湖北省荆门市2019届高三元月调考英语试题

湖北省荆门市2019届高三元月调考英语试题

荆门市2019年高三年级元月调考 英 语 ‎（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分 试卷共10页）‎ 命题人：龙泉中学 柯心平 杨 牟 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短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中给的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。‎ 例：How much is the shirt？‎ A.￡19.15. B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15.‎ 答案是 C ‎1. What food did the woman cook? ‎ ‎ A. Chinese food. B. Japanese food. C. Thai Food. ‎ ‎2. Where will the speakers meet Sally? ‎ ‎ A. In the park. B. In the museum. C. At the library.‎ ‎3. How does the man think of the book? ‎ A. Popular. B. Humorous. C. Scientific.‎ ‎4. What will the woman do this Saturday? ‎ A. Attend a concert. B. Go to the park. C. Try the new restaurant. ‎ ‎5. In which year is the man in college now? ‎ A. The first year. B. The second year. C. The third year.‎ 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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6.Why is the boy so excited?‎ A. He’s passed the driving test. ‎ B. He is allowed to drive tonight. ‎ C. He’s got a new car.‎ ‎7.What will the boy do tomorrow afternoon? ‎ A. Have ice cream with Alan. ‎ B. Go to play in the band. ‎ C. Practice football.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. Why is the man at the shop? ‎ A. To order a camera for his wife.‎ B. To have a camera repaired. ‎ C. To get a camera changed.‎ ‎9. What will the man do afterwards? ‎ A. Make a phone call. ‎ B. Wait until further notice. ‎ C. Come again the next day.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10.What is Brad busy doing now? ‎ A. Writing a report. ‎ B. Copying a report. ‎ C. Typing a report.‎ ‎11.What did people most use the Internet to do in the past? ‎ ‎ A. Updating their blogs. ‎ B. Visiting social networks. ‎ C. Getting specific information.‎ ‎12.Why does Jason do this survey? ‎ ‎ A. To work on advertisement. ‎ B. To finish a newspaper article.‎ ‎ C. To learn the popularity of the Internet.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. What is the woman doing? ‎ A. Hosting a TV show. ‎ B. Giving a lecture on poetry. ‎ C. Conducting a radio debate.‎ ‎14. How did the man’s mother contribute to his success in poetry? ‎ ‎ A. She sent him to poetry classes. ‎ B. She taught him to write business plans.‎ ‎ C. She asked him to read from early childhood. ‎ ‎15. What does Steven find the most difficult about writing? ‎ ‎ A. Finding a proper style. ‎ B. Using the most suitable words. ‎ C. Getting good experience.‎ ‎16.What does the man say about his own writing? ‎ ‎ A. Creative. B. Successful. C. Encouraging. ‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. What will the visitors do first? ‎ ‎ A. Have a meal. B. Visit a church. C. Do some shopping.‎ ‎18. Where is the bank? ‎ A. Beside the cookie shop. ‎ B. Next to the snack bar. ‎ C. In the main square.‎ ‎19. What does the speaker say about the snack bar beside the lifts? ‎ ‎ A. It’s open all day. ‎ B. It offers nice food. ‎ C. It doesn’t offer much choice.‎ ‎20. What is Whitmarch? ‎ ‎ A. A carpet store. B. A bus stop. C. A snack bar.‎ 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)‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A What’s best to read this year?‎ Secrets I Know (Random House Children’s Books, ages 3-7)‎ This tale written by Kallie George and pictured by Paola Zakimi follows a young girl and her little friend as they move from rain to sunshine, from pleasant loneliness to sweet friendship, and finally from adventures on earth to an exploration of the sky above. The colors of Zakimi’s pencil drawings are calming and George’s poetic text tells her story with simple language.‎ Pandora (Clarion Books, ages 3-7)‎ The award-winning author Victoria Turnbull tells the story of a little fox Pandora. Pandora lives alone. She makes herself a handsome home, but no one ever comes to visit. Then one day something falls from the sky -- a bird with a broken wing. Little by little, the bird helps Pandora feel less lonely. Turnbull’s watercolor and colored pencil drawings make this story of friendship and growth an atmospheric delight.‎ Prince and Pirate (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Younger Readers, ages 5-8)‎ A different kind of friendship is described in this book, by Charlotte Gunnufson with pictures by Mike Lowery. Prince and Pirate are a pair of mismatched fish put into the same aquarium（水族馆）. At first it seems that they’ll never learn to be friends. It’s only when both take pity on a frightened dogfish that they learn the benefits of cooperation, and soon all three fish become good friends.‎ The Giant Jumperee (Dinal Books, ages 3-5)‎ The story was written by the award-winning British author Julia Donaldson. When Rabbit hears a loud voice bellowing（吼叫）threateningly from inside a cave, he gathers Cat, Bear and Elephant to help him decide what to do. But it’s Mama Frog who fearlessly confronts（面对）the unknown creature. Helen Oxenbury’s soft watercolors create a beautiful countryside and her characterizations of the animals are impressive. ‎ ‎21. Who pictured the book Pandora? ‎ A. Kallie George B. Victoria Turnbull C. Paola Zakimi D. Charlotte Gunnufson ‎22. Which book tells a story about courage?‎ A. Pandora B. Secrets I Know C. Prince and Pirate D. The Giant Jumperee ‎23. What do the four books have in common?‎ A. Their publishers are the same one. ‎ B. Their characters are all animals.‎ C. They all have pencil drawings. ‎ D. They are all for younger readers.‎ B One evening last summer, when I asked my 17-year-old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response surprised me, “What’s a colander（漏勺）?” he asked.‎ I could only blame myself. Nobody’s hands went in the sauce except my own. But that night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a colander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what else I hadn’t prepared Ray for. I felt confident that I’d raised a self-reliant boy, as we all try to do. But could he boil water? Sew on a button? Wash his clothes without turning them pink? No, no and no. Suddenly it hit me: He’d be leaving the house in a year to attend college. No way was I going to set a spoiled prince into the world.‎ As parents, while we focus on our child’s confidence and character, we perhaps don’t always consider that we are also raising someone’s future roommate, boyfriend, husband, or father. I wanted to know that I’d raised a boy who would never ask the woman in his life, “What’s for dinner?” So I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics course. I was delighted to find that he didn’t say no.‎ For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine. One day, as his tomato sauce reduced on the stove, he washed and seasoned a chicken for toasting. Then he rolled out the piecrust（馅饼皮）and filled it with apples, all while listening to my explanation on the importance of preheating an oven.‎ Three of my four grandparents were tailors, so Ray was genetically programmed to ‎ quickly master the basics, like mending a split seam or refastening a button. One day we covered Advanced Laundry, in which I taught him never to mix a red sweatshirt with white shirts or put sweaters in the dryer. I knew that he would rather have been shooting hoops in the driveway than learning to mend socks with his mother -- he tried to beg off sewing lessons, even though I insisted that one day, someone would find the sight of him fixing his own shirt very attractive -- but it couldn’t be denied that he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. “I appreciate more what you do as a mom,” he told me one day.‎ Ray now understands the finer points of cooking, and more important, he realizes there’s nothing masculine（男子气的）about being helpless. Not only can he make his own dinner, he can make it for his family, too. That’s what I call a man.‎ ‎24. Hearing her son’s question, the author felt _______. ‎ A. shocked B. angry ‎ C. disappointed D. calm ‎25. We can learn from the text that Ray ________.‎ A. made great progress in cooking ‎ B. preferred sewing to cooking C. was unwilling to take the course at first ‎ D. always thought it attractive to do housework ‎26. The underlined part “more than just housekeeping” shows that Ray _______.‎ A. fell in love with housework B. did other work in the house C. acknowledges the author’s efforts D. began to be more independent ‎27. What would be the best title for the text?‎ A. Are Women Programmed for Housework? ‎ B. Should Boys Be Involved in Housework?‎ C. I’m Proud I’ve Raised a Curious Son ‎ D. A Present for My Future Daughter-in-law C Many people may have watched the film “March of the Penguins”, which shows a real group of birds in Antarctica. Imagine a group of fat black and white birds walking ‎ in a line. Suddenly, one penguin loses his balance and falls on the ice. Every time penguins fall down, people laugh. The animals are cute!‎ People like the film very much. So much, in fact, that police in England think that it may be the reason behind a crime. A man went to a zoo in London and stole a baby penguin. Authorities think that the man stole the penguin after seeing the film and believe he wanted to give it away as a Christmas gift.‎ Michael Gauthier-Clerc, an expert studying penguins, thinks that many people like penguins but some people do not understand them. He told The New York Times newspaper, “People love the penguin’s colors, its way of standing straight upright and the way it walks.”‎ These things make penguins seem cute to people, but there are good reasons for all of these things. For example, penguins move from side to side when they walk and may seem to be out of balance. But Doctor Gauthier-Clerc says that the penguins waddle to save energy. The penguin’s colour also has a special purpose. It protects the penguins when they are swimming. From below, larger animals cannot see the penguin’s white underside because it looks the same as the bright sky or ice. And from above, other animals cannot see the penguin’s black back against the dark ocean floor.‎ The penguins’ colors protect them in nature. But scientists have found that some of these physical details also have an effect on humans. They make animals seem cute to people. Scientists believe that humans are very sensitive to things that are cute, such as human baby and even objects that may look like parts of a baby.‎ Recent studies show that cute images affect the brain in a special way. A study done at the University of Michigan tested young people’s reactions to images. It found that young people believed a message more if the message was joined by a cute picture. The researchers showed the young people two messages. One was a simple anti-smoking message. The other showed a cute animal telling them that smoking was bad. The conclusion turned out that the young people trusted the cute message more than the simple message.‎ ‎28. In the film “March of the Penguins”, ________. ‎ A. a baby penguin is stolen B. a penguin is sent out as a gift C. penguins are cute and attractive D. penguins have a bad sense of balance ‎29. It can be inferred from the passage that _______ .‎ ‎ A. a walking penguin has more energy than a swimming one ‎ B. a penguin walks in a funny way to prevent itself from falling ‎ ‎ C. a shop selling baby products are likely to make more money ‎ D. a website with cute pictures may attract more young visitors ‎30. Scientists have found that the penguins’ color can ________.‎ A. change at different places B. help them keep warm ‎ C. make people have pity on them D. protect them from being hunted ‎31. The study carried out by the University of Michigan shows that _________.‎ A. cute messages mislead people ‎ B. cuteness influences people’s judgment C. humans react to anything that is cute ‎ D. a simple message is more convincing than a cute message D When you search Google or use Amazon, you might assume the results you see are the same as those viewed by your friends, family and other Internet users. But you’d be wrong. Websites and social networks track your location and search history and make assumptions about your age, race, sex and political views. They then show ads they believe to be the most relevant, in order to maximize clicks, but personalize which results you see by eliminating what they think is irrelevant.‎ This is sold to the public as positive, making each web session relevant and interesting, yet it is leading researchers to fear this could widen divides between the North and South, rich and poor, and young and old. For example, in terms of wealth, if users are only ever shown particular products and job advertisements based on how much they earn or where they live, these users will never be given the opportunities to increase their wealth, or how much they spend on items.‎ Princeton University has created bots（自动程序）, each with their own fake profiles. These bots have different fake ages and sexes, earn different levels of ‎ money, are virtually(虚拟地) based in various locations around the world and have different interests. By using these bots to scan and research the web, the researchers hope to create a picture of not only what each of them sees, but also what sites they are missing out on.‎ According to lead researcher, Arvind Narayanan, “Our goal is a web privacy census（普查）which will be a comprehensive map of who are collecting what information, what they are inferring from it, and who they are sharing it with. It is an important step in our final goal of figuring out how users are treated based on that information.”‎ Personalization also has its benefits. Shopping sites such as Amazon and eBay can scan a user’s search and purchase history to offer suggestions. This can help find similar, cheaper items or items that are more suited to their needs at a glance. It’s also possible to disable personalized ads and results. Google’s search engine lets you switch off personalization, for example.‎ Researchers from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and Yahoo felt the issue was so potentially damaging, and they have also created a way to “burst the filter(过滤) bubble”. They believe that just because people have opposing views on certain topics it doesn’t mean they won’t share interests with others.‎ ‎32. The underlined word “eliminating” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_______”.‎ A. decorating B. removing C. personalizing D. protecting ‎33. Princeton University created bots to ______.‎ A. explain why different websites are personalized B. offer users some advice on how to protect privacy C. assess how personalization is affecting Internet users D. stress the advantages and disadvantages of personalization of websites ‎ ‎34. Which of the following websites have done something to cut off personalization?‎ A. Google and Yahoo B. eBay and Google ‎ C. Amazon and eBay D. Amazon and Yahoo ‎35. What is this passage mainly about?‎ A. Different websites are doing something to offer quality service.‎ B. Personalized ads and search results could be creating different web pages.‎ C. Personalization of different sites will lead to users’ privacy being violated.‎ D. Personalization of shopping sites makes online shopping more convenient.‎ 第二节 (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。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ The modern competitive sport of weightlifting originated in 19th-century Europe and was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. 36 At that time, simple competitions were held to see who could lift the heaviest weight.‎ The first worldwide weightlifting championships were held in London in 1891. At that time, there were no female competitors. Today, the World Weightlifting Championships, organized by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), are held every year. 37 ‎ Weightlifting as an Olympic event got off to an unsmooth start. It was not held as a separate event in the first games held in 1896, but as a field event. 38 The sport returned to the Olympics again in 1904, this time as part of the athletics program. Not until 1920 did weightlifting make its real Olympic comeback. The 1920 Olympic Games, held in Antwerp, Belgium, marked weightlifting’s debut（首次露面）as a separate event. 39 Previously, weightlifters in the Olympics were all required to compete against each other, regardless of their size. One-hand lifting was dropped from the sport in 1928. Various weightlifting exercises were added and later removed over many years until 1972. 40 The 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney saw the introduction of the women’s competition, although the IWF has held the World Weightlifting Championships for women since 1987. ‎ A. The 1940 and 1944 Games were canceled.‎ B. It is a sport in which barbells are lifted competitively.‎ C. The 1900 Games had no weightlifting presence at all.‎ D. The championships include 15 separate weight types for both men and women.‎ E. The 1972 Olympic Games finally presented the weightlifting program in its present form.‎ F. The sport, however, dates back to ancient civilizations including China, Egypt ‎ and Greece.‎ G. The Antwerp Games also introduced one-hand lifting and weight divisions to the new event.‎ 第三部分 语言知识运用(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（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。‎ Twelve-year-old Allen decided to leave home city and make a living by himself because his family was too poor.‎ ‎ Before he left, his father asked him what he was going to do. Allen answered, “I want to learn 41 performance.”‎ ‎ His father was 42 with his answer, “What? No, you can’t do that. Circus is the place for clowns in many people’s eyes. Our family will be 43 of you.”‎ ‎ But Allen 44 , “Our family is so poor right now. Which is more important to you, 45 ‎ or clothing and food? I will give you some money every month from the circus. It probably will be a huge 46 .” His father was very 47 , “If you go there, somebody will know about it very soon and I’ll be very 48 .”‎ ‎ After going 49 a lot of difficulties, Allen finally found a circus and convinced the 50 ‎ to let him stay. He worked very hard studying magic and lived with animals.‎ ‎ Every month, his parents would get a 51 from him. But they never knew his address. They knew the money was from Allen but when people asked them about Allen’s 52 , they never told them the truth. Later, his parents received more and more money from him.‎ ‎ Then, a 53 named Albert became very famous in the whole world. Everyone thought 54 ‎ of his performance. Lots of people hurried to see his performance from far away.‎ ‎ One day, Allen’s father went to visit a relative in another 55 . The relative paid a lot of money for tickets of Albert the magician’s show. Allen’s father went ‎ to the show with the relative. During the show, Allen’s father got totally 56 by the magician’s tricks. When the magician took off his 57 , the father found Albert was his son, Allen.‎ ‎ Allen recognized his father. His father 58 him, “Why did you change your name?”‎ ‎ “Because you said you would be embarrassed for me.”‎ ‎ “But nobody will 59 the famous magician is my son Allen.”‎ ‎ We want all the best things in life and avoid the bad past. However, every good thing comes at a ‎ 60 . You can’t have them all without giving up something.‎ ‎41. A. music B. theatre C. circus D. animal ‎42. A. satisfied B. unhappy C. curious D. hopeful ‎43. A. guilty B. proud C. tired D. ashamed ‎ ‎44. A. insisted B. demanded C. added D. declined ‎45. A. dignity B. popularity C. name D. money ‎46. A. career B. success C. fortune D. performance ‎47. A. convincing B. stubborn C. understanding D. confused ‎48. A. embarrassed B. disappointed C. annoyed D. frightened ‎49. A. over B. after C. beyond D. through ‎ ‎50. A. guard B. owner C. trainer D. performer ‎ ‎51. A. letter B. photo C. check D. note ‎52. A. job B. performance C. address D. boss ‎53. A. clown B. magician C. musician D. writer ‎54. A. badly B. ill C. highly D. nothing ‎55. A. village B. city C. circus D. country ‎56. A. affected B. addicted C. persuaded D. impressed ‎57. A. jacket B. glasses C. mask D. gloves ‎58. A. hugged B. praised C. thanked D. blamed ‎59. A. know B. doubt C. admit D. acknowledge ‎60. A. reason B. point C. reward D. price 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。‎ Daisy was a little girl longing to help endangered wildlife. One day, she found 61 flying carpet by her bed when she woke up. She 62 (beg) the carpet to take her to a distant land where she could find the animal 63 fur was used to make her sweater. So the carpet flew to Tibet with her.‎ In Tibet, she saw an antelope that told her they were being killed 64 mercy by people for their wool and were now an endangered species. 65 (feel) sad, Daisy traveled to Zimbabwe with the carpet to see the elephants there. Much to her relief, the 66 (Africa) living there protected the elephants well and their number was growing. Happy and 67 (satisfy), Daisy came to a thick rainforest, in which she saw a monkey rubbing a millipede insect over its body. Daisy asked the monkey 68 it was doing that. The monkey responded that it was protecting 69 (it) from mosquitoes, because the millipede contained a natural drug which affected mosquitoes. ‎ ‎ 70 (hope), no more endangered animals will be killed someday.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，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，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文，文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删改或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），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。‎ A Chinese scientist, Mr. He Jiankui claimed that he has successfully created the world’s first genetically-edited babies. In a interview, Mr. He said he had edited the genetic substance, or DNA, of twin girls born a few weeks early. Though Mr He’s claim was immediately condemned by some scientists as unsafe and unethical, but he defended his work. He said the gene editing, that was to help protect the babies from ‎ their future infection of HIV, the virus responsible with AIDS, was perfectly safe. Many scientists working in genetics say he believe any experiments performing this way are dangerous.‎ In the United States and other country, this kind of gene editing is strictly banned. What scientists are worried about that such changes to a person’s DNA may harm his/her other genes and lead to deadly diseases.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 我市正在开展全国文明城市创建活动，假定你是我市某外语学校的学生会主席，请你以学生会的名义用英文写一封倡议书，向全校同学发出做文明市民的倡议，内容包括:‎ 1. 倡议目的；‎ 2. 倡议内容（如注意个人文明、马路文明、环境卫生等）。‎ 注意:‎ 1. 词数不少于100；‎ 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ 参考词汇： 全国文明城市： National Civilized City ‎ Dear fellow students:‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Students Union 荆门市2019年高三年级元月调考 英语参考答案 听力：1 – 5 BABAC 6 – 10 ABCBB 11 – 15 CAACB 16 – 20 CCABA 阅读：21 – 23 BDD 24 – 27 AACD 28 – 31 CDDB 32 – 35 BCAB 36 – 40 FDCGE 完形填空：41 – 45 CBDAA 46 – 50 CBADB 51 – 55 CABCB 56 – 60 DCDAD 短文填空：61. a 62. begged 63. whose 64. without 65. Feeling ‎66. Africans 67. satisfied 68. why 69. itself 70. Hopefully 改错：71. has (successfully) → had 72. a (interview) → an ‎73. early → earlier 74. 去掉but (he)‎ ‎75. that (was) → which 76. (responsible) with → for ‎77. he (believe) → they 78. performing → performed ‎79. country → countries 80. about后加 is 写作：‎ One possible version:‎ Dear fellow students,‎ ‎ As you all know, our government is trying to make our city a National Civilized City. We hope we can also do our bits to help achieve this goal.‎ ‎ First of all, we should mind our language and be civilized speakers. Always remember to say “Please” and “Thanks” and don’t talk or laugh loudly in public. When seeing people in trouble, we might as well lend them a helping hand. In addition, be civilized pedestrians. We must obey traffic rules and never cross the streets when the traffic lights are red. Keeping our environment nice and clean is also advisable, which means we shouldn’t litter or spit in public places. Only by starting with the little things around us can we make a big difference to our city image.‎ Let’s take action now and make joint efforts to make our city more civilized.‎ ‎ Students Union 听力录音稿 Text 1‎ M: What did you cook? Chinese food?‎ W: Well, as you know, I was in Thailand last month, and I took a cooking class. So I prepared some of my favorite Japanese dishes.‎ Text 2‎ M: Sally says we should meet her in the park at noon. Then we’ll go to the museum together.‎ W: I thought we were meeting at the library.‎ Text 3‎ M: Have you read this book, Helen?‎ W: No. What is it about?‎ M: It’s about differences between men and women. I wouldn’t say it’s a scientific book, but it kept me laughing all the way through.‎ Text 4‎ M: Mary, did you go to that concert you wanted to see last weekend?‎ W: No, we’re going this Saturday. We’d planned to try that new restaurant but we couldn’t get a table. So we just went for a long walk in the park. ‎ Text 5‎ W: Hi. Are you new here?‎ M: Yes, I am.‎ W: Is this your first year in college?‎ M: No, I’m an exchange student from Boston College. I studied for two years there.‎ Text 6‎ M: Guess what, Mom. I’ve got my driver’s license!‎ W: That’s great, honey! Congratulations!‎ M: Well, I guess I’ll go out driving now. See you later.‎ W: Wait a minute. There are still rules to follow. You always need to tell me where you’re going and who you’re going out with.‎ M: Okay, fine. I’m going to get ice cream with Alan tonight. And tomorrow, I’m taking ‎ the car because I need to go to band practice in the afternoon and to soccer practice in the evening.‎ Text 7‎ W: Can I help you?‎ M: Yes, my daughter bought this camera here for my wife’s birthday, but it doesn’t work, so I’d like to change it for another one.‎ W: I see. Let me have a look…well, we’ll be happy to change it for you, but I’m afraid we don’t have another pink one.‎ M: Oh? What will I do then?‎ W: Would you like to choose a different color? We do have this camera in black and orange.‎ M: My wife doesn’t like either of those colors.‎ W: If you want, we can order another camera just like this one. There wouldn’t be any extra charge for it.‎ M: That sounds fine. Would you please go ahead and do that?‎ W: We’d be very happy to. But it’ll take at least a week, maybe ten days. We’ll call you when it comes in.‎ M: Thank you very much.‎ W: You’re welcome.‎ Text 8‎ W: Jason, do you have the reports that I asked for?‎ M: I gave them to Brad to make copies. He should be back with them any minute W: Ok, can you tell me a little bit about what you found about?‎ M: Sure. In general, I think that people are watching less TV than they used to. Average folks are spending more time in front of the computer.‎ W: And what are they doing exactly when they are online?‎ M: That’s the interesting thing. It used to be that people just surfed the Internet for specific information. But now people are spending more and more time updating their blogs or adding more personal information to their profiles on social networks.‎ W: Is it fair to say that people are paying more attention to online advertising that they used to?‎ M: Absolutely. And because people are spending more time doing the same kind of things for long periods of time, it is easier to focus our ads and target people’s specific interests.‎ W: Well, it sounds like you’ve done some good research, Jason. Oh, look, here comes Brad now.‎ Text 9‎ W: Welcome to this edition of Writers. Tonight, we have Steven Darcy with us. Congratulations on your book, “Life and Everything in Between”, Steven! It’s such a success.‎ M: Thank you.‎ W: This is your first attempt at poetry? Did you ever try it before? Did you take any classes in poetry?‎ M: Well, my only real experience was writing business plans. Other than that, I have zero experience where writing is concerned. I have always had a good grasp of English language thanks to my mom, who started me reading when I was very little.‎ W: What is the hardest thing about creating your work?‎ M: Definitely finding the perfect words to fit what I want to say. There’s always a word or two that I might still rewrite if given the chance.‎ W: Will there be more collections of poetry from Darcy?‎ M: There will be more of something, I suppose, but maybe not poetry. I really don’t see myself as a poet. Rather, I see what I wrote as a kind of writing that might inspire people in some way.‎ Text 10‎ ‎ Before we go on to look at the church, we’re going to spend a couple of hours here in the shopping center. So get out your wallet and credit card. Some of you might want some cash for shopping. There is a bank. It’s on the first floor. It’s next to the cookie shop.‎ ‎ When you spend all your money, you’ll want to have something to eat. If you want ‎ to have a proper meal, there’s a really good restaurant in the main square opposite the fountain. But if you want to spend more time shopping, and just want to have a quick snack, there are several places, but the best one is the snack bar just over there beside the lifts. As well as sandwiches you can get salads and cakes. It’s open now, but it does most of its business in the morning and at lunch time, so it closes at a quarter past two. It’s best to get there by about one o’clock anyway or there isn’t much choice. ‎ Now, the last thing is very important. We’re meeting again at a quarter to three. If you go out of the center through the doors and turn left, you’ll see a large shop selling carpets. The bus will meet us outside the shop. The shop’s name is Whitmarch. Now, do you want to write that down? I’ll spell it for you. That’s W-H-I-T-M-A-R-C-H. OK? Now, have a good time and I’ll see you later.‎