2019-2020学年吉林省白城市通榆县第一中学高二上学期第三次月考英语试题 Word版

2019-2020学年吉林省白城市通榆县第一中学高二上学期第三次月考英语试题 Word版

通榆一中2019—2020学年度高二上学期第三次月考 英 语 试 卷 ‎ ‎ ‎1.本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分；考试时间120分钟。‎ ‎2.本试卷各试题答案必须在答题纸上规定的答题区域内作答，否则无效。‎ 第I卷 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ 第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）‎ 请听下面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。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ 1. What does the sign mean?‎ A. No smoking is allowed. ‎ B. No cigarettes are sold.‎ C. Don’t smoke with a pipe.‎ 2. What is Tom doing now?‎ A. He is studying his lessons.‎ B. He is playing computer games.‎ C. He is repairing the computer.‎ 3. What does the man advise the woman to do?‎ A. Buy a book B.Borrow a book. C.Go shopping.‎ 4. Where does the man want to go?‎ A. The post office B.A market . C.A bank.‎ 5. What does the man choose to do?‎ A. Call in the afternoon.‎ B. Leave a message.‎ C. Go out with Mr. Smith.‎ 第二节 （共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）‎ 请听下面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。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第6至7题。‎ 1. Where does the man work?‎ A. At the airport. B.In a hotel. C.In a car company.‎ 2. What does the woman want to know about at the beginning of the conversation?‎ A.Her room. B.Her case. C.Her car.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第8至9题。‎ 3. Which table did the man book for dinner this evening?‎ A. No.8. B.No.18. C.No.80.‎ 4. When will the man arrive at the cafe?‎ A.At 6 B.At 5:45 C.At 6:15‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第10至12题。‎ 5. Why does the man look tired?‎ A. He has been ill.‎ B. He stayed up last night.‎ C. He quarreled with the boss.‎ 11. What is the man worrying about?‎ A. His health. B.His job. C.The woman.‎ 12. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?‎ A.Workmates B.Husband and wife C.Brother and sister 听下面一段对话，回答第13至16题。‎ 13. Who is ready for the exam now?‎ A. The boy. B.The girl. C.The boy’s father.‎ 14. Where did the girl go last year?‎ A. To Italy. B.To France. C.To Japan.‎ 15. Who will go to Japan with the boy?‎ A. His father. B.The girl. C.His mother.‎ 16. What will the boy do tonight?‎ A. Go over his lessons.‎ B. Take an exam.‎ C. Talk with his teacher.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第17至20题。‎ 11. Why do some good football players refuse to become professional athletes?‎ A. They worry about their pay.‎ B. They think the sport is dangerous.‎ C. Their families don’t allow them to play it.‎ 12. What’s the advantage of becoming champion athletes?‎ A. It brings them many friends.‎ B. It makes them safer than others.‎ C. It helps them to earn their living.‎ 13. What will happen when some athletes become famous, according to the speaker?‎ A. They don’t need to travel to play.‎ B. They have to give money to schools.‎ C. Life may become difficult for them.‎ 14. According to the speaker, what is a good thing about becoming football stars?‎ A. Helping other people.‎ B. Being watched all the time.‎ C. Being followed all the time.‎ 第二部分:阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）‎ 阅读下列短文，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ‎ ‎（A）‎ Getting enough sleep is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, but according to the National Sleep Foundation, roughly 45 percent of Americans experience poor or insufficient sleep. Well, what we’re all eating could be the part of the problem. Certain foods can ruin a good night’s rest, while others can help promote quality sleep. Here are 4 foods that may be contributing to restless nights.‎ Heavy, late-night dinners If you’re saving up all day for a big, filling dinner, you may have a hard time sleeping soundly. This is because your energy shifts to digestion after eating, and especially after eating a larger meal. Eating too much food, no matter what it is, close to bed time makes it hard to sleep since our body is working overtime to digest the big meal, instead of focusing on relaxing into sleep.‎ Coffee and caffeine after 12 p.m.‎ Drinking too much caffeine too late in the day can really impair sleep. In fact, caffeine has a very long duration(time) of action and its stimulating effects can last about 12 hours.‎ Chocolate and certain teas As mentioned above, caffeine disturbs sleep, whether you think it affects you or not. However, caffeine is not just found in coffee! Having a chocolate dessert after dinner? You might want to rethink that choice!‎ Water ‎ If you find yourself thirsty in the evening, and then drink a lot of water before bed, you probably make a few bathroom trips in the middle of the night, which has a negative impact on your sleep. Instead of waiting until you physically feel dehydrated (and then drinking too much water at night), put alarms on your phone to remind you to drink water throughout the day.‎ 21. Why is it difficult to sleep soundly after eating too much?‎ A. Because it is easy to focus on relaxing into sleep.‎ B. Because a large meal may make you excited.‎ C. Because it takes a lot of time to digest the big meal.‎ D. Because your body needs to work overtime.‎ 22. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “impair” in paragraph 3?‎ A. Protect. B. Affect. C.Help D. Increase.‎ 23. What can we learn from the passage?‎ A. Drinking water regularly contributes to a good sleep.‎ B. Caffeine is only found in coffee.‎ A. You can have a chocolate dessert after dinner before sleeping.‎ B. You’d better drink more water before sleeping.‎ 21. What’s the main idea of the passage?‎ A. Sleeping conditions of Americans.‎ B. Harmful food.‎ C. Healthy lifestyles.‎ D. Four kinds of food contribute to restless nights.‎ ‎（B）‎ China has reportedly built the biggest air purification(净化) tower in the world, standing at 100 meters (328 feet). This is particularly good news as China is now faced with serious outdoor air pollution, according to the World Health Organization(WHO).‎ Another report by WHO warns that air pollution is the biggest environmental risk to health, responsible for one in nine deaths annually worldwide and killing around 3 million people each year. This is only getting worse.‎ It is reported that the experimental tower is having a positive effect on air quality in the area. Cao Junji, who leads the research on the tower, said, “The tower has no peer in terms of size. The results are quite encouraging.” He said initial(最初的) results looked good, with the tower pumping out 10 million cubic metres (353 million cubic feet) of clean air per day since it was launched last year.‎ On days when pollution reached critical levels, which more frequently happens in winter when Xi’an relies heavily on coal, the purifying tower brought it down to a moderate（中等的，适度的） level. PM2.5-the fine particles in smog that are most harmful to health-fell 15 percent during heavy pollution on average.‎ But Junji points out that results aren’t conclusive and testing is still ongoing. The purifying system works by pulling the air inside greenhouses at the base of the tower and heating it via solar energy. The hot air then rises through the tower. At last the hot air passes through layers of cleaning filters and get out.‎ 22. Why is it necessary for China to build the biggest air purification tower?‎ A. Because China is powerful than before.‎ A. Because air pollution in China is very serious.‎ B. Because China has advanced technology.‎ C. Because China should set an example to the whole world.‎ 21. Which season is the air pollution of Xi’an the worst?‎ A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn. D. Winter.‎ 22. Which is the right order of purifying air?‎ a. pull the air inside greenhouses.‎ b. pass through layers of cleaning filters and get out.‎ c. heat the air.‎ d. the hot air rises A. acdb B.abcd C.acbd D.cabd 23. In which column of a newspaper can we read this passage?‎ A. Culture. B.Education. C. Environment D. Tourism ‎（C）‎ China’s airlines have started Wi-Fi service on planes after the country’s aviation authority(民航总局) issued a new document to standardize the use of Personal Equipment Data(PED) devices.‎ China Eastern Airlines and Hainan Airlines, two giant airlines in China, announced that the use of PEDs will be allowed in flight starting Thursday. Spring Airlines, a low -cost carrier in China, said it plans to allow the use of smartphones on airplane mode on its domestic and international flights starting Feb.1, according to People’s Daily.‎ PEDs refer to portable electronic devices such as personal computers, tablets, smartphones, and e-readers. Traditionally, the use of such devices was not permitted in flight for fear that they could influence the plane’s communication and navigation systems. But now, passengers can switch to airplane mode and stay connected on the free Wi-Fi service.‎ This means passengers are now able to use their favorite social networks such as Weibo or WeChat, have a video chat, pay for tax-free products or souvenirs by mobile,‎ ‎ or just surf the Internet.‎ The Civil Aviation Administration of China(CAAC) issued the guidance to provide more detailed information for evaluation and management. Electronic devices without an airplane mode feature are still not allowed to be used in flight. In addition, PEDs larger than the permitted size are only allowed to be used when there is no turbulence（气流）.‎ Some passengers on the China Eastern Airlines flight complained about the slow Internet speed. A crew member responded that the wireless network is still in a trial phase, The Paper.cn reported. The number of Wi-Fi users is also limited to one hundred.‎ 21. When can Wi-Fi service be used on planes?‎ A. After PEDs improved in technology.‎ B. After planes are equipped with some devices.‎ C. After standards of using PEDs were announced.‎ D. After factories announced the standards of PEDs.‎ 22. Why was using PEDs forbidden during the flight?‎ A. It would influence other passengers.‎ B. It would influence the safety of the flight.‎ C. It would influence the work of waiters.‎ D. It would need special equipment.‎ 23. Which one is TRUE about the use of PEDs on planes?‎ A. Passengers can use Wi-Fi service without any limitation.‎ B. PEDs without an airplane mode feature can also be used now.‎ C. Larger electronic devices can be used even when there is turbulence.‎ D. Passengers can use PEDs to do many things on planes.‎ 24. What’s the best title of the passage?‎ A. People Can Use Wi-Fi Service on Planes Now.‎ B. Some Knowledge of the Safety on Planes.‎ C. Several Famous Airlines in China.‎ D. The Standards of PEDs on Planes.‎ ‎（D）‎ More and mare people,especially in developed countries, are becoming older. In the United States there are now over 40 million people aged 65 and over; more than 10 million are over 85. Caring for these senior citizens is becoming a big industry.‎ Traditionally caring for the elderly has taken place in an extended family. Grandparents live at home and are helped by other family members. However,as more and more young people enter the work force full time, they cannot care for their parents or grandparents any more.‎ There are more than 10,000 organizations that provide care for the elderly; more than 1,000 were founded last year alone. Ordinary people quit their jobs and start a private care centre, where they offer senior citizens their services.‎ One of the most difficult aspects of such an organization is finding the right people to do the job. Caring for the elderly is not an easy task. It requires skill and patience. Among daily tasks are preparing meals, giving them a bath, or simply keeping them company. Many care workers quit because they find it very depressing.‎ It is important to help the elderly stay mobile as long as possible. When they cannot walk or climb stairs they need more help, thus costs become higher. Care workers concentrate on exercises to help them stay mobile.‎ In many cases assisted living replaces round the clock health care. Elderly people need help with some daily tasks but can mostly live on their own. It also costs less than full nursing care. ‎ While wealthy Americans turn to private care centers, those who are poorer cannot pay for the services because Medicare does not cover it.‎ Not all countries offer health care provided by the state. In Asia and Africa, for example, older people are cared for by family members.‎ 21. We can infer from the passage_______.‎ A. caring for the elderly will be a prosperous industry.‎ B. care organizations have no difficulty finding care workers.‎ C. medicare will cover health care for the elderly.‎ D. young people hate looking after their parents and grandparents.‎ 21. From Paragraph 4, we can learn _______.‎ A. the elderly are grateful for the care workers’ company.‎ B. care workers are short of working experience.‎ C. some people are not fit for caring for the elderly.‎ D. Young people are particular about their work.‎ 22. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?‎ A. Assisted living costs as much as full time nursing care.‎ B. No people can stand the caring work.‎ C. Only American government offers health care.‎ D. In Africa family members look after elderly people.‎ ‎（E）‎ Guide for Teenagers The teenage years can be tough, and it’s normal to feel sad every now and then. But if these feelings don’t go away or become so intense that you can’t handle them, you may be suffering from depression. 36 ‎ Try not to isolate yourself.‎ When you’re depressed, you may not feel like seeing anybody or doing anything. Just getting out of bed in the morning can be difficult, but isolating yourself only makes depression worse. 37 Spend time with friends, especially those who are active.‎ Keep your body healthy.‎ Making healthy lifestyle choices can do wonders for your mood. Ever heard of a “runners high”? physical activity can be as effective as medications(药物) for depression, so get involved in sports, ride your bike, or take a dance class. Any activity helps! 38 As for food, make sure you’re feeding your mind with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.‎ Keep away from alcohol and drugs. ‎ You maybe try drinking or using drugs in an effort to escape from your feelings and get a “mood boost”, even if just for a short time. However, substance use can not only make depression worse, but can cause you to become more depressed. 39 ‎ ‎ 40 ‎ Stress and worry can lead to depression. Talk to a teacher if exams or classes seem overwhelming(令人不知所措的). In addition, if you have a health concern you feel you can’t talk to your parents about, see a doctor. A health professional can help you approach your parents and guide you toward appropriate treatment. If you’re dealing with friendship, or family problems, talk to an adult you trust.‎ A. Ask for help if you are stressed.‎ B. Even a short walk can be beneficial.‎ C. Turn to your parents for help.‎ D. As you get out into the world, you may find yourself feeling better.‎ E. In short, drinking and taking drugs will make you feel worse--not better-in the long run.‎ F. The more exercise you do, the healthier you will be.‎ G. Help is available and you have more power than you think.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（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）‎ The First Try Every girl dreams and Li Xie is no exception. She has read dozens of books on how to be a ballerina and Swan Lake is her favorite. She hopes one day her dream will 41 . She has taken ballet lessons and all her teachers 42 she is a good student.‎ One day she saw an advertisement that a famous ballerina troupe would be performing in her hometown. Her thoughts ran wild. “I must meet with the 43 of the troupe and show him my 44 ,” she murmured to herself.‎ She dressed herself in her ballerina costume and 45 to avoid the guards and hid in the dressing room. 46 the leader entered and she gently knocked at the door. She bravely 47 him and handed him a bunch of red roses and in her excitement the thorns(刺) hurt her hand but she did not make much ado (忙乱) about the 48 .‎ The leader observed her 49 as she told him her dream. “All right, you dance and I will give you my opinion.” But half way through the dance he 50 her and said, “I’m sorry you’re not good enough!” On hearing this Li Xie ran as fast as she could and was 51 . She gave up her dream.‎ Many years later, she heard that the 52 ballet troupe was performing in her town again. Bitter 53 of the leader’s harsh (苛刻) words came flooding back to her. This time she was 54 to find out why the leader had told her she was not good enough when all her teachers thought 55 .‎ This was his reply, “I tell this to every student.” She angrily shot back, “You’ve 56 my life!” --Then she got a further 57 , “I remember your gift of roses and how the thorns had hurt your fingers but you 58 bravely. If you only had 59 ballet like that and did not 60 so easily; therefore, you still deserve my opinion!”‎ 41. A.come up B.come out C.come across D.come true 42. A.deny B.confirm C.suppose D.suspect 43. A.teacher B.leader C.guard D.dancer 44. A.skills B.appearances C.knowledge D.costume 45. A.decided B.failed C.managed D.happened 46. A.Rarely B.Occasionally C.Gradually D.Luckily 47. A.refused B.approached C.accused D.challenged 48. A.pain B.plan C.sadness D.courage 49. A.promise B.design C.action D.humor 50. A.stopped B.helped C.congratulated D.trained 51. A.ashamed B.excited C.content D.amused 52. A.extra B.same C.different D.famous 53. A.Attitudes B.ideas C.memories D.choices 54. A.frightened B.satisfied C.embarrassed D.determined 55. A.therefore B.however C.anyway D.otherwise 56. A.balanced B.valued C.ruined D.saved 57. A.education B.relief C.shock D.concern 58. A.spoke out B.carried on C.carried out D.dealt with 59. A.treated B.presented C.abandoned D.served 60. A.show up B.set out C.take off D.give up ‎ 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ When you consider all life on the earth,billions of human beings are a relatively small number when compared to trees, animals or even viruses. But a new study finds that humans really know how to use what little power we have. 61 study is said to be the first of 62 (it)kind of the effect of life forms on our planet.‎ Humans only add up to about one ten-thousandth of the life on the earth,the study found. That result 63 (base)on the dry weight of the carbon that 64 (make) up the structure of all living things, also known as biomass(生物量). The planet’s real heavyweights are plants. In fact, plants make up more than 80 percent of the world’s biomass. Bacteria(细菌)are 65 (near)13 percent of the world’s biomass.‎ Still, human beings have a great influence 66 other creatures. Cows and pigs 67 (raise) by humans are 14 times the weight of all wild mammals, and the world’s chickens are four times 68 (heavy) than all the wild birds.‎ About one-sixth of the weight of a human is dry carbon. About two thirds of the human body is water.‎ ‎“Even though short in numbers, we have managed 69 (throw) a lot of sand in the air and mess up a lot of 70 (thing)”, says Harvard University biologist E.O. Wilson.‎ 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35 分）‎ 第一节：短文改错(10分)‎ ‎ 下面短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 ‎ ‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。‎ 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。‎ Dear Louis,‎ Thank you very much for invite me to your birthday party. I’d like to come and I have to go to my hometown to see my grandparents. They are very older and not in a good health recently. Therefore, my mother makes a telephone call to them last week, promised to visit them with me this Saturday. My mother said we will stay at my grandparents’ the whole weekend. So I’m real sorry I can’t take part your party. Here I wish you a lot of funs on your birthday.‎ ‎ Yours, ‎ Max.‎ 第二节：书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他对中国历史很感兴趣，并请你介绍一位你喜欢的中国历史人物，请你给Jim回信，内容包括：‎ 1. 该人物是谁；‎ 2. 该人物的主要贡献；‎ 3. 该人物对你的影响。‎ ‎ Dear Jim,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Li Hua ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 英语第三次月考答案 听力 ‎1-5：ABBCA 6-10: BABCB 11-15: BABCA 16-20: ABCCA 阅读理解 21. C 根据文章第二段中our body is working overtime to digest the big meal可知，如果临睡前摄入的食物量大，身体就要超时工作来消化，从而导致睡不好。故选C项。‎ 22. B 根据下一句可知摄入太多的咖啡因会影响你的睡眠。故选B 项。‎ 23. A 根据文章最后一段可推断，有规律地饮水有助于良好的睡眠。故选A项。‎ 24. D 根据文章第一段可知文本介绍了四种影响睡眠质量的事物。第一段最后一句点名了文章主旨。‎ 25. B 根据文章第一段this is particularly good news as China is now faced with serious outdoor air pollution,可知中国是需要治理空气污染的国家。故选B 26. D 根据文章第四段第一句on days when pollution reached critical levels, which more frequently happens in winter when Xi’an relies heavily on coal可知，每年冬天，先要用煤，污染常常在此时达到峰值。故选D项。‎ 27. A 根据文章最后一段可知先把空气吸入实验站底部的温室，通过太阳能加热，热空气上升，通过层层净化器后排出。‎ 21. C 文章主要介绍了中国建造了世界上最大的空气净化站，应该与环境有关。‎ 22. C 根据文章第一段中的after...issued a new document to standardize the use of Personal Equipment Data(PED)devices 可知。‎ 23. B 根据文章第三段第二句中的for fear that they could influence the plane’s communication and navigation systems 可知，不准使用这些设备，担心影响飞机的通信和导航系统，从而影响飞行的安全。‎ 24. D 根据文章倒数第三段可知，这意味这乘客现在乘坐飞机，可以使用微博、微信等社交媒体，可以视频聊天，购买免税产品和纪念品以及上网闲逛。‎ 25. A 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍在中国乘坐飞机，现在终于可以使用无线网络了。‎ 26. A 由文章第一段，护理老人成为一个很大的行业；以及第二段中越来越多的年轻人参加全职工作，从而腾不出时间照料家中老人，可以推知，护理老人这一行业是有前景的。 ‎ 27. C 有本段可推知，找到做护理工作的合适人选很难，护理工作需要技巧和耐心，因此，并非所有的人都适合这一职业。‎ 28. D 由全文最后一句可知在亚洲和非洲，老年人是由家人照料的。‎ 29. G下文给出了如何摆脱抑郁的方法，综合7个选项，只有G项能引出下面列出来的方法。‎ 30. D 本段的主题是“尽量不要孤立自己”，也就是不要把自己封闭起来。‎ 31. B 空前提到 sports , ride your bike, or take a dance class和Any activity helps! B 项“甚至走一小段路都有帮助”符合语境。‎ 32. E 本段主要讨论“远离酒精和毒品，”E项中的“drinking and taking drugs”为关键词。‎ 33. A 空处为本段的主题句，由该段中的关键词Talk to a teacher,talk to your parents, A health professional can help, talk to an adult可判断出该段主要讲寻求帮助的问题。‎ 完形填空 34. D 结合常识可知，她希望有一天她的梦想会实现。‎ 35. B 结合上文可知，所有的老师都确认她是一个好学生。‎ 36. B 根据下文the leader entered可知女孩要见芭蕾舞团的团长。‎ 37. A 女孩向团长展示她的技能。‎ 38. C她穿上芭蕾服，成功地避开门卫躲进了化妆室。‎ 39. D很幸运，团长进来了。‎ 40. B女孩走进了团长。‎ 41. A玫瑰的刺戳到了女孩的手，但她根本没有在意疼痛。‎ 21. C在她给团长讲自己的梦想时，团长注意到了她的举止。‎ 22. A结合语境可知，但是她只跳了一半，团长就让她停下来了。‎ 23. A团长说她跳得不够好，听到这样的评价女孩感到羞愧。‎ 24. B很多年以后，同一个芭蕾舞团又一次来到她家乡演出。‎ 25. C团长尖刻的话语涌上心头，这是一种痛苦的记忆。‎ 26. D这次她决定向团长问个究竟。‎ 27. D为什么别的老师都认为她跳得很好，而团长却不这样认为。‎ 28. C此处指女生很生气，女孩说团长毁了她的一生。‎ 29. C根据下文可知此处团长的话让女孩更为震惊。‎ 30. B团长记得，上一次玫瑰刺破了女孩的手指，而她却勇敢地继续表演。‎ 31. A团长指出，如果女孩能以那种精神对待芭蕾舞 32. D 此处指不轻易放弃。‎ 语法填空 33. The 62.its 63.is based 64.makes 65.nearly 66.on/upon 67.raised 68.heavier 69.to throw 70.things 改错题 made fun ‎^‎ in really would promising ‎‎ old but inviting Thank you very much for invite me to your birthday party. I’d like to come and I have to go to my hometown to see my grandparents. They are very older and not in a good health recently. Therefore, my mother makes a telephone call to them last week, promised to visit them with me this Saturday. My mother said we will stay at my grandparents’ the whole weekend. So I’m real sorry I can’t take part your party. Here I wish you a lot of funs on your birthday. ‎ 听力原文 Text1‎ M:Mary,what does the sign over there read?‎ W:No person shall smoke or carry a lighted cigarette or pipe in this area.‎ Text 2‎ W: Tom, have you been wasting time on computer games again?‎ M:Not really, Mum. I’ve been studying a lot and need a break.‎ Text 3‎ M: There is still a copy of the book in the library. Will you go and borrow it?‎ W: No, I’d rather buy one in the bookstore this afternoon.‎ Text 4‎ M: Excuse me. Can you tell me where the nearest bank is, please?‎ W: Ah, yes. Look! It’s past the post office, next to the big market.‎ Text 5‎ M: Hello, could I speak to Mr. Smith please?‎ W: Sorry, he is out. Will you please call later or leave a message?‎ M: Thank you. I will ring again this afternoon.‎ Text 6‎ M: Excuse me. Are you Miss Boney from Mexico?‎ W: Yes, I am.‎ M: Ah, good. Miss Boney, nice to meet you. I am Mike from Sun Hotel. I’ve been here waiting for you.‎ W: Thank you very much. What about my room?‎ M: It is ready, Miss Boney. It’s on the fifth floor--Room 508.‎ W: That’s wonderful. Shall we go?‎ M: yes. Let me carry that case for you.‎ W: No, thanks. I can mange it myself.‎ M: Ok. Here is the car. Please get in.‎ W: Thanks again.‎ Text 7‎ W: Hello, this is Peter’s Cafe.‎ M: Hello. I’d like to book a table for this evening.‎ W: OK. How many people will come,sir?‎ M: Er, five. And I’d like one that is next to the window.‎ W: One moment, please. Er, there is one next to the window, sir. No.18.‎ M: That’s OK. Er, by the way, my friends prefer seafood.‎ W: No problem. We have got the best seafood from the street market this morning. It has come from a sea village not far from Darwin.‎ M: That would be wonderful.‎ W: When will you come, sir?‎ M: Er, it is 6 now and we will get there in a quarter of an hour.‎ W: OK, sir.‎ Text 8‎ M: Morning, Linda.‎ W: Morning, Tom. Oh, you look so tired. What happened?‎ M: I didn’t sleep well last night.‎ W: Really? Tell me more.‎ M: It’s about the design plan. You know, I have been working on it for several days but haven’t finished it.‎ W: Yes. I know. You are working very hard these days.‎ M: But our boss said I would be fired if I could not finish it by the end of this week. So I stayed up last night.‎ W: Oh, I see. But you should take care of yourself.‎ M: Thank you. But I will have to stay up again tonight.‎ W: Can I help you?‎ M: No, thanks. I think I can manage it myself.‎ W: OK. Take care. Please have this cup of tea before you start working.‎ M: Thanks again.‎ Text 9‎ W: Hi, Henry. Haven’t seen you for ages.‎ M: Oh, hi, Susan. I have been preparing for the final exam of this term. What about you?‎ W: Me, too. I think I am fully prepared for it now.‎ M: But I guess I still have a long way to go. I will continue to review tonight.‎ W: Oh, do you have any plan for the summer vacation?‎ M: I have no idea. My father said he would take me to Japan.‎ W: Great. I went there last year and had a very good time. I think it’s better than Italy and France.‎ M: Where will you go this year?‎ W: Nowhere. My mother told me to get a part-time job to get some social experience.‎ M: Good idea. What kind of job would you like to do?‎ W: I’d prefer to be a waitress in a hotel. I like serving people.‎ M: You will do a good job.‎ W: Thank you. And I wish you a good trip to Japan. Bye.‎ M: Thanks. Bye.‎ Text 10‎ ‎ Millions of people like football and thousands of them are good at playing football. However, many very good football players don’t want to become professional athletes. Why? Some of them don’t want to travel. They don’t like to spend time away from their families. Others realize football can be very dangerous and that they can be hurt very badly. However, if you become a champion athlete, then you can make a living by doing something that you love. Some champions, like Kaka, make millions of dollars a year.‎ ‎ Professional athletes usually become famous. Some of them think that this will make them happy, but they sometimes find that they are famous for only a short time. If they become famous, people will watch them all the time and follow them everywhere. This can make life difficult. However some football stars use their fame to help people who are not as lucky as themselves. They hold activities and give their money to schools or poor people. That is really a good thing.‎