2018-2019学年江苏省海安高级中学高一上学期第一次月考英语试题

2018-2019学年江苏省海安高级中学高一上学期第一次月考英语试题

‎ ‎ ‎2018-2019学年江苏省海安高级中学高一上学期第一次月考英语试题 注意事项：‎ ‎ 1．本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题），满分120分，考试时间120分钟。‎ ‎ 2．所有试题的答案均填写在答题纸上（选择题部分使用答题卡，请将选择题的答案直接填涂到答题卡上），答案写在试卷上的无效。‎ 第I卷 (三部分 共85分) ‎ 第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分20分)‎ 第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 the problem for the man?‎ A. He has to meet many people. B. He has to leave his friends. C. He has to travel a lot.‎ ‎2. How does the man think of the book?‎ A. Humorous. B. Scientific. C. Popular.‎ ‎3. What’s the matter with the woman?‎ A. She has caught a bad cold. B. She stayed online too long. C. She can’t stand paint smell.‎ ‎4. What does the man suggest the woman do?‎ A. Ask a repair shop for help. B. Buy another car. C. Fix the car herself.‎ ‎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分，满分15分)‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的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题。‎ ‎6. What has the woman ordered for herself?‎ A. Milk. B. Juice. C. Coffee. ‎ ‎7. Why does the man recommend strawberry juice?‎ A. It’s sweeter. B. It’s fresher. C. It’s colder.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。‎ ‎8. Why is Jane upset?‎ A. David fell in love with her. ‎ B. Kevin made up stories about her.‎ C. She made a mistake in the maths test.‎ ‎9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Employer and employee.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。‎ ‎10. How far away is Hill Farm?‎ A. Nearly a mile. B. Just one mile. C. More than a mile.‎ ‎11. Which is the route to Hill Farm?‎ A. Left track → bridge → road.‎ B. Road → left track → bridge.‎ C. Bridge → road → left track.‎ ‎12. What would the man like the woman to do towards the end of the conversation?‎ ‎ A. Give him a ride. B. Repeat what she said. C. Walk him to Hill Farm.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。‎ ‎13. What is the woman doing?‎ A. Hosting a TV show. B. Giving a lecture on poetry. C. Having 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 the man find most difficult in writing?‎ ‎ A. Choosing the right words.‎ ‎ B. Describing real experiences. ‎ ‎ C. Getting an appropriate opportunity.‎ ‎16. What does the man say about his own writing?‎ ‎ A. Creative. B. Successful. C. Encouraging. ‎ 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。‎ ‎17. How do students enter the library?‎ A. With a library account. B. With a student card. C. With a password.‎ ‎18. How many books can current students borrow at most?‎ A. 12. B. 11. C. 9.‎ ‎19. What kind of books have to be returned within one week?‎ A. Books borrowed by local residents. ‎ B. Books liked by a lot of people.‎ C. Books published recently.‎ ‎20. What will the speaker do next?‎ A. Tell the students where to get bottled water.‎ B. Take the students on a campus tour.‎ C. Show the students around the library.‎ 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节：单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ ‎21. — Honey, I regret to say I can’t go to the get-together tonight. I’m tired out. ‎ ‎  — Oh, come on! _________. ‎ ‎ A. Don’t pull my leg B. Don’t be a wet blanket ‎ ‎ C. Don’t be a black sheep D. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket ‎22. If you come to visit China, you will ______ a culture of amazing depth and variety. ‎ A. develop B. create C. replace D. experience ‎23. This kitchen is a non-smoking area. I would like to warn you ___________ that if you smoked ‎ here you would be fined. ‎ A. in advance B. in turn C. in exchange D. in case ‎ ‎24. You should always exercise, ______ it’s only ten minutes every day.‎ A. as if B. even if C. unless D. while ‎ ‎25. People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you _______ which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.‎ ‎ A. go out B. leave out C. figure out D. turn out ‎26. Tony is only one of the five students in his class who ______ the exam. How lucky he is! ‎ ‎ A. is passing B. passes C. has passed D. have passed ‎27. ______ no attention to the difference between the two, I am sure, will be one of the worst mistakes you make. ‎ A. Pay B. Paying C. Paid D. Having paid ‎28. ________two exams to worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend.‎ A. Besides B. With C. As D. Because of ‎29. If you happen to go to that river, you’ll find it more dangerous than commonly _______.‎ ‎ A. supposing B. to have supposed C. being supposed D. supposed ‎ ‎30. Jenny is from a wealthy family and graduated from a famous university, but ______ she chose a job as a cleaner at the railway station. ‎ ‎ A. instead B. anyhow C. somehow D. therefore ‎31. Can you make a list of the use _____ the new equipment?‎ ‎ A. of which we make B. we make it of C. we make of D. for us to make ‎32. — How is your trip to Singapore? ‎ ‎ — It’s the most fantastic experience ______ I’ve _____ had. ‎ ‎ A. that; never B. that; ever C. /; never D. which; ever ‎33. —How did you get in touch with the travel agent, Robin?‎ ‎ —Oh, that’s easy. I surfed the Internet and then called one ___________ the telephone number is provided. ‎ ‎ A. which B. in which C. whose D. of which ‎34. --Did you enjoy the party? --Yes,we____________by our hosts.‎ A. were treated B. would be treated. C. treated D. had treated ‎35. As far as I am concerned,education is about learning and the more you learn, ______. ‎ A. the more equipped for life you are B. the more for life you are equipped C. the more life you are equipped for D. you are equipped the more for life 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）‎ 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。‎ I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was rather organized. Each of her objects had its ____36___ , but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签 ) everything. I always looked for everything. ____37 ___time, Kate got neater and I got ___38___ . She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got ____39 ____ of each other.‎ One evening war ___ 40___ . Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her shouting, "Take your ___41__ away! Why under my bed!" Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I _42_ to my feet and started shouting. She shouted back louder.‎ The room was filled with ___43__ . We could not have stayed together for a single __ 44__ but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could __45__ right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she ___46__ , she quickly hid under her covers, sobbing(呜咽). ___47__ , that was something she should not go through alone. All of a sudden ,a __48 __ feeling of sympathy(同情） rose up in my heart,‎ Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, __49___ my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, 50 on her side. I was so buried in my work ___51___ I even didn't notice Kate had sat up.‎ ‎ She was watching, her tears dried and her ___52__ _one of disbelief. Then, to my surprise, she ___53__ out her hands to catch mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. "Thanks."‎ Kate and I stayed ____54____ for the rest of the year. We didn't always agree, but we learned the key to __55__ together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.‎ 36. A. room B. place C. station D. seat ‎ 37. A. Over B. During C. With D. For 38. A. uglier B. cleaner C. messier D. lazier 39. A. angry B. tired C. sad D. mad 40. A. broke in B. took place C. set off D. broke out ‎ 41. A. socks B. clothes C. shoes D. trousers 42. A. ran B. jumped C. flew D. walked 36. A. kindness B. concern C. sadness D. anger 37. A. hour B. week C. minute D. day 38. A. tell B. express C. forecast D. show 39. A. put up B. hung up C. held up D. went up 40. A. Surprisingly B. Clearly C. Happily D. Excitedly 41. A. warm B. strange C. cold D. funny 42. A. brought B. caught C. made D. changed 43. A. but B. and C. even D. so 44. A. that B. which C. what D. who 45. A. tongue B. expression C. sign D. position 46. A. took B. held C. reached D. threw 47. A. workmates B. classmates C. deskmates D. roommates 48. A. living B. studying C. playing D. smiling 第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的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 Boy Made It!‎ ‎ One Sunday, Nicholas, a teenager, went skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. In the early afternoon, when he was planning to go home, a fierce snowstorm swept into the area. Unable to see far, he by accident turned off the path. Before he knew it, Nicholas was lost, all alone! He didn’t have food, water, a phone, or other supplies. He was getting colder by the minute.‎ Nicholas had no idea where he was. He tried to be calm. He thought about all the survival shows he had watched on TV. It was time to put the tips he had learned to use. ‎ He decided to stop skiing. There was a better chance of someone finding him if he stayed put. The first thing he did was to find shelter from the freezing wind and snow. If he didn’t, his body temperature would get very low, which could quickly kill him.‎ ‎ Using his skis, Nicholas built a snow cave. He gathered a huge mass of snow and dug out a hole in the middle. Then he piled branches on top of himself, like a blanket, to stay as warm as he could.‎ ‎ By that evening, Nicholas was really hungry. He ate snow and drank water from a nearby stream so that his body wouldn’t lose too much water. Not knowing how much longer he could last, Nicholas did the only thing he could- he huddled(蜷缩) in his cave and slept.‎ ‎ The next day, Nicholas went out to look for help, but he couldn’t find anyone. He followed his tracks and returned to the snow cave, because without shelter, he could die that night. On Tuesday, Nicholas went out to find help. He had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him. After two days stuck in the snow, Nicholas was saved.‎ ‎ Nicholas might not have survived this snowstorm if it had not been for TV. He had often watched Grylls’ survival show. Man vs. Wild. That’s where he learned the tips that saved his life, In each episode(一期节目)of Man vs. Wild, Grylls is abandoned in a wild area and has to find his way out.‎ ‎ When Grylls heard about Nicholas’ amazing deeds, he was impressed that Nicholas had made it because he knew better than anyone how hard Nicholas had to work to stay alive.‎ ‎56. What happened to Nicholas one Sunday afternoon?‎ ‎ A. He got lost. B. He broke his skis. C. He hurt his eyes D. He caught a cold ‎57. How did Nicholas keep himself warm?‎ ‎ A. He found a shelter. B. He lighted some branches.‎ ‎ C. He kept on skiing. D. He built a snow cave.‎ ‎58. On Tuesday, Nicholas _____.‎ ‎ A. returned to his shelter safely B. was saved by a searcher ‎ C. got stuck in the snow D. stayed where he was ‎59. Nicholas left Grylls a very deep impression because he _____.‎ ‎ A. did the right things in the dangerous situation B. watched Grylls’ TV program regularly ‎ C. created some tips for survival D. was very hard-working B Carlos had been in New York for five months now, and he detested it. He would never forget the day when the plane landed. His parents had big smiles on their faces as they discussed the wonderful new life they would have in this great city. His older sister and brother looked in wonder and excitement at the buildings. Uncle Miguel and Aunt Esperanza thought of the good jobs they would get. Grandmother and Grandfather told him what a lucky boy he was to come to ‎ this wonderful city. But Carlos was lonely. The city looked big, cold, and dirty to him.‎ They lived in an apartment in Manhattan. There were stores and cinemas close to their home. But Carlos didn’t want these things. He loved his home in the country in Puerto Rico; he loved the green fields, the hot sun, and the lovely beaches.‎ He didn’t want to go to school because it made him think of his friends at home. And he didn’t want to learn a new language that could never describe the world as beautifully as his own.‎ He began to go down to the dock(码头), because this made him feel closer to Puerto Rico. He sat down and watched the ships. He would often find a man also sitting there looking at the sea. The man was Eric-a taxi driver who came there to escape from the noisy traffic.‎ Eric noticed the young boy and felt his sadness. One day he said, “Yes, it’s hard to leave your homeland. I remember when I left Norway 15 years ago. I know it’s hard to start a new life in a new country, but let’s face it. I did it and you can do it, too.”‎ From then on the taxi driver and the young boy began to develop a deep friendship.‎ ‎60. The underlined word “detested” in Paragraph1 probably means __________.‎ ‎ A. forgot B. enjoyed C. hated D. missed ‎61. According to the text, ___________.‎ ‎ A. Carlos’ parents were looking forward to the life in New York ‎ ‎ B. Carlos’ grandparents were afraid of the traffic in New York ‎ C. Carlos’ uncle and aunt found it hard to get jobs in New York ‎ D. Carlos’ brother and sister got excited at the schools in New York ‎62. Why did Carlos feel lonely?‎ ‎ A. He knew nobody around his apartment.‎ ‎ B. He missed his life in Puerto Rico.‎ ‎ C. his parents left him alone at home.‎ ‎ D. No one went to the movies with him.‎ ‎63. Eric and Carlos became friends because they ________.‎ ‎ A. came from the same country B. both hated noise ‎ ‎ C. were the same age D. faced the same problems C If you are interested in studying at an American university, you have to take the Test of ‎ English as a Foreign Language. The test is widely known as the TOEFL. It is the most widely used language exam for American universities.‎ There are two major kinds of the TOEFL test. The first is the IBT, or Internet-based Test. It is offered in most of the world and accepted by nearly every university and scholarship program in the United States. The other kind of the test is called the Paper-based Test or PBT. The PBT is less costly to take and does not require use of the Internet. ‎ But how to get started with TOEFL? Here are some tips .‎ ‎1. Plan ahead ---It takes a long time to improve your TOEFL score. Do not expect a big lift in your test results after two weeks. You will have to spend a lot of time and energy.‎ ‎2. Master the basics first ---You should have to be good at basic English before you take the test. If you score below 500 on the PBT or 70 on the IBT, study for a few months and come back to the TOEFL later.‎ ‎3. Get a study guide --- It is easy to find study guides for the IBT. Pearson, Barron's, ETS, and Kaplan all produce quality materials. Take a practice test once or twice a month. The best study guides will have explanations in the answer key. ‎ ‎4. Use outside resources --- Remember, you are learning a language, not a test. You can improve your TOEFL score by making English part of your daily life. Some simple ways are listening to English speakers, watching movies and reading newspapers. Some others are reading English textbooks, sending and reading text messages in English, and writing online in English.‎ ‎ The best way to do well on the TOEFL is to know English well. The real aim of the test is to measure how well a student can communicate in English-speaking classroom. ‎ ‎ If you want to know more, please click here.‎ ‎64. If you want to study in an America university, you have to_________.‎ A. be very rich and work hard B. be well prepared to take the TOEFL test C. ask an English teacher to help you D. prepare for a month before taking the TOEFL test ‎65. From the passage we can learn that___________.‎ A．the IBT is more expensive to take and requires use of the Internet.‎ B．Pearson is a person who teaches quality materials.‎ C．If you score 500 on the PBT,you can pass the TOEFL test.‎ D．If you are good at reading ,you can pass the TOEFL test.‎ ‎66.The real purpose of the TOEFL is to_______, according to the passage.‎ A．get more foreign students to study in American universities B．let foreign students know more about American universities C．measure one’s communicating ability in English.‎ D．improve foreign students’ skills of taking tests ‎67.Where does the passage most probably come from?‎ A．A website B．A lesson C．A science book D．A novel D ‎ The World Bank is warning that the West Africa Ebola outbreak could seriously harm the economies (经济)of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone unless action is taken quickly. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim spoke to reporters recently to discuss the effects of the Ebola spread.‎ ‎ "Our findings show that if the virus(病毒）continues to spread, the economic cost to these countries could grow eight times by 2015. This would be a big catastrophe to their already weak economies," said Kim.‎ ‎ Mr. Kim says, "saving lives and preventing new spread" is most important. The bank has given $117-million for an "immediate help." The World Bank President says the SARS outbreak between 2002 and 2004 showed how a disease could damage economies. 800 people died from SARS and the economic losses were up to $40-billion.‎ ‎ Mr. Kim says SARS and the H1N1 outbreak of 2009 taught that fear and avoidance resulted in about 90-percent of the economic losses. That means the disease is causing two levels of economic damage.‎ ‎ "There are two kinds of contagion(传染）. One is connected with the virus itself and the second is connected with the spread of fear about the virus," said Kim.‎ ‎ The World Bank thinks the losses to the economies of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will be big .Mr. Kim says losses could be about $97-million at the moment. ‎ ‎ Mr. Kim says fast action is necessary. He says getting the disease under control is still far away. That is because there are not enough health care workers in the affected areas. The World Bank President says the most important measure is to act quickly in order to limit economic losses.‎ ‎68. What does the underlined word mean in the second paragraph?‎ A. effort B. disaster C. warning D. result ‎69. If quick action is not taken to stop the spread of Ebola, the economic losses could reach about_______by 2015.‎ A. $800-million B. $97-million C. $117-million D. $40-billion.‎ ‎70. What’s the main idea of the whole passage?‎ A．Ebola is a serious and infectious(传染的）illness.‎ B．Large numbers of people have died from Ebola.‎ C．People in the West Africa are in great fear of the spread of Ebola virus.‎ D．Ebola will harm economies in the West Africa seriously without quick action.‎ 第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）‎ ‎ 请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。‎ Tests can be worrying even for the most prepared students. When some students take tests, their minds don’t work as well as usual. They may experience something called test anxiety (焦虑), which can have a negative influence on their performance. Well, the following tips can help you pass your next test more easily and achieve more success! ‎ Get Enough Sleep ‎6 hours of sleep or less can slow your mind and thus has negative effects on your performance on tests, even if you spend those missed hours of sleep studying. So, it’s very important for you to get a good night of sleep before your big day. ‎ Study Smarter How do you study ‘smarter’? Make a list of the things you need to learn in order of importance. That way, if you don’t have enough time, you can still hit the items at the top of the list. Make a list of all the work you have to do, judge how much time each item will take, and compare that with the number of hours you have available; this will tell you whether you can read carefully or just skim, how much time you can spend checking papers, and tell you other ways to pace yourself so you can get everything done. If your time is still limited, it’s important to learn to let go of being perfect. ‎ Visualize (想象) Success Before you fall asleep each night, it is a great way to visualize yourself taking the tests and ‎ doing wonderfully. Detailed visualizations can help you feel like you’re really experiencing something，and visualizing yourself doing well is a way to ‘practice’ success in a way that can help you perform better and feel confident. Visualizations can also help you to remember the facts.‎ Stay Calm ‎ Anxiety can harm your memory, so it’s important to stay calm before and during tests. While that’s easier said than done, there are several techniques that can help you calm down quickly whenever you feel nervous. For example, breathing exercise has been shown by research to reduce test anxiety, and can be very effective in helping you relax: just take deep breaths and let the anxiety come out. ‎ How to deal with your test anxiety ‎(71)  __ ▲  __  ‎ to test anxiety Students feel nervous before or during tests even though they have made good (72)   ___▲ ____  .‎ Tips that make it(73)  __▲ __‎ for you to pass tests Get Enough Sleep ‎● Less sleep makes your mind slow down and makes much (74)   ___▲  ___  to your performance.‎ Study Smarter ‎● You can (75)   ▲    the most important things you need to learn.‎ ‎● (76)  __ ▲__    to give up the idea of being perfect is also necessary.‎ Visualize Success ‎● Visualizing yourself taking the tests and doing well helps you increase (77)  __ ▲__   .‎ ‎●Visualizations can also help you to (78)   __▲ ___   the facts in mind.‎ Stay Calm ‎● Keep calm or anxiety can be (79)  ___▲ ___   to your memory. ‎ ‎● Breathing exercise can be effective in helping you feel (80)  __ ▲___   .‎ 第五部分 根据要求在空白处填上适当的词（共10小题；每题0.5分，满分5分）‎ ‎81. She c_________ herself with the thought that it would soon be time to go home. ‎ ‎82. The money for dog food is gone, but Spot looks like he is s__________!‎ ‎83. Nowadays, some famous companies just hire the g____________ from key universities.‎ ‎84. I warn you that my patience is at the breaking point. I won’t t________ this behavior anymore.‎ ‎85. All d____________ blood is tested for HIV and other infections.‎ ‎86. Only those who remember history _________(值得) a better future, stressed the Chinese President Xi.‎ ‎87. __________ (比较) this new TV with the old one, you’ll easily see how good it is. ‎ ‎88. At present he is studying American ____________(文学).‎ ‎89. Her work made a big _______________(贡献) to our project. ‎ ‎90. The valuable vase was made in the Tang __________(朝代).‎ 第六部分 书面表达 (满分25分)‎ 你们班最近进行了一次讨论，关于妈妈是否应该外出工作，对此意见各异，请你根据下表提示，给21st英文报写一篇题为Do you agree with mums working outside the home?的作文，并表明自己的观点。‎ ‎65% 赞成 ‎35%反对 ‎1、有权外出工作 ‎1、没有必要工作 ‎2、可以补贴家用 ‎2、没人做饭 ‎3、增添自豪感 ‎3、没人打扫 ‎4、对社会有利 ‎4、家政服务贵 你的观点….‎ 注意：1、词数150左右 1、 标题和开头已给，但不计入总词数；‎ 2、 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ Do you agree with mums working outside the home?‎ Recently our class has had a heated discussion about whether ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 阶段检测答案 听力:1-20 1-5 BACBC 6-10 CBBAC 11-15 BAACA 16-20 CBABC 单项选择: 21-35 BDABC DBBDC CBDAA 完形填空36-40 BACBD 41-45CBDCA 46-50BBACC 51-55ABCDA 阅读理解：（A）56-59 ADBA (B) 60-63 CABD (C) 64-67 BACA (D) 68-70 BAD 任务型：71. Introduction 72. preparations 73. easier 74. difference 75. list ‎ ‎ 76. Learning 77. confidence 78. keep/bear 79. harmful 80. relaxed 单词拼写81. comforted 82. starving 83. graduates 84. tolerate 85. donated ‎ ‎86.deserve 87. Comparing 88. Literature 89. contribution 90. Dynasty 作文 Do you agree with mums working outside the home??‎ Recently our class has had a heated discussion about whether mum should work outside the home? The opinions are divided. ‎ Sixty-five percent of the students think that it makes good sense to let mums to work outside for the following reasons. First, mums have the right to work, improving their own life. Second, if mums work outside, it will not only bring in more money for the family, but they can also feel proud of their success in work. Third, working mums are good for social development. ‎ ‎ However, thirty-five percent of the students are against mums working. They argue that mums do not have to work outside the home. If they do, there will be no one around to do the housework, like cooking the meals or cleaning the house. So expensive is the maid that not every family can afford it. ‎ ‎ Personally, it is up to the mums to decide what they want to be: a working mum or a housewife (152词)‎ 听力材料录音稿：‎ Text 1‎ W: They say you’ve got a job in New York City.‎ M: Yeah, with the United Nations.‎ W: How fascinating! You can meet people from all over the world.‎ M: Yeah, but just one problem. I’ll have to leave my friends behind.‎ Text 2‎ 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 3‎ M: Hey, are you OK? Your running nose and cough tell me that you either have a cold or flu.‎ W: Neither. It’s just that I can’t stand the smell of the paint in the living room. Any idea how to get rid of it?‎ M: Well, maybe we can surf the Internet and see if we can come up with something.‎ Text 4‎ M: I heard you had a car accident. Did you get hurt?‎ W: I’m all right. But it’s going to cost me a fortune to get my car fixed.‎ M: Why not buy a new one?‎ 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: Would you like something to drink, ma’am?‎ W: Yes. Give me some coffee, please. No milk, no sugar.‎ M: Certainly.‎ W: My friend is coming in a minute and he loves sweet juice. What kind of juice do you recommend?‎ M: We have apple juice and strawberry juice. They’re both sweet. But I recommend the strawberry juice. It’s squeezed upon ordering. And the apple juice was made yesterday and ‎ stored in refrigerator.‎ Text 7‎ W: Hello, sir. Could you spare me a minute?‎ M: Sure, Jane. You look upset, what happened?‎ W: Well, you know it’s Kevin. He’s telling everyone that David and I are in love. But we’re not. We’re just a study pair. You know, I help him with his English and he helps me with my maths.‎ M: Oh, I was going to tell you that you have made great progress in maths. That explains. Don’t worry. I’ll talk to Kevin tomorrow.‎ Text 8‎ M: Excuse me, am I going the right way for Hill Farm?‎ W: I’m afraid not.‎ M: Oh, how can I get there?‎ W: Are you on foot?‎ M: Unfortunately, yes.‎ W: Well. It’s easy enough to get there. You need to go down this road till you see a track on your left. Maybe half a mile off.‎ M: Half a mile? OK.‎ W: Then, take that track and keep going for, er, another half mile.‎ M: It’s over a mile away?‎ W: Oh, at least. Now, when you get to a bridge, go straight over.‎ M: Ah, ha. ‎ W: Then, a little way past it, you’ll see a sign “Hill Farm” on your left.‎ M: And that’s finally it?‎ W: Yes.‎ M: Got it. Er, you’re not driving that way, are you?‎ W: Sorry. ‎ M: Well, no harm in asking. Thanks for your help!‎ 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 the English language, thanks to my mum 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 wanted 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 W: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to East Campus Library. To start your tour, I’m going to give you some useful information and regulations. I won’t keep you long.‎ First, how to enter our library. Thanks to the advanced technology, you just need to bring your student card and touch it in front of the touch point. And the door will automatically open for you. Then the opening hour, our library is open from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m. every weekday. For the weekends, it’s only open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please bear that in mind, so you won’t come in vain. Our library is also open for the local residents. And there’re differences for the students and the public. Our current students can borrow up to 12 books at a time. However, for the rest, the maximum they can borrow is 9. You need to return the books on time, or your library account will be blocked, and you can’t borrow any more books. Remember books have different due dates according to their popularity. Mostly, the books should be returned within 4 weeks. But for the popular books, you have to bring them back within only one week. The last thing I must mention here is that you’re not allowed to smoke in the library anywhere at anytime. And as to drinks, only bottled water is allowed to bring in. OK, now it’s time to show you where everything is.‎