not at all. I __________ as much, but I’m glad to contribute to our motherland.

A. didn’t earn        B. am not earning          C. hadn’t earned            D. haven’t earned

25. In my opinion, __________ shouldn’t be any doubt that China will become one of the most powerful countries in the near future.

       A. this                  B. that                          C. there                       D. it

26. Near the hill there is a small garden, __________ owner seated in it is playing chess with his friend.

       A. whose               B. its                            C. which                      D. that

27. Recently in Taiwan, the manufacturing industry has____ the information industry.

A. found a way to                                     B. changed the way of  

C. given way to                                         D. had a way of

28. ---You won’t go to Kathy’s wedding party, will you?

---Yes, __________ invited. 

       A. even if                     B. if                             C. unless                      D. as

29. Tom hasn’t come to work since last Friday, __________ he have had an accident?

       A. Must                 B. Should                     C. Might                      D. Could

30. Because of the heavy rain, the sport meeting has been put off until further __________.

       A. message            B. information                     C. notice                      D. news

31. Happy birthday, Alice! So you have ___________ twenty already!

       A. become             B. turned                      C. grown                      D. passed

32. All of the guests _________ by 10 o’clock, but the host _______ until fifteen minutes later.

       A. had arrived; hasn’t turned up                  B. arrived; didn’t turn up

       C. had arrived; didn’t turn up                            D. arrived; hadn’t turned up

33. These two horses look so much __________ that we can not __________ one from the other.

       A. alike; recognize                                    B. likely; separate  

       C. likely; differ                                        D. alike; distinguish

34. Fully __________ looking after three children at home, she no longer has time to enjoy the various activities in the club.

A. contributed        B. occupied                  C. hesitated                   D. devoted

35. Mary stood still in front of a mirror, ___________ on her mouth.

       A. her eyes fixed                                       B. and her eyes fixed

       C. and her eyes fixing                                D. her eyes fixing

 

第二節(jié) 完形填空 (共20小題;每小題1分,滿分20分)

請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

My son Joey was born with club feet(先天性的畸形腳). The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk   36  , but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were   37   in surgery(手術(shù)). By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he had a   38   when you saw him walk.

The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during   39  , and Joey would jump right in, run and play, too. We   40   told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to   41   as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.

In seventh grade he   42   to go out for the running team. Every day he   43   with the team. He worked harder and ran   44   than any of the others ---perhaps he sensed that the   45   that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him.   46   the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to   47   points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.

He   48   to run four to five miles a day, every day ---even the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was   49  , so I went to look for him after school. I found him   50   all alone. I asked him how he felt. “Okey.” he said. He had two more   51   to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever.   52   he looked straight ahead and kept running.

Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were   53  . Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in   54   grade ---the other six team members were all eight graders. We never told him he shouldn’t   55   to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it, so he didn’t know. He just did it.

36. A. quickly               B. slowly               C. normally           D. comfortably

37. A. spent                  B. wasted                     C. suffered            D. lost

38. A. pain                   B. problem            C. treatment           D. surgery

39. A. holidays              B. day                   C. fun                   D. play

40. A. seldom               B. never                C. always                     D. once

41. A. study                  B. run                   C. walk                 D. behave

42. A. decided               B. preferred           C. refused              D. agreed

43. A. gathered             B. camped             C. trained                     D. competed

44. A. more slowly        B. less                   C. faster                D. more

45. A. ability                B. strength             C. power               D. energy

46. A. Since                  B. Because             C. After                 D. Although

47. A. increase                     B. score                 C. hold                  D. take

48. A. continued            B. stopped             C. liked                 D. hoped

49. A. sad                     B. surprised           C. angry                D. worried

50. A. running                     B. resting                     C. crying               D. sleeping

51. A. tests                   B. miles                C. lessons              D. examinations

52. A. Otherwise           B. So                    C. Yet                   D. Thus

53. A. included             B. called                C. shown               D. found

54. A. sixth                   B. eighth               C. seventh             D. fifth

55. A. manage               B. determine          C. expect               D. attempt

 

第三部分  閱讀理解 (共15小題;每小題2分,滿分30分)

請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文,從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

A

Now, it’s time for some brief news items.

Teens Go Online

Some 13 million European children under 18 use the Internet for schoolwork, games and music according to research done by Nielsen’s “Net-rating”. The study covered Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Experts advised parents to limit the time their kids spend on line and keep them away from chat rooms.

Chat to the magic Mum

British author J. K. Rowling, mother of magic boy Harry Potter, will do an Internet interview about her new book “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” on June 26. Before the event, children are invited to send their questions about Harry to the website. The book will hit stores in the US and UK on June 21 and will arrive in China in August.

School Soldiers

Russian school students will have to do basic military training in their final year of school, the government has decided. The lesson will include learning to fire guns, marching drills and how to deal with a chemical, nuclear or biological attack. The activity is seen as part of a drive toward the education of their love for their country.

Is it hard for you to get up early and get ready for classes? Some students at Winter Park High School just roll out of bed in their pajamas (睡衣) and go to class in their own bedrooms, Of course, their teachers and classmates do not see them because all their class work is on the computer. The Florida High School, the state’s only online school, has 250 students who are taking classes at home by computer. Students in this first online program take classes in algebra (代數(shù)), American government, chemistry, computer, economics, and web-page design. They also have to go to regular school to attend other classes.

56. In the first news item, which country is NOT covered in the research?

       A. Britain.                                         B. France.            

C. Sweden.                                        D. Spain.

57. What is the second news item mainly about?

       A. J. K. Rowling will have an Internet interview.

       B. Children will meet Harry Potter’s mother.

       C. The Harry Potter book will be available on the Internet.

       D. The Harry Potter book will arrive in China in early June.

58. Why will Russian school students have basic military training?

       A. To get ready for a military parade.

       B. To learn to protect themselves.

       C. To gain some military knowledge. 

       D. To develop their love for the country.

59. The news from Florida can be given a title “____________”.

       A. Get up Late                                          B. Online School  

       C. Magical Computers                        D. No Teachers  

 

B

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows (誓約) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here’s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion (提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure (休閑), it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion (激情) as it ought to be lived.

60. The best title of this passage probably is _____________.

       A. Love your friends                             

B. Live a real life

       C. Don’t waste time                              

D. Be a good mother and wife

61. How did the author form her view of life?

       A. Through social experience.               

B. By learning from her friends.

       C. Through an unfortunate experience.              

D. From her children and husband.

62. By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to _____________.

       A. make a living rather than live a real life

B. work rather than enjoy life

       C. waste a lot in life                              

D. forget the most important lessons in life

63. It can be inferred from the passage that ____________.

A. the author didn’t try her best to work well

B. the author spent all her time caring for her children

C. the author likes traveling very much

D. the author is a success in personal life    

 

C

Scientists smiled as the three young whales swam through the ocean, turning over, jumping, and racing one another in circles around the ship. After spending seven months in a 60,000 gallon (228,000-liter) pool at the New England Aquarium(水族館)in Boston, Mass, the whales were now free.

The pilot whales, named Notch Small and Tag, had been staying at the pool ever since they were saved after running aground (擱淺地) on a Cape Cod beach in Massachusetts last December. Although about 60 other whales died during that running aground the three young whales were saved and nursed back to health. Last June, the whales were freed from a ship about 120 miles (152 kilometers) off the coast of Massachusetts. When the three whales finally swam away from the ship. scientists on board cheered. The event, say the biologists, marked the first time that a group of whales has been saved, cared for, and freed back into the wild.

No one knows what causes whales to run aground. Some biologists think that gently sloping beaches may upset the whales’ sonar systems(聲納系統(tǒng)). Whales find schools of fish and other objects by bouncing sonar waves off the objects. When a whale approaches a gently sloping beach, the sonar waves may bounce away(反彈)from the whale instead of toward it. The whale may end up in shallow water and run aground.

Other experts think a leader of a group of whales becomes ill and beaches itself. Because whales often band together, other whales soon follow, running aground as well.

64. After spending seven months in a pool the pilot whales, named Notch Small and Tag, were freed in ____________.

       A. autumn                                                B. spring                     

C. winter                                                  D. summer

65. The scientists ____________ in saving, caring for and releasing into the wild any grounded whales before this event.

       A. had been less successful                               

B. had never been successful

       C. had even been successful                              

D. had once been successful

66. Some scientists believe that once the leading whale in a group falls ill and runs aground, ___________.

       A. others may band together                             

B. others may fall ill, too.

       C. others will not care for it and run away

       D. others will follow and beach themselves, too.

67. When a whale approaches a gently sloping beach, ____________.

       A. it may be able to send out sonar waves

       B. its sonar waves may not bounce back to it

       C. its sonar waves may disappear

       D. its sonar waves become stronger 

 

D

About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked, “So, how have you been?” And the boy, who could not have been more than seven or eight years old, replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed (壓抑的) lately.”

This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school.

The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike any more. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.

Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why?

Human development is based not only on innate (天生的) biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. Movement from one social route to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.

In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation (揭示) machine has been installed in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information, and indiscriminately (不加區(qū)分地), to all viewers alike, whether children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures.

Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access. Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practices. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.

68. According to the author, feeling depressed is ______________.

A. a sure sign of a psychological problem in a child   

       B. an unavoidable case of children’s mental development

       C. something hardly to be expected in a young child

       D. a mental sale present in all humans, including children

69. The phenomenon that today’s children seem adult-like is considered by the author to ___________ .

       A. the widespread influence of television

       B. the poor arrangement of teaching content

       C. the fast pace of human intellectual development

       D. the constantly rising standard of living

70. Why is the author in favor of communication through print for children?

A. It enables children to gain more social information.

       B. It develops children’s interest in reading and writing.

       C. It helps children to memorize and practice more.

       D. It can control what children are to learn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

第Ⅱ卷 (三部分 共35分)

第四部分 單詞拼寫(xiě)(共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分)

根據(jù)首字母或中文提示,寫(xiě)出下列各句中所缺單詞。

單詞拼寫(xiě)

任務(wù)型閱讀

書(shū)面表達(dá)

總 分

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. The Edinburgh train will depart from that _____________(月臺(tái))over there.

2. How many students have ____________(注冊(cè))for English classes?

3. She made a rude ___________(手勢(shì))at the other driver.

4. They are asked to plant the beans at a __________ (深度)of about six inches.

5. 31 people have been injured in ___________(暴力的)incidents throughout the day.

6. On winter nights temperatures sometimes fall to m_________ 30° in Montreal.

7. They spent a lot of money e__________ the school with new computers.

8. We were d__________ in the football match by 3 goals to 2.

9. The d____________ for applications was May 30th. I’m afraid you’ve missed it.

10. They’ve had to c__________ tomorrow’s football match because of the bad weather.

 

第五部分 任務(wù)型閱讀 (共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分)

    請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文,并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格的空格處里填人最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。

注意:每個(gè)空格填1個(gè)單詞。

The secret of success

Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared more than 800 commercials for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. “As long as it works,” he said in 1991, “I’ll continue to do those commercials.”

    Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. “He still won’t let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he has never had proper-fitting shoes,” Wendy said in 1993 and told us that sixty-one years ago, Dave Thomas was born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas when he was six weeks old. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking con­struction work. “He fed me,” Thomas said, “and if I got out of line, he’d beat me.” “When I found out I was adopted, I didn’t want to talk about it, and as I talked to people I grew older… I got really a lot of encouragement.” When he was 12 years old, Thomas started working at a barbecue restaurant in Knoxville, Tenne. Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. “I thought if I owned a restaurant,” he said, “I could eat for free.” When he was 24, meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as a manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a million­aire in 1968.

A year later, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6, 000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales.

Thomas got married in 1954 to Lorraine and they had four grown kids besides Wendy. Although troubled by his own experience with an adoption, he felt they could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation for adoption in 1992. Later, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Great High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids vot­ed him “Most likely to succeed”. Thomas is survived by his wife of 47 years, Lorraine, five children and 16 grandchildren. His foundation helps raise awareness for the 134000 foster children available for adoption, and helps make adoption more afford­able. “The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave,” said his friend Pat Williams. “He wasn’t a great actor or a great speaker.” He was just Joe Everybody.”

 

The main events of Dave’s life

 

In (1) _______

He was born to a single mother.

6 weeks old

He was (2) ________ as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas.

At the age of five

Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around (3) ______ construction work.

In 1944

Thomas started working at a (4) ________ in Knoxville, Tenn.

15 years old

He (5) _________out on his own.

In 1954

Thomas (6) _________ Lorraine.

In (7) ________

He met with Harland Sanders.

In 1968

He became a (8) ________.

In 1969

Thomas (9)________ the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, in Columbus.

In 1992, he started the Dave Thomas Foundation for adoption. His foundation helps raise awareness for the 134000 foster children available for adoption. In 2001, Thomas (10) _______ away.

 

第六部分  書(shū)面表達(dá)(滿分15分)

請(qǐng)根據(jù)下列兩幅圖用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)一篇短文,短文內(nèi)容須包括以下幾個(gè)要點(diǎn):

    ① 媽媽阻止兒子去扶摔倒的女孩;

    ② 兒子對(duì)于倒了的油瓶置之不理。

    ③ 寫(xiě)作時(shí)要有適當(dāng)發(fā)揮,語(yǔ)言連貫,要寫(xiě)出媽媽的驚詫,還要寫(xiě)出你對(duì)此幅漫畫(huà)的感受和想法。

④ 詞數(shù):150左右。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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通州市2009屆高三第一次統(tǒng)一測(cè)試

一、1-5  BACAB   6-10  ACCAA    11-15  CCBBC    16-20  ABBAC

二、21-25  BABDC   26-30  ACBDC  31-35  BCDBA

36-40  CABDB  41-45  BACDA  46-50  DBADA  51-55  BCBCC

三、56-60  CADBB   61-65  CADDB   66-70  DBCAD

四、1. platform  2. registered 3. gesture  4. depth  5. violent 

6. minus  7. equipping  8. defeated  9. deadline  10. cancel

五、1.1932  2.  adopted  3.seeking  4. restaurant  5. moved  

6. married  7. 1956  8. millionaire  9. started   10. passed

六、

One day, a mother and her son were taking a walk when they saw a little girl fall over. The boy wanted to help her up but his mother stopped him and said, “Don’t do that, otherwise others will think it was you who knocked her down.” A few days later, when she got home, the mother was shocked at seeing her son just leave the fallen oil bottle lying on the ground. She asked him why he didn’t put it in place, but the boy talked back, “If I had straightened the bottle up, you would have thought that I did it.”

I disagree with what the mother did in the story. I think parents should not only care for their children’s health, but their minds. They should let their children know it’s a pleasure to help others who are in trouble.

 

聽(tīng)力原文

(Text 1)

M: I think it’s going to rain.

W: I guess so. The skies are dark and cloudy.

(Text 2)

M: Lucy is going back to China next month, Alice.

W: Oh, really?

M: And she will not meet Richard this time.

(Text 3)

W: I hate to say it. But Jacky isn’t doing well in the film.

M: Well, I think he’s only playing a different type of role. My sister thinks he is still the best.

(Text 4)

M: Professor Miners, could I talk to you about my paper?

W: Sure. Come to my office between two to three. It’s Room 340.

(Text 5)

W: OK. Time to go home.

M: I can’t. I haven’t finished the report about the newly opened restaurant.

W: Well. If you carry on working like that, you’ll make yourself ill.

(Text 6)

M: I haven’t seen you for a long time. Where have you been?

W: I went to New York to visit my sister and stayed there for two months. Actually, I really went to meet my new nephew.

M: That’s great! How old is he?

W: Well. He was five months old when I got there. And he could possibly be the most beautiful baby I have ever seen.

M: What did you do in your sister’s home?

W: I helped the baby and played with him a lot, which was nice. But what I enjoyed most was feeding him.

 

(Text 7)

 

M: Air pollution is so bad in this city. I think the government should stop people from driving cars on certain days.

W: You have a point. Air pollution is a problem. But not letting people drive on certain days is a bad idea. People have to go to work by car.

M: I’m afraid I don’t agree with you there. Reducing air pollution is really important. People are so used to driving that they don’t think about ways to do things. If we stop them from driving on certain days, maybe they could think of new ways to get around.

W: I see your point. But I still think it wouldn’t be possible to stop people from driving.

 

 (Text 8)

M: Let’s go and have lunch together.

W: OK!

M: By the way, I’m thinking of going to New Zealand around Christmas for three weeks. It’s such a beautiful country. I’ve never been there before.

W: Have you booked the flight?

M: Not yet. I’m planning to book my flight in two weeks’ time

W: Book your flight right now.

M: Why?

W: Because the longer you leave it, the more expensive it will be. As a matter of fact, the prices may double at Christmas time. New Zealanders usually go home for Christmas.

M: Then I’m going to book my flight tomorrow morning.

 

(Text 9)

M: Hello!

W: Hello, Mike! This is Jane.

M: Oh. Hello, Jane!

W: Listen, Mike! I’ve got a real problem.

M: What is it?

W: The car’s broken down.

M: Oh, not again.

W: Yeah. I checked the oil and I checked almost everything. It’s just not starting at all.

M: You have to get rid of it, you know.

W: I know,Iknow. But look, the thing is, I’ve got to pick Tom up at the airport. Can I……?

M: Use my car? Yes, of course.

W: That’ll be great! It’s very kind of you.

M: Come on when you like. I don’t need it till tonight.

W: OK! I’ll be around in about an hour. Thanks a lot!

M: It’s all right. See you then!

W: See you!

 

(Text 10)

W: OK! When we met last week, we talked about different kinds of short stories and some well-known short story writers. I remember that many of you said you liked the American writer Earnest Hemingway, right? I hope you all followed my advice and finished reading his story “A day’s wait”, because as I said, we’re going to study it together in today’s lesson. Now since you’re supposed to have read this story, let’s have some discussion. Please look at the four questions on the blackboard. First, when and where does the story take place? Second, what does the boy read for in the story and what kind of person does he show himself to be? Third, what kind of person is the boy’s father? Four, what is the writer’s main purpose of writing the story? I’d like you to work in groups of four or five and present your answers in ten minutes. Is everything clear?

 

 

 


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