2018-2019学年四川省广元市高二上学期期末教学质量监测英语试题（Word版）

2018-2019学年四川省广元市高二上学期期末教学质量监测英语试题（Word版）

广元市2018要2019学年度上学期期末高中二年级教学质量监测英 语 试 题 注意事项院 1. 本试卷由四个部分组成遥其中袁第一尧第二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题袁第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题曰 2. 在答题前袁考生务必将自己的姓名尧考号尧考试科目等涂写在答题卡上曰 3. 选择题答案在答题卡上涂黑袁非选择题在答题卡上作答遥 考试结束后袁将答题卡收回曰 4. 本试卷满分 150 分袁考试时间 120 分钟遥 第玉卷 渊选择题袁共100分冤第一部分听力渊共两节袁满分30分冤 做题时袁先将答案标在试卷上遥 录音内容结束后袁你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上 的答案转涂到答题卡上遥 第一节 渊共5小题曰每小题1.5分, 满分7.5分冤 听下面5段对话遥 每段对话后有一个小题袁从题中所给的A尧B尧C三个选项中选出最佳选项遥 听完每段对话后袁你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题遥每段对话仅读一遍遥 1. How will the woman go to the town center?‎ A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. By train.‎ 2. Where does the conversation take place?‎ A. At an airport. B. At a hotel. C. At a travel agency.‎ 3. What does the woman like to watch in her spare time?‎ A. Advertisements. B. TV plays. C. Art shows.‎ 4. What makes the man so happy?‎ A. Tom will play football with him.‎ B. Tom will tell him the best news.‎ C. Tom爷s father will play football with him.‎ 5. Who will probably decide the place to go?‎ A. The man. B. The woman. C. Harry.‎ 高二英语试题第 1 页渊共 12 页冤 第二节渊共15小题曰每小题1.5分袁满分22.5分冤 听下面5段对话或独白遥 每段对话或独白后有几个小题袁从题中所给的A尧B尧C三个选项中选出最佳选项遥 听每段对话或独白前袁你将有时间阅读各个小题袁每小题5 秒钟曰听完后袁各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间遥 每段对话或独白读两遍遥听第6段材料袁 回答第6尧 7题遥 1. How many people will there be in the party?‎ A. Twelve. B. Fourteen. C. Twenty.‎ 2. Where will the party be held?A. At a park.‎ B. At the office.‎ C. At a collegue爷s house.‎ 听第7段材料袁 回答第8至10题遥 3. Which two countries will have a football game tonight?‎ A. Brazil and England. B. China and England. C. Brazil and Japan.‎ 4. What is the man busy with recently?A. His final exam.‎ B. His driving test.‎ C. His basketball training.‎ 5. When will the game start?‎ A. ‎1颐00 a.m. B. 1颐00 p.m. C. 11颐00 p.m.‎ 听第8段材料袁 回答第11至13题遥 6. Why does Michael feel sorry?‎ A. He is having a lot of problems.‎ B. He forgot his grandmother爷s birthday.‎ C. He hasn爷t called his grandmother for a long time.‎ 7. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Michael爷s birthday.‎ B. Michael爷s grandfather.‎ C. Michael爷s busy schedule.‎ 8. How does Michael probably feel about going to college?‎ A. Worried. B. Confident. C. Disappointed. 听第9段材料袁 回答第14至17题遥 9. What爷s the relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Landlord and tenant (房客).‎ A. Agent and tenant.‎ B. Agent and landlord.‎ 2. What does the woman want the man to do?A. To cut down the rent.‎ B. To discuss with the landlord.‎ C. To do some repair work.‎ 3. What is the man爷s reply for the request? A. He can爷t decide it.‎ B. He thinks it is impossible.‎ C. He needs time to consider it.‎ 4. What can we learn from the conversation?‎ A. The woman doesn爷t think the house is good.‎ B. The woman hasn爷t made the decision yet.‎ C. The man doesn爷t know how much the rent is.‎ 听第10段材料袁 回答第18至20题遥 5. In what condition will one爷s name be moved away? A. If he is late twice.‎ B. If he misses three classes.‎ C. If he breaks the microscope.‎ 6. What is forbidden in the laboratory?A. Touching the table top.‎ B. Wearing large clothes.‎ C. Drinking.‎ 7. What does the speaker mainly talk about?‎ A. Courses the students should complete.‎ B. Instructions the students should follow.‎ C. Experiments the students should do.第二部分阅读理解渊共两节袁满分40分冤 第一节渊共15小题曰每小题2分袁满分30分冤阅读下列短文袁从每题所给的A尧B尧C和D四个选项中袁选出最佳选项遥 A The Challenge is a national charity founded in 2009. Our mission is to connect and inspire people to strengthen their communities. This is a unique opportunity to join a fast moving袁 rapidly growing organization, working with young people and local communities across the country.‎ ‎ primary responsibilities will be:‎ Running a Tented Village designed to accommodate about 65 young people and 10 staff.‎ Acting in the event of any emergency to ensure primarily the safety of the young people on the program.‎ We are looking for outstanding individuals with the following qualities:‎ ‎ 足智多谋的冤and practically minded, the applicant must be confident dealing with the challenges.‎ Experience of managing a similar large-scale outdoor event.‎ Ability to manage a small team of staff during the camp.‎ The applicants must be able to adapt their approach and their hours of work to deal with problems when they arise. Further details There will be early mornings, late evenings and weekend working required at various points throughout the 5.5 weeks. ‎ The Residential Site Manager 渊住宿区管理员冤 will have access to permanent accommodation site and therefore will not be required to sleep in a tent. Successful applicants will be asked to attend a couple of training days before the camp beginning.‎ This is a fixed term role from 18th July-17th August 2018 Salary: 2,660渊95 per day, 28-day role冤 Please apply by 23/05/2018‎ 21. What is necessary for the manager to do if a dangerous event happens?‎ A. Reducing the losses of wealth. B. Making sure the young are safe.‎ ‎ C. Keeping the camp running normally. D. Escaping with all people in a short time.‎ 22. What is a must for the applicant?A. Having a good memory.‎ B. Working in a large company at least.‎ C. Overcoming problems as soon as possible.‎ D. Being good at participating in outdoor events.‎ 23. What will the managers do during the 5.5 weeks?‎ A. Working at weekends. B. Sleeping in a tent.‎ ‎ C. Visiting the accommodation. D. attending a couple of training days.‎ 24. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The challenge is an international organization.‎ B. One tent can accommodate about 65 young people and 10 staff.‎ C. All managers will be required to sleep in a tent.‎ D. The applicant should have the ability to change ways to solve problems.‎ B I love the Olympics because there are always so many amazing stories. The recent Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were no exception. This life lesson comes from the tragic tale of Chad le Clos from South Africa.‎ Chad le Clos is a famous freestyle and butterfly swimmer, having won a world champion and Olympic gold medal. In the 2012 Olympics he even beat Michael Phelps in the 200meter butterfly, Phelps爷 favorite race. When Phelps announced he would participate in 2016 Olympic Games, an instant rivalry 渊竞争冤 match was created.‎ When they climbed onto the blocks before the final race, le Clos stared over at Phelps. However, Phelps never seemed to notice. Towards the end of the race, Phelps had a small lead coming towards the wall and in the lane next to him, le Clos was swimming with his head turned towards Phelps. Instead of focusing on his own swimming, he was still watching Phelps.‎ In the end, Phelps won the gold medal and le Clos got the 4th place! The world champion didn爷t even get a medal and I believe that it was because of how much he focused on everything but himself.‎ In fact, in our life, we tend to spend our time looking at and comparing ourselves to the lives of others. The danger is that when we are focusing on others, we don爷t have time to focus on making ourselves better. The truth is that those in the habit of comparing themselves to others will never get to a point where they are content 渊知足的冤. The constant comparison and fighting to be 野the top冶 only lead to a lifetime of disappointment and bitterness.‎ 25. What is the writer爷s attitude toward Chad le Clos?‎ A. Proud. B. Satisfied. C. Indifferent. D. Regretful.‎ 25. What can we learn about Chad le Clos?A. He won an Olympic gold medal.‎ B. He is the best friend of Michael Phelps.‎ C. He won a medal in the 2016 Olympics.‎ D. He beat Phelps in the 200-meter freestyle.‎ 26. Which of the following proverbs does the writer probably agree with?‎ A. The early bird catches worms. B. Happy are those who are content.‎ ‎ C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. God helps those who help themselves.‎ 27. What can be a suitable title for the text?‎ A. Fight to Be 野the Top冶! B. Stop Staring at Phelps!‎ ‎ C. Lessons Learned in Rio! D. Never Focus on Others!‎ C Staying positive through the cold season could be your best defense against getting sick, a new American study suggests.‎ In an experiment that exposed healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers found that people with a generally sunny character were less likely to fall ill. The findings, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, build on evidence that a 野positive emo鄄 tional style冶 can help ward off the common cold and other illnesses. 野People with a positive emotional style may have different immune (免疫的) responses to the virus,冶 explained study author Dr. Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. 野And when they do get a cold, they may interpret their illness as being less severe.冶 For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults complete standard measures of personality qualities, physical health and 野emotional style.冶 Those who tended to be happy, energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style, while those who were often unhappy, tense and hostile (敌意的) had a negative style.‎ Afterwards, the researchers gave them nose drops containing either a cold virus or a particular flu virus that causes flu-like symptoms. Over the next six days, the volunteers reported on any aches, pains, sneezing they had. Cohen and his colleagues found that happy people were less likely to develop a cold.‎ What爷s more, when happy folks did develop a cold, their symptoms were less severe than what would be expected based on objective measures.‎ In contrast, people with negative characters were not at increased risk of developing a cold based on objective measures, though they did tend to get down about their symptoms.‎ 野We find that it爷s really positive emotions that have the big effect冶, Cohen said, 野not the negative ones冶.‎ So can a bad-tempered person fight a cold by deciding to be happy?‎ 29. What does the underlined phrase 野ward off冶 in paragraph 2 refer to?‎ A. Go on with. B. Get used to. C. Get close to. D. Keep away from.‎ 30. What was the purpose of Cohen爷s new study?‎ A. To examine whether health was related to emotional styles.‎ B. To find effective ways to fight illnesses.‎ C. To test people爷s different immune responses to cold virus.‎ D. To tell differences between happy people and unhappy people.‎ 31. How did Cohen reach his conclusion?‎ A. By observing the volunteer爷s symptoms.‎ A. By collecting data among people with cold.‎ B. By asking the volunteers to complete a form.‎ C. By comparing experimental results of different groups.‎ 30. What can we conclude from the text?‎ A. We get more by being more positive.‎ B. The happier we are, the fewer colds we will suffer.‎ C. Success is the twin of positive spirits.‎ D. Physical health is more important than mental health.‎ D The decreasing North Atlantic right whale population is going to finish its breeding season without any new births, leading experts to warn again that the species will face extinction if human beings don爷t do anything.‎ Scientists observing the whale community off the US east coast have not recorded a single female pair this winter. Last year saw a record number of deaths in the population. Threats to the whales include fishing ropes and an increasing struggle to find food.‎ The combination of rising mortality and declining fertility (升高的死亡率与降低的出生率) is now seen as a possible disaster. There are about as few as 430 North Atlantic right whales left in the world, including just 100 female whales.‎ 野We are killing them off. These 100 females will be gone in 20 years,冶 said Mark Baumgartner, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. Without action, he warned, North Atlantic right whales will be extinct by 2040.‎ Commercial whaling (商业捕鲸) took place for three centuries until banned in 1986. Most whale populations had been reduced to such low levels that it will take years for many of them to recover (恢复). Additional problems of pollution, climate change and ship strikes are also preventing their recovery.‎ Other threatened species include: the vaquita, a rare species of porpoise (钝吻海豚) found in California and listed as the most endangered sea animal in the world 要 it is thought that only 30 or so remain in the wild; the blue whale, the largest animal ever known to have existed 要 between 10,000 and 25,000 remain; and the sei whale, the third largest whale, with a population of around 80,000.‎ Woods Hole and other groups, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have been tracing (跟踪) right whale numbers determinedly since the mid1980s.‎ 33. What is the most possible reason for the decreasing of the right whale population?‎ A. Low birth rate. B. No protection action. C. Pollution. D. Fishing and hunting.‎ 34. What can we learn from the text?‎ A. Scientists are taking action to save the whale.‎ B. People will kill 100 female right whales in 20 years.‎ C. Some species of sea animals are also in danger.‎ D. Commercial whaling is legal.‎ 35. What can be the suitable title for the text?‎ A. Extinction of Right Whales B. Threats to the Whales C. Saving Right Whales D. Increasing the Birth Rate of Whales 第二节 (共5小题曰每小题2分袁满分10分)‎ 根据短文内容袁 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项遥 选项中有两 项为多余选项遥 Advice for Improving Self-esteem (自尊)‎ Self-esteem plays a role in almost everything you do. People with high self-esteem do better in school and find it easier ‎ to make friends. They will have better relationships with others, feel happier, find it easier to deal with mistakes, disappointments and fail鄄 ures, and are more likely to stick with something until they succeed.‎ If you want to improve your self-esteem, here is some useful advice援 ‎36 If you爷re used to thinking about your shortcomings, start thinking about positive aspects of yourself. Each day, write down three things about yourself that make you happy.‎ Set goals. Think about what you爷d like to do, and then make a plan for how to do it.‎ Stick with your plan.‎ ‎ Look mistakes as learning opportunities. 37 Mistakes are part of learning.‎ ‎38 If you realize that you爷re unhappy with something about yourself that you can change, then start today. If it爷s something you can爷t change (like your height), then start to work toward loving yourself the way you are.‎ Make a contribution. Help a classmate who爷s having trouble or help clean up your neighborhood. 39‎ Have fun. Enjoy spending time with the people you care about and do the things you love. 40‎ It takes some work to develop good self-esteem, but once you do, it爷s a skill you爷ll have for life.‎ A. Relax and have a good time.‎ B. Low self-esteem is bad for your health.‎ C. Helping others can improve self-esteem.‎ D. Recognize what you can change and what you can爷t.‎ E. Try to stop thinking negative thoughts about yourself.‎ F. Accept that you will make mistakes because everyone does.‎ G. Experience is the great thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.‎ 第三部分英语知识运用渊共两节袁满分45分冤 第一节 完形填空渊共20小题曰每题1.5分袁满分30分冤 阅读下面短文袁从短文后各题所给的A尧B尧C和D四个选项中袁选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项遥 I walked past my father. A few seconds later, I walked past him again. And then I was carefully wrapping Allyson爷s birthday presents while 41 the cake for her coming party.‎ As soon as I finished the call袁 I glanced up and met Dad爷s 42 .‎ 野You are too 43 , honey,冶 he said, 野you need to 44 and enjoy life a little more.冶 He was 45 . At that moment, I realized I had been totally 46 my precious Dad in order to 47 all of the tasks on my to-do list that morning. All Dad wanted me to do was to 48 and spend some 49 time with him. So I did. I knew the presentwrapping could wait, and I could return 50 later.‎ We laughed and talked and 51 on our favorite contestant (选手) in the Showcase Showdown before going to the 52 for a mid-morning snack and coffee. I爷m so glad I didn爷t 53 that special time with my Dad. Daddy 54 away a few months later, and I爷d give up anything to spend another morning like that with him, but only his words of 55 remain with me.‎ ‎ When I爷m 56 non-stop trying to meet a book deadline or trying to clean and re鄄 organize the entire 57 or packing for a coming conference or trying to do all of those tasks at once, I爷ll hear Dad爷s 58 .‎ ‎ The to-do lists will always be there, but too 59 , special times with loved ones can slip by. So take 60 today and every day to simply enjoy life.‎ 41. A. enjoying B. ordering C. baking D. making 42. A. photo B. voice C. list D. look 43. A. occupied B. simple C. lazy D. silly 44. A. run away B. slow down C. give up D. work out 45. A. old B. out C. ill D. right 46. A. ignoring 47. A. avoid 48. A. sit down 49. A. working 50. A. cakes 51. A. depended 52. A. kitchen 53. A. spend 54. A. stayed 55. A. warning 56. A. speaking 57. A. house 58. A. promise 59. A. frequently 60. A. measures B. understanding B. arrange C. obeying C. finish C. stay up C. hard C. calls C. held C. bedroom C. miss C. died C. comment C. walking C. company C. instructions C. unconsciously C. risks D. worrying D. write D. walk around D. extra D. books D. waited D. workshop D. enjoy D. moved D. wisdom D. driving D. department D. words D. strangely D. time B. go away B. quality B. gifts B. cheered B. office B. use B. passed B. doubt B. writing B. building B. laughter B. happily B. breath 第域卷 渊非选择题袁共50分冤 第二节渊共10小题曰每小题1.5分袁满分15分冤 阅读下面材料袁在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式遥 The people of Kiribati are afraid that one day in the not-too-distant future, their country 61 (disappear) from the face of the earth―literally. Several times this year, 62 Pacific island nation has been flooded by sudden high tides.‎ What is causing these mysterious high tides? The answer may well be global warming. When fuels like oil and coal 63 渊be冤being burned, pollutants are released; these pollutants trap heat in the earth爷s atmosphere. Warmer temperatures cause water 64‎ ‎(expand).‎ ‎ 65 the trend continues, Bangladesh might lose one-fifth of 66 (it) land. The island nations of the Pacific, however, would face an even 67 (bad) fate.‎ The people of these nations feel frustrated 渊沮丧的冤. The sea, 68 which their economies are based, is 69 (sudden) threatening their existence. They don爷t have the money for expensive technological 70 (solution) like seawalls. What they can do is to hope that they will take steps to reduce pollution.‎ 第四部分写作渊共两节袁满分35分冤 第一节 短文改错渊共10小题曰每小题1分袁满分10分冤 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文袁请你修改你同桌写的以下作文遥作文中共有10处语言错误袁每句中最多有两处遥 每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加尧删除或修改遥 增加院 在缺词处加一个漏字符号渊夷冤袁并在其下面写出该加的词遥删除院 把多余的词用斜线渊冤划掉遥修改院 在错的词下划一横线袁并在该词下面写出修改后的词遥注意院 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词曰 2. 只允许修改10处袁多者渊从第11处起冤不计分遥 Dear Sir,‎ How are you? As a exchange student, I am writing to tell you that I would prefer to move into a single room in next term. I find it inconvenient share a room with others. My roommate often held parties at night, making many noise. Besides, his friends are always visiting him, that disturbs me a lot. So I hope to draw your attentions to this problem. If you think in my position, I am sure he will agree to my idea. The only solution for me is to get a room of my own, which is as nearer to the school campus as possible. I would be gratefully if you could do me a favor.‎ Best wishes.‎ Yours sincerely, Li Ming 第二节书面表达渊满分25分冤 假如你是李华袁 是一名光华中学高二年级学生遥 你从网上了解到北京大学即将举办自主招生冬令营活动袁 你有意参加遥 请用英文写一封100词左右的申请信袁 内容如下院 1. 学习情况及英语水平曰 2. 兴趣和特长曰 3. 性格特点曰 4. 申请理由遥 自主招生冬令营院 self-enrollment winter camp 广元市2018要2019学年度上学期期末高中二年级教学质量监测 英语试卷参考答案 第 I 卷渊选择题袁共 100 分冤 第一部分院听力渊共两节袁满分 30 分冤 第一节 (共 5 小题曰每小题 1.5 分袁满分 7.5 分) 1-5 CABAC 第二节 (共 15 小题曰每小题 1.5 分袁满分 22.5 分)‎ ‎ 6要10 BAABA 11要15 CCABA 16要20 ABBCB 第二部分院阅读理解渊共两节袁满分 40 分冤第一节渊共 15 小题院每小题 2 分袁满分 30 分冤 ‎21要25 BCADD 26要30 ABCDA 31要35 DBACC 第二节渊共 5 小题院每小题 2 分袁满分 10 分冤 36要40 EFDCA 第三部分英语知识运用渊共两节袁满分 45 分冤第一节完形填空渊共 20 小题曰每小题 1.5 分袁满分 30 分冤 ‎ 41要45 BDABD 46要50 ACADC 51要55 BACBD 56要60 BADCD 第 II 卷渊非选择题袁共 50 分冤 第二节渊共 10 小题院每小题 1.5 分袁满分 15 分冤 ‎ 61. will disappear 62. The 63. are 64. to expand ‎65. If 66. its 67. worse 68. on 69. suddenly 70. solutions 评分标准院有任何错误袁包括用词错误尧单词拼写错误渊含大小写冤或语法形式错 误袁均不给分遥第四部分写作渊共两节袁满分 35 分冤第一节短文改错渊共 10 小题袁每小题 1 分袁满分 10 分冤 Dear Sir,‎ How are you? As ana exchange student, I am writing to tell you that I would prefer to move into a single room in next term. as I find it inconvenient夷toshare a room with others. always visiting him,My roommate often holdsheldthat parties at night, makingdisturbs me a lot. So I hope to draw ‎ yourmuchmany noise. Besides, his friends areattentions to this which attention ‎1‎ problem. If you think in my position, I am sure he will agree to my idea. The only solution would befor me is to get a room of my own, which is asgratefully if you could do me a favor. younearernear to the school campus as possible. I Best wishes.grateful Yours sincerely, Li Ming 评分标准院有任何错误袁包括用词尧修改及标号的位置尧单词拼写错误渊含大小写冤 或语法形式错误袁均不给分遥 第二节书面表达渊满分 25 分冤 Dear Sir/Madam,‎ I have learned from the Internet that a self-enrollment winter camp is going to be held in your university. I爷m very interested in it and now I爷m writing to apply to take part in it.‎ My name is Li Hua, a senior 2 student from Guanghua Middle School. I爷m an excellent student, among the top 3 in my class of 50 students. I have a good command of English, especially Spoken English. In my spare time, I read a lot. Poems are my favorite. Being an active young person, I like sports and outdoor activities. Besides, I爷m easy to get along with and I like to make friends.‎ My dream is to be admitted into Peking University. I firmly believe that attending the camp could broaden my eyes, which will contribute to realizing my dream.‎ Looking forward to your early reply.‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 档次 给分范围 语言及要点要求 第五档 ‎21耀25‎ 要点齐全袁语言基本无误袁行文连贯袁表达清楚 第四档 ‎16耀20‎ 包含绝大部分要点袁语言有少量错误袁行文基本连贯袁表达基本清楚 第三档 ‎11耀15‎ 包含多数要点袁语言有一些错误袁尚能表达 第二档 ‎6耀10‎ 只涉及少数要点袁语言错误很多袁影响表达 第一档 ‎0耀5‎ 只能写出与要求内容有关的一些单词 ‎2‎ Text 1听力原文:渊单词数院833冤 W: Should I take a taxi or a bus to the town center?‎ M: You can take either, but the train goes directly there. It爷s cheaper, too. W: Thanks. I爷ll do that instead.‎ Text 2‎ M: Is this the check-in counter for Flight 814 to Los Angeles?‎ W: Yes, but I爷m sorry to tell you the flight is delayed because of rain. Please wait for further notice.‎ Text 3‎ W: I like watching TV plays in my spare time. But there are always so many advertise鄄 ments.‎ M: Yes, but I think the design of advertisements is a kind of art.‎ Text 4‎ W: Tom爷s father allowed him to play football, but the time is within an hour.‎ M: That爷s the best news I have heard today. We will have a best player in our team.‎ Text 5‎ M: How about going for a bike ride?‎ W: Sure. Where?‎ M: Let爷s call Harry and ask him. He always knows the best places to go. W: That爷s a good idea. I爷ll get ready.‎ Text 6‎ M: Good morning. I爷d like to buy a cake.‎ W: No problem, sir. We have many cakes here. What size would you like?‎ M: Well, it爷s for my colleague爷s birthday. There are fourteen people in the office.‎ W: Well, this cake feeds twelve people, and this one behind it feeds twenty.‎ M: I爷ll take the bigger one噎 It爷s better to have too much than not enough.‎ W: Sounds good. Do you want it delivered?‎ M: Yes. Can you deliver it to my office? The birthday party will be after work, at a park near the office.‎ Text 7‎ W: Do you know there is a football match tonight between Brazil and England? It will be a close match, right? I can爷t wait for it.‎ M: Tonight? Oh, I am too busy with my driving test. I don爷t know the details at all recently.‎ W: To be exact, one o爷clock in the morning. Don爷t you want to watch it? You are learning to drive a car, but you need a good rest.‎ M: My God. Do remember to call me this evening, will you? I don爷t want to miss the most exciting game between the two teams.‎ Text 8‎ M: Hi, Grandma! I爷m calling to say happy birthday. I hope you爷re having a good day.‎ W: Thank you, Michael! It爷s great to hear from you. It爷s been a while since we爷ve talked.‎ M: I know, Grandma. I爷m sorry. I爷ve been so busy with school activities lately. I爷m captain of the basketball team this year. And I爷m also applying to colleges for next fall.‎ W: Oh, Michael, I爷m so proud of you! You爷re a very determined young man. Do you know where you want to go to college?‎ M: I really want to go to the University of Southern California, but they might not let me in! It爷s a very good school, and it爷s very difficult to be accepted there.‎ W: Well, I爷m sure they will take you, honey. You爷re a special young man. You爷ve really made your grandfather and me so proud.‎ Text 9‎ W: Hi. Mr. Gasbag? I爷m Mrs. Peterson, I爷d like to have a look at this house.‎ M: Nice to meet you. Come in, please. Let me show you the place. The place is very convenient, as it爷s only a five-minute walk from the nearest underground railway station.‎ W: That爷s right.‎ M: This way, please. We爷ve got a new fridge in the kitchen. And in the bathroom we have 24-hour hot water.‎ W: This must be the bedroom. Oh, my God! I love that French window. The sunshine makes me feel good.‎ M: I爷m glad to hear that, Mrs. Peterson. And this is a very safe building, too.‎ W: That爷s good. The advertisement says the rent is 320 a month, right? Could you think about giving me a lower price?‎ M: I爷m afraid I can爷t decide it. You should decide the price with the landlord instead of me. He爷ll be here tomorrow.‎ W: Many thanks. I爷d like to talk it over with my husband this evening. After all, it爷s a good place.‎ Text 10‎ M: Good morning, everyone, I am Professor Smith, and I am your laboratory instructor. This class is intended as a necessary part of the course, which Dr. James will be in charge of. We will have a class twice a week in the laboratory. The class begins at nine. First, I expect you to be on time. I do not intend to wait for latecomers or repeat what has already been covered if you miss the explanation. Do not arrive late and interrupt your neighbor; you may as well not come if you can爷t be on time.‎ Attendance is equally important. If you miss three lab classes, your name will be moved away from the class list, I爷m afraid. No excuses. You can爷t complete the course without completing lab class.‎ Safety is a must here. It is very important to keep things neat and clean, dress properly, and be careful. You cannot eat, drink or smoke in the laboratory and you should always clean the table top and wash your hands before and after the class. Long hair must be tied up. Large clothing must be worn. And, finally, any laboratory accident must be reported immediately.‎ I hope you爷ll enjoy the laboratory. It爷s a wonderful place but all these instructions are to be strictly followed. We will begin today by learning about the microscope.‎