2018-2019学年湖北省宜昌市第一中学高一上学期期中考试英语试题

2018-2019学年湖北省宜昌市第一中学高一上学期期中考试英语试题

‎2018-2019学年湖北省宜昌市第一中学高一上学期期中考试英语试题 考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分 第 I 卷 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。‎ 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. Where will the speakers meet?‎ ‎ A. At school. B. At a restaurant. C. At the man’s house.‎ ‎2. At what time does the meeting at the school begin?‎ ‎ A. 5:50. B. 6:00. C. 6:15.‎ ‎3. What are the speakers talking about?‎ ‎ A. A paper. B. A speech. C. A teacher.‎ ‎4. What will the man do next?‎ ‎ A. Get the book. B. Read in the library. C. Read the note.‎ ‎5. What is the woman going to be? ‎ ‎ A. A doctor. B. A teacher. C. A photographer.‎ 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，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. What kind of room does the man want to book for his workmate?‎ A. A single room. B. A double room. C. A room for three. ‎ ‎7. What does the woman suggest the man do?‎ ‎ A. See a show. ‎ B. Try another hotel. ‎ C. Get in touch with his workmate.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?‎ ‎ A. Classmates. B. Guide and tourist. C. Teacher and student.‎ ‎9. How much will the man pay for the trip?‎ ‎ A. £3. B. £9. C. £12.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. Where does the conversation most probably take place?‎ ‎ A. At a restaurant. B. At home. C. At an airport.‎ ‎11. Who will meet Molly at the airport?‎ ‎ A. Her aunt. B. Her uncle. C. Her cousin.‎ ‎12. What will Molly do with her aunt?‎ ‎ A. Explore the forest. B. Climb the mountains. C. Relax on the beach.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. Where did the man read the article?‎ ‎ A. In the library. B. In his bedroom. C. At the dentist’s.‎ ‎14. What did the writer of the article use to be?‎ ‎ A. A journalist. B. A teacher. C. A scientist.‎ ‎15. Who else read the article?‎ ‎ A. The man’s brother. B. The woman’s dad. C. The woman.‎ ‎16. What did the man think of the article?‎ ‎ A. Boring. B. Long. C. Funny.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. How many years did the speaker stay in his primary school?‎ ‎ A. 5. B. 6. C. 11.‎ ‎18. How did the speaker’s secondary school divide the students?‎ ‎ A. By subject. B. By hobby. C. By age.‎ ‎19. Why did the speaker think moving to secondary school was difficult?‎ ‎ A. He was asked to learn different languages. ‎ B. He didn’t like walking to school. ‎ C. He had to catch the school bus.‎ ‎20. What kind of life is the speaker leading now?‎ ‎ A. Quiet. B. Busy. C. Healthy.‎ 第二部分:阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节 （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 Discover ‎ Newsmagazine of science devoted to the wonders and stories of modern science, written for the educated general reader. Published by Disney Magazine Publishing Co., Discover tells many of the same stories professionals(专业人员) read in Scientific American. A truly delightful family science magazine, each issue(每期) brings to light new and newsworthy topics to make dinnertime and water-cooler conversations interesting.‎ Cover Price: $59.88‎ Price: $19.95($1.66/issue)‎ You Save: $39.93(67%)‎ Issues: 12 issues/12 months Self Published by Conde Nast Publications Inc., Self is a handbook devoted to women’s overall physical(身体的) and mental health. Every issue contains usable articles such as “Style Lab”, in which wearable clothes are mixed and matched on non-models and the “Eat-right Road Map”, with tips on how to eat properly.‎ Cover Price: $35.86‎ Price: $15.00($2.5/issue)‎ You Save: $20.86(58%)‎ Issues: 6 issues/12 months InStyle InStyle is a guide(手册) to the lives and lifestyles of the world’s famous people. The magazine covers the choices people make about their homes, their clothes and their free time activities. With photos and articles, it opens the door to these people’s homes, families, parties and weddings, offering ideas about beauty, fitness and in general, lifestyles. Publisher: The Time Inc. Magazine Company.‎ Cover Price: $47.88‎ Price: $23.88($2.38/issue)‎ You Save: $24.00(50%)‎ Issues: 10 issues/12 months Wired This magazine is designed for leaders in the field of information engineering, including top managers and professionals in the computer, business, design and education industries. Published by Conde Nast Publications Inc., Wired often carries articles on how technology changes people’s lives.‎ Cover Price: $59.40‎ Price: $10.00($1.00/issue)‎ You save: $49.40(83%)‎ Issues: 10 issues/12months ‎21. Which two magazines are published by the same publisher?‎ A. Wired and InStyle B. Discover and InStyle C. Self and Discover D. Self and Wired ‎22. Which magazine offers the biggest price cut?‎ A. InStyle B. Wired C. Discover D. Self ‎23. Those who are interested in management and the use of high technology would probably choose _______.‎ A. InStyle B. Self C. Wired D. Discover B I was a shy girl. I didn’t even like to answer the telephone for fear I’d have to talk to somebody I didn’t know. I enjoyed the loneliness of exploring nature. However, at school I had to spend all day in the company of others. My escape was reading. I spent a lot of time studying and was rewarded with good grades. My only failure was Spanish －I’d get all As on my written work and tests, but Ds and Fs on the spoken part.‎ Eventually I went to college. During my third year of college, I had enough of being shy and determined to change my outlook and behavior. One day while at school, I noticed an advertisement for positions on the local classical music radio station. I had grown up listening to classical music, and I could easily pronounce names such as Tchaikovsky, Albinoni, and Chopin.‎ I had absolutely no background in radio, and absolutely no hope of getting the job. The idea of talking to thousands of listeners in “radio land” terrified me. However, I luckily survived the interview. I was given brief descriptions of symphonies（交响乐）and a public service announcement to read, and a list of composers’ names to pronounce. It wasn’t hard for me. I left the recording session（录音时段）with a sense of relief and a sense of accomplishment. About two weeks later I actually landed the job. It was a challenging job, but I grew to enjoy it greatly. I began to feel comfortable talking to people.‎ Although I now spend many hours each week talking with people, I’m still basically a quiet person. Perhaps it is my soft voice and my quiet nature that helps draw people out as they respond to my questions as I interview them. My former shyness is a fortune, as I can relate to people who feel discomfortable when they talk to newspaper reporters. I still enjoy moments of loneliness and the peace found in nature. But I’m also glad I decided to make a change in my life that has opened many doors and opportunities that I never knew existed.‎ ‎24. What do we learn about the author?‎ A. She didn’t like reading. B. She didn’t work hard enough.‎ C. She wasn’t interested in music. D. She wasn’t good at speaking Spanish.‎ ‎25. How did the author feel before the interview?‎ A. Very excited. B. Pretty confident.‎ C. Highly confused. D. Extremely nervous.‎ ‎26. What does the author later think of her quiet personality?‎ A. It makes others feel less comfortable. B. It is beneficial for her challenging job.‎ C. It prevents her being a newspaper reporter. D. It draws a negative response from audiences.‎ ‎27. The text mainly focuses on the author’s .‎ A. desire to find her true self B. feeling about being a radio hostess C. story of exploring the meaning of life D. experience and feeling of overcoming shyness C Vinegar is great. It makes salad, fries and dumplings taste better, and you can even clean your windows with it. And now, according to scientists, it may even help the planet ’s population to ease hunger.‎ Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan found that growing plants in vinegar makes them more resistant to droughts. This could mean that in the future, worries about climate change affecting the world’s supply of food will be much lower.‎ The discovery was made after the researchers studied the Arabidopsis, a plant known for its ability to survive in dry weather. It was found that when the plant was placed in drought-like conditions, it produced a chemical called acetate(醋酸盐) – the main component(成分) of vinegar.‎ After discovering this, the scientists experimented further by adding acetate to the soil of other plants, before they stopped giving them water ‎ completely. After leaving the plants for 14 days, they found that the ones treated with acetate had survived, while the untreated plants had dried up and died. It’s hoped that this simple method of survival could soon be used to help farmers in dry countries keep their crops alive.‎ Jong Myong Kim, co-author of the study, told Popular Science magazine that he’s already been in touch with people all over the world who are interested in trying this simple and cost-effective method out for themselves from flower growing companies to amateur gardeners. Although at this point keeping thirsty plants alive isn’t as easy as just pouring vinegar over them, Kim said he and his team are working on making the process as simple as possible. “Now we are trying to cooperate with some farmers, and also some companies, to make a method to apply this system.” he said.‎ And for those of us who always forget to ask our neighbors to water our plants when we go away, hopefully this means the end of returning home from a trip to find our favorite flowers have died.‎ ‎28. What is mentioned as a feature of the Arabidopsis?‎ A. It produces acetate in wet conditions.‎ B. It is mainly composed of acetate.‎ C. It can survive in nowhere but desert.‎ D. It can be tolerant of drought.‎ ‎29. The scientists experimented further in order to ______.‎ A. find a simple way of keeping the crops of farmers alive B. add acetate to the soils of other plants to stop watering C. check the effectiveness of the acetate to resist drought D. treat the dried-up plants by adding acetate to them ‎30. What is the author’s attitude to the discovery?‎ A. Objective B. Unsupportive C. Indifferent D. Optimistic ‎31. What may be the best title for the text?‎ A. Vinegar could end hunger B. Vinegar keeps plants living forever ‎ C. How to survive climate change D. Advantages and functions of vinegar D It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth(收费站). “I'm paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”‎ It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random(随意的) kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.‎ Judy Foreman noticed the same phrase on a warehouse(仓库) wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn't know where it came from or what it really meant.‎ Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.‎ ‎“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies(想象) include painting the classrooms of old schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can.”‎ The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else ‎ later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!‎ ‎32. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?‎ A. She knew the car drivers well.‎ B. She wanted to show kindness.‎ C. She hoped to please others.‎ D. She had seven tickets.‎ ‎33. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she 　　　.‎ A. thought it was beautifully written B. wanted to know what it really meant C. decided to write it on a warehouse wall D. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom ‎34. Which of the following statements is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence above?‎ A. Kindness and violence can change the world.‎ B. Kindness and violence can affect one’s behavior.‎ C. Kindness and violence can shape one’s character.‎ D. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.‎ ‎35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?‎ A. People should practice random kindness to those in need.‎ B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.‎ C. People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.‎ D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.‎ 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。‎ How to keep a travel journal Are you looking for fresh travel journal writing ideas? Read on these tips to get some ideas for creating a journal you will cherish.‎ Just do it. a travel journal is not scholarly (学文精深的). 36 There are no rules, and no one is grading what you are write. The best way to get going is to get started.‎ Pay attention. Your journal doesn’t have to only be about where you go each day. 37 Did you meet someone new? Where and when? What did you talk about? Recording observations will make your travel journal colorful?‎ Try to write something every day. Make a habit of writing something every day or at least every other day. 38 If you let more time pass, it can be different to remember what you did three or four days ago, especially the brief impressions of those experiences. Your journal will be richer if you keep up with it.‎ ‎ 39 If writing paragraphs doesn’t fit either you or your trip, try something else. You can make lists, such as your favorite restaurants for dinner or the best places to watch the sunset. Try sketching(素描)too and don’t be discouraged if you are not sure as an artist. Sometimes sketching is really the best way to record an experience that would be lost when described with text. As the saying goes, a picture is worth one thousand words.‎ Take the bad along with the good. For all the great travel experiences we enjoy, there are days when things go wrong. 40 Though they are not be highlight of a trip, they are part of your unique travel story and often are as much fun to tell about in the future as the ones that go as planned.‎ A. Write at a comfortable place.‎ B. Use different ways to keep a journal C. Be sure that the size of the notebook is right for you.‎ D. Then you can catch your thoughts while they are fresh.‎ E. It is your experiences--- written by you, and for yourself.‎ F. Write about these experiences too for they are just as memorable G. Stop for a moment, look around and ask yourself some questions. ‎ 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）‎ ‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy striper(志愿当护士助手的小姑娘)at a local hospital in my town. Most of the____21____I spent there was with Mr. Gillespie. He never had any___22___ , and nobody seemed to be ___23___ about his condition.‎ I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, ___24___anything that needed to be done. As time went by, he became a close friend of mine ___25___, even though he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏)of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).‎ I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was___26___ . I didn’t have the ___27___to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might ___28___me he had died. Several___29___later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face.‎ When I ___30___who it was, my eyes were filled with tears. He was ____31____! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie. With a(n)___32___look on his face, he replied yes. I ___33___how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever ___34___ .‎ He began to tell me how, ___35___ he lay there asleep, he could hear me talking to him and could___36___me holding his hand the whole time. Mr. Gillespie___37___believed that it was my voice and ___38___that had kept him alive.‎ Although I haven’t ___39___ him since, he fills my heart with___40___every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.‎ ‎21. A. time B. energy C. money D. effort ‎22. A. patients B. relatives C. visitors D. problems ‎23. A. curious B. upset C. concerned D. angry ‎24. A. talking about B. helping with C. pointing out D. looking for ‎25. A. frequently B. fluently C. usually D.‎ ‎ gradually ‎26. A. gone B. mad C. dead D. excited ‎27. A. right B. chance C. courage D. ability ‎28. A. cheat B. warn C. remind D. tell ‎29. A. days B. years C. months D. weeks ‎30. A. heard B. wondered C. recognized D. asked ‎31. A. great B. lucky C. successful D. alive ‎32. A. grateful B. proud C. determined D. uncertain ‎33. A. explained B. remembered C. apologized D. told ‎34. A. dreamed B. received C. wanted D. shown ‎35. A. because B. as C. unless D. if ‎36. A. notice B. appreciate C. imagine D. feel ‎37. A. firmly B. rightly C. hardly D. wrongly ‎38. A. touch B. worry C. humour D. treatment ‎39. A. forgotten B. seen C. missed D. called ‎40. A. respect B. regret C. joy D. sympathy 第 II 卷 第二节 (共10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（ 1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Recently Lindsay hasn’t felt herself. She 61 (be) a really good student, but her grades has fallen since three months ago. This is because she sometimes has trouble 62 (pay) attention to her study. She also refuses to talk with teachers and friends. What’s worse, she feels 63 (tire) all the time but has difficulty in falling asleep. What she does is brought to her mother’s ‎ attention. 64 , when her mother asks her what happens to her, she just says she feels like 65 (cry).‎ As a matter of fact, Lindsay is suffering 66 clinical depression(临床抑郁症). What is clinical depression? It can be described as a mood 67 is so low that affects your everyday life seriously. The first signs of it in teens are 68 (poor) school reports than before, then learning difficulties and 69 (stay) away from classmates and teachers. If you have these signs, don’t worry. It is not so difficult to deal with clinical depression. There are many effective ways, such as medicine, 70 (express) of feelings, more exercise and a balanced diet.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） ‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的以下作文。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仅限一词；‎ ‎2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ Mobile payment is very popular in China, that has made people’s daily life more and more convenience. Most people are used to pay by scanning QR codes. By mobile payment, you can pay easy wherever you go. You can buy breakfast on the street and pay by scanning with you smart phone. However, in the subway station, you scan with your smart phone buy your ticket. Mobile payment is popular to most Chinese people, allowing us to say goodbye to wallets and bank cards. So it has greatly been changed people’s lives in China. It seemed that China is really leading in some ways and is also sweeping other nations.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假如你是李华，你的朋友Simon写信告诉你他的问题，他是一个很努力的男孩并想成为班上的头等生，但他总是在考试中犯许多粗心的错误，所以他非常担心自己无法在今后的考试中有出色的表现。请你就Simon的问题给他提一些有用的建议，如：‎ 1. 不要压力太大；‎ 2. 如有问题请教老师和同学；‎ 3. 考试时合理安排时间。‎ 4. ‎……(你的建议)‎ 要求：1. 词数：100词左右；信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。‎ ‎2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ ‎宜昌市第一中学2018年秋季学期高一年级期中考试 参考答案 听力 1-5 ACBAC 6-10 ABACB 11-15 CACBA 16-20 CBACB 阅读 21-23 DBC 24-27 DDBD 28-31 DCDA 32-35 BADB ‎ ‎36-40 EGDBF 完形 41-60 ACCBD ACDBC DDABB DAABC 语法填空 ‎61. was 62. paying 63. tired 64. However 65. crying ‎66. from 67. which/that 68. poorer 69.staying 70. expression 改错 书面表达 Dear Simon,‎ It's overwhelmingly awesome that you have a high aim for yourself and you know what has prevented you from achieving high scores in exams. But you should remember that even the very best student can make mistakes sometimes. So don't put too much pressure on yourself.‎ As far as I am concerned, learning from your mistakes in past exams is a quick way to stop making the same mistakes next time. To begin with, if there are questions that can't be solved by yourself, you should turn to your teachers or classmates ‎ for help. What's more, during the exams you'd better make a good plan to distribute your time according to the questions. Besides, try to leave a few minutes at the end to check your answers.‎ Enjoy the challenge that each new exam brings to you. I believe a good learning habit will finally help you gain success.‎ Yours ,‎ Li Hua 听力原文 ‎(Text 1) ‎ W: Hi, Rob. Shall I see you at your house?‎ M: Well, I’m just finishing some homework at school. Can you come and meet me here? We can go to the restaurant later. ‎ W: OK.‎ ‎(Text 2) ‎ W: Dad, remember you and Mum have to come to the school this evening to meet all my teachers.‎ M: I know. It starts at a quarter past six, doesn’t it? So we can leave home at ten to six and walk there together.‎ ‎(Text 3)‎ W: Oh, my paper is finally finished. But I still haven’t got any idea for my speech next week.‎ M: What is it about?‎ W: Modern literature.‎ M: Oh, you can get some great ideas from Mr. Green. He’s an expert on it.‎ ‎(Text 4)‎ W: Tom, here’s a note from the library. It says you have a book that should have been returned earlier. It’s All About Airplanes.‎ M: Oh, that’s right. It’s in my room.‎ W: Well, go and get it. We can walk to the library.‎ M: OK.‎ ‎(Text 5) ‎ M: I like your dress, Sally. Did you make it yourself? You should become a designer.‎ W: Thanks, Uncle Tom. Mum says I should be a doctor or a teacher but I’d love to take photos for magazines!‎ ‎(Text 6) ‎ W: Garden Hotel. May I help you?‎ M: Oh, this is James Turner. Last week I booked a double room and a room for three from the 3rd to the 6th of April. ‎ W: Oh, yes Mr. Turner. I remember.‎ M: And now I’d like to book a single room, for a workmate, for the 4th of April. ‎ W: Let me see. Oh, I’m very sorry, Mr. Turner, but we’re fully booked on April 4th, because of a great show. Well, you can try another hotel nearby. It’s newly-opened.‎ M: OK, but I need to tell my workmate about that first. Thanks a lot.‎ ‎(Text 7) ‎ M: Hi, Nina! Can you tell me about the class trip? I wasn’t at school for Mrs. Green’s lesson this morning.‎ W: OK, Jack. Well, it’s to the Science Museum.‎ M: Great! What will we see there?‎ W: We’re going to a special exhibition about birds. But there are lots of other things to see too — about the weather, for example, and the sky at night. ‎ M: Cool! How much is it?‎ W: The ticket for the exhibition is only three pounds, but we have to pay twelve pounds each to include lunch and the bus.‎ M: I see. Thanks.‎ ‎(Text 8) ‎ M: Molly, come and get your dinner. I cooked your favorite.‎ W: Thanks, Dad. It’s Sunday today, and I’m going on the plane to Aunt Diane’‎ s city on Wednesday. Shall I pack my bags on Tuesday?‎ M: Yes, that’s fine, Molly. ‎ W: Who’s meeting me at the airport?‎ M: Well, Aunt Diane and Uncle Matt will be at work, but your cousin David can meet you.‎ W: Good! What clothes will I need? I know it’s hot there now.‎ M: Yes, but it rains a lot. You can borrow an umbrella or a jacket if it’s wet. Just pack your dresses.‎ W: OK. What will we do while I’m there?‎ M: Well, I know Diane wants to show you the forest. You saw the mountains and the beaches last year, with me and Mum. ‎ ‎(Text 9) ‎ M: I found a very interesting article yesterday, Monica.‎ W: Oh? I thought you were in the library studying maths!‎ M: I was, but after that I went to the dentist. I found it while I was sitting in the waiting room. ‎ W: What was it about?‎ M: Canadian bears, and how they catch fish in the rivers. There were some amazing pictures! You know, they can run as fast as horses. And the man who wrote the article was also interesting. He used to teach English but he didn’t like his job. He was really interested in wildlife so he went back to college and now he studies bears.‎ W: My dad would love to read that article.‎ M: I showed it to my brother but he didn’t like it.‎ W: Why not? Doesn’t he like animals?‎ M: It’s not that. He thought the article was too long! But it wasn’t! And it was actually very funny. I liked it, anyway.‎ ‎(Text 10) ‎ M: I attended a primary school in a quiet village where I lived when I was five and I stayed there until 11, when I moved to the secondary school where I am now.‎ ‎ My secondary school is for students of all abilities, and we’re put into different groups according to certain subjects like maths and languages. I’m much better at numbers than words, so I’m in the highest group for maths, but not for languages. I’m in the second set for those and I study Spanish and German. ‎ Moving to secondary school was quite hard for me because it meant catching the school bus instead of walking, but I’m used to it now. And the school is very big — there are over 1,000 pupils. There are playing fields at the back where we can do sport, and a proper restaurant. And there are science laboratories, quite a big library and a swimming pool. My life’s very busy now. I get homework every night, and I play in the school band and the baseball team. ‎