湖北省孝感市2018-2019学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

湖北省孝感市2018-2019学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

‎2018-2019学年度下学期 孝感市部分普通高中联考协作体期中考试 高二英语试卷 ‎ 命题人：陈昆强 审题人：胡燕 ‎(本试题卷共10页。全卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟)‎ 注意事项：‎ ‎1．答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。‎ ‎2．选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。‎ ‎3．非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。‎ 4． 考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。‎ 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ ‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，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在答题卡上。‎ 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，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 Tom like?‎ A. He has a lot of ideas. B. He is easy to talk with C. He is very generous.‎ ‎2. What did the speakers do?‎ A. They fried the steak. B. They had dinner. C. They attended a party.‎ ‎3. What do we know about Kate?‎ A. She is sick. B She is a doctor. C. She is a nurse.‎ ‎4. What does the woman mean?‎ A. She thought Jones majored in math. B. Jones is good at chemistry. ‎ C. Her major is the same as Jones’.‎ ‎5. Who is the woman?‎ A. The boy’s mother. B. A student. C. A shop owner.‎ 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. When is Lily’s birthday?‎ A. The day after tomorrow. B. Tomorrow. C. Today.‎ ‎7. What will the two speakers buy for Lily?‎ A. Some flowers. B. A purse. C. A box of chocolate.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。‎ ‎8. Why does the man think it a pity?‎ A. It is cheap. B. Its quality is not good. ‎ C. It looks bad on the woman.‎ ‎9. Why doesn’t the woman buy it?‎ A. It’s too dear. B. Its color doesn’t suit her. ‎ C. Its color will fade when it’s washed.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。‎ ‎10. What is the relationship between the two speakers?‎ A. Friends. B. Boss and clerk. C. Doctor and patient.‎ ‎11. What was wrong with the woman?‎ A. She had a fever. B. She had a backache. C. She was lack of sleep.‎ ‎12. What makes the woman feel bad?‎ A. Too much homework. B. Outdoor activity. C. Staying up late.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。‎ ‎13. What are the two speakers talking about?‎ A. Vacation plans. B. A program. C. The daily routine.‎ ‎14. When does Philip plan to get up?‎ A. At 5:30. B. At 6:30. C. At 7:30.‎ ‎15. When does Philip go hiking?‎ A. On Saturdays. B. On Fridays. C. On Tuesdays.‎ ‎16. What does Philip do on Sundays?‎ A. He watches TV. B. He walks his dog. C. He goes swimming.‎ 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。‎ ‎17. When does an earthquake happen?‎ A. When some plates of the earth move suddenly.‎ B. When the sea is too deep.‎ C. When rocks crack.‎ ‎18. Where do a lot of earthquakes often happen?‎ A. On the farms. B. Near the mountains. C. In big cities.‎ ‎19. What can an earthquake cause?‎ A. Seawater increase. B. People’s death. C. Lack of resources.‎ ‎20. What is the earthquake belts’ map showing?‎ A. When earthquakes may happen.‎ B. How earthquakes may happen.‎ C. Where earthquakes may happen.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A The China Daily newspaper group is looking for Englishlanguage senior business editors, senior copy editors, copy editors and graphic designers to strengthen its international team. We offer a competitive salary package, free accommodation with utilities paid for,90 per cent medical reimbursement, a sevenday paid leave, elevenday public holidays and a return ticket to the country of residence.‎ Senior Business Editor You must：‎ assist the business editor in setting goals and working on achieving them；‎ be an excellent team person who can generate ideas and think creatively and be able to rewrite totally if needed and mentor junior staff；‎ ideally have been working or have worked in a position of responsibility and understand what leadership entails；‎ have had at least five years' editing experience working on editing the Business Desk and be familiar with industry software.‎ Senior Copy Editor You must：‎ ‎ work on shifts in the Business Desk and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print；‎ edit or rewrite copy and give snappy headlines and captions；‎ have had at least two years' editing experience working on editing desks and be familiar with industry software.‎ Copy Editor You must： ‎ be good at editing or rewriting copy and writing snappy headlines and captions；‎ be able to work on shifts for different pages, and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print;‎ have two years of editing experience working on copy desks, and be familiar with industry software.‎ Graphic Designer You must：‎ have excellent skills in information graphics；‎ be good at illustrations and freehand drawings；‎ be experienced in newspaper or magazine layouts；‎ have a good sense of typography；‎ have good news judgment；‎ be wellversed with Macintosh software, including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop；‎ be fluent in English.‎ For enquiries or to apply, write to job @ chinadaily.com.cn.‎ ‎21. What is the purpose of this passage?‎ ‎ A. To advise you how to become part of this group.‎ ‎ B. To advertise for employing some good staff members.‎ ‎ C. To describe the working conditions of the China Daily newspaper group.‎ ‎ D. To introduce the positions of the China Daily newspaper group.‎ ‎22. What is not required about Graphic Designer?‎ ‎ A. Speaking English fluently B. Having skills in information graphics.‎ ‎ C. Having a good sense of typography. D. Writing excellent English news.‎ ‎23. How many positions need editing experience?‎ ‎ A. 2. B. 1. C. 3. D. 4.‎ B I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn’t bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to stop rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.‎ One evening, I got off the bus about half way home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to guess if the bus had arrived.‎ Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.‎ But at this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I ‎ stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.‎ ‎24. The girl didn’t accept others’ help because _________.‎ A. she was afraid that she might be recognized B. she insisted she would be looked down upon.‎ C. she believed she was normal and independent D. she thought being found blind was embarrassing ‎25. After the girl got off the bus that evening, she_________.‎ A. hit a person as usual B. began to walk home C. hit a lamppost by accident D. was caught by something ‎ ‎26. What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?‎ A. Other vehicles also stopped there.‎ B. It was unreliable for making judgments ‎ C. More lorries than buses responded to the girl.‎ D. It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.‎ ‎27. Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping__________.‎ A. to find people there B. to find more buses there C. to find the bus by herself there D. to find people more helpful there C When Jeff Sparkman draws his cartoon superheroes with colored pencils, he often has to ask other people to tell him what color his masked men turned out to be because he's color-blind. Now, a new smart phone application (app) can help him figure out what colors he's using and how the picture looks to most everyone else. ‎ The DanKam app, available for iPhone and Android for $2.99, is an application that turns the vague colors that one percent of the population with color-blindness sees into the "true" colors as everyone else sees them. In America, an estimated 32 million color-blind Americans---95% are males---can soon have their life improved.‎ ‎"DanKam takes the stream of data coming in through the phone's camera and changes the colors slightly so they fall within the range that people who are color-blind see," developer Dan Kaminsky told CNET. He came up with the idea after watching the 2009 film Star Trek with a ‎ color-blind friend. ‎ It was then that he got to know more about colorblindness like its varying types and degrees. A vast majority, for instance, have trouble seeing red or green due to a genetic defect(遗传缺陷). Blue-yellow colorblindness, however, is rarer and develops later in life because of aging, illness or head injuries, etc. He started experimenting with one of the most common representations of points in the RGB color model. What the DanKam app attempts to do is to clean up the color space of the image or video signal so that colors can be visible to those suffering from viewing problems. “You can adjust the app to fit your needs. There is a range and not everyone who is color-blind sees things the same.” Says Kaminsky.‎ Sparkman, a copy editor at CNET, tried out the app and was pleased with the results. "It would be useful for dressing for a job interview," he said. But using it for his art is “the most practical application." It worked well on LED and other lights on electronic gadgets, which means Sparkman can now identify the power light on his computer display as green. ‎ ‎28. According to the first two paragraphs, we can know that DanKam ___________. ‎ A. is designed to help people with colorblindness ‎ B. is a phone used to help drawing pictures ‎ C. can turn vague colors into real ones D. appeared in the movie Star Trek ‎ ‎29. How does DanKam’s app work? ‎ ‎ A. It puts LED and other lights on electronic gadgets.‎ ‎ B. It changes the colors so that color-blind people can see them.‎ ‎ C. It checks color-blind people’s types of degrees of colorblindness. ‎ ‎ D. It shows common representations of points in the RGB color model ‎ ‎30. It can be inferred from the passage that colorblindness __________. ‎ ‎ A. cannot be cured by any methods B. is more commonly seen in women ‎ C. is not necessarily inborn disease D. makes people unable to tell any colors ‎ ‎31. The underlined word "visible" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _________. ‎ A. comfortable B. recognizable C. adjustable D. enjoyable ‎ D Shopping in the United States changes a lot. About ninety years ago most people shopped in small stores that were owned by one person or a family. Women went from the bakery to the butcher's to the grocer and on to the fruit and vegetable seller in order to get their food for the week.‎ Then about sixty years ago, supermarkets were born. In a supermarket, people could get all the different kinds of food they needed without going to different stores.‎ The next big change in shopping in the United States was the shopping mall. A shopping mall is a group of stores under one roof. Because malls allowed people to shop without worrying about the weather, they soon became very popular. The mall became a place for people to socialize in addition to shopping. If you walk through a mall, you will see older people sitting, chatting and drinking coffee. Malls are places for teenagers to hang out. Many teens will often just "go to the mall" and spend time with their friends.‎ The recent change in American shopping was the superstore. Large chain stores such as Wal-Mart, Office Depot and Toys "R" Us have been built all across the United States. Because they are so large, they can buy goods at a great discount and sell them much cheaper than smaller stores.‎ Sometimes, when they are built near small towns, many of the small town stores have to close. They just cannot compete with their giant neighbors.‎ And now, online shopping is becoming more and more popular all over the States. People are too busy to go to the physical stores, so they go shopping over the Internet. Online shopping has lots of advantages. For instance, online stores are usually available 24 hours a day. Searching or browsing online shops can be faster than browsing the physical stores. While, online shopping also has its disadvantages. People are at higher risk of being cheated on the part of the merchant than in a physical store. And privacy of personal information may be let out.‎ ‎32. Which of the following shows the right order of shopping development in the United States? ‎ ‎①small stores ②superstores ③shopping malls ④shopping online ⑤supermarkets A. ①②③④⑤ B. ①⑤②③④ C. ②③④①⑤ D. ①⑤③②④‎ ‎33. Which is the place for people to spend time with others according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. Shopping malls. B. Small stores. C. Supermarkets. D. Superstores.‎ ‎34. Why can the superstores sell products at much lower prices?‎ A. Because they are built near small towns.‎ ‎ B. Because they are across the United States.‎ ‎ C. Because they can buy goods at a reduction in the price.‎ ‎ D. Because they sell all kinds of products people need.‎ ‎35. What's the disadvantage of online shopping according to the passage?‎ A. Wasting time. B. Leaking personal information.‎ ‎ C. Fixed prices. D. No chance to do physical activities 第二节 七选五（共5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ We all know that reading to our children is important. Below are some benefits and advantages that highlight the importance of reading to children.‎ Exposure to reading exercises your child's brain. Research shows that specific areas of the brain are affected when young. children are exposed to reading at home from an early age. 36 ‎ Reading develops language skills. Reading books ensures that your child is exposed to vocabulary on different topics; which means they hear words or phrases that they may not hear otherwise in their day-to-day lives. 37 For children who speak more than one language reading is an easy way to help improve their language skills and develop their fluency.‎ ‎ 38 By consistently reading to your child every day, your child will learn to concentrate and sit still for longer periods of time, which can be helpful later on when they go to school.‎ Reading together encourages a thirst for knowledge. 39 It gives, you a .chance to speak about what is happening and use this as a learning experience. It may also develop your child's interest in different cultures or languages.‎ Reading develops a child's imagination and creativity. When we really engage in a book we imagine what the characters are doing. 40 Seeing the excitement on a child's face when they know what is going to be on the next page, or having them guess what is going to happen is one of the most amazing. things to experience.‎ A. We imagine the setting as reality.‎ B. The more words they know the better.‎ C. Reading improves a child's concentration.‎ D. These areas are critical for a child's language development.‎ E. There is a range of books teaching children about different topics.‎ F. Reading to your children leads to questions about the book and the information within.‎ G. However, reading a good book that your child is interested in can be just as entertaining.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（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。‎ When I was in Grade Three, I had a friend named Jack, whose father passed away soon after he was born, and his mother worked at a tailor's shop. I envied him 41 he did well in his studies and he had a 42 ! ‎ The boss of the supermarket, Uncle Adam, had asked Jack to 43 goods to some houses in the morning. In 44 , he would give him a hundred dollars each month. After a month, Jack 45 his pay, $100! We thought he would spend it 46 but he didn't.‎ One day I asked him, "What are you saving the 47 up for. He replied, "OK, I'll tell you, but don't tell anyone else." Then he 48 that he wanted to buy a necklace, for his mom. It would be her birthday two months later. Apparently, he knew his mother 49 wished she could have a necklace.‎ The day finally 50 and Jack took me to Uncle Adam's shop. "Hey, guys. What's up?" Uncle Adam asked when seeing us. "I want to 51 something," Jack pointed at the necklace and asked, '"How much is that worth? "Uncle Adam was 52 "A necklace? Why? Oh, for your mom? How much do you have? I 53 you have got three hundred from me OK, that means.., it is worth, three hundred!" 54 this, Jack jumped with joy "Yes Here you are, three hundred dollars."‎ Uncle Adam took out the necklace. Just as he put it in the box, he 55 a little tag from it, and threw it away. As we were 56 the shop, I saw the tag on the floor. I 57 $1,000 on it! With 58 , I looked up at Uncle Adam. He just winked at me with a 59 face. It was only much later in my life that I finally understood his 60 that day. ‎ ‎41. A .if ‎42. A. chance B. though B. performance C. because ‎ C. reward D. before ‎ D. job ‎43. A. sell ‎ ‎44. A. return ‎45. A. collected ‎46.A. quickly ‎ ‎47. A. energy ‎48. A. showed off ‎49. A. sometimes ‎50. A. approached ‎51. A. buy ‎52. A. depressed ‎53. A. forget ‎54. A. Watching ‎55. A .dragged ‎56. A. cleaning ‎57. A. counted ‎58. A. embarrassment ‎59. A. strange ‎60. A. kindness B. introduce B. case B .obtained B. thoughtfully B. goods B. spoke up B. always B. missed B. carry B. bored B. recall B. Preparing B. tore B. observing B. read B. sadness B. smiling B. lesson C. deliver ‎ C. relief ‎ C. donated C. cautiously C. money C. pointed out C. seldom ‎ C. passed C. borrow C. excited C. know C. Hearing ‎ C. discovered C. leaving ‎ C. paid C. comfort C. natural ‎ C. trick D. supply D. turn D. calculated D. suddenly D. cheque D. let on D. hardly D. started D. fetch D. surprised D. swear D. Doubting D. ignored D. sweeping ‎ D. appealed D. confusion D. plain D. reason 第二节 语法填空（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）或括号内单词的正确形式（不超过3个单词）。‎ Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that will give the reader a strong 61 (impress). Others try to convey certain emotions. Poets use many different forms of poetry to express 62 (they). For example, the language of nursery rhymes 63 (be) concrete but imaginative, and they delight small children because they rhyme, have strong rhythm and a lot of repetition. And list poems have 64 flexible line length and 65 (repeat) phrases which give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem.‎ Another simple form of poem is the cinquain, 66 is made up of five lines and can convey a strong picture in just a few words. Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that 67 (make) up of 17 syllables.‎ And 68 course there are Tang poems from China which you may enjoy in particular.‎ With so many different forms of poetry 69 (choose) from, students may ‎ 70 (eventual) want to write poems of their own.‎ 第四部分 写作（共2节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（/），并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ Last Sunday, some of my classmates and I went to Dong Yong Park for a walk. I saw an old man collecting rubbish throw by people. She was obviously having some difficulty collect some small items, especially cigarette butts. Suddenly a good idea was occurred to me. Why not help him collect the rubbish? Much to my joy, all my classmates agreed me and were willing to give help. So we work hard together with the man and collected much rubbish. Then, we began to leave and waved goodbye to him. I was very tired, but I felt really happily. I really think if all people take actions, it will make a difference and we’ll have an harmonious society. How a good deed！‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Mike不久前去法国留学，他给你写信说很不适应那里的生活。请你根据以下提示用英语给他写一封回信，鼓励他勇敢面对。‎ ‎1. 尊重当地的风俗习惯； 2. 与同学们多交流；‎ ‎3. 积极参加户外活动； 4. 注意与人交往时的礼仪。‎ 注意： 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 词数在100左右，开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。‎ Dear Mike,‎ ‎ ________________________________________________________________________‎ How happy to hear from you again! ‎ ‎2018-2019学年度下学期 孝感市普通高中联考协作体期中考试 高二英语答案 ‎1----5 ABCBC 6----10 ABACA 11----15 BCBAA 16 ----20 BABBC ‎21---23 BDC 24----27 DCBA 28----31ABCB 32----35 DACB ‎36---40 DBCFA ‎41---45CDCAB 46---50 ACDBA 51---55 ADCCB 56----60 CBDBA ‎61. impression 62. themselves 63. is 64. a 65. repeated ‎66. which 67. is made 68. of 69. to choose 70. eventually 第二句：1.throw改为thrown 2. 第三句：She改He ；3.collect改collecting 第四句：4. was去掉 第六句：5.agree和me之间加with 第七句：6.work改worked 第九句：7.happily改happy 第十句：8.actions改action； 9. an改 a ‎ 第十一句：10.How改What One possible version:‎ Dear Mike,‎ How happy to hear from you again! I think it is natural for you not to get used to the life there. Here I have some suggestions for you.‎ First of all, you should respect the local customs there and try to involve yourself in the natives’ lives. Just as the saying goes, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Secondly, don’t be afraid to communicate with French students and make friends with them. Friendship will bring you happiness. What’s more, it’s better for you to join in more outdoor activities with your friends, which may help you relax and have fun. Finally, mind your own manners and modest and honest when getting along with your friends. ‎ I do hope my suggestions will help. May you adapt to your new life and enjoy your stay there.‎ ‎ Yours sincerely, ‎ ‎ Li Hua 听力原文：‎ Text 1‎ W: I can’t think of anything to write about.‎ M: Please ask Tom. He always comes up with something.‎ Text 2‎ W: How did you like the dinner we had just now?‎ M: It was quite delicious, but the beef was a bit too well-done.‎ Text 3‎ M: How’s Kate getting along at the hospital?‎ W: Oh, she’s very happy. She’s wanted to be a nurse ever since she was a little girl.‎ Text 4‎ M: Jones’ major is math.‎ W: I can’t believe she’s not chemistry major.‎ Text 5‎ M: No, I didn’t break the window. It must have been somebody else. I was over there in the park. I wasn’t even near your shop.‎ W: Sure, kid. I believe you.‎ Text 6‎ W: It’s Lily’s birthday tomorrow.‎ M: Are you sure? ⑥I think it should be the day after tomorrow.‎ W: Well, let me see. ⑥Yes, you are right. I made a mistake. Shall we buy her a present?‎ M: Certainly. What shall we buy?‎ W: How about a box of chocolate?‎ M: I hear she’s on a diet. How about flowers? All girls like flowers.‎ W: But Bill will send her lots of flowers.‎ M: Yeah. ⑦What about a purse? Hers doesn’t look good.‎ W: ⑦That’s a good idea.‎ Text 7‎ W: How do I look?‎ M: Not bad. Does it fit all right?‎ W: Er, it’s a bit tight round here.‎ M: I really like the color. Suits you.‎ W: Mm. ⑨The trouble is that the color will run when it’s washed and then I’ll never wear it.‎ M: ⑧Pity, as it’s reduced in the sale.‎ W: Oh, never mind. Let’s try somewhere else.‎ Text 8‎ M: ⑩Hi, Betty, how are you? I haven’t seen you for days! What happened to you?‎ W: Well, I’ve been a little ill.‎ M: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. I didn’t know. What’s wrong?‎ W: Actually, ⑪I had a backache.‎ M: Oh, dear! Are you all right now?‎ W: Oh, yes, thanks. It began on Wednesday and it’s been three days. I haven’t been that ill for a long time. And that’s why I’m able to join in today’s picnic. I need some outdoor activities. I’m just feeling a little tired.‎ M: Oh, perhaps you’ve been working too hard.‎ W: ⑫I think you’re right. I have to stay up really late at night to study for the final exam.‎ M: Well, make sure you get as much rest as you can. Take better care of yourself.‎ Text 9‎ W: Hey, Philip. You were on time today!‎ M: Yeah, ⑬I think you’ll be impressed with my new exercise program.‎ W: What? What are you talking about? What exercise program?‎ M: Well, you know, I enjoy staying in shape. First, ⑭I generally get up every morning at 5:30.‎ W: Oh, yeah, since when? You don’t get out of bed until at least 7:30 am.‎ M: Since this Monday. I have been trying to get up earlier these days.‎ W: Oh, I see.‎ M: I plan to go jogging for about half an hour in the morning.‎ W: Hey, jogging to the refrigerator for a glass of milk doesn’t count.‎ M: Of course. And before I leave for jogging, I lift weights, Tuesdays and Thursdays for about an hour after work. This will help me build muscle strength.‎ W: What else?‎ M: Finally, ⑮ I will go hiking on Saturdays with my dog.‎ W: Oh, sounds good!‎ M: Well, uh, as for Fridays, I will just relax at home by watching a movie or inviting you over to visit. ⑯And on Sundays, I take the day off from exercising, but I usually take my dog for a walk.‎ W: Well, you must be looking forward to Fridays and Sundays.‎ Text 10‎ W: Earthquakes may happen anywhere on the earth. ⑰When some plates of the earth move suddenly, an earthquake happens. Many earthquakes begin under the sea. ⑱They often happen near the mountains, too. During an earthquake, the shaking makes rocks rise suddenly and even crack open. ⑲Houses fall, people are killed or hurt, and sometimes the whole villages or cities are destroyed.‎ Can we do something to keep ourselves safe from earthquakes? Scientists have studied earthquakes and made maps that show the “earthquake belts”. ⑳In areas in these belts, it’s possible for earthquakes to happen. In these areas we should build strong houses to fight against earthquakes.‎ In the future, scientists will be able to tell when and where an earthquake will be before they happen.‎