山东省青岛平度市教研2020届高三3月模拟检测英语试卷

山东省青岛平度市教研2020届高三3月模拟检测英语试卷

英语试题 ‎ ‎（考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120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 阅读理解 （共两节，满分50分）‎ 第一节:（共15小题；每小题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 The Great Wall，China Stretching over 21,000 kilometers, the Great Wall was built to prevent invasions and has a history of more than 2,000 years. UNESCO in February 2019 calls it “an absolute masterpiece, not only because of the ambitious character of the undertaking but also the perfection of its construction.” ‎ But perfection isn’t protection. 51.2 percent of the Great Wall had either already disappeared or is at a significant risk of disappearing. Besides for wind and rain erosion, the main reasons for the destruction of the Great Wall are human factors such as tourism, construction, human contact and so on.‎ Pamukkale‎, ‎Turkey‎ ‎ ‎ Pamukkale, which means “cotton castle” in Turkish, is famous for its shining white calcite terraces (方解石阶地) with warm and mineral-rich waters overrun.‎ ‎ Before being listed as a World Heritage Site in 1988, Pamukkale had been severely damaged by human activities. People used hot spring water to fill swimming pools, some visitors stood on the rocks and some even bathed in the hot springs with soap and shampoo. To protect the terraces, the Turkish government has decided to pull down the hotels and require all tourists to visit this site barefoot.‎ Great Barrier Reef‎, ‎Australia ‎ Home to 400 types of coral and 1,500 species of fish，the Great Barrier Reef draws visitors to Australia from all over the world. ‎ However, the Great Barrier Reef is expected to suffer from increasingly frequent bleaching events, cases in which corals turn white and may die, according to a UNESCO report. The heat waves caused by global warming have killed half of the coral here in the two years, according to a ‎ CNN report. Pollution from industry developments and harmful fishing practices are also big concerns.‎ The Dead Sea, ‎Jordan At 423 meters below sea level, the Dead Sea is 10 times saltier than the ocean, meaning that the water is so dense, even tourists who can’t swim will be able to float.‎ But the seaside resorts built in the 1980s now sit kilometers away from the water’s edge, which has lost half of its surface area in the past 40 years. The damage is irreversible due to the nature of the mineral industry and the type of agricultural use that has drained the water.‎ ‎1. Which are you required to visit without shoes?‎ A.The Great Wall‎, ‎China.‎ B. Pamukkale‎, ‎Turkey.‎ C. Great Barrier Reef‎, ‎Australia.‎ D. The Dead Sea, Jordan.‎ ‎2. Which of the following statements is true?‎ A. Main reasons for the destruction of the Great Wall come from wind and rain erosion.‎ B. Pamukkale was damaged by human activities after 1988.‎ C. Pollution and the heat waves caused by global warming kill much coral in the Great Barrier Reef.‎ D. Half of the Dead Sea surface area has disappeared in the past two decades.‎ ‎3. What do the above spots have in common?‎ A. They are all famous endangered natural spots.‎ B. They’re damaged only from human activities.‎ C. They all draw the attention of the governments.‎ D. They’re all seriously damaged.‎ B Vijay Gupta is known to classical music lovers across the United States. He serves as first violinist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In that job, he often plays to large crowds, including many very rich people. When he is not performing, he organizes concerts for homeless people. “They have reminded me why I became a musician,” he said.‎ Last week, Gupta was recognized for being a founder and the artistic director of Street Symphony. The group has performed at homeless shelters, jails and halfway houses for about eight years. Gupta is among the 25 winners of the 2018 MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the “genius grant.” Each winner will receive $625,000 over five years to use as they wish. The money is coming from a private group, the John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation. It awards grants ‎ (补助金) to people whose work it considers exceptional and that “inspires hope in us all.” Gupta said he got the idea for Street Symphony while teaching Nathaniel Ayers, a trained musician whose mental illness led to homelessness. ‎ The 31-year-old grant winner said he does not know yet how he will spend the money. He has been a performer since age seven and the award will give him “space to breathe, plan and look ahead.”‎ Another winner is Rebecca Sandefur, an associate professor of sociology and law in the University‎ of ‎Illinois. The Associated Press says her research actively supports new ways to involve poor communities in the U.S.‎ justice system.‎ ‎47-year-old Sandefur created the first national mapping of civil legal aid providers. It shows which states had the financial resources to provide such aid and which did not. She also found that the cost of legal services is only one of the things preventing poor people from getting lawyers. Among the others are fears about unfairness in the legal system. Sandefur noted that a lot of attention has been paid to problems with the criminal justice system, but more attention must be paid to the civil side of the law, which also affects millions of people. ‎ ‎4. Why did Gupta win the award?‎ A. For his achievements in classical music.‎ ‎ B. For performing for large crowds.‎ ‎ C. For organizing a group playing for the homeless. ‎ ‎ D. For the friendship with Nathaniel Ayers.‎ ‎5. What do we know about MacArthur Fellowship?‎ A. It is founded by the government.‎ B. It offers $625,000 to 25 winners in 2018.‎ C. It allows the winners to use the money freely.‎ D. It awards people who make great contributions to society. ‎ ‎6. What was the extraordinary thing that Sandefur did?‎ A. She made it easier to get legal help for the poor. ‎ ‎ B. She made the legal system fairer. ‎ ‎ C. She paid more attention to the criminal justice system.‎ ‎ D. She offered legal aids to the poor freely.‎ ‎7.Which can be the best title for the passage?‎ ‎ A. Grants winners, inspiring the poor ‎ B. The city homeless, in need of help ‎ C. Vijay Gupta , an extraordinary violinist ‎ D. MacArthur Foundation, awarding exceptional work C Solar power is helping bring about a future of cleaner energy, but there are limits to where rigid solar panels (刚性太阳能电池板) can go. A new kind of solar cell made with a mineral called perovskite (钙钛矿) can go almost anywhere, says physicist Olga Malinkiewicz. We can use perovskite cells on the surfaces of the building, on the roofs of the buildings, on the roofs of the cars and on the electronic devices. We can use it on the sails. We can use it in the balls, tents and unlimited applications. Malinkiewicz says perovskite has become a favorite among solar panel researchers. Because it can be printed, everyone can use it on every surface. ‎ Malinkiewicz developed a way to print perovskite panels like an inkjet printer. She co-founded a company to produce them, called Soleil Technologies, after the Baltic sun goddess. Construction company Skanska is testing the panels at their Warsaw headquarters. Adam Targowski is sustainable (可持续的) development manager for Skanska. They work perfectly, even when they are not well exposed to sunlight. So we can use them in all surfaces of the building. Soleil calculates that about one square meter of panel can supply a day’s worth of power for one worker’s computer and lights. And they keep getting better as research continues, says the company’s scientific director Konrad Wojciechowski.‎ For other technologies, it took decades to really enter markets. Perovskite has been around only for few years in scientific research, so there is still a lot to be done, but potential is basically pretty much unlimited, I think. There are still durability and other problems to work out, but several companies expect to have perovskite panels on the market this year.‎ ‎8. What do we know about perovskite solar cell from the first paragraph?‎ A. It’s delicate. B. It’s complex. C. It’s flexible. D. It’s expensive.‎ ‎9. What does the underlined word “they” in the second paragraph refer to?‎ A. Skanska and Adam Targowski. ‎ B. Malinkiewicz and Skanska.‎ C. Soleil Technologies. ‎ D. Perovskite panels.‎ ‎10. What can we infer from the last paragraph?‎ ‎ A. It needs years to put perovskite panels into markets.‎ ‎ B. Scientists think perovskite panels are ready for markets.‎ ‎ C. Perovskite has been studied for decades. ‎ ‎ D. Perovskite panels will soon be seen in the market. ‎ ‎11. What is the main purpose of the passage?‎ ‎ A. To explain how to use perovskite panels.‎ ‎ B. To introduce perovskite panels.‎ ‎ C. To advertise a new solar power cell.‎ ‎ D. To propose scientists to further study perovskiet cells.‎ D We’ve all been there: those times you need to argue your point of view to someone who you know disagrees with you. You immediately go to your keyboard and start to type out that 280-character tweet, the Facebook reply, or a paragraphs-long email. Surely the reason, logic, and strong power of your written words will convince whoever it is who disagrees with you to see your point of view. But new research suggests a different idea. ‎ That research was conducted by Juliana Schroeder, assistant professor of University of California, Berkeley, and her colleagues. In Schroeder’s study of almost 300 people, participants were asked to watch, listen, and read arguments about subjects they agreed or disagreed with. They were asked to judge the character of the communicator and the quality of the argument. Schroeder’s team found that the participants who watched or listened to the communicator were less dismissive (抵触的) of their claims than when they read that communicator’s same argument.‎ The idea for her study came from a newspaper article about a politician. One of us read a speech that was printed in a newspaper from a politician with whom he strongly disagreed. The next week, he heard the exact same speech playing on a radio station. He was shocked by how different his reaction was toward the politician when he read the speech compared to when he heard it. When he read the statement, the politician seemed idiotic, but when he heard it spoken, the politician actually sounded reasonable.‎ ‎  So in the workplace, speaking to someone in person often involves nothing more than walking a few doors down to their office. And that’s exactly what you should do if you need to convince that boss or colleague of why your blueprint for the company or project is the right one. ‎ Only as a last way should you try to communicate with someone who you disagree with over social media. Twitter’s limited text allowance and social media users’ short attention make arguing your point an uphill battle. ‎ ‎12. What’s the result of the research?‎ A.Written words are more logical and reasonable. ‎ B. People prefer to communicate with key board. ‎ C. When reading an argument, the participants were less dismissive than hearing it.‎ D. Oral, not written, communication works better.‎ ‎13. Why is the politician mentioned in paragraph3?‎ A. To introduce the topic for discussion.‎ B. To summarize the previous paragraphs.‎ C. To explain why Schroeder conducted the research. ‎ D. To introduce the politician’s speech.‎ ‎14. What does the underlined word “idiotic”in paragraph 3 mean?‎ A. Wise. B. Practical. C. Silly. D. Special.‎ ‎15. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?‎ A. To persuade your boss, you need to walk to his office and leave a message. ‎ B. It’s difficult to fully explain your points due to social media’s limitation.‎ C. Arguing over social media is more convenient than speaking in person.‎ D. Communicating with others over social media is encouraged. ‎ 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。‎ Anyone who knows me well would see me as an optimist. 16 This was the case for me on a particularly cold January day. ‎ I felt exhausted by the painful challenges I was dealing with in my personal life. 17 ‎ ‎— The gray sky blocked even a single ray of sunlight.‎ About midway through the day，I left work to get some lunch. Still feeling negative，I noticed that the sun had come out for a moment. I began to think about my negative attitude and reminded myself that I was responsible for choosing my state of mind. 18 Even though I reminded myself of this truth, I couldn’t make the change. ‎ As I stopped at a red light, I looked at the car in front of mine. The personalized license plate caught my eye — It read “SUNZOUT”. This brought an immediate smile to my face. 19 And in the midst of the longest, darkest, coldest winter, this in itself was a blessing. But then my eyes moved to the car that was next to the SUNZOUT vehicle. The license plate on that car read “GROUCH”. This brought more than a smile to my face as I laughed out loud! Seeing the two opposite license plates at that exact moment in time strengthened my previous recognition of my ability to choose my attitude. 20 ‎ I returned to work and share my story with several co-workers who responded with warm laughter at what I refer to as my “message from beyond”. I learned that day that when we’re feeling too discouraged to bring ourselves out of an active state, relief is only a prayer away!‎ A. The weather seemed to match my mood B. Pessimists think the opposite way, however. ‎ C. However, even optimists can temporarily lose hope. ‎ D. It felt like a reminder that the sun was shining after all. ‎ E. Do you think that the sunshine will spread throughout your life? ‎ F. I felt my spirit lift as I made the decision to choose a positive attitude. ‎ G. While I could not ignore the pain I was going through, I could choose to think positively.‎ 第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）‎ 第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ ‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后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。‎ One hot summer I was traveling down the freeway on a day journey to Los Angeles. During my travel down the highway another motorist suddenly started 21 into my lane(车道). Being in the far right lane, my car was forced onto the 22 of the road. Being a professional driver, I ‎ ‎ 23 moved my car back onto the highway without allowing the violent anger caused by it to ‎ ‎ 24 me. ‎ ‎ 25 I wasn’t very happy with the person for cutting me off, I decided to consider it an honest mistake — a lack of 26 to the lane change, a driver lost in a good daydream. It certainly could not have been an 27 act. The car 28 after cutting me off and soon was out of sight.‎ ‎ After a while, I came around a bend and found the 29 motorist on the side of the road. He was an elderly gentleman who was 30 along the side of the freeway on this hot day. With the nearest 31 being at least twenty miles away, I decided to 32 and see what the problem was.‎ The man’s car had a 33 tire and while he had a spare tire, he had no tools to change it. I decided to help him. Fifteen minutes later, I was hot, sweaty and 34 , but I sure did feel good ‎ after a random act of 35 to someone who had earlier run me off the road.‎ ‎21. A. breaking B. pushing C. rushing D. jumping ‎ ‎22. A. shoulder B. middle C. end D. surface ‎ ‎23. A. frightenedly B. nervously C. violently D. skillfully ‎ ‎24. A. hurt B. consume C. stop D. approach ‎ ‎25. A. Because B. When C. While D. Since ‎ ‎26. A. ambition B. attention C. enthusiasm D. consideration ‎ ‎27. A. intentional B. imagined C. perfect D. amazing ‎ ‎28. A. broke down B. pulled up C. sped away D. powered off ‎ ‎29. A. regretful B. brave C. pitiful D. same ‎ ‎30. A. driving B. pacing C. racing D. climbing ‎ ‎31. A. markets B. police C. services D. gas station ‎ ‎32. A. sit B. respond C. return D. stop ‎33. A. special B. flat C. extra D. firm ‎ ‎34. A. annoyed B. dirty C. anxious D. hungry ‎ ‎35. A. creation B. aggression C. heroism D. kindness 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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Many high school students in the United States get training in construction skills by building real houses. The project 36 (run) by the Waterloo‎ Career ‎Center. The center offers students different programs designed 37 (prepare) them for careers in technical fields. ‎ Students from the Waterloo Community School District 38 (recent) took part in construction training that centered on the skill of masonry (砖石建筑) – work done with stone, brick or concrete materials. The students spent five days at their school learning 39 experienced workers from the Masonry Institute of Iowa, a 40 (profession) organization. The workers taught the students 41 to mix mortar (灰浆) and build walls with bricks and blocks. The students moved the mortar onto 42 (piece) of wood and then added bricks and blocks to form walls.‎ Chris Busch helped oversee the students’ efforts. As the students worked, Busch 43 (offer) them an important piece of advice. He told the students to be sure to use a leveling tool to check that the wall stands straight and level. West High student Nathan Elliott told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier newspaper that this kind of learning was much better 44 sitting at a computer. Other students also said it got them 45 (excite) about future careers in construction. ‎ 第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节: 应用文写作（满分15分）‎ 假定你是学校对外联络部长李华，暑假将带队去英国友好学校交流。请你给对方负责人Smith先生写一封邮件，洽谈相关事项，内容包括：‎ 1. 访问的具体时间；‎ 2. 希望参加的活动。‎ 注意：‎ 1. 词数100左右；‎ 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ 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。‎ Robert and Henry were two friends in the same class. They always played together and went home together. One day Robert and Henry were going home from school, when, on turning a corner, Robert cried out, “A fight! Let’s go and see!”‎ ‎“No,” said Henry. “Let us go quietly home and not meddle with(插手) this quarrel. We have nothing to do with it and may get into mischief(trouble). Also our parents are expecting to have dinner with us together at home and I don’t want them to worry about me. ”‎ ‎“You are a coward, and afraid to go,” said Robert, and off he ran. Henry went straight home, and in the afternoon went to school as usual.‎ But Robert had told all the boys that Henry was a coward, and they laughed at him a great deal. From then on, they looked down upon Henry and didn’t want to play with him together.‎ Henry was sad but he wasn’t angry with Robert for his rude behavior, because he learned that true courage is shown most in bearing misunderstanding when it was not deserved, and that he ought to be afraid of nothing but doing wrong. Thus, he just ignored the other boys’ laughter and continued to go to school and study as well. However, Robert didn’t invite Henry to go home with him anymore. Instead, he had some other boys who also thought Henry was a coward. Every day after school, they didn’t go home directly but went to the river or somewhere to play games and had a lot of fun.‎ A few days later, Robert was bathing with his new friends in a river, and got out of his depth. He struggled, and screamed for help, but all in vain. The boys who had called Henry a coward got out of the water as fast as they could, but they did not even try to help him.‎ 注意：‎ ‎1.所续写短文的词数应为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:‎ Robert was fast sinking. ______________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ Paragraph 2:‎ Thus, Robert’s life was saved.‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ 英语参考答案 第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分50分）‎ ‎（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）‎ ‎1-3 BCD 4-7 CCAA 8-11 CDDB 12-15DCCB 16-20 CAGDF ‎ 第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）‎ 第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ ‎21-25 CADBC 26-30 BACDB 31-35CDBBD ‎ 第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎36. is run 37. to prepare 38. recently 39. from 40. professional ‎41. how 42. pieces 43. offered 44. than 45. excited 第四部分：写作 第一节: 应用文写作（满分15分）‎ ‎ 参考答案(略)‎ 一、评分原则 ‎①本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分。‎ ‎②词数过多或过少（80-120词为合理区间），减2分。‎ ‎③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。评分档次的确定应在内容符合题目要求的前提下侧重于语言的表达。‎ ‎④评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容切题，语言表达准确、多样、连贯、得体。‎ ‎⑤拼写与标点符号是语言表达准确的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。‎ ‎⑥如书写太潦草，以至影响辨认，将分数降低一个档次。‎ 二．各档次的给分范围和要求 第五档（21-25）：‎ 完全完成了试题规定的任务，所有内容与提示吻合，应用了较丰富的语法结构和词汇，语法结构与词汇应用准确，虽有个别错误，但不影响意义的表达；具备较强的语言运用能力；恰当使用了语句间的连接成分，全文结构紧凑，完全达到了预期的写作目的。‎ 第四档（15-20分）：‎ 完成了试题规定的任务，主要内容与提示吻合，应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求，语法结构与词汇应用基本准确，个别错误对意义的表达有一定影响，较恰当地使用了语句间的连接成分，全文结构较紧凑，达到了预期的写作目的。‎ 第三档（10-14分）：‎ 基本完成了试题规定的任务，主要内容与提示比较吻合，应用的语法结构和词汇能基本满足任务的要求。‎ 有一些语法结构与词汇的错误，对意义的表达有较大影响，基本能使用语句间的连接成分，全文结构比较松散。整体而言，基本达到了预期的写作目的。‎ 第二档（5-9分）：‎ 仅完成试题规定的部分任务，主要内容与提示基本吻合，语法结构单调，应用词汇有限，有较多语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响了意义的表达，语句间的连接成分运用不当，缺少连贯性，信息未能清楚地传达给读者。‎ 第一档（1-4分）‎ 未完成试题规定的任务，主要内容与提示不太吻合，语法结构单一，应用词汇十分有限，有较多语法结构或词汇方面的严重错误，严重影响了意义的表达，缺乏语句间的连接成分，内容不连贯，信息未能传达给读者。‎ ‎0分：未能传达给读者任何信息：内容太少，无法评判；写的内容均与所要求内容无关或所写内容无法看清。‎ 第二节: 读后续写（满分25分）‎ 参考答案 略 ‎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）内容的丰富性和对所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）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。‎ 听力原文：‎ Text 1‎ W: I’m gonna throw out this ugly dress! I don’t even remember why I bought it in the first place! ‎ M: Well, it’s such a beautiful material. Just get it to a tailor. A few changes will make it lovely. ‎ Text 2‎ M: Father’s sixtieth birthday is coming. ‎ W: How should we celebrate it for him?‎ M: I plan to take the whole family for a big meal in a fancy restaurant. I’ll also invite some relatives. ‎ Text 3‎ W: Guess what happened to me last night. ‎ M: What was it?‎ W: My phone rang when I was sound asleep. It was my friend Mary. Her car couldn’t start when she passed my house. So I invited her to spend the night. ‎ Text 4‎ W: Do you want to watch a movie tonight?‎ M: No, I want to spend the night at grandma’s. ‎ W: If you go, I’ll go with you. I miss her so much. ‎ M: Then let’s go over to her place after Mom comes back. ‎ Text 5‎ M: Before we begin today’s lecture, I want to invite Dr. Kathleen White to talk about the plan for the afternoon. ‎ W: Prof. Brookings, I just talked to Dr. White. She said she will be a little late today because she got stuck in traffic. ‎ M: Oh, thank you, Dr. Mildens. In that case, I’ll begin the lecture now, and Dr. White can tell us about the afternoon later on. ‎ Text 6‎ M: Did you and your brother have a good time at the Media Camp?‎ W: Yes, it was great. He went for film-making and I chose poster design. ‎ M: What made you decide to go there? Did your brother talk you into it(说服)?‎ W: Actually I persuaded him. I read about it in a magazine. I knew he’d be interested because he wants to work in the movie industry. I don’t, but I was getting a bit fed up with（对……厌倦）always spending the summer doing the same old things, so I applied as soon as I heard about it. ‎ Text 7‎ M: Hey, Julia. You look unhappy. What’s the matter?‎ W: Oh hi, James. I really want to be in my friend’s band, but they say I can’t sing. ‎ M: Well, you’ve got a great new electric guitar, haven’t you?‎ W: Yes, but they don’t need another guitar player. ‎ M: You see, I play in a band. Perhaps you could play with us. I’ll ask the others. ‎ W: Really? Who’s in your band?‎ M: There’s Pete and Danny. They’re brothers. And then there’s Joe—the pianist, you know, the tall American boy. We need a girl in the band. Let me ask them. ‎ W: OK. We can practice in my garage. ‎ Text 8‎ M: Next month all the people in our class have to spend a week going to work instead of going to school. I wondered if I could come to work with you. ‎ W: But you don’t want to be a lawyer. You’ve always said you want to do something different from your dad and me. Let’s think of somewhere else you could go, like a hospital. ‎ M: But I might want to be a lawyer. ‎ W: What are all your friends going to do during this special week?‎ M: Most of them want to work with children in a primary school for a week. I really want to know what a lawyer is really like and what you really do. ‎ W: Well, I’m not happy about it. But if it’s what you really want and you promise not to be upset if you’re bored, I’ll do it. ‎ M: OK, I promise. ‎ Text 9‎ W: Chris, I would like to know, what kind of food you eat in Belgium. ‎ M: We have our fish, our meat, our wines, our fruit…‎ W: I mean what is popular about Belgian food?‎ M: Well, it’s a bit different in Belgium as I think it is here in New York. We really enjoy the tables. We don’t go out for dinner that often but when we go out we stay at a table for three or four hours. It starts with appetizers, then it may be a soup, then it’s the main dish, then it’s still an ice-cream or something. ‎ W: It takes so much time to have dinner in your country! ‎ M: Yeah. We really enjoy eating and it goes slow. Last winter, a friend from Portugal went to Belgium with me. For Christmas dinner, we met at 5:30 and then we started with some drinks. I think we ate from 6 o’clock in the afternoon till 12 o’clock that night. ‎ W: Wow! You must be fat there if you eat that much. ‎ M: In fact we don’t. We don’t do it that often, but if we do, then of course the next day or the next few days you see people just don’t eat much. ‎ Text 10‎ W: And now for our Mystery Person of the week and your chance to win one of our amazing prizes. Last week’s competition produced a huge response and the first five answers pulled out of the box received $100 worth of sports bags. And if you didn’t win last week, here’s another chance. And this week’s prize is even bigger. We are giving away ten prizes of$250 worth of i-Watches to mark the first anniversary of the show, so get your pens ready to take down the address details. Just write the name of the person you think is our Mystery Person and send it to Mystery Draw, PO Box 5110‎‎, ‎London. The address will be repeated at the end of the show for those of you who didn’t get it. And now let me introduce our mystery person this week. He is a very well-known footballer who plays for a famous club, and has also played for his national team. He is very talented and is very popular, especially for the part he played in a famous footballing victory. He has no famous wife, and speaks French but not a Frenchman. If you think you know who he is, then send your answer on a postcard to Mystery Draw, PO Box 5110‎‎, ‎London. That’s PO Box‎ 5110‎. We don’t accept letters. And please don’t forget to write your name and telephone number, too. ‎