英语卷·2018届四川省成都石室中学高二上学期期中考试（2016-11）

英语卷·2018届四川省成都石室中学高二上学期期中考试（2016-11）

成都市石室中学高2018届2016～2017学年度上期半期考试 英 语 ‎ 第I卷（共100分）‎ 第一部分：听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 第一节：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 does the woman think of the man’s shirt for the party?‎ ‎ A. It is not large enough.‎ ‎ B. Its material is not good.‎ ‎ C. The color is not suitable.‎ ‎2. Why was the man late?‎ ‎ A. He had supper with others.‎ ‎ B. He played three operations.‎ ‎ C. He had a car accident.‎ ‎3. What’s the population of Hawaii?‎ ‎ A. About 1,000,000. B. About 100,000. C. About 10,000,000.‎ ‎4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?‎ ‎ A. At a bookstore. B. At a store. C. At a hospital.‎ ‎5. What can we learn about the man over there according to the conversation?‎ ‎ A. The man is a kind person. ‎ ‎ B. The man has few words. ‎ ‎ C. The woman doesn’t like the man.‎ 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。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。‎ ‎6. When will Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix be on show?‎ ‎ A. On Friday, July 31st. B. On Friday, July 13th. C. On Saturday, July 14th.‎ ‎7. Where did the woman get the information?‎ ‎ A. On the radio B. On TV. C. In the newspaper.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. What is Irene doing now?‎ ‎ A. Using the computer. B. Working on her report. C. Going shopping.‎ ‎9. Why is the woman worried about Irene?‎ ‎ A. She spends too much money going shopping.‎ ‎ B. She does too much work on the report.‎ ‎ C. She spends too much time on the Internet.‎ ‎10. What will the woman do after checking her email?‎ ‎ A. Reply to the email.‎ ‎ B. Go to play with Irene.‎ ‎ C. Get Irene out of the computer room.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. What was the man looking for?‎ ‎ A. Records of guitar music. ‎ ‎ B. Books of modern guitar. ‎ ‎ C. Records of country music.‎ ‎12. What happened to the man’s records?‎ ‎ A. He enjoyed them but lost them. ‎ ‎ B. He damaged them carelessly. ‎ ‎ C. His father got them back.‎ ‎13. Where were the records when the man saw them?‎ ‎ A. On a shelf. B. In the window. C. On the counter.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。‎ ‎14. What day was yesterday?‎ ‎ A. Monday. B. Thursday. C. Friday.‎ ‎15. Why was the woman late for the appointment?‎ ‎ A. The road was crowded. ‎ ‎ B. She was stopped by a policeman. ‎ ‎ C. Her car broke down halfway.‎ ‎16. What had the woman’s children done to the dog?‎ ‎ A. They hurt the dog. ‎ ‎ B. They covered the dog with feathers. ‎ ‎ C. They gave the dog a bath.‎ ‎17. What was the worst thing yesterday to the woman?‎ ‎ A. She forgot inviting her boss and his wife over. ‎ ‎ B. She forgot to cook dinner for her husband. ‎ ‎ C. Her boss and his wife came to her house unexpectedly.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18. What does the speaker want to tell about?‎ ‎ A. How money came into being. ‎ ‎ B. Things once served as money in the past. ‎ ‎ C. How the value of money was decided.‎ ‎19. Which of the following was used for money for some early Asians?‎ ‎ A. Tea. B. Salt. C. Nuts.‎ ‎20. What was the common character of the things used as money?‎ ‎ A. Difficult to get. B. Practical in use. C. Valuable in people’s mind.‎ 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节 阅读理解（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 File Created Page 1‎ ‎ DELAYED BAGGAGE REPORT ‎ PRINTED AT ALBANY N.Y. AIRPORT ON JULY 10 2016 11:15 A.M.‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ Dear Valued Customer, ‎ We regret that your baggage was not available to claim after your recent flight. Everything possible will be done to locate your property and return it to you promptly (soon). ‎ For information regarding your delayed baggage, contact the United Airlines Baggage Resolution Center at its 24 hour, seven day a week number:‎ ‎1-800-335-BAGS (2247) (US – Toll Free)‎ ‎281-821-3536 (Local Houston Number)‎ Or visit site: http://www.united.com/for/bagtracing As soon as you file your Delayed Baggage Report, United Airlines will begin to trace for your baggage system wide. Our Baggage Resolution staff will make every effort to call you once a day to keep you updated on our progress. ‎ Please refer to the File Reference Number on this receipt when corresponding or calling so that we can quickly access your records. ‎ Keep this receipt with your claim check and E-Ticket receipt until your baggage is returned to you. ‎ In most circumstances, United Airlines will deliver your baggage when it is located. Delivery times vary depending on location. ‎ If your baggage has not been returned to you within the initial (first) five-day tracing period, please download a claim form at http://www.united.com/web/ en-US/content/travel /baggage/delayed.aspx and return it to us with the required documentation included.‎ http://csmcbagapp.nam.coair.com/bmswtweb/Docs/FileCreatedPrintPC.aspx?ref_num=144…‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________ ‎ DELAYED BAGGAGE REPORT FILE REFERENCE: ALBUA25876‎ ‎__________________________________________________________________ ‎ Name: JOHN JACKSON Contact Number: 802-247-9999‎ Delivery Address: 66 MOONBROOK DR BRANDON Email: minminvt@yahoo.com VERMONT USA 05745 ‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________ ‎ Bag Tag Description ‎0037387643 Soft-Side Upright suitcase ‎0037387657 Non-Zippered, hard side horizontal suitcase ‎21. Where does the report most probably come from?‎ A. Suitcase Tracing Website. B. Delivery Center of United Airlines.‎ C. Baggage Resolution Center. D. Information Center of the Airport.‎ ‎22. What can we learn about John Jackson from the report?‎ A. He must have filed his Delayed Baggage Report already.‎ B. He couldn't deal with his delayed baggage online until July 17, 2016.‎ C. He should call 8022479999 for the information about his delayed baggage.‎ D. He may not know anything about his delayed baggage during the first five days.‎ ‎23. Which of the following information is NOT provided in the receipt?  ‎ A. The description of the customer’s checked suitcases. ‎ B. The contact phone number of Albany N.Y. Airport.  ‎ C. The regular routine of the delayed baggage tracing. ‎ D. The customer’s delayed baggage file reference number. ‎ B ‎ Picky eaters may have good reasons for their behaviour. No matter why your child has become picky, how you handle the situation can affect his or her future. Therefore, you should know the following reasons for picky children first of all.‎ ‎ Neophobia is common in children; it often happens at the dinner table. Some children just refuse to try new food because they don’t know what it will taste like, while others dislike new food before even smelling it. Some children take it to the extreme and will only eat a few foods that they like. Psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Capaldi says that, by the time children reach the age of two, they have formed their own eating habits that they don’t want to be disturbed by new offerings at the table.‎ ‎ A newly published study led by Dr. Lucy Cooke of University College London showed that picky eating in children results from genetic and environmental causes. The research, which ‎ followed the eating habits of 5,390 pairs of twins between the ages of 8 and 11, found that about 75% of the neophobia in the children was from their parents, while 25% was due to the influence of environment.‎ ‎ Children grow at a high speed during their first year, but that fast-paced growth tends to slow down by their second year. When children are not experiencing one of those fast growth periods, their body needs less energy; and that results in a smaller appetite. When children are not hungry, they tend to enjoy only food they like. They refuse new food and food that is not their favorite. Some children will limit the amount of food to only one kind, like hamburgers or pancakes, leaving all the other foods untouched.‎ ‎ In some cases, many real reasons why a child behaves as a picky eater exist. About 5% of children who are 10 years of age or younger have some type of neurological dysfunction(神经机能障碍) that influences their eating habits. These children may be easily hurt by some special smells, or their brain may not be able to process such sensory information properly.‎ ‎24. The underlined word “Neophobia” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.‎ A. the fear of something new or unknown B. the worry about the amount of new food C. the feeling of eating at the dinner table D. the fear of eating tasty food ‎25. What can we learn about the study led by Dr. Cooke?‎ A. It paid more attention to the environmental effects on children’s eating habits.‎ B. It followed the eating habits of 5,390 children aged between 8 and 11.‎ C. It showed that genetics greatly affect children’s eating habits.‎ D. It suggested that parents should have good eating habits.‎ ‎26. The fourth paragraph mainly tells us that ________.‎ A. children’s growth speed stays the same in the first two years B. children develop their own diet when they grow up ‎ C. children tends to eat less when they grow up D. children’s growth has an effect on their diet ‎27. The reason mentioned in the last paragraph has something to do with a child’s ________.‎ A. exercise B. sense C. habit D. interest C Sara tried to befriend her old friend Steve’s new wife, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didn’t hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing.‎ Conversation is a turn-taking game. When our habits are similar, there’s no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before I’m finished or fail to take your turn when I’m finished. That’s what was happening with Betty and Sara.‎ It may not be coincidental (巧合的) that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel.‎ The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping (思维定势). And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in — and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up.‎ That’s why slight differences in conversational style — tiny little things like microseconds of pause — can have a great effect on one’s life. The result in this cause was a judgment of psychological problems — even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training.‎ ‎28. What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her?‎ A. Betty was talkative. B. Betty was an interrupter.‎ C. Betty did not take her turn. D. Betty paid no attention to Sara.‎ ‎29. According to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns?‎ A. Americans. B. Israelis. C. The British. D. The Finns.‎ ‎30. We can learn from the passage that ________. ‎ A. one’s inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimes B. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacing C. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the US D. one should receive training to build up one’s confidence ‎31. The best title of the passage is ________.‎ A. Speak Your Mind B. How to Communicate C. Conversation Skills D. Pacing and Pausing D YOU CAN’T DO IT EVEN IF IT HURTS NOBODY ‎ Who do you think breaks the law in our society? If you believe that only tough guys commit crimes, you may have to think again. Unlike in the movies, we can’t divide the world into bad guys and model citizens. Real life is much more complex. In the same way that diseases range from the common cold to deadly forms of cancer, crimes vary in degree. For example, smoking in an elevator will inconvenience people, but much less than threatening them with a gun.‎ In addition to breaking the law themselves, people tolerate (容忍) various levels of crime. Why can we tolerate some crimes? It may be that, by seeing others do something, we accept it more easily. For instance, most people will find it easier to speed on a highway when everybody else is driving over the speed limit. When people celebrate a sports championship, if they see someone breaking store windows, they might start breaking windows themselves or even steal from the store. So the people around us influence how much law-breaking we can tolerate.‎ We must also wonder whether seeing violence on television or reading about it in the newspapers every day makes us tolerate crime more than we should. We become used to seeing blood on the news on television, or in full color in newspapers and magazines. Because we see thousands of dead people on TV, maybe we just try to ignore the situation behind the violence.‎ If so many citizens tolerate violence and crime, or even commit crimes themselves, it may simply be because of the human mind. Our minds may ignore specific laws. Instead, our minds may have a system of values that usually prevents us from hurting other people to improve our own lives. Yet, when it comes to respecting the rights of a mass of anonymous(不知名的) individuals, we might not be so responsible. While most people would not steal a wallet containing $50, they may not mind cheating on taxes, because cheating on taxes does not hurt any one person. It hurts society, but “society” remains a abstract idea that is not as real as a neighbor or a friend’s friend. ‎ When we realize that many people have misunderstandings of law-breaking, we could think it is surprising that so many people have a criminal record. How could we improve the level of honesty in our society? Would strict laws help make our society better? Probably not. Honesty will have to come from social pressure: in the family, at school, on the job, each and every one of us can encourage honesty by showing which behaviors are unacceptable. And teaching respect should become everyone’s responsibility. ‎ ‎32. According to the author, “Real life is much more complex” probably means ________.‎ ‎ A. there is a wide range of people and crimes in the real life ‎ B. smoking in an elevator goes against laws in the real life ‎ C. there are more crimes than diseases in the real life ‎ D. model citizens sometimes break laws in the real life ‎33. What does the author think of the people who cheat on taxes?‎ ‎ A. They take no notice of the human mind.‎ ‎ B. They break the laws unaccepted in their minds.‎ ‎ C. They hurt other people to improve their own lives.‎ ‎ D. They care about some particular laws.‎ ‎34. People tolerate violence and crime because ________.‎ ‎ A. their behavior is the same as that of most other people ‎ B. they pay no attention to the truth behind the crimes ‎ C. most unlawful acts are not harmful to the individual ‎ D. they hold wrong beliefs about law - breaking ‎35. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?‎ ‎ A. To discuss whether laws are strict enough.‎ ‎ B. To remind people to behave with honesty.‎ ‎ C. To show people the importance of education.‎ ‎ D. To explain why many people have criminal records.‎ 第二节 ‎（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。‎ Building Trust in a Relationship Again 　　Trust is a learned behavior that we gain from past experiences.  36   . Trust is a risk. But you can’t be successful when there’s a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no responsibility to fix the mistake． Unfortunately, we’ve all been victims of betrayal. Whether we’ve been stolen from, lied to, misled, or cheated on, there are different levels of losing trust. Sometimes people simply can’t trust any more.   37   . It’s understandable, but if you’re willing to build trust in a relationship again, we have some steps you can take to get you there． ●  38    Having confidence in yourself will help you make better choices because you can see what the best outcome would be for your well-being． ●   39    If you’ve been betrayed, you are the victim of your circumstance. But there’s a difference between being a victim and living with a “victim mentality”．At some point in all of our lives, we’ll have our trust tested or violated(违背)． ●  You didn’t lose “everything”．Once trust is lost, what is left? Instead of looking at the situation from this hopeless angle, look at everything you still have and be thankful for all of the good in your life.   40    Instead, it’s a healthy way to work through the experience to allow room for positive growth and forgiveness.‎ A. Learn to really trust yourself. B. It is putting confidence in someone.‎ C. Stop regarding yourself as the victim. D. Remember that you can expect the best in return.‎ E. They’ve been too badly hurt and they can’t bear to let it happen again. ‎ F. This knowledge carries over in their attitude toward their future relationships. G. Seeing the positive side of things doesn’t mean you’re ignoring what happened.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用 第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)‎ 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从41～60各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ You are trapped at the window of a building that is on fire. You hear a man’s voice through the smoke    41    you shouting, “Jump!” Will you jump? Will you leave the known, as    42    as it is, and jump into the unknown?‎ ‎ The    43    depends on two factors. The first has to    44    how much you know about the person who is shouting to you. Is he    45   ? Will he let you fall to the ground    46    support your weight?‎ ‎ So it is with all of our    47   . What do we know about the people we would like to    48   ? Will they stand by you when circumstances(情况)    49   ? Can they be depended on? It’s like a woman who once purchased two watches from a street vendor(摊贩) on London’s Oxford Street. When she asked if the street salesman could    50    her guarantees(保证), he said. “Certainly, madam. I can give you even    51    guarantees.” Then he added, “The only thing I    52    guarantee is that I will be here this time next Monday morning.” So the first part of trust is    53   . Is the other person worthy of your trust?‎ ‎    54    important is a second factor, which is action. Will you jump? It    55    little how much you believe you trust someone if you are finally    56    to jump. Will you show your trust for them by jumping?‎ ‎ You may be    57    to make a jump. Staying in the burning building is    58    an option, but not one you’ll want to make for long.    59    it feels risky to leap into the smoke, you may discover there is a safe and secure    60   . You may also discover that there are those to be trusted. And you may discover that it is worth the jump.‎ ‎41. A. beside B. below C. behind D. above ‎42. A. strange B. dangerous C. safe D. complex ‎43. A. phenomenon B. problem C. answer D. approach ‎44. A. go with B. make out C. look over D. do with ‎45. A. reliable B. capable C. strong D. clever ‎46. A. but B. and C. or D. then ‎47. A. situation B. options C. character D. relationships ‎48. A. accompany B. trust C. support D. protect ‎49. A. change B. continue C. disappear D. improve ‎50. A. delay B. consult C. offer D. acquire ‎51. A. lifetime B. professional C. certain D. annual ‎52. A. mustn’t B. can’t C. needn’t D. won’t ‎ ‎53. A. courage B. dependence C. strength D. belief ‎54. A. Equally B. Absolutely C. Basically D. Relatively ‎55. A. costs B. bothers C. matters D. differs ‎56. A. unwilling B. unlikely C. eager D. ready ‎57. A. expecting B. demanding C. deciding D. failing ‎58. A. merely B. always C. hardly D. occasionally ‎59. A. Though B. Because C. When D. Once ‎60. A. survival B. jump C. escape D. landing 第II卷（非选择题，共50分）‎ 第一节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 阅读下列材料，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贵的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。‎ As you know, science plays a very important role in our 61 (educate). Do you want to keep up 62 the latest research and discoveries in science? There are many good websites 63 you can check out the latest in the science world.‎ One great site is Science News for Kids. This site reports science news 64 (cover) a wide range of subjects. The articles are 65 (write) for younger readers, but adults will find this site suitable for them as well.‎ Another wonderful site, one that I check out every day, 66 (call) Science Daily. The site constantly updates news and exciting findings that change the way we view the world. ‎ Whether they are newly unearthed 67 (discover) about creatures 68 the latest advances in medicine, you’ll find them at Science Daily.‎ These sites post stories and also keep all the past articles for you to read 69 (late). That way you can enter a search term and find anything 70 (relate) to science.‎ 第二节 短文改错（满分10分）‎ 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、删除或修改。‎ 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限一词。‎ 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ English writing is a big part in the examination, so it is great importance for us to improve our writing skills. Here are some advice on how to write good compositions. First of all, a large vocabulary is essential. Therefore, we should spare some effort to enlarge our vocabulary. In addition, sentence patterns also play an important part in writing, so we should be familiar to the most common used sentence patterns. Furthermore, it was necessary for us to do plenty of translation practice, which will enable us to use that we have learned. It will also be very useful whether we can recite some excellent sample compositions. Finally, we should practice write our own compositions. As everybody knows it, practice makes perfect. ‎ 第三节 单词填空：（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）‎ ‎ 在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式，每个空只能填一个字。‎ ‎（注意：只能填写第四册教材第1到第6模块及第五册教材第1和第2模块词汇表中单词的正确形式。）‎ ‎71. _________ (和……相比)with her achievements, her shortcomings are, after all, only secondary.‎ ‎72. A healthy and balanced diet should involve _________ (不同种类的) of fresh vegetables and fruits.‎ ‎73. The air temperature was well below 0℃, and lakes and rivers _________ (结冰；冻住).‎ ‎74. Yuan Longping is _________ (称为) to as the founding father of hybrid rice.‎ ‎75. She _________ (弯腰) down, picked up a rock and threw it into the trees.‎ ‎76. _________ (同事) are your workmates or your co-workers, the people who you work with.‎ ‎77. There is no doubt that free markets will _________ (创造) more job opportunities all over the world.‎ ‎78. No one knows when exactly the universe first came into _________ (存在).‎ ‎79. Children are not _________ (允许) into the cinema without their parents.‎ ‎80. In _________ (简而言之), there are no easy ways to success.‎ 第四节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ ‎ 假如你是一名乘客，名叫李华，对你上周六乘坐的CA257航班很不满意，为此给航空公司写了一封投诉信，就以下情况进行投诉：1. 行李遗失；2. 餐食质量差，3. 乘务员服务态度不好。并提出要求。‎ 参考词汇：乘务员 flight attendant 注意：‎ ‎1. 投诉信要包括以上内容，可适当增加情节，以使行文连贯。‎ ‎2. 词数100左右。‎ Dear Sir/Madam, ‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ Yours sincerely, ‎ Li Hua 成都市石室中学高2018届2016～2017学年度上期半期考试答案 听力： ‎ ‎1-5. CBABC 6-10. BCACC 11-15. ABBCC 16-20. CABAC 阅读：‎ ‎21-23 BDC 24-27 ACDB 28-31CBAD 32-35 ADDB 七选五 ‎36-40．BEACG 完形填空 ‎41-45 BBCDA 46-50 CDBAC 51-55 ABDAC 56-60 ACBAD 语法填空 ‎61. education 62. with 63. where 64. covering 65.written ‎ ‎66. is called 67. discoveries 68. or 69. later 70. related 短文改错 English writing is a big part in the examination, so it is great importance for us to improve our ‎ writing skills. Here are some advice on how to write good compositions. First of all, a large vocabulary is ‎ are改为 is 或者advice改为suggestions ‎ essential. Therefore, we should spare some effort to enlarge our vocabulary. In addition, sentence ‎ no ‎ patterns also play an important part in writing, so we should be familiar to the most common used ‎ ‎ with commonly sentence patterns. Furthermore, it was necessary for us to do plenty of translation practice, which will ‎ is ‎ enable us to use that we have learned. It will also be very useful whether we can recite some excellent ‎ what if sample compositions. Finally, we should practice write our own compositions. As everybody knows it, ‎ ‎ writing ‎ practice makes perfect. ‎ 单词拼写 ‎71. Compared 72. varieties 73. froze 74. referred 75. bent ‎ ‎76. Colleagues 77. create 78. existence 79. permitted 80. brief 书面表达 One Possible version:‎ Dear Sir/Madam, ‎ My name is Li Hua, a passenger of your airline. I feel bad to trouble you but I am writing to ‎ make a complaint about my unpleasant experience on the flight CA257 last Saturday.‎ I have never had a worse flight before. Firstly, your airline lost one of my bags where an important document was kept and I have to attend a conference with it next week. Furthermore, almost all passengers were unhappy with the food supplied on the plane. It was cold and tasted terrible. Lastly, so unfriendly and impatient were the flight attendants that they were deaf to our justifiable requests.‎ I would appreciate it if you could find my bag as soon as possible, and I would like to have this matter settled by the end of this week. ‎ Thank you for your consideration and I will be looking forward to your reply.‎ ‎ Yours sincerely, ‎ ‎ Li Hua 听力原文 Text 1‎ W: You can’t wear that, John. It’s black.‎ M: What’s wrong with black shirts? Everybody has a black shirt.‎ W: It doesn’t look like you’re going to a party.‎ Text 2‎ W: You are late again.‎ M: A car accident happened and I played three operations nonstop.‎ W: We are waiting for you to cut the cake.‎ M: Of course, it’s my duty.‎ Text 3‎ W: How big is Hawaii?‎ M: It’s not very big. It’s got a population about a million.‎ W: I see. And what’s the capital?‎ M: Honolulu. It’s on the island of Oahu.‎ Text 4‎ M: I thought you were lost. Where were you?‎ W: Sorry. I was bargaining for the toy car at that counter.‎ M: A gift for a child?‎ W: Yeah. I will send it to my niece for her birthday.‎ Text 5‎ W: I don’t like the man over there.‎ M: Why do you say that?‎ W: He never says anything pleasant about anyone.‎ M: Never?‎ W: Never!‎ Text 6‎ M: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be on show on Saturday, July 14th. ‎ W: Not on Saturday, July 14th. It’s on Friday, July 13th. I read it in the newspaper. You have waited for it so long. And you even wrote a letter to the author J.K. Rowling.‎ M: Perhaps she is too busy. She hasn’t given me a reply. But I can see the film now.‎ Text 7 ‎ W: Where is Irene? I haven’t seen her all day.‎ M: She’s in the computer room using the Internet.‎ W: Recently she has been spending hours and hours on the Internet every day. I think she’s addicted to it.‎ M: Nonsense! She’s probably just getting some facts for her report.‎ W: No, she’s just wasting all her time on the BBS or in one of those discussion groups. And yesterday, she was using the Internet to do some shopping!‎ M: If you’re really worried, let’s go to get her. We can encourage her to do something else.‎ W: OK, but you’ll have to wait a minute. First I have to check my email.‎ Text 8‎ M: Good afternoon. Have you got any records of modern guitar music?‎ W: We’ve got a lot of them. Which ones are you looking for?‎ M: I’m looking for some records of Julian Bream. I saw them in your window last week, but they ‎ are gone. My father gave me the same records, but I broke them carelessly. And I really like these records.‎ W: Let’s look for the records. I put some new records in the window yesterday, I took the Bream records out and I put them on that shelf. Yes, the records are over there on the shelf.‎ M: How much are those three?‎ W: They’re four pounds fifty pence.‎ Text 9‎ W: I had such a terrible day yesterday that I’m really starting to believe that Friday the thirteenth is unlucky.‎ M: Why? What happened?‎ W: Everything went wrong. For example, I had to meet an important customer in the morning and on the way to town the car broke down. When I finally got there, the customer had already left.‎ M: That’s certainly bad luck.‎ W: That’s not all. In the afternoon the children asked some kids over to play and they had a pillow fight and tore one of them. When I got home there were feathers all over.‎ M: My goodness!‎ W: Wait! There’s more. Somebody had dropped a jar of jam on the new carpet. The dog had lain down in it, so they’d given him a bath and then put him on my bed.‎ M: Oh, no!‎ W: Oh, yes! And to make matters worse, my boss and his wife arrived while I was cleaning up the house. I had forgotten that I’d invited them for dinner.‎ Text 10‎ Good morning everybody. My topic for today is “Early Money”. I’m going to tell you something about money used in the early days. To be honest, we know little about how early people came to use money, but we do know some of the things which have been used as money. In early times in some European countries, salt was difficult to get. It was used as money. In some parts of Asia, tea was used as money. The American Indians used nuts and other things. Perhaps the most common money of all was an animal of some kind. In some places today, cows are still used as a kind of money. So you see, things highly valued by everybody may serve as money.‎ The Chinese were the first to use coins as money. Oh, sorry, you don’t know the word “coin”? Well, it is spelled C-O-I-N. Here are some coins of the past. You can come over and have a look.‎