2017-2018学年福建师大附中高二上学期期末考试英语试题(平行班）（Word版）

2017-2018学年福建师大附中高二上学期期末考试英语试题(平行班）（Word版）

福建师大附中2017-2018学年上学期期末考试 高二（平行班）英语试卷 时间：‎ ‎120分钟 满分：‎ ‎150分 第Ⅰ卷 (共79分)‎ 第一部分：听力（共20题；每小题1分, 满分20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 is the purpose of the woman's call?‎ A. To ask about a bill. ‎ B. To pay the gas bill.‎ C. To open a new account.‎ ‎2. Whose account should be updated?‎ A. Carl’s. B. Charlene’s. C. Charlie’s.‎ ‎3. Where are the speakers?‎ A. On a train.‎ B. At a farm. ‎ C. At their house.‎ ‎4. What did the woman just do?‎ A. She argued with the man.‎ B. She shouted at another woman.‎ C. She left her work to someone else.‎ ‎5. What time will the man arrive in London?‎ A. At 8:30 B. At 8: 00. C. At 7: 30.‎ 第二节 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、7题。‎ ‎6. Why does the woman feel uncomfortable?‎ A. There is not enough sauce.‎ B. She is not used to the food.‎ C. The man is forcing her to eat.‎ ‎7. Where does the conversation probably take place?‎ A. At the man’s house.‎ B. In an Italian restaurant.‎ C. In a Thai restaurant.‎ 听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. How long will the man’s friend be staying in the apartment?‎ A. Less than a month.‎ B. Another month or more.‎ C. At least two months.‎ ‎9. What does the woman want the man’s friend to do?‎ A. Move out.‎ B. Find a job in a month.‎ C. Help out with household expenses.‎ 听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. How many children will be in the barbecue?‎ A. Two. B. Four. C. Six. ‎ ‎11. How will the Smiths probably get to the speakers’ house? ‎ A. By car. B. On foot. C. By subway.‎ ‎12. What will the woman do next?‎ A. Do some cleaning.‎ B. Buy some burgers.‎ C. Find the badminton set.‎ 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. What is the woman's opinion about smells?‎ A. It is personal. B. It is general. C. It is strange.‎ ‎14. What is special about smells, according to the woman? ‎ A. They are as pleasant as music.‎ B. They can last about thirteen days.‎ C. They make things more memorable.‎ ‎15. What does the smell of the sea remind the woman of?‎ A. Her college life.‎ B. Her friend's house.‎ C. Happy family holidays.‎ ‎16. What is the woman’s favorite smell? ‎ A. Roses. B. Her garden. C. Aircraft fuel.‎ 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. Where are the listeners at the moment? ‎ A. On Green‎ ‎Island. B In the water. C. On a boat. ‎ ‎18. How many islands are part of the Great Barrier Reef? ‎ A.120. B.900. C.2000.‎ ‎19. What makes Green‎ ‎Island different from others in the area?‎ A. It has a rainforest.‎ B. It was formed a long time ago.‎ C. It is home to 8000 species of fish.‎ ‎20. Who has the most knowledge about life on the island?‎ A. The captain.‎ B. The park guide.‎ C. The diving guides.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分29分） ‎ 第一节 （共 12 小题；每小题 2 分, 满分 24 分） ‎ A An Oil for Life Maria Alcala of Madrid speaks for many Mediterranean people when she says that “a meal without olive oil would be a bore.” No one knows when the Mediterranean civilizations fell in love with olives. That occurred before recorded history. However, there is evidence that the cultivation (种植) of olive trees began in countries around the Mediterranean Sea in approximately 4000 B.C., and 2000 years after that people in the eastern Mediterranean area began to produce oil from olives. The Mediterranean still accounts for 99 percent of all world olive oil production.‎ From ancient times until today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. First, whole olives are pressed hard into pieces. Then, the liquid is separated from the solids. After that, the valuable oil is ‎ separated from the water.‎ Many olive growers make their ancient traditions continue and still harvest the olives by hand. “We harvest in the traditional way,” says Don Celso, an olive farmer from Tuscany, Italy. “It would be less expensive to do it with machines, but it’s more a social thing. Twenty people come to help with the harvest, and we pay them in oil.”‎ Olive oil has had a variety of uses through its long history. In ancient times, olive oil was used as money and as medicine. It was even used during war—heated up and dropped down on attackers. It is still used in religious ceremonies. It is great for protecting the freshness of fish and cheese. There are even olive oil lamp and olive oil soaps.‎ One important study shows that Mediterranean people have the lowest rate of heart disease among Western nations. This is partly associated with their frequent use of olive oil. Other studies show that food cooked in olive oil is healthier, and that eating olive oil twice a day reduces women’s risk of getting breast cancer. The world is beginning to understand its benefits, and olive oil is no longer an unusual sight at dinner tables outside the Mediterranean area. The olive oil producing countries now sell large amounts of olive oil to countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.‎ Olive oil improves the lives of people everywhere. Its benefits, recently confirmed by science, were already understood in ancient times. Mediterranean people are happy to share their secret with the world.‎ ‎1. Which step occurs first in olive oil production?‎ A. Drying the olives under the sun. B. Separating the oil from the water.‎ C. Separating the liquid from the solids. D. Pressing the whole olives into pieces.‎ ‎2. Which use of olive oil is NOT mentioned in the passage?‎ A. Paint. B. Medicine. C. Money. D. Soap.‎ ‎3. Why does the author include information about several studies of olive oil?‎ A. To give reasons why olive oil is similar to medicine.‎ B. To show how the biology of Mediterranean people is special.‎ C. To explain the growing interest in olive oil around the world.‎ D. To prove that olive oil is more important for women than for men.‎ ‎4. What is the passage mainly about?‎ A. Discussing olive oil production outside the Mediterranean area.‎ B. Explaining the history, production, benefits, and use of olive oil.‎ C. Showing why olive oil is produced around the Mediterranean Sea.‎ D. Comparing Mediterranean olive oil with that produced in other places.‎ ‎ B There’s no doubt that our character has a profound effect on our future. What we must remember, however, is not merely how powerful character is in influencing our fate (命运), but how powerful we are in shaping our own character and, therefore, our own fate. Character may determine our fate, but character is not determined by fate.‎ It’s a common mistake to think of character as something that is fully formed and fixed very early in life. It calls to mind old proverbs like “A leopard（猎豹）can’t change its spots” and “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”‎ This perspective that our character is etched in stone is supported by a great deal of modern psychology emphasizing self-acceptance. As Popeye says, “I am what I am.” The hidden message is: don’t expect me to be more, better, or different.‎ Ultimately, these views of humanity totally undervalue the lifelong potential for growth that comes with the power of reflection and choice.‎ How depressing it would be to believe that we can’t choose to be better, more honest, more respectful, more responsible, and more caring. None of us should give up the personal seeking to improve our character. Not because we’re bad, we don’t have to be sick to get better, but because we’re not as good as we could be.‎ There are so many things in life we can’t control, whether we’re beautiful or smart, whether we had good parents or bad, whether we grew up with affirmation or negation. It’s inspiring to remember that nothing but moral will power is needed to make us better.‎ No, it isn’t easy. But if we make a great effort to become more aware of the habits of heart and mind that drive our behavior, we can begin to place new emphasis on our higher values so that we become what we want our children to think we are.‎ ‎5. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 mean?‎ ‎ A. is carved in the stone with knives. B. is controlled by oneself. ‎ ‎ C. can be better and different. D. can’t be changed easily. ‎ ‎6. Which of the following would the writer agree with?‎ ‎ A. A leopard can’t change its spots. ‎ B. We must attach importance to self-acceptance.‎ ‎ C. We should value our lifelong potential for growth. ‎ D. We should make choices constantly. ‎ ‎7. What do we need to improve ourselves according to the author?‎ ‎ A. Our smartness. B. Our will power. C. Our fate. D. Our character.‎ ‎8. What is the best title of the passage?‎ ‎ A. Character can be formed and fixed. B. Character determines our fate.‎ ‎ C. We shape our own character. D. Changing our character isn’t easy.‎ C Sleep is as mysterious as it is important for our health. Over the decades, researchers have put forward several systems through which sleep makes us energetic again, but still don’t fully understand the big picture. Now, two recently published studies come up with an interesting explanation: we sleep to forget some of the things we learn during the day.‎ We store memories in networks in our brains. Whenever we learn something new, we grow new connection between neurons (神经元), called synapses (突触). In 2003, Giulio Tononi and Chiara Girelli, biologists at the University‎ of ‎Wisconsin-Madison, put forward something very interesting: during the day, we learn so much and develop so many synapses that things sometimes get unclear. Since then, the two and their colleagues have made quite a few interesting additions to that study.‎ For starters, they showed that neurons can cut out some synapses, at least in the lab. But they suspected the same things happens every day, naturally, in our brains ---probably during sleep.‎ So they set up a painstaking experiment, in which Luisa de Vivo, an assistant scientist working in their lab, collected 6,920 synapses from mice, both awake and sleeping. Then, they determined the shape and size of all these synapses, learning that the synapses in sleeping mice were 18 percent smaller than in awake ones. That’s quite a big margin.‎ After this, they designed a memory test for mice. They placed the animals in a room where they would get a mild electrical shock if they walked over one particular section of the floor. They injected some of the mice with a material that had been proved to prevent the cutting of new synapses. The mice that experienced this would more likely forget about the section and after a good night’ sleep, they tended to walk over the section again, while mice that slept normally remembered better.‎ Then, Dr. Tononi and his colleagues found that the cutting didn’t strike every neuron. Some 20% were unchanged, likely well-established memories that shouldn’t be changed.‎ In other words, we sleep to forget --- but in a smart way.‎ ‎9. What did Dr. Tononi find in his early research?‎ A. We store what we learn in synapses.‎ B. We grow new synapses when we sleep.‎ C. Synapses are connections between neurons.‎ D. Some synapses are cut out during sleep.‎ ‎10. What may the underlined word “margin” in Paragraph 3 mean?‎ A. Mistake. B. Number. C. Difference. D. Surprise.‎ ‎11. Why did the injected mice go to the electric section again?‎ A. They didn’t sleep well and forgot about it.‎ B. Their neurons didn’t cut the new synapses.‎ C. The injected material cut their memory of it.‎ D. Their synapses are too small to remember it.‎ ‎12. What’s the text mainly about?‎ A. An interesting function of sleep. B. The importance of sleep.[]‎ C. A memory test for mice. D. Neurons and synapses.‎ 第二节 （共 5 小题, 每小题 1 分, 满分 5 分） ‎ 根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ Master Your Deadlines ‎ The struggle begins in high school, sometimes earlier. Deadlines, and lots of them, start to pile up. At college, the pressure sometimes leads to last-minute rush an unsatisfactory work. At work, failing to meet deadlines can easily get you fired. 13 Here are a few best practices.‎ ‎ ▪Assign deadlines to what matters.‎ ‎ If the task isn’t of high importance, don’t set a specific deadline. In this way, you are able to keep it on your radar for a while without feeling pressured. 14 This will provide just enough pressure to ensure you get it done.‎ ‎ ▪ 15 ‎ Set a personal deadline for yourself a day or two before the actual deadline. 16 If you’re working with a group of people, add in even more time to account for potential follow-ups and the need for approvals.‎ ‎ ▪ Keep communicating. ‎ ‎ 17 This means letting others know when something is taking longer than expected, when a ‎ delivery didn’t come in, when a client is not providing the necessary information, etc. Although it may feel embarrassing to admit that something is not on schedule, being honest is much better for relieving your stress.‎ ‎ A. Plan for flexible hours.‎ ‎ B. Finish your project as early as possible.‎ ‎ C. But if an activity is urgent, set a deadline immediately.‎ ‎ D. In this way, you’ll never have to stay up late and feel stressed.‎ ‎ E. But handled properly, deadlines can actually improve productivity.‎ ‎ F. Whenever you feel challenged to finish work on time, communicate.‎ ‎ G. So if anything takes longer than expected, you can still wrap it up and submit it on time.‎ 第三部分 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分） ‎ When you are living a fully-scheduled life, every minute counts. No matter how many ways you divide your 1 , there’s never enough time in a day to catch up.‎ ‎ Six years ago, I was 2 with a care-free, stop-and-smell-the-roses type of 3 . When I needed to rush out, she was taking her sweet 4 picking out a purse and a shining crown. When I needed to have a 5 lunch, she’d stop to speak to the elderly woman who looked like her grandma. Whenever my child caused me to deviate(偏离) from my main 6 , I thought to myself, we don’t have time for this. 7 , the two words I most commonly spoke to my little lover of life were: “ 8 !”‎ ‎ Then one day, things 9 . We’d just picked up my older daughter from kindergarten and were getting out of the car. Seeing her little sister not going fast enough for her liking, my older daughter said, “You are so 10 .” When the older one crossed her own arms, it dawned on me that her annoyed look 11 that of mine. I saw the damage my hurried existence was doing to 12 of my children.‎ ‎ Though my 13 to slow down was made almost three years ago, living at a slower pace still takes great effort. My younger daughter is my living 14 of why I must keep trying. In fact, she reminded me once again the other day. When I thought my little child was going to eat the last 15 of an ice cream, she held out a spoonful of it. “I saved the last for you,” she said. At that moment, I 16 I’d just got the deal of a lifetime. I gave my child a little time, and unexpectedly, 17 , she reminded me that things taste 18 and love comes easier when you stop 19 through life.‎ ‎ Pausing to delight in the simple joys of daily life is the only way to truly live. Trust me, I learned from the world’s born ‎20 in joyful living.‎ ‎1. A. attention B. memory C. love D. experience ‎2. A. bored B. blessed C. content D. patient ‎3. A. sister B. grandma C. son D. daughter ‎4. A. time B. ice cream C. step D. lunch ‎5. A. big B. quick C. nutritious D. joyful ‎6. A. goal B. responsibility C. schedule D. interest ‎7. A. Consequently B. Frankly C. Surprisingly D. Unusually ‎8. A. Cheer up B. Pull up C. Shut up D. Hurry up ‎9. A. improved B. changed C. appeared D. worsened ‎10. A. silly B. excited C. careful D. slow ‎11. A. silenced B. contradicted C. mirrored D. encouraged ‎12. A. both B. all C. some D. neither ‎13. A. demand B. offer C. promise D. mistake ‎14. A. reminder B. memory C. image D. example ‎15. A. half B. bite C. cup D. piece ‎16. A. wondered B. realized C. recognized D. valued ‎17. A. in conclusion B. in short C. in return D. in fact ‎18. A. hotter B. softer C. sourer D. sweeter ‎19. A. rushing B. going C. getting D. surviving ‎20. A. scientist B. magician C. expert D. designer 第II卷 （共 71分）‎ 第四部分：基础知识（共四节, 满分41分）‎ 第一节 根据所给首字母,写出正确的单词来完成句子(共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分)‎ ‎1. An a_________ crime or unlawful action is an unsuccessful effort to commit the crime or action. ‎ ‎2. The attack left him u___________. He didn’t come back to himself until he got some treatment. ‎ ‎3. Troops are needed to help get food into the earthquake-stricken area where people are in d__________ need.‎ 4. Your watch is still under g__________ so the manufacturer will repair it. ‎ 5. It was really e___________ that he had no idea of what was going on in the office when asked. ‎ 6. On a___________, women live between five and seven years longer than men.‎ 7. It's really just a matter of personal p_________ which book you choose from the full bookshelf. ‎ 8. The advice presented by the doctors at the conference s________ my resolve not to smoke any more.‎ 9. The public opinion survey used two thousand people across England and Wales, who were r_________ chosen.‎ 4. A new job title "freelance retail consultant" is in use. It refers to daigo, or overseas people who ‎ buy goods for c__________ in the Chinese mainland. ‎ 第二节 根据句意从方框中选出合适的短语, 用其适当的形式完成句子。 (共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分)‎ make one’s way come about put up with try out appeal to let out vary from…to… ban…from… go up accustom…to…‎ ‎1. At present, I would rather he _____________ another approach to a math problem before announcement of the answer in class.‎ ‎2. Caught speeding and getting fined, Neil remained ____________ getting back his driving license.‎ ‎3. Exhausted as they were, the troops still did what they could ________________ towards the flood-stricken area.‎ ‎4. Will the number of consumers buying apartments decrease with the housing prices steadily ____________?‎ ‎5. Medical survey concerning physical development and nutritional state was made among 2880 students____________ 12 _________ 16 from two selected secondary schools in Ireland last year.‎ ‎6. Less developed countries ________________ the developed countries to pay for their shares of carbon emission since the climate agreement was signed 15 year ago.‎ ‎7. I just learned that Sam and Jane broke up. What a pity! If only they ________________ each other’s minor shortcomings when they were in love.‎ ‎8. If newly-built companies are to survive fierce competitions, they must follow a pathway of their own characteristics and ________________ the ever-growing market demands at home.‎ ‎9. The boy stood bravely in the arena (竞技场)as the beasts ____________, grasping the thick piece of wood used for fighting with.‎ ‎10. I'll never understand how it ___________ that he still insisted on going there alone in spite of the possible danger.‎ 第三节 根据课文内容填空（注意:每空一词或多于一词；共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分)‎ ‎1. Having experienced quite a few earthquakes in Hawaii already, I didn’t ______________________. I was about to go back to sleep when suddenly my bedroom became __________________________. ‎ ‎2. Any warming will be mild with_________________________________. In fact, more carbon dioxide is actually a positive thing. It will make plants grow quicker; crops will produce more; it will ______________________________________ animals. ‎ ‎3. As you know, if you do the same thing over and over again, you begin ‎ to_________________________________. Lastly, you can _________________________________. ‎ ‎4. Some poems tell a story or _________________________________ that will give the reader a strong impression. Others try to _________________________________. ‎ ‎5. During the Renaissance, people began to _________________________________ religious themes and _____________________________________ life. ‎ 第四节 单句改错（共11小题；每小题1分, 满分11分）‎ 每句中有一处错。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ ‎1. I am in the possession of some information that I think will interest you.‎ ‎2. Davies is busy adapting Brinkworth’s latest novel to television. ‎ ‎3. Was it not for the support of the teachers, the student could not overcome her difficulty.‎ ‎4. Located when the Belt meets the Road, our province will contribute more to the Belt and Road construction.‎ ‎5. A total amount of just 225cm of rain fell last year, making the driest year since California became a state in 1850.‎ ‎6. The disease is spreading, and all children under five are at risks.‎ ‎7. With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth is being washed away each year.‎ ‎8. Some people were opposed to name the high school after Martin Luther King.‎ ‎9. ----Do you think I should forgive him? ----Under the circumstances, absolute not.‎ ‎10. The national park has a large collection of wildlife, ranges from butterflies to elephants.‎ ‎11. It was the first time that the Palace‎ ‎Museum hosted the Chinese president and his wife accompanying a visiting presidential couple from another country.‎ 第五部分 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分）‎ 阅读下列材料, 在空白出填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式。‎ As winter comes, hands and feet can easily get cold. Thick gloves might be a good 1 (choose), yet sometimes wearing them is not convenient, especially when people want to do something with their hands. ‎ ‎ 2 , cold hands were not a problem for ancient Chinese people, who had a lovely tool ‎ ‎ 3 (keep) their hands warm: hand warmers. ‎ There is no accurate 4 (write) record about when this tool was first used, but there are some tales about its invention. ‎ One folk story concerns Emperor Yangdi from the Sui Dynasty, 5 visited Jiangsu one winter. Due 6 the bitter cold, the local official asked manufacturers to make a small warmer for ‎ ‎7 emperor, which could be held in his hands. Thus the hand warmer 8 (create).‎ By the time of the Song Dynasty, the warmer had become 9 (wide) used throughout China. Made of bronze or clay, ancient hand warmers came in various designs. Round and square shapes were typical, with some shaped to look like pumpkins, flowers or turtle shells. Inside a hand warmer, there were burning coals. Some coals were mixed with flowers and pressed into beautiful shapes, 10 (produce) a pleasant smell when burned. ‎ 第六部分 写作 （满分 20分） ‎ 假如你是李华，你的笔友Chris最近沾染上了吸烟的毛病，请你给他写封信，劝他戒除掉这一坏习惯，信的内容包括：1.吸烟的危害；2.戒烟的方法；3.祝福。‎ 注意：1.词数120左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ ‎ 3.开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数。‎ Dear Chris,‎ I’ve heard that you’ve got into the habit of smoking, which I think does great harm to your health. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Yours sincerely,‎ ‎ Li Hua 福建师大附中2017-2018学年上学期期末考试 高二（平行班）英语答卷 第I卷（79分）‎ I.‎‎ 听力（20分）1-5 ABABA 6-10BCBCC 11-15BAACC 16-20BCBAC II. 阅读（29分）第一节：1-4 DACB 5-8 DCBC 9-12 DCBA 第二节：七选五 13-17 ECAGF III.完型填空 (30分) 1-5 ABDAB 6-10 CADBD 11-15 CACAB 16-20 BCDAC 第II卷（71分）‎ I.给首字母写单词（10分）‎ ‎1. attempted 2. unconscious 3. desperate 4. guarantee 5. embarrassing ‎6. average 7. preference 8. strengthens/strengthened 9. randomly 10. customers/consumers ‎ II.选动词填空（10分）‎ 1. tried out 2. banned from 3. to make their way 4. going up 5. varying from…to… ‎ 6. have been appealing to/ have appealed to 7. had put up with 8. be accustomed to ‎ ‎9. were let out 10. came about ‎ III.根据课文内容填空（10分）‎ ‎1. take much notice, as bright as day ‎ ‎2. few environmental consequences, encourage a greater range of ‎3. do it automatically, become mentally addicted ‎ ‎4. describe something in a way, convey certain emotions ‎ ‎5. concentrate less on, adopt a more humanistic attitude to ‎ IV.单句改错(11分)‎ ‎1. 去掉the 2. toàfor 3. WasàWere 4. whenàwhere 5. making后加 it ‎6. risks àrisk; 7. isà are 8. nameànaming 9. absolute àabsolutely 10. rangesàranging ‎11. Museum 后加 had ‎ V.语法填空（10分）‎ ‎1. choice 2. However 3. to keep 4. written 5.who ‎6. to 7. the 8. was created 9. widely 10. producing VII.书面表达范文（20分）‎ Dear Chris， ‎ I’ve heard that you’ve got into the habit of smoking, which I think does great harm to your health. You may not know that smoking can do terrible damage to your heart and lungs or that it is more difficult for ‎ smoking couples to become pregnant. What’s worse, smoking can affect the health of non-smokers. Even your classmates wouldn’t like to make friends with you.‎ Here’s some advice on how to quit smoking. First, be determined. Every time you want to smoke a cigarette, do something else. In fact, do anything to keep your mind and especially yours hands busy. Second, keep trying. Don’t be disappointed if you have to try several times before you stop smoking. If you weaken and have a cigarette, don’t feel ashamed. Just try again. You will succeed eventually.‎ I do hope you will live happily and healthily. ‎ ‎ Yours sincerely,‎ ‎ Li Hua 听力录音原稿：‎ Text 1‎ W: I'm calling about my gas bill for last month because there are some charges on there that I’m concerned about. (1)‎ M: I can review it with you. But first, what's your home address and the last name on the account?‎ Text 2‎ W: I see here that a Charlie Westfield has a few late charges. You'll have to pay them before you can sign out another book. ‎ M: You' re probably looking at my son' s account. I’m Carl Westfield. ‎ W: I also have a Charlene Westfield. Her account needs to be updated. (2)‎ Text3‎ W: Look at the big field of cotton! And there's a farm with some beautiful houses.‎ M: We really get to know the country better when we travel by train.(3)‎ Text 4‎ M: I’ve never seen you shout at someone before. (4) Are you all right?‎ W: I'm sorry, but that woman was being so rude! It's been a long day and I'm a little stressed out from work. ‎ Text 5‎ W: The 6: 00, 7: 30 and 8: 00 trains to London still have seats open. Which one would you like?‎ M: I'll take the 6: 00 train. How long will it take to get there?‎ W: Well, it'll take two and a half hours to get to London. (5)‎ Text 6‎ M: You look a little uncomfortable. What's the matter? (6)‎ W: Oh, I just don't eat Thai food very much. (6)(7)‎ M: Would you like me to order you something else, or would you rather go to that new Italian restaurant? (7)‎ W: No, we came here to eat, so let's eat. Maybe I'll just add some soy sauce.‎ M: Really, it's no problem. I don't want you to feel forced into eating something you don’t like.‎ W: It's fine, really. I need to try new things. ‎ Text 7‎ W: Hey, Jim? Do you mind if I ask you how long your friend is going to be staying in our apartment? (8)‎ M: He will be here for at least another month, maybe longer. (8) It depends on whether or not he finds a job. ‎ W: OK…well…it's just that he's already been here for two months, and he just sits around here all day and eats all our food. It is OK if it is temporary, but I didn’t know he'd be staying here this long. Maybe he should start contributing for things----like rent, or even groceries. (9)‎ M: I'll talk to him, but I can't make you any promises.‎ Text 8‎ W: I was thinking we could have the King family over for dinner on Friday night. (10) They moved next to the subway station, so they're within driving distance now.‎ M: Yeah, good idea. We haven’t seen them in a while, and they have two kids, just like we do. (10)‎ W: What should we make for dinner? Maybe something casual and easy, like a barbecue? (10)‎ We can eat out in the backyard and play some games together.‎ M: Sure. I think we have a badminton set in the garage.‎ W: Let’s invite the Smiths as well. They’re our neighbors, after all. Jack and Diane go to school with Sophie and Bobby. (10)(11)‎ M: Great. I'll grab some burgers and hot dogs tomorrow after work.‎ W: I guess I’d better start cleaning up around here, then. This place is a mess. (12)‎ Text 9‎ M: Dr. Stone, how did you become an expert on smells?‎ W: Well, when I was in college, there was a course on senses. The other senses seem to be more general somehow, but smell is so personal. (13) I found it extremely interesting. ‎ M: Do you have any interesting information to give us about smells?‎ W: Well, let's see. Did you know that it's harder to forget smells than to forget facts? There have been ‎ experiments where people could pick out a particular smell 30 days after smelling it for the first time. (14)‎ M: Really? So, smells can bring back more memories than, say, music? (14)‎ W: That seems to be the case. (14) ‎ M: That's interesting. So, what's your favorite smell?‎ W: Oh, I have a lot of different ones. The smell of the sea reminds me of happy family holidays, (15) and the smell of roses makes me think of my friend's house. Strangely enough, I like the smell of aircraft fuel at airports. I know I'm going to fly somewhere exciting! But it's the general smell of my garden that I really like the most. (16) That means I'm at home where I should be. ‎ Text 10 ‎ Good day, everyone. Now that we’re all on the boat, (17) I'll give you a brief explanation of today's activities, as well as an introduction to the Great Barrier Reef itself. As we leave the mainland here, we're going to pass by one of the most fascinating parts of this reef. The beautiful colored plants that you see below you started forming 8000 years ago. They are home to over 2000 species of fish. Green Island is just one of the 900 islands of the Great Barrier Reef, (18) and it is the only one with a rainforest. (19) Sherri is our park guide, and she will take you through the forest and tell you all about the 120 different plant species we have. If you're interested in getting wet, I suggest you follow Damien and Marcus. They’re our diving guides, and they have the most knowledge about life on the island. (20) Anything to do with beer or boats, you can ask me. However, do not go anywhere on your own without informing us first. We wouldn't want anyone to get bitten by a shark or a poisonous spider. Just kidding, mates! ‎